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[May 17] [Pacific Rim] Calligraphy
Title: Calligraphy
Day/Theme: 17. duende (the mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt
Rating: part 17 of 31
There were still two Gullinbursti left when the Breach in India opened. This time there were twelve of the Kaiju. They were larger than grizzly bears with multiple clawed limbs and no faces to speak of. They had no visible eyes, but little pits kept opening and closing around their heads and down their spines. Newt was sure that that was some form of sensory gathering, but he wouldn't know how it worked until he got a sample.
"They're like grizzly waterbears!" he said at first sight. "There's gonna be poison. Every time there has been something poisonous." He tilted his head, considering. "Do you think it has something to do with the pollution?"
"I'll leave that for you to find out," Hermann said. He was getting the systems ready for the first attempt at a Drift pool. The smaller jaegers weren't ready yet, so the three larger ones had been prepared. They barely stood as high as the Mokushi Danger's knee. They were identical, clean and gray, with no insignias and only a stenciled number to tell them apart. They were streamlined and identical and smoothly perfect. Newt itched to decorate them somehow, but agreed with Hermann that that would be for the pilots to do. They would also want to make new adjustments and add new parts as they adapted.
"We can customize them later," Hermann said. "Right now we just have to get them going." They were all loaded up on the back of a carrier. Since all the pilots were experienced, it was deemed safe enough to attempt the pool in midair on the way to Sukinda. Mako and Raleigh were there in their black suits, Hansen in his green one. They looked at the three jaegers and then at the cluster of chairs where they would be synched.
"You two still ok with this?" Hansen asked the other two Rangers. He looked a little sheepish, which was so unlike him that Hermann's nerves twinged a little tighter. This was his idea and if it didn't work-
"Of course," Mako said at once. Raleigh nodded too.
"If this works, it will change everything," he said. "But we're going in cold and it'll be a relief to have you with us."
Hansen nodded and took a deep breath. He looked up at the three plain jaegers again and then went over to one one of the chairs. He looked around the room and saw the creatures on the screens in Newt's corner.
"What are we calling these?" Hansen asked Newt.
"Mumblers," Newt said. Since he was behaving himself this time, he explained. "Video game reference. Headless bear monsters."
Mako was examining the new jaegers closely now. She walked from one to another.
"Dr. Gottlieb," she said after a moment. "I owe you an apology.'
"I," Hermann was genuinely puzzled. "I can't imagine what for, Miss Mori."
"I doubted you. I didn't think these would compare to the original jaegers," she said. "But your design is perfect. They are as simple and elegant as calligraphy."
"Oh. Well. Well, thank you. Miss Mori, I." Hermann was actually blushing and Newt felt a grin stretch his face. A flustered and flattered Hermann was a rare treat. "I appreciate that."
"All right," Hansen said. "We're to synch as best we can with each other and then connect with the jaegers. They'll be deployed when we're in range of Sukinda." He made a 'who knows' gesture with his hands. "And we'll see what we can do."
Day/Theme: 17. duende (the mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt
Rating: part 17 of 31
There were still two Gullinbursti left when the Breach in India opened. This time there were twelve of the Kaiju. They were larger than grizzly bears with multiple clawed limbs and no faces to speak of. They had no visible eyes, but little pits kept opening and closing around their heads and down their spines. Newt was sure that that was some form of sensory gathering, but he wouldn't know how it worked until he got a sample.
"They're like grizzly waterbears!" he said at first sight. "There's gonna be poison. Every time there has been something poisonous." He tilted his head, considering. "Do you think it has something to do with the pollution?"
"I'll leave that for you to find out," Hermann said. He was getting the systems ready for the first attempt at a Drift pool. The smaller jaegers weren't ready yet, so the three larger ones had been prepared. They barely stood as high as the Mokushi Danger's knee. They were identical, clean and gray, with no insignias and only a stenciled number to tell them apart. They were streamlined and identical and smoothly perfect. Newt itched to decorate them somehow, but agreed with Hermann that that would be for the pilots to do. They would also want to make new adjustments and add new parts as they adapted.
"We can customize them later," Hermann said. "Right now we just have to get them going." They were all loaded up on the back of a carrier. Since all the pilots were experienced, it was deemed safe enough to attempt the pool in midair on the way to Sukinda. Mako and Raleigh were there in their black suits, Hansen in his green one. They looked at the three jaegers and then at the cluster of chairs where they would be synched.
"You two still ok with this?" Hansen asked the other two Rangers. He looked a little sheepish, which was so unlike him that Hermann's nerves twinged a little tighter. This was his idea and if it didn't work-
"Of course," Mako said at once. Raleigh nodded too.
"If this works, it will change everything," he said. "But we're going in cold and it'll be a relief to have you with us."
Hansen nodded and took a deep breath. He looked up at the three plain jaegers again and then went over to one one of the chairs. He looked around the room and saw the creatures on the screens in Newt's corner.
"What are we calling these?" Hansen asked Newt.
"Mumblers," Newt said. Since he was behaving himself this time, he explained. "Video game reference. Headless bear monsters."
Mako was examining the new jaegers closely now. She walked from one to another.
"Dr. Gottlieb," she said after a moment. "I owe you an apology.'
"I," Hermann was genuinely puzzled. "I can't imagine what for, Miss Mori."
"I doubted you. I didn't think these would compare to the original jaegers," she said. "But your design is perfect. They are as simple and elegant as calligraphy."
"Oh. Well. Well, thank you. Miss Mori, I." Hermann was actually blushing and Newt felt a grin stretch his face. A flustered and flattered Hermann was a rare treat. "I appreciate that."
"All right," Hansen said. "We're to synch as best we can with each other and then connect with the jaegers. They'll be deployed when we're in range of Sukinda." He made a 'who knows' gesture with his hands. "And we'll see what we can do."