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ya_assemble2014-12-26 01:51 am
othersdestructive) wrote in ya_assemble2014-12-26 01:51 am
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[LN] Dangerously Genre-Savvy [closed to Nico]
"Inspector!" Rafa cried out, as the Inspector's ship crash landed in the purple jungles of Khalafross. Clad in his traditional animal skins, he was an imposing figure, even despite the fact that the Inspector was taller than him. "The danger light blinks! Rafa can see with the eyes of the ship! Our most hated enemy comes for us: Blorgons!"
Native to the planet Tumantis, Rafa was one of the Tessujex, a subgroup of the people known as the Suveteem. In the Inspector's adventures, he had discovered that the Suvateem were actually descendant of a crashed space exploration survey team. (Their name, in fact, was what "survey team" had devolved into over the centuries). The Tessujex had evolved from the animals on board that had accidentally been exposed to mutagens during the crash and developed human intelligence. (Hence the name Tessujex, a twisted version of the words "test subjects.")
After the Tessujex were used as slave labor for centuries, the Inspector was responsible for making the Suveteem realize that the humanoids among them were not the superior species they'd once thought they were and that their claim that they were descended from the gods was false, the Tessujex finally had a chance of being treated equal in their society. After that, Rafa, one of the Tessujex's most noble warriors and resistance fighters had declared that he would follow the Inspector to the end of time until the debt could be repaid, especially if it meant the Inspector could teach him the ways of peace after a lifetime of battle.
"We must leave! Quickly! And fight them in the jungle. Rafa knows the way!"
They had no way of defending themselves on the ship and there was no way to repair it while the Blorgons were on board.
Native to the planet Tumantis, Rafa was one of the Tessujex, a subgroup of the people known as the Suveteem. In the Inspector's adventures, he had discovered that the Suvateem were actually descendant of a crashed space exploration survey team. (Their name, in fact, was what "survey team" had devolved into over the centuries). The Tessujex had evolved from the animals on board that had accidentally been exposed to mutagens during the crash and developed human intelligence. (Hence the name Tessujex, a twisted version of the words "test subjects.")
After the Tessujex were used as slave labor for centuries, the Inspector was responsible for making the Suveteem realize that the humanoids among them were not the superior species they'd once thought they were and that their claim that they were descended from the gods was false, the Tessujex finally had a chance of being treated equal in their society. After that, Rafa, one of the Tessujex's most noble warriors and resistance fighters had declared that he would follow the Inspector to the end of time until the debt could be repaid, especially if it meant the Inspector could teach him the ways of peace after a lifetime of battle.
"We must leave! Quickly! And fight them in the jungle. Rafa knows the way!"
They had no way of defending themselves on the ship and there was no way to repair it while the Blorgons were on board.
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It was the best defense he could think of. He figured that if he himself was a giant, talking rabbit, he'd get annoyed with that very quickly.
"You're just the manifestation of my subconscious desire for familiarity after the normal social fabric of my group of friends was changed."
By Troy leaving.
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Being oblivious to pop culture made a few of Jack's jokes fly right over his head, but he'd learned to identify the sound of them.
"Wrong, mate. I'm the manifestation of my own self, and the whole fabric of the universe changing is what brought you here." He decided to put a hold on attempting to check the kid over, to try to get him to calm down first. "Besides, if you were looking for the familiar, would your subconscious really manifest the Easter Bunny as a six-foot-one master of t'ai chi?" Bunny cocked an eyebrow. "Usually when you mortals try to give me an image, you throw in more top hats."
Which . . . why? Just, why.
"And pink. Which is fine - I like pink - but I never understand the top hats."
Hats would get in the way of his ears please people.
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He took in a few deep breaths.
"We're talking. We're having a conversation here. Why isn't all this going away? This needs to go away. If this doesn't go away my friends won't be able to protect me this time and I'll finally get institutionalized."
He said it so matter-of-factly that it was abundantly clear how much of a consistent threat it'd been throughout his life.
"Maybe I should just stop fighting it. Let's face it, I've been dancing on the edge of that cliff for a long time now and without Troy I probably won't be able to function. Everything he said in the other delusion about me being able to take care of myself would only have really meant something if I'd been able to actually break free and I didn't. I'm still here. You're still here."
A pause. "My dad will probably be relieved."
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Abed's words made him more solemn, still.
"I'm sorry that's all stuff you have to worry about."
Not "I'm sure that's not true about your dad," not "I'm sure you're not crazy."
He had no reason to believe Abed didn't know his own life and its own pathos well enough.
"But this, right here, this isn't a mental illness manifesting. I dunno what proof I could give you of that, and I'm sorry I don't. Here's what's likely to happen, though. You'll stay here, you'll stay safe from whatever it was you had a run-in with out there, and at some point, you're likely to find yourself back home. It happens a lot around these parts."
Or the universe would end. But Abed finding himself at home was more likely. People came in and out of this temporary Guardianship so frequently.
"You can pretend this never happened, but if anything as strange as this has happened to you before, this is the one that you don't have to doubt your senses over. If I find some way to prove that to you, I will."
He paused, considering.
"Who's Troy?"
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He was quiet for a moment.
"Our other friend Pierce died and left Troy $14 million dollars but only if he traveled around the world on Pierce's boat and became his own man. Troy said he needed it. He wanted to find himself."
He went on, "When Troy was about to leave, I had another one of my psychotic breaks and all of the floors in the school looked like lava. We had a giant schoolwide game of 'the floor is lava' and I tried to make it so we'd play the game forever so that he'd stay with me. It was a lot less crazy than the other times but it was still crazy. Because I'm crazy. This is happening because I'm crazy and if I can't make it stop I'll lose everything."