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mako mori ([personal profile] co_pilot) wrote2013-07-15 04:37 pm

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The next leg of their tour is the European section - there aren't as many cities that were directly affected by the kaiju here, though the people seem no less effusive in their enthusiasm. Mako is at an equal disadvantage when it comes to the talk shows - her languages are better, perhaps, than Raleigh's, but she doesn't possess complete fluency in this particular part of the world.

The interviews are fairly easy to get through, though they always manage to end up fielding some question about the two of them.

("Mr. Becket, Ms. Mori, can you talk to me about the status of your relationship?")

Too many shared glances, too many moments alone; people don't want to talk about the losses of the past. They want gossip, sensational news. It's enough to make her want to scream, or tear her hair out in frustration.

She settles for the next best thing - the exercise room of the hotel they're staying in is empty at night, and there's enough space for her to wind through the movements that calm her.

She doesn't need to watch her form in the mirrors around the room; she merely closes her eyes, focuses on her breathing - and lets the stress slip away.
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know there's talk of reconstructing a Jaeger to turn it into some kind of amusement park ride?"

For as much as Raleigh thinks that piloting has its fun parts, it is obvious he disapproves.

"And then the Dome will probably end up a museum."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nope. But she doesn't even exist anymore, so I'm not quite sure which one's worse."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know. So did Yancy, Hansen, Stacker, everybody - that doesn't make it easier.





"Sometimes," he admits, "It does make it better, but it's a damn fine line."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Currently, they're standing in front of the bay where Crimson Typhoon was housed, before.

"...What came first, the pilots or the Jaeger?" he tries to joke.
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mmm."

Raleigh walks over to the base of the stairway that would have taken a pilot to the cockpit section, plopping himself down on the step and taking another long drag from the bottle.

"Did you know I was going to send you up first? In the Breach?"
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Raleigh moves and impatiently taps on Mako's knee so that he can sit with his back facing her, between her legs on his step.

"Likewise. I just remember thinking that I was blowing up Yancy. You. Me. But it needed doing."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Only slightly, huh?" Raleigh looks up at her, at the staircase behind them both.
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't about to lose another partner. Especially you."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"I..."

Definitely don't have an appropriate response.

"You and Tendo would've thrown me the best of memorials."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean it! You would've read some sort of poetry about my biceps and everyone would miss me."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Brevity is the soul of wit, said...somebody I don't remember."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Possibly." Enunciated awkwardly.

"Feels nice to be drunk on something I didn't have to beat a guy up for. Working on the Wall wasn't fun."
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[personal profile] dontchaserabbits 2013-07-16 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"...A hustle. Jobs were fought for hours after the last guy that had them fell off the Wall or burned himself or anything. Always only half-full.

"Some of the things were fun. Building was something to work on, 'specially..."

Especially after the last ride with his brother.

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