re_alignment | [Voice] -> [Video]

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brave police: j-decker | kagerou

[Voice] -> [Video]

[Well, this is a new voice. Maybe not for some. But for the most part, this is the kind of voice you'd expect to be all suave and smooth. Like it should be accompanied by saxophone music, or sounding entirely too pleased with itself.]

[Instead? It just sounds downright frantic.]

What is this--! It wasn't like this a moment ago.

[As if in response to his demand, the feed abruptly switches to video. That sure is a new face, standing there on top of a temple roof. He's not a Cybertronian, that's obvious. He's also very obviously distraught.]

[Though... his design is oddly similar to someone else usually present in the Haven. In fact, they look a lot alike.]

Who did this! Which one of you! Answer me!

[The more he talks, the more agitated he seems to become. Like every word is putting him more and more on edge.]

Someone here has to know. Where is he!

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... Yes. You didn't know?

[He thought everyone knew about that.]

Oh gosh. No. I didn't. Are you a crow? Please say you're a crow.

[Way to hold out on the girl.]

I don't... know. It's just a bird.

[HE THOUGHT SHE KNEW B(]

You are so cool, Mr. Kagerou...

... Cool?

Yeah! I'm surprised you aren't swimming in friends. You're just amazing!

[Don't mind her, she's just going to hold her arms out like a bird. Dork.]

I'm not amazing. I'm a prototype. Replaceable.

[Don't mind him, he's going to be broody and climb over this rock.]

... just a shadow.

Mr. Kagerou, no one could replace you.

[Srs face is srs.]

What do you think Shadowmaru was meant to do?

[But he doesn't sound upset about this. Far from it. He'd accepted that part of his life, at least. Even embraced it.]

No, no see. There's a difference. Mr. Shadowmaru replaced you at your job...right?

He didn't replace you.

Just like how I took my dad's job. I didn't...replace him...

[It's a little different, Kay.]

In general, I think...

[But he doesn't really know. At all. He's just guessing.]

I don't know if he wanted to, though. I... we didn't talk about it.

I don't think he would want to replace you.

Especially if you're close.

I mean, if he did, wouldn't he try to...get rid of you? Permanently?

I...

[Oh wow, even the ears move like a real dog. Flattening down.]

No. He didn't want to... he let me go. He saved me. So... I have to do the same for him.

[She reaches up, scratching the underside of his chin.]

Right. Neither of you replace the other. You're just different.

[He jerks to a stop for a second. WOW that felt... that felt something.]

We're not supposed to be different.

You're not?

[A truly honest question, there.]

[He actually has to think about that. It doesn't make sense, does it? One of them was the improved version of the other... so. Why would they be the same?]

[... that's really not something he wanted to think about.]

Maybe we are.

And maybe we always were.

[She watches his movements, listening to him as he mulls it over.]

Is that really such a bad thing?

I don't know.

[And he looks about as defeated as a giant robot dog/wolf can look.]

I don't know anything anymore.

O-Oh...

I'm sorry Mr. Kagerou.

I didn't mean-

I'm fine.

Let's just keep going.

O-Okay.

Let's see...if I were a giant robot bird...where would I be.

... Up high. Somewhere... high.

Alone. He had a habit of... doing that.

[A habit he'd apparently continued, if the others were to be believed.]

...Wait. If you're in Mr. Shadowmaru's body, and YOU did that stuff.

Would Mr. Shadowmaru be in a wolf spot?

... I was talking about him. He did that.

[well, they both sort of did it, but that's beside the point.]

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