Major Kaidan Alenko (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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maskormenacelogs2015-03-30 06:38 pm
kanadian) wrote in maskormenacelogs2015-03-30 06:38 pm
Me not working hard?
WHO: Kaidan, Shep, and like a million other people (pretty open tagging tbh, no tagging order)
WHERE: Around their apartment
WHEN: Backdated to during kidplot!
WHAT: Two ten year old boys should not be left alone no matter how grown up they are
WARNINGS: Stupid shit
[ Actually, two ten year old boys who were actually adult marines took decent care of themselves. The problem was that they didn't really...take care of anything else. The apartment was a disaster zone, they hadn't done any dishes -- and mostly cooked only things in the microwave for the first day, and after that, they'd been running around wild, out in the parks, the game stores, anywhere they could find something to blow any of the money they'd saved over time. (To a ten year old? A couple of thousand was easily spent.)
And unfortunately, they were spending it, so much so that eventually someone caught onto them, and called around, which was probably a lot less of a problem than either of them made it out to be. Kaidan in particular was insistent that he didn't need help, and that he was just fine. Just because he was small didn't mean he wasn't still thirty five years old, but just because he was tiny didn't mean that he didn't know what he was doing with himself.
Of course, it would be a lot more believable if he hadn't just bought a new xbox controller and a few new games, one of which had been playing in the background at the time.
That's how, of course, they ended up with babysitters. ]
WHERE: Around their apartment
WHEN: Backdated to during kidplot!
WHAT: Two ten year old boys should not be left alone no matter how grown up they are
WARNINGS: Stupid shit
[ Actually, two ten year old boys who were actually adult marines took decent care of themselves. The problem was that they didn't really...take care of anything else. The apartment was a disaster zone, they hadn't done any dishes -- and mostly cooked only things in the microwave for the first day, and after that, they'd been running around wild, out in the parks, the game stores, anywhere they could find something to blow any of the money they'd saved over time. (To a ten year old? A couple of thousand was easily spent.)
And unfortunately, they were spending it, so much so that eventually someone caught onto them, and called around, which was probably a lot less of a problem than either of them made it out to be. Kaidan in particular was insistent that he didn't need help, and that he was just fine. Just because he was small didn't mean he wasn't still thirty five years old, but just because he was tiny didn't mean that he didn't know what he was doing with himself.
Of course, it would be a lot more believable if he hadn't just bought a new xbox controller and a few new games, one of which had been playing in the background at the time.
That's how, of course, they ended up with babysitters. ]
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Hey, what are you guys playing?
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Besides, right now he's more interested in what's on the screen, where he seems to be piloting a tiny ship through a field of stars to dodge incoming fire and firing off salvos of his own. Distractedly, he answers: ]
Champions of the Cosmos. [ He directs his ship into a dizzying barrel roll that sends the first person view spinning, then adds: ] You're supposed to be saving the galaxy from being destroyed. Its not very realistic.
[ Said with a touch of disapproval. The cover had looked si promising, too. The armor was almost right. ]
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Who're you?
[ He asked, lifting his head from his place on the couch, feet in Shepard's lap. He wasn't playing for the moment, but his tiny hands were moving over his omnitool, which he'd fished out, even though it looked a little big on him, and he was typing away at it. ]
Apparently they think that the galaxy will be destroyed by giant squids from dark space. [ He scoffed. ] They're not even that scary, they just squirt ooze at you. [ Suspicion doesn't mean he's unwilling to talk, it seemed. ]
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I'm Kasumi. That sounds like a weird game. Do you get to make things explode?
[ She's not... actually sure what compelled her to waltz right into this place, but for the past few days she's followed that strange instinct of familiarity in her mind, and so far it hasn't failed her. So she introduced herself to see if something happened; more often than not, something would. Someone would recognize the name (never the face, of course), and things would just go from there.
--Kaidan's omnitool catches her eye, though. ]
I have one of those, too!
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Uh-huh. And if you blow up more than one thing at a time, you get more points. [ He proceeds to demonstrate with a flawless turn and rocket salvo that his squadmates only wish he had the grace to pull off in real life -- but when Kasumi mentions the omnitool, he turns to her with puzzlement and obvious skepticism. ]
No you don't. [ Said with all the moral superiority a ten-year-old can muster. ] You can't, unless you come from where we do.
[ ... Hold that thought. ]
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Hey, aren't you -- [ He tilted his head, like he was trying to think. ]
I think she's from back home.
[ He said, nudging Shepard with his arm, before he flopped back down. ] Mine doesn't have any games though, it's boring.
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I have games on mine! [ And she says it triumphantly, like she's just won an unspoken competition for who has the better omni-tool. ]
It's your turn to say your names, you know.
[ The longer she's stayed this small, the more her usual sassy personality comes out, although it seems somewhat more acceptable coming from a tiny and adorable eight-year-old girl. ]
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I'm Johnny. [ Like this, it's what comes to the tip of his tongue easier than Shepard, and then his eyes widen slightly. ]
Kasumi? Aren't you suppose to be --? [ He waves a hand around to indicate either height or the general area of his head, where Kasumi would be hooded and equipped with those eerily illuminated eyes. ]
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[ He tried to help supply for him, before he lifted his head from his his omnitool, a frown on his face while he looked at the slightly oversized omnitool with a frown. ]
Mine only has...boring things.
[ And then, oh yeah -- ]
I'm Kaidan.
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Also, Johnny doesn't ring a bell at all. She kicks her feet idly as they dangle over the edge of the couch, and she's set her bear and the bag of sweets across her tiny lap. "Kaidan," at least, rings a bell-- ]
Oh, hey, I know another Kaidan! But he's really tall and grumpy.
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You're supposed to be taller, too. [ A beat, struggling between loyalty to Kaidan and stating the obvious truth... ] And he wasn't that grumpy.
[ He shoots Kaidan an apologetic look. ]
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He wasn't that grumpy. ]
I'm the only Kaidan, and I'm not grumpy! [ He looked up at the ceiling, frustrated, before he flopped backward onto the couch. ]
Why does everyone think I'm grumpy?
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I think it's 'cause you always make this face-- [ and tiny Kasumi scrunches up her face in her best impression of grown-up Kaidan's constipated face. ]
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You don't look that bad. [ He attempts to assure him, failing utterly at being remotely convincing. He's trying, okay? ]
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I do not!
[ He sighed, dramatically, and looked at the both of them. ]
Maybe it's because I don't like being picked on. [ And he crossed his arms. ] Would you?
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Here, it's okay. Just have some candy!