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diversified2015-10-07 12:19 pm
aggrandize) wrote in diversified2015-10-07 12:19 pm
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WHO Chris Halliwell (aggrandize) / Cole Turner (devilsinthedetails)
WHAT Pacific Rim AU. Chris is the neurotic, traumatized would-be Jaeger pilot and Cole used to be the neural handshake test dummy for newbies on account of having a rare mental disorder. Then Chris came along.
WHEN uh ider the dates in PacRim. Sometime. It happens sometime.
WHERE SHATTERDOOOOME
WHY Leo why did you leave your family, Leo why did you leave your oldest son to go crazy, LEO WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE GUARDIANSHIP OF YOUR YOUNGEST
This was just a formality, really. Their neural handshake had already gone smooth as could be when they were found out to be a compatible pairing. Chris had to keep telling himself that, because the stories he'd heard of other recruits trying to make sense of Cole Turner's mind while it split apart around them only made him wonder more and more what kind of fluke of nature had caused his compatibility. Maybe it was because he was broken inside, too, but that was too depressing a thought and he shoved it away.
Suited up and entering the test room, Chris took a deep breath to steel himself. This time was for real, for keeps, minds introduced to each other and pressed until they opened up and shared what needed to be in order to clear the air. There wasn't any room for surprises in a Jaeger; the kaiju weren't going to give anyone a moment's rest, so they had to be ready.
He could do this. He would do this. There was no other choice.
aggrandize) / Cole Turner (devilsinthedetails)WHAT Pacific Rim AU. Chris is the neurotic, traumatized would-be Jaeger pilot and Cole used to be the neural handshake test dummy for newbies on account of having a rare mental disorder. Then Chris came along.
WHEN uh ider the dates in PacRim. Sometime. It happens sometime.
WHERE SHATTERDOOOOME
WHY Leo why did you leave your family, Leo why did you leave your oldest son to go crazy, LEO WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE GUARDIANSHIP OF YOUR YOUNGEST
This was just a formality, really. Their neural handshake had already gone smooth as could be when they were found out to be a compatible pairing. Chris had to keep telling himself that, because the stories he'd heard of other recruits trying to make sense of Cole Turner's mind while it split apart around them only made him wonder more and more what kind of fluke of nature had caused his compatibility. Maybe it was because he was broken inside, too, but that was too depressing a thought and he shoved it away.
Suited up and entering the test room, Chris took a deep breath to steel himself. This time was for real, for keeps, minds introduced to each other and pressed until they opened up and shared what needed to be in order to clear the air. There wasn't any room for surprises in a Jaeger; the kaiju weren't going to give anyone a moment's rest, so they had to be ready.
He could do this. He would do this. There was no other choice.
no subject
8...7...6...
That wasn't going to happen this time. Chris was compatible which means that they could do this, the two of them together. They could handle each other and Cole stole a quick glance over to Chris, not saying a thing. From what Cole had gleaned from the last time they drifted, he knew that he was tough and could handle this. He was calming down, which would definitely help for the drift and keeping their neural handshake stable.
3...2...1
His eyes shut and he felt the mental tug pulling him back and down, like someone was trying to pull him under and drown. Instinct took over and his other side forced itself through, strong where the other was weak, and rode the drift like it was nothing. Memories flitted by, Dad spinning him around like he was an airplane, Mom knocking him down to the mat when he was still a kid "You can do better, you were raised better. Get up and go again", his father's body sprawled on the floor with skin the color of kaiju blue, doctors standing above him with machines surrounding him in an almost suffocating manner. Memories layered upon each other, two different outlooks of the same scenes playing, flipping through memories to the point where it could almost be headache inducing.
And his eyes opened.