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1st Circuit - Text for Both Courts, Video-locked for Unseelie

[There's probably a better way to do this, but at least he can put out feelers and see what he's working with. Since the decimation of Caer Scima Hiro's been a little more than bitter toward the Seelie and while he doesn't want to have anything to do with any of them, he realizes that as a scientist he needs to gather as much information as possible.]

It's been a long month, hasn't it? I'm not used to any of this. Monsters? Destroying people's castles? It's weird. I was getting ready for class one day and the next I came here and then the fighting started. I think I'm going to fall really, really behind in my homework. Makes me wonder…what do you miss most about home? I can't be the only one who really misses advanced tech (computers, video games, even the old stuff like VCRs would be okay at this point.) And I know, I know, the Station exists but it's not the same. So, what about you guys?

[If he can figure out what people value? Maybe they can use that to their advantage, too.]

[Unseelie Locked]

[Now comes the hard part. With that out of the way the video function of the locket clicks on and it's obvious that the locket's hanging from something in front of Hiro. He's in a room at the Station, ever-recognizable blue hoodie hanging loosely on his frame but the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. More importantly than that? He looks a little nervous.]

…hi. My name is Hiro Hamada. I don't know most of you, but I hope you're listening anyway.

[He pauses and looks to the side, evidently looking at someone else who's in the room with him. Deep breath, Hiro.]

It's not a secret that we lost this battle pretty bad. That's a fact, but I think there's something we can do about it to help recover. I know there are other people that don't know how to really fight, or there are people who can only fight with weapons. What if we could do something more than that?

[Give him a second and he's holding up his hand. It looks as though he might completely freeze up but after a short moment a small fireball appears in the palm of his hand. He wants to put it out immediately, but he pauses long enough to at least look at the locket again.]

I couldn't do this when I first got here. [And the fireball vanishes.] Think about how much stronger we'd be as a court if everybody could wield a couple of spells. Even if it's not something you want to use for offense even picking up a few for defense is better than nothing. I know there're a lot of magic users here but…well, Lemina and I have been working on something pretty cool.

[He's going to lean forward and pick up what looks like a piece of paper with a class list and a list of elemental spells written on it to show the camera.]

The Guild's designed to not only teach people how to unlock their own magic ability but hone it and build up to becoming a better magician. We have a few ideas how to use it to help our side of this war. We're going to start classes soon for anybody who's even kinda curious. [A pause.] Look, I didn't even really believe in magic before I got here and knowing the little bit I learned saved me back there. It'd be really cool if you guys considered it and you can always ask Lemina or me if you have questions.

[Actually…he looks off screen toward where Lemina's sitting.] Maybe we should do that now?

[ooc: This is actually going to be open to both Seelie and Unseelie because of the mage university being started by Tzilan just outside of Redgate. Lemina's been putting up flyers around the Station and Hiro just doesn't realize it and has a very strong bias against the Seelie. You can check out more about said-Guild in the class link above, and you can sign up your character here. As an aside, Lemina will also be teaching classes at said-university on her own, but will be keeping the Guild as something separate. edit: also Lemina might pop into some threads as well!]

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[A small little grin.] It's not my only answer. You saw the spire.

I like cats. [But it's not a real answer.] Why not a Guild? You set something up, people will take advantage of it. I was operating alone at home for a while before I formed my team so why should this place be any different? Even if I'm not going to work with everybody we can at least give them a boost to fight back.

Or do you want me to just keep sitting back and doing other stuff?

[i.e. he's still lost. He's still lost on what he should be doing so he's trying a little of everything that makes sense to him.]

[ definitely not a real answer, and he's giving Hiro a look like he definitely knows it.

sorry Hiro, the if/or thing doesn't quite work for someone who's world consists of nothing but grays, but there's an amusement in his expression that screams 'nice try.' ]

Alas, poor Hiro. We knew him well. He ran and fell face first into a room of cats, which promptly swallowed him with their fat, furry bodies.

[LONG PETULANT SIGH. Damnit Loki, can't you just humor him a little...he just sort of stares into the camera, not-quite pouting.]

Okay. If you don't think that's a good answer, what do you think it is? [Grumblegrumblebitchbitch. If Loki doesn't believe him that means he has to have some kind of reasoning, doesn't he?]

[ look Hiro, he's a little concerned but he's not entirely sure how that should be expressed. instead he leans forward a bit more. ]

Just don't drown yourself.

Edited 2015-03-02 01:55 (UTC)

[Somehow that seems to be the running pattern for Hiro and everyone he knows. He continues to stare for a moment, noticing that Lemina's not listening before he responds in a low tone.]

It's not working. [Words, Hiro. Don't just leave it at that.] I can't find everything to keep fixing him and there's only so much else I can do on the spire. [A shrug. This is a distraction, and a promise. He'd made a promise to Lemina and he wasn't going to let her down.] This is a good way to help.

[And he perks back up, giving what he thinks will pass as a slightly arrogant grin.] Trust me, I can handle this.

[ that was it. it was so obvious.

he failed.

there's a moment of sympathy that passes Loki's expression, because he understands. Hiro was struggling to get his footing, and his only remnant of home was lost to his hands. ]

Too well, perhaps.

[ too invested. ]

Not everything that doesn't work out is your fault, Hiro.

[And that grin just slides right off, dropping like a sack of wet cement. There's something that curls in his chest and makes it a little hard to breathe, anxiety rearing up like an angry horse before he shakes his head and purposefully looks away. His hand's messing with something in the pocket of his sweater and he knows Loki knows it's Baymax's chip.

'Not everything that doesn't work out is your fault.'

Oh Loki. That's almost cute and he can almost believe that, but this is partially his fault. He turned Baymax into a weapon. He turned his friends into a superhero team to find Callaghan and avenge Tadashi's death. He didn't think fast enough to save himself and Baymax in the portal.

He didn't think. When he speaks again there's a defensiveness in his tone even though he's still not looking at him, apparently more interested in the (blank) piece of paper in front of him.]

What? We just haven't found a way, but there's gotta be something else I haven't tried yet. [He refuses to believe it. Denial. It's a massive case of denial, denial that Baymax is gone at home and denial that Hiro can't bring him back here. He can bring him back. He's a goddamn genius, isn't he? He can create and destroy everything in the world if he tries hard enough and he can't bring back his best friend? That's unacceptable. He can fix it, he just...

...well.] His creator would be pretty bummed if I didn't get him to work again. It took him 84 tries to get Baymax right, but I have all of his notes. It'll be easy when I find the right pieces, I just haven't yet. I've been busy.

[He's blissfully unaware that it's entirely possible Loki knows he's gone back to the Station every single night since they met at Ariadne's to work on reviving Baymax. He's also blissfully unaware that lying to the multiverse's greatest liar usually doesn't work out.] But it doesn't mean I can stop.

['I can't disappoint Tadashi.']

[ Loki had given Thor the same words before. when he was shamed by his actions when rushing into the realm of Heven, which, if Loki hadn't intervened, would have gone more than badly, and eventually ended in blood drawn between siblings. it wasn't Thor's fault—situations to that degree are riddled with complexities. Loki wasn't good at not blaming himself, and sometimes, he couldn't find where the black met the white and instead faults and pointed fingers fell to grays. where did Loki blame others, and when did Loki blame himself? when did Loki blame Loki for that matter? ]

You've been busy following your new start. You may not have Baymax to help people, but you seem fine doing it on your own. I hardly meant give up, and more ... don't be too hard on yourself.

It's milkshakes, by the way.

[ ironic. ]

Oh, and Galaga. And The Fast and the Furious.

...

Let me get you a list.

Edited 2015-03-05 01:25 (UTC)

[Somewhere along the way Hiro rejoined the conversation and found that he has absolutely no idea what Loki's talking about. Granted that's not unusual when he gets lost in his own head and tunes back in moments later so Loki just gets a blank look from Hiro for a moment.]

Wait, what?

What I miss about home.

[ Loki says pointedly as Hiro changes the radio dial. ]

...of all the movies in the world you picked The Fast and the Furious? [Really?] Unbelievable. That's it. Next time we go to the Station I'm making you watch something not terrible.

[Hiro has probably seen at least the first three, but whatever.]

Milkshakes can probably be made in the kitchen, too.

Cars, explosion, impossible stunts, the terrible. That's the whole point.

[ he's holding up his fingers as if this is all very obvious to him. ]

It makes it all the better.

I'm not making you a milkshake if you're going to watch terrible movies. [This is also assuming that a.) he knows how to make milkshakes and b.) Loki and Hiro are actually in a position to be in the same vicinity while Loki's watching terrible movies.

Maybe he kind of wants a little bit of normalcy in all of this but it seems...bad? It seems bad to want to just do normal things when the world's kinda messed up. But hypothetically speaking and joking about it helps make it a little better.]

If all it takes for you are explosions and cars and stunts why not a Bond movie?

Edited 2015-03-08 06:37 (UTC)

[ there's a pause and Loki's examining him from over the camera, bright eyes moving up and down across his expression as if he's looking for something. ]

The terrible. You're forgetting the terrible. That defeats the point of a bad movie.

[ bOND MOVIES AREN'T BAD MOVIES, SILLY HIRO. ]

Though I'm not going to turn down a milkshake.

[Surprisingly (or perhaps not so much) Hiro allows it and actually sits still for as long as it takes for Loki to stop giving him a once-over. He's not sure what the god's looking for but at this rate he knows better than to really try to stop him. If Loki wants to look at a teenager who's still juggling priorities and trying to take on even more in an attempt to balance himself? Okay then.]

Right, right the terrible. Wonder if the Station has like an imp-based version of On Demand we can tap into. [Shrug.] Find a not-terrible terrible movie and I'll figure out how to make a milkshake. It's been a while since I've used a blender. Aunt Cass sorta banned me from using the one in the cafe a few years ago when I took it apart for one of our projects.

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