January & February Test Drive

[thewakemods]

It's that time again!

→ Comment with a new character you'd like to test out in the game's setting. (put character/canon in subject line pls!)
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→ Tag around with new and old characters.
→ App all those characters
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[morphitudinous]

[Billy frowned, trying to remember when that had happened.]

I don't remember that at all, but if you had the dragon coin, we must be from different times. Have you ever held the white tiger coin? And how long have you been a Ranger?

[turncoin]

I've never even heard of the white tiger coin...

[And if Billy didn't remember the gongshow that had been the aftermath of Scorpina's ambush, or the absolute emotional meltdown that followed, Tommy was not going to be the one that reminded him.]

I want to say a couple months? [A faint grimace as his hands slid into his pockets, gaze skipping away.] I think anyways. Time was... weird. Before I joined up with you guys, that is.

[He remembered what he'd done. What he'd tried to do, when Rita had her claws in him, but the details like time seemed to slide away, had been hard to grasp both during and after the mess.]

[morphitudinous]

[Billy didn't know much about Tommy's life before, but he could guess. He'd moved around a lot, hadn't he? And then Rita had seized control of him before he could start making friends. It had been a rough time, but none of them had ever talked about it.

But he'd get to work on sorting this out.]

From where I stand, we've been friends for a year. All of you helped to train me, and you've been our team leader since Jason, Trini, and Zack moved away. Scorpina resurfaced again recently to torment Adam---he's the new Black Ranger, you might not know him.

[turncoin]

[It was... strange to hear that they saw him as a friend. He knew that of everyone Billy wasn't one to hold a grudge, but at the same time Tommy was operating under the assumption that something would give. He'd mess up in a way that even those like Billy, Trini, or Kimberly couldn't excuse.

Billy would be able to see that confusion in Tommy's expression, even before the mention of being team leader that had his eyes widening because what?]

...Clearly things change. [The 'are you all insane trusting me' went unsaid, but was painted all over his expression and in his tone try as he might to hide it.]

[morphitudinous]

Change from...what?

[The concern is clear in his eyes.]

Is it that surprising that we think highly of you?

[turncoin]

I'm not anyone's favorite person right now, let's just put it that way.

[As nice as they tried to be (barring Zack and his antagonistic attitude), he knew they were watching him. Worrying if he was going to keep it together, or if he'd end up falling apart. Or fall apart again at this point.

Or worse if somehow he'd wind up betraying them all again.

He was well aware he wasn't trusted.]

For good reason.

[morphitudinous]

Did something else happen after Rita's spell on you was broken? Or is this just from the spell?

[Billy could certainly never blame him for that. Especially after he'd been controlled and done damage to the team himself.]

We don't blame you, and I'd be the most hypocritical of all of us if I did.

[turncoin]

I don't even know. It could have been the spell, some backup in case she lost her hold.

[A faint shrug.]

Could just be I couldn't hack it.

[Or it could be the emotional breakdown that he'd been hurtling towards at breakneck speeds but like hell he'd admit that like... ever. Easier to just blame it on not being good enough, not like he thought he was anyways.]

[morphitudinous]

[Ouch, that sounded difficult. Billy paused a moment to think, but he made it clear he was still listening with his focused eyes.]

It was a spell, that was made quite clear to us at the time. But that's not the most important thing, because even if it wasn't? You still got up and helped us drive her back again and again. You're our hero, Tommy, and...well, you're especially one of mine.

[He looked up, willing Tommy to believe him, or at least to be willing to believe him in the future.]

You made a choice to keep fighting beside us when you could have walked away. That takes courage. And you've shown that again and again.