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Mixtape Ghost N A moment of silence. It took them a moment to process what had transpired, until Henry had broke the silence. "Well, now I know how Charlie felt in the glass elevator!" He stumbled up, and dusted himself off. "Everyone in one piece? Alice??" he looked over to his sister(?), who was staring wide-eyed at where the hole in the elevator was.
"She...wanted to protect me..?" She muttered.
"Oh uh, sorry about your robot-friend-thing," Henry started to apologize, when Alice cut him off.
"No- No, don't be. We may have been allies for the most part, but I draw the line on her harming either of you." She sighed, straightening herself up.
Isaiah nodded. ”Ultimately, the hooligan was unable to change. Escape was not even her goal, just vengence.” He closed his eyes. ”I’m not so sure she’s been decommissioned, even after all that. That was one tough nail to hammer!”
They turned their attention to the door, the group took a few hesitant steps forward, and made their way outside.
"Woah!" Henry exclaimed, shielding his eyes from the sun as he looked around. "Outside's kinda cold, hehe." he smiled, seemingly unbothered by the temperature. Alice was silently looking out to the horizon in awe, on the other hand.
”Axis Mundi’s located up around New York, or is it Maine? Regardless, we’re in the northern states so it must be Autumn.” He chuckled. ”My favorite time of year if I’m being honest. Or I suppose I should say Isaiah’s. Especially the end of October when all the kids dress up and go trick-or-treating. Though I think I enjoy it for the same reasons he did.”
"Halloween, hm?" Alice looked over to him with a tired smile, then back out to the view. "...She never really had a favorite holiday. I guess it didn't matter to her in the end, so long as she got time off of whatever. And the food." She chuckled, but her smile then faded into a conflicted look.
”Well, what do you think your favorite holiday is?”
"Oh! Uh..." She thought for a moment. "God, I'm not sure myself. Though I suppose I have a soft spot for Christmas?"
”That's another one where you can get good candy.” Isaiah smiled. ”That seems to be something all the best holidays have in common. It's just not a real holiday if you can't have something sweet.” He looked to Henry. ”How about you?”
"Eh?" Henry looked back towards the two. "No love loss for Thanksgiving, aye? Weeeell, the Day of the Dead seems interesting to me! Why'd you ask?" he tilted his head.
Isaiah laughed. ”I consider christmas and Thanks giving one and the same. I suppose that is a decent holiday for feasting.” He sighed. ”As for why I’m asking, I don’t really know. I just discovered that this entire time, I’ve been someone else without knowing it. Inside a killing game no less. I think it’s about time we began establishing our own identities.” The mobster pretender slid his hands into his pockets. ”I won’t lie, I’m a little upset by all this. I can’t really believe it, but I’m also starting to warm up to it as well.” He placed a hand on his chin. ”I’d like to learn more about who I use to be, but that person didn’t really want to be themselves, or couldn’t be themselves. So I’m going to use it as a chance to start fresh.” He shrugged his shoulders. ”Maybe I’ll take a page from the nanny’s book and do what I can to help children. I know I want to hold onto this connection I have with the two of you.”
"No man left behind, right?" Henry shrugged with a grin. "I still wanna try and find our old names in the database, then with what we already know, we can go from there. Maybe I can go into hacking full time, who knows!"
"I just want to have a normal live at this rate." Alice rubbed one of her eyes tiredly. "A-As long as I can stay with you, of course.
”Normal eh? I’m not so sure ‘normal’ exists for anyone.” Ice looked back at the elevator. ”But we can try for normal if that’s what you guys wanna do. I’m sure there are some perfectly normal hackers out there.”
"Is there though?" Henry joked. "So anyways, you two have a thing goin' on?"
”A thing?” The wanna-be-cool-guy shifted his eyes side to side. ”I mean I genuinely like your sister, and I feel like we've been through a lot together. It's just a connection I want to keep.” He cleared his throat. ”It's one of the few things I have that I didn't inherit from Ice. I just, um, want to see how it goes is all. There's no need to make it weird.” He inhaled. ”But as I have said before, I do like children,”
Henry's face went comically blank, then a smug grin appeared on his face. Maybe his theory was correct, but he'd bother them about it later. He slowly looked to Alice. "So are you gonna tell him now or am I ratting you ou-" He was quickly interupted when she clasped a hand over his mouth. "Shhhh!!"
”Hmm?” Isaiah moved to Alice's side. ”Um, why are you covering his mouth? Did you want to tell me something?”
"E-Erm...y-yeahonemoment-" Alice shot a quick glare to the snickering Henry, gently shoving him aside, then straigtening herself up. "I was actually wanting to tell you for awhile now. But between Lambert's attempts to keep you away from me, that hellhole being the worst place and time to feel something like this, and my own cowardice? I mean, even after the whole revelation that we're nothing more than nobodies of another pained me to almost no end because...well..." She sharply exhaled.
"I k-kinda...sorta...love you." She avoided looking at him out of nervousness. "But if you don't feel the same, I can respect that. I just want you to be happy."
Ice curled his lips in between his teeth. ”Yes, well…” He placed a hand on the side of his head. ”Well, well…” He grinned. ”I kinda, sorta, love you too.” Isaiah turned to face Alice. ”Though all the same, I think even a flippin’ lunatic pandora could tell we just revealed the worst kept secret in Axis Mundi.”
"No kidding, you dorks!!" Henry yelled over to them.
Alice stared wide-eyed at him, before breaking out into a relieved laughter. "Damnit, you're right, hahahah!" She grinned.
”I suppose we need to decide what to do next.” Ice looked at Henry. ”Beating up your brother would be a good way to pass the time. I feel like he was never disciplined enough.”
"Wait what?!"
Alice looked over to her brother, albeit with a more mischevious grin. "You know what? You're absolutely right!" she snickered.
"And that's my cue to run!!" Henry quickly ran away in fright.
”Unbeflippin’-leavable!” Ice sprinted after him. ”Henry! I wasn’t serious! Get back here!”
"Oh dear. Wait for me, you guys!" Alice ran after the two.
"She...wanted to protect me..?" She muttered.
"Oh uh, sorry about your robot-friend-thing," Henry started to apologize, when Alice cut him off.
"No- No, don't be. We may have been allies for the most part, but I draw the line on her harming either of you." She sighed, straightening herself up.
Isaiah nodded. ”Ultimately, the hooligan was unable to change. Escape was not even her goal, just vengence.” He closed his eyes. ”I’m not so sure she’s been decommissioned, even after all that. That was one tough nail to hammer!”
They turned their attention to the door, the group took a few hesitant steps forward, and made their way outside.
"Woah!" Henry exclaimed, shielding his eyes from the sun as he looked around. "Outside's kinda cold, hehe." he smiled, seemingly unbothered by the temperature. Alice was silently looking out to the horizon in awe, on the other hand.
”Axis Mundi’s located up around New York, or is it Maine? Regardless, we’re in the northern states so it must be Autumn.” He chuckled. ”My favorite time of year if I’m being honest. Or I suppose I should say Isaiah’s. Especially the end of October when all the kids dress up and go trick-or-treating. Though I think I enjoy it for the same reasons he did.”
"Halloween, hm?" Alice looked over to him with a tired smile, then back out to the view. "...She never really had a favorite holiday. I guess it didn't matter to her in the end, so long as she got time off of whatever. And the food." She chuckled, but her smile then faded into a conflicted look.
”Well, what do you think your favorite holiday is?”
"Oh! Uh..." She thought for a moment. "God, I'm not sure myself. Though I suppose I have a soft spot for Christmas?"
”That's another one where you can get good candy.” Isaiah smiled. ”That seems to be something all the best holidays have in common. It's just not a real holiday if you can't have something sweet.” He looked to Henry. ”How about you?”
"Eh?" Henry looked back towards the two. "No love loss for Thanksgiving, aye? Weeeell, the Day of the Dead seems interesting to me! Why'd you ask?" he tilted his head.
Isaiah laughed. ”I consider christmas and Thanks giving one and the same. I suppose that is a decent holiday for feasting.” He sighed. ”As for why I’m asking, I don’t really know. I just discovered that this entire time, I’ve been someone else without knowing it. Inside a killing game no less. I think it’s about time we began establishing our own identities.” The mobster pretender slid his hands into his pockets. ”I won’t lie, I’m a little upset by all this. I can’t really believe it, but I’m also starting to warm up to it as well.” He placed a hand on his chin. ”I’d like to learn more about who I use to be, but that person didn’t really want to be themselves, or couldn’t be themselves. So I’m going to use it as a chance to start fresh.” He shrugged his shoulders. ”Maybe I’ll take a page from the nanny’s book and do what I can to help children. I know I want to hold onto this connection I have with the two of you.”
"No man left behind, right?" Henry shrugged with a grin. "I still wanna try and find our old names in the database, then with what we already know, we can go from there. Maybe I can go into hacking full time, who knows!"
"I just want to have a normal live at this rate." Alice rubbed one of her eyes tiredly. "A-As long as I can stay with you, of course.
”Normal eh? I’m not so sure ‘normal’ exists for anyone.” Ice looked back at the elevator. ”But we can try for normal if that’s what you guys wanna do. I’m sure there are some perfectly normal hackers out there.”
"Is there though?" Henry joked. "So anyways, you two have a thing goin' on?"
”A thing?” The wanna-be-cool-guy shifted his eyes side to side. ”I mean I genuinely like your sister, and I feel like we've been through a lot together. It's just a connection I want to keep.” He cleared his throat. ”It's one of the few things I have that I didn't inherit from Ice. I just, um, want to see how it goes is all. There's no need to make it weird.” He inhaled. ”But as I have said before, I do like children,”
Henry's face went comically blank, then a smug grin appeared on his face. Maybe his theory was correct, but he'd bother them about it later. He slowly looked to Alice. "So are you gonna tell him now or am I ratting you ou-" He was quickly interupted when she clasped a hand over his mouth. "Shhhh!!"
”Hmm?” Isaiah moved to Alice's side. ”Um, why are you covering his mouth? Did you want to tell me something?”
"E-Erm...y-yeahonemoment-" Alice shot a quick glare to the snickering Henry, gently shoving him aside, then straigtening herself up. "I was actually wanting to tell you for awhile now. But between Lambert's attempts to keep you away from me, that hellhole being the worst place and time to feel something like this, and my own cowardice? I mean, even after the whole revelation that we're nothing more than nobodies of another pained me to almost no end because...well..." She sharply exhaled.
"I k-kinda...sorta...love you." She avoided looking at him out of nervousness. "But if you don't feel the same, I can respect that. I just want you to be happy."
Ice curled his lips in between his teeth. ”Yes, well…” He placed a hand on the side of his head. ”Well, well…” He grinned. ”I kinda, sorta, love you too.” Isaiah turned to face Alice. ”Though all the same, I think even a flippin’ lunatic pandora could tell we just revealed the worst kept secret in Axis Mundi.”
"No kidding, you dorks!!" Henry yelled over to them.
Alice stared wide-eyed at him, before breaking out into a relieved laughter. "Damnit, you're right, hahahah!" She grinned.
”I suppose we need to decide what to do next.” Ice looked at Henry. ”Beating up your brother would be a good way to pass the time. I feel like he was never disciplined enough.”
"Wait what?!"
Alice looked over to her brother, albeit with a more mischevious grin. "You know what? You're absolutely right!" she snickered.
"And that's my cue to run!!" Henry quickly ran away in fright.
”Unbeflippin’-leavable!” Ice sprinted after him. ”Henry! I wasn’t serious! Get back here!”
"Oh dear. Wait for me, you guys!" Alice ran after the two.
