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[badboybikerbot]

[No video for you, kids. Gunmax isn't about to put his face all over some mystery space internet. You do get to listen to him complain, though.]

Oookay then, now that I'm pretty sure I'm not having some kind of sensory malfunction, I figured I oughta start getting information out of the locals. The creepy dudes in the robes already dropped what I assume are the basics on me, but there's gotta be more to this than "hi, welcome to the robot planet. You're stuck here forever, make yourself at home". I kind of had things to do back home. Important things. Things that didn't include being kidnapped by alien robots.

Anyway. It's probably a long shot, but if any Brave Police just happen to be hanging around here, shoot me a heads up. Oh, and if anyone happens to find a really big motorcycle, that's mine. Try not to mess with it, yeah?

[Nope not even dropping a name. What a courteous guy right. He grumbles something to himself before killing the feed.]

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[badboybikerbot]

[This is one of the most annoying days ever. Just look how annoyed Gunmax is. It's a lot.]

Tch, yeah. Seems that way.

Well, I'm feelin' pretty good for a dead guy. So now what?

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[thxforthememories]

Now... you make every effort not to have it happen again.

[Kagerou is that a serious answer what the hell man.]

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[badboybikerbot]

Uh huh, right. How about you tell me how I happened to die the first two times, and I'll just not do that again.

[GUNMAX HAS NO IDEA THIS GUY IS SO WEIRD]

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[thxforthememories]

It's... hm.

[This is where it gets difficult. Because he can't bring himself to believe people who vanished were dead. He refuses to.]

[McCrane though...]

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[thxforthememories]

[It's probably best to do this delicately. And privately.]

McCrane means that you've vanished. Twice.

Some here think that vanishing means death. He is one of them.

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[badboybikerbot]

Hold it. So I just up and vanished? What kinda sense does that make!? What sense does any of this make, for that matter!?

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[thxforthememories]

[Right. Be more specific.]

Listen. There should be a mark on your arm. All of us here carry them. They've branded all of us -- those who say they're in charge.

It... keeps us from losing our minds. And leaving for the Badlands.

[Which is what everyone thinks happened to you, bro.]

I know how it sounds. But it's... true.

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[badboybikerbot]

[He glances at his arm and SURE ENOUGH there's a funny mark there. Hell damn]

No kidding? How does that work?

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[thxforthememories]

Some special skill of theirs. The Firstforged aren't talkative on the specifics.

... The others believe you lost your mark. And left for the badlands. Twice.

[But I don't.]

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[badboybikerbot]

How? What'd I do? Scrub it off?

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[thxforthememories]

I don't know. No one seems to know.

It just... happens.

[As frustrating as it is.]

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[badboybikerbot]

Oh my God. This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If it's kind of a common thing around here, don't you think someone would have figured it out by now?

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[thxforthememories]

We've tried. Lots of others have tried. I've...

[Tried protecting you all by binding myself to a robot god I'm not even sure I trust anymore]

... been listening to the results. There's nothing.

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[badboybikerbot]

Well that's just great. Because being paranoid about something on top of everything else is just. Awesome.

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[thxforthememories]

It could be worse.

We could be dead. Permanently.

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[badboybikerbot]

[Yeah wouldn't that suck- ooohhhhh.]

Eesh. Are you always this creepy?

I mean yeah that's a valid point, but God. How morbid.

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[thxforthememories]

I would blame this place. For that. For a lot of things.

[He shrugs a little.]

I'll bring you gasoline.

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[badboybikerbot]

Great, can't wait to settle in.

[sssigh oh well. Such is life.]

Yeah. Thanks again.

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[thxforthememories]

Just... be careful.

We don't want to lose another.

[brb just gonna fly this gas over to you, sir.]

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[badboybikerbot]

Man, you gotta stop being creepy.

[YUP JUST GONNA WAIT HERE and look around for Gunbike maybe.]

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[thxforthememories]

Hm. That hasn't changed. You still think I'm "creepy".

[That's not a good thing, Kagebird.]

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[badboybikerbot]

Y'think maybe there's a reason for that?

[clearly previous gunmax knew what he was talking about]

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[thxforthememories]

Your character judgment skills?

[WAS THAT A JOKE.]

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[badboybikerbot]

[WOW CREEPY MADE A FUNNY. A totally unexpected funny.]

You know what, we'll go with that!

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[thxforthememories]

That's fine.

... which temple are you in?