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after attack wind-down > cy thinking abt how he joined the program/how things haven't turned out like he'd planned > whispers of zt/ji split

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- marshall in charge of nagasaki shatterdome > came from canada (retired jaeger pilot who defended vancouver in one of the earliest jaeger battles)

- has always been friendly with chanyeol but opposes the pair up because he knows they won't get along

- soft spot for zitao > had a hand in training him

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balancing out chantao's relationship

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move into same room somewhere around here

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they take on their first kaiju - absolutely terrifying and exhilirating > they're celebrated on their return but cy is surprised to realize he's more interested in zt's grin than any of the fame

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2013 > kday > 19

early 2015 > launch of jaeger program > 21

late 2015 > atticon, attack on seoul > 22

early 2016 > enter training > 22

2019 > current day > 25

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Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (Part 1)

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FREEDOM OR DEATH - INSIDE (Official Video)

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- maturing and growing up

- compromise and sacrifice

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THE END WOW

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successful drift - first one in an actual jaeger

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[TRAINING INTENSIFIES]

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kw gives them one last chance - desperation tactics bc yx is still out of commission

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coming to terms with how his childood dream has changed and pmuch died while packing his bags to leave - yr call - zt thanks him for trying

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cy fights for zt & offers to give up so that zt can find someone else

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second failed drift means higher ups aren't onboard. too expensive to continue the search/training, would rather retire zt

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Big Emotional Talk which is pmuch the first time cy and zt have tried to communicate on any deeper level > understanding reached!!!

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another attack in southeast asia - barely managed without horizon serenity > pressure on cy/zt to step up

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cy dodging zt even though it was zt who ended up exposed > feelings are hard!! (jealousy & fear of the trust/commitment the bond requires)

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second drift and tao rabbits (guilt and fear re: ji all exposed) and it's a Big Moment

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ji visits - what's this??? is it..... JEALOUSY?????

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more training > more encouraging this time post-discussion/first drift

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yx injured in an attack > cy realizes the gravity of the role of a pilot and worries that he won't measure up

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first drift > cy chases the rabbit (abt??) but zt brings him back > it's a setback but a leap forward

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zt approaches cy and is like yo man we have to try

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flashback to the attack on busan and that 'oh shit' moment when cy realized he wanted to be a ranger

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plateau reached in training - both taken aside and lectured re: building trust (zt isn't trying much but cy isn't trying at ALL)

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more training (doesn't go particularly well) > date set for first test with hw

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cy whining to his friends abt what a pain zt is > whoops zt is totally endearing and stealing cy's friends what a dickbag

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training goes abt as well as you'd expect

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zt doesn't want him, but he's not stupid, he knows he's the best candidate so reluctant agreement

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testing drift compatibility > loooooootta fire on the training floor

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has to beg kw to let him try out > he's full of shit but kw is a marshmallow and he gives in

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cy gets a message from yr (her average life at home) and he decides to go for it and try for the spot in zt's jaeger

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- gd&top - retired - zitao definitely hero worships them. gd went into advertising for the corps, top went into hiding

- banghim - nod to jo's fic

- tasties

- amber and ailee???

- fei n jia

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zt comes to nagasaki and the news breaks abt ji retiring

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running through some kwoon training on his own > new kids laughin > frustration!!!

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intro > eating breakfast when attack off osaka occurs.

lh/yx take the kaiju

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kyungsoo - works in cryptozoology

baekhyun - childhood friend of chanyeol's

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- 21 year old copilot of hyperion wolf with zitao

- continued use of the drift system causes nerve damage in his spine > pain steadily increases until it's straight up unbearable and he has to retire

- does not resent tao for not reporting his pain (would have kept pushing until his body gave out if he'd been allowed to)

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- head mission controller for nagasaki shatterdome

- very very cool head under pressure, making him good for the job

- has known chanyeol since his days in training

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- before they meet, initial resentment from chanyeol bc tao has what he wants and seems like a cocky dickbag

- have no real desire to work together but explosive sparks in kwoon training room

- similar in certain ways that make them drift compatible > physically affectionate, like attention, put up a cocky front to cover insecurity, but just different enough to chafe against each other (chanyeol overcompensates, tao is spoiled)

- Moment comes in the drift, when they each expose themselves and realize that this is it, they either trust each other or they split

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- team piloting horizon serenity

- older team (24/25), not married but practically so in an inobtrusive way

- worked together for a year and a half before yixing is injured in an attack and temporarily pulls them off the register

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were together, though they're not anymore (unrelated to kai's retirement) - tao feels a sense of guilt for kai pushing himself to keep piloting tho he was in a lot of pain (drift meant tao could sense his pain and did nothing)

- still very close - drift bond not one easily shaken

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- 21, hotshot pilot of hyperion wolf along with kai

- one of the first teams that wasn't related/married, they'd been in service for eleven months when jongin's back issues put him out of commission and zitao out a copilot - glory/rockstar atmosphere arnd successful pilots > zitao's a bit smug/vain

- physically affectionate, vain, a bit spoiled, and very, very good at what he does

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- 22, stationed at nagasaki shatterdome

- entered jaeger training with his sister yura, but she dropped out before they could finish and now he sticks around, working for k-watch as a minor mission controller bc he entered training at 18 and doesn't rly know what else to do - bitter as FUCK abt not being a ranger

- on site for the attack on busan when he was a kid (baekhyun is childhood friend) - first sight of pilots/reaction

- insecure - drawn to jaeger program bc of glory/fame - spent his childhood living under the shadow of his sister, always compared to her, and he wanted a piece of that

- began training drift compatible w/yoora but when people began to talk (star like her w/him) insecurities crept in and drove them apart