[Raleigh is not just drunk. He's completely wasted. But that's what happens after you take down your first kaiju ever, with a freaking cane, did you see that? Yance, remember how awesome we are? HEY EVERYONE, A SHOT FOR AWESOME ME AND YANCY ARE
He's lost track of how many he's had by now, more than a dozen and he's always been pretty shitty at counting his own drinks anyway, that's Yancy's job and he lost Yancy sometime around jaeger flies number five and six sniffing around him and that's cool, have fun Yancy, don't cry to Raleigh when you get the crabs ow stop hitting me I'm your best co-pilot!
Somehow he gets it into his head to call his sister. Did she see the news? Did she see what they did? They killed a kaiju, bailed out the other jaeger team entirely and saved the entire city of San Diego. How awesome is that? So he's pulling out his phone and after a few fumbles, the phone's ringing and when she picks up--]
[ She'd watched. She'd told herself that she wouldn't but she'd definitely watched. Her mom, too -- as sick as she was, and they sat there together and gripped hands in silence and watched Raleigh and Yancy tear through that kaiju and emerge triumphant.
Jealousy tore through Jaz at the footage after, at Raleigh and Yancy together and mentioning for mom! and there's...zero mention of a sister.
What she wouldn't have given to have that connection with someone. Anyone. To be able to sync up so perfectly with someone that you just...didn't even have to speak. You could just communicate with a look, a brush of elbows, a lift of brows.
But she doesn't -- at least, not with her brothers, anyway.
So she's stuck here, left behind and bitter and angry with them for leaving when she needed them most, jealous they have a bond she'll never see.
And then he has the damn nerve to call her.
...Wasted, apparently.
She answers, of course, but has to hold the phone away from her ear with a grimace. ]
[That was pretty dickish of them-- not that Raleigh even remembers that interview, so he's not going to apologize for it and also he's never apologizing for anything ever again because he's the coolest piece of shit to ever walk the planet right now.]
Hey! [His voice is a little more contained right now, you know. At a comfortable 80 dBs.]
[HE IS SO FUCKING DRUNK IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY JAZ BUT IT SURE IS AWESOME]
Were we really? Shit. [Raleigh looks around like he's going to tell Yancy about it but can't find any sign of his brother and what was he doing again? Oh right yeah, talking to Jaz.]
[ skdljs it's almost impossible to be pissed off when he's so
fucking...wasted. And excited. Raleigh's always been an excitible
guy and the glee in his voice is...pretty hard to miss. Grudgingly, she
stays on the line, and tries not to smile. ]
[If she'd hung up on him right then, he would've called her back over and over until she either answered or took her battery out and then whenever she turned the phone back on, there'd be a hundred annoying messages from him.
Because drunk Raleigh needs a leash but his leash is off having a threesome with jaeger flies so. Sorry Jaz.]
[Fighting kaiju in Spanish, that's fucking awesome too! He should work on his Spanish, it's really not that great, nowhere near as good as his Japanese.]
Really? Give her a hug for us tomorrow, okay? Pretend I'm air hugging you right now too. Okay? You better be, Jaz I'll know if you aren't.
[ But okay, okay, she's laughing, she's totally laughing and rolling
her eyes because seriously he is an idiot and she misses her stupid,
idiot brother. ]
[At least, he's pretty sure they're still in the same city they just saved. He doesn't remember getting in a car and going anywhere but he is not a reliable source right now.]
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He's lost track of how many he's had by now, more than a dozen and he's always been pretty shitty at counting his own drinks anyway, that's Yancy's job and he lost Yancy sometime around jaeger flies number five and six sniffing around him and that's cool, have fun Yancy, don't cry to Raleigh when you get the crabs ow stop hitting me I'm your best co-pilot!
Somehow he gets it into his head to call his sister. Did she see the news? Did she see what they did? They killed a kaiju, bailed out the other jaeger team entirely and saved the entire city of San Diego. How awesome is that? So he's pulling out his phone and after a few fumbles, the phone's ringing and when she picks up--]
JAAAAAAAAZ!
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Jealousy tore through Jaz at the footage after, at Raleigh and Yancy together and mentioning for mom! and there's...zero mention of a sister.
What she wouldn't have given to have that connection with someone. Anyone. To be able to sync up so perfectly with someone that you just...didn't even have to speak. You could just communicate with a look, a brush of elbows, a lift of brows.
But she doesn't -- at least, not with her brothers, anyway.
So she's stuck here, left behind and bitter and angry with them for leaving when she needed them most, jealous they have a bond she'll never see.
And then he has the damn nerve to call her.
...Wasted, apparently.
She answers, of course, but has to hold the phone away from her ear with a grimace. ]
Jesus, Raleigh.
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Hey! [His voice is a little more contained right now, you know. At a comfortable 80 dBs.]
Did you see it? Oh my God, did you see us?
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[ Oh man. He's so...fucking drunk. She's part pissed the fuck off and part amused as hell, because w o w, Raleigh holy shit. ]
How could I not? You were on every TV.
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Were we really? Shit. [Raleigh looks around like he's going to tell Yancy about it but can't find any sign of his brother and what was he doing again? Oh right yeah, talking to Jaz.]
Holy shit. HOLY SHIT IT-- wassoawesome, Jaz. We're literally the coolest motherfuckers ever.
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[ skdljs it's almost impossible to be pissed off when he's so fucking...wasted. And excited. Raleigh's always been an excitible guy and the glee in his voice is...pretty hard to miss. Grudgingly, she stays on the line, and tries not to smile. ]
Yeah. You really are, Rals.
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[If she'd hung up on him right then, he would've called her back over and over until she either answered or took her battery out and then whenever she turned the phone back on, there'd be a hundred annoying messages from him.
Because drunk Raleigh needs a leash but his leash is off having a threesome with jaeger flies so. Sorry Jaz.]
Did Mom see? What'd she say?
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[ She kind of has to laugh because yeah they even overrode the goddamn spanish channel. ]
Said she was proud.
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Really? Give her a hug for us tomorrow, okay? Pretend I'm air hugging you right now too. Okay? You better be, Jaz I'll know if you aren't.
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You're such an idiot.
[ But okay, okay, she's laughing, she's totally laughing and rolling her eyes because seriously he is an idiot and she misses her stupid, idiot brother. ]
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[He's fist pumping right now. To literally no one but himself but who cares.]
God, I am so wasted.
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[ God you're such a jackass. Jaz is still laughing though, because yes Raleigh, you are fucking blasted out of your mind. ]
So where are you?
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[At least, he's pretty sure they're still in the same city they just saved. He doesn't remember getting in a car and going anywhere but he is not a reliable source right now.]
I lost Yancy. Boobs got him.
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Boobs-- Jesus, Rals. You should probably go save him.
[ WHAT IF HE GETS SUCKED INTO THE BOOBS? ]
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I'm just one man, Jaz. There's no hope for him now. Especially cause they were redheads.
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Oh God.
[ He's done for. ]
Make good choices, you two.
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[Boobs stealing brothers, remember?]
I don't have any condoms though, so I'm pretty lame tonight.