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blue_rebirth

waking the dead ... [rp post]

Feb 23, 2007 00:08

Well, there it was. He'd been putting it off -- that thing was creepy! -- but now Phantom had already cornered him once.

Granted, Xiao had managed to convince the Shadowlord that he wasn't getting himself in any danger, and needed to see the world before he could govern it; but that wasn't going to work forever. He needed to straighten out ( Read more... )

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megadidit February 23 2007, 04:30:41 UTC

Luckly Rock was the one to answer, so the whole 'who are you' explanation could once again wait until another day. And with so few updates on how Xiao was doing, it wasn't too surprising what Rock's first question was, "Xiao! You're not hurt are you?"

blue_rebirth February 23 2007, 04:36:38 UTC

Xiao blinked, then shook his head with a bit of a smile.

"Not this time, luckily. But I wanted to see, if you were still interested in coming to see where I found Zero."

".. I think if I don't figure out what's going on soon, either I'll have to tell one of the Daevas -- which could be bad -- or the Council will find him, which is probably worse."

megadidit February 23 2007, 04:48:23 UTC

"Good. Oh, yeah, sure." Rock nodded, letting Rockman slip into control.

"You have a plan? Or...anything I need to know?" Rockman had armor if needed but he hoped he wouldn't, as getting shot at by weapons of the future couldn't be that fun.

blue_rebirth February 23 2007, 04:53:10 UTC

"Well, unless they know I've been there -- and they shouldn't, not yet -- I don't think we'll run into anything else other than the odd Pantheon patrol and maybe a few little drones. There weren't any guards actually on the ruin."

"I might be able to make the Pantheons leave again, but I wouldn't count on it ... oh! and they're basically drones themselves, really low-grade reploids. Not even real people."

Xiao shivered, and continued his explanation.

"Right now my plan is mostly to get back in there and find out if managed to dream the whole thing, or if someone who really should be dead did actually talk to me. And, maybe ... get another opinion on what I should do about him."

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megadidit February 23 2007, 10:13:41 UTC

"...No. Don't know if that's a good sign or bad..."

He shifted Zero's weight to get a better hold as more of him came loose, grimacing at the grinding sound.

"Right..."

blue_rebirth February 23 2007, 10:17:27 UTC

"Should we try to get him to talk, do you think?"

Two more cables came loose with a faint crack, leaving a multitude of smaller tubes and feeders that Xiao began to pull free carefully.

".. I wonder; should we teleport right into the Tower, or bring him somewhere else first? The security won't recognize you, but if we went somewhere else I could try to get to Phantom without risking Zero."

megadidit February 23 2007, 10:26:13 UTC

"We could try, if only to let him know we're moving him. Uh, Zero?" He had no idea how Zero talking worked but if he didn't answer to verbal then Rockman would try like he did with the people he was linked to.

"Somewhere else, it wouldn't help if we were found out there. They could take Zero..." And the government must have something against Zero if they'd leave him like this.

blue_rebirth February 23 2007, 10:30:31 UTC

No response from Zero, unfortunately.

Xiao tugged the last bit of tubing free as the greater chunk of Zero's left shoulder-guard crumbled and fell. Twitching, he reached out a hand to try and smooth down the puckered synthflesh showing where the cables had attached; the back of Zero's armour had been cut away.

"Reality Vanish? Or maybe just to the forest if it's only going to be a short while ..."

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