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esp_dragon) wrote2016-12-27 04:05 am
esp_dragon) wrote2016-12-27 04:05 am
Entry tags:
Crossed Wires [Experience]
Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: Ashleen takes M-21 to an island for some reason.
Notes: Thank thedreaminus for this continuation, heh.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word count: 511
Status: Work in progress
M-21 glanced around, but as far as he could tell, the island was just an island. One that hadn't been touched by humans for a while, and M-21 didn't sense he was being watched either.
Ashleen hummed as she wandered over to the tree line, picking up a few fallen branches and inspecting them before dropping them again. What was she doing...?
The other modified human hadn't given him any explanation for why they were there except 'we're going to an island!' at his startled 'what?' when she'd grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the noblesses' house.
The noblesses that weren't acting like what he was used to. The uncertainty was setting his teeth on edge, waiting for the noblesses to show their true colours, to be exactly like every other bastard that had held power over him.
"Aha!" Ashleen held a branch above her head with a grin before twirling it in the air. "Perfect."
When she tossed the branch at him, it wasn't like a spear throw and it slapped solidly into M-21's palm. Ashleen had found a second branch to her liking by the time M-21 had finished looking over the one she'd thrown: it seemed like any other branch.
Training...? That couldn't be right. One half-hearted flex would reduce it to splinters.
"C'mon!" Ashleen said, stepping into the forest as M-21 stared after her.
He was supposed to obey without complaint no matter what he thought. Questions were unnecessary and unwanted. Time wasters.
But this was Ashleen, another modified human. And she wasn't worried about the noblesses. But she was strong. Useful.
"M-21?" She had paused only a little way in, the branch leaning against her shoulder. "You gotta question?"
He hesitated, looking around one more time. They were alone. "What...are you going to do here?" He'd gotten used to leading '24, to discussing plans with his comrade, asking his opinion. Whatever he decided, it affected M-24 as well. And while Ashleen was another modified human, he wasn't quite used to her presence.
"I-," Ashleen said, twirling her branch again, "-am gonna teach you how to fish!"
...
What.
"Why...?" he asked, looking at the branch at a different angle. A rod? But why did they need to use a tool if she could just use her enhanced speed to catch the fish with her bare hands?
"It's something different to do," Ashleen said, "and it'll be fun!" She grinned at him.
Fun...? M-21 glanced at the branch in his hand again. He didn't think he would find it fun, but...it had gotten him out the house with an accepted excuse and he wasn't going to waste that.
"All right," M-21 said, nodding as he followed after her.
Fishing, huh... It wasn't a skill he'd needed before, but maybe he could use what he learned for something else.
And maybe he'd start getting used to the people in the house and what they did.
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M-21's going to feel like an ass when he finds out Ashleen was born with werewolf blood, haaa...
Summary: Ashleen takes M-21 to an island for some reason.
Notes: Thank thedreaminus for this continuation, heh.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word count: 511
Status: Work in progress
M-21 glanced around, but as far as he could tell, the island was just an island. One that hadn't been touched by humans for a while, and M-21 didn't sense he was being watched either.
Ashleen hummed as she wandered over to the tree line, picking up a few fallen branches and inspecting them before dropping them again. What was she doing...?
The other modified human hadn't given him any explanation for why they were there except 'we're going to an island!' at his startled 'what?' when she'd grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the noblesses' house.
The noblesses that weren't acting like what he was used to. The uncertainty was setting his teeth on edge, waiting for the noblesses to show their true colours, to be exactly like every other bastard that had held power over him.
"Aha!" Ashleen held a branch above her head with a grin before twirling it in the air. "Perfect."
When she tossed the branch at him, it wasn't like a spear throw and it slapped solidly into M-21's palm. Ashleen had found a second branch to her liking by the time M-21 had finished looking over the one she'd thrown: it seemed like any other branch.
Training...? That couldn't be right. One half-hearted flex would reduce it to splinters.
"C'mon!" Ashleen said, stepping into the forest as M-21 stared after her.
He was supposed to obey without complaint no matter what he thought. Questions were unnecessary and unwanted. Time wasters.
But this was Ashleen, another modified human. And she wasn't worried about the noblesses. But she was strong. Useful.
"M-21?" She had paused only a little way in, the branch leaning against her shoulder. "You gotta question?"
He hesitated, looking around one more time. They were alone. "What...are you going to do here?" He'd gotten used to leading '24, to discussing plans with his comrade, asking his opinion. Whatever he decided, it affected M-24 as well. And while Ashleen was another modified human, he wasn't quite used to her presence.
"I-," Ashleen said, twirling her branch again, "-am gonna teach you how to fish!"
...
What.
"Why...?" he asked, looking at the branch at a different angle. A rod? But why did they need to use a tool if she could just use her enhanced speed to catch the fish with her bare hands?
"It's something different to do," Ashleen said, "and it'll be fun!" She grinned at him.
Fun...? M-21 glanced at the branch in his hand again. He didn't think he would find it fun, but...it had gotten him out the house with an accepted excuse and he wasn't going to waste that.
"All right," M-21 said, nodding as he followed after her.
Fishing, huh... It wasn't a skill he'd needed before, but maybe he could use what he learned for something else.
And maybe he'd start getting used to the people in the house and what they did.
M-21's going to feel like an ass when he finds out Ashleen was born with werewolf blood, haaa...