The Spider of Rubicon (Reader x Armored Core 6)

The polar express worm?

Y/N: p-presents?

Corky: yep... gifts and gizmos you just hand to others that give some subpar reactions...

Y/N: o-oh...I see

Corky let out a sad sigh

Corky: but... it can be done better... it can...y'know what?... I got a story for ya...!

Corky shouted in a bit of excitement before beginning to speak again

Corky: so...to keep in mind... my birthday isn't on Christmas day.... and the gift I got that day wasn't from the HR department...but from my family...

You tilted your head in a bit of confusion...

Y/N: do they live here on Rubicon?

Corky: what?- hell no! I'd rather dip my feet on an AC's overheated genorator than have them sent to this place...!

Corky let out a heart felt laugh...and...you couldn't help but join in...all until it finally slowed down...

Corky: they live back on earth...it's reall- really far from here...even with some of the fastest rockets today can't make the trip any less than 8 months...and networked message?...7 months with a stable running connection...

Y/N: o-oh...that must be pretty sad...

Corky shrugged his shoulders before letting out a relaxed sigh while leaning back.

Corky: eh...it can be... but that's what made the gift I got so special...!

You began to smile...almost feeling the man's joy rubbing on you as a smile turned into appreciated laughter...

Corky: so again...on Christmas day...we usually get a free off day...but!...much like today...we didn't really get that...what I did get however...was a message!

Y/N: from your family!?

Corky: heck yeah my family!- but it didn't have words to it...

Y/N: wait what?...

Corky: yep!...there was a file attached to it...a video to be exact...a video with several imbeded files and soundtracks!

Y/N: s-sound tracks?

Corky: Well yeah!...y'know...like music?

Slightly confused, you titled your head off of pure question and confusion...

Corky: OK, OK...look... I know..."What is he so happy for that?"...well...you kinda need my perspective on it... I've been stuck on this frozen hell scape of a planet for a few years now...I don't like it here...never did...and being away from your family for as long as I have...It gets hard...

Corky reached the back of his helmet before taking up a small drive from his helmet...

Corky: but they did It...my family... the managed to get this to me... music... and their voices...they reached me...

Corky put the chip back in his helmet...

Corky: it didn't matter to them...it didn't matter, even though they knew that their little gift might not have reached me...they still strive to reach out to me, and give me something to remember them...and to help me going...

Y/N: w-whoa...t-thats...

Corky: pretty cool, right?... and that Y/N...is what mattered to me most...just the full blown effort from those you love...reaching out to you despite knowing it may not work out...

With the chip slotted into the helmet once more...you heard Corky chuckle before bringing up a small holo screen...thousands upon thousands of different files on the drive revealing themselves on the screen as Corky flipped to a file labeled "movies"