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http://zouichi.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-08-28 11:30 pm

The more things change...

Zouichi had taken a few wounds during the mission, but nothing that he would deem serious enough to require medical treatment. He'd already begun to heal, and he estimated that by the time tomorrow rolled around, he'd once again be at full strength. This was not, of course, true of everyone who had fought on that moon -- those who had lost their lives, for instance.

But for him, intense combat was the norm. There was no sense dwelling on loss of life or regretting the past, and there were no nightmares about the dead or dying. There was only the future, and the battles to be found there.

So it was back to business as usual: maintenance on the HDC, clearing stray leaves off the front steps and caring for the flowers... and teaching his pet parrot some commands. Today, however, Alan seemed more intent on rolling onto his back and demanding to be picked up. So Zouichi settled back in the shade of a nearby tree instead, playing with the bird and occasionally wondering where he'd picked up all these new phrases that sounded suspiciously like Lash.

Maybe if Howard showed up, they could look for odds and ends in the City.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-02 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nah, it started with a D." Desolate? Maybe. "Was that the guys who made up the zombie virus who industrialized everything?"

He finds a heavy piece of metal, maybe some abstract art doorstop, and walks up to one of the walls with it. He taps the wall and, satisfied it's hollow, starts knocking a small hole in it.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-02 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Howard punches enough of a hole into it that he can reach his arm in. He feels around blindly in there. "Nobody keeps their electrical wiring on the outside of their walls. I just need to find where it is. Mostly insulation in here, though."

Honestly, Howard's fine with totally getting rid of nature (nature is evil! It'll kill you!), but he's not about to tell Zouichi that. Given how Zou feels about animals and gardening, he's pretty sure it won't win him any points. "Conserving less? What about resources?"
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-02 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I give most of it to Engineering for free, and I use some of it when I try to fix stuff up." What, you think roller fridges make themselves? "And maybe next shore leave I can trade some of the leftover with people for like, maybe a new shirt or something."

Really, it just sounds like a more extreme version of what was already happening back on Earth. "No green movement where you're from, sounds like."
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Let's find something silly in this house or something!

[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-03 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, when muumuus come back into style, I'll wear that shirt. Inside out." No, Zouichi, over his dead body. And if he dies, you are not allowed to bury him in that shirt.

He touches something inside the wall. "Oh, that feels like it." He retracts his arm, pulls his pocketknife out and starts carving a hole in the wall like a chisel.
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Re: Let's find something silly in this house or something!

[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-03 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
He's so going to turn that shirt into a tea cozy. And he doesn't even much like tea!

Howard jumps about a foot when he pulls a piece of the wall back to be faced by that statue. And shrieks. And nearly trips over himself rushing behind Zuichi. "What the hell is that?!"

And then feels very stupid when he realizes it's a statue.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-03 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Howard emerges from behind Zouichi. "Oh hell no. You've got to be kidding me."

He creeps forward and taps it. "Think it's real?"

And then, being the either freakishly observant or having the mindset of a hoarder, Howard drops to his knees and taps the floor beneath Han. "Hollow. Trap door. Can you move Snowcone up there off it?"
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-03 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean, is that actually Han Solo frozen in carbonite? I thought we had a Han?" He slides his fingers along the rim of the door until he finds the right edge to pull. The door comes up easily. "That depends on what else it's covering, right? Wanna go in?"

Not that Howard's keen to be going through creepy trapdoors, but Zou's with him, and odds are if you're going to hide something with Han Solo it's probably marginally valuable.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-04 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know. Maybe carbonite stands are manufactured in Singapore and then shipped out to Saturnine or wherever."

Howard follows, pulling out his flashlight. The steps are wooden, and creak beneath them. "Hey, no sighing. Don't act like having adventures with me is such a chore. Oh, God, it smells like something died down here."

He really hopes that that remains just a a figure of speech.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-05 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Honestly? I don't really want to know."

The ceiling's sloped enough that Zou will have to stoop, and though Howard doesn't have to he does by instinct. The floor is dirt, and the pathway stretches into darkness in front of them. Howard holds his nose closed. "I don't like adventures. I thought you did."
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-05 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, the things I do for you, Zou," he says, coughing a bit as the smell gets heavier. "Man, someone's got a serious case of dry rot in here."

He runs his hand over the wall - it's wet and stone now, instead of dirt. There's a thumping sound upstairs. And that's when, of course, his flashlight runs out of batteries. "You've got to be kidding."

At least they still have Zouichi's.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-05 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I think I'm just about done with adventure today!" Howard flails around, trying to find Zouichi in the dark. "You can see in the dark, right? That's why your eyes do that cat thing?"
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-05 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Zou? Not to be a buzzkill, but we should be able to see the light from the exit if it's still open." And it's not.

...And on that note, why is there wind in this passage? Back and forth, almost like breathing.
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[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2011-09-05 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Howard does keep moving and keep a lid on that panic. Up until the floor bucks a bit. Then it's time to panic.

"I'm moving, I'm moving! Let's get the hell out of here!"

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