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[May 16] [Pacific Rim] Past Tense
Title: Past Tense
Day/Theme: 16. koi no yokan ("premonition of love," the sense two have upon meeting that they will fall in love)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt
Rating: part 16 of 31
The new jaeger designs were finally in production so the three Rangers were coming to see. It didn't look like much so far. Just the frame work for three of the humanoid ones was in place and then there were five smaller things a little farther along. They looked more like animals or the kaiju themselves.
"Those are the ones that might be piloted remotely," Mako remembered.
"Seems weird," Raleigh said. "Not to be there." He looked back at the first three with some dread. They would mean Drifting with an AI and not Mako. She caught the thought and she took his hand to give it a squeeze. Even being in separate jaegers wouldn't separate them, she promised with a look.
"I don't like it either," Hanson said. "But it's taking weeks to get the Gullinbursti out of La Oroya and Dr. Gottlieb's program is picking up vibrations in India that matched the last two Breaches, so we can expect something to happen there in the next few weeks as well."
"Should we take the Danger there and wait?" Raleigh asked. "Maybe stomp on them as soon as they come out?"
"We're getting permission for that," Hanson sighed. "They don't like the attention being brought to their pollution levels or the insinuation that their poor upkeep of the environment is the cause of monsters on the loose. And there's some outcry about other countries sending gigantic weapons of war into theirs without cause. We may have to wait until the bloody things show up before we do any stomping."
They all fell silent, watching the mechanics. Raleigh and Mako were still holding hands and Hanson sighed after awhile.
"You two knew, didn't you?" he said. "When you met, or close to it. You felt something."
"Yeah," Raleigh said at once. Mako smiled and ducked her head a little.
"Was it like that for you?" she asked. "Or did it happen more gradually, him growing up with you?"
"First time I held him, I felt it," Hanson said. "I put it down to new fatherhood. And maybe it was. Things were definitely rough between us before we found out we were Compatible. And after." He shook his head, trying to smile. "And now."
Raleigh and Mako traded looks and Mako reached out to take Hanson's hand too. He was less likely to shake her off, and sure enough, he shuffled awkwardly, but didn't pull away.
"More pilots are training in Alaska," she said. "Soon it won't be just us, but for now, we are all here."
Below them, they saw Hermann come in to show a schematic to the foreman and point at the humanoid jaegers. The foreman was nodding and his second turned to relay the orders to the other workers. Newt hurried in after to gesture at the schematic and Hermann, who rolled his eyes, but nodded. They both left and the mechanics got back to work.
"Must be a new breakthrough," Raleigh said. "How do you suppose those two felt when they first met?"
"They wrote to each other a long time first," Mako said, breaking in a grin. "And, I believe, fell in love. Then, they met in person." She chuckled a little. "And if the story is true, ruined an entire conference with their fighting."
"That's so sad!" Raleigh said, even though he laughed too. "Two halves of a whole and they couldn't stand the sight of each other?"
"It's not as shallow as it sounds," Hermann said, leaning in around the door. "Newton didn't exactly make the best first impression on you either, if you'll recall, Mr. Beckett."
"How did you get up here so fast?" Hanson asked, not as embarrassed as Mako to be caught talking about him.
"Thanks to Nathan Ames," Hermann said. They looked blank, so he added. "Inventor of the escalator."
"He never even made one!" Newt shouted from out of sight. "It was Jesse Reno who actually built one that worked."
"It was Ames' idea," Hermann called back. "He invented the design."
"Cows invented milk, but it was Nancy M. Johnson who came up with ice cream!"
"Don't tell King T'ang that," Hermann sniffed. "He was only eating it 1200 years earlier."
"Don't even call that stuff ice cream!" Newt shouted. He was huffing and grumbling, but still hadn't made the corner. "The milk was fermented and had camphor in it!"
"And just for the record," Hermann said, primly. He turned to look Raleigh in the eye. "It was the sound of him that I couldn't stand."
"Past tense!" panted Newt, finally coming into view. He was dragging a piece of equipment bigger than he was back toward the lab a few inches at a time. Hermann heaved a long-suffering sigh and held the door open for him.
Day/Theme: 16. koi no yokan ("premonition of love," the sense two have upon meeting that they will fall in love)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt
Rating: part 16 of 31
The new jaeger designs were finally in production so the three Rangers were coming to see. It didn't look like much so far. Just the frame work for three of the humanoid ones was in place and then there were five smaller things a little farther along. They looked more like animals or the kaiju themselves.
"Those are the ones that might be piloted remotely," Mako remembered.
"Seems weird," Raleigh said. "Not to be there." He looked back at the first three with some dread. They would mean Drifting with an AI and not Mako. She caught the thought and she took his hand to give it a squeeze. Even being in separate jaegers wouldn't separate them, she promised with a look.
"I don't like it either," Hanson said. "But it's taking weeks to get the Gullinbursti out of La Oroya and Dr. Gottlieb's program is picking up vibrations in India that matched the last two Breaches, so we can expect something to happen there in the next few weeks as well."
"Should we take the Danger there and wait?" Raleigh asked. "Maybe stomp on them as soon as they come out?"
"We're getting permission for that," Hanson sighed. "They don't like the attention being brought to their pollution levels or the insinuation that their poor upkeep of the environment is the cause of monsters on the loose. And there's some outcry about other countries sending gigantic weapons of war into theirs without cause. We may have to wait until the bloody things show up before we do any stomping."
They all fell silent, watching the mechanics. Raleigh and Mako were still holding hands and Hanson sighed after awhile.
"You two knew, didn't you?" he said. "When you met, or close to it. You felt something."
"Yeah," Raleigh said at once. Mako smiled and ducked her head a little.
"Was it like that for you?" she asked. "Or did it happen more gradually, him growing up with you?"
"First time I held him, I felt it," Hanson said. "I put it down to new fatherhood. And maybe it was. Things were definitely rough between us before we found out we were Compatible. And after." He shook his head, trying to smile. "And now."
Raleigh and Mako traded looks and Mako reached out to take Hanson's hand too. He was less likely to shake her off, and sure enough, he shuffled awkwardly, but didn't pull away.
"More pilots are training in Alaska," she said. "Soon it won't be just us, but for now, we are all here."
Below them, they saw Hermann come in to show a schematic to the foreman and point at the humanoid jaegers. The foreman was nodding and his second turned to relay the orders to the other workers. Newt hurried in after to gesture at the schematic and Hermann, who rolled his eyes, but nodded. They both left and the mechanics got back to work.
"Must be a new breakthrough," Raleigh said. "How do you suppose those two felt when they first met?"
"They wrote to each other a long time first," Mako said, breaking in a grin. "And, I believe, fell in love. Then, they met in person." She chuckled a little. "And if the story is true, ruined an entire conference with their fighting."
"That's so sad!" Raleigh said, even though he laughed too. "Two halves of a whole and they couldn't stand the sight of each other?"
"It's not as shallow as it sounds," Hermann said, leaning in around the door. "Newton didn't exactly make the best first impression on you either, if you'll recall, Mr. Beckett."
"How did you get up here so fast?" Hanson asked, not as embarrassed as Mako to be caught talking about him.
"Thanks to Nathan Ames," Hermann said. They looked blank, so he added. "Inventor of the escalator."
"He never even made one!" Newt shouted from out of sight. "It was Jesse Reno who actually built one that worked."
"It was Ames' idea," Hermann called back. "He invented the design."
"Cows invented milk, but it was Nancy M. Johnson who came up with ice cream!"
"Don't tell King T'ang that," Hermann sniffed. "He was only eating it 1200 years earlier."
"Don't even call that stuff ice cream!" Newt shouted. He was huffing and grumbling, but still hadn't made the corner. "The milk was fermented and had camphor in it!"
"And just for the record," Hermann said, primly. He turned to look Raleigh in the eye. "It was the sound of him that I couldn't stand."
"Past tense!" panted Newt, finally coming into view. He was dragging a piece of equipment bigger than he was back toward the lab a few inches at a time. Hermann heaved a long-suffering sigh and held the door open for him.