maskormenacelogs | Open Misfire Log!

WHO: Hiro + anyone with a comm!
WHERE: Your comm, courtesy of data-jumping and the server misfire event
WHEN: October 3rd
WHAT: Hiro tries to jump back into his own comm and misses. Badly. Repeatedly. Shenanigans ensue.
WARNINGS: Probably none!

[ The good thing about being able to data-jump is that it makes the commute into De Chima ridiculously easy. Set up two beacons - one in his comm, the other at his work terminal - and just follow that path back and forth. He doesn't even have to think and he's there.

Unfortunately, those beacons are just as dependent on the server update as the rest of the network ... and when the misfires start happening, Hiro's beacons get mixed up too. What should be a big bright arrow pointing to his comm is just complete garbage ... meaning he's going to end up in a whole lot of comms that he shouldn't be before he finally makes his way home.

For those getting the misfire, there's a only a quick ping, like receiving a message, before a very confused teenager's face appears on the viewscreen. He does, at least, keep from going through any data, but that means he has to look out at the surroundings to try and figure out where he is. Which means staring up at whoever's comm he's in now. ]

Seriously? Not again.

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See? So don't get all blushy when I point it out.

Seriously though, he's reasonably cute. For some middle-aged dude.

[Normally he wouldn't, but this conversation fell right after being thoroughly embarrassed, so he's not as collected as normal.

At any rate, "middle-aged dude" is just a nicer way of saying "old man", as far as he's concerned. Barnaby cracks a small smile at that.]

You know, you're not the first person to think so, but he's usually oblivious about it.

Want me to tell him?

That there are people who think he's cute?

That you agree with me.

I don't recall saying anything of the sort.

But it's true.

That's a rather bold claim, don't you think?

You haven't told me no.

I never said yes, either.

So tell me it's not true. Not hard, right?

I wouldn't use the word "cute" for a man his age. There, satisfied?

"Handsome" then?

[HIRO, WHY WON'T YOU LET HIM WRIGGLE OUT OF THIS ONE.]

...I think most people would agree with that on some level.

[ Because he's fifteen and evil. ]

Do you?

I'm secure enough in my masculinity to admit he's handsome, sure.

Awww, man. You are no fun at all.

Were you hoping for a different answer?

I dunno, a confession? Your'e all tsuntsun today.

What does tsuntsun mean?

You're all like ... hard-to-get? Grumpy? Acting like you don't actually like the guy.

[Wow, that's the first time anyone's outright said that to him.

Barnaby looks visibly uncomfortable now.]

...Is that how I come across? As if I don't like him?

Oh jeez, it's not a bad thing. Because the other side is the deredere. The part where you secretly love him deep down.

[His shoulders relax a little, if only because he doesn't like the idea of people thinking he doesn't actually like him. He loves Kotetsu more than he loves anything in this world. He cherishes every moment spent together. There's nothing he wouldn't do for that man.

The part where he's a grump about it has mostly turned into an odd little game between them, but Kotetsu never seems to mind in the least. That's rather fortunate, since getting a bit prickly has always been Barnaby's first defense mechanism in the face of too much emotional vulnerability, and old habits die hard.

Not that he isn't capable of being open. In some respects, he's more open than Kotetsu, but that's...a separate issue.]

Deredere, huh. [His mouth twists into an embarrassed smile again, and he looks away.] Well...I can't exactly argue with that one.

See? I knew I had you pegged.

... Seriously though, I can tell you like him. One way or another.

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