"Not surprised," Lucas said in response to Ayers's comment. "My ancestor was known for a lot of things, but thinking up a decent family name wasn't one of them. It's supposed to have to do with the color black, if I remember correctly, though Dad used to joke that he must have been drunk out of his wits when he chose it..." There was a slight grin on his face as he said the last part.
Sorry for a short post.
"Y-Yukimarimo is a type of snow formation in Vacuonese, yes" Imuka replied looking down at her feet, and taking a deep breath, "I-I was named by my mother who was born there, kind of strange really since most programmers descend from mantle, but some times tech does aid with survival...." saying the next thing under her breath "T-Though I don't like the comparison to Stormers sword considering he doesn't know which part the saya is... sorry"
edited 18th Nov '16 9:01:58 PM by Imca
Imuka may have not realized it, but the second Lucas heard her mention her last name he felt like he was hit with a ton of bricks. He knew that name, but... no, it had to be a coincidence. There's no way his classmate was related to her.
...Right?
"Yukimarimo? As in..." he started to ask, only to change his mind. "Nevermind, forget I asked..."
"Aw, sorry about that. Dint mean nothin' by the comparison other'n them bein' the same language." Ayers went for a side hug on Imuka. "But Luke there wuz right, as in hwut exactly anyway? That just yer code name, like a manufacturin' thing, or's that actually yer mom's last name? I dint do too much research on y'all goin' in cuz I figgered y'all'd've told me whutever I'd need to know"
"I-Imuka is my production name, Intelligent Machine Control Application, but since vocounese is Syllabary rather then Alphabetic direct abreviation does not work... Yukimarimo is an individual name applied as a family name, as such it is based off my mothers name, but is not exactly the same as hers... I-I really don't mind answering questions if you have them", the gynoid replied, finally finishing up the night time maintenance of her tail, as she cleaned out the last bit of dirt the various plates along its length all extended out exposing the heat-sinks along each segment before snapping back to there protective position, "w-weather they are about my history or my construction...."
"Do you... do you know the identity of your mother?" Lucas asked hesitantly. Part of him knew he wasn't going to get the answer he wanted (it was likely he was seeing connections that weren't there), but part of him just wanted to hear what she'd say.
"I-I kind of just said I did.... sorry", the gynoid replied, swishing her tail side to side.
"Sorry, I should have been more precise," Lucas responded. "What was her name?"
The Blinder
FIGHT
Jack frowned. "Are you sure you haven't just developed it? I'm not going to laugh if you managed to evolve your semblance."
He leaned against a tent post. "But now people know you're a badass!" He gave him a thumbs up.
Good to be back
Mountain Zone
As soon as one of the robots were being assaulted by Glen and Umber, Grigori saw Jack was falling out of the sky. Immediately, he rushed over in an attempt to catch him before he met a messy end by gravity, should his punch-happy compatriot fail to catch his grip on the robot. If he did, he would reposition to a nearby cliff and switch to Thunderbolt Rounds and aimed for the legs to limit the machine's mobility.
"I treasure every day with you, darling." "No need to be so sappy, love." "You know that's how she is, Nia." - AU!Pyra, Nia, Mythra
"If you don't mind me asking, I was actually wondering about some things," Ruth spoke up, replying to Imuka's offer to answer some questions. Ruth had been curious about Imuka ever sense she learned about her being a robot from one of her classmates. "I was actually curious about who, uh, made you and why they made you. I mean, I know you just said this Yukimarimo person is your mother, but I assume she must have had help from some organization from one of the kingdoms."
Vale-Vacuo Border, The Forest, Port's Hunt
More sign from Geki, seeing as it appeared that they'd need him to bear the brunt of the attention.
His plan was this: He would charge ahead. In his heavier armor, he would make as much noise and draw the attention off their embattled comrades. Sechs and Sylvia would approach from the flanks to pick off targets of opportunity.
They would begin as soon as they heard the sound of Geki's weapon, Momotaro, slamming into simian bodies.
Which began a few minutes after he relayed the plan to Sechs' eyeline. Then he tightened the straps of his armor and charged through the undergrowth and towards the clearing where Falken and the princess were fighting.
With one brutal swing that took three leaping Grimm on the midriffs as he cleared the treeline, SIGL's rescue operation began, with Geki Shirobara bellowing his family's war cry as he waded into battle.
"Her name was....." the gynoid started to reply before glancing around "I don't actualy know if I should reply to that in a public place given that as you asked I was made by Stella as a weapon, I may have escaped from them.... but I dont think she has....". Imuka looked down at the ground with a sigh, "then agian they probaly already know who she was any way...."
See, you idiot? She probably didn't make Imuka. Got your hopes up over nothing.
"Sorry about that, Imuka," Lucas responded. "It's just that name... It reminded me of..."
He sighed as he turned away. "No, never mind, forget I asked..."
Broodfire
"Lucas if'n y'all don't start speakin' up I swear to Solus'n all his glorious legions I'll slap the blind straight out yer eyes." Ayers said, imperiously. He raised a hand just in case the boy thought he was joking. "There's some real shit goin' on here, I think." He pointed to Imuka. "I'm thinkin' Lucas's hidin' somethin' he don't think's important." He swiveled back to Lucas. "And y'all do this all the dern time! So fuckin quit it already!"
"Well, maybe I don't want to bother everyone with my own petty issues," Lucas retorted, glaring back at Ayers's direction. "And even if it wasn't a petty issue, I'd rather not force Imuka into spilling the information against her will, so it's not like I'm going to get an answer anyways."
edited 20th Nov '16 11:04:36 PM by Aquatica1000
BROODFIRE!!!
Ayers leaned over, saying nothing, and tried to swat Lucas square in the face with an open palm, hard.
Seeing as at the moment Lucas didn't have his Semblance up, the smack connected successfully, and he stumbled back, a red mark on his face. He stopped himself before he could fall, though, and stood back up. "I'm still not going to press the matter."
Broodfire
Ruth quickly stepped between Ayers and Lucas, worried that the country boy would try to escalate things further. Ruth turned toward Ayers, "Ayers, stop! I understand you're trying to help, in your own weird way, but this isn't doing anyone any good."
She looked towards Lucas. She noticed the big red mark Ayers had left, but saw that her teammate didn't seem to be in that much pain, so she decided not to worry about it for now. "He does have a point though Lucas, you have been acting pretty cagey lately. We'd all be willing to help you if would just tell us what's bothering you." She turned back towards Imuka and Ayers, "Right, guys?" she said to them, giving Ayers glare as she spoke.
edited 21st Nov '16 12:06:12 AM by SirSteelman
"I mean, just puttin' this out there, if'n he does talk now, it'd actually mean I did help." Ayers held up his hands innocently and stared back at Ruth, then leaned around her to nod to Lucas. "F'real though, let's git it out in the open."
"...Imuka's last name sounded a lot like my mother's, okay?" Lucas finally answered, stepping back. "And when she mentioned that she got it from her mother... well, my mother has been gone for so long that there's a gravestone marker back home in Naudhiz. But there's no body underneath, they never found one. If there's a chance, even a small one, that she's still alive... I want to find her."
He sighs. "There. Happy now?"
Broodfire
"Well, see, someone much smarter'n I once said, uh..." Ayers screwed up his face and put on a terrible impression of a voice he'd heard once. "Whole world's a stage, look at yer audience'n walk backwords into hell. Or something like that, Idunno."
He shrugged. "Way I sees it the crazy bullshit of our lives sets us up fer crazy coincidences like bein' secrit siblings."
edited 21st Nov '16 9:22:49 PM by Taco
Broodfire
As Lucas told the group what was wrong, Ruth listened, nodding along with her head tilted downwards, so that her hat would hide her expression, trying to look cool and confident. As Lucas finished his explanation she, while still trying to appear calm and collected, thought to herself, Well shit... that was really heavy. And now he's looking at us, wanting some reassurance. Uhhh... She looked up as Ayers began to speak, Oh good, Ayers is saying someth- wait, no, no, it's nonsense, like even more-so than usual, okay.
After Ayers finished speaking, Ruth felt Lucas's gaze shift over to her. Oh shit, c'mon Ruth, say something uplifting, literally anything. Ruth met Lucas's gaze and said, "That's rough man..." She then turned away and cursed her shitty answer under her breath.
Sumanai Man
Wasteland Zone
The beast roared, easily destroying Hope's rocke with the lightning it shot from its horns....
Unfortunately for it, it was sufficiently distracted that Medus's trap caught it right in the legs. The great beast struggled as its legs were tangled before with a loud crash and roar, the Grimm tripped and smashed to the ground.
"It's down!" The woman yelled.
Mountain Zone
As the machine rose higher and higher, Jack's gauntlets smashed into one of its engines and for a terrifying minute nothing happened...
And then the engine gave way and with a shudder the machine stopped ascending...then started descending, falling out of the sky. What now?
Meanwhile, Umber went hurtling towards the other machine which was too slow to do anything other than turn so that instead of its spine, the Huntress crashed into its front.
Forest Zone
Alexia smiled slightly as Feb made her very own clearing right in the middle of the forest.
The Murdermonkeys screeched and roared, jumping out of the trees to avoid the explosions. They howled and charged towards the Huntresses, wielding stones and spears.
"...I accept your challenge." Alexia replied simply...and sheathed her sword.
She pulled the bannerlike object on her back and grasped it. It then morphed into its rifle form and the youngest princess began shooting down the approaching Grimm.
Meanwhile, what hit Falken was revealed to be a large boulder thrown by a pissed off looking Gorilla Grimm coming from the south. A Beringel.
The rumbling sound got closer and closer to Mora as they noticed cracks appearing on the forest floor.
As for Team SIGL? Well, as they were talking the trees above burst into action as more apelike Grimm descended on them.
Campground
Erin wheeled herself around the campground, looking at interesting people, wandering aimlessly.
Her face was blank as always, save for some mild curiousity.
She was making her way near where Lucas and the others were...
Well, one could remember that Erin and others were half-grown at Stella and with the conversation at hand...
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
BROODFIRE
"...Aw, shit, I coulda... uh..." Ayers grinned and rapped his fist on his buckle again. "I mean, yeah, that's definitely hwut's goin' on! Haw!" He whipped out his Scroll and started paging through the pictures. "But Ayers Point, 'slike, real orange. Like, whut, Ruth, like a root, like somethin' real clearly brown..."
Ayers showed the gathered brooders a picture off his Scroll. Low, primitive buildings in the foreground, zoomed in and focused on a ridge in the distance, rocky and of a distinctly orange hue. "Ayers Point. Imuka I'm supposin's named in some language I ain't got no ideer of, Vacuonese or somethin' just like Stormer's shitty-ass sword, same with hwut ever the hell Lucas's last name is. I don't wanna even try to pronounce 'em, 'fraid I'll mess 'em up."