Day 10ish

[shiro2hero]

(It's high time I did this.)

[Oh no, someone is gearing up for one of Those Speeches. Because one of their new arrivals ticked off a box in his head, and Sam's asking for training helped.]

[And he's tired of walking on eggshells.]

(I don't know how many of you were there when I found out what my Symbiote does. I sort of wish I hadn't. But. I can't change that.)

[Yeah apparently it made him the Space Hulk. And it took at least two people to keep him from ripping someone's face off.]

(What I can do is control it. I just need to know where to start.)

(So I'm taking a lead from Sam Wilson. Asking if anyone is willing to help. I... don't think I can promise no one will get hurt, but if we're careful, maybe it'll just be me.)

[And he can live with that.]

Comments

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ Like hell it will. It's his first, kneejerk response to that, especially when he says it after Shiro says he's taking the lead from him - but that's not really fair, considering Sam had basically said the exact same thing.

Damn it. ]

( I'll be there. )

[shiro2hero]

[So there, buddy. How's it feel now?]

[He doesn't say that, though, or even really think it.]

(I knew you'd say that.)

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Damn right. I got your back, you just tell me when and where. )

[ He actually feels better, knowing that Shiro expected him to say that. ]

[miscreant]

[She asks this.....later, when she's thinking about it again.]

( What does your symbiote do? )

[shiro2hero]

[S'up cold friend.]

(I don't know the full extent of it. It's angry. And strong. When it cuts loose, it makes me both of those things, too.)

(Right now, I don't know how to control it.)

[miscreant]

( Have you considered that your lack of control may perhaps be required for it to function as intended? )

[She's kind of an expert on this subject.]

( What stopped you before? )

[headinjuries]

( Uh. Can you be a little less vague for everyone who wasn't there? )

[shiro2hero]

(Ever heard the phrase, "you won't like me when I'm angry"?)

[headinjuries]

( Oh my God, are you saying you're like the Space Hulk? )

[vocalis]

[ Aoba was there when Shiro discovered his symbiote ability, and... he also wasn't. It's complicated, but the part of his mind that answers to the link has no recollection of that dreadful night in Bearings. ]

What is your symbiote ability, Shiro?

[ His mental voice is clear, stable, and perfectly, innocently curious. ]

Whatever it is, I'd like to help... I don't want you to get hurt.

[shiro2hero]

[He doesn't answer until he gets it under control, but his first reaction is to pull away. Because the memory is so starkly clear.]

[Especially talking to Aoba, of all people. But that isn't Aoba's fault. Not by a long shot.]

(Not something I know how to turn on or off. It... just happened, once.)

(I know it's angry. Strong. And when it does activate... I am too.)

[inflori]

( Does that mean that I get to punch you? )

[shiro2hero]

(I'm pretty sure that won't actually do anything. So no.)

[greentech]

( Count me in.

Can we get Aoba so we can test that thing we talked about? )

[shiro2hero]

(... I knew you'd say that.)

(He wants in, anyway. He'll be there.)

[doublesmall]

(Control trouble, huh.)

[Sounds familiar, though with the nature of his own ability he's not sure how much advice he could (or is really willing to) give; still, though-]

(Best result you can get might just be keeping it from going off when you don't want it to, honestly.)

[shiro2hero]

(Basically.)

['Trouble' is as good a name for it as any.]

(I'll take that. It's a step forward, regardless of how small.)

[batmotif]

(You know I'm here to help.)

[You know he's eager to help.]

(I don't know if this is what you want to hear, but control requires practice. What does your symbiote do?)

[shiro2hero]

(It's not about what I want to hear. If that's what I've got to do, then... so be it.)

[He blows out a breath.]

(I found out on Concordia. It's -- like a strength enhancement. At the cost of rational thinking.)

[adamance]

( What set it off? )

[Thankfully, the others have asked the "okay, but what is it?" questions, so Lexa's able to chime in after the fact.

This isn't an offer, exactly. But it may chime back to their previous conversation.]

[shiro2hero]

(Have you ever heard the term 'flashback' before?)

[He's got to ask. Because before he got here, he hadn't, really. Not unless it meant something in an old movie or TV show, where the screen wavered into the past.]

[earthborn]

( We didn't get off on the best of terms, but I'm up for it, if you're still taking volunteers. )

[Shepard's tone, if a purely mental voice could be said to have one, is somewhat distracted. She's coming around to this mental link thing, when it's convenient..]

( What's it do? )

[shiro2hero]

(The more the merrier.)

[There are deserts less dry than that comment.]

(You know the saying, 'You won't like him when he's angry'? Think like that. But with more... roaring sound effects.)

[deployed]

( You should have more than one of us with you when we try this. )

[ Bellamy will be there. That goes without saying. ]

[shiro2hero]

("We"?)

(You really want to be there for round two?)