ϟ 4th Plan -> [audio]

[notpredictable]

[It has been precisely eight days since he has seen or heard from the blond princess, longer from the pleasant woman he spoke with at the party.]

Odette.

Bryn.

I require your exact location and current status, both of you. Immediately.

[He seems to think better of his demands, and adds a caustic - ]

Please.

[Onto the end of the transmission.]

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[brynkitten]

[Bryn's never had anyone seek her out. It's with some wariness that she replies.]

I'm...I'm in the orchard. The one behind the main building? Is something wrong?

[brynkitten]

[Bryn watches with avid interest. This is pretty cool, well, it will be if it works the way he says it will.]

Yes I...remember. I don't completely understand but I think I get what you mean by bending light...

What sorts of disguises can you adopt?

[There's even a smile on her face now. Megamind, you're impressing the girl and all by being yourself. GASP.]

[notpredictable]

Well. [He puffs a little, looking down at his device with pride.]

Anything. I can be anyone. I'll look like them, feel like them - talk like them, if I can get a recording. [Smirking, he makes a few adjustments, and as she's talking, sets it to record a few words.]

I'll spare you the physics details and simply show you instead. Stand back, and don't move.

[He steps back away from her, tapping it.]

May I?

[Lucky you. Normally, people don't get asked permission. Then they get dehydrated.]

[brynkitten]

Me? You're going to copy me?

[Bryn looks at him wide eyed, and she wrings her hands briefly in front of her, a bit nervously.]

It won't hurt, will it?

[notpredictable]

Yes, you. [Considering there's no one else around...]

No. You'll see a flash of blue light, and that's it.

[No dehydration. C'mon, trust him! Does he look like he'd hurt you?]

[brynkitten]

Oh, well, if it doesn't hurt...

[She gives him a small nod with a tentative smile.]

Go ahead then.

[notpredictable]

[He gives a decisive little nod, then deftly flicks the settings on his watch. Sure enough, it's a blue flash as the watch scans her and adjusts itself.

A few moments later, Bryn is standing in front of a copy of herself that happens to be wearing a black watch.]

Not bad, right?

[And speaking in her voice.]

[brynkitten]

[Whoa.

Bryn looks at herself, from head to toe, and for a long time doesn't say anything. She moves her hands and it's strange to see them not move the same way, like in a mirror. And then Megamind speaks and it sounds like her but...off. Because it's not her voice in her own head it's...her voice and listening through another pair of ears.

She starts to circle around, staring hard, clearly fascinated.]

It...you look just like me...

[Though her own mind tacks on after that, "Who would want to?"

Still, this is...amazing.]

What would you do, looking like someone else?

lol her face

[notpredictable]

[He rests his hands on his hips, raising a brow as he's circled.]

I rather feel like an animal in a zoo when you do that, you know. [His expression - or hers, rather - is fairly amused, despite his words.]

...

Well. Looking like you, or, well...anyone human...I suppose I could do pretty much...anything.

[Walk into a sandwich shop. Get ice cream. Go to the park. Date Roxanne.]

She's literally like :U

[brynkitten]

[She grins, despite herself. This is so surreal.]

Better than like you're being stalked by an animal in a zoo...

[Which is a little bit more like what she's kinda doing, really. It's one of those rare moments in which her other instincts influence her normal ones.]

But...now that you can look like me, you won't go around pretending to be me, right?

[notpredictable]

[He gives her a curious look.]

I suppose that would also be an accurate description. You're acting a bit like you're circling prey.

[Catlike in nature.]

Can you think of a reason I would need to?

[Not a direct answer, but not a confirmation he's going to go prancing about as Bryn either.]

[brynkitten]

[Bryn stops abruptly and flushes, looking away. Whoops.]

It's just...amazing. [She wants to touch but wouldn't without asking first and there's no way she'd ask.]

I...can't think of why you would need to or want to but I admit that the prospect is a little worrying just...on principle.

[notpredictable]

Honestly, Miss Bryn - if you want to see amazing, you should see my lair. Inventions of magnitude you've never even dreamed of, things beyond the scope of human imagination...

[He shrugs. Again, no one appreciates it.]

Well, that's understandable. You have little to fear, however. [No one here takes him seriously anyway. That's why he has two people he associates with.]

[brynkitten]

[Except that sounds amazing so while others may not appreciate it, Bryn is already imagining all sorts of wondrous things that are probably even better than she can conceptualize.]

If I ever get the opportunity I'd love to see your lair. I bet it's quite impressive, if it's anything like what you've shown me now...

[She gives him a brief smile of relief.]

I'm glad you won't be wandering around looking like me. It might get quite confusing if we all started looking like each other...

[notpredictable]

Far, far more impressive than this little trinket. [He holds his hand out. Go on, take it - he knows you want to touch.]

Well, considering it would be just you and me...[He chuckles.] No more than twins, I'd say.

[brynkitten]

[He's offering to let her touch! Bryn blushes again but she just can't pass up the opportunity. Bryn reaches out tentatively and...touches her own hand. Megamind's hand as hers. Takes it in her own and even gives it a squeeze because this is just unreal.

Yep, she's just staring at it, then back up to him, and then down at their hands. Bryn can even spot the same freckle on the back of her hand on his. She holds it up for comparison.]

It...it looks and feels just like mine.