paradisalost | ○ 013 Transmission

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the rookie

○ 013 Transmission

[Originally, Rookie had planned on spending the morning outside today to enjoy the fresh air, but decided against it when recalling the piles of leaves that were still littering the castle's grounds. Having no real interest in wasting the duration of his afternoon with plucking foliage out of his armor - as that usually tended to be how his evenings were spent once he returned indoors - the ODST could instead be found sprawled out in a nice little corner of Paradisa's lobby with the journal purposely propped open over his helmet.

Luckily for those listening, however, it wasn't snoring that was being transmitted over the pages today.]

[Filtered to those in the UNSC - except the Meta.]

Hey. Been meaning to bring this up, but I have some technology for you guys to check out. Grabbed it back when we all got separated during the expedition. Not sure if any of you would actually be interested in it though, seeing as a lot of it's broken, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to mention.

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[Once that was said and done, Rookie gave a soft sigh before moving on to the next two filters. Since he may as well cover all his bases while he was doing the whole journal thing.]

[Ted]

Doing any better, civvy?

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[Kallen]

Hey... [Bit of an awkward pause, since he was still trying to settle on whether or not to go through with this.] You have a moment?

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(ooc: Feel free to come across Rookie in the lobby, but other than that replies will be after I sleep. o/)

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You wanted to apologize?

[She sounds a little surprised.]

Yeah. [Brief pause.] For the way I acted a couple days ago.

Oh. [Huh. She doesn't really think he needs to apologize, but she's curious about his reasoning.]

Go on.

[He did, and although it was usually not something he liked doing - for one reason or another - he still felt that this was needed.

Didn't make it any easier, of course, but he was still going to try.]

You know how I usually make a point to... close off, I suppose, when it comes to the more personal things?

[Well, this was a new one. She's not going to make any remarks about it, since she can tell it's not easy for him to address.]

Yeah, I do. [Meaning he can continue now.]

Well, there's a reason for it.

[He falls quiet then, since there's still that little bit of hesitation pressing into the back of his mind. One that wants him to stay silent and not say anything, but seeing as he knows doing that now wasn't going to help matters much, he'll stubbornly push past it.]

It's because I can't seem to remember anything most of the time.

What do you mean?

[There's a bit of silence, before he's flopping back against the wall with a metal 'thud' and folding his arms across his chest.]

My loss. [That tone shifts into something a little more neutral, eying the floor in front of him.] It's memories, I think.

Can't remember anything past a certain point, and even then most of it's pretty fuzzy.

Rookie-- Why are you telling me this now?

Because there's no reason I shouldn't. [Or the conclusion he's come to, anyway.]

And it's not fair for me to act a certain way without you knowing the reasoning behind it.

That makes sense. [There's a pause.] You're not just telling me this because you feel guilty, right?

[Silence, and then:] ... That's part of it, yes.

But not the only reason.

I see. [There's silence on her end as well.

Then the journal shuts.]

Kallen, wait -- Kallen! [There's a mumbled curse from under his breath when realizing what that sound had been, before he was roughly tossing his own journal with a frustrated sigh.

How did he only end up making things worse?]

[Roughly twenty minutes later, the familiar redhead makes her way into the lobby and looks around until she spots the armored figure in the corner of the room near a potted plant. She hesitates a little as if she's deciding whether to go over or not.]

[At some point during those twenty minutes, Rookie had taken to laying back down on the floor. But this time he seemed less relaxed. More tense, like there was something twirling around in that helmet which gave him reason not to notice Kallen quite yet.]

[Another few moments pass before she decides to stay where she is, but risk a greeting.]

Hey.

[There's a subtle, nearly hard to miss jerk of his helmet when he heard her voice, but he remains silent. At least long enough for him to briefly lift his helmet off the ground to look at her before letting it fall back down on the floor with a 'clunk'.]

... Hey.

[Ffffffffffff.]

Should I leave you alone?

... [He's not really sure what to say now, because he doesn't want to mess things up even further with another apology. So he'll just give a small shake of his head.]

[Which was Rookie lingo for: No. :(]

[Kallen's gonna take a chance and walk over to join him, sitting on the lobby floor beside the spot where he's sprawled. With a glance down, she tries to lighten the mood.]

You look silly laying there like that.

[There's only a small, amused snort from him before he was moving that visor in her direction. ]

Never stopped me before.

It shouldn't stop you now, either.

[In fact, she slides down so that she's laying next to him, though she does have the sense to grab a pillow off the nearby chair first. Under her head it goes.]

[He's surprised, but within good reason. Having gone from expecting Kallen to simply be angry and wanting nothing to do with him, to suddenly having her right here by his side... was a little jarring, to say the least. Or perhaps it was just down right confusing.

Either way, it allowed the chance for Rookie to relax a little.]

Trying to take over my spot now, hm?

[A faint, whisper of a laugh, but only because he's still being a tad cautious.]

And what if I am? [She waits a moment before turning so she's laying on her side with her elbow on the pillow and her her cheek resting in her hand. Now she can face her armored friend.]

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Action!

Forever! <3

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