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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Tao makes small-talk over the comms.
Rating: PG
Contains: Nothing
Notes: Set after season 4.
Hellooooo overuse of italics, yet again. *sigh*
Genre: Family
Word count: 446
Status: Complete
"Anyone wanna make a bet on who's going to be adopted next?" Tao asked, and M-21 shook his head as he tore through an alley before finding the step-ups he needed to reach the roof.
"Number 1…" Takeo sighed.
"What? It's a valid question!"
"They're trying to kill us," Regis added, his voice dry.
"And?" Tao said flippantly. "We tried to do that to each other before we got to know each other."
…That was a good point. M-21 looked around and spotted the group of Union modified humans on another rooftop. "Found them," he told the others, already moving towards them. "East of the school." A little too close to Shinwoo's house for comfort and he hoped he hadn't been kidnapped again.
"Got it, Number 4! Everyone, converge there!" A brief pause. "What're your thoughts on this, Number 4? Number 5?"
"We didn't try to kill each other directly," Seira said, a slight amused tone in her voice.
"Ah, details, details!" M-21 could just imagine Tao waving his hand at that. "Number 4, you've been suspiciously quiet this entire time."
He snorted, seeing Takeo leap up onto a rooftop to his right. That wasn't unusual.
When he still didn't say anything, Tao said, "Number 4, you're holding out on us, aren't you?" There was no mistaking the utter glee in Tao's voice. "C'mon, spill!"
"…The orange-haired woman," he eventually said, knowing Tao would keep asking if he didn't answer, and everyone would know if he lied. "She's…different from the others." He couldn't quite place how, not with the brief interactions they'd had, but it was enough.
"Oooh." And then Tao laughed. "Of course you'd know who he'd pick, being the first one in and all."
That wasn't – it was true but that didn't mean – M-21 sighed, not bothering to clear anything up.
"Do you think we'll eventually have the full rainbow?" Tao mused, and Regis spluttered.
"What is that supposed mean?"
"Well, we've got black, yellow –blond, but that's being a little too specific for this conversation- black with white, purple, white with black, white, and grey. You add in the orange-haired lady, and we're starting to get a set!"
…Tao was talking about their hair colours…
"She hasn't been adopted yet," Takeo said.
"'Yet'," Tao repeated. "But if Number 4 thinks he'll take her in, he probably will!"
M-21 really hoped their opponents hadn't been able to hack into their communications (Tao had created them, but there was still a slim chance of it happening), because it was awkward enough going to fight and attempt to kill them knowing the conversation they'd just had; if their opponents knew what they'd just been talking about…
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Written for the prompt, 'Some people collect stamps or beer mats; Mum collected waifs and strays.'
Potential new family member was originally blue-haired, but then I remembered Mary… *snerk* So then the choice was between blue, orange, and green. ORZ
Summary: Tao makes small-talk over the comms.
Rating: PG
Contains: Nothing
Notes: Set after season 4.
Hellooooo overuse of italics, yet again. *sigh*
Genre: Family
Word count: 446
Status: Complete
"Anyone wanna make a bet on who's going to be adopted next?" Tao asked, and M-21 shook his head as he tore through an alley before finding the step-ups he needed to reach the roof.
"Number 1…" Takeo sighed.
"What? It's a valid question!"
"They're trying to kill us," Regis added, his voice dry.
"And?" Tao said flippantly. "We tried to do that to each other before we got to know each other."
…That was a good point. M-21 looked around and spotted the group of Union modified humans on another rooftop. "Found them," he told the others, already moving towards them. "East of the school." A little too close to Shinwoo's house for comfort and he hoped he hadn't been kidnapped again.
"Got it, Number 4! Everyone, converge there!" A brief pause. "What're your thoughts on this, Number 4? Number 5?"
"We didn't try to kill each other directly," Seira said, a slight amused tone in her voice.
"Ah, details, details!" M-21 could just imagine Tao waving his hand at that. "Number 4, you've been suspiciously quiet this entire time."
He snorted, seeing Takeo leap up onto a rooftop to his right. That wasn't unusual.
When he still didn't say anything, Tao said, "Number 4, you're holding out on us, aren't you?" There was no mistaking the utter glee in Tao's voice. "C'mon, spill!"
"…The orange-haired woman," he eventually said, knowing Tao would keep asking if he didn't answer, and everyone would know if he lied. "She's…different from the others." He couldn't quite place how, not with the brief interactions they'd had, but it was enough.
"Oooh." And then Tao laughed. "Of course you'd know who he'd pick, being the first one in and all."
That wasn't – it was true but that didn't mean – M-21 sighed, not bothering to clear anything up.
"Do you think we'll eventually have the full rainbow?" Tao mused, and Regis spluttered.
"What is that supposed mean?"
"Well, we've got black, yellow –blond, but that's being a little too specific for this conversation- black with white, purple, white with black, white, and grey. You add in the orange-haired lady, and we're starting to get a set!"
…Tao was talking about their hair colours…
"She hasn't been adopted yet," Takeo said.
"'Yet'," Tao repeated. "But if Number 4 thinks he'll take her in, he probably will!"
M-21 really hoped their opponents hadn't been able to hack into their communications (Tao had created them, but there was still a slim chance of it happening), because it was awkward enough going to fight and attempt to kill them knowing the conversation they'd just had; if their opponents knew what they'd just been talking about…
Written for the prompt, 'Some people collect stamps or beer mats; Mum collected waifs and strays.'
Potential new family member was originally blue-haired, but then I remembered Mary… *snerk* So then the choice was between blue, orange, and green. ORZ