open | station nonsense

[asymbiotic]

CHARACTERS: Chuuta Kokonose and OTA
LOCATION: around the station
DATE: after the Die is Cast mission
CONTENT: catch-all log, chuuta's being useful
WARNINGS: not yet will add as needed



i. Kitchen
[It's, of course, the kitchen where Chuuta can be found most of the time. There's a scratch down the left side of his face, from right by his ear to his jaw, and it's probably going to scar even though he's keeping it bandaged up, but he doesn't have any other injuries, there's nothing to keep him from cooking.

So he's cooking. It's probably a good thing after a mission, to come in to the kitchen and find food in the fridge ready to be reheated and eaten, or muffins neatly arranged on a tray to take, or something like fried chicken freshly made and hot. There's enough for everyone. More than enough, really. And if Chuuta's in the kitchen at odd times, in the middle of the night sometimes, or at five in the morning, well, that's just how things are.

He's a little more withdrawn than usual, giving a friendly smile and a hello when people walk in, or pointing out something he's just made to make sure people get a chance to try it, but he's not really striking up conversation, and he seems pretty quick to go back to working and listening to the music he has playing through the mp3 player and earbuds he brought from home.]

ii. Generally Around
[He can't keep cooking forever. Not because he can't, but because there is kind of a limit on supplies and even though he's making enough food for everyone, it would be pretty terrible if he burned through everything. So long before that happens, he leaves the kitchen. He's just sort of around, hanging out and working on a crochet project (it's a scarf, something lightweight and red and getting very long). He might be in the sunlight room, or the living area, the sunlight room, or the Ximusic room. He's just around, out of the way, absorbed in what he's doing, not striking up any conversation or causing any problems, just hanging out in the vicinity of other people]

iii. Wildcard?
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Comments

[asymbiotic]

I'm sorry. [He says, and he should say something else, he should... but he can't. What he says instead is another lie, sort of. An explanation.]

I'm not any good at fighting, I need to get better, and I'm sorry that you were hurt because of me.

[karumic]

[Kazuma's eyes immediately go wide--making Chuuta feel bad was never his intention.]

No, don't--don't apologize. It's natural to be afraid in life-or-death situations. [He assumes.] It was your first battle, right?

[asymbiotic]

It was. [And that's not a lie. One on one fights, he's had plenty of them. But a battle? No, no experience there.]

Thank you for helping me. I probably would have gotten really hurt if you hadn't stepped in.

[karumic]

Please, don't worry about it.

[He isn't going to say that it wasn't a problem, because it was. But those problems weren't Chuuta's fault.]

Enough people were hurt in the fighting. I'm just glad you weren't another.

[asymbiotic]

I guess it was worth it. We got the orb back, and that's what matters. [He's been saying that to himself since they got back, trying to convince himself. There's a voice in his dreams that isn't his, reminding him that you have to make hard choices, that sometimes people are going to get hurt. He hasn't been sleeping well.]