tempo 🎶

Red Shift (Issue 54)

. . .?

Tempo is more confused than anything. How had a simple question elicited such a reaction?

“My question has. . . angered you?

I’m not sure I understand. Would my suggestion not have been much more direct?”

“. . . I’ll figure something out for them. And make sure to tell Vesper not to touch anything.”

“I understand that but your belongings are replaceable.

You are not.”

There’s a small hint of confusion present in her otherwise stoic expression.

“Would it not have been simpler to ask for my allyship rather than. . labeling my forehead?”

“It might take a little effort but I’m sure there’s someplace around Geoworks he could comfortably stay in. .

But I was referring to you.

I do not think you should stay somewhere that a threat to your safety has such easy access to.”

“. . . It may be a good idea to temporarily stay somewhere else if she knows both of your primary locations.”

Tempo. . really doesn’t have any commentary on this.

Somehow this felt like normal behavior for them, even if it was puzzling to watch.

She does still hope they didn’t get hurt from the fall.

. . . .?!

An immediate and clear look of horror is present on Tempo’s face.

“I- A bite?

You are not still in pain, are you?”

❝I can't find hope in the present, but if I change the past, can I find hope for the future?❞

— ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʀᴜɴᴋs (ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ʙᴀʟʟ ᴢ)

『𝙰 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙰𝚄 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝙱𝚉'𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚢𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍!』

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“There’s logic behind that one at least. But I am fine with my name as it is.”

“If I had an explanation for it, I would tell you.

It was originally a ‘nickname’ from an. . interesting friend of mine. Unsure of where they got it from.

But it has spread far beyond just them, clearly.”

“. . That would be correct. It is not Pablo.

It’s Tempo. As I’ve had to repeatedly correct others today.”

“I truly do not have an answer. My name is not a complicated one.”

cyn

the arena was named cyn’s demise, the odds were stacked against me !!!!

“Then. . then use my actual one?”

“. . . Thank you for using my actual name.”

cyn

SAY NO!!!! /j

i experienced the most embarrassing losses of my life last night .

“That is not my name.”

“Yes I’m-

No. My name is Tempo. Or Quake Woman. Or LMN-001.

Any of those is fine.”

“Blues.”

“Should I be grateful that the feeling of irritation is so clear to me?

Maybe.

I still don’t like it.”

. . .

“My name is two syllables. It isn’t difficult.”

“Stop that.”

“. . . . . . . .”

“That is completely different.

Green is not. . inaccurate. But the second half has no correlation to me.

If you’re stuck on that, then you could refer to me as Quake Woman for an accurate name?”

“What? It’s not up for debate. It was named based on its characteristics.”

“. . . I don’t think it’s lame. I think it’s properly name.”

“N-

No?! You cannot just change the name of it.”

“Mudstone.

I suppose your ‘identification’ wasn’t the most inaccurate name wise. .”

“That is not how that works. . .? That rock already has a classification and it is not. . soil. .ee. .

It is not what you said.”