Squall Leonhart (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
innermonologues) wrote2017-02-14 09:17 am
innermonologues) wrote2017-02-14 09:17 am
[Sora has definitely has a positive influence on Squall. Look at him being so positive on his own!]
Thanks. It'll be a little reshuffling of the family, but we'll be okay. I'm just waiting for him to grill Regis about how we met and everything.
Thanks. It'll be a little reshuffling of the family, but we'll be okay. I'm just waiting for him to grill Regis about how we met and everything.
Now that sounds like it might be fun to hear about. Let me know how bad it gets, okay?
I'd rather take him on in a fight than deal with that.
[Not the puppy face. Anything but the kicked puppy face.]
[Not the puppy face. Anything but the kicked puppy face.]
See? You're only bringing such pain on yourself when you try to get at Sora like that.
Yeah yeah, you comin' or what?
[Maybe not all the ice cream, but time to see what two hungry boys can do to the island's ice cream stock.]
[Maybe not all the ice cream, but time to see what two hungry boys can do to the island's ice cream stock.]
[ he huffs a little and slowly moves to stand up. ]
Yeah yeah, I'm coming.
Yeah yeah, I'm coming.
Completely.
[ Sorry, Machina. He can't resist a small chance to tease him. ]
[ Sorry, Machina. He can't resist a small chance to tease him. ]
[Yeah but see Machina believes him. Which makes it better, yeah?]
Damn. Sorry, Squall. I'll try to catch you later? It's important.
[Serious as a heart attack, this one.]
Damn. Sorry, Squall. I'll try to catch you later? It's important.
[Serious as a heart attack, this one.]
[ . . . Okay, sorry Machina. He's just going to hear laughter now. Genuine laughter. ]
And here I thought you could read me better than that.
And here I thought you could read me better than that.
Wha-? Huh?
...jerk.
[He loves you, bro. But we both know Machina can only dish it, he can't take it.]
So okay, where are you?
...jerk.
[He loves you, bro. But we both know Machina can only dish it, he can't take it.]
So okay, where are you?
[ Trying to stifle his amusement. ] On the roof. Did you need me for something?
Yeah, kind of. I'll come up.
[Although it's gotta be the hard way now, since Machina can't fly anymore.]
[Although it's gotta be the hard way now, since Machina can't fly anymore.]
[ Squall's been doing it the hard way since coming here. Machina can do it he believes in him. Or will stare as he lands on his ass whichever comes first. ]
Alright..?
[ This actually did sound kind of important. ]
Alright..?
[ This actually did sound kind of important. ]
[Even not being a l'Cie anymore, Machina's fiendishly strong. Have you seen those honking blades he dual wields? So hefting himself onto the roof isn't hard, just the more difficult way to go when he'd gotten used to powering up and wooshing no problem.
Once he's on the roof, he plunks down beside Squall and immediately clams up, because what is being socially normal?]
Hey.
Once he's on the roof, he plunks down beside Squall and immediately clams up, because what is being socially normal?]
Hey.
[ Squall sits up from his lazing position, giving Machina a curious look. He couldn't tell if Machina seemed more panicked or something else, but he looked like he was physically alright which eased one of Squall's worries. ]
Hey?
Hey?
So uh... I'm getting married soon.
[Is there anyone who doesn't know by now? Especially after he and Sheena blurted it out over the amulets. And then he's been starting to pack up his stuff, spending more nights over with his bride-to-be, etc etc.
It's still seven weeks out, but trying to be prepared here...]
[Is there anyone who doesn't know by now? Especially after he and Sheena blurted it out over the amulets. And then he's been starting to pack up his stuff, spending more nights over with his bride-to-be, etc etc.
It's still seven weeks out, but trying to be prepared here...]
Yeah... It's gonna be interesting that's for sure.
[ he gives Machina a soft smile. Back when either of them first arrived no one would have suspected they would find someone to soften their icy hearts, but look at them both now... ]
[ he gives Machina a soft smile. Back when either of them first arrived no one would have suspected they would find someone to soften their icy hearts, but look at them both now... ]
[Both of 'em have grown a lot. And to be fair, Sora had a huge part in it, though Machina won't ever own as much to the sunshine boy. But these two get each other in ways that most everyone else doesn't.
Machina lets out a long breath and fleetingly gets lost in his head thinking about the coming change, it's a good thing, but kind of scary too.]
Yeah, it is. Hope I don't screw it up. [His track record of Bad Life Decisions and Lack of Impulse Control makes that a real possibility.] I want everything to be perfect for Sheena.
Machina lets out a long breath and fleetingly gets lost in his head thinking about the coming change, it's a good thing, but kind of scary too.]
Yeah, it is. Hope I don't screw it up. [His track record of Bad Life Decisions and Lack of Impulse Control makes that a real possibility.] I want everything to be perfect for Sheena.
[The crystal tether reaches out and tickles the back of Squall's brain. Someone wanting a connection, but it's a little timid, or perhaps simply polite. Firm at the edges like the earth, soft in the center.
And then Squall gets a familiar sounding voice, though maybe one he hasn't heard in a bit.]
Hey, "little brother." Are you around?
And then Squall gets a familiar sounding voice, though maybe one he hasn't heard in a bit.]
Hey, "little brother." Are you around?
[ What a strange feeling... it definitely stopped Squall from what he was doing when he felt that little tickle. He was about to try and ignore it when a voice spoke out. Terra...
It's a good thing that no one could see Squall right now, because hearing that comment from Terra actually made him embarrassed. It actually takes a moment for him to speak up, as a strange fluttery feeling gets sent right back to Terra. Auron told him about his recent adoption, but hearing that actually come out of Tera's mouth...]
I'm... here.
It's a good thing that no one could see Squall right now, because hearing that comment from Terra actually made him embarrassed. It actually takes a moment for him to speak up, as a strange fluttery feeling gets sent right back to Terra. Auron told him about his recent adoption, but hearing that actually come out of Tera's mouth...]
I'm... here.
Machina, if she's stuck around for you this long after everything that's happened, I think it's pretty assured that she likes you for your good and your stupid.
[ Squall tilts his head a little and gives Machina a faint look of amusement. ]
[ Squall tilts his head a little and gives Machina a faint look of amusement. ]
Mmm no. You caught me at a good time.
[ He was just jogging around before this, so a break was probably a good idea. ]
[ He was just jogging around before this, so a break was probably a good idea. ]
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