video; | backdated to mid-morning on the 6th

[thxforthememories]

[Tadaaa. It's the resident ninja robot. Who's sitting up on the roof of the medbay's temple thing, studying his hand.]

I think I've recovered by now...

[A beat, and he regards the video feed, calmly.]

... I'm tired of sitting here, being useless.  It's time I started living.  And so... I want to try it. The fuel everyone here uses. "Energon".

Is there somewhere you all go to find it? 




[PRIVATE | flagged to BRAVE POLICE and TOMONAGA YUUTA]

I've been offered... recently... the chance to join your team. By two of your number. When I was asked, I wasn't sure what I wanted. Or if your offer was sincere.

[He falls silent. This isn't easy to say.]

If... so. If you will still have me...

I accept.

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[thxforthememories]

... You don't know?

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[drillsandballs]

[He has no words, just shakes his head no, looking very worried.]

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[thxforthememories]

I'm a prototype.

They only needed me so long as Shadowmaru was untrained. After that... they were going to reformat me.

Erase me.

Kill me.

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[drillsandballs]

[For Drill Boy, who was pretty much the prototype and the final version all in one that idea was very frightening.]

Did Boss know?

[The question almost begged to be answered with a no.]

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[thxforthememories]

I don't see how he couldn't.

[Except... he honestly has no idea, one way or another. It just seems obvious to him.]

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[drillsandballs]

Well... the commissioner likes to surprise Boss... maybe he didn't tell him?

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[thxforthememories]

He was there. The day I saw the others.

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[drillsandballs]

[He thought about it a little bit, there had to be some way of figuring it out without running off to ask the Boss, for a lot of reasons.]

Did he... Did he call you by name? Any of us that he's seen before he knows our names, and calls us by them.

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[thxforthememories]

None of you called me by name. Not until I told you.

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[drillsandballs]

Then maybe he didn't know who you were, or... what you were.

I don't know cause I wasn't there, but Boss has always cared about us, and he will stand up to anyone to protect us, not just our lives, but the recognition of us as people.

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[thxforthememories]

Maybe he didn't. But... others did.

And they still thought I was disposable.

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[drillsandballs]

Well... they aren't here. He is and he won't think of you as disposable.

[Drill Boy was completely positive about this. Boss would never knowingly abandon any of them.

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[thxforthememories]

And if we go back?

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[drillsandballs]

Now that he knows who you are he won't let them get rid of you. We won't either. You are a Brave Police now, and we take care of each other, no matter what.

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[thxforthememories]

You take care of each other...

... that doesn't sound so bad.

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[drillsandballs]

It's... really nice, to know that no matter how bad things can get there is always someone who will help you.

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[thxforthememories]

Yes... I -- I remember what that was like.

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[drillsandballs]

I look forward to having that kind of thing with you too.