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Family Bonds

Who: Desco, Nano, Otoha, Johnny, and Sam
Where: Desco's house
Summary: Desco lays it all out
Warnings: ~~Desco is her own warning~~ Violence

It starts, not with a preemptory summons over the general network, but a pair of thoughtful, serious messages left in Sam and Nano's inboxes. Desco even uses the word 'please'. And then, instead of commanding her Uncles to stick around, she just...asks them not to leave today.

Something weird is going on with the tiniest shoggoth.

When the entirety of Desco's 'family' is gathered, she takes a deep breath - even though she has stated that she doesn't need to breathe - and addresses them.

"Desco...no. Um, I need to tell you about my childhood."

...she's dropping the third person. Not a good sign.

She deploys Usatako and forms it into a seat.

"Um...about six years ago, my big sis asked Daddy for a little sister with advanced functionality to help her take over the world. Mommy died a little while after that, so Daddy decided that instead of cybernetically altering a human baby he'd just make a genetically engineered superweapon. Daddy found funding and someone to supply him with demons, and by mixing his and Mommy's DNA with various kinds of demon DNA he made me. That was four years ago. I grew up in Daddy's lab - because my brain is mostly human, I ended up needing cybernetic implants anyway to deal with my various sensory inputs. Um, I was the prototype model - Daddy had me do a lot of tests by fighting against his other cloned demons and his demon-fighting Bio-Suits. Um...I used to have so much fun breaking the Bio-Suits, but I realized recently that the Bio-Suits were piloted by human test subjects."

She pauses for a second and strokes one of her tentacles nervously.

"So, I've been killing humans without knowing it since I was six months old. Sorry, Sis."

She cringes a little and retreats halfway inside Usatako.

"Um, when I was a year and a half old, Daddy took all the combat data I got for him and used it to make Lady Des-X, the production model. I was really excited to have a little sister, and for the first couple of months we played together a lot! Then she got all weird and jealous and didn't want to listen to Daddy talk about Big Sis or watch the videos he had made of her. Then, um, when I was two, Big Sis came to the lab because...well, I don't know why. And Des-X attacked her. I tried to stop her, but she, uh...tore out all but my red eyes and ate them, and my cybernetics went crazy and disabled me, so all I could do was watch while she killed Big Sis. And then, once she was done with that, she crushed my skull. I'm pretty sure she ate our bodies after that, too, because Big Sis was just listed as 'missing' instead of 'dead' when I checked the last time I visited Daddy's lab."

A pause.

"And then, when I woke up, I was in the Netherworld, and I kind of...threw a tantrum and leveled one of the residential districts, so the corrupternment threw me into the Forbidden Cell of the high-security ward of Hades, and I spent the next six months in solitary confinement loaded down with so many sealing spells I couldn't move at all before Big Sis and Valzy saved me."

With this, she sinks inside Usatako until only her head is visible.

"So, um...I know I have some issues, so...if you want to stop being my family after this, I don't mind as long as you don't try to hurt me? And, uh, if you still want to be family, can you please promise to never ever get hurt?"

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[Sam is silent for a long time. He only stares down at his hands, his eyes surprisingly dark and his facial expression unreadable.]

[He doesn't know what to think of all of that. Now he knows what her past is, but...should he feel sad about that? Apathetic? He doesn't care that she killed human beings, they could all die without Sam blinking an eye, but the fact that she was manipulated to do so...]

[And, of course, the part that hits the hardest is the description of the death of her and her big sister. She had watched her get murdered. Sam never had that liberty. He had come home to a dead body.]

[So it takes him a while to answer. Even though it still hurt to think about and he still wanted to live his life free of any friendships or relationships, there was no doubt that Desco was...special. It's harder to think about throwing her away.]

[He finally speaks up, his voice quiet:]

...I'll never get hurt, Desco. And the promise from Halloween still stands.

One hand reaches out of Usatako and grasps Sam's hand.

[There's a pause, but he grasps it in return, even placing his other hand over it.]

Don't feel bad. It wasn't your fault.

Edited 2013-11-26 18:58 (UTC)

"...okay."

[How does one comfort again? It feels like it's been ages. Though, really, all he needs to do is remember how he comforted his sister when she was upset...then he could use what he did there. He'll try that.]

It's going to be fine, Desco.

...Do you want me to read you a story? I mean, it was hard for you to talk about that, maybe you just want to think about something else for a while.

Edited 2013-11-26 19:13 (UTC)

Desco slowly levitates out of Usatako and curls up at Sam's side.

"...can you read Desco the one about the pony that drowns people?"

Of course I can. That's one of my favorites.

[A pause as he recalls it, before he starts speaking in a level tone:]

Once upon a time, there was a young boy. This boy had nine friends, the best group of friends one could have, and they all decided that they would go and play on the beach and have fun. They built sand castles, swam in the ocean, and played games. By the time they were done, it was already getting quite dark, and they were all about to head home.

But suddenly, one of the kids shouted "Look, there's a horse!" ...And indeed there was a pony standing quietly near the waves. All the kids gazed in awe, because this pony was very pretty, with a shining black coat that glistened in the light and eyes that seemed as big and round as the moon itself.

The oldest child suddenly ran up to the pony. "I want to ride it," he said boastfully, and clambered on its back. The pony did not even complain...what a good pony! The other children, wanting to take on the oldest kid's boast, decided to follow suit, and there was a great ruckus as child after child scrambled on the back of the pony.

The only one left was the boy. He had been a little afraid of horses ever since he was young, and therefore didn't immediately go to ride it. The other nine kids, somehow all fitting on the back of the pony, teased him and called him names. "Oh, you're chicken!" They cried, laughing. But the boy only shook his head and told them that it was getting late, so they needed to return home to their families.

The youngest child was already tired, so he tried to jump off first. But suddenly, he found that he couldn't leave- it was like he was glued to the back of the pony. The other kids also realized this, and what had been laughter coming from their mouths suddenly turned into screams of terror. And the pony, quiet as ever, started to move into the ocean. The boy screamed for his friends to jump off, to save themselves, but they couldn't. They were already trapped. And as the boy chased after them into the waves, the big eyes of the pony turned a bright red, and the pony's snout filled with an impressive set of sharp teeth.

That is the last thing he saw, before the pony and all nine of his friends, the best group of friends he could have in the world, vanished under the water and were never seen again.

....The end.

Edited 2013-11-26 19:57 (UTC)

Thanks to her newly-gained understanding of death, the story doesn't make Desco giggle as it used to. Instead, she maintained a thoughtful silence for a few long moments before passing judgement.

"...Desco wants a pony like that."

Are you sure? [He looks down at her.] It could be quite the hassle to have.

"Desco doesn't need to breathe, so we could have sea adventures together and beat up shark dragons."

[He pretends to look offended.]

And you're going to leave me out of these sea adventures? Come on, you know I could go on them too.

"Oh, that'd be fun! Shark Dragons are really fun to fight, Big Bro!"

I'm sure they are. They're cold-blooded, right?

[Because darn it, those things sound pretty edible, actually.]

"Uh huh! They get stronger when you use Ice skills, too!"

[Okay, Shark Dragons are totally on his list of delicious foodstuffs now.]

Do they have them here in Hinoto-Ri?

"Desco isn't sure...we could go looking!"

Let's do so. I've been looking for...[How to say this.] Something new to do, so that sounds like a great idea.

"Okay!"

Have a hug, because she's feeling clingy.

[HE IS STILL NOT USED TO THIS but he just hugs her back as best as she can...goodness, she's tiny.]

Are you going to feel better?

Nod nod.

"Desco has...everyone with her."

Well, not everyone. I mean, Hinoto-Ri isn't all here. Just the most important ones, right?

"Uh-huh. The most important people in Hinoto-Ri are all in this room."

And I'm really one of them?

[He sounds surprised.]

"Of course. You're Desco's Big Bro."

Yeah...I guess I am.

[He gets quiet, rubbing the back of his neck with a hand.]

It's...odd. I never thought I would be a big brother ever again.

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