[HERO STORY] Gast #2
Dec. 26th, 2020 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Gast: (Uuh, am I on the right floor…? The quarters are from the 100th floor up… I think.)
(100 floors… It really is stupidly huge…)
(Like, speaking of stupid…)
(These mentors… Nah, all of the seniors looked like trouble, but in a good way.)
(If I remember, one of them is both a searcher and a Hero, and the other is the youngest ta' ever join HELIOS.)
(Hm? Hol' up, if he’s the youngest, that means, uh… A year younger than me…)
(Well, ‘not as if I’d take advantage in bein' older. More like I’d feel sorry for makin' things awkward or somethin'.)
(Okay, first things first! If I can make him think that I’m a nice, chill dude, then he won’t have to worry, andー)
???: Hey, you there.
Gast: Hm?
Lily: Sorry, but you’re in the way.
Gast: Ah, ‘scuse me.
Lily: Thank you.
Gast: (Woah, she’s carryin' a buncha machine guns, rifles and other dangerous stuff, is she going to be alright…)
Gast: Do you... need help with this?
Lily: … Excuse me?!
Gast: !?
Lily: Aah, I’m sorry… The word “help” is kind of taboo for me lately.
When my husband is in a good mood, he often goes “Need any help?”. I can’t stand that he’s trying to butter me up and bootlick on purpose…
What’s up with this “help” anyways? It’s the last word you would think of if you were doing house chores daily and taking care of the children, right?!
Gast: Uh, well…
Lily: !! M-my bad… I’ve got a lot on my mind. Forget what just happened.
Lily: Sighs… Maybe I should go out for a drink with Keith tonight...
Gast: (And she’s gone…)
(She’s the one who was on stage during the entrance ceremony, right? Isn't she a technical instructor?)
(Heard that she used ta' be a Hero, I guess women in that field are just as normal.)
(I mean, she did look pretty strong and tough, but… I don’t know if she’s a special case, or if there’s others like her.)
(Either way, hope I can avoid them as much as possible…)
(Anyways, can’t afford to waste time here, I better get to my room.)
Gast: (My room is around here… I think?)
Pardon the intrusiooon…?
(No one’s there yet?)
(Anyhow, let’s see… Right on my left should be the rookies’ rooms, if I remember well.)
Hm?
(Is that… Piano?)
(It’s from across our side… Are those the mentors’ rooms?)
(I know it's rude ta' enter without permission, but...)
(If I call out again, he’ll probably stop playin', so I’ll just... I’ll just take a quick peekー)
Marion: …
Gast: (...Hm? A woman?)
(Huh, what? Our mentor is actually a woman? Strange that I heard nothin' about that…)
(No, I’m the one bein' weird for pointin' it out. I just assumed it would be a manー)
Marion: Who’s there?
Gast: Crap! ‘S-scuse me! I’ll see myself out...!
Gast: (Aahー... Jeez, I got so surprised I dashed my way out…)
(Sure was actin' like a weirdo back there, like a pervert even…)
(I mean, seriously, why are there women anyways? If ya' ask me, sharing a room with a woman sounds like a bad idea?)
(...Am I gonna be okay?)
(No no no, it’s not like I think there’s anythin' wrong with it...)
(And now's that I think about it… She was pretty cute…?)
Marion: Hey.
Gast: (gasp) !
Marion: What are you doing here.
Gast: Weeell, um… I just... ran out of there...
Marion: …
Gast: …
Umー ...Can you just confirm something?
Are ya' sure you’re in the right room? This is North Sector training team’s dorm soー
Marion: Screw that airhead of yours back on and cut the crap, Gast Adler.
Gast: …!
(She knows my name… So it’s really our mentor…)
Marion: What were you doing back there? Isn’t it common knowledge to knock before entering?
And on top of getting busted, you ran away without properly greeting me? That’s one hell of an education you’ve got there.
Gast: I-Is that so~? ‘Scuse me, I was… A bit nervous...
I’ll be careful from now on! No more peeking, I promise. ‘Can’t believe I really snuck into a girl’s room like that...
Aaanyways, huh? We also share bathrooms in here…? Isn’t that a real’ bad idea? Like, the amount of trouble betweenー
Marion: You…
Gast: Eh?
Marion: Sigh… I should have figured, not like it’s the first time either, but getting mistaken still hurts my pride.
Gast: ...Mistaken?
Marion: I’m a man.
Gast: !?
Marion: “Don’t sneak into someone’s room unattended”
“Don’t treat me like a woman”
These are this dorm's Code of Omertà. [¹] If you dare transgress it, I’ll make you bleed, so watch out.
Gast: …
(H-heck.. Did I start off on the wrong foot right from the beginning...?)
About that ‘making me bleed’ part...
Marion: Right… I should make sure that the rude rookies are thoroughly disciplined, starting from their very first day.
Gast: Eh? Where d'ya get that whip from...
Gast: Ugh!?
Wai... Hey, watch that out! Why are ya' doin' this...!
Marion: Shut up, and don’t run away this time.
Gast: (Shit…! I’m hella screwedー!)
[¹] “血の掟” (lit. “blood code”) or Omertà is an unspoken code of silence used by the mafia, implying non-cooperation with authorities and remaining silent when confronted with their crimes. Knowing Marion manipulates blood, the innuendo is on purpose.
NOTE 2021 / 01: from a huge mistake in reading, I read "a woman and a man sharing a room" as an understating of Gast being educated to think women are pictured lesser than men in Hero-ship (since he has been educated in an extremely military family). I am deeply sorry for the mistake, and thus it has been changed! Thank you for the kind heads up!
