Where Are They Now? (5 Year Edition)

[dead_black_eyes]

This meme was done before in this game, right here, and that is where I am stealing it from. But instead of giving characters the option to return home in this hypothetical scenario, the war is still going on five years from the current date in-game, and BREW still needs everyone.

The question is, what has happened in those five years? The children have become adults, the adults are just a little older without being old, and goodness knows a lot can change in that amount of time. Maybe you're thriving, in your business or your partnership. Maybe not. Either way, with no end in sight, life goes on in the city named after Death.


INSTRUCTIONS

-Post with your characters(s)
-Write a short blurb about what has happened in five years. Love, heartbreak, sickness, wealth, what was in the cards for your Weapon or Meister, and what has it shaped them into? Set a scene for the present.
-Tag others in the scene they kindly set.
-Profit$$$$$$$$

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Matt | Desu Noto

[3rdbest]

[ You will find Matt in his office. Well, it’s not actually an office; it’s like a mini arcade for those who work for (with) him. Being an electronics technician in a time when technology is at its peak and developing is good job. It pays well, too. He is currently pressing the buttons of his DS and grumbling something about how he won’t get killed.

He is 24 years old, still smokes like a chimney, has nearly every single game that has came out in the past 5 years, and spends too much time surrounding himself with electronics. He is still cynical regarding the world, and cares little for it except for the people he cares for. Eats two meals a day but only because he sets the timer up, and mostly he buys food made by someone else. He still forgets to sleep, but at least his room isn’t as messy as before.

Overall, Matt didn’t change. He didn’t change one bit. And maybe that’s a good thing, maybe that’s a bad thing. Who would know?

But he learned he enjoyed the sound of the rain.
And he learned he enjoyed the early sun, after all.
And he learned he is overall grateful for things he didn’t know he was grateful before.

And that is definitively a good thing. ]

[silicomb]

[ By this time, Sollux is more than accustomed to weaving his way through every possible chunk of gaming technology available just to get to his intended destination. He has every snarl of wire, every line of cable memorized and mapped out, and he steps over or on them with practiced ease. (He only ever trips up when Matt adds in new hardware.) ]

Job's finished, thanks for asking.

[ He doesn't even bother with a standard greeting anymore. Just slopes on in, rests his chin on Matt's head.

Sup shorty. ]

[3rdbest]

[ things like Sollux stabbing him with his chin when he flops on him. He came to enjoy them too. So at the familiar touch and perhaps warmth, he can't help but to sketch a smile, even if he doesn't take his eyes off the screen. ] That was fast.

All's done for the day, by the way. Oh, and a new laptop arrived.

[silicomb]

I've coded more difficult shit in my sleep.

[ At least he'd grown out of the habit of consciously trying to mess up Matt's game. ]

For repair or wanton misuse?

[3rdbest]

Pleasure. Thought we needed one. [ no, they didn't. But it was brand new type that had just come out and Matt wanted it. He always wants every single new piece of technology that comes out to the market ]

[ The redhead rises his head, just so he can look at Sollux, as he pauses his game ]

You can try it, if you want.

[cardfortress]

[Matt, we really gotta talk about this smoke and all these cables laying around. How the hell is Near supposed to navigate this so-called office?

He wrinkles his nose when he walks inside, making his distaste for this whole thing Quite Obvious.]

It's a wonder you can breathe while in this place.

[3rdbest]

[ and look at Matt not caring at all. His eyes don't peel from the game ]

It became my superpower after so many years of smoking. I am Oxygen man, capable of stealing oxygen from air and breathing with all of the smoke around. [ he actually would have said this with more life and not so dead-pan, but the game. It's more important than sarcasm. ]

[cardfortress]

Nerd.

[That would have sounded affectionate had it came from anyone else but Near; as it is, it's one of many little things that show how much Mello's rubbed off on him.

The Weapon's expression doesn't change as he navigates through complete chaos, until he finally sits down on a chair-- but not without clearing it first, because there's just too much crap thrown around every available surface.]

I have a new job for you and your matesprit.

[He just can't resist teasing him about Sollux.]

[3rdbest]

He is not my matesprit. [ Matt will never accept to be part of the troll's quadrants. Never. Sollux can fill his quadrants if he wants to, but not with Matt. ]

What's the job? [ he keeps playing, though. Multitasking is awesome, after all ]

[cardfortress]

I know.

[Troll romance really can't apply to humans at all; he knows this.

Near reaches for his pocket and pulls out a memory card, then throws it onto Matt's desk. The files are heavily encrypted like always; he can't risk having someone snatch it away and see what's in it, after all. Top Secret bsns means srs bsns.]

Everything you need to know about it is in that memory card.

[3rdbest]

[ he pauses the game to give Near proper attention, since this seemed to be serious business. He doesn't, however, put it down or turn it off, since he doesn't expect this visit to take long.

Not with Near. ]

Hm. How nice of you to came all the way to drop this. [ and not call Matt to go pick it ]

Is everything okay?

[cardfortress]

I am a nice person.

[Saying that out loud almost makes him gag.

Anyway. While he usually doesn't stay very long, and even though he dislikes and sucks at small talk, there is something else he wants to talk to Matt about.]

How kind of you to ask. Yes, everything is okay, but there is something I want to ask you about: what is Mello planning?

[He knows his partner is up to something, but he doesn't know what, and that annoys him to no end.]

[3rdbest]

[ aha, he knew it.

Matt smiles and returns back to his game ]

You should know by now that, even if I knew anything, I wouldn't tell you.

[cardfortress]

I don't see why not. If he's doing something he shouldn't, I have the right to know.

[He probably isn't; they've been partners in crime enough times by now that Mello knows Near would probably help him with whatever stunt he's trying to pull, but he still doesn't want him to get in trouble.]

Don't you care about his well being, Matt?

[3rdbest]

Emotional blackmail also doesn't work with me, you should know that.

[ matt shrugs ] But honestly I have no idea. I assume he would faster tell you, even so. Since you are his weapon. [ and Mello often needs weapons (a weapon) for this plans, if they are dangerous ]

[want_the_world]

[Mello's made a habit of stopping by to see Matt at least every week or so, claiming it's to make sure he hasn't completely walled himself up in electronics. The truth is, with L... well, where L is, he wants to make sure their bizarre little quasi-family is all okay.

The familiar grumbling makes him smile.]

Heh, you're practically immortal in those games.

[3rdbest]

[ he recognizes the voice. And even if he was grumbling just now, Matt smiles and glances at the door, searching for Mello, for a second ] Not always.

This has to be a bit of a challenge, after all.

[want_the_world]

No cheat codes? You're a man of honor among geeks.

[He grows more serious, reluctantly, but he ought to tell Matt.]

I went to see L today.

[3rdbest]

I've no use for them.

[ at the change of subject, though, Matt's fingers halt for a moment, before he continues, eyes set on the small screen.

No use asking how L is. He knows. ]

Hm. Anything new?

[want_the_world]

[Mello shakes his head.]

We played chess. I told him about being about to hit Death Scythe.

[Not 'wanted to' or 'tried to,' which should be enough for Matt to know it was a good day.]

[3rdbest]

That's good.

[ Matt still has little connection to L; he never really spoke much to him and knows nearly nothing about him still. He knows Mello and Near are close to the man, though, so he is sympathetic about it, and he does keep the same respect and amazement towards whom L is (was). ]

Did Near come along, too?

[want_the_world]

No. I thought it was best if he didn't.

[It's usually better that way. Near has his own issues about seeing L, and even though they've never talked about it much, Mello can figure out what most of them are. And for L's part, the chances of him being dangerously disassociated and seeing Near as an imminent threat are high enough that it's a bad risk. It doesn't help, Mello knows, that L always found Near too unnerving to like him.]

I already talked to your boyfriend, but I want a hand from you two for the surprise party.

[3rdbest]

[ Matt's eyes rise from the screen ]

Are you really going to do the surprise party? [ no, it's just.

Mello doing surprise parties.

Mello and anything related to "partying". ]

Do we get a DJ?

[want_the_world]

Let's. Not.

[It would be hard to think of anything that would make Near run away from his own party faster.]

The robots you two are going to make for me will be much better.

[3rdbest]

[ is that so? ]

Is this going to be an engagement party? Because robots scream "marriage". [ he can't help himself ]