colony_brat | Déjà vu this wall.

Kamui. They were both Kamui so I called one Kam and the other Mak 'cause they were kinda mirrors of each other rather than twins. Mak was a vampire too. Notta bad guy, but really prickly.

'Kay. I'll see what I got left over from other pies.

I see... I thought for a moment that you might have seen my twin brother... [and he doesn't seem too happy about the possibly of seeing his twin] ... a vampire?

Thank you, sir. [Because he might look 20 but he's actually only 13-14...]

Naw, but I'll keep an eye out for 'im for ya. [Duo thinks the odd tone is because of the vampire part and not because he's not happy about having a twin brother.] Yeah, one of 'em was a vampire, but he's been sent home. Ya know, blood drinkin' and stuff, but he wasn't a bad guy unless ya fucked with his brother. Then he wasn't nice at all.

Cut the sir stuff. I'm just Duo. [He wanders off to the back to come up with some pizza and soda for the guy.]

I... I really hope he isn't here or people will be in danger. My brother is... rather unstable mentally. Mine is... the same. Well, I suppose much worse than your friend. He can get very jealous. We were originally triplets but he killed our other brother as... he thought I loved our other brother more than him even though the truth is that I love them both just as much.

Ah, I'm sorry.

[Duo stares at him for a long moment.] Shit. That's just not right. Ya don't do shit like that... s'pecially not to your brother... [That's pretty much the biggest crime Duo can imagine next to making an entire dinner only to throw it out or someone else touching Hijiri.]

Don't apologize. Just don't be so formal. [Have foods.]

... [he looks away] ... that's why... I had to leave. We cannot be together. He'll hurt anyone I so much as look at or speak to other than him...

Okay. [An he starts eating slowly.]

That's seriously not right. Can't believe he can't see how much he's hurtin' you by doin' shit like that. 's not what a brother's s'pposed ta do at all.

[Duo can't help himself. When he walks by Lan, he rests a hand on his shoulder, just for a moment. It's too much like seeing Kam depressed for him not to try to do something.]

... he's just doing this because he loves me too much.

[looks up and smiles a bit]

That doesn't make it any better. It's still wrong. You gotta look after your brothers, not kill one and make the other one upset.

[That's a little better. Duo offer a smile in return. He's not thinking as he says out loud,] Kam would be very handsome if he gotta chance ta grow up.

That's because he's ill... I wish there was something I could do to cure him instead of just run away. I am the oldest after all. I have to look after them.. him. I failed one of them.

[blinks a bit at that] Got a chance to grow up?

Yeah, sounds like he isn't right in the head. It's not your fault though. I don't even have ta be in your world ta know that. It sucks and you're gunna feel bad, but it's not your fault.

[Looks back at him before returning to the table.] Um, he's dead. Long story short, Kam sacrificed himself ta save the world so he never gotta chance ta grow up unless he stays here where he's alive again.

... perhaps it has to do with us having grown up in a laboratory... but I'm glad I got to meet Gingetsu.

Ah.. I-I see. This place brings the dead back?

Doubt that would be good for a guy's mental state. No way that coulda helped. But ya kinda lost me there.

Yeah, they'll bring back people who died in their own worlds and people who die here.

We were part of a government experiment. I ran away after our brother was killed and the government sent Gingetsu to recapture me. He did but I asked him not to take me back to the lab and he didn't and instead let me stay with him. He also managed to strike a deal with the High Council to let me live with him. As long as I am under his care, I am allowed to live outside the laboratory. Gingetsu was also like us one of the children who were part of the Clover project... I guess that's why he took pity on me. [smiles a bit] He doesn't talk much but he's always willing to listen to me when I feel like talking and he holds me when I cry. He's a very nice person. I'm glad I managed to meet him. Ah, I'm sorry. I've been talking so much... it's just that it's been so long since I've had anyone other than Gingetsu to talk to. I'm sorry for bothering you.

... just what is this place? I shouldn't have died yet... I still have a few years left...

You umm... don't gotta feel bad if you wanna talk. Believe me, I do my share. But umm... that's weird. [making a face at him] I didn't get parts a that, but if you just wanna talk, you can do that. The parts I get I don't really like, but some of it's not so bad. Sounds like Gingetsu's a nice guy, lookin' after you and stuff. That's good at least.

Not really sure. We're not all dead. Hell, last I checked, the war was over in my world and then I was here. Pretty sure I didn't suddenly die. I still say we're partta some big experiment.

Thank you, Duo. What's weird? Okay. I've lived at the laboratory for as long as I remember... I might have been born there. I don't know. We were part of this government programme to discover children with special powers... We are called 'Clovers' and were divided into 4 levels according to how powerful we are. I'm a '3 Leaf' which is powerful enough to be a threat to the entire High Council of wizards if I ever turned against them. The 1 and 2 Leafs are very weak compared to me so they are allowed to live outside but I, the 3 of us, well, 2of us now, have to be under constant supervision.

The only time I've ever been outside is when I ran away after 'B' was killed. They named as 'A', 'B' and 'C'. I was 'C' though I'm the oldest. Then I've stayed inside Gingetsu's mansion till now. Gingetsu is a 2 Leaf. If I ever leave the mansion, they will kill Gingetsu... I don't want that to happen. I hope they don't find out I'm no longer at the mansion. I don't want anything to happen to Gingetsu. I owe him so much.

I see... [sighs sadly]

Your whole story's weird, but I'm from space so I ain't gunna judge. Just think it's weird.

I guess I get most a that and against my usual rule, I'm gunna ask a question. You wanna go walk 'round outside instead a sittin' in here? Sounds like if I were you, I wouldn't be inside at all while I was here. Far as I know, we go back ta right when we left so it's like we were never gone.

[Duo can't help reaching over to pat his shoulder again.] I know, sounds like you're right where ya left off, but on the good side, pretty sure ya are the experiment and not the one bein' experimented on.

Space?

Outside? I... guess so. But, to tell the truth, it scares me a little. There are so many people outside.

I am the experiment?

Yeah. Outer space.

Yeah, the place is way more crowded than usual. You could make a break for the cleared area around the village or even the woods. Just try not ta blow up the place or somethin' alright? I'll probably get blamed and I don't wanna point fingers back at you.

Well, sorta. All you guys who just dropped in on us are. 'least I think so. Then again, their technology coulda gone ta hell and glitched out a bit. ... shit. Should be checkin' that barrier for a glitch if this is glitchin'...

... there are people up there?

Yes, the woods sound good. We don't have any of them left in my world. Almost all animals are exist as well. I-I won't blow anything up. My powers aren't like that. I can control and create machines with my mind. Mostly communication devices and teleportation.

... I've been teleported here by someone else?

In my world, but it doesn't seem ta be somethin' shared by most worlds. somethin' just in mine apparently and a few others.

Your world doesn't sound fun at all. The colonies might not have much, but at least we've got animals and stuff still on Earth. [Duo whimpers a little.] And me without my Gundam. I bet you could make my buddy even better. Damn.

Mmmmm guess you could put it that way. We don't really know how we end up here. Just that we do.

Different worlds... this sounds like a dream.

Perhaps. But I haven't really seen a lot of it. In the cities, there are no plants and animals, even pets are very rare. The only pets available are mechanical or bionic ones. Real cats and dogs are highly prized and extremely expensive. Almost all the birds in the skies are fake. Gundam?

I see...

's longest dream if it is 'cause I've been here for way the hell too long.

Havin' a mechanical pet might be fun... I could mess with it all the time. Still don't think I like not havin' any animals though. Don't need ta see 'em or somethin', but it's still good ta know they're there and stuff.

's big robot that I fight in and stuff. If you can do stuff with machines, you could make 'im so much better and he's already the best Gundam.

How long have you been here?

Mess with it?

You are a soldier? You really think so? I've never worked on improving a robot before though.

Just under two years now. 's long 'nough if you ask me.

Yeah, I could play with it, program it ta do stuff, be annoying, put a laser on it. It'd be fun.

Naw, I'd have ta follow orders if I was gunna be a soldier. And I've never met someone who was magic with machines... well unless you wanna count Howard who's kinda like a wizard fixin' my buddy up in almost no time, but 's not really magic.

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