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goneawayworld2020-06-21 07:16 pm
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Mission Log 001
Who: Buzz Lightyear and Brainiac 5
What: The World's Greatest Superhero, now the World's Greatest New Hire, is getting an upgrade.
Where: the Lab
When: Immediately after Buzz's New Hire interview, where his memory was forcibly erased and his delusion of being a real space ranger was locked in by Jorgmund.
Warnings/Notes: Forced memory loss, manipulation and gaslighting.
The fact that this universe is populated exclusively by giants and that his flight capabilities are currently disabled is nothing that Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger(tm) is allowing to slow him down. They weed out the easily frustrated early in the academy. The giants of Jorgmund don't offer to carry him, and he doesn't ask, jogging along between his orientation team on the way to the labs. They also weed out those with poor constitutions early in the academy, and he arrives not winded at all.
"If anyone can figure your -" a snicker "jetpack's problems out, it's the green meanie here," one of the interviewers who discovered the toy's play-demo switch says, stopping by Brainiac 5's table.
Buzz notes the tone, and misunderstanding the snicker, frowns. This world's courtesy is obviously strained by their imminent crisis, but being rude to each other isn't going to hold their potential apocalypse off any longer than it already is. The interviewer reaches down to offer him a hand up, but Buzz ignores the hand, backing up to do a running jump against the wall, using the leverage to grab the diagonal bar that braces the leg of the table. He climbs, pulling himself hand over hand up the inclined bar, grabs the lip of the table and pulls himself up and on.
"Just because we're facing the end of the world is no reason to forego courtesy," he admonishes the interviewer, whose authority he's not sure of, and who he'd address the correction to anyway if he were yet advised on the ship's chain of command. Turning to the green-skinned lab tech, he salutes crisply. "Space Ranger Lightyear, reporting for repairs. It seems my jetpack, laser, and air monitors were disabled during entry into your atmosphere."
The interviewers barely manage to hold back their mocking laughter behind the action figure, who clearly has never actually had a real jetpack attached to his plastic form in his plastic life.
"You heard the Space Ranger," the second interviewer directs Brainy. "Make that laser happen."
The other interviewer fingerguns at Brainy, whispering "pew pew pew" under his breath.
What: The World's Greatest Superhero, now the World's Greatest New Hire, is getting an upgrade.
Where: the Lab
When: Immediately after Buzz's New Hire interview, where his memory was forcibly erased and his delusion of being a real space ranger was locked in by Jorgmund.
Warnings/Notes: Forced memory loss, manipulation and gaslighting.
The fact that this universe is populated exclusively by giants and that his flight capabilities are currently disabled is nothing that Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger(tm) is allowing to slow him down. They weed out the easily frustrated early in the academy. The giants of Jorgmund don't offer to carry him, and he doesn't ask, jogging along between his orientation team on the way to the labs. They also weed out those with poor constitutions early in the academy, and he arrives not winded at all.
"If anyone can figure your -" a snicker "jetpack's problems out, it's the green meanie here," one of the interviewers who discovered the toy's play-demo switch says, stopping by Brainiac 5's table.
Buzz notes the tone, and misunderstanding the snicker, frowns. This world's courtesy is obviously strained by their imminent crisis, but being rude to each other isn't going to hold their potential apocalypse off any longer than it already is. The interviewer reaches down to offer him a hand up, but Buzz ignores the hand, backing up to do a running jump against the wall, using the leverage to grab the diagonal bar that braces the leg of the table. He climbs, pulling himself hand over hand up the inclined bar, grabs the lip of the table and pulls himself up and on.
"Just because we're facing the end of the world is no reason to forego courtesy," he admonishes the interviewer, whose authority he's not sure of, and who he'd address the correction to anyway if he were yet advised on the ship's chain of command. Turning to the green-skinned lab tech, he salutes crisply. "Space Ranger Lightyear, reporting for repairs. It seems my jetpack, laser, and air monitors were disabled during entry into your atmosphere."
The interviewers barely manage to hold back their mocking laughter behind the action figure, who clearly has never actually had a real jetpack attached to his plastic form in his plastic life.
"You heard the Space Ranger," the second interviewer directs Brainy. "Make that laser happen."
The other interviewer fingerguns at Brainy, whispering "pew pew pew" under his breath.
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How many children lost parents? Siblings? Friends?
"I can't - I can't even wrap my head around it."
His chest would ache if there was anything in it but fluff, just at the thought of it.
He still needs to take a moment to sort out his thoughts.
"You're right," he finally says, raising his chin a little. "I don't know what difference we can make, but if there's a chance we can make any at all, we need to try. And that means doing things that are uncomfortable if we've got to."
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Just speaking to big people directly made him experience anxiety he didn't know he had.
He waits a while, sitting with the scope of it, before adding - "And there's something else." When he's sure he has Woody's direct attention again, he says, "Our captors think I'm reset to be loyal to them now. I can't let them find out I'm not." He pauses. "We're going to have to come up with a reason to still talk when I'm supposed to be their Space Ranger who's never met you."
NOT talking to Woody in these circumstances is not an option, but they have to be smart about how they do it.
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"Got it!" He snaps his fingers. "I'm putting up with the space ranger thing and sticking close because you're my best friend and I want to keep an eye on you. Fortunately, I'm an infinitely patient and gracious individual -" He places a hand delicately against his chest, raising up his chin like someone putting on airs "- who can forgive you for being that annoying because I was desensitized to it the first time you were that annoying."
He pokes Buzz's shoulder.
"And you, Buzz Lightyear, fearless space ranger, creme de la creme of Star Command -" He leans towards Buzz purposefully layering in one more description because best friends give you guff, that's what they do "- hero of the people, are pretending to be my friend because you think I'm a spy for Emperor Zurg."
Two seconds and he's already got an easy-to-maintain dynamic to go with, that doesn't bank on them acting like they're not friends or forcing them to act out overwrought drama. Woody just has to act exasperated and Buzz just needs to act hammy. Well within their reach, especially Woody acting exasperated.
"Since you're acting fake friendly and I'm so, so patiently put upon, that means I can even publicly talk about you in a friendly way without giving up the game, as long as I occasionally roll my eyes at you." He deadpans, "Which will be a challenge, but I think I can manage it. And you can publicly talk about me in a friendly way as long as you pretend we just met recently and tell Jorgmund you're trying to catch me in my dastardly, duplicitous ways."