thxforthememories: (Yeah.  I'm a ninja robot.)
Kagerou | BP-500X ([personal profile] thxforthememories) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment2013-10-27 11:32 am

video;

[The link appears to have been... dropped. It's just sitting on the floor of a hallway in Trion's temple. There's a partial view of a nearby room, the door half-open and sitting strangely on its hinges. The room itself appears... trashed. Like the storm blew through the room as well as the Haven.]

[Everything is absolutely still. Absolutely silent.]

[For several minutes.]

[And then something slams itself down off-screen, hard enough to rattle the Link itself. It actually vibrates a few inches forward at the impact.]

[Someone laughs. There's no amusement in the sound, only smug satisfaction.]


Look! Look, look, look!

[The voice is probably familiar, but the cadence is all wrong. The speaker grabs the Link, jerking it toward the room.]

I did it. I did it so well too, didn't I? You thought you had me -- what was it? What was it? Are you punishing me? Is that it?

No, no. That won't do. I got out!

[More laughter. Delighted, echoing laughter.]

[And all of the sudden, a face pops on-screen, upside down. The smile it wears is sharp, harsh. It's... Kagerou?]


Aren't. You. Proud? Brave Police.

[There is a fevered light in his optics -- both of which are visible now, the scanner no longer marking half his face. And then the feed goes dark.]
mccrane: (worried--craning neck to see)

3/?

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-28 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He really is.]
mccrane: (Thinking--ready to crouch)

4/?

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-28 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's just...]
mccrane: (Thinking--have to get up)

5/5

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-28 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's just not been yelled at like that before. It shocks him. Especially coming from Kagerou.]

I'm sorry.

I know he meant a lot to you.
mccrane: (STRIDE)

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
You told me, yourself, before...

[Now he really is worried. Very worried, and the sound of his engine revving into a higher gear to get their faster comes through the link.]

It is going to be okay, Kagerou. I promise. We'll find out what is wrong with you, and we'll fix it.
mccrane: (CRANE--bursting through walls!)

--> Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[That only causes McCrane to speed up, heading for Alpha Trion's temple. If Kagerou wants to hide...this is going to be very, very difficult for him. However, he's not going to give up.]

...

[He'll start with Kagerou's room.]
mccrane: (action--curiously walking)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[McCrane, if not fast or stealthy, is very diligent. He'll examine the clues outside of Kagerou's room, and he'll slowly start moving away from it, thinking to himself.]

...

[His first thought is that Kagerou would want to be somewhere that he could see McCrane, but he has no idea he's being followed already. Instead, his eyes track to the shadowy areas by Kagerou's room, looking for ones big enough for a robot to occupy. Maybe a room nearby?]
mccrane: (worried--stepping back)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't occur to McCrane that he might be in danger. He can't fathom it, at all...can't imagine anything that would happen to any BP that would cause them to do that. Kagerou is far past such acts, by now...isn't he?]

...

[There. It must be there. The pedestal along the side of the hallway would make an excellent spot to move up above ground level, and from there to the ceiling supports.]

[His optics travel upwards, towards Kagerou's spot.]

mccrane: (KNEES--more suggestive than it should be)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[McCrane's mouth opens to say the name 'Kagerou,' but he stops...surprised to find the one he's seeking in mid-flight towards him.]

[Instead, he gasps--a sound half-way between startled and mimicking the noise humans make when they've lost their breath. It's programmed. Possibly. Either way, he hits the floor hard...harder than he was expecting.]

[It was worth it, though, giving his foot purchase in a seam along the walkway--an edge for later to shift his weight if he needs it. For now he's momentarily stunned, and that name finally makes its way out.]

Kagerou...

You won.
mccrane: (Dodge--Welcome to Japan)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
It was. You're very skilled at infiltration. I don't think I could best you at staying hidden, or seeking someone out.

[His head is still reeling, but this seems like the appropriate time. He uses the purchase he gained on the floor and pushes, using the power he was given as a construction unit to push Kagerou off...and perhaps turn the tables, trying to pin the other instead.]

However, I am a combat specialist.

[It was what Kagerou had said earlier.] I believe this qualifies.
mccrane: (Introspective--with a monster jaw)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
A good dog?

[That closeness...those words...McCrane would expect something of the like out of Tarn or out of Overlord, but never out of Kagerou. It is wrong, and it sends a shudder through him.]

Like Shadowmaru?

[He struggles back, trying to stay calm and collected but not entirely able to. This is Kagerou, and something is happening to him and McCrane does not know how he can help. If Kagerou is loosing his glyph...]

...

[No. Please, no. McCrane does not think he can take another of the Brave Police vanishing so soon. That propels him in strength, and he shoves, hard.]

Kagerou, get control of yourse--

[He pauses, as a bite lands on his shoulder, not having expected that.]

Take control of yourself!
mccrane: (SHOUT)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[The momentary victory gives him enough purchase to grip both of Kagerou's wrists, intending on pushing him back to the floor...

At least, until the ninja's new rage sets in. That...is unlike anything McCrane has seen from him.]

Kagerou--please! Calm down!

I wont say the name again, I promise, but I need to understand what is wrong.

We're going to work to get you back to him, still!

Is...that what you want?
mccrane: (Default)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[This time, McCrane lets up--lets Kagerou push him back. He's never heard one of the earth bots screaming like this, never seen a Brave Police member in this sort of distress. It's bewildering, and all he wants to do is make it stop. To help.]

Kagerou...

Yes.

You won.

...

You won.
mccrane: (Introspective--almost blushed)

Action

[personal profile] mccrane 2013-10-29 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[McCrane lets Kagerou stay in control this time, watching, worried, flinching with each scream. This is not how they're supposed to be...it isn't. Kagerou is hurting.]

I'm sorry.

[He says, very softly, leaving time after the screaming stops, just listening to the cycles of Kagerou's engines. Air in...through pistons, heated, ignited, and expelled. Faster than they should be.]

...

[Slowly, tentatively, he reaches out to try and touch the other on the shoulder...gentle. Offering comfort, the way he'd seen it offered by humans. The way he'd remembered it was offered to him on bad days, when the Build Team would show up at his quarters and talk to him through the night.]

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