Smells good. [A sigh.] It'd be nice if Silvia showed up here, but then there'd be no one to take care of the kids, so it's better if she doesn't. I've been kinda hoping that Baron'd show up here though. I mean, if Yggdrasil can bring me here then why not Baron. [He looks down slightly.] Even just long enough to say sorry and goodbye.
[He slowly makes his way over to the pot of soup and just... stares at it. Hawkmon's obviously a little disturbed that Apollo isn't shoveling it up right away. After a bit he finally speaks.]
That's what happened. We had some scraps and I'd just caught a squirrel in the park. None of the scraps were good eating, and the squirrel wouldn't've fed all of us, so Baron tossed everything in a pot. It was the first time the kids were excited about eating squirrel. [His voice cracks slightly.]
Yeah. He was. He looked out for me, and then we both took care of the kids.
[He opens a drawer and pulls out a random spoon, then searches the cupboard for something he can use as a bowl, coming up with a big mug, since the two bowls they have are off somewhere in the apartment.]
It was pretty hard, but it was better than the internment camp. At least we could always find someplace to steal food from.
So, you were once in a concentration camp as well. It would seem our stories are not so different, Apollo. Please, continue.
[She felt for the teen, she did. So far their stories, though vastly different, had many similarities. It would seem that now, for sure, Apollo would be added to her list of little ones.]
Dunno if a concentration camp's the same thing or not, but after the Great Disaster there were lots of people in the camps cuz a lotta cities were destroyed. My parents died when the place we were living caught on fire and caved in when the Shadow Angels attacked. Don't remember 'em much though. Baron said it's cuz I was so young.
But anyways there was never enough food in the camp and I was too small to get to it before it was gone. Baron was older though so he could get food easier. He found me starving and dying and he gave me his own food. He looked out for me and made sure we both ate whenever we could. We escaped the camp together and went to a city to steal food. Once we were out he gave me this [he rests a hand on his large necklace] and... he gave me a name. Apollo. After the embodiment of the sun.
[He starts coughing suddenly and looks like he's about to throw up for a second before he swallows and recovers.]
[Apollo isn't sure why he's telling Tenenbaum all this, but is feeling too feverish to think straight, so he'll just go with the flow. He lets her lead him to the couch and sits down.]
Me and Baron found Tiny and Specs and Earnest and Snot and started looking after 'em. We made sure they were safe and got food whenever we could get any. It wasn't easy, but everything was okay until the Shadow Angels attacked the city. They took everyone except me and Silvia and Pierre. Still dunno how it happened, but I ended up in Aquarion's cockpit. I joined DEAVA and fought the Shadow Angels with Aquarion to save Baron and the kids.
[He starts talking faster and hyperventilating.]
Then Toma showed up and he had Baron with him and I got Baron back but Toma had a bomb and I was holding Baron in Aquarion's hands and the bomb went off and I opened my hands and... there was just... [his voice cracks] ash...
[Apollo thought he was over it after the past few months, but the tears start to flow, and he starts crying into his untouched mug of soup.]
[Tenenbaum remains silent. She wraps her arms around Apollo and pulls him close, hugging him tight. She rubs his back and pets his head, trying her best to comfort him.]
[Apollo cries for a while before managing to continue. Tenenbaum will notice he's getting very warm.]
I kept fighting to get the kids back and right before I came here we beat the Shadow Angels and got everyone back and kept the world from being destroyed. I told Silvia to take care of the kids for me so they're gonna be safe now but... I wanted to see 'em again. I wanted to see 'em grow up...
[Tenenbaum holds Apollo close, wrapping a blanket around herself and him. She rubs his back and holds him close.]
You will see them again. Little ones do not grow up so fast. It takes time. You will see them grow and mature. You will be there for their important moments and smile with them again, one day.
But first, you must get well. They would not like seeing you like this, no?
I remembered yesterday, what happened just before I came here. Everything was really messed up in my head so I couldn't remember right away.
[He pauses and has more stew. He's looking in really bad shape now.]
I was in Aquarion's cockpit. We were pulling the pieces of the Earth together from the inside so it wouldn't break apart. Even though Tiny wasn't with me, somehow I could tell her that Silvia would look after her and the other kids. I remember the pieces on either side of us bumping into Aquarion and then the sides of the cockpit started to squish in. If we tried to get away the Earth would've broken again so all we could do was sit there and keep pulling. I remember the cockpit squishing enough that the chair inside was getting crushed, so I stood on the chair and held the controls and kept pulling until the controls got crushed. After that it felt like there was something heavy on both sides of me and my whole body hurt. Then I woke up here.
[He looks down into the nearly-empty mug of stew blankly.]
[Tenenbaum could not say anything to that. This poor boy had risked everything and his reward was death? She could only hold him tightly to her in silence. There were no words for this, at least none she knew. There was only one thing she could say.]
[He doesn't say anything right away, finishing off the stew and sticking his finger in the mug to get at the last chunks.]
Everyone else is okay at least. All I gotta do is wait 12000 years and I can see Silvia again. Maybe next time we'll be able to spend our lives together and I won't die a third time. Maybe I'll see everyone else again too.
[The hope is admirable, she understands this. But the scientist in her doesn't believe in such things. Sure, memories can be passed from a person to another through genetics, but that is only with the help of ADAM.]
[He leans back on the couch and lets the mug dangle on a finger.]
12000 years ago, I was Apollonius, a Shadow Angel. Silvia was Seliane, a human. We met on the battlefield and fell in love. I betrayed the Shadow Angels for her and made Aquarion so we could protect the humans together, but I died sealing the Shadow Angels away.
[He swings the mug slightly.]
Silvia remembered being Seliane when she was a kid. I started remembering when I met her. But ever since I got here I can't remember all the little things from my past life. It's weird.
[Reincarnation was not real in her world...but perhaps it was in his? Scientific fact seemed to change per each world. Such things were not in her field of study however.]
I see. Perhaps in another life, you will be able to be with her.
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Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 04:26 am (UTC)I will begin cleaning. You stay here and rest. When you can eat, I will give you some of the soup.
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 04:40 am (UTC)You don't have to do that.
[Hawkmon suddenly looks embarrassed at the state of the apartment, while Apollo perks up slightly at the mention of food.]
Soup?
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 04:50 am (UTC)Yes, the same. No one from my world is here either.
And I wish to help. It is perfectly alright.
Yes. I brought you a pot of Beef soup.
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 05:02 am (UTC)Smells good. [A sigh.] It'd be nice if Silvia showed up here, but then there'd be no one to take care of the kids, so it's better if she doesn't. I've been kinda hoping that Baron'd show up here though. I mean, if Yggdrasil can bring me here then why not Baron. [He looks down slightly.] Even just long enough to say sorry and goodbye.
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 05:06 am (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 05:51 am (UTC)[He slowly makes his way over to the pot of soup and just... stares at it. Hawkmon's obviously a little disturbed that Apollo isn't shoveling it up right away. After a bit he finally speaks.]
That's what happened. We had some scraps and I'd just caught a squirrel in the park. None of the scraps were good eating, and the squirrel wouldn't've fed all of us, so Baron tossed everything in a pot. It was the first time the kids were excited about eating squirrel. [His voice cracks slightly.]
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 05:53 am (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 06:10 am (UTC)[He opens a drawer and pulls out a random spoon, then searches the cupboard for something he can use as a bowl, coming up with a big mug, since the two bowls they have are off somewhere in the apartment.]
It was pretty hard, but it was better than the internment camp. At least we could always find someplace to steal food from.
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 06:16 am (UTC)[She felt for the teen, she did. So far their stories, though vastly different, had many similarities. It would seem that now, for sure, Apollo would be added to her list of little ones.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 06:55 am (UTC)But anyways there was never enough food in the camp and I was too small to get to it before it was gone. Baron was older though so he could get food easier. He found me starving and dying and he gave me his own food. He looked out for me and made sure we both ate whenever we could. We escaped the camp together and went to a city to steal food. Once we were out he gave me this [he rests a hand on his large necklace] and... he gave me a name. Apollo. After the embodiment of the sun.
[He starts coughing suddenly and looks like he's about to throw up for a second before he swallows and recovers.]
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 07:17 am (UTC)Let us get you some soup so you may sit down again. Come.
[She opens the pot and starts to spoon some of the soup into his mug. She fills it about half way before leading him back to the sofa.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 08:05 am (UTC)Me and Baron found Tiny and Specs and Earnest and Snot and started looking after 'em. We made sure they were safe and got food whenever we could get any. It wasn't easy, but everything was okay until the Shadow Angels attacked the city. They took everyone except me and Silvia and Pierre. Still dunno how it happened, but I ended up in Aquarion's cockpit. I joined DEAVA and fought the Shadow Angels with Aquarion to save Baron and the kids.
[He starts talking faster and hyperventilating.]
Then Toma showed up and he had Baron with him and I got Baron back but Toma had a bomb and I was holding Baron in Aquarion's hands and the bomb went off and I opened my hands and... there was just... [his voice cracks] ash...
[Apollo thought he was over it after the past few months, but the tears start to flow, and he starts crying into his untouched mug of soup.]
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 08:35 am (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2010-12-22 06:20 pm (UTC)I kept fighting to get the kids back and right before I came here we beat the Shadow Angels and got everyone back and kept the world from being destroyed. I told Silvia to take care of the kids for me so they're gonna be safe now but... I wanted to see 'em again. I wanted to see 'em grow up...
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 12:32 am (UTC)[Tenenbaum holds Apollo close, wrapping a blanket around herself and him. She rubs his back and holds him close.]
You will see them again. Little ones do not grow up so fast. It takes time. You will see them grow and mature. You will be there for their important moments and smile with them again, one day.
But first, you must get well. They would not like seeing you like this, no?
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 12:44 am (UTC)[He finally eats some of the stew.]
This's good.
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 12:52 am (UTC)One day you may go home. I have heard of others who have been sent home. One day, you may be returned as well.
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 01:24 am (UTC)I remembered yesterday, what happened just before I came here. Everything was really messed up in my head so I couldn't remember right away.
[He pauses and has more stew. He's looking in really bad shape now.]
I was in Aquarion's cockpit. We were pulling the pieces of the Earth together from the inside so it wouldn't break apart. Even though Tiny wasn't with me, somehow I could tell her that Silvia would look after her and the other kids. I remember the pieces on either side of us bumping into Aquarion and then the sides of the cockpit started to squish in. If we tried to get away the Earth would've broken again so all we could do was sit there and keep pulling. I remember the cockpit squishing enough that the chair inside was getting crushed, so I stood on the chair and held the controls and kept pulling until the controls got crushed. After that it felt like there was something heavy on both sides of me and my whole body hurt. Then I woke up here.
[He looks down into the nearly-empty mug of stew blankly.]
I'm pretty sure I'm dead.
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 01:30 am (UTC)I am sorry, little one.
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 01:45 am (UTC)Everyone else is okay at least. All I gotta do is wait 12000 years and I can see Silvia again. Maybe next time we'll be able to spend our lives together and I won't die a third time. Maybe I'll see everyone else again too.
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 01:47 am (UTC)[The hope is admirable, she understands this. But the scientist in her doesn't believe in such things. Sure, memories can be passed from a person to another through genetics, but that is only with the help of ADAM.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 02:09 am (UTC)[He leans back on the couch and lets the mug dangle on a finger.]
12000 years ago, I was Apollonius, a Shadow Angel. Silvia was Seliane, a human. We met on the battlefield and fell in love. I betrayed the Shadow Angels for her and made Aquarion so we could protect the humans together, but I died sealing the Shadow Angels away.
[He swings the mug slightly.]
Silvia remembered being Seliane when she was a kid. I started remembering when I met her. But ever since I got here I can't remember all the little things from my past life. It's weird.
Re: [Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 02:19 am (UTC)I see. Perhaps in another life, you will be able to be with her.
[Action]
Date: 2010-12-23 02:36 am (UTC)[He scowls]
Stupid plant said I should cheat on her while I'm waiting. Don't matter if she wouldn't know. I love her.
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Date: 2010-12-23 02:38 am (UTC)[Action]
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