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○ 001 Transmission [Video]

The Initiative picked an interesting time to bring me back. [The fully armored man on screen sighed, flopping back against the wall from where he was sitting and eying the tablet in his lap. He might even be looking a little exasperated, if one were capable of noticing that through his body language and tone. When considering that most of his facial expressions were hidden beneath that visor well enough.] Especially when it looks like a lot of people are getting sick, thanks to our friends beyond the wall.

So it'd probably be a good idea to stay away from crowds if you'd prefer not to join them.

[A quick second pause, tapping his finger on his leg a few times, before finally shrugging.]

Looks like I'll have to figure out what's changed about this place later, once things calm down.

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... Good point. [Tiny detail he forgot, which is why he's sighing and rubbing the side of his helmet - until he hears her next comment and glances down at the tablet. Then back up in the direction he needed to go.] Wha- Okay. Right. Five minutes.

On my way. [lsdfjsl and off goes the tablet, as he quickly breaks out into a sprint towards the apartments.]

[Hers clicks off as well, and she chuckles before leaving her room to wait outside the apartment in the hallway.]

[By some miracle he makes it a little under five minutes, and only when he sees her, does he finally make a move to slow down. Primarily by taking two large, leaping steps in order to break the momentum, before Rookie comes to a complete stop a foot or so away from where Kallen was currently leaning against the door. He's somewhat out of breath, given the way his chest moved up and down, but overall he seems fairly pleased to see her.]

Hi. [Yep. Just hi.]

[She raises an eyebrow at him, clearly unimpressed with the greeting.]

That's it? It's been another few months, you know.

[Kallen straightens and walks over, closing the gap.]

I know, I know. [Another sigh.] Given how organized this place seems to be lately, it wasn't too hard to realize that.

[His shoulders do drop a centimeter though, as he watched her wander over and regarded her with a curious shift of his helmet. Which, he then remembers is on, so he's quickly moving to tug the piece of equipment off and giving her a very apologetic smile.]

But how have you been? Everything okay? [Does he need to punch somebody?]

Would you just shut up for a moment?

[Once the helmet's off, Kallen doesn't give him another chance to keep babbling. Any remaining space between them disappears as she brings her arms up around his neck and kisses him on the mouth.]

I - [Okay, yep, his words are pretty much cut off by the sudden proximity of her eyes, and though he looks surprised for the first two seconds when she goes in for a kiss, he can't help but smile. Falling back into a more familiar kind of territory as he happily returned the gesture with a little more enthusiasm. Nice to see you too. ♥]

[After a few moments, Kallen pulls back with a slight smirk, though her arms are still lazily resting on his shoulders.]

I'm fine, by the way. Ino left recently, so I guess it's just you and me for now. There are some other people from my world as well.

[No complaints from him, as he has yet to remove his hands from where he'd placed them simply because he was reluctant to do so. That being just above her hip, but he did take on a more contemplating look when he was finally given the ability to respond.]

Long as you still have somebody around to keep you company, I'm happy. But I'm sorry to hear about Ino. Looked like you two got along really well, before I... [Small pause, before he's giving a sort of 'well, you know' gesture.]

Mm, I'm hoping she finally got to return home at least, but with all this... who knows? I'm sure she'll be fine wherever she ends up, though.

[She glances up at him, a corner of her mouth risen in amusement.] Before you were sucked away back to who knows where and when? It happens. I'm just happy to be able to see you again. There is the matter of rooming. I think right now, the housing building's full. You're more than welcome to move in with me again, but I have to warn you, I've got two stubborn roommates I'd have to inform first.

I'm sure she will be, too.

[Then a quiet nod, because he couldn't really add much else to that comment about his disappearing, because truth be told, he hadn't a clue either. He will give a faint grin, though, as he moved to swipe his helmet from where he'd dropped it on the floor.]

Stubborn, hm? Don't want to be a source of trouble if they'd rather not have an extra person filling up space.

They'll deal. If not, we'll find somewhere else. [She finally lets her arms drop with a shrug.] One I'm not too worried about, but the other's the one I don't know as well.

Anyway, what about you? Anything going on?

Whatever works for you, since I personally wouldn't mind sharing a room with you again. [Take that as you will, but he's just going to fold his arms across his chest and precariously hold onto his helmet with one finger. Only to give a small, noncommittal half-shrug at the questions.]

Far as I know, nothing. Just trying to get reacquainted with this place again.

I'd hope not, all things considering. [The redhead reaches over and plucks the helmet from his grasp, turning it over in her hands.] Nothing too new for either of us it seems, which might be for the best.

[She glances at him from the corner of her eye.] If you're okay without the armor for a little, I wouldn't mind a decent hug.

[He gives no protest when she makes for the helmet, only glancing down when realizing what she was doing and following the movement to see where it ends up. At least until her voice drew him away.]

I suppose so. [Light, little shift of his weight before sending her a smile in response.] But I think I can survive, so long as you're the only one asking.

[Meaning, he'll go ahead and let his armor revert to the more hug-friendly version, with the usual flashy transformation that went with it. The helmet, that had previously been in Kallen's hands, flying from them in order to break apart in midair and reform with the rest of the technological bits and pieces, to create the matching pair of armored gloves. Leaving him, as per usual, in his black, skin-tight undersuit.]

How's that?

For your sake, I had better be the only one asking. [She's chuckling despite her warning comment, moving over towards him once more. Her arms are back around him as she hugs him tightly, forehead resting against him.]

Stupid question. [Kallen sounds slightly amused at him asking. The next comment is said in a much quieter voice, though still audible to him.] I missed you.

You're the only one who can put up with me.

[The grin she gets, as he wraps his arms around her in return, falters a little at the last part. Though it's only when he's sure her eyes weren't focused in his direction, before he's burying his face into her hair and holding her a smidgen tighter. In some attempt to make it clear he's sorry for putting her through that again.] I know.

[At this point, she's setting the banter aside in favor of enjoying the familiar contact. She stays like this for what seems like a while before squeezing once more and pulling back a little.]

Come on in. The others aren't here right now, and we do have some food if you're hungry.

[Protesting, a little, when he feels her move away. Something he reflects by giving her a sigh, before he's shifting back to glance down at her. Although at the mention of food, his stomach made a point to settle any arguments he might of had, which were none, by giving a low growl. If simply because he was kind of starving, now that he actually took notice of it.]

Yeah. [Rubbing the back of his neck with a laugh, appearing a little embarrassed.] Food would be nice.

I'm afraid I know you too well sometimes.

[Kallen's already opening the door and motioning for him to follow, heading towards the kitchen area as she goes.] Just close the door behind you; I think we've got something reheatable right now...

[Just sort of shrugs in silence, with both hands extended outwards, before he's following her inside and doing what he's told.]

Whatever you have is fine. [He halts, reconsiders, and then moves over towards the kitchen to lean against the counter.] As long as I'm not stealing somebody else's food, of course.

No, it's mine; you're good. [She grabs something from the fridge and sticks it in the microwave before pressing a few buttons to get it going. Once it's warming up, Kallen turns back to face him.]

You'll need clothes once more, won't you?

I might be able to go buy a couple things, but yeah. [He sighs, rearranging his arms so they'd fold along the counter top.] But it's not a dire necessity. I can stick with the armor for a couple weeks or so.

Edited 2013-06-13 03:47 (UTC)

It's a better idea for now, since people are still getting sick. Once things settle, we can find you some decent clothes. [She can't help but give a half grin at the situation.] I'd offer you some of mine, but it doesn't exactly work that way.

[Rookie scrunches his nose at the thought.] Tempting as that is, I don't think I have the right curves for most of your clothes.

But speaking of, you haven't been feeling sick or anything lately, have you?

Edited 2013-06-13 04:20 (UTC)

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