melodiesoflife | Cat and Mouse

Who: Ales [Open]
When: November 17
Where: Ales' Airship and Aerilon
Summary: Flying to Aerilon to search for the Black Moogle and looking around the city.
Warnings: None.

Good thing Ales was given permission to take one of the Airline's ships to search for the Black Mage Moogle, or else he'd waste so much time getting from one place to another. And taking other Heroes for the search would makes things go more quickly.

Ales spends several hours on the airship, keeping himself in the navigation room and only allowing Mimi inside to relay any messages one of the passengers wants to give him.

After that, he wandered the streets, greeting each member of the crowd that was closer to his size. The shops were filled with wonderful items, but nothing caught enough of his interest to pay for one of those expensive trinkets.

Fortunately, he found himself in front of O'aka XXIV's shop, eyeing one of the computers. He didn't have enough to buy one of those, but for now, looking at them made him feel a bit better.

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MarKus made sure to keep a path clear between Ales and the helm but he didn't sit just yet.

"Anyway, I was gonna tell you about the whole... I guess it was the reason damn near everyone had robots back home and how it got bad, worse, then better. Of course, I helped with it getting better." he says, proudly.

He starts his story with his parents and himself having a machine meant to fight giant aliens that would copy themselves to look like people; a species trying to take over the world from within.

He moves on to talk about how he joined up with a ship full of like-minded people, trying to protect the world from not just itself, but similar invaders, describing things like (Invaders from Getter Robo, Worm from Kamen Rider Kabuto, Festum from Fafner in the Azure Sky, Angels from Evangelion).

"And what made most of all that twice as hard were a bunch of assholes who were, I guess sort of justified, but still being ass holes about people HAVING Giant Robots so they went around trying to abolish them by force. With Giant Robots." Epitome of hypocrisy.

Ales shook his head. "With a more dangerous foe, I would hope that everyone would be smart enough to realize that those robots of yours were protecting them." He turned to face MarKus, disappointment clear in his face.

"Engineers like us just aren't so appreciated, aren't we?" for many reasons. No one from his part of the world cared about advancing society, about learning to be independent of Polokus and his unpredictable dreams. Sure, his inventions might be used for nefarious purposes, but wouldn't they say the same about magic evil-doers?

"It seems that your robots might be better appreciate here."

"Well, they HAD a valid point. At the same time we were fighting off aliens, there was also infighting with other human factions... not to mention the destruction of property. They wanted to get rid of robots while ignoring the need for them." he says again.

"But... well, it's not that I wasn't appreciated, but I was just 'one among the crowd'. Sure, one of the best, but there was a handful of 'the best' working to keep everyone's robots in top condition."

After that, he goes on with the story, which tells of taking out that group, as well as, one by one, picking off alien invaders until the origins of the ship they used came to light. A new group came from a future that they'd caused to cease existing because that was a future that couldn't happen anymore. There was more fighting, but eventually everyone came together against one common enemy which...

"Given all the different kinds of energy we had... it all came from one central source. Like... the original gene pool of power."

"So the issue was with regulating use of robots, then?" It was a completely foreign topic to Ales, since so few of them existed that no one would consider destroying some, especially not when a race of mechanical creatures existed.

He patiently listened to the rest of the story, focusing on the land in front and taking a few breaks to check on several barometers and such.

"What do you mean by that? The 'original gene pool' thing?"

"It's just a super-old theory that everything spawned from one singular set of genetics before everything started to diversify and evolve. Which was the case for this monster of pure energy. Basically it decided that Mankind as we were had gotten way too powerful with all these energy sources and decided to wipe us the fuck out."

He pretty much stops the story there for a moment. A long moment.

Ales didn't move from his spot for a minute, looking as if he were more concerned about piloting the ship.

Then he turned. "What?"

He made a quick check on the wheel, then completely spun around in his chair. "So it decided to kill everything it created? Why that solution?" Though he was sure that monster was much more aggressive than the creator of his world, Ales still based the monster's actions on Polokus's, who was way too gentle and laid-back to do any destruction on his own, especially if it would involve one of the creatures he personally created.

"Well no, we kicked the damn thing into the sun. It thought we were pretty much set for self-destruction and a worse fate than the 3 years we'd already been through. I mean, imagine, fighting a monster that would put you in a coma for THINKING at it, then turn you into a pile of crystal and watch you shatter." he explains.

"So never ask me "Are you there?""

"In any case though, it pretty much told us that we need to not fuck up, though we already knew that. But since it was set on destroying us all to begin with, we destroyed the creature first. We parted ways and then instead of going home with my girlfriend, I was here."

It really makes a better RP setting than short-story...

The bit about turning people into crystal and then shattering them got to him.

"How were you even able to defeat such a thing like that? Wouldn't it have stopped all of you first?"

"Well, this isn't going to make a lot of sense, but you just had to never think AT it. It was always just asking out "Are you there?" so... when you answered it or thought about answering, that's when it got into your head. But... stuff like wanting to give it a big FUCK YOU just... that was suicide too. And you don't know me well yet... or then... I was pretty quick to tell anyone to go eat a dick"

He pauses a bit. "Sorry for all the profanity. It's... kind of necessary, but you just had to focus on shooting them down and then you'd be in the clear."

That...actually made a bit of sense. As someone who came from a magic world not exactly governed by logic, there at least were a set of rules of how something like that could or couldn't read minds. MarKus could have toned down his language, however.

But he didn't dare say that. "No problem. It seems that you and many others were able to get around that successfully."

"Yeah, it was really the kind of situation that forged friends for life. It kind of cemented my skill as a mechanic over a pilot. I mean... I broke my machine more often than I did walking away without being damaged. I blame my parents really." he smirks.

"Met my girlfriend there too."

"Hm," he let out as he shifted his focus back on the flight. "That's nice." He didn't put too much effort in the conversation than he needed to.

Cat and Mouse - Aerilon

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