very nervous voice testing

[rabit]

Miss.

You and I both know that you have very little interest in playing me right now; you're only doing this so that you will have even more of a reason to push your other responsibilities aside.

[m-mako wait no i--]

But it is the truth, isn't it? [a disdainful click of her tongue.] I will not be your excuse. If you are interested in wasting time, look elsewhere.

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[dangersrighthand]

Muns are full of excuses, that's totally nothing new.

[A pause then:]

You're my brother's new copilot, huh?

[rabit]

[There's a confused expression on her face before recognition washes over her in a wave and her eyes widen-- the drift, Raleigh's memories, Raleigh, listen to me, you need to--]

Yancy Beckett.

[Oh, right; introductions. Mako nods.] Yes. My name is Mako Mori.

[outerspecies]

Yeah, uh, I don't think you'll have much luck trying to force these guys into doing the responsible thing.

[rabit]

Dr. Geiszler! [oh god a familiar face who isn't potentially a zombie.]

I'm beginning to suspect as much myself. And she still hasn't gotten around to what she'd meant to do in the first place.

[outerspecies]

_{[ yeah he left his zombie make-up at home. who knew it'd come in handy???/ ]}

They're kind of whimsical creatures. Well, I mean, that's what I can gather from first glance.

_{[ like monkey see monkey do. YOU'RE THE REASON HE'S HERE MAKO THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT ]}

[rabit]

[WOW NO YOU ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME]

'Whimsical' is much kinder than any other word I'd have chosen. I don't think that either of them have a plan for us at all. [there is more important stuff to do, like SAVING THE WORLD AND SHIT]

[outerspecies]

_{[ WOW UM RUDE AND ALSO NO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM ]}

That's... mostly because they don't. Have you ever tried planning anything whimsically? It never ends well - seriously, I speak from experience, here. Which is kind of the whole point of being whimsical, but that's not the point. It's something I've got down to an art. ... Uh, mostly.

_{[ excuse u he's drifted with a kaiju and now the kaijus want to kill him. he's fine here for the moment but thx for ur concern ]}

[rabit]

[she is still not over you being a hot mess dr. geiszler even after years of putting up with it

s i g h . . . .]

I'm not sure whether I should compliment you or not, Dr. Geiszler.

[outerspecies]

_{[ the hottest of all messes. maybe just hot. ... or, alternatively maybe just a mess. either one will do. ]}

Well, I mean, personally, I love compliments. And just in case you were wondering, I do, in fact, accept and oftentimes expect compliments on my whimsical nature and/or whimsical personality. Like... just so we're totally clear, that is absolutely a thing I do.

But my mun's kinda grown on me, I'm not gonna lie. She might have a plan for me after all, and if she has a plan for me, who's to say that yours won't have a plan for you too? A non-obvious plan that takes a couple of days to form or something, but is totally worth the wait because... yeah, plans take time.

[topofthewall]

But let's say the responsibilities are already aside--nothing wrong with wasting a little time, is there?

[rabit]

[ew gross who's THIS dweeb.]

Well. Maybe a little time wouldn't hurt.

[topofthewall]

That's right. A few minutes here and there? It's supposed to be good for the brain, you know? Keeps you sharp. You'd hate to get dull now, I figure.

[rabit]

Dull? [a chuckle] I've only just gotten started. I'm not the one that we should be worrying about here.

[topofthewall]

My point is, I don't think we should be worrying at all. Celebrating, maybe. We haven't gotten to the celebrating.

[rabit]

[Mako smiles at him, but there's a trace of sadness in it.]

After all we've had to go through, we have at least earned it. I'm just... not sure what comes next.

[topofthewall]

[Next. Hoo-boy, that's a big...next.] I've got a few ideas, if you want too hear them.