Okay. I really am having trouble getting into Trinity's mind. I really
feel like she would have major issues after the end of the Matrix. I don't
know. I know that she and Neo screaming the top of their lungs doesn't
seem likely in the movie, but I think they would get over that real quick.
When she insists on going with him to save Morpheus, he really had no other
choice. I figure that if it really came to it, they'd throw down.
Anyway, my inability to channel Trinity is why you get most of the stories from other points of view. And tell me if I mess up the plot. I really have no clue where this is going/coming from. Pusher, three dimensionally coded female agents, and the revelation at the end of the next chapter just sort of came out of nowhere when I was writing.
I didn't even have a plot going into this thing. I just thought it would be interesting if they met up with some people on another ship while in the Matrix. That was about it.
So, basically, give me some help here people. What needs to be fixed? I haven't really polished any of it enough.
Thanks.
Xixie
Neo wasn't expecting anyone to be in the Core when he walked in. He hadn't yet gotten used to accounting for the whereabouts of a fifth person on the ship. So, unexpectedly, Neo and Pusher were alone.
Neo spoke first.
Pusher nodded in recognition.
Neo tried again. "I came up here to fix the compressor. Or were you doing that?"
"I was trying. But if you could grab that end of it, I'd get done a lot faster."
Obliging, Neo moved to the other side of the object.
Pusher started screwing something off. "What's it like to be the One?"
Neo was surprised. No one had ever actually asked that before. "It's like not being the One. It's like being inside the Matrix and outside of it at the same time."
Pusher was silent.
"I'm sorry you had to come here. I don't want to cause this much trouble. If it had been up to me, I would have looked into this myself. Trinity gets overprotective sometimes."
"I've noticed."
Neo didn't know how to take that statement. "Anyway, oh, here's the wrench, I just hope you aren't too upset about having to temporarily leave your ship."
"This used to be my ship."
"Yeah. Trinity tells me that you used to be close."
Pusher paused. So she had told him. He had been wondering. Neo didn't act like she had. He had walked in on Pusher and Trinity talking, even laughing, and always apologized for interrupting. He'd then leave them to the reminiscing. Pusher had assumed Trinity hadn't chosen to tell him. Otherwise, he couldn't imagine that Neo would be so content to let him chat up his girlfriend. "Yeah. We had a thing. It was short lived."
"That's what she says."
Pusher narrowed his eyes. What was this guy getting at? Didn't he even have the decency to pretend he was threatened?
"Yeah. After I left here, it was just casual sex whenever we had the time." Pusher waited for a reaction.
Neo was quiet for a few seconds. "I've never been big on casual sex. I can't imagine being with Trinity and not having her there when I woke up. It'd be worse than not having her at all."
Neo held Pusher's gaze for a moment. It was Pusher who first looked away. Touche.
"Well," Neo turned towards the exit. "Good thing that we got that fixed."
Pusher put the last screw into the compressor. "Yeah. Great."
Anyway, my inability to channel Trinity is why you get most of the stories from other points of view. And tell me if I mess up the plot. I really have no clue where this is going/coming from. Pusher, three dimensionally coded female agents, and the revelation at the end of the next chapter just sort of came out of nowhere when I was writing.
I didn't even have a plot going into this thing. I just thought it would be interesting if they met up with some people on another ship while in the Matrix. That was about it.
So, basically, give me some help here people. What needs to be fixed? I haven't really polished any of it enough.
Thanks.
Xixie
Neo wasn't expecting anyone to be in the Core when he walked in. He hadn't yet gotten used to accounting for the whereabouts of a fifth person on the ship. So, unexpectedly, Neo and Pusher were alone.
Neo spoke first.
Pusher nodded in recognition.
Neo tried again. "I came up here to fix the compressor. Or were you doing that?"
"I was trying. But if you could grab that end of it, I'd get done a lot faster."
Obliging, Neo moved to the other side of the object.
Pusher started screwing something off. "What's it like to be the One?"
Neo was surprised. No one had ever actually asked that before. "It's like not being the One. It's like being inside the Matrix and outside of it at the same time."
Pusher was silent.
"I'm sorry you had to come here. I don't want to cause this much trouble. If it had been up to me, I would have looked into this myself. Trinity gets overprotective sometimes."
"I've noticed."
Neo didn't know how to take that statement. "Anyway, oh, here's the wrench, I just hope you aren't too upset about having to temporarily leave your ship."
"This used to be my ship."
"Yeah. Trinity tells me that you used to be close."
Pusher paused. So she had told him. He had been wondering. Neo didn't act like she had. He had walked in on Pusher and Trinity talking, even laughing, and always apologized for interrupting. He'd then leave them to the reminiscing. Pusher had assumed Trinity hadn't chosen to tell him. Otherwise, he couldn't imagine that Neo would be so content to let him chat up his girlfriend. "Yeah. We had a thing. It was short lived."
"That's what she says."
Pusher narrowed his eyes. What was this guy getting at? Didn't he even have the decency to pretend he was threatened?
"Yeah. After I left here, it was just casual sex whenever we had the time." Pusher waited for a reaction.
Neo was quiet for a few seconds. "I've never been big on casual sex. I can't imagine being with Trinity and not having her there when I woke up. It'd be worse than not having her at all."
Neo held Pusher's gaze for a moment. It was Pusher who first looked away. Touche.
"Well," Neo turned towards the exit. "Good thing that we got that fixed."
Pusher put the last screw into the compressor. "Yeah. Great."
