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[bw_waspy]

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[pogo_boy]

*Quint hugs Quick again, for a moment, and then nods at what Air said.*

I keep thinking of the choke chips used where I'm from. I wouldn't think anybody'd deserve one of those... but he comes really close. Especially if the things that set it off could be changed, so it'd hurt him if he tried to hurt any of the others.

When I'm thinking about it, I don't think I'd really do that to anyone. But when I think about what he's done, or when I'm upset... Maybe he's just lucky I don't know how.

*After a moment he adds, speaking more quietly* I don't think what I did to Kurama was sinking to his level, even though I... I made sure he went through what he did to Nana. Because he deserved it for what he did to her and her sisters. And she didn't. None of them did.

I don't know. I try not to think about it too much. *Quint lapses into silence after that*

[rmmayhem]

*Quick isn't exactly comfortable with the topic of conversation.* If I got the chance, I think I'd just destroy Wind outright. No point in taking the chance that he might get out of whatever is done to him. He might even have the chips he uses made so that they don't work on him. Better to not think about it though, Quint. What's done is done.

*At this point, Air is being quiet, thinking back to what happened when he was chipped. He shivers a bit at the thought.*

[pogo_boy]

*Quint just nods, and tries to think of something less disturbing to talk about*

[http://users.livejournal.com/ballade_/]

*Ballade looks up from his book* Hey, Quint? Will Cole try to make them all pancakes too? That'd be wierd.

*he grins at Quick from where he's sitting* She made little smiley faces on them with the syrup.

Or are they gonna stay somewhere else? It wouldn't be good to go back to where they were attacked at, would it?

*Ballade seems to be on one of his more stable moods at the moment*

[rmmayhem]

*Air tries to push the thoughts that he had out of his mind. It's over now. Nothing to worry about now. The chip is gone.*

*Quick smiles a bit.* A friend of yours, Quint?

*Quick sounds a little worried.* As for where we're staying, I'm not sure. The only definite backup hiding places I had found were in our universe, and Air wouldn't be safe in any of them... Get rid of the armor and hide the markings and me and Crash wouldn't be recognized. Never did anything for Wily out of armor that we were caught for. Air doesn't have that luxury. And now there is two more of us to worry about. *He frowns.*

[pogo_boy]

*Quint almost looks embarrased for a moment* Sort of. We're friends, but...

She's kind of my foster-mom, because when I turned up in the Nexus I was found by some sort of multiversal branch of Child Welfare, and they kinda wanted to be sure I was staying with someone.

She understands I'm not really a kid, though, so she doesn't mind if I'm not home all the time.

I know a lot of other places to stay, too, because I was sort of moved around a lot at first and there was also a time for a while when I wouldn't stay anywhere because I still had a tracking device in me and didn't want to risk it.

*He smiles reassuringly at Quick* We'll find a place. It'd be kind of crowded at Cole's, but there's also over at Triv's. I work there, cleaning and trying to do something about the gardens, and she said it was ok if people stayed over.

And then there's the Inn that Brax's parents have. And a lot of various places in the Nexus. And one wierd other little pocket-dimension I found once that has a town in it. I think the people there are the same as Ice's foster-mom, but I don't know for sure if that's where he lives now.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ballade_/]

*Ballade stifles snickers at Quint's 'foster care' situation* People keep thinking Quint's a cute little kid.

Even those CPS people do, and they know about us and have all kinds of news clippings and stuff.

I think they're nuts.

[rmmayhem]

*Quick snickers.* Those people have to be at least a little crazy. I can't think of a single one of us from my universe who hadn't killed humans at some point. It's probably not much different in yours. We were made to kill. It doesn't really matter that you do look young... Well, at least they don't want you scrapped.

*Quick pauses and nods.* Good to know we have options. The people in these places won't object to a bunch of Wilybots being around?

*Air watches the progress of the repairs quietly. He's gotten his mind off of the more distressing thoughts by focusing on trying to figure out what to do to help with getting Flash up to date on the current situation.*

[pogo_boy]

*Quint shakes his head slightly* No, that's the same. *He really doesn't want to think about some of the things he's had to do*

*He smiles a bit* None of the people in the Nexus or any of the other places seem to mind, unless they're from an alternate universe that's close enough to ours to where they know what we are already.

Otherwise, most of them... *he shrugs slightly* Even when they find out, like when I told Cole - she just blamed Dr. Wily for it, not me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ballade_/]

*Ballade doesn't even look up from his book as he nods* Uh huh. Supposed to if they get in your way, or get too close to the Castle. Or sometimes just because.

*he frowns slightly* They mess up the explosions though, because they're all squishy.

[rmmayhem]

*Quick nods.* I could almost see the point in blaming Wily. It's not like we wanted to kill those people. We were ordered to. What choice was there? Do it and survive, or refuse and be treated like Flash was supposed to have been. A traitor. Not that Flash did actually anything of the sort...

*Air shivers a little as he starts paying attention to the conversation again. He looks back at the progress. Almost done.*

*Crash sounds slightly disgusted.* No point in killing most of the poor fools. All they did was get in Wily's way. *He pauses, a bit thoughtful.* And I noticed that about the Nexus too... The only people that really seemed to care that I'm a Wilybot were from similar universes. Like when I ran into what I think was your universe's version of Roll. At least, that was the impression I got from Blues at the time. I wasn't even in armor at the time. Just told her my name is Crash and she panicked. *Crash snickers.*

[pogo_boy]

Uh huh. Except we couldn't even refuse, really. if you try to disobey, the choke chip kicks in and it hurts a lot. And if you still manage, then you'll lock up. And if he catches anyone like that...

*Quint shivers* Well, I don't think he has yet, because none of us that I know have gotten that far, except for Ice and Ballade, and they were both in the Nexus when it happened, so he didn't catch them.

But they'd be scrapped or core-wiped and completely reprogrammed.

*Quint nods slightly* Nobody in the Nexus seems to mind much. If they're from a similar universe, they do. And there seem to, um... well, there's a couple universes or something where we're *he debates how to put this, and just flat out says it* We're a video game. I find the idea kind of sick, really. It wasn't that entertaining from my perspective. But I've got fanboyed once, and I also had someone throw things at me and say I 'wasn't canon'.

But other than that, nobody will really mind at all. Nobody at any of the places I've stayed has.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ballade_/]

It's funny watching Quint trying to explain that he's older than me. *Ballade snickers*

Nobody minds at all. And some of them are really nice, too. It's wierd.

[green_tabby]

*Tango nuzzles Crash's face and purrs reassuringly. It's over now. No more nasty orders from Wily.*

[rmmayhem]

*Quick sighs.* The others couldn't refuse. We could have once we no longer had to listen to Wily. But really, would getting destroyed have helped anyone? Someone else would have killed the humans anyways. *sounding disgusted* A video game?

*Air sounds a bit unhappy.* I'm with you on that Quint. Not entertaining at all from one of our kind's perspective. Don't know how much fun it would have been from the blue pest's point of view either.

*Crash smiles a bit when Tango nuzzles him.* Good to know that we'll be able to find a place to stay where we won't be attacked as "evil Wilybots".

[pogo_boy]

*Quint nods, frowning* Uh huh. A series of stupid side-scrolling games with almost no characterization, 1980's low-res graphics, and named after Mega.

I have copies of the games. I heard about them in the Nexus, and I was worried that the one Ballade was in might show what he did, and get him into trouble.

And it does. It shows him helping Mega escape...

So far I don't think anyone else from the same universe as us has found out about those games yet. If Wily does, Ballade will be in a lot of trouble.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ballade_/]

*Ballade's lost interest in his book, looking out the entrance to the cave.* Hey, clouds!

*Seemingly oblivious to being talked about he wanders outside into the rose garden, and flops on his back in the grass to watch the clouds.*

[rmmayhem]

*Quick winces at that.* I don't know exactly how your universe's Wily would react to that sort of thing but the one from our universe... Well, you can probably guess what would happen. I really hope Ballade doesn't get caught for that.

*Air looks at the screen again.* Quick, I hope you have some idea how to explain things to Flash, since he is about finished...

[pogo_boy]

*Quint glances over at the computer screen. He'd been distracted by the conversation and hadn't been watching the progress. He smiles, relieved that it seems that Flash will be ok.*

[rmmayhem]

*Quick looks up, a bit surprised at that.* He is? Great. I think I have a few ideas, just not sure whether it would be better to tell him how long he's been down and what's happened since or that none of us can go back ever again.

*Crash looks a little worried.* Hate to say it Quick, but both of those sound like very unpleasant things to wake up to.

*Air is sounding a little annoyed.* Alright, you just work that out fast, alright? *He watches as the CR completes and the grate begins to raise.* Make that very fast guys...

*Quick just moves over to wait and see what Flash does when he is reactivated.*

((Sorry for the shortish post. I had a final, and it's moving day for me. Well, more like leaving for Winter break til next semester. Probably won't be getting back to this til sometime tonight. :( Sorry about that.))

[pogo_boy]

It might be better to start with telling him he's not going to.. to be hurt. That it's safe here. And then get to the other stuff.

Usually one of the first things we ask is how long it's been, but that's probably cause of the Gallery.

*He looks over as the CR repair cycle completes, curious, but a bit shy and wary as well.*

((It's ok. TimeHasNoMeaningYay. Well, at least in RP it doesn't. ;) ))

[bw_waspy]

Waspinator thinks waking up to bad news is better than not waking up at all.

*Waspy watches, curious, but stays out of the way of the xenos*

[rmmayhem]

*Quick nods.* I'd forgotten about that. It might be best to start there. Especially with what was going to happen...

*Air stays put, not sure exactly how to deal with this. Quick and Crash can handle it probably.*

*Crash shrugs.* A lot of things worse to wake up to. And you're definitely right about bad news being better than not waking up at all.

*As the grate finishes rising, Flash's systems are slowly reactivating and running through the standard checks. Only two things showing up as not normal. Status of weapons system: Offline. Status of teleportion system: Offline. Flash starts to slowly process what's happened. He shivers, not bothering to look around. Only thing that he can figure is that Wily must have got to him before the others finished and reactivated him.*

*Quick is actually sounding a bit nervous.* Flash, you're safe now. You don't have to worry anymore. You aren't going to be recycled.

((Took longer to get home than I expected due to a snowstorm.))

[pogo_boy]

*Quint remembers he'd reacted almost the same - don't look, don't move, and try to brace himself for the pain. That the first voice he'd heard was Dr. Wily's really hadn't helped.*

*And if he'd heard one of the others, would he have thought it was a trick? Possibly, depending on who.*

*It's one of those situations where an unfamiliar voice actually might help at first, and yet Quint is hesitant to intrude.*

*After a moment he steps forward and speaks, quietly and shyly, but not frightened* It's ok, oniisan. You're not where you probably think you are. It's safe here.

[rmmayhem]

*Flash looks up, a bit startled at the unfamiliar voice. He had been a bit wary at how nervous Quick sounded. On actually looking around the place, he realizes that this is definitely not where he thought he was. He's still confused, and a bit uneasy. Beyond the weapons and teleporter being deactivated, something doesn't seem right in his systems.* What's going on?

*Quick speaks quietly.* We reactivated you. It's safe here, Flash. Trust me. No one here is going to hurt you. Wily isn't here.

*Flash starts slowly getting to his feet.*