Jack blinked when 9S suddenly cut himself off, brows lifting as he wondered what the android had been going to say. Something to do with robots and people living on Earth again. They'd left? He wanted to know more, but he was still feeling a little lost and the kid had obviously wanted to change the topic. With the moment passed, he decided to drop it and move on.
"Technophile?" The Guardian echoed in a confused tone. He didn't know what the word meant, but it sounded inappropriate. Shaking it off, he said, "So there are other, uh, 'models'? Like ones that do the fighting?"
Eve wondered if Rex wanted her help but a "yes, duh" wasn't snarky enough for him.
"I dunno. We're fighting strange monsters inside someone's head and it's probably going to be pretty dangerous. Think you can keep up with that?" he joked.
The doctor, meanwhile, wanted to know what was wrong with Silanea to warrant so much help. The militia guys were also curious, but mosre because they were wondering what the hell Rex was doing wasting time with her. Fine, they wanted an explanation? They were gonna get one.
"This isn't just a party. This is huge. We're going to bring her people back"
But even as he said that, the militia brought up a good point: other people were in danger. Rex's "help people" mentality was interfering with itself which was obviously a problem. (Un)fortunately, that train of thought had to wait since Silanea admitted to being selfish and no worth helping over everyone else. Rex went after her—missing whatever Caro had said about catching a criminal and technically answering Chise's question—quickly catching with the snake woman, and putting himself between her and the door "Wait! You don't have to leave" he put his hands on her shoulders, trying to make her reason "Come on, getting help doesn't make you selfish"
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But, a simple thought came to pass. More dinosauruses? More meat. More food!
Her eyes brightened up, and she took her axe in hand as she shot from the ground like a spring. "I can do that! I know how to guard things really really well!"
"However, I really, truly can't make this anything but one-sided until I know what ails you. That look on your face..." Was a little hard to decipher without a lower jaw, perhaps, but Lewis had plenty of other evidence to draw from.
"I don't want to be so presumptuous as to guess, but...girl troubles? The stupidity that everyone here seems to have? Is it annoyance, or actual pain, you feel?"
She closed her eyes, and permitted her smile to grow just a little more. "Though, that is presumptuousness. I used to be called "wise councilor" in my time, so, please. Tell me what has you down."
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Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
Seiga explained that she needed help finding a friend of hers by the name Yoshika, in exchange for helping me...as soon as she too knew what she was getting into.
Did I want to spill? That went swimmingly with Ben just a minute ago. But then, she vouched for her credentials...and was onto me anyway.
"...Well, Ben 10 is being framed for mass murder, least, it's probably a frame job, and he's doing an excellent job of not being whiny and defensive. You know, those things you shouldn't be when you want the local police equivalent to get off your ass. My girlfriend has had a bad case of memory loss as it turned out yesterday and the guy who murdered me is playing her for a sucker. And I sorta threw away a free ride home two days ago to help a lot of people and...I want to say it doesn't bother me, but...
"I'd hoped the calls would help...but nope."
That was more than I'd intended to let out. Wow. And that wasn't even the whole of it.
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"Ahhh...a little of all, then. No true hardship, but quite a lot of trouble." She walked over to a fallen log, encrusted over with moss and vines, and sat on it, patting the space at her side to try and get Lewis to sit along with her.
Whether or not she got what she wanted, she continued. "I can understand how many problems that might seem manageable by themselves can become insurmountable when put together. Truly, I understand right now of all times. For what my opinion means to you, Ben doesn't seem like he's capable of such a thing. He's too...immature to pull it off," to put it lightly, "and that means he's too immature to defend himself for something as serious as this. He's really not going to come out unscathed, but perhaps he might learn something from it."
"...And, as for your personal problem...I have experience with wrongful death separating me from my loved ones. I know what it's like when the murderer says it's my fault, too. I won't say I really know what you're going through, though, because we come from very different places..."
She rested her head in her hands, and sighed. "I hope that's not a disappointment for you."
"Now, aside from my pointless sympathies and trying to exonerate the child, I have to admit, I'm not entirely sure how I'd help..." She scratched behind her ear as she looked at the ground, loudly humming as she tried to figure this one out.
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
"'No true hardship?' That was barely the half of it, just the parts I felt like sharing."
I stared at her incredulously, not sure what part of my experience that I'd told her disqualified my narrative as 'hardship'...but nonetheless, with some reluctance, sat down where she indicated, resting a hand on my...I guess 'cheek' wasn't strictly accurate.
She didn't think Ben could do it, didn't think he had the maturity to carry it out...that same immaturity was going to dick him over, but I knew that much.
"Some people are great actors. Fantastic, even." I'd seen at least one in my life. If he'd quit being so egocentric, Ben would see that that's what we're all afraid of. Or maybe he did understand and simply didn't want to break character, but that was pushing it. He'd be smart enough to not blow me off.
On the more personal side of things, Seiga made some attempt at sympathy, but admitted that she was drawing a blank beyond that. "Did you have something in mind?" I asked, though from the sound of it she probably didn't have much of an answer.
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When he asked for a solution, she hummed even louder, to try and bring an answer forth, before suddenly stopping. She looked like she had a revelation, and reached down into the pocket of her vest.
"...Perhaps."
Holding in front of her what looked like a rolled piece of paper, smaller than her little finger, she slowly unfurled it and held it taut between her two hands.
From what the both of them could see, it was a thin strip of strange-looking paper, with red having bled through along the edges, but otherwise blank.
"This is unorthodox, yet I know of an old Taoist method, for those who wish to seek enlightenment when they can't possibly find it. It can clear your mind, and show you what is most important, along with what you need to do to live a better life. I'm afraid these are in short supply, and aren't reusable, but..."
The hermit held it closer to herself and inspected it, running her finger along it. "I could part with it, because you need it more than me. I've used it many times before. All I'd need to do is apply it to your body, and it should work instantly."
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Ciri - Offroad Raptor Safari. Clearing: Throw Another Raptor on the Barbie
"Take care not to run off too far," Ciri said to Yoshika. After giving her a bit of time to run her energy, she blinked ahead of the girl to keep an eye on her. "You don't want the meat to get cold while you're away, now do you? I think it's been roasting long enough, what say we go take it off of the fire and start skewering off pieces?"
With that, she popped back to where she had been alongside the fire, picking up a stick to prod at the bits.
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
Seiga had nothing at first, as expected, before pulling out a strip of paper with red staining the edges. She promoted it as a tool for quick and easy enlightenment, requiring only for her to put it on me. A magic paper talisman of Eastern origin that purportedly could make all my problems vanish, who's handler had the most anime hair ever? Nothing suspicious about that.
I leaned away slightly. "That sounds...snake oil-like. Are you trying to test me or something? I don't appreciate the effort."
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Nevermind how she just kinda appeared out of nowhere, something that even Seiga couldn't do. It's time to eat!
The kinda-jiangshi came back to the fire, and openly drooled while staring at the first not-raw meat she could get her hands on in a long time. Of course, Ciri provoked her curiosity. "Why are you poking it?"
"Besides, perhaps I made it sound too perfect. It is merely a meditation aid, something that lets the mind focus on something exclusively. It hardly solves your problems for you!" She raised it towards him, though refrained from actually shoving it in his face. "Look, it comes off as easily as it comes on. I may sound like I'm pushing my religion on you, but what is there to lose?"
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
"I'm not saying I don't believe magic papers exist. It's just, you're kinda overselling this thing a little."
Of course then she adjusted her pitch to be a bit more modest and less vague. Apparently it just cleared the mind and granted heightened focus, with no negative side effects. Yay?
"Riiiiiiight...where exactly are you intending to put this thing?"
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I think I can...
Library - everyday life tal[K]
When he heard the words "City Knights", "Non-Human Alliance", and "Home Sweet Home", he said, "What are those other organizations you mentioned? Could you go into more detail?" At this point, he was beginning to feel silly about switching back and forth between Miss Tairee and Jack. As he continued to talk to both of them, the Pod began to emit a slight whirring noise.
He turned back to Jack. "Well, there are a couple other models. The Battler models are the ones who do all the fighting- they're usually sent out for more dangerous missions. The Operator models provide support from the Bunker- coordinates, maintenance, navigation- work that isn't on the field, necessarily."
Rero.
THE SLORG!
"... Yes, I would be upset" the Miss Tairee speaking to Cole said quietly and honestly. "If I couldn't do anything. I think that's a very, very, large 'if', Cole" the librarian added simply.
The Miss Tairee near the central desks glanced over at Jack. "Technophile means someone who really likes technology" Miss Tairee informed him simply. She then looked back at 9S and raised an eyebrow slightly. "When you say, 'other organizations' do you mean to say all of the ones I mentioned? Or do you already know about some of them?" the librarian asked the android for clarification.
"Yeah, but I can bully that little militia guy into doing that. He's supposed to be here for the protection of the hospital anyway" Dave mentioned to Elias, pausing as he noticed Ciri and Yoshika abruptly leaving the hospital. "... Oh, well there goes that case" the doctor thought out loud a bit dismissively, as he headed back towards the door.
Back inside, Phillip looked a bit taken aback at Rex's answer. "Bring her people back? Kind of like what happened with that Sans guy?" Phillip asked in return.
Nails' expression made it clear that he seemed more on board with it now that he knew that, though he did look a little uncertain about something still. "Rex, do we have any idea how long this will take?" Nails asked.
Silanea stopped when Rex got in front of her, still looking down slightly even as he placed his hands on her shoulders. After a couple moments, she finally looked at his face, with a sad expression on hers. "... Every time I try to make my life better it goes wrong somehow. I don't know what I should do anymore..." Silanea said to Rex.
Then Dave entered in through the door just behind Rex, moving around him slightly and looking at the scene a little confused. "Uh, not to ruin the moment, but can anyone vouch for the credentials of this potion making guy in the suit?" Dave asked out loud, motioning towards the door and Elias.
Outside, Swishee had set down and let Louie out. Louie glanced around, then grabbed his walkie talkie. "Alright, I'm at the hospital. I don't see any of you guys out here; are we meeting up inside?" Louie asked into the walkie talkie.
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Ciri - Forest Clearing: It Begins
"Simply making sure that everything looks right," Ciri replied to Yoshika. She pulled off the big stick holding the raptor over the fire, setting it down on a rock - a clean rock she had taken the precaution of dusting with her hand, one couldn't be too careful after all.Pulling out her dagger again, and putting its blade the flames for a moment to boil off any residue from when she had cleaned things earlier, she cut off one of the raptor's legs and held it out to Yoshika. "Go on then, let's get started," she said, before cutting off a piece for herself.
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Eve|Hospitree| And Here Comes The Snark
Oh, so that was how it was going to be. "I didn't ask whether or not I could keep up, I asked whether or not you needed my help. Perhaps you need your hearing checked?" Eve raised an eyebrow. So that was what the challenge was for? She could happily help with that. To bring someone's people back would be amazing.
"We're inside, Louie." Eve spoke into the walkie-talkie, watching everything going on around her.
[TOP SECRET]
Arcade stared at Silanea, unable to contain the sympathy he felt. His eyes strayed down to Eve and he mumbled, "is that what I sounded like back there?" He looked back at the lamia and only felt comforted knowing there were people to help her.
He tried to think of what to say to her, but was interrupted by his- Boss? He didn't really know the politics of the place quite yet- entered. His sympathetic expression dried up, instead becoming a glare at the wall.
I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
She took the leg of raptor two handed and, wordlessly, began to devour that sucker faster than you can say Velociraptor mongoliensis.
She eyed the bright and floating thing he called a locket, others called a soul jar, and she called...
"...or, maybe the heart."
Slowly, and carefully, she tried to reach up with the piece of paper. Her eyes remain firmly locked onto his, as her hand guided itself towards his heart.
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The head doctor of the hospital came by asking if anybody could confirm Elias' credibility. Well, I was his student but maybe what I did have to show could help a little, he was standing close to Rex and Silanea anyway, so I just made my way over with my pouch ready.
"Um, hello. I'm his apprentice, my name is Chise," I then opened my pouch and took out some of the medicine that I had there, some were in vials, some were in small bags, all labeled for convenience "I have some of the medicine we make at home here, we're missing some because we used them while helping the wounded people outside."
I tried to pay attention to what was going on with Silanea, still unsure of what to say to her but I was hoping to be able to give Rex some support in talking with her after dealing with this. If we were really going to help her, we needed Elias to be free soon. I was hoping someone else could help vouch for Elias and I, but at the same time not a lot of the people here did see what were doing while all the fighting was going, so that could be a bit of a problem.
"Is there another situation going on?"
Elias then joined us, having noticed Silanea's current state. He still had no idea of what was going on and I still wondered if he would be willing to help us, considering he had already spent a significant amount of energy with a teleport earlier. At the same time though, we didn't have many options other than just making our way back to the library on foot...
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"Well, you see, the thing about fighting shapeshifters is that - is that the really good ones like to, I dunno, start playing mind games with you. Make you question your love for your spouse or whatever." Rick brushed a butterfly out of his face. "So we need a, a, code word or something to make sure that - that we're not compromised."
"Aw jeez, you mean like - I dunno - like, uh, some kind of secret random noun or something?"
"Sure, something like that." Roger snorted and pushed past a small herd of stegosaurs; a flock of two-legged feathery creatures with no visible arms
◊ scampered around at their feet, greedily gobbling up the insects and reptiles dislodged by Roger's passing. They were cute, in a strange way, kind of like baby chicks with teeth...
Morty blinked as the flock scampered ahead of them... and then what he had assumed was a mass of vegetation suddenly sprang up, swallowing the entire group of tiny dinosaurs alive in a pair of bear-trap like jaws before sinking back down into the ground. Rick grinned morbidly as he took in the sight, steering Roger around the carnivorous plant as the hospital tree came into view.
"Heh. Cool. Alright kids," he announced to the group as he tried to get Roger to slow down, "remember where we *urp* parked..."
For the Horde!
Cybersaur kept moving at speed, until the hospital came into view. At the same time, he listened to what Louie had to say, and tapped his head. "We're almost there, just meet us inside and we can discuss this stuff," Cybersaur told him, then looked over at Thomas. "Don't worry, we've got you covered, man."
When they arrived at the hospital, Cybersaur gently picked up Thomas, holding him as gingerly as possible, and began to carry him towards the entrance to the hospital, then waved up at Louie before entering. "We've got another injured!" Cybersaur told the hospital staff as he carried Thomas in. He looked around, seeing the gathered individuals in the lobby.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
Seiga intended to put the Totally Harmless Ofuda somewhere on me where it'd be safe, rattling off suitable locations as she raised the talisman toward where her eyes focused intently and exclusively on...the locket.
It took me a brief second to register her suggestion before I reflexively put a hand over it, whilst sliding to the opposite end of the log. "No," I answered forcefully, with what may have been unnecessary aggression. "You're not laying a hand on it. Ahora déjame en paz."
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I just want to help!
Cole was quiet for a moment, just considering this for a moment, before lowering his eyes again.
"What...what do you think you could...do?"
She looked down for a moment, before she brightened back up and held the paper out to him, waving it in the air. "I don't have to touch it at all, you can put it on if you insist. It's not exactly hard to do, you see!" Through her enthusiasm, there was the slightest hint of desperation peeking out.
"Exactly like with Sans. Except on a minor scale I guess" Rex explained to the militia guys. They seemed to be on board with helping but they still needed some convincing.
Which speaking of, Silanea also needed some convincing herself. Namely that her life wasn't going to perpetually suck if she tried to make it better.
"Come on, don't be like that. This isn't over yet. I'm going to fix this and you are going to call your family, I promise. Now let's see about turning that frown upside down"
Meanwhile, the head doctor wanted to know if Elias was a good guy which was ind of obvious but, hey, everyone that tried to help got accused of being secretly evil or just not good enough so it was understandable.
"He saved everyone at the grocery store" Rex mentioned rather offhandedly since there were more pressing matters right now.
One of the militia guys wasn't sure how long the challenge would take and, from the looks of it, preferred if they didn't try to complete it right now. Was he implying they needed Rex's help? Or did he just not want to deal with something else besides shooting oversized chickens that got too close to the hospital?
"I don't get it, you want to put me in prison then make me work for you to save people. Make up your mind, guys" Rex said half-jokingly but still a bit annoyed at what he implied. He really needed to give them what they wanted if they were going to cooperate "How about this? If you get out of my hair, I'm going to finish that stupid ship of yours"
Some kind of dinosaur in black and white entered with an injured person that needed assistance. His sudden appearance made the odor from meat being cooked outside enter the hospital which was a nice reminder to Rex that he hadn't eaten anything since he waking up. Playing hero really messed with your eating habits.
"Uh, who are you?"
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"Only when you look past the surface," I said in response to Rex's comment, with a small smile.
The discussion kept going with Arcade being worried about the danger Eve presumably kept getting herself into, did he not know until now? Maybe they weren't actually related like I had first thought. What really drew my attention was the mention of a vicious criminal going around from Caro, but before I had the opportunity to say anything two more people showed up and began talking about how there were people out there that needed to be helped.
It was true, the outside was very dangerous for normal people and they could really use some help, plus with a criminal going around, maybe it would be better to leave helping the snake lady, Silanea, for later. She seemed to have realized it herself, although she clearly didn't feel very good about it.
"It's true, there are people out there who could be in danger and although we're trying to help her people, we can do it as long as we have the door, right?" I asked everyone.
I couldn't help but look at Silanea as she began leaving, clearly depressed. I wanted to say something to her, but no words would come into mind.
Some other strange creature kept repeatedly bumping into me and just from looking at I could see that it wasn't in it's right mind. I was just going to step back and let it keep stumbling around but the doctor had other ideas and threw it back into the jungle, asking the militia to keep an eye on it.
"It will be a little difficult to keep others out of it when it's out in the open like this unless there's constant surveillance," I pointed out, though I figured he was already aware of it.