[IC] [Old Radio/Waiting in Earth Crossover]

[futureforbirds]

**With the death of Conchita, the Kaito team have decided to take advantage of her cruise ship as the polar bear-captain continues their journey to England. As Kaito has kept his nose in a book nearly the entire time after KAITO's injury, Miku and Mekaito have become closer friends to each other. Kaito's been working hard to get KAITO's leg functional again - he wishes he could work on the motherboard but he knows he's not skilled enough yet and has to take baby steps. As they draw nearer to the island country, Kaito thinks that he might have finally done it, so he wakes KAITO up for the first time in a while.** 

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[futureforbirds]

Hibernate?

[He thinks he's heard this term used for animals, but he's not sure...?]

What does that mean?

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

It's like [dying] shutting down, but safer. He'll keep all his data and backups and everything just fine. When he wakes up, he'll be just like when he was awake. He won't use any energy or anything.

But he'll... stop working until then. It's like shutting down.

Just safer.

[futureforbirds]

Stop working, huh...

... Well, umm... KAITO's backup is on its last legs, isn't it?

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Y-yeah, it is...

If his voice is messing up, then he doesn't have a long time...

[This talk is making her feel really bad. Really bad. She's never seen a Vocaloid break down before, especially not one of her 'siblings'.]

[futureforbirds]

[he sighs]

I was afraid of that. It's just like -

[He shakes his head. Now's not the time to talk about that.]

I'll ask him to. I don't think he wanted me to know about the backup, but... I have to keep him safe until I can fix him for good.

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

[She looks up at him seriously, with a stern expression.]

If he doesn't listen, tell him. Don't give him a choice, okay? Okay, Master? Go up to him and look at him and tell him, "Go into hibernation mode."

It'll work. We have to listen -- we don't have a choice. [Otherwise, she wouldn't have slept for so long. She would have woken up sooner, so that she could see her old Master.]

[futureforbirds]

[he didn't like it. he didn't like it he didn't like it he didn't like it. Not giving someone a choice was restricting their freedom. His conscience raged against it. Besides, if KAITO was out of backup, that was his fault, wasn't it? He had to take responsibility...

But he couldn't let KAITO die either. Selfishly, it would break his heart if that happened. So he hoped that it didn't come to that. That KAITO would just do it if he asked.]

... O-

Okay.

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

[She nodded. He could do it, she knew he could do it. And she also knew that KAITO thought of him as their Master, too. That was just something that came with the programming. It couldn't not work.]

Master... may I go see if the Captain needs any help? [She wanted an escape and an opportunity to clear her thoughts; everything felt like it was happening fast.]

[futureforbirds]

Yeah, Miku. That's fine.

[He was still in thought. And this was probably something he needed to do alone.]

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[She looked over at Mekaito -- a silent invitation to come along, if he wanted to -- before scurrying off towards where the Captain would be.]

[futureforbirds]

[He began walking off, parting ways with Miku and Mekaito as the tiny robot followed her hint. He wondered if KAITO had gone back to sleep yet, as he tried to catch up to the suite.]

[deteriorated]

[He hadn't slept yet, busy leaning against the door to his suite and thinking. Really thinking about what he should do. Honestly, he really wanted to at least make it off the boat before anything happened. But he was already low enough on energy that it was effecting his speech...

...could he really last a week? That might've been really pushing it.]

[futureforbirds]

[And there he was, standing in the doorway. Kaito decided to just call over.]

KAITO!

[He was nervous, his mind racing with possible ways to word what he was about to ask. How should he do this...]

[deteriorated]

[That was... Kaito? He turned around.]

Kaito? --something happened? [Shoot. He frowned.]

[futureforbirds]

N-no, but... uh, KAITO. I have a confession to make, all right?

[deteriorated]

[A... what?]

What is- is it?

[futureforbirds]

I know you're running on a backup. I've known it the whole time. Little Kaito informed me.

[He rubbed his arm nervously, before saying what he meant to say]

It's running out, isn't it?

[deteriorated]

[He didn't answer at first, watching Kaito. He wasn't upset or angry that the man knew. He probably would've found out sooner or later anyway.]

Yes, [he admitted, grateful that his voice didn't skip this time.] It is.

[futureforbirds]

I... think you should 'hibernate.'

[deteriorated]

[Internally, his mind was working to see if that was an order or not. It wasn't the required phrase, however, so nothing was done.

He blinked before looking away and holding his arm, mimicking Kaito's earlier gesture.]

...Miku told you about that.

[futureforbirds]

Yeah, she did.

Won't you?

[deteriorated]

...I hoped -- at least ---- a week.

---- impossible, isn't it?

[futureforbirds]

Please, KAITO. I'm scared.

You sound like Len.

1/2

[deteriorated]

I know.

2/2

[deteriorated]

-- understand.

I'll go --- hibernation.