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the random scenario meme


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TYPES OF SCENES
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!

ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honour → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.

ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.

CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.

FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?

GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.

SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hatesex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knifeplay, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?

Comments

<3

[tragicconstruct]

[In that case how about heartache post-final needle where Claus survives but well scars are a thing, as is the fact he's still basically a robot-chimera/cyborg and well getting used to that is going to be fun for both of them I'm sure?

If that all sounds cool happy to start us up or you're welcome to throw me one too :) And seriously I'm so happy to see a Lucas around here you wouldn't believe.]

[lovetheme]

(That sounds like a tear-filled wonderful time to me! CYBORG ADJUSTMENT PERIOD...they gotta work through this together....if you don't mind starting that would be great c: Same to you though!! I'm so happy to see a Claus around here myself aaah...I was fully prepared to lcw it out in memeland here lol, so when your tag hit my inbox I actually gasped. Thank you again for making my day like this!!)

[tragicconstruct]

[Awesome! Let me know if this works for you then! And yay, glad I could make you happy <3

Also please excuse lack of icons I kinda got very excited about tagging you that I kinda got ahead of actually getting them uploaded, I'll sort that later.]

[The last few...weeks? Months? Years? All of it felt like some strange fever dream - he'd existed detached and apart from his memories to such an extent that it didn't feel real. Searching his databank for any records- no, going through his thoughts, his memories to make sense of it all was a process he knew would take plenty of time, even without suddenly trying to reconcile the parts of him that were Claus with the parts of him that were the Masked Man...

The parts of him that had tried to kill his brother. That didn't recognise him at all, beyond the bits of programming that registered him as an enemy for elimination. Thank everything that had stopped.

In many ways, the affect he'd had on Lucas was more painful than the occasional shock of phantom pain coming from his cybernetic limbs, or the sting left over where he was healing from his own reflected attack.

And, naturally, he was frustrated and impatient. He always had been hasty, and although barely any time had passed since he'd come back, he wanted it all to just get better now.

It felt like he'd been trying to sleep for the past hour, all that data- those thoughts rushing through his mind a mile a minute. Sleep was clearly a fruitless effort, though, and he finally cracked open his eyes.]

Hey...You still awake?

[Oh...it would probably freak Lucas out, the way his single mechanical eye was glowing red in the dark room, wouldn't it? He lazily flopped his arm over his eyes to hide it for now.]

[lovetheme]

(This works great, thank you!! LMAO no worries at all on the icon front, I've still got more icons to make on my end too...what is free time tho....take your time, it's no issue!)

[Yes, technically speaking, if one were to sit down with a calendar and clock and carefully measure the time...it really hasn't been very long at all, since Claus finally came back. Maybe a day. Two at most? But Claus isn't the only one that's had a bit of difficulty keeping track, recently. When so very much has happened, so quickly and miraculously...

There's probably something to be said about parallels and irony against Claus's own perception of things...in the fact that the last three years have been all too lucid for Lucas, and yet these very recent events feel more like a long dream instead. Admittedly, he still genuinely wonders if it isn't all just a dream sometimes...if it isn't all just going to vanish, at any moment now. Ever since that last terrible fight he'd had with Claus...ever since pulling that final Needle, and wishing with all his heart and being--yes, many things have felt strange. Not quite present, not quite real. But then--

There's certain reminders that come back to him, though. Reminders that keep him anchored, keep him feeling less like he's about to float away back to some place where none of this ever happened. Like this reminder right here, and right now, on this calm and quiet night that somehow just isn't lending to a calm and quiet sleep for either of them. After three years it's taking some getting used to, splitting a bed with somebody again--sharing a bed with Claus again--and even on a second night, the experience still makes Lucas's heart well with a great many different not-sleepy thoughts and feelings. Like a happiness, certainly, constant and overwhelming, a warm talisman that will perhaps always remain in his chest so long as Claus remains here now: a void filled, a missing piece finally slotted back into place again. But it's strange all the same, isn't it? Much as he might try not to think about it too much, it's hard to deny. Little details, slight mismatches against what he vividly remembers of sleep when they were small. Claus does not lay quite the same--does not breathe quite the same--and even as he rests there are other things on his person that stay busy, the faintest of faint whirs and clicks, internal gears keeping him alive as tirelessly as a regular heartbeat might.

Lucas...still doesn't quite know for certain, about exactly how much of Claus is human, and how much is machine now. As far as he is concerned, his brother is still as whole as he ever was all the same, machine parts and all--but there's no denying that things are going to be different now. Different, and difficult...

So it's not very surprising at all when Claus speaks up at length, about an hour or so after they've both laid down to sleep. Lucas has been flat on his back with his eyes closed--trying his level best to lure sleep a little closer, in this way--but he's giving up that ghost as soon as Claus makes it clear it's not working out for him either. Opening his eyes, and turning his head--just in time to catch that flicker of a glowing red eye, right before Claus is pulling an arm up over it. (Ah--another one of those strange details, still just a bit unsettling no matter how hard Lucas tries to put that feeling aside. It's definitely even more obvious in the dark. But there's a pang all the same, at Claus's clear attempt at covering it...)]

Yeah. Can't sleep either. [He draws out a slow breath, and then shifts, slowly turning over onto his side to peer properly at Claus.] ...S'there something hurting again?

[The phantom pains are definitely a thing that have come up, at this point, though the lightning damage from earlier is surely still a thing too. Implicit healer that he is, Lucas has tried his best not to be too fussy about it, but has probably failed several times over by now...then again, there's no denying he'd be worried about this sort of thing anyway, even if he couldn't heal anything at all. The question is out before he can quite stop it.]

[tragicconstruct]

[Overwhelming was definitely one way to describe the feelings he was sure both he and his brother shared about everything that happened. Claus tried to put on a brave face and act like he was fine now, but... well, the fact that it took less than a day before he ended up admitting to Lucas how much everything sometimes hurt showed just how well he was managing that, especially with the way Lucas had been fussing so far.

He was able to smile, at least, when he thought his wounds after the battle at the final needle would kill him. When he finally came to his senses once again. Claus wasn't sure how he'd survived - but put it down to Lucas' powerful healing abilities. Or maybe it was something the dark dragon did when it awakened. He really didn't know for sure, not when he was trying to deal with all his emotions and memories flooding back to him in full force. He didn't want to dwell on the battle any more than that to figure it out.

Still, the fighting was over - not that the adrenaline had got the message just yet for either of them. Everything felt like it should feel so normal for them now, just resting the way they always used to. But...yes. Things would be different now, and for all his impatience he'd have to try and slow down and accept that.

Truth be told, even after all the time that passed, Claus didn't know how deep the mechanical parts of his body ran. Sure, the cybernetic limbs and such were easy to figure out, but it wasn't like he could see inside himself. Even thinking back to routine maintenance and repairs being carried out were horrifying enough, and he couldn't bring himself to even try and dig up any of what happened when he was first 'built'-

Thankfully, he snapped out of that thought when he heard Lucas move to look over his way. For now, he kept his eyes closed under his arm, smiling a bit as if he knew he'd get in trouble for being awake this late at night.]

Nah, just aches a bit. Thought we'd be tired enough to sleep by now.

[lovetheme]

[Claus always had been the one to try being brave first, hadn't he? Always full of bluster and enthusiasm, always trying to run headfirst into everything. (Always the hasty one--) There had once been a time when Lucas was more timid, and cautious, and easy to frighten...and it'd been alright, because he always knew Claus would be there to sprint right over and throw himself in front. --It was very strange and bittersweet, yesterday, to be able to see through Claus's brave front now, to find him admitting to weakness that was no fault of his own. It's yet another of many different things, and it'd made Lucas wonder, for the first time, just how much he himself had changed. (He wonders if Claus can tell. He wonders how Claus feels about it. But that's--sort of awkward to ask out loud, you know?)

The fact that Claus is even here right now is definitely some kind of miracle in itself, though, even despite all the lingering damage and pains. He might be chalking it up to Lucas's healing skills, but Lucas himself would say it's ill-placed credit; after all, he'd tried his best, but he'd been so very sad and exhausted after that fight...he'd barely had enough PSI left in him for much of anything, hadn't he? Yet somehow--for some reason--Claus hadn't quite given his last breath, before Lucas could reach the Needle. And when he'd made his wish, well...

Yeah, it might have had something to do with that.

(He hopes mom understands. That she's alright with it--with Claus not going to her just yet. Not for a little while still, at least--)

Hm, no pain, then that's good. Just aches...there are some things that even Lucas can't fix up completely, and he's had to accept that those sorts of aches are going to be one of them. Duster is the same way, with his leg--though Claus is rather worse off, by a long shot. Lucas nods a little against his pillow, and reigns in further fussing by addressing that second bit instead.]

It's, definitely, pretty late by now...I bet it's midnight at least. [It ought to be rueful, but it comes out sort of amused instead. Claus's smile is contagious, after all, and Lucas is smiling back without even thinking about it; secretive, as if it's three years earlier and they're both being rebellious about curfew, the threat of mom's scolding should they be caught an exciting sort of terror. (And how nice it is, to see Claus smiling--no, that'll never stop squeezing something painfully glad, in his heart. After all that time staring down the grim and emotionless visage of the Masked Man...these expressions, too, are a miracle to see. Concrete proof that Claus really is back).] ...Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I go outside and visit Boney. Moving around can get you tired eventually...

[Granted, he never had a very hard time sleeping when he was small. But after things changed, well...yeah. Lucas is quiet for a moment after that, smile fading just a bit in favor of something thoughtful...before he's shifting again, this time to reach over and tug at one of Claus's sleeves just a bit. --Old habit. He doesn't even think about doing it, but maybe it's this weird sort of nostalgia setting in, and--] ...Hey. You wanna go outside now?

[tragicconstruct]

[Claus wasn't sure when he started taking it upon himself to rush in and guard Lucas - but perhaps it was simply the fact that a lack of any sort of hesitation always brought him a step ahead, ready to protect him. That was just...how things worked. When he came to his senses, it had shocked him how Lucas had the strength to stand up and fight against him. How his brother took it on himself to help look after him for a change.

It was a bittersweet feeling. On one hand, he was proud of how much he had grown, but on the other he was a little ashamed of his own weakness. And of course there was the regret that Lucas had been pushed into keeping himself safe with him gone. But all of that was awkward to discuss right off, wasn't it?

As for their mother... well. Claus thinks she'd be happy they were looking out for each other again. It was enough, for now, that he'd heard her voice.]

...Yeah. Let's get out- some fresh air'll be good.

[He sat up quickly at the tug on his sleeve - so normal, just like it was before - save for the glint of his metallic arm where that arm-cannon used to be mounted. The red glow from his eye came back a moment as he glanced to the door, just to make sure their 'scheme' to sneak out hadn't been overheard by a scolding parent.

He was eager as ever to get moving again given the chance - even with the aching and discomfort from the mechanical parts of body, sitting around whilst he was restless only made that feeling worse.]

[lovetheme]

[Claus sits up, and Lucas does too, releasing his sleeve as soon as the response comes. The metal arm coming out of it...doesn't escape notice, even if just for a moment he'd been able to not think about it--to embrace the feeling that they were in bed same as before, and Claus was whole and not-part-metal nor hurting, and they were about to sneak out on an adventure against all better judgment. ...But Claus moves, and the arm flickers in the low light, and the present time with all its strangeness sinks back in. (--Lucas is glad they were able to get the cannon off. Though it's, still...yeah...)]

Fresh night air...it's good for frogs. Good for people too, I think. [This makes--less sense, said out loud, but his thoughts are kind of distracted all around, and so the words just kind of come out. Lucas is swinging his legs over his side of the bed as he speaks, the movement hopefully quiet enough to not alert anybody. Dad's home, after all--finally, finally--with Claus returned, and the strange events at an end, he's actually opting to sleep in the house again. Lucas is glad for it, but admittedly there's still a part of him that's been trying to get used to it again, too. ...Lots of things to get used to lately, after three years of living pretty much by himself at home...

But as he stands up, and turns back towards the bed and Claus, that red eye's visible again, a bright glow in the dark that cuts towards the door too. During the daytime hours, out in the sunshine and busy with other things, it was something Lucas could overlook fairly easily, another jarring but manageable change to a face he knew so well. (A face that--used--to look just like his...) Seeing it like this, though, lit up in the gloom...it really is very hard not to think about it now. He wonders--]

...Hey. Your eye. Can it--? [--the question's hesitant on its way out, and then just sort of dies outright in his throat, squashed by second thoughts. Lucas stops short, and shakes his head, and turns away a bit too quickly.] I--I mean. Nevermind. I'm sorry...

[No, he still doesn't know how to bring it up. How to ask directly about that, and the other new parts of Claus, now...part of him might be curious, in a morbid sort of way, but another part of him really doesn't want to hurt Claus any more than he already is either. If asking about it would bother him, or bring up unwanted memories--he'd really rather not, if he can help it at all. But the thoughts and questions keep cropping up, all the same...

Eyes downcast, Lucas pads over to the dresser they're both sharing in this room, carefully tugging open a drawer and casting out for something else to say.]

Um. D'you want a shirt to put on, before we go out...? [You know, instead of pajamas. Yeah.]

[tragicconstruct]

[All those little reminders, those little signs, they frustrated Claus too. Now he'd come back he wished he could just leave all those pieces behind at the battleground the way they did that cannon. That was wishful thinking though, he kew very well he couldn't turn back time and change what happened to him, or turn his body back to the way it was before it was rebuilt.

Despite that, the data-structures in his mind still registered the metallic parts as more natural, as more him from time to time. He was a robot first, a human second- no, that wasn't right. Claus really hoped he'd be able to get rid of those intrusive thoughts forever, someday.

...but even if he did, could he really call himself human anymore? If anything, he was a Chimera.

He stopped himself from trying to remember how Master Porky used to refer to him. Best leave that memory in the dust.

Just as Claus had been about to question what on earth his brother was getting at when he went on about frogs, a more pressing question came up first. Darn, he was supposed to keep that hidden, wasn't he? It wasn't like he could take his eye offline without messing with his sight, after all.]

What about it? You can ask, don't worry. [a pause, and then: ] Hey, pass me a scarf or something.

[At least with that, he could cover it up with a sort of makeshift bandana and make Lucas more comfortable.]

Yeah, we probably shouldn't go out in pyjamas, right?

[lovetheme]

[Look, he's formed an exceptional working relationship with frogs in general for the last several months, so now they're on his mind more often than not these days...! But that's an explanation to come at some point later, probably. --Even if it's kind of a shame that it doesn't come up now, really, since that'd probably have been a more pleasant conversation. Still, Lucas had already cemented the direction of things by voicing a half-question that he maybe shouldn't have, just now. He's already regretting it a fair amount...until Claus says that, anyway. Lucas looks up from the drawers to him with some surprise, and blinks, before frowning back down at the dresser contents.]

A scarf? Okay... [--Hm, won't be winter for awhile yet, but with some digging--yeah, towards the bottom. Lucas tugs one out; hand-knit sheep's wool...something Mom made, a lifetime ago. He gently tosses it towards the bed and Claus, before continuing to dig around for some more clothes.] ...We probably shouldn't, yeah. Don't want to stay inside in our pajamas for the rest of our lives or something, huh?

[Because Mom used to say that, too. She probably wouldn't approve, from wherever she's watching them now, if they actually did go gallivanting outside at night in nothing but pajamas.

--And, yeah, for nearly half a minute it almost seems like Lucas is going to avoid Claus's first question entirely; it's a bit tempting, even though it's basically an open invitation to ask now, from Claus's end. It's just sort of...hard...to phrase it? Is that what it is? --No, it's something more difficult than that. But eventually, Lucas decides that he ought to muster the courage to push it out anyway, and so he does.]

...About your eye, well. I was wondering. Does it see things, like a regular eye does? Or...can it see things that a regular eye can't see, too? [A pair of shirts, and a pair of shorts; Lucas manages to extricate each from the drawer, and he brings them over to the bed too, even as he speaks carefully. (Both shirts are red and yellow striped, alas; they haven't been able to get hold of anything in Claus's current size and proper colors yet. But at least Lucas's shirts still fit him just as well, save for maybe some awkward maneuvering around certain metal parts. Lucas is hovering beside the bed as he changes specifically in case Claus might need help with his own shirt on that front, too.)]

sorry for the slow - month end is murder at work

[tragicconstruct]

[Yes, he'd definitely have to ask about the frogs once they'd got out in the fresh air. Claus felt a pang of guilt - perhaps that since he wasn't around, Lucas only had Boney and frogs for company...

For now, he caught the scarf and tied it around his head like a bandana, making sure his eye was covered.]

Ha, yeah...you used to get told off more than me for that. I only tried to rush out in my pyjamas a couple of times.

[Yeah, he's pretty sure that however glad his mother would be that they were getting along, she'd still be tutting disapprovingly at them rushing out without getting dressed first. Wherever she was.

For now, Claus focused on getting changed in the long silence, not certain whether his brother was being timid or whether he had dropped the subject entirely...ah. It soon proved to be the first option.

He paused a moment, considering the question, before: ]

It doesn't see as well as my other eye does in the daytime, it's kinda fuzzy and it's all just red. But it sees shapes better at night, and it makes stuff like words- [A vague gesture in the area in front of him] -appear with targeting information and other stuff. I dunno how it all works.

[He did have some trouble with his shirt - they tended to get stuck on the tangled mess of machinery where his wings came out. This wouldn't be so much of a problem if Claus wasn't being quite so impatient with the effort.]