DLN 005 - Ice [Action/Dictated/Forward dated to this evening]

[whistles_the_blues]

[Protoman had shut down in the middle of the great escape attempt at Holly Peaks. When his systems came back on line it was easy to see he wasn't still in the retirement home. Had they actually managed to pull it off? His fragmented memory couldn't recall exactly how the event had ended, it was certainly possible. He had his freedom, that was all that mattered.

And what did he do with this freedom? He pulled his old and worn joints out of the room he was in and to the roof of the castle to watch the sun set. He sat against his white oval shield, the sun reflected through the cracked visor of his battered helmet. This felt right.]

As quaint as that place was, I prefer to be able to do as I please.

[ooc: Blues is still Protoman with Altered memories from Holly Peaks, feel free to bother him over journal or in person.]

Comments

And ever!

[kid_apocalypse]

But...that should've just been temporary. You getting old I mean. That's how this place works. And I'll show you...

[Evan closes his eyes, and his body seems to grow, thicken, and hunch over, the hair on his head retreating into his scalp, his features becoming heavier and more pronounced. Standing before Protoman is a dead ringer for the aged Evan Sabahnur, as he'd known him at Holly Peaks.]

Because I wasn't left like this when I came back. This isn't me, just what the castle made of me.

'Till the end of time!

[whistles_the_blues]

So, what you're saying is this castle has done something to me?

[It certainly adds up with what other people have said since he woke up.]

...I have no memory of this castle, but I suppose that is part of the point, correct?

[kid_apocalypse]

[As it was a very complex shift, Evan can't hold it for long, and immediately shifts back to his normal form. It's a rather rapid, slightly jarring shift, which takes him a moment to recover from. He doesn't usually change so much about his appearance all at once. At Protoman's question, Evan nods.]

Yeah. the castle does these things that people call "losses" where something about it is drastically, but temporarily changed about them. I guess in your case, the castle made you stay old, and took away your memories of being here. My friend Jane is going through the same thing, though she remembers the castle.

[He puts his hand to his chin.]

That's a little weird, now that I think about it. Hmm...

[whistles_the_blues]

[He's a touch surprised by the sudden change, but he's more curious as why someone like Evan would be hanging out with him if he's supposed to be Breakman at the moment, he wasn't one to keep friends at that time.]

Hm. A touch yes. My "memory" is part of a physical object, if that object is old and worn it may not work the same as a human brain.

[kid_apocalypse]

That's right, you're a robot, aren't you? I guess it makes sense that your memories might be a bit fuzzy, with the castle messing with you the way it is.

[He scratches his head.]

There is something I wanted to tell you though. That man you spoke to...the older me. That's...really not at all what I'm really like. I think...the castle was just showing me what I could be, if things go wrong with me.

[whistles_the_blues]

[He simply nods in response to the first part. His memory was fuzzy before he left Holly Peaks, it just seems to be more fragmented than even he knew. The best he could really do is wait it out and hope things cleared up. Evan's next comment got him a bit curious.]

Appearance aside, the both of you don't seem to have a lot in common.

...Don't worry about what you could be, focus on what you want to be.

[kid_apocalypse]

[He sighs. Protoman was telling him the same as everyone else had been. Just because he had the possibility of being a bad guy didn't mean he was going to live up to it. Evan really wants to believe, and most days he does, but being reminded as he had been at Holly Peaks of just what Apocalypse was made him doubt himself.]

Thanks, Protoman. Why d'you go by that name, instead of Break now?

[whistles_the_blues]

[He can tell the advice wasn't exactly what Evan was looking for.]

A few reasons. I wanted a new name to reflect a change in what I was doing, in who I was going to be.

[kid_apocalypse]

[That sounds familiar to Evan. His uncle Cluster had given him the codename "Genesis" for the same reason.]

My uncle Cluster gave me a codename like that. He called me "Genesis", where the guy before me had been called "Apocalypse". A beginning instead of an ending, you know?

[whistles_the_blues]

[He nods.]

A new beginning, it works for you.

[kid_apocalypse]

[He smiles.]

You think so? Thanks!

[Knowing his history and legacy, Evan is eager to live up to his codename, to prove Fantomex right, that evil wasn't truly in his genes.]

[whistles_the_blues]

I do. Make good use of it.