[action] 1/Luke what evenfaterecantedSeptember 27 2011, 22:08:27 UTC
[Van has so far escaped the Score-nosso's fairytale tyranny, and he can't say he's sad to have missed the fun. But what he did miss was breakfast, so he set boldly out from his apartment to rectify this oversight and-]
[action] but master I thought you'd be proudcakeblockedSeptember 28 2011, 01:33:41 UTC
[Van doesn't even have to shout. That voice makes Luke stop in his tracks and straighten his back even further than he usually does. Master... What did he want?
A part of him just wants to keep walking and get away from him. Yet... He can't fight the other half of him, the one that makes him turn his head to look at Van. Maybe in the past, the sight of his master would've been a joy to him, but now his lips are pressed together in a thin line.]
[action] there's not much there to be proud offaterecantedSeptember 28 2011, 22:49:51 UTC
[Don't look at him like that, replica, he is doing Asch you a favor.
Who's glad he always wears two shirts? That's right, Van is. And he's taking the long-sleeved one off right now.]
I'm not interested in what you were thinking. [The words are delivered with only half of his considerable disdain. There is a chance, however slim, that he is going to need this failure for something before Asch stops sulking and comes to his senses. He will therefore, for the moment, be judicious (if not gentle) in his treatment.] Asch won't appreciate you showing the village quite so much of him.
[action] look at this amazing body it's totally enoughcakeblockedSeptember 29 2011, 04:36:01 UTC
[Just that one comment and Luke can feel a very deep shame settle over him. That's right, this... this was Asch's body. Not his. Ever since he was a replica, he'd look in the mirror and realize that it's Asch's face staring back at him. Lately, he hadn't done it so much. But now...
Luke looks down at the ground and takes a step back, one hand rising in a fist. To him, he's still wearing the outfit, so Luke isn't sure why Van is commenting on such a thing. But still...
He shuts his eyes. No, he can't just... accept this. Not after everything he's been through.]
[action] oh maybe if it had real musclesfaterecantedSeptember 29 2011, 11:12:56 UTC
[If this was a button-up shirt, Van would just drape it over Luke's shoulders himself; but it is not, and he really doesn't know if he'd be successful forcing it over the head of a recalcitrant replica. So instead he just holds it out, in a manner that very sternly suggests taking it would be the best course of action for everyone involved.
For the sake of ingratiating himself to Asch again (and perhaps the replica too, as a bonus), he is going to explain something to Luke. He is going to explain it calmly. He is going to explain it clearly. He is going to explain it framed as the gentle guidance of a person that knows more and better. And he is going to explain it in the same soothing teaching voice he's been using for the last seven years, with the mild addition of bored exasperation.]I don't know why Asch allows you to stay with him. Where you are concerned, his feelings have always been... extreme. But I do know that if you wish to keep staying with him, you shouldn't upset him. He thinks of it as his body and his face. Walking
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[action] these are totes real muscles guy's a liarcakeblockedSeptember 29 2011, 20:33:01 UTC
[Luke hates this. He hates that tone Van is taking, hates how much hope and happiness is stirring in himself as a result. It makes him sick with himself, and he can't seem to look at Van's face as a result.
He can't believe he's even listening, too. He... Luke and Asch have always had fights, and Asch never kicked him out! They were living together for a purpose, something... something that's beyond Van. Beyond what he can understand. Something like... a fight or a stupid experiment can't just break that apart! ... Can it?
No. No. Luke needed to trust Asch more than that.
Besides... something's amiss.]
... What do you mean "nearly naked"? I'm wearing a lot...
[He frowns at himself. Luke sounds... almost small. His tone makes him sound like he's barely speaking up at all.
Even though he's still seeing that gaudy outfit, he reaches out and takes the shirt Van's offering him. If... Van's right, and this is an experiment, he might need it. But... But only until Luke can get back home. Then he'll throw it out.]
[action] guy's a chronic liar don't you knowcakeblockedSeptember 30 2011, 01:48:45 UTC
[That just makes a chill run up Luke's spine. He presses his lips together, frowns up at Van, then pulls the shirt over his head in a way that might seem defiant. He'll speak before it even comes past his face - ]
[action] guy's nothing but an amateurfaterecantedSeptember 30 2011, 15:19:05 UTC
There. [Once Luke has the shirt on, Van pinches the fabric at the shoulders and straightens it a bit. His are considerably wider than Luke's, and the fit isn't at all right. The gesture doesn't appear sinister. Instead it has overtones of brotherly or perhaps paternal affection. It's gentle. It's caring.
Which is exactly what makes it so vicious and insidious.] Much better. Let's not give anyone reason to be upset with you, hm?
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Replica do your defects know no bounds?]
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[He will yell it across the plaza if he has to. It isn't as though the fool has a problem with drawing attention today, after all.]
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A part of him just wants to keep walking and get away from him. Yet... He can't fight the other half of him, the one that makes him turn his head to look at Van. Maybe in the past, the sight of his master would've been a joy to him, but now his lips are pressed together in a thin line.]
... Master?
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Who's glad he always wears two shirts? That's right, Van is. And he's taking the long-sleeved one off right now.]
I'm not interested in what you were thinking. [The words are delivered with only half of his considerable disdain. There is a chance, however slim, that he is going to need this failure for something before Asch stops sulking and comes to his senses. He will therefore, for the moment, be judicious (if not gentle) in his treatment.] Asch won't appreciate you showing the village quite so much of him.
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Luke looks down at the ground and takes a step back, one hand rising in a fist. To him, he's still wearing the outfit, so Luke isn't sure why Van is commenting on such a thing. But still...
He shuts his eyes. No, he can't just... accept this. Not after everything he's been through.]
This... This isn't Asch's.
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For the sake of ingratiating himself to Asch again (and perhaps the replica too, as a bonus), he is going to explain something to Luke. He is going to explain it calmly. He is going to explain it clearly. He is going to explain it framed as the gentle guidance of a person that knows more and better. And he is going to explain it in the same soothing teaching voice he's been using for the last seven years, with the mild addition of bored exasperation.]I don't know why Asch allows you to stay with him. Where you are concerned, his feelings have always been... extreme. But I do know that if you wish to keep staying with him, you shouldn't upset him. He thinks of it as his body and his face. Walking ( ... )
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He can't believe he's even listening, too. He... Luke and Asch have always had fights, and Asch never kicked him out! They were living together for a purpose, something... something that's beyond Van. Beyond what he can understand. Something like... a fight or a stupid experiment can't just break that apart! ... Can it?
No. No. Luke needed to trust Asch more than that.
Besides... something's amiss.]
... What do you mean "nearly naked"? I'm wearing a lot...
[He frowns at himself. Luke sounds... almost small. His tone makes him sound like he's barely speaking up at all.
Even though he's still seeing that gaudy outfit, he reaches out and takes the shirt Van's offering him. If... Van's right, and this is an experiment, he might need it. But... But only until Luke can get back home. Then he'll throw it out.]
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You're wearing very little. Should I tell you what color your underwear is, Luke?
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No, just... don't, okay?!
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Which is exactly what makes it so vicious and insidious.] Much better. Let's not give anyone reason to be upset with you, hm?
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