It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?
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o p t i o n s 01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario. |
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numbers are for chumps
This one's fairly routine. He needs to resupply, and he's close enough to an old Overwatch outpost to make that the obvious choice. 76 knows them all like the back of his hand, something that's made him incredibly frustrating to all of the private security details that try to apprehend him. There are conspiracy theories as to why that's the case, of course, but he's been thorough. Effective. There's no real proof.
Not that he's worried about running into anyone tonight. The base has long been abandoned and fenced off, not important enough to warrant real security (not like Helix, anyway). With no functional alarm systems in place, slipping past the chain link and into the complex is easy.
He's quiet, efficient. Not exactly worried about being spotted or followed.]
a dad on the edge. ALSO hope this setup is cool
Genji has kept track of the news. Call it an idle interest. Someone ransacking old Overwatch bases was a concern, but not an immediate problem to him. Overwatch was, for better or worse, gone, and Genji's feelings on it were a somewhat complicated tangle that he was still sorting through. He kept an eye on 76's activities, but felt no need to follow up any further than that.
Not until Winston's recall.
No one knows 76's reasons for assaulting Overwatch bases, and that uncertainty makes him a potential threat if he finds out someone is trying to revive the organization. Genji's feelings on Overwatch itself may be complicated, but the last thing he wants is to see the people he'd worked with - the people who'd tried to help him in his darkest moments - attacked for daring to try to start again. So Genji sets about finding the truth himself.
This is what brings Genji here tonight, the lights of his armor extinguished in order to blend into the shadows as he slips into the silent, long dead Overwatch base. He takes to ledges and rafters when possible, creeps through the base until his efforts pay off and he finds his target picking through the supplies left behind when the base was shut down. He remains hidden long enough to take stock of 76 and his armaments, noting the rifle lying right within arm's reach, the biotic field generators strapped to his person. Then Genji drops from the ceiling behind the vigilante, letting the lights across his armor flicker back to life.]
Soldier: 76. [His posture is loose when he straightens, hands kept away from the hilts of the blades strapped to his back. He's not here to start a fight.] I wish to speak to you.
[How amiable 76 is to the idea is another matter entirely.]
of course it is great
The possible conclusions, of course, being capture or subdue. He'll, he wouldn't be surprised if they were under orders to gauge his intent and convince him to join. He doesn't fear for his life, necessarily. Winston is not the type to send agents with an order to kill someone (not that he thinks a potential situation wouldn't get out of hand), but even being close to these people is a risk. 76 can't afford to be compromised, not when there's still so much work to do.
So he's expected this, in a way, even if he wasn't exactly planning on Genji, of all people.
He curses himself inwardly for letting his guard down like this--knowing it was coming but not making more of an effort to stop it. Genji finds him digging through old cabinets and drawers for medical supplies, but at the slightest sound he's standing and his rifle is back in his hands, leveled at the intruder with almost inhuman reflexes.]
Yeah? That what they're calling it now?
[His tone of voice makes it clear that he expects to be apprehended, not spoken to, and even from behind the visor, it's easy to see he's looking for a way to counter-circle; get himself out from against the wall.]
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Despite reaching for a weapon he doesn't move to draw the blade, keeps his voice even in response to 76's clear agitation. No need to give the vigilante more reason to strike first than he already has.]
If you cooperate, it does not have to be more than talking.
[But Genji is more than aware that the chances for a clean, simple discussion are dimming by the second. That they weren't very high in the first place. Of course a man like 76 would expect a fight. He's a vigilante; like as not, there hasn't been much talking done with him in a while. More than that is the fact that he has no incentive to tell Genji anything. But he might as well try.]
You're targeting Overwatch bases. I would like to know why.
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You must think I'm pretty stupid.
[To walk in here. To think he's going to get an easy answer to that question.]
Who sent you?
[It's not out of the question that a vigilante targeting Overwatch would recognize some of the more prominent agents, so he isn't worried about outing himself by acknowledging who Genji is and whose orders he might be acting under. Still, 76 still has some modicum of the trigger discipline instilled in him, unhinged as he is nowadays. Genji might notice that though the rifle is levels squarely at him, the man holding it doesn't have his finger on the trigger--a clear indication that he doesn't intend to shoot.
Not yet, anyway.]
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[Genji doesn't question the recognition. He hadn't been a Jack Morrison or a Reinhardt Wilhelm, but he hadn't been an unknown either. More than that, Overwatch's shutdown had been something of a haphazard affair, and who knew what was left to rot in these old bases. What 76 had already gotten his hands on beyond supplies. The bigger, more important bases still had security these days, but it was more than clear that 76 hardly cared about that kind of thing. He had all but blown past anyone in his way between him and whatever he was searching for in these remnants of Overwatch's past.
It's possible he knows of the recall too, but Genji isn't about to play his hand on that without being certain. He won't be responsible for feeding a potential enemy sensitive information.]
If you know who I am, then you should know that I have reason for concern.
[He's keeping a close eye on the trigger. He wants to be aware the second that 76 goes for it.]
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[He'll make that clear right away, almost snapping back at him. 76 can't believe that he's here of his own accord, though he's sure it's a possibility. He's not sure what the kid's been up to since Overwatch's disbandment. He supposes it could be any number of things. The unknown offsets any reliance on what he expects from Genji. They're all different now. He can't bank on anything he used to know.
They're both frozen, weapons mere nanoseconds from being drawn or fired, but the fact that 76 hasn't made a move to attack yet is likely telling. Even if he considers himself a different man now, he's not going to kill one of his former team members without good reason.
Genji hasn't given it to him yet.]
You think I'm after agents. Is that it?
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The longer 76 doesn't fire, the odder it feels. He had no problem fighting first and asking questions later with anybody else who got in his way, and Genji has him physically cornered. He'd seen the way 76 had tried to evaluate a way out of his position, had been expecting the vigilante to pull something by now, and yet he hasn't. Why? Is he trying to keep Genji talking to buy time or get info? Is his connection to Overwatch more personal than Genji accounted for? More questions to add to the pile.]
I think it is possible.
[Overwatch had a lot of detractors even before it fell, and the existence of the Reaper shows that animosity toward Overwatch is alive and well ten years later. It wouldn't be a stretch to imagine more out there willing to go to such extreme ends to see Overwatch completely erased.]
You could be selling or stealing technology or information. The point is that I don't know what reasons you have for this. Only theories.
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76 can't exactly tell Genji what he's trying to do without betraying more involvement with Overwatch than is safe to admit, but any non-answer on his part will just confirm suspicions that he's just as dangerous as Talon. The recall is bad enough. Hostile ex-agents coming after him because he's confirmed himself to be an active threat is a problem he'd rather not deal with.]
So, what's the plan?
[He hefts the rifle again, as punctuation. Reminding Genji that he has it, even if he knows the very fact that he refrains from firing or even trying to escape says plenty.]
Track me down and ask me nicely to stop? Take me back to the space ape if I don't?
[Perhaps, given all the digging he's been doing, it's not out of the question he knows about the recall, too.]
sorry for the late, heat + work was not conducive to rp this week
Perhaps unfortunately, the silent threat 76 conveys by shifting his rifle only serves to remind Genji of the fact that he hasn't fired yet. And at this point, he's not sure what info 76 could be stalling for him to spill. He knows about the recall; he knows Overwatch is rising again. He may know as much, or more, about Overwatch than Genji had after digging through these derelict bases. So what stops him from forcing his way through?]
I may have to, [he mutters, fingers shifting their grip idly against the hilt of his blade. Take 76 to Winston, that is. But he'd rather not resort to that. He has yet to even respond to the recall personally; he doesn't want to drop in on Winston's doorstep with a dangerous vigilante in tow with no warning. More than that...] But I find it curious that you have yet to fire. I had not pinned you as one to let himself remain in unfavorable positions for long.
[76 still has his back against the wall. His finger is off the trigger. If Genji chose, he could close the distance faster than 76 could blink and put his blade to the man's throat. 76 knows who he is, he must know that Genji is capable of such feats. And yet he refuses to put his finger on the trigger. To truly back up the threat that the weapon in his hands represents on its own.
More and more, Genji is beginning to wonder just what Overwatch means to 76.]
no problem!
[Which he knows is probably uncharacteristic of a wanted vigilante with seemingly nothing to lose, but he's trying to pick his battles, here. It betrays something, not wanting to attack or otherwise engage Genji, but if he can manipulate his way out of this, he'd rather do that.
But he'll test the waters, especially now that Genji is almost challenging to try and get past him to the door. 76 is hard-pressed not to rise to it.]
I don't want to fight you. Thinkin' you don't want to fight me either. Might be best for the both of us if we just go our separate ways.
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[And if 76 won't offer that answer on his own, then Genji has to find some way to pry it out of him. A straight-out beatdown is off the table, sure, but further consideration has him realizing that if he can incapacitate 76, he could remove that mask or at least threaten it. The secrets of his identity must be ones big enough to make 76 give something up. Enough that Genji can decide whether he'll be a threat to Winston and the others or not. And at the very least, it's obvious that no matter how much they try to avoid it, a fight will happen eventually. Genji won't move, and 76 won't be able to leave without getting him out of the way.
So Genji makes the first attack. There's no warning; he flips three shuriken into his hand and launches them in quick succession at 76. Genji doesn't want to risk closing the distance between them just yet; he needs to keep 76 from getting close to any route of escape as long as possible, even if it means pitting his blade against the vigilante's rifle.]
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The unfortunate thing, he thinks, is that he really didn't want to hurt Genji. Now, however, he's more than content to fall back on his survival instincts and act as he would with any other threat.
And he knows how much Genji can take. The last thing he wants is more speculation about why he could possibly be holding back, but even nonlethal force will send a message to Winston. He ducks low, trying to avoid any subsequent projectiles, closing the distance between them with superhuman speed, flipping his grip on the rifle to swing it upwards like a baseball bat.]
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76 taking this up close rather than opening fire with the rifle strikes Genji as an odd choice, but he shoves it on the backburner for review later. It's clear that 76 needs his full focus or Genji will pay for jumping into this fight.
He's moving the second his feet touch the ground, darting back into 76's space to avoid giving the vigilante too much ground. The hiss of metal being drawn is the only warning before Genji swings the shorter blade out toward his opponent.]
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Still a little loath to actually start firing the rifle (perhaps he'll reconsider if the tables turn against him), he swings it again, this time trying to block the blade.]
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A flick of his free hand has three more stars sliding out of his arm to rest between his knuckles. They're barely out before he's throwing them at 76 in an attempt to discourage the vigilante from coming at him before Genji is ready for the next move.]
Why are you here? What is your connection to Overwatch?
[Genji isn't expecting much of a response; 76 wasn't eager to share before, and it's likely he'll be even less eager now. But it's worth the attempt, if for nothing else than a possible distraction.]
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He still can't get past, but when he blocks the next round of shuriken, he settles into a defensive stance and doesn't make a move to strike out.]
Answer one thing for me.
[It won't be an explanation. It might be something like it, however.]
Do you think that what happened to Overwatch was an accident?
[Of course it wasn't--not by any stretch of the imagination. But he wants to know how much Genji may or may not suspect.]
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[He'd been too wrapped up in his own personal issues at the time to see anything coming until it was too late, blindsided by the tragedy, but hindsight afforded him a new view on the days leading up to the collapse of Overwatch.
The growing tension between Morrison and Reyes. McCree's disappearance. The quiet whispers in the halls that stopped when he turned the corner. The odd atmosphere that had clung to everything, as if everyone had been waiting for a pin to drop. That, on top of the world's ever-increasing resentment of Overwatch, made it impossible to think of anything that happened as an 'accident'.
Thinking about it brings a dull ache to his chest, but Genji doesn't let it show. He remains as still as stone. Waits to see where 76 is going with this.]
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And it's good to know that Genji doesn't buy the media's explanation of Overwatch's fall. Of course it's wasn't an accident. How could it be? 76 is in the unfortunate but perfect position to uncover the truth. That's why the Recall leaves a bad taste in his mouth. There's only one way it can end, and it's not good.]
Someone's got to figure out what happened.
[Leave the past in the past and let him chase the ghosts, because he's the one who's already dead.]
Might as well be me.
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Despite how inherently shady the man is, being a vigilante and all, there's nothing Genji can read off 76 that tells him that the answer he's been given is a lie. There is, however, something that draws his curiosity. Might as well be me.]
Why you?
[Who are you?
It's impossible that 76 isn't someone with a connection to Overwatch at this point. But the single-minded conviction he's displayed in his efforts thus far, the tone of his words, says he has a far deeper connection than that of any simple agent who had once worked there. Why is he so dedicated to this cause, is this someone Genji once knew?]
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The real answer to why him is that it was his fault in the first place. The least he can do is set the record straight for the rest of them.]
Who else is gonna do it?
[Not Winston, who's already too caught up in his own idealism and the "new" Overwatch to investigate what ruined the original endeavor in the first place.]
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The question Genji gets in response to his own doesn't satisfy the itch that's been brought up, but Genji accepts it out of respect. He's gotten the answers he came for: 76 is diving into these ruins of the past in order to find out what happened. The fact that he didn't pull the trigger on Genji, or even curl his finger around it, once during their short skirmish speaks volumes by itself as to the threat 76 is likely to be to Overwatch agents in the future. Genji will take satisfaction in what he's learned.
For now. He already knows the question of 76's identity is going to be burning bright in his mind from this point on.]
Very well. [A bow of his head, and Genji takes a step back. He's gotten what he's came for; he can leave 76 be.] Then I hope you find some luck in your endeavor. I... [A pause, brief but palpable, before Genji finds his voice again:] I would like to know what happened as well.
[He lowers his head and the lights of his armor go out at once, returning him to shadow and leaving 76 alone once more.]