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Have a Break | Open RP

The sun blazing down, almost roasting the ground below, traffic and people passing by outside the garage, all leading their own lives with their own problems. It was not a much different scenery from the one he was used to back home. And yet this was far from ‘ordinary’. First of all, this was not 2071 like it was supposed to be. Second of all, this was not Mars which the man had once considered to be his home – this was not even the Earth he was used to seeing, all barren and with daily rock showers terrorising the surface. People could freely walk around without having to take refuge underground, and more importantly the Moon was whole. This was Earth 2013, far before he was even supposed to have been born. The Gate Incident had not yet happened: heck, Astral Gates had not even yet been created!

It had taken a while for him to get facts straight after he had crash landed on the planet not even a month ago, and mostly he had dealt with suspicious stares and people trying to send him off to a mental hospital. Apparently “I’m from Mars” was not a proper way to state your area of origin here, he had learnt that much by now. Oh well, it wasn’t like he was going to die from ignoring a few facts from his background. Been there, done that. He was a man who had already died once after all, so he didn’t really have many attachments to his life from before. Maybe he had really died again this time and the continuation of his never-ending dream had taken him down a whole other track. It didn’t really matter to him either way, and he was definitely not going to sit around in a slump from merely finding himself in a situation that looked a bit crazy; he had already seen far worse although admittedly this whole time thing was a first.

Maybe he was mental after all. Maybe they were all right and he had really just imagined it all – Julia, Vicious, the syndicate, Jet and even the obnoxious woman, the kid and the mongrel. As it was, it seemed more likely that the world of the future was something out of his imagination, and he was just any chap with a loose sense of reality. That much did carry some truth. After all, he was convinced that this was all nothing but a dream he was watching. The only thing that did connect him to his past – future it would have to be from the current point of view – was the red scrap of metal that had once been his prideful ship. The Swordfish was the sole thing that convinced Spike Spiegel policeman at the local Bunkyo Police Force that he had really once been Spike Spiegel bounty hunter travelling the stars aboard the Bebop.

He was a copper now. How ironic. If Jet could see him, he would laugh his ass of, and Spike would have to point out the hypocrisy in his friend’s laughter as the guy was a former ISSP inspector. Cops were cops, it didn’t make any difference whether they lived in 2013 or 2071. Beside, this age didn’t seem too appreciative of bounty hunters, and hell if he was going to work a job seated at a desk. That thing just didn’t suit him. Last but not least he needed the licence for carrying a gun, something ordinary citizens couldn’t just get as they please. Without his beloved Jericho he just didn’t feel whole. Tightening yet another screw in the metal framework, the man let a hand run over his sweaty forehead and rolled out from under the ship, the pleasant shadow replaced by a blazing heat and a wince escaped him. Bad move. But he needed a break.

It was a rare day off and he had taken the opportunity to try and fix up the Swordfish. It was doubtful that that was a feat he could actually pull off as Doohan had always been the one to do all major repair work and Spike himself had only cared for minor damage and adjustments that caught his fancy. Beside whether he could even get the required parts in this time was also questionable. It might be a dated ship, but even then in a time where people still had to retort to those giant spacecrafts he had seen Doohan mess around with occasionally when stopping by he was not very likely to be able to find parts for an old asteroid racer. Messing around with it provided him with something familiar to do in this foreign world though.

After mercilessly chugging down the last bit of Pepsi from a can he had left on the table, he changed out of the sweat-drenched tank top and into a much more presentable shirt before venturing into the streets of Bunkyo, both hands buried in his pockets and an unlit cigarette hanging from his mouth. Force of habit – beside he had forgot to bring a lighter. It did not last long before he had come across what he needed. A vending machine. At least these were still easily recognisable even half a century prior, no matter how many changes there had been. From the pocket he fished out some loose coins. How much did it cost? Honestly he had no clue. Normally he would stuff in 100 woolong and leave with a Pepsi, but how much that was in these… yen they seemed to use here, was another matter entirely. Oh well, he just had to try it out.

Stuffing in a coin that read 100, he spoke a single word to the machine. “Cola.” Nothing happened. “Cola,” he repeated, but with the same result or rather lack thereof. Was it not enough? With an eyebrow twitching he put in yet another 100, and yet another one, but nothing seemed to help. This was a vending machine right? True he had already been fooled by technology of the past, but after ruining both his microwave and the clothes he had tried to wash in it, he had learnt to be more wary. “Is this thing broken?” he grumbled to himself, giving the machine a light kick, then a bit harder. It was the flawless logic Spike lived by – if a machine didn’t work, he just had to kick it until it did. Dead simple and it usually worked.

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Is there a special meaning behind your URL? What made you choose that particular URL for your character?

(I picked this URL because of how Spike sees the world. A repeated theme in Cowboy Bebop is the idea of ‘living a dream’ and Spike is the prime example of this. He sometimes believe that he truly died back when leaving the Red Dragon crime syndicate and that everything he has been seeing afterwards has just been a never-ending dream. But what really inspired this URL was an interaction between Spike and Julia in the last episode of the anime.

Julia: It’s all… a dream…

Spike: Yeah… just a dream…

It’s a really moving quote backed up by a really moving scene and I knew that I wanted to have my URL relating to that quote. I think I spent at least half an hour trying to find a variation of “it’s all just a dream” that wasn’t taken, and I must admit that I am very very happy with this URL. It was worth all the efforts.)

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5, 15, 25

5: A song that needs to be played LOUD

This might be biased because of the series my muse is from, but I’m gonna have to say Tank! by The Seatbelts, which is the opening theme of Cowboy Bebop. If it ain’t played loudly it just ain’t right.

10: A song that makes you sad

Beautiful Ones by Poets of the Fall.

15: A song that is a cover by another artist

I must admit that I generally don’t listen to covers, so there are probably a lot better ones out there, but… I Saved the World Today performed by Emilie Autumn.

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send me numbers??? please???

1: A song you like with a color in the title

2: A song you like with a number in the title

3: A song that reminds you of summertime

4: A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

5: A song that needs to be played LOUD

6: A song that makes you want to dance

7: A song to drive to

8: A song about drugs or alcohol

9: A song that makes you happy

10: A song that makes you sad

11: A song that you never get tired of

12: A song from your preteen years

13: One of your favorite 80’s songs

14: A song that you would love played at your wedding

15: A song that is a cover by another artist

16: One of your favorite classical songs

17: A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

18: A song from the year that you were born

19: A song that makes you think about life

20: A song that has many meanings to you

21: A favorite song with a person’s name in the title

22: A song that moves you forward

23: A song that you think everybody should listen to

24: A song by a band you wish were still together

25: A song by an artist no longer living

26: A song that makes you want to fall in love

27: A song that breaks your heart

28: A song by an artist with a voice that you love

29: A song that you remember from your childhood

30: A song that reminds you of yourself

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(To that anon, let me watch Outlaw Star and I'll return to you later today with an answer! Needed a distraction for the nerves, thank you very much for providing)

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(So, I've been neglecting all of my RP muses because of exams, but after the one tomorrow there's quite a while until my next one, so I'll start business after the one tomorrow to either celebrate or cheer me up depending on how it goes *Thumbs up* I've even been looking forward to RPing Spike, but picking him up in such a busy period might have been a bad idea... Oh well. Let's enjoy OOC day)

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3, 2, 1. let’s jam!

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“Are you living in the real world?” there’s more meaning to that question than you know.

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See You Space Cowboy

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