shiningworld | First Transmutation

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fletcher tringham

First Transmutation

[As the small boy wakes up, dressed in his green jumper and hat, he shivers slightly and notices all the snow around. Standing up, he tugs on one of his ear flaps and slowly looks around the island. Clearly, he was lost. Was he alone?]

How did I get here? Or rather, where is here...?

[He'll be walking around with no real destination in mind.]

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Would you introduce me to miss Miyako if she comes here?

[It was amazing that she had been able to still have the ability to cook so well with the lack of an arm.] This looks good, thank you!

Of course!! Hell, I'd introduce you to the whole damn family if I could!

You'd like Miyako... She was a sweetheart. Real real great girl. Tough as nails when she had to be though. Got me through some real rough stuff, that girl.

[She sits down, briefly slipping back into remembering how badly she'd messed up until he brought up the food. She looks up again and smiled.]

No problem, kid. Eat up.

[And picking up his spoon, he does just that.]

Mm, thank you for the soup. It was delicious! [he patted the spot of his green jumper where his stomach was.]

No problem. A little food's the least I could do after all the rambling you've let me do. I really hadn't planned on dumping that all on you. I'm real sorry about that...

Oh no, its okay. Please, it wasn't rambling, I liked hearing about you and your family.

Well the apology was more for the.. uhm... parts about me kickin' it. But I'm glad ya at least enjoyed hearing about my brothers and Miyako.

So what about you and this brother of yours? I still don't know much about you.

Oh that...[He pauses before going on]...but as long as you're here now, that's what matters. Maybe when you return home things will be different.

[That makes him immediately lower his head.] Um, brother and I...we...we had to grow up on our own after our mom got sick and...dad left home. We had to look out for each other, like you and your brothers. We always wanted to follow in our dad's footsteps...but we went about it the wrong way...

Maybe... I hope.

[She listens quietly, taking a bite of her bread. Then she grins a bit.]

Heh... Ya ain't so different from us at all... You're a hell of a strong kid, you know that?

I am? But...I was always too scared to stand up to my brother on my own. If I had done it sooner...maybe no one would have gotten hurt. [Did that make him a coward?]

[No, it makes him a kid.]

That's just because he's your big brother. He's all you've got, right? Hell, I never stood up to Kaien when I was little. Hell, I barely even do now unless it's over somethin' important.

People get hurt, kiddo. That's life. Can't save everyone, y'know? Ya can try, and ya can save a lot of people, but not everyone.

[Nods.] He is.

But, I want to at least do what I can so bad things don't happen to good people and so many/ innocent people won't have to get hurt again.

That's just how it is with big brothers. They'll do stupid shot and you know it's stupid and that you should punch them for even thinking of something so idiotic but... They're family.

...You're a good kid. Don't ever stop thinking like that, okay?

...Thank you. After telling me about your brothers and how you deal with their actions, I think I understand a little better about my role and what I should do when it comes to mine.

[His face brightens] I-I won't, I promise!

...Punching solves far more of my problems than it should.

[She grins and finished her food, getting up to start washing the dishes.]

Good... We need more responsible people like you in the world.

[He laughs before noticing she's gotten up and he grabs the empty bowls, almost as if reading her mind.]

I want to help. I can wash or dry the dishes for you. [Yes, Fletcher wants to helpful to his hostess~]

Heh... I'll wash, you dry.

[She starts washing the dishes, handing them to him to dry. She's not going to turn down help when she can get it. Still it's really impressive that she can do any of this with one arm. But practice and persistence does that.]

Okay!

[He takes the dishes as she hands them over and dries them with a cloth. To think, she must have had to do these things on her own before her sister-in-law came, that kind of thing had to be admired. Of course, he didn't want her to feel like he thought she was unable to do things by herself. He knew she could hold her own.]

[She doesn't really feel that he's helping her out of pity. She assumes it's more that he's just a good kid. She's never minded that she's had to do this. Kaien was always helpless as far as domestic things go, and Ganju was too young, along with being equally helpless at pretty much everything. They're her family, and if she wouldn't look after them, then who would she look after?

She hands him dishes to dry as she finishes washing them.]

So... What about friends? You got any of those back home?

[He looks up from his drying and nods.]

I don't have as many as you, but yes. I made friends with some of the people from a town we traveled to, and Edward and Alphonse are my friends now, they're brothers too. It was easier to get along with Alphonse though, because he's not stubborn like his brother. He was nice to me, just like you.

He the younger one too? What is it with older brothers and being stubborn as a bull?

[She laughs a bit.]

I don't really... have as many friends as it seems like. Captin and Miyako and Rukia, yeah but everyone else who's still around these days are just co-workers.

Yeah. [laughs] It must be their way of showing they care, I guess they're too stubborn to just say their feelings or think things through first.

[fiddles with his fingers] Well, as long as you see each other as friends I don't think it matters who they are.

Heh.. Yeah, that sounds about right.

I guess that makes sense. I mean, I don't really hate everyone. 'Least not in the 13th...

Is it possible to forgive people for their mistakes, Kukaku?

[She stops for a second, a little startled by the question, since it touches really close to what was on her mind.]

...Of course it is.

No matter how bad someone screws up, they can be forgiven.

[Maybe he was mistaken, but it almost sounded like she was hesitant about her answer.]

Um...are you okay?

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