reserved @ exsilium! canon is Pacific Rim.

[bravedude]

Soooooooooo. Time travel. 1300 years in the future. Another war.

And! And. Bonus: no kaiju.

[Someone doesn't sound happy.]

You're taking me out of the lab and away from all my completely invaluable and awesome research for what, exactly? I mean yeah, okay, dragons are cool in theory I guess, but — they're not kaiju! My specialty is kaiju! Hello? Groupie? Does that word mean nothing to you? Dude, the only one who's gonna be happy about this is Hermann. And you, I guess.

How about we just forget this whole thing and you leave me alone? Yes? Great. Go bother Chau or someone. He and that lawyer of yours can hang out and talk about their, uh, questionable morals and fashion choices and fake names or whatever. It'll be fun.

...what do you mean, no? Come on! You don't understand what you're interfering with, here! Without my research, I mean — what, is Hermann just supposed to continue on his own, or —

[And off he goes, voice tipping forward into high-pitched, hysterical territory. Good luck figuring out what he's saying.

...er, yelling.]

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[egotisticaljerk]

[You wouldn't be a groupie if you had to fight them head on.]

No kaiju? Sounds like a dream.

[bravedude]

Yeah? You wanna trade places, man?

[egotisticaljerk]

And give up a chance to beat these things to a bloody pulp? Not a chance.

[sceyence]

There's actually a lot of things to study here. Many new specimens.

But I know the feeling of having all your work go down the drain for... for this.

[bravedude]

Oh, okay. But I should be fine with giving up the chance to examine the bloody pulp you leave behind. I get it. Cool.

[bravedude]

But they're not — !

[SIGH. Dude. You don't understand.]

Ugh. What'd you have to leave behind?

[integer]

The lab to myself? No more incessant ramblings and nonsensical schemes?

There is a bright side to this. I'm elated.

[ WHAT A JERK ]

[bravedude]

[OH NO LOOK AT THAT SPECTACULAR POUT.]

Hermann. Dude. What happened to "together"?

ok fine

[lucency]

To be fair, we did all have other obligations to take care of.

[ lol sucks 2 be everyone there tbh. ]

What exactly is it that you're researching?

[integer]

I -

[ okay fine, this is rather a little disappointing. he huffs. it's better than frowning. ]

If you're expecting me to go into this with you as well, I urge you to reconsider.

c: ♥

[bravedude]

Kaiju. You know — uh.

[Here, Belle. Just look at his arms as he goes ahead and rolls a sleeve up for you.]

Massive, city-destroying amphibious creatures from a breach between worlds in the Pacific Ocean?

[bravedude]

Together.

[So insistent.]

What're you gonna go without me, huh?

[oldmanstriker]

...

[Someone's going to let this run for a bit.]

Newton.

[integer]

I'm aware of the meaning of the word.

[ as he waves his hand, as though to say that it's irrelevant. but it's not. muffled celine dion playing in the distance, etc. ]

I suppose - proceed as expected. Data the old-fashioned way.

Reogranize the lab.

[ B| ]

[bravedude]

Do you hear this? Are you hearing this. Because this is crazy. Abandon my research — it's — this is insulting.

[lucency]

[ NO???????

i mean the tattoos are rad but what???? ]

- They kill everything, in other words, and you fully support them in that? [ gurl. ]

[oldmanstriker]

Newt. Calm down. You're getting hysterical.

[Why is this now his job?]

[bravedude]

Of course I'm getting hysterical! My research! This is like — what if someone suggested you go skip off to another world without Striker? Huh?

[oldmanstriker]

It's already happened.

[Armfold. And you don't see him throwing a hissy fit over it.]

You're not exactly showing the PPDC in the best light right now.

[bravedude]

How far is the old-fashioned way gonna get you, huh? Here, I'll tell you —

[Newt holds his hand directly in front of his own face, not even an inch from his nose, to symbolize nowhere.]

And you know it! Those numbers don't mean jack without the — the stuff to back it up!

[Such a great scientist.]

[egotisticaljerk]

You shouldn't be studying them at all. What's so fascinating about them anyway?

[bravedude]

No, no, not the killing things part. That sucks. But the — the fact that they exist at all! They're amazing.

[bravedude]

What —

[Please hold while Newt stares at baby Striker like he's lost his damn mind.]

Seriously?

[bravedude]

[Okay, okay. He'll pause. Take a breath. Regroup.

He tries to look sympathetic, but fails.]

Where'd you end up?

[oldmanstriker]

In some temple. They say I'm part of a prophecy to help save them.

Or they want me to mate with their prince.

[Guess what's not going to happen.]