loborobo: (Extremely doge.)
Shadowmaru ([personal profile] loborobo) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment2014-02-09 04:27 pm

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[The feed flickers on, which shows nothing at first. Oddly enough, it’s the inside of the altar room ov Vector Prime. Maybe someone had left their--

But there’s a flash of orange eyes. They only flicker in the feed for a fleeting moment. In another flicker, there’s something peering down into the device, a nose prodding it. It looks to be a a dog of a robotic nature.]


A communication device… [The dog’s eyes brighten and fade with every word and he lifts a red paw up to reposition the object.]

Calling Brave Police, this is Shadowmaru. [He lifts his head, ears alert as he hears something off in the distance. Thankfully it was one of the acolytes. The BP Unit relaxes.]

I am low on fuel. I’m not quite sure if this place even has fuel, but. I’ll try my best for the time being.

If anyone else can hear this, I will try my best to send my coordinates. I read other signatures here, but I’m not familiar with any of them. [His head perks up again, orange optics wary.]

Again, this is Shadowmaru, calling for the Brave Police. If anyone could give me their location, it would be appreciated.

[He then races off screen, the device jostling before shutting off.]
thxforthememories: (Seriously car we need to have words.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a sudden, sharp clattering sound, as the stack of datapads he was carrying fall abruptly to the floor.]

[No.]

[No, it can't be. He's hallucinating. This is another trick. Another malfunction. It's just stress and fatigue and guilt. Like that day at the lake...]

[But what if it isn't?]

[He forgets McCrane's admonishment to use video. He forgets what he was doing in Trion's library. He ends up sinking down to sit against a bookshelf, staring at his Link.]

[It can't be.]


Sh... Shadowmaru?
thxforthememories: (... I should go.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[The silence makes something in his AI twist, sparking. No, no, he'd gotten his hopes up, for nothing... he's not really there, he--]

[Hearing him speak up, finally, isn't nearly as reassuring as he'd been hoping. He actually flinches back from the Link.]


Wh... What are you...?

Shadowmaru, is it really you?
thxforthememories: (Seriously car we need to have words.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Suddenly, he wonders how he ever could have doubted he had a heart. Because, at that moment, it feels as if his were breaking.]

[This isn't what he wanted... how he wanted...]


I don't -- what's wrong with you? Why are you saying these things?

[He switches to video, and the feed shakes, right along with the rest of him.]

Please.
thxforthememories: (Why is there a tiger on my chest...)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is him. He would know that shape anywhere. He knows it better than his own, almost.]

[He actually lifts a hand, to touch the screen, but pulls back, expression crumbling when the accusations come.]


I... I'm so...

[And the words catch in his throat.]

... please tell me. Tell me where you are. I can't do this over the link. I can't prove anything to you this way.

[The fact he has to prove anything to the one he exists for is... he doesn't have words for it.]
thxforthememories: (No MY heart will go on!)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what you're talking about! I don't know who that is! I would never hurt you, I would never... do anything like that... not to you!

[Suddenly, more than ever, he wishes he had the ability to cry. Or do something other than shout.]

[This isn't how he imagined seeing Shadowmaru again. Not in the least.]

[It wasn't supposed to hurt so much.]


Then tell me how to prove it to you! Please...
thxforthememories: (Strangling you is cathartic for me.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Please don't do this... You -- you don't...

[That's like a slap in the face.]

[His head actually jerks back, like he's really been physically struck.]


You're so over-dramatic!

[It comes out in a purely frustrated, thoughtless shout. Completely exasperated -- nothing pleading or uncertain about it.]

What do I have to do! Chase you down? Is tag what you're after again?
thxforthememories: (Oh hell no you did not.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I could! Could anyone else ever find you?

[He's so damned desperate now, he'll latch onto this. Keep running with it. Maybe... maybe memories will convince him.]

[Memories... it's all he has, after all.]


You couldn't even hide in the vents from me.
thxforthememories: (Seriously car we need to have words.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[And suddenly hope surges. It's so sharp and sudden it's painful.]

I'm here... Shadowmaru...

I'm here, I promise.

[If his voice breaks a little on the last word, that's understandable, right?]

It's me.
thxforthememories: (Like a vast predatory robot bird.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-09 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Every movement is familiar and therefore painful. He's waited so long. So many months and now...]

[He can only nod.]


I'm coming.

[And he'll be there in a matter of minutes. His AI racing.]
thxforthememories: (Ask yourself.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-10 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He won't have long to wait. It's a ways to fly, but Kagerou is moving more quickly than usual, desperate to get to him. To see him. To...]

[He sees him there, at the entrance. His AI feels as if it's simply stopped working at all.]

[It's not the most graceful of landing, but he's distracted. For a long moment, he can only stand there, gaping, waiting to wake up...]


It really is... you.
thxforthememories: (よろしく ボーイフレンド.)

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[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-10 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[It's harder to hold himself back, in person. Now that he can actually see him, with his own optic, now that he's there just a few feet away.]

[It feels as if something is squeezing his AI.]


I promised. Didn't I...?

[He holds out a hand, his voice shaking almost as much as his fingers.]

Welcome, Shadowmaru...
thxforthememories: (My only regret ...)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-10 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[He manages to hold his composure until he feels those arms around him. Until he feels the familiar weight against him, the way the plating feels under his hands.]

[This. This is what he'd wanted for so long now. This is everything he'd hoped would happen.]

[He can't keep himself from shaking. But he has to be strong for him. He has to be the calm one. His arms slip around him in turn, just supporting, holding.]

[The tremors find their way into his voice, however.]


It's. It's really you.

You're really here. You're finally...
thxforthememories: (But I don't even like submarines.)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-10 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He wants to calm him. He wants to offer the right words and the right touch. The old feelings surface all too quickly -- wanting to see him happy, wanting him to be all right. More than anything.]

[But his own feelings are getting in the way. He was so desperate for this. How long has he longed for this, when everything was going wrong?]

[He can't help but sound choked, as well.]


I'm here -- I promise. I won't leave you...

[He could never leave him again. Nothing could make him.]

[He feels his head shake, one hand lifting to press to the back of the other ninja's helmet, gently. Consolingly.]


Don't. Don't say those things. It's... it's all right now.

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