Clone Verse: Designation
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: L-68 wants to be called something else.
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Swearing.
Notes: Set between Bind and Rest.
Co-written with Key.
It's....interesting going from post-household Lex to pre-household Lex, pfft.
Thanks to Dogmatix for the help with making sense of a sentence. XD;
Genre: General
Word count: 861
Status: Work in progress
Snarling, L-68 swung around and punched the wall. "Fuck this shit!"
X-87 had just sat down on his own cot, rubbing the crook of his elbow where the scientists had drawn his blood as he watched L-68 - he was usually testy after a re-evaluation but not usually to the point of lashing out.
"L-6-"
"No," L-68 snapped, whirling on B-01, baring his teeth. "I am not a fucking number!"
B-01 blinked and X-87 slowed his hand, looking at L-68 in confusion. L-68 usually grumbled about any orders B-01 gave him, but he always carried them out, and he never interrupted her, no matter how much his temper had flared.
"Your design-"
"I don't give a fuck about what those scientist bastards 'gave' me!" L-68 roared, his fists clenched at his sides and X-87 could see the ripple of fur going up his arms.
X-87 leaned back on the wall and asked, "All right - what do you want to be called?"
That stopped L-68 and he opened and closed his mouth, a frown deeping on his face. "...Fuck."
X-87 chuckled at that and L-68 scowled at him.
"Dunno," L-68 said, looking away, his lips pursed. "Just somethin' that's less like a number and more like a name."
"Elle?" X-87 suggested, not sure how to start. It was the first thing that came to mind.
L-68 wrinkled his nose and X-87 shrugged, running his fingers through the tail of his braid, not sure how else to create a name.
"Hex is the prefix for six," B-01 said, rejoining the conversation, and X-87 blinked, turning his head to look at her. Was she actually...? "You could replace the first letter with 'elle', and if you add the 'eight' at the end, you would have 'Lexate'." She paused. "Is that an acceptable name?"
X-87 found himself straightening, studying her. He'd been told a Bio's top priorities were her team's safety and following the Union's regulations. The three of them had been given their code names by the Union; she shouldn't be suggesting what they could change their names to. Was her personality matrix already developing?
L-68 frowned for a second. "Lexate. Lex. Hn." He nodded. "Yeah, that'll do."
B-01 blinked twice. "Command prompt understood. L-68, aka Lexate, Lex. Information stored."
She then turned to him. "And you, X-87? Do you wish to be called by another name?"
"Ah?" X-87 said. "Me?"
L-6 - Lex snorted. "She's lookin' at you, she said your code name, and I've already picked my name - yeah, it's pretty obvious she's talkin' to you."
A-ah, right. X-87 shrugged, playing with his hair again. "I...don't know; I haven't really thought about it." He was used to being called 'X-87' and had seen it more as his name than a code name the scientists had arbitrarily assigned him. ...Though, putting it like that...
"Would you also like some assistance?" B-01 asked, her head tilted, pulling X-87 away from his thoughts.
He could hear the attempts Lex was making with his code name and the results weren't working out as well. "Uh, I guess?" he said, trying to think how else they could create a name for him. Oh, that was one way. "Does the X stand for anything?"
B-01 blinked, her eyes not fully opening afterwards, making her look like she was on the verge of sleeping. "Command prompt. Voice Identification: X-87. 'Does the X stand for anything?' She didn't say anything for a second. "The 'X' stands for 'Xenomorph'."
Xenomorph, huh? Hmm. That sounded...weird.
"A xeno-what?" Lex said, wrinkling his nose. "That's too long and complicated."
Hah... Yeah. But- "'Xeno' is fine," he said with a smile. That didn't seem too bad.
"Hn." Lex crossed his arms, peering at him through his hair. "You sure that's what you want?"
X-87 nodded, letting his smile slip a bit. "Yeah. I...don't really know how I feel about all this, so this is fine, I guess." If he didn't like it, he could choose something else later.
"Command prompt understood. X-87, aka Xeno."
Lex tilted his head at B-01. "What about you?"
She didn't say anything for a few seconds, blinking her only movement. "I share...Xeno's sentiments, but for different reasons - I do not understand why this 'name' is necessary. Will it make me more efficient?"
Lex huffed, shaking his head. "No."
B-01 nodded. "I see. Then I do not require this name."
Lex shrugged. "Fine. Your choice."
B-01 tilted her head at his answer. "Do you see me as unoriginal?"
"No," Lex said, rolling his eyes. He flopped onto his cot, putting his hands behind his head. "You want to be called by that, fine. I don't."
B-01 nodded, studying him. "Perhaps I will understand when my personality matrix becomes more complex."
From what Xeno could tell, it was already on the way there; the way B-01 looked was almost indistinguishable from humans - he wondered if she would eventually be completely indistinguishable once her personality matrix had developed. With how fast it had already progressed, he didn't think he'd have to wait long to see.
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We started calling Xeno 'Xeno' because Key made a comment about how he had xenomorphing powers while she was drawing him and we started using that as a placeholder until we gave him a proper name because it was either Xeno or C!Takeo/clone!Takeo, which, yeah. Except his name eventually just ended up sticking so... XD;
Summary: L-68 wants to be called something else.
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Swearing.
Notes: Set between Bind and Rest.
Co-written with Key.
It's....interesting going from post-household Lex to pre-household Lex, pfft.
Thanks to Dogmatix for the help with making sense of a sentence. XD;
Genre: General
Word count: 861
Status: Work in progress
Snarling, L-68 swung around and punched the wall. "Fuck this shit!"
X-87 had just sat down on his own cot, rubbing the crook of his elbow where the scientists had drawn his blood as he watched L-68 - he was usually testy after a re-evaluation but not usually to the point of lashing out.
"L-6-"
"No," L-68 snapped, whirling on B-01, baring his teeth. "I am not a fucking number!"
B-01 blinked and X-87 slowed his hand, looking at L-68 in confusion. L-68 usually grumbled about any orders B-01 gave him, but he always carried them out, and he never interrupted her, no matter how much his temper had flared.
"Your design-"
"I don't give a fuck about what those scientist bastards 'gave' me!" L-68 roared, his fists clenched at his sides and X-87 could see the ripple of fur going up his arms.
X-87 leaned back on the wall and asked, "All right - what do you want to be called?"
That stopped L-68 and he opened and closed his mouth, a frown deeping on his face. "...Fuck."
X-87 chuckled at that and L-68 scowled at him.
"Dunno," L-68 said, looking away, his lips pursed. "Just somethin' that's less like a number and more like a name."
"Elle?" X-87 suggested, not sure how to start. It was the first thing that came to mind.
L-68 wrinkled his nose and X-87 shrugged, running his fingers through the tail of his braid, not sure how else to create a name.
"Hex is the prefix for six," B-01 said, rejoining the conversation, and X-87 blinked, turning his head to look at her. Was she actually...? "You could replace the first letter with 'elle', and if you add the 'eight' at the end, you would have 'Lexate'." She paused. "Is that an acceptable name?"
X-87 found himself straightening, studying her. He'd been told a Bio's top priorities were her team's safety and following the Union's regulations. The three of them had been given their code names by the Union; she shouldn't be suggesting what they could change their names to. Was her personality matrix already developing?
L-68 frowned for a second. "Lexate. Lex. Hn." He nodded. "Yeah, that'll do."
B-01 blinked twice. "Command prompt understood. L-68, aka Lexate, Lex. Information stored."
She then turned to him. "And you, X-87? Do you wish to be called by another name?"
"Ah?" X-87 said. "Me?"
L-6 - Lex snorted. "She's lookin' at you, she said your code name, and I've already picked my name - yeah, it's pretty obvious she's talkin' to you."
A-ah, right. X-87 shrugged, playing with his hair again. "I...don't know; I haven't really thought about it." He was used to being called 'X-87' and had seen it more as his name than a code name the scientists had arbitrarily assigned him. ...Though, putting it like that...
"Would you also like some assistance?" B-01 asked, her head tilted, pulling X-87 away from his thoughts.
He could hear the attempts Lex was making with his code name and the results weren't working out as well. "Uh, I guess?" he said, trying to think how else they could create a name for him. Oh, that was one way. "Does the X stand for anything?"
B-01 blinked, her eyes not fully opening afterwards, making her look like she was on the verge of sleeping. "Command prompt. Voice Identification: X-87. 'Does the X stand for anything?' She didn't say anything for a second. "The 'X' stands for 'Xenomorph'."
Xenomorph, huh? Hmm. That sounded...weird.
"A xeno-what?" Lex said, wrinkling his nose. "That's too long and complicated."
Hah... Yeah. But- "'Xeno' is fine," he said with a smile. That didn't seem too bad.
"Hn." Lex crossed his arms, peering at him through his hair. "You sure that's what you want?"
X-87 nodded, letting his smile slip a bit. "Yeah. I...don't really know how I feel about all this, so this is fine, I guess." If he didn't like it, he could choose something else later.
"Command prompt understood. X-87, aka Xeno."
Lex tilted his head at B-01. "What about you?"
She didn't say anything for a few seconds, blinking her only movement. "I share...Xeno's sentiments, but for different reasons - I do not understand why this 'name' is necessary. Will it make me more efficient?"
Lex huffed, shaking his head. "No."
B-01 nodded. "I see. Then I do not require this name."
Lex shrugged. "Fine. Your choice."
B-01 tilted her head at his answer. "Do you see me as unoriginal?"
"No," Lex said, rolling his eyes. He flopped onto his cot, putting his hands behind his head. "You want to be called by that, fine. I don't."
B-01 nodded, studying him. "Perhaps I will understand when my personality matrix becomes more complex."
From what Xeno could tell, it was already on the way there; the way B-01 looked was almost indistinguishable from humans - he wondered if she would eventually be completely indistinguishable once her personality matrix had developed. With how fast it had already progressed, he didn't think he'd have to wait long to see.
We started calling Xeno 'Xeno' because Key made a comment about how he had xenomorphing powers while she was drawing him and we started using that as a placeholder until we gave him a proper name because it was either Xeno or C!Takeo/clone!Takeo, which, yeah. Except his name eventually just ended up sticking so... XD;