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Carl Grimes ([personal profile] 112ounces) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2016-08-01 05:51 pm

video; joint post w/ Daryl Dixon

[ When Rick Grimes was ported out, it was up to Carl to make the call. Out of everyone in the family from their world, Carl lived in this world the longest as well as being, well, Rick Grimes' son. He knows everyone should know about Rick's porting - but Carl was in such a foul mood in the last week or so he didn't even look at the network. And he didn't want to bother in calling every individual who might know Rick - Rick Grimes, despite appearances in the contrary, is a likable person, and he had a better time than Carl to really attach to others, especially as the longer he spent his time here in this world, where no dead roam and the only immediate danger is Russians and uptight supervillains.

But Carl is not the only one who has something to say. Daryl is beside him in this video broadcast. (Carl knows that he made plenty of enemies who would take delight in his exhausted state, but he's beyond caring at this point.) Carl begins. ]


This is for anyone who knew him: Dad's been Ported out. For good this time.

[ Bet some of them are glad, Carl thinks to himself grimly. ]

[[And that's when Daryl steps forward, arms crossed and fingers curled tightly into the armholes of his vest. He was very clearly upset at Rick going missing, face drawn just tight enough and eyes haunted enough, but he looked decently put together otherwise. He's as straight to the point as Carl.]]

Anyone that Rick called family, you know who you are, need you to check in. If you were Rick's family, then you're mine, too. The name's Daryl. Dixon.

He told me about a few of you, just didn't get around to the introducing. So get to it.

[[After all, the only way he could watch out for family was if he knew who the family was.

After a moment, he added:]]


Rosita, Andrea, Enid, if you see this 'fore we get to you, you know the drill. Or you should. Speak up if you got anything to say on the matter.

[[I.e. Rick's gone, that means Daryl's 'in charge' of the group (as much as anyone could be). And he was going to act like it unless someone else wanted to step up for that responsibility.]]

[ And Carl doesn't make any effort to challenge Daryl. He shrugs, and his lone eye strays from the camera, staring into the distance. ]


[ ooc: replies will come from both Daryl and Carl! Although Carl's a sourpuss at the moment so it might be a hit or miss depending on the responding tags. ]
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[personal profile] dualismum 2016-08-01 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he doesn't reply right away, obviously. Rick means (meant?) a lot to Sasaki, but he is terrible at dealing with loss. When he feels like he finally can say something, it ends up feeling so useless and like it won't help at all - of course it won't. ]

I'm sorry.

Do you need anything? [ he is talking to Carl, but hey, if Daryl needs anything too, he will help obviously ]
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[personal profile] iamtetsuo 2016-08-01 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Listen to you. He's gone. You think it even matters anymore?

[That's sure a lot of bitter anger.]
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daryl suspects that this was meant for Carl, but just in case this is one of Rick's...]

You family?

[Asked with complete suspicion. Carl is with him, so if the guy isn't, Daryl have someone to say as much. At least he hoped he would.]
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daryl didn't like doing a lot of talking in public, so this is just for him, Testsuo, and Carl to hear. Since Carl's right there and all.

He could have been belligerant and equally as bitter about this. Just as angry. But Daryl had nothing to actually blame for this loss, no person to look to and he couldn't even put it on himself. So there was no steam there anymore. Just acceptance and a calm, quietly firm tone.]


It's the only thing that matters.
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[With the recording done and over, Daryl switched it off so they could talk before response came rolling in. He dropped one of his arms to put his fingers on Carl's shoulder. A light touch. He didn't want to close in on the kid's personal space. But he wanted him to know he was there. Still there.]

Hey, that uh... that goes for you, too. If you got anything against it.

[About the chain of command. Seemed the safest topic right then.]
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[personal profile] dualismum 2016-08-01 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he doesn't know how to answer that.

Sasaki touches his own chin for a second ]


I don't know. It's not something we ever talked about. [ Sasaki did see Rick asa sort of father figure, but- he never brought that up, obviously ]
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[personal profile] dualismum 2016-08-01 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's complicated, it's a mess, and honestly Sasaki has just been accepting that he is Kaneki, of late, so it doesn't... matter. Probably. ]

He did? Well, do you want to keep them or give them to me? [ he is fine with anything, honestly. Rick is Carl's father, after all. ]
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[personal profile] iamtetsuo 2016-08-01 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you care?!

[Tetsuo has a knack for finding someone to blame. In this case, it's not Daryl - it's America itself. Rick, too, just because. The louder he gets, the more raw hurt is clearly laced beneath his words.]

Sure, he put me in his group... but that was him!
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daryl waited a moment for Carl to reply before getting back to the kid. If Rick had some stuff for him, he was family. Rick didn't keep anything for anyone that wasn't.]

Sounds like you are.

[He sucked in a breath, glanced down at his feet, looked back at the camera.]

You need anything... you come to me.

[It wasn't really an order, just that Daryl though putting 'can' in the middle of it made it sound like a suggestion people made to be polite. Not one they made because they meant it.]
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[personal profile] iamtetsuo 2016-08-01 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tetsuo yes.]

Why would it?!
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daryl doesn't rise to the bait this time. Keeps his voice calm. The kid was hurting. He had some experience with this.]

Then you're in. That's how it works with us. You're part of the group now.

[A pause, the sound of a heavy breath being taken.]

You're ours. And we're yours. All of us.
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[personal profile] dualismum 2016-08-01 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there is a pause. Family, uh? ]

I'm Haise Sasaki. Or Ken kaneki. Honestly, any name is fine, of late. [ it's a complicated mess, probably it's better not to ask. ]

Are you part of Rick's group back home?
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[That was how it had worked back in their world. It's how Daryl naturally assumes it should work here. Only there were options, now. So he'd had to ask. And he trusted Carl's judgement. Kid was smart.]

Okay.

[A simple agreement. Daryl had given him a chance to speak up, suggest someone else if he wanted to. If Carl was good with the status quo, then Daryl wasn't going to protest that hard.]

We gonna keep staying at Xavier's?

[Until the housing situation was dealt with and they got their own land, where they stayed was not a decision Daryl was making on his own. Carl was going to get to pick where he'd be most comfortable. Daryl didn't think it would be the school, but he could be surprised.]
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-01 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
['Ken' was the easiest for Daryl to say, but with all the names the kid had thrown out, he wasn't sure it was actually 'fine'. Like the guy was having a bit of an identity crisis.

So for now he refrained from using a name and just nodded at the question. He was part of Rick's group back 'home'.]


You're a part of the group, too.
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[personal profile] dualismum 2016-08-01 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Daryl has no idea how right he is.

Part of the group, too, hm?

Well, Daryl doesn't seem to recognize his name, which means Sasaki is going to do the very difficult part of explaining what he is before Daryl sets in stone the whole "you are part of the group" decision. ]


... Then I think it's fair that you know that I'm not human. I mean, legally I am considered human back home, but not biologically.
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[Daryl wasn't sure why this was important except maybe...

He leaned his head back, brows scrunching.]


You got medical needs or a diet we gotta worry about?
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[personal profile] dualismum 2016-08-01 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Diet, yes. Rick was... disturbed by it at first. [ naturally. He pointed a gun at him, screamed a bit, it was fun all around ]

I'm half Ghoul. And Ghouls can only consume human flesh. [ yeah. ]
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2016-08-02 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Decent enough, I guess. Enid told me I should ask for a percentage of the sales on top of the initial paycheck. They're okay with giving a cut, but they want it lower than I do.

[Money on that scale wasn't something Daryl was used to. All the ifs-ands got him turned around when it really got going.]

Lawyer I got told me I should copyright myself, though. So I can make better claims against people that try to make money off my name and likeness. Ain't gonna be none of those life-sized toys of me coming out any time soon.

[Money be damned. He didn't want people buying him.]
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[Daryl couldn't help the way his shoulders tensed or his face tightened up. He blinked several times in fast succession and it was obvious he was fighting with himself not to visibly react. Well, not violently anyway.

He ended his long stare down with a gulp before asking:]


Half-Ghoul. That means the other half ain't gotta do that, right?

[He already knows he's wrong, but he needs to ask it to be sure. Even if it sounded really damn stupid to say it aloud.]
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[ he wishes that he really didn't have to ]

... I'm sorry, there is no other way.

I was born human but I was experimented on, and turned into this. The government here provides me with what I need as long as I'm registered; no one is hurt in order to feed me, I promise. [ he eats dead people. ]

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