Nerian (in a shocked tone, slams his fists into the table, sending utensils): OLIVE!Olive (Puts her left hand on her hips, and strikes a pose while her right hand's thumb points at herself. In a joyful tone): That's me alright!
"HIGH-ANGLE WIDE SHOT."
Blizzard (Folds his arms, in a cheerful tone): I never took you for a waiter, you can't wait a minute.
Olive (bending over, wrapping her hands around her stomach. She closes her eyes): Hahahha! You should become a comedian!
Blizzard (moving his wrist around, in a casual tone): Ehhh, it's not really my thing.
Nerian (raising his right hand to olive, in a casual tone): Can we order now?
Olive (in a joyful tone): Of course! What would you like?
Nerian (In a casual tone): One plate of Palembang pempek, and please add one more kapal selam.
Olive: I knew you were a professional food taster!
Nerian (in a delighted tone): You're a fan of pempek too?
Olive (putting her hand out): Of course! I like all things sweet and savoury.
Olive (daydreaming eating pempek): Especially the palm sugar and garlic in the vinegar, combined with the savoury of the mackerel.. ohhh....
Blizzard (In a confident tone): One order of rendang, and one plate of Tempe.
Olive (In a joyful tone): Good choices! Any drinks?
Nerian and blizzard (in a loud tone): A GLASS OF MILK!
Olive (yelling): BIG BRO, ONE ORDER OF PALEMBANG PEMPEK AND ADD ONE MORE KAPAL SELAM. ONE ORDER OF RENDANG, ONE PLATE OF RENDANG. AND 2 GLASSES OF MILK!
olive (facing towards the two brothers, in gentle tone): Your orders will arrive shortly.
Nerian and blizzard (their faces turn pale): Varian works here...
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Olive (in a joyful tone, like usual. Putting her left hand on the punching bag): Okay so! Yesterday you already knew how to control CB, which is absurdly fast for a beginner like you. It took me months, and I'm still trying to control it!
Nerian (in a excited tone. He's sitting on the floor): Really?
Olive: Really really!
Olive (pointing her finger at Nerian, in a somewhat gentle tone): But, you need to know how to turn off and on. For beginners it's easier to turn CB off and on, rather than turning CB on all the time. It can lead to some, mood swings, personality traits differ, blah blah you know how it goes.
Nerian (in a curious tone, rasing an eyebrow): How do I turn off CB?
Olive (Back to her joyful tone): You already did it yesterday!
Nerian (in a thoughtful tone): Ohh, I see...
"SHOT OF NERIAN THIKING"
Nerian (in a scared tone): You're not going to..
Olive (in a Joyful tone): Of course not silly!
Olive (in a serious tone): But it's tricky. To activate a adrenaline rush, think of it like... Pretending you're about to fall off a building. Your brain knows you're safe, but the body panics anyway.
Olive (looks at Nerian dead in his eye):
You may catch on quickly Nerian. But can your body keep up? This technique is difficult, and most agents struggle with it.
Nerian (His face turns stern, in a serious tone): What is it?
Olive (Back to her joyful tone): You know mediation right? Well just reverse the entire point!
Nerian (rapid succession): You mean get angry, instead of getting calm?
Davin (in a casual tone, olive tilts her head over): Olive, let's go on the patrol.
Olive (she fixates her eyes back to Nerian, in a gentle tone): Try it out.
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Nerian (in his mind): Reverse meditate? So I'll just think about what makes me angry? I guess...
Olive (In her mind): That's.....
Nerian (look at olive. He has a big grin on his face, in a confident tone): How was that?
Olive stays silent...
Nerian (in his mind): I did it didn't I? It wasn't that hard!
Olive (in a gentle tone, nerian is startled by this): Yesterday i taught you how blood types effect us. And that gave you a sudden rush. But this it's different, this is not the same rush you had yesterday. It takes time, not talent to be able to pull this off.
Nerian (In a disapointed tone, he lowers his gaze) O-oh... I guess i got too much in my head.
Olive (She smiles at nerian's remark): Don't worry. I got into my head too much aswell...
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Nerian (in a frustrated tone, he yells at the moon. The Moonlight glow is shining on nerian's face): HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Blizzard (putting his hand on nerian's shoulder, closing his eyes, In a gentle tone): Brother, stay calm.
Blizzard (gesturing his other hand): Take a deep breath, hold it in for 3 seconds. And let it out.
Nerian (slouching over): N-no... I don't need more mediation. How's it going with your training?
Blizzard (opens his eye back up, in a casual tone): It's actually going really well, sister said I'm the first ever agent here to grow this rapidly.
Nerian (in a surprised tone, looks back at his brother): Really?
Blizzard (puts his hand off his brother's shoulder, in a confident tone): Yup! I've already been guaranteed an officer rank....
Blizzard realizes his statement at such an inconvenient time.
Blizzard (softly): Oh, I'm sorry if this triggered you..
Nerian: Why would I?
Blizzard bear hugs his brother, Nerian floats above the ground due to blizzard height.
Blizzard (sniffs. his voice wobbled, thick with emotion, yet filled with joy): That's my brother!
Nerian just accepts the bear hug by hugging him back.
HELP ME!
Nerian (he's panicking): BLIZZARD KNOCK HIM OUT!
Balaclava man (in a Australian accent, his grey eyes shine with murderous intent): Oi. You're just like me mate! I couldn't stand these loud cunts for much longer, they were killing my fuckin' eardrums.
Balaclava man (Blood coming out of his mouth): You also fucked up my ribs mate, that's not so nice is it now?
Balaclava man (in a excited tone): I LIKE YOU MATE, YOU AREN'T LOUD LIKE ALL THESE CU-
CRACKKKKKK
Blizzard (in his mind, preparing another kick to the man's face): Alright, this one is all talk no bark type. Thank you siste-
Blizzard's face is buried into the pavement,
cracks spiderwebbing as dust shoots off.
Balaclava man (sinking blizzard's face deeper, in a cocky tone): Oi Sorry about this, but you broke my fuckin' rib ealier. I'd say this is an even trade, your jaw for my rib..
And that fear explodes.
Nerian (enraged, there's visible blood veins popping): LEAVE MY BROTHER ALONE!
Nerian (pulling his brother out of the pavement, at ease): Blizzard!
Nerian pulls blizzard out of the pavement, blizzard's face is totaled. His jaw is unhinged, as the right side of his face is covered with blood and bruises thanks to the crash on the pavement.
Blizzard (trying to speak, looking at Nerian whilst slouching over): Yo-yo did good broer...
Nerian (putting his hand on blizzard's back, while massaging blizzard's jaw): Don't speak!
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Nerian (in a gentle tone, he facepalms himself, his entire body is sporadic): I-i'm sorry blizzard... I should had unlocked CB all this time.. Yet, it took you for me to finally know how to turn it on..
Nerian takes his hand off. There's tears in his eyes.
Nerian (his voice is trembling): You'll probably say something like "Don't worry my brother, it's fine to get frustrated whenever you've failed time and time again. Come on now my brother, keep trying."
Nerian (in a gentle tone): The doctor... The doctor said we're not supposed to touch blizzard for a while, it may disturb the healing process.
Joan (Barely holding it together): I don't care about glory, nor fame. I-I just want my sons ot come back home safe and sound.
Asbjorn (In a serious tone): Do you still want to do this?
Nerian (Confused, looks at his father): Huh?
Asbjorn (looks at Nerian, in a serious tone): I understand teens are known for their numerous mistakes. But this is a serious thing Nerian, it's not just games. You're risking your life and your brother's.
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Joan (in a casual tone): Take all the time you need sweetie, me and your father will be waiting outside in the lobby.
Joan and Asbjorn leaves. Closing the door behind them.
Nerian (in his mind): Should I... Should I
Leave F?
Nerian (Surprised to see her here): Mis-miss teak?
Teak (comes closer to Nerian, in a gentle tone): I've seen this before, Nerian.
Teak is wearing a doctor's suit. You're not the first, nor the last to ask this question.
Nerian (In a gentle tone, looks back to his brother): I-i don't know... I want to continue, but my brother may... But I don't want to leave...
Teak (In quick succession): You and your brother knew the risk of joining. Yet you both did. I knew your reason as to why, But for your brother? He simply wanted to protect you from any Threats.
Nerian (he covers his eyes, as he begins to weep,his breathing becomes uneve): And I used that to my advantage... I'm selfish. I was using my brother, as a safety net Incase I fail. I knew he would be there for me, and tht encouraged me to be reckless with my actions...
Teak (in a gentle tone): Take some time off. Your training will be halted, if you want to continue. Make a call to me.
Teak (in her mind): Poor kid. I wish I could stay, but this room makes me uneasy...
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Olive (grinning, slightly out of breath): Miss Teak, can I ask a question?
Teak (not looking up, casual): Mm-hmm?
Olive: When is Nerian coming back? I liked watching movies with him… he even helped Varian bathe his cat.
Varian (glancing up, scratching Nova’s chin): Yeah, when’s he coming back?
Nova: Meow.
Varian (grinning): See? Even Nova misses him.
She sets the clipboard down, fingers tightening around the pen.
Teak (gently, avoiding their eyes): I gave him my number… but he hasn’t responded yet.
Olive (grinning again, forcing cheer): Maybe he’s just busy… right?
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