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“Oooh, that’s an edgy look. I’m pretty sure I’ve only seen it once before. But I’m gonna have to say that you’ve got better fashion sense than the last person I saw like that.”

He was, of course, referring to the wrappings around her eyes. He was sure she got it all the time, people referring to them. He wouldn’t be surprised if she was keeping a mental tally of those types of things in her mind. He was sure that he would. Axel supposed he was just lucky that nobody referred to his cloak every chance they got. Then again, he supposed it was somewhat fitting attire for an Assassin.

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So many people commenting on her choice of clothing, and so little time. Maybe YoRHa’s uniform was different, but no more different than a 7 foot tall shark man.

2B remained silent, simply looking the man over. Well, his hair certainly stood out. With something like that on his head, did he really have a right to comment on her outfit? It wasn’t like she picked it out of a wardrobe after all, it was just... all she ever had to wear. It was convenient, comfortable, and made for combat. So she let her Pod do the talking.

“Allow me to fill in for 2B’s silence. Her outfit is a uniform made and authorized by YoRHa, optimized for combat operations.”

#look like you brought the blindfold mention count to 2 #staggering truly #i honestly dont mind at all LMAO #aeternumignis #aeternumignis o1

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‘Wouldn’t I know it.’ His head tilted back and he stared blankly into the sky with something of a smile on his face. An all too common gesture where he came from. He couldn’t help it, having heard her thoughts aloud. It really was taking all he could manage to not break out into a fit of obscene, miserable laughter. Thankful that she was able to shift the topic in a direction that didn’t beget him spilling his guts to her in public, he nodded in affirmation of her assumptions. ‘Something like that. By the end of my career, though, I can’t say I really knew what I was fighting for. Lots to think about, you know?’ He quieted down for a moment while considering what else to say. The last thing he wanted to do was open up more than he needed to. Especially to this odd stranger who he could only assume was another Servant.

‘Oh, right,’ he said in a funny, timid tone, like he had initially forgotten about it. ‘You said, “as well,” right? Meaning, you must have had a rough time of it, too.’ His expression went from amused, to distantly concerned, and straight back to bitter amusement, all while keeping an eye on her. It was hard not to, with that outfit of hers. ‘I get how you feel. It’s not every day you realize your life’s been a sham. Which is why I’m so hesitant to jump straight into this. Don’t wanna make the same mistakes I did as a kid.’

It was strange, to already have something in common with a human, something that they actually might agree on. From all of her hypotheses and research, stories from 9S and archives she had read, humans seemed to be much more frivolous than they let on. After all, if they could fight themselves, why would they have made YoRHa in the first place? Fear? Perhaps they just weren’t strong enough. Maybe they just didn’t have enough time. Either way, they were here now, and it seemed that some of them lived the same soldier lifestyle that 2B did. But the fact that he didn’t know what she was... Were humans never aware of YoRHa?

“Of course. I was created to be a soldier.” She looked back at him with what would be confusion, if her eyes were visible. Instead, the only sign of change in expression was the slight wrinkling of her nose. “I am a Battle type. 2B. Could you not tell?”

She was beginning to think that this person was never from Earth to begin with. Just what kind of place did he live before coming to Utopia-- or perhaps he had always lived here? There was too much to process, even for 2B. Perhaps her Pod knew more, but the machine stayed silent for the time being, simply hovering beside 2B. In reply to the others words, she could only give a curt hum. A sham? He didn’t know what he was fighting for? It bordered both sad and pathetic. How could a soldier not know what they were fighting for?

“If you didn’t know what to fight for...” She paused, deciding if she should actually ask. It was almost too personal. It nagged at her. “What purpose did you find afterward?”

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“2B.” The normal silence between Pod and android was broken, and without looking back at the floating robot, 2B acknowledged him with a short hum. She was following whatever objective came to mind: and of course she wanted to find out more about the humans, about the GRAIL, about whoever put her back together and took out the logic virus... But when Pod 042 stopped following her, 2B halted her step as well. Turning slightly, she looked back at the small bot, waiting for it to speak again.

“I have confirmed presence of another YoRHa unit’s black box.” If she had a heart, it would have stopped beating, but her breath did catch. Pale blue eyes widened behind her visor, and immediately 2B stepped closer to her assigned pod.

“Can you confirm whose it is?”

“YoRHa Unit 9 Type S has--,”

“Mark it on the map.” She spoke with a sense of urgency, one she hadn’t felt since handing over her sword to A2. As soon as a marker was placed on the map displayed on her HUD, the android started to run. People around her gasped and stumbled away out of her path, completely surprised at her hurried pace that sent her nearly completely against the flow of traffic.It didn’t matter. More important things were at hand... But through the throngs of people, tall and short with red and brown and white and black hair, it was hard to pinpoint her companions location.

“9S? Where--!”

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They went and gathered everyone just for some rhetoric that could’ve been said anywhere? It was almost enough to make him laugh. Added to the fact that were so proudly declaring a war against the world, he doubled over manner that was just as comic as it was painful. He was getting ahead of himself, though. It wasn’t quite in his nature to poke fun at anyone for their goals; in fact he would have been going as low as people he had criticized in the past for being so shallow. Thinking more on it made him feel kinda sick for having such a reaction in the first place, and it was the person standing next to him that really sunk in the blow, just by looking at him as he pulled himself up from being bent over in stifled laughter. Wearing a funny, abashed expression on his face, he waved his hands in front of him as if to say, “Didn’t mean it!” Though he doubted it would have amounted to much in the eyes of a stranger. He was left only the option of explaining himself if he wanted to have any self-respect after making such a fuss.

‘Look,’ he started off, before pausing upon seeing her blindfold. Maybe not the best choice of words. ‘Uh, it’s just – the phrasing. Right, the words they chose were what got me laughing. That’s it. Though,’ he paused again, turning away slightly and looking around at everyone, Masters and Servants alike. ‘I can’t really say I would romanticize the whole, “fight the whole world” idea. It makes for a rude awakening once you figure out there’s more to it than just getting rid of the enemy at your doorstep. Maybe instead of being your enemy, he’s really your neighbor. Well, my point is, don’t let all this talk get to your head. I did once, and it was terrible once I woke up.’

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Apparently she had shown up at the right time. YoRHa was out of commission now that the Bunker was down, and somehow 2B found herself completely repaired and thrust into a different city in the midst of a different war. She was built to be a soldier... So she supposed that this was her new objective. Keeping humans safe on the Moon (laughable) was her objective as a Battle Unit on Earth, so protecting humans in Utopia would be her new mission. Her lips were parted, ready to ask her Pod the same, when a snickering came from beside her.

A human, she assumed, seemed to find the speech entertaining while others stared on in a mix of horror, determination or even boredom. His reaction was an anomaly. What was so laughable about war anyhow? 2B turned her head and watched the young man in silence until she was noticed. Still, she offered nothing in the way of conversation.

The stranger instead offered an explanation for his actions. They made a great amount of sense to her, but nothing about it seemed funny. Instead, it was almost sickening. Her thoughts immediately wandered to Pascal and his peaceful village, the enemies who... weren’t their enemies.

“Understandable.” 2B finally said, looking back up to where everyone else stared, the speech going on. “But there is nothing amusing about it. To ‘fight the whole world’ is simply a more gentle way of saying genocide.” Her lips twitched into a slightly deeper frown, is that what she was a part of? A genocide, a purging of machines? Yes. Why was she so ready to do it again?

“I assume you are a soldier as well. Or were.”

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Considering the cirumstances, it was only natural that most people would be staring at him. Most of the populace here weren’t even aware of the existence of Servants. He assumed the people overseeing this city would inform the ordinary citizens eventually, but for now they were mostly unaware of their existence. And then came a completely inhuman looking being waltzing through the streets as though it were the most normal thing. Of course they would stare.

Well, someone did not seem to be staring. In fact, it was Sidon who found himself staring at them. He couldn’t help but address them as a question suddenly plagued his every thought.

“Pardon my asking, but why is it that you have blindfolded yourself?“

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She was stopped by something large, red, and not human or machine. Or android. It was particularly confusing because 2B had barely interacted with anything beyond machines, moose and boars, nonetheless humans or... whatever this strange being was. 2B looked up at the creature, who seemed to be polite enough and spoke formally as well. Perhaps this was just some other species of human, like there were multiple kinds of birds. It wasn’t like YoRHa’s archive was complete.

She paused for a moment before answering his question.

“This is a standard YoRHa military visor. I can see through it and it provides me information on my visual surroundings.” Another pause. “Are you a different specie of human?”

#are you blind? no #are you a fish human? well #zoratastic #zoratastic o1

as a running joke, i will now keep track of how many times 2B is asked about her blindfold/eyesight on her sidebar

thank you

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“Have they been here all this time...?” 2B muttered the question to herself, but naturally her Pod would pick up the inquiry and take it seriously. Responding with a resounding ‘unknown’, the silence thereafter indicated it was definitely searching for an action to take-- one that wasn’t a command, but that 2B would likely feel compelled to follow anyway. She was no Scanner unit, but the curiosity of how so many humans got into Utopia, through the GRAIL’s means or otherwise, did baffle her.

There was nothing mentioned in it in her notes from the commander. Perhaps there was a higher security level than S for certain notes, even things the Commander didn’t know?

“Proposal: Ask nearby human life forms of their current living status.” Ugh, or course it would mean her interacting with someone. She was capable, but talking was always 9S’s strong-suit, not hers. Grasping the shoulder of the first person that came nearby, 2B spoke in a firm tone.

“You are human, correct? How long have you been in this city?”

#lhantsprotector #lhantsprotector o1 #forgive 2B she only knows how to cut things into pieces #well not really but shes not extremely suave

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The city was unlike anything 2B had seen before, but one that she heard of in archives about the old world. Cities packed with people, humans, milling back and forth between tasks. Work, shopping, going home, eating-- it was all foreign to a battle-focused android whose life consisted of: see a machine, cleave it in two. Naturally, being in crowd of people wasn’t her favorite thing, nor was it her Pod’s, constantly weaving between heads and shoulders to keep up with his assigned unit.

It was only a matter of time before someone whacked the hovering pod out of the air, a mistaken quick turn that had the white box staggered and, unfortunately, falling into someone else. Though it was small, the Pod still weighed a few pounds.

“Pod...” She sighed quietly in relief that he was caught by a stranger. No harm done. “Ah... You caught it.”

#i figured since your ocs likes tech... he would be interested in pos 042!!#pod** oops #reversetowerworks #reversetowerworks o1

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The small, prickly looking creature was almost tread beneath the android's foot, and if it wasn’t for her Pod, the poor thing might have been crushed entirely. 2B looked down at the small animal, lips tilted in a slight frown. It almost seemed to be nagging at her, both of its front legs tapping on her boot. Whatever it was, it certainly didn’t seem happy.

“Pod, what is this creature?” 2B asked, reaching down and picking the creature up in both of her gloved hands. It seemed to dislike that even more, wriggling and fighting against her hold, but she kept it there. Her hold was gently still.

“The creature is known as a ‘hedgehog’, a small mammal often kept as pets by humans. Perhaps it is a lost pet of a citizen.” 2B sighed at the Pod’s response, looking up and around. The surrounding crowd seemed indifferent to both her and the hedgehog.

“And how am I supposed to do that...”

“Proposal: Ask the surrounding citizens for more information.”

“What a pain...” She was starting to feel like an errand android again.

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