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Who: Labrys and You
When: Afternoon
Where: Somewhere in the plaza
Style: Whatever floats your boat
Status: Open!

[Improper Shutdown Detected. Restarting System...

Possible water damage to system. Running diagnostic scan for errors... No errors found.

Global Positioning System is out of date. Scanning for update... No updates found.

System will start shortly...]

Nngh...did I go and get myself hacked again? The nerve of that guy...

[A robot in a school uniform with white blouse and houndstooth skirt frowns, slowly getting up from the ground. This place is unfamiliar to her, and she can't figure out where it is in regards to her last location.]

Mitsuru-san? You around?

[Or maybe possibly...]

Yu? Chie? Teddie? Anybody?

[She's worried. Without her friends, what will people think of her? Are they gonna try to take her away? Shut her down because she's dangerous?

No. She's gonna stand up for herself. She's more than a weapon.]

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I think I was on the fritz for a bit, and I lost track of my friends. Have you seen a lady with a big fur coat waltzin' around? Or a shirtless guy with a red cape?

...no, I don't believe that I have.

[Though part of him wants to ask if they're metal, too.]

Dang, what happened while I was out of it?

[She looks up.]

We're under the water? How's that even possible?

[He follows her gaze briefly.]

There is... a kind of magic barrier, holding back the water.

[This makes far more sense to him than she does. He's seen channelers create barriers like that, just not sustain such large ones for so long.]

Huh. That's really something!

I wonder what we're doing here. The reception down here's terrible.

There is a building for the welcoming committee. They're used to answering questions from new arrivals.

[What other reception would she be talking about?]

[Even though it's not related, it's still helpful!]

Sounds like I need to head over there, then. Maybe Mitsuru-san and Akihiko-san are there too! Can you show me how to get there?

Yes, I can show you.

[He turns to lead the way, but his gaze lingers on her and finally curiosity gets the better of him.]

Are you... under all that metal somewhere?

[He can imagine a metal thing could be animated by the Power, but not made sentient. Maybe there's a small person in there, wearing the metal one like armor?]

Thanks a bunch!

[Upon his second question, Labrys looks at herself. Under all the metal...is more metal, and a very special object that gives her life and personality. But there is no flesh...]

Wh...what d'you mean? I'm not wearin' a costume...

Then how are you... alive?

[He can't think of a better way to put it. There's clearly life in her, but no clear reason for it to be there.]

[This is what she feared. Rejection.]

Well...

[No, no running away.]

I've got a heart!

Edited 2012-09-03 01:29 (UTC)

[If anything he looks more confused by this statement. She doesn't seem to have any blood, what would her heart be pumping?]

Ah...

I was made to be a weapon, but I don't wanna be one. I got metal instead ah skin, but I also got feelings and my own free will. I don't wanna live my life hurting others.

[Perrin doesn't say anything for a few moments. He doesn't like to jump to conclusions. When there's no immediate threat, it's best to hear people out.

There are created beings in his world. Shadowspawn, things inherently evil, but sentient nonetheless. It must be that, in one of these other worlds, there is a power that can create metal warriors. And he thinks he knows now what she meant by having a heart.]

They put a soul in you.

Yeah. I think that's what you'd call it.

...it seems counterproductive, for a weapon.

What if you had a buncha really nice weapons, but you had to use one to break all the others?

I can't see any reason to do that, unless the others were in enemy hands.

That's what I had to do everyday, and I wasn't even a prisoner or anything like that. Though sometimes it felt that way...

I'm not sure I understand.

That doesn't happen here, though.

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