02x. [Action - Fourth Wall Event]

[explosivecombat]

[It's been a surprisingly explosion-free few days.

It's not that Kimblee doesn't enjoy having his alchemy back, as he certainly does. However, he doesn't have a proper outlet for it (..."proper") and there's that battle recently, odd and dreamlike and just kind of hovering on the outer edges of his memory - he suspects it wasn't quite a dream and there's been more than enough evidence to back that up, but really, there's not much to be done about it.

So he's restless as hell. Restless as hell is never a good thing.

Today he's got Ayanami out with him, and they appear to be exchanging blows; whether encouraging this with something that's actively tried to kill him in the past is a good idea or not is apparently of no consequence to him today, since he seems to be having a grand old time either way - the shocks she's sending at him are being countered with sharp snaps of his hands coming together and whips of energy detonating in midair when they connect with the electricity, and the explosions are loud and he isn't flinching at them in the least, and the look in his eyes is getting manic.]

Again - come now, you can do better than that!

[That's about the point when Ayanami decides to prove that she can, in fact, do better than that; she waits until the next time he fires off one of those explosive currents and promptly Mirror Coats him, and he's suddenly very, very grateful that getting kicked out of Johto for a month and a half seems to have done wonders for his spine because holy shit, nothing like having an explosion rebounded at you for double the damage, getting the hell out of the way is probably prudent.

But then the air clears and Kimblee is laughing like this is the greatest damn thing he's ever seen, and he's looking a bit of a mess but hey, at least he's happy, even if he's probably deaf as hell after that - ]

That's more like it; absolutely beautiful!

[...right. Well, either way, he doesn't seem to mind.]



[OOC: He can be run into just about anywhere because Johto is, as usual for these things, completely on the blink; he's going to be a bit...um, excited no matter where you happen to run into him because yay alchemy, but you are more than welcome to put him where you want him - he'll be ending up in Goldenrod after the event, however, so he'll definitely be there at some point!]

Comments

[explosivecombat]

And how do you plan to do that, through curiousity?

[deadpanned]

That information is regrettably confidential. I will first need to see your security clearance.

[explosivecombat]

You doubt my qualifications?

[deadpanned]

Standard operating procedure. Nuisance though they might be, surely you understand the importance of adherence to protocol.

[explosivecombat]

And surely the integrity of the system can't be compromised in any way.

[deadpanned]

To do so would be to invite anarchy.

[explosivecombat]

And since we're currently adhering to someone else's order, I would think that a bit of anarchy wouldn't be a bad thing.

[deadpanned]

Point taken.

For administrative purposes, I will require your name, rank, and serial number upon tender of the classified documents in question.

[explosivecombat]

And for whom am I being asked to provide these details? After all, that's not something one can just hand out haphazardly.

[deadpanned]

Commodore R. Miller of the Canadian Maritime Command.

[Thus speaks the twelve-year-old, without missing a beat.]

[explosivecombat]

...Is that so?

[okay admittedly he doesn't know what a commodore is

he knows nothing about this..."canadia" place

what the hell is a -

look he knows people who made major at 12]

[deadpanned]

You doubt my qualifications?

[explosivecombat]

It would be easier if I did.

[deadpanned]

Assuming I outrank you, I will have your credentials now, soldier.

[explosivecombat]

[okay look you know what, we're just going to - ]

I'm not familiar with your branch's ranking system - in army terms...?

[why is he even humoring this]

[deadpanned]

Far be it from me to suggest there is any comparison between a member of Her Majesty's Navy and the army.

However, the rank equivalence is Brigadier General.

[explosivecombat]

[...Oh, right, okay. You're fucking with him, got it.]

Well, Commodore. Consider your rank - and the esteem therein - recognized by Colonel S. Archer of the German army.

[deadpanned]

Ah. How excellent to see a fellow NATO ally in such dire circumstances. I am certain your personal efforts have contributed greatly to our continued success at holding back the Soviet forces.

[...DID HE MENTION HE'S FROM 1981.]

[explosivecombat]

[...what the hell was any of that -

LOCKE HELP WHERE IS CANADIA AND WHAT IS A SOVIET]

I would be a disappointment to my station otherwise. Am I to assume that my qualifications satisfy you, then?

[deadpanned]

They are indeed satisfactory.

You may expect your confidential dossier in three to five business days by registered mail.

[explosivecombat]

I'll be prepared to sign off for it in triplicate.