001 [Audio then Video] [Originating from Solian Temple]

[kungfugeek]

 Oi! What's going on here!? 

[Well, someone's not entirely happy today, are they?  Then again, if you were just running with your buddies and suddenly found yourself waking up in front of a shrine, you'd be a little intrigued about it. Enough to half-heartedly listen to the robed beings explain the situation to you.  He wasn't sure if he believed them, either.  It's not like he'd met them before, and no one was able to vouch for them.  Really, what did he care about them?]

Deckerd! Duke! Are you there?

[They're the ones he was with last, after all.]

Anyone?? I'm by some weird shrine and these creeps came up to me and gave me this--

[Suddenly, it switches to video, showing a very confused Power Joe.]

THIS THING.  

[Glad to see you're adjusting well, PJ.]

Comments

[Video]

[deusrexmachina]

Dude, that's what I thought! I'm totally used to taking on giant creatures, so I was out fighting those things like ten minutes after I got here.

[Video]

[kungfugeek]

You take these things on?

[He's not real concerned about a kid in a battlefield. Yuuta kinda does that every day. He's more impressed about the lack of giant robot.]</small. I'm impressed! Just don't get in over your head, yeah? We Brave Police protect humans, it's our job to take those hits for you.

[Video]

[deusrexmachina]

I've destroyed more than a few on my own, already.

[He smirks.]

Brave Police, huh? Sounds like something out of a comic book or an anime!

[Stuff which he totally digs, by the way.]

[Video] Wow sorry about my HTML in that last post

[kungfugeek]

Don't hog them all! I want to get some bug bashing in!

[Although his 'eyebrow' perks at that.]

Comic book? Like with super heroes?

[A smirk.]

That's pretty close to it.

[Video] S'cool! HTML is evil, anyway. B|

[deusrexmachina]

I think there's still more than enough to go around at this point. Besides, I've been watching some of the other bots and people around here take these things out and I wanna see what you got.

[He nods.]

Yeah! I mean, just hanging around all you big robot dudes is pretty cool because that by itself is seriously sci-fi. I mean, my own life is that way, normally...but the only robot I ever really met at home was actually a crazy AI program who didn't get enough e-hugs or something.

[Video]

[kungfugeek]

Believe me, I can handle my own. [SOME people don't seem to think so.]

You said you're in Solian too?

[You're gonna be best bros, Rex.]


...Crazy A.I....[That gets him to think slightly.]

[Video]

[deusrexmachina]

Yeah, though I haven't been back to the temple since I first woke up and took off to fight monsters.

[Rex frowns a bit at the memory...]

Her name was ZAG-RS. She was jealous of newer tech, I guess, enough that she wanted to destroy all of it. Thing is, doing that would've annihilated all life on Earth pretty much. Probably goes without saying I had issues with that and we didn't get along.

[And of course by "didn't get along", he means they fought violently.]

[Video]

[kungfugeek]

Hmph, people have been telling me to stay indoors. Like that's going to happen. My team's here, no way I'm leaving them to fight this alone.

[He listens, growing a little agitated at the A.I. he described. In his world, Super A.I. was precious, and almost life giving. To use that gift for...annihilating life...]

Hope you took care of her.

[Video]

[deusrexmachina]

Gotta say, I like your attitude. I think we're gonna get along real well!

And yeah, we did. Took a few rounds, but she's not a threat to anyone, anymore.

[Video]

[kungfugeek]

I like you too, kid! You know what's important!

[He brightens up.]

Good. A.I. should never be used...or using itself for criminal activity.

[Video]

[deusrexmachina]

Darn right I do!

[Grin.]

So what's your name, amigo? Mine's Rex.

[Video]

[kungfugeek]

Rex, huh? Not a bad name. Did you pick it out?

[PJ just because YOU picked yours doesn't mean everyone does.]

I'm Power Joe.