...Seriously?

[quicktoflame]

It's been, what, two years? And you just think you can walk in and pick me up again like it was yesterday.

You've got some attitude to you, I'll give you that.

What are you actually trying to do here? Give yourself some inspiration for writing, or just killing time? Don't know if I appreciate being fodder for either, but I think a straight answer would be better than you trying to kid yourself. And wanting to make an account for an older me? Dude, I dont even know what I want to do next week, let alone what I'd be

Seriously. You even thinking about this?

And you just re-watched the movie. You know I don't do people. Stop trying to change that.

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[punchstuff]

I don't think that's entirely true.

[quicktoflame]

[...] It's close enough. [So there's some people he can tolerate] Didn't know you were around, Stronghold.

[bluecotton]

Oh. You're adorable. [ Don't mind Reid giving you a once over. You just look like a certain someone he knows.]

[quicktoflame]

[...] What?

[notmytempo]

To hell with this wishy-washy bullshit about "not doing people" - maybe you'd actually get somewhere if you put in as much effort motivating yourself as you do with growing out your hair, Ozzy Osborne.

[quicktoflame]

And what bug crawled up your ass and died there? [Warren does not care for what you say, apparently]

[notmytempo]

The only thing that is truly dead inside me is my tolerance for mopey low-life girly haired dipshits that use their misanthropy as an excuse for sitting on their asses.

[quicktoflame]

[Warren's quiet for a moment]

Low-life? I'll accept. Hating humanity? Not all of it; just the general population that I'm forced to interact with who seem to think they know all about me when they don't. Sitting on my ass? No.

[And... that seems to be all he's willing to say. Huh. Longest he's ever spoken]

[wasonceahiro]

You and I get along fine for a guy who claims he 'doesn't do people'. [Smug not!Hiro is smug.]

And who knows? This could be good, y'know? [Of course in his mind the fact that there are scientists and other superheroes here means his mood towards this whole thing has done a 180 since Warren first spoke to him.]

[quicktoflame]

That's the mun forcing me to interact. She does that.

In what way could this be good?

[wasonceahiro]

Doesn't mean it had to work out well. Give yourself some credit, man.

It could be a new beginning. And everything has the potential to be good. Why can't you see that?

[quicktoflame]

I am giving myself credit. I've not roasted anyone yet.

I'm a pessimist.

[wasonceahiro]

You won't roast anyone. Don't worry about it.

You don't have to be. I told you before, this place isn't like however your world was. Things can be better here. Can't you give this a chance before shooting it down? Maybe we can hang out on a meme or something so I can show you this place isn't a dark abyss.

[quicktoflame]

I might [It's an option at any rate]

Listen, Tech, you might see some good. That's not me. [Glance at mun] Okay, so I see some good, but don't ask me to get all happy about it.

[wasonceahiro]

I have faith in you not to.

I don't ask you to get happy. But content, maybe. Y'know, that satisfied feeling that makes things a little bit brighter.

[quicktoflame]

You'd be the only one. [He has anger issues. He knows this affects his powers.]

I've heard about it.

[wasonceahiro]

Not for long. You'll get the hang of it.

'Heard of it'? You've felt it, right? That distinct, 'things don't suck, yay, I have gummi bears and this song is awesome' moment? You've had that, right?

[quicktoflame]

My dad's was... is one of the worst super villains around, according to the writers of my canon. All my life it's been pointed out to me how I'm his son. Even now that he's stuck in solitary, I'm still pointed out as Baron Battle's son, likely to follow in his footsteps.

Nah, content's not really a thing I've felt.

[wasonceahiro]

You don't have to follow in his footsteps if you don't want to. You're not your dad, you're just related to him. I know a daughter of a supervillain who is a kickass scientist. People can choose what they want to be - so, do you want to be a supervillian? 'Cause that's what matters.

Then we definitely need to hang out and fix that.

[quicktoflame]

[A shrug. Honestly, what he'd like most of all is to be left alone and work out what he wants in his own damn time, but no one seems in the mood to give him that]

Gotta go, be back in the afternoon.

[wasonceahiro]

Then that's what you need to figure out. Without the people who think you're evil hanging around, I mean. You do you, as my mun's hipster friend says all the time.

[quicktoflame]

It's gonna be a long time before I figure that out.

[wasonceahiro]

That's okay. And, for what it's worth - I'm not giving up on you. Whatever you decide, we can still be friends.

[quicktoflame]

[Frowns] We've talked once, and you've decided we're friends?

[wasonceahiro]

Sure. Why not? You're a unique guy with a pretty interesting way of looking at things and you seem to get me, more or less. I've been friends with people over less than that.

[quicktoflame]

One of us needs to get out more, and I'm pretty sure it's not me.

[wasonceahiro]

I get out plenty. But I can't afford to make friends, not again, not in my world. I'm not sure if the police ever connected me to my crime so I have to tiptoe around people. Don't get me wrong, I'm cool with them, people are cool with me. I just can't actually talk to them about anything that's really happened. They can't even know my real name.

It would suck a lot less to have a friend who actually knew something about me besides 'likes gummy bears and fixes stuff'.

[quicktoflame]

[Ah crap. That... he actually gets. Not as on the same level at Akiyuki, but he does get it. He stuffs his hands in his pockets and gives a shrug of - well - acceptance]

Whatever, Tech.

[wasonceahiro]

Yeah. [He puts his hands in his pockets, looking away for a moment.] Well, Atsui, what now? [Yeah, you get a nickname, too.]

[quicktoflame]

Our mun work stuff out like we're not here?

[Shut it, Warren]

[wasonceahiro]

Work what stuff out? All mine's been doing is schoolwork and a slow dive into insanity.

[Hey! Not everyone gets to have genius IQs, Hiro!]

[quicktoflame]

If they want to thread us on memes, adding each other on plurk. Stuff like that.

[wasonceahiro]

I have a post of the memes I'm on right now in my journal. And my mun's plurk info is in my profile. So... I guess that means we'll be hanging out more, then?

[quicktoflame]

I've got the same meme post, and my mun's gonna go add your mun now.

Guess so. See you around, Tech.

[wasonceahiro]

And the meme posts are gonna be a regularly weekly thing, so hey, there's that.

But yeah, see ya when I see ya, Atsui.