Tw: there might be spelling errors i didn't notice!!! I hope there's less of that this time :']
"I don't always see him everyday, but sometimes, that little bot of curiosity gets to me, driving me to his garden. Who am i to reject an inner invite?" These thoughts tend to get to him, even tho he is hesitant that his feelings are actually love, considering what he is
Lawries POV
Knowing that, Lawrie always catches themselves looking at that small view of the garden that hides behind other attractions, this view brings him peace and restlessness at times, but he has to reject a little longer, the park is swarming with customers after all, he is required to Stand there even if his mind Wanders constantly.
Larry gives out tickets, he gives out maps to some customers...if he wants to, Of course
"Thank you for visiting The Starr Park! Enjoy your stay!" His brother expressed gleefully, giving out many tickets muh as possible, 290 customers left, how great, but who cares, just go in and take ur map.
The line went pretty smoothly, minus the few grumpy and smart mouths, it wasn't hard to say he was losing his Patience for the first time in customer service like this......ok its not exactly the first time, probably and definitely.
"Just get in!" Lawrie shoves a map in the last few customers face and sighs heavily.
"tch, talk about the million dollar park with shitty sevice!" A man in mid ages scoffs under his breath as he walks in with his friend.
Who does he think HE is??? I'LL SHOW Y-
"Okay okay, ease yourself now, brother! Look on the good and amazing side! We conquered around 400 customers in one sitting!" Larry poked him with his elbow, stiffing up, Lawries arm shoves larry back and so does Larry, they push and shove each other until Lawrie snorts and shoves Larry's head away, crossing his arms
"Oh buzz off!"
"Ha! Gotcha! There's my brother!"
Lawrie scoffs "Fuck off!"
Larry rolls his eyes and raises an eyebrow "Language is appreciated, do you ever learn that rule?" The younger brother stands up and puts his hand on his hips, looking at the older one curiously, The older one scoffs.
"Its from Vol 2: Rule 20,310 right?"
"You've been studying!"
"Nope, data shortcuts"
"I- C'mon Lawrie i swear its6common interesting and necessary!"
"Sureeeeee!"
Larry's stance turns into a cross arm, just so then, Lawrie snorts and looks away but immediately pausing as his fixation locks into that garden again.
Noticing this, Larry clears his throat "Sooo....you wanna-" Lawrie immediately looks at Larry again, his tone failed to hide his embarrassed defensiveness "None of your Bussiness!- hey! Dont laugh at me!" His tone gets louder and he points a loud finger at Larry, making him raise his both hands in surrender, and laughter of victory.
"Okay okay! I surrender!"
"Your so childish if you THINK I'm that stupidly fixated!"
"you were fixated?"
"i- SHUT UP, SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!!"
As they start to bicker, the Garden's doors slowly open...and inside, there's always a new point of view
Marpho's POV
It feels good to go out again when the sun is out, i always like it.
Today didn't start yet but im hopeful of it, the garden looked more vibrant then usual, i have no internal issues either, maybe I could go out of a coffee when i have time, I'm not entirely sure of my plans, Rosa said i should update it enough to help me breath more, there's that.
I rub the bottom of my mug as i look outside, we made lemonade, i personally didn't like it so i just added some sugar, its not much, really, but its enough to keep my taste buds satisfied-
"Marpho! Helloo!!!!"
???
Oh, someone's calling, i turn around but see no one but look forward to see thouse 2 twins, one is fastly waving his hand and the other is too, but his hand was lower, his stance was too tidy.
I stare at them. Then wave back long after, one of them calls out again.
"What??" ..what did he say?? Good morning? How are you???
To my surprise, he sais it again, but louder.
"HOW ARE YOU!!!!!" he jumped as he said it, the other one seemed embarrassed and started scolding the other one, i couldn't hear it clearly but ut was sure scolding.
"I'm Okay!" I hesitantly say back and take a slow, small sips of my sugary lemonade, my eyes wanders around as i sip even slower, it was crowded today again, that didn't surprise me, but it's sure many people regardless.
But this time, when i look back at thouse two, i see one of them approaching me, its Lawrie, he seemed calm, despite this, i jump slightly and almost drop my mug, my antennas rise up as i manage to win the battle against my buttery fingers and look up again, he is right front of me this time...we both stayed silent, i was too distracted by a detail on his face, i dont know, maybe it can be me zoning out, but something about his face makes my eyes stay locked, specifically on his nose,for some reason
"Hey"
The voice sound...calm but spiced with awkwardness, my eyes look up at him slowly and i give him a equally awkward answer
" 'Sup?"
"All is well."
"That's, that's pretty amazing"
Another pause is made between us. But honestly, this is...secretly my favorite thing about him, the excuse of awkwardness gives me more time to look at his...face. there's just so much to look at on his face, i dont find that weird, honestly, I'm just looking after all.
"So, would you mind if i come in? For a quick inspection?" His hand slides up to take out his badge and turn it, its basically like an ID i guess.
"Sure, we just opened tho" i warn him, just in case, but i see no light up or realization in his eyes "Don't worry, i won't interrupt the flow, will just look around." He calms my worries, putting his badge back into place, but it looked..
Off-center.
This bugs me so much that i forget to ask and lean my hand forward and adjust his badge and relax my hand back to my mug "Alright then, dont judge me if its horrific" cracking jokes won't hurt i hope, after all, i guess were sorta friend's.
Turning around, we walk in slowly, his eyes wanders and takes mental notes around the place, his arms are crossed but i see him sometimes caress his badge.
I stop near a table and settle my mug gently, picking up a pot with dirt in it and searching for seeds, to clear my small task, i turn my head to him "I need to do something small, you wouldn't mind that right?" His head slowly turned to me and stopped walking, eyes looking away a bit before focusing back on mine again "Would i?" His expression was neutural, so i guess it was somewhat sarcastic,
Snorting under my breath, i 'catch' the noise by covering my mouth with my glove who i forgot was covered in dirt from me digging a small hole while listing to him, that hole was for the seed i couldn't find yet, i murmur something before spitting a little and look for a napkin, but at last, i remembered that it was probably not here
"Excuse me for a sec-" i let out a surprised noise as i felt...his hand on my chin, tilting my head to his direction, he was...close. "Hold still, i got this"
Reaching to his belt, he takes out a...map that he rips a little with his teeth and puts the rest back to his belt all the while he looks back at me and then my eyes started to...wonder again. I don't know what he did but i felt his thumb rubbing my mouth and then him trying to wipe a little dirt off with the ripped map in his hand.
His expression turned thoughtful...looking around quickly, his hand on my chin slowly trails to hold my arm, walking me somewhere among the many plants in the garden, yet my eyes were still glued to him strictly, i dont know why but my eyes just couldn't get enough of his face.
My trance breaks when he holds my face again, i felt my hand going up to hold his wrist unconsciously, i see him holding a napkin, his yellow eyes locks back onto mine, i couldn't tell what his expression was, but he spoke to me
"This should take the dirt off, close your mouth" shortly after, his hand closes my mouth for me, i felt my eye contact falter as he wiles my mouth with the tissue, fixating the way his hands move
"There, its all clean"
"H-huh, wha?"
I shake my head and blink a few times, my eyes find his face fastly again, tho, i see him..smile at me slightly and even chuckle "Are you listening to me, Marpho?" His tough persona dissolved slowly, giving me the personality he always puts on near me, cheeky, silent and more friendly, which is more bearable to deal with then the times we were in public, i wish be was open like this more "I got... distracted, my mistake." He smiles at me again
I felt comfortable at the lack of tenseness in his tone, my thumb caresses his wrist, drawing small circles and crack a quick smile at him, which he takes for encouragement to caress my chin, his other hand puts the tissue on his belt, using his now free hand to fix my hair and lean to put a gentle kiss around my forehead
I felt my eyes... growing heavy, closing, he lands another kiss on my forehead...and another...and another...admit some point, i squeeze his wrist gently in response and just feel what i lacked this morning, it was Lawrie
Maybe i should add this to my schedule soon. I think to myself as my eyes open to lock into his, i loved ut when his yellow eyes were so close to me,
It gave me a view more then any galaxy, star or even a beautiful plant can afford: Affection
Idk how to tag the Trigger warnings but uhh yuh!!! Tell me if i missed something cuz its 2 am as im making this and i cant process, sorry if i spelled anything wrong..........
Tw: Abuse, Child labour, mentions of dark magic, mild gore explanations
Might be a stretch but there's a lot of similarities!
"In the tale of Rapunzel, she was taken from her family by a witch to a tower long inside the forest, away from everyone, her whole life, she only knew her mother and spent her days alone at the tower, unless her mother came."
Now...The reason Marissa doesn't quite match with the vibe of juju's shop, is intentional(it wasnt but now it is..shhh), Marissa isn't really alive, nor she is dead, she was given to Juju after juju made deals with a certain spirit/demon(didn't determine which is it yet-) as a sacrifice, Juju will get powers in exchange if she took care of It, who is Marissa.
If you guys missed, Marissa is basically a Wendigo like creature but her form is protected and kept by this...doll form, i actually wanted to make her a porcelain doll but it... doesn't add up- ANYWAYS.
Through the years, she was basically...well nothing, she just served and cleaned for Juju, she never truly had an age nor any sort of personality, just blind excitement. Juju never minded having a bond with her, it started giving her a lot of opportunities.
Marissa is like a child you will let loose to a daycare, she wouldn't know she is doing anything wrong unless you confront her, so...when she newly had a job at the cafe, things were rough, since she didn't know a lot of things from rules to labels to basically any human concept.
So she ended up getting in trouble with Larry and Lawrie after beating up a customer for messing up the cake she delivered to their table.
Confrontation comes with discipline, which she got a LOT from the twins, she was charged, but never really banned from the park, unless she did it more.
With a ticket in her hand and a lot in her mind, she went home. Around like 1 am and talk to her mother Juju;
"In the tale of Rapunzel, after Rapunzel fell for the prince, her Mother confronts her to come back to her old life in the tower."
JuJu panicked at the thought of her "Daughter"- or rather maid at that point of the story interacting the law enforcement of the park and ACTUALLY taking them seriously other then following her orders broke the pride of her having control of Marissa's life.
Marissa was basically nothing to Juju, A shell, a maid, a burden and someone who does the dirty work by stalking and gathering information from brawlers forcefully, a shell of nothing, nobody, until
She started to...gain a personality, she was extremely shy and she didn't know how to start conversations. Ever, the only person she knew was the twins, but she barely saw them after the confrontation...so she slowly turned to her co-workers for answers, they normally don't interact with her from how weird she was but now seeing her..change, they give her a chance.
Her co-workers advised books, observation even had conversations about her troubled vision's, she..started feeling something. She started to feel, despite being an empty shell.
Her mother noticed, tho, so it didn't take long;
"In the (original) tale of rapunzel, Her mother cut her long hair to fool the prince, only to drop him down the spiky flower bushes that lied around the tower, blinding him"
Juju was bittersweet about her puppet actually having sentience, whih one day, spiked a extremely heated fight, which ended with Marissa losing her eye completely, she stayed in the oddities shop until she was The no one Juju always raised around her, finnaly letting her out like nothing ever happened.
She still had a relationship with her co-workers, since they considered her a friend after her efforts, it made her feel better at least a little, but her social skills were 0 again for a long time
Until THEY showed up at the cafe again. It felt really weird and awkward, they somewhat remembered her but not a lot, all they knew was that she was charged only 1 time by them.
The service was a success For L&L and R-t! So unexpectedly for Marissa, she started seeing them at least once a week, they clearly loved the service and the foods and how nice the waiters were, the cafe became the Hub's favorite place to crash at at their lunch breaks or any breaks in general.
Larry's attention slowly started to target Marissa, He never quite saw trouble makers try to redeem themselves this hard, so he tried to be her friend, it took time, cause of their work schedules and Marissa's poor social skills;
"After getting her hair cut and being banished from the tower, rapunzel waited for her prince to find her again."
And then..she decided to talk to her mother Juju again, it sure wasnt a bright idea, but she tried to make her mother a load of gift's like table of food, gifts, etc just so at least she'll listen by any sort of chance,
it surprisingly worked
The talk was extremely awkward, she didn't jave a plan, she just wanted to talk and wash her mother with gifts just so she'll stay a little more longer, the amount of thought she gave to everything touched Juju's heart, which resulted with guilt that started eating her up slowly, Marissa didn't stop with gifts only for that talk;
She gave her mother gifts almost everyday, apologizing severely when she cant some days.
Overwhelmed by everything, Juju took her daughter to a corner to speak, it was sure awkward but juju really wanted to redeem herself even if she cant believe she is doing this to a Shell of nothing that she had to consider a daughter for decades, yt it felt like she finnaly grew a heart under that shell, a beating heart that cries and laughs, her heart, Marissa's heart
"And eventually, Her blind prince found her after searching restlessly for years, recognizing Rapunzel's touch and the warmth feeling of her now destroyed beautiful hair."
The lift off the tension in her home life felt...great for her, she was still an awkward person but at least she was extroverted, she felt like she...had a voice, a personality, a heart, even friends that talked to her.
Her effort even made her the employee of the week sometimes! She felt complete in her current life until... Larry wanted to be close too
It took him a while to get the courage to talk with her, but instantly, he knew she had a lot in common with him, so he went for it!...it was a hard process to befriend her since he is literally the law enforcement(and her mother's panick from the said law) which made her nervous and dismissive,
But of course Delightful rules wouldn't be a thing, isnt it? The new reasons she is really oblivious is:
She genuinely has no idea of the concept of love is, she can observe and study, but she cant understand her herself, she will basically say she loves everyone and nothing else, so how do u expect her to know about these kinda things
I scrapped the ideas of her having a love life before Larry cause it didn't add up
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So uhh yeah!!! Feel free to tell me what you liked about her lore!!!! I spent a lotta time writing this...pls tell me opinions, I'm hungry for them💞
"After a long battle with his brother's, Lancer found himself in V1ruX' Lair, who wanted to repair him"
Featuring: Hinted relationship, Hurt-Comfort, Dark topics, dissociation
V1ruX character belongs to @cr3atorade
Lancer POV only
It all still hurted. Yet, i couldn't hold myself to go and ask them for help it felt wrong to me that i was the most one in need of repairs, since I'm the hypercharge
"Are you coming? Do you need me to carry you?" Lawrie called out to me, turning and uncrossing his arms, pointing a finger at me, making me flinch up and fix my posture, i was fairly damaged like always, Torn hand, traces of fire, twitching from system overload caused by the hypercharge who turns me "Feral" to say the least, i always wondered why we needed a hyper when we can just buff each other or something like that.
It felt like brute force and i didn't really see how that's gonna make someone obey our rules- Right! The injuries, there's too much to count okay? Okay. Thank you,
I shaked my hand dismissively "I'll be fine, I'll go get repaired." Before i could even start walking- or limping away(in this case) Lawrie holds my arm and frowns, When i was looking at him in surprise, Larry steps up as well, suspicious.
"I don't think you can go anywhere far with this much damage- none of us can. What's the hold up?" He pauses "they have a lot of supplies in the maintenance office. You know? R-t doesn't repair you, you don't have to be ashamed" i knew that, but at the same time why bother? It was almost midnight at this rate, i shaked my head at that thought
"You guys can..go without me, i can-"
Lawrie crushes my arm with pressure with a deep frown
"Larry and I will get you to maintenance." I couldn't say further to it, it wasn't a suggestion.
(...)
The walk wasn't something i want to touch upon, Larry was holding me upright and asking me a question about how i felt today, my eyes dart away as i hold onto my brother tighter, unintentionally scratching his arm with my damaged hands, i immediately loosen my grip and hurry a answer from my data, apologizing "The usual again." My voice sounded glitchy and low "I'm not meant for these gems anymore." To make it less tense, i chuckled nervously, and Larry joined me which i didn't expect and it actually...made me feel better.
I almost collapse when our walk comes to an end, Larry acted fast as always to stabilize me by tugging my barely functioning arm around his shoulder and his other arm wrapped around me, i shake my head gently and lift myself up "Were here" the sound of the keys Lawrie took out jingle and make a soft click makes me anxious, it's not like the employees are... shell's of people, but i mean, be front of a small 2 floor building near midnight with a bad vision and you'll understand.
I manage to free myself from Larry's grasp gently and throw my hands to the sky to stretch as i take my wonky steps to Lawrie who alvery opened the door wide open "Come one Mrs Mr Cop, we aint got a healer for all that damage" a chain of chuckles spreads quickly as i walk in "See you soon." I pat Lawries shoulder one last time, he tilted his head with confidence and back at me and hits my shoulder playfully "Hey!!" I flinch away with a laugh "Get better, old Bot" and with that, he slowly closes the door.
(Section 2: But that's a Lie)
It was bound to happen, a click of the door ripped into my chest just to take every existing artificial emotion away, emotions i cant rationalize that exists despite what i am but regardless it makes my bead look down and stabilize my movement, i could hear my inner machinery better
Whirrs of the fans that very slowly act as my lungs who breath cold air into my systems, a Cold air that can be described as anything, but it felt like a open window in an empty room at night.
The environment that covers me, i stand front of a Red employees only door with walls that's blue as the blurry visions you see in the thunderous sky, its baby blue color looks more like a storm under all the darkness, sliced in two with a stricking Red under the blue, the colors reminded me of peppermint.
The tiles i stand upon were Separate White square tiles, my eyes kept looking at the lines that separates these tiles, i couldn't help but feel like there was the presence of a hospital more then a maintenance room that dominated the smell of oil, maybe sweat and the sounds of a coffee machine in its last breaths
i slowly lifted my head up to the red door i came from, taking in the details before i felt something that didn't belong, but i knew why it didn't.
The smell of the Coffee and Oil got slowly replaced by a cold air, it's presence smelled like...Rust. It must've noticed that i know its there, so it took its chances slowly, even tho I didn't turn around yet, i knew it was above me, i knew how it felt, Hesitant and anxious for seeing me after a while.
"Are you gonna stare" i started "Or say hi to me?" A smile tugged on my mouth as i turn my head a little to look over my shoulder, it backed away to the ceiling once more, i could swear i heard a small growl like sound too, it sounded rather Embarrassed, i did started recognizing its emotion's the more i spend time with it, and i know It doesn't growl that high pitched when its mad.
"Rude, but impressive, i I thought you'd be home" I pushed further, it was clear That It was here for something, i turn around fully and look up and tilt my head to the right in amusement (but i didn't smile not to embarrass it further) it was hiding again like it was our first time meeting "You know me, We don't have to...put up a fake act, you know?" My suggestion made it roll its eyes and Before i knew it, It climbed down to look down on me with its striking Green eyes.
"I'm no foOOOL y-Yo-You know" he gritted out of his teeth, pausing to adjust its voice by a knock on the head, i look away to laugh and unintentionally catch his attention which his Green turns even more yellow "H-Hey! shU-##&&$ SHUT IT! Y-you know I'm here for bussiness. Not clownery" his scolding was oddly..not genuine but i didn't push further "I'm just glad you even showed up thats all." I replied back and turn my attention to the metal table in the room and limp my way to it, hopping on it- i glitched heavily, twitching my head, shoulders and left arm for a second and pausing after its done, before i could process i see his giant self hurry to me and hold my left arm and start to literally scan his eyes all around me to see whats wrong.
He pulls, turns, touches and pokes everything he considers injured, muttering it under his breath to list them, while i just look up at him- not for long tho, i can't keep eye contact, especially with him...ever cause One; he makes a huge deal out of it and Two; i am NOT doing intense eye contact unless there's a reason,
Once he finishes, he sighed out a frustration and i feel his eyes on me again "Nothing I can't fix. It'll take at least...3 hours or more" he shrugged as he lets go of my arm which i didn't realize he was holding and approaches the toolbox and searches for required items, while he does, i lay down on the metal table and stare at anything but him.
(Section 3: Drained)
I could feel the sparks and pokes on my left arm and his huge silhouette as he repairs the tangled, damaged machinery.
We dont talk much, all i got from him was occasional glances and questions
"3 hours is a long time" he started his statement "You can doze off or go in sleep mode as i get it done if you'd like." It wasnt a bad suggestion, at all, after considering it i nod and he lets out a small victorious word before everything dozes off,
It felt like 3 seconds when i looked at him, my vision blurred, turning low quality and mixes of many colors invaded my vision of him, i could still see and felt conscious but at the same time i wasn't, it felt so safe knowing he was doing the work-
*Snap!*
Flinching awake, i pause to stabilize my vision which he noticed, he helps me sit up and put his hands on my shoulders "Good morning birdie." He snorted "I'm okay- i tend to-" he speaks with me "Doze off like that"
I feel a frown tugging on my visor and a smile tugging at my mouth, punching his arm playfully "Not nice!" I snort out, which gives him a smile and rub his arm and turn pout "Ooowww!" He whines "Meanie! How could you!" I roll my eyes at his attempt at playfulness and push back to the matter at hand "Is the repair done? What did you repair" i asked curiously as i look down to check on myself
Arm movement's were wonky yet stable at last, i couldn't move my fingers a lot, the screeching of the movement goes on until it all loosens with ease "It could've been worse" I state and checked everything else.
While i was, he got up to get something, sitting back next to me shortly, i thought he brought machine oil but no- it was a cup of...battery acid for some reason;
"Whats that for?"
"This? Eh, it helps me energize, wanna try?"
"...no thanks"
He shrugs and takes a long sip "Your loss" he breathed out and relaxed himself, it was finnaly silent if we ignore the machinery, it all weighted the tension i built in myself "You feeling brand new?" He asked to me between Sips, i pause and look down at myself and try to move my legs and quickly get up- He holds my arm and looks down at me with a slight frown, i settle back down as i felt my expression sour into embarrassment "I didn't say get up, relax" i felt myself do the opposite and shake even more that it causes my inner fans turn faster, it started with the chest, it felt like that hell again
It didn't take long for me to lose my consciousness again before i literally Awake with a slap across the face "ACK!" i crack out a sound, Vix holds me with one of his arms "I only asked a simple question!" It was frustration and confusion this time "Why do you keep doing that?!" His face was right on my face, i flinch back a little as he tightened his arm to a painful rate
"Ow ow ow! Calm down!"
"Why do you keep doing that?? Is it me?"
"No! It happens let me explain!"
"Oh so it CAN be me!"
"Oh my goodness Starrs Shut up and listen!!"
I hold his face with my hands and look him dead in the eyes, he growls at me with annoyance, i didn't back down and gave back an attitude, hissing back at him as a strike, pushing my face closer to his and we both growl and hiss at each other until i pull away and cross my arms "First of all, that's enough." He frowns at my starting statements and straighten up, also crossing his arms "Second- of all" i said nervously yet still angry and look up at him "I don't do that on purpose, its a system overload issue!" I finish with confidence and frown deeper at him and his expression turns confused, so confused infact he looks at me like i lost my mind
"What kind of clownery Overload makes your head twitch like that?" Vix gestures to my head with his hand with a bitter voice, scoffing "And if it is one, fix it!" I drop my jaw and point a finger at him but "I could!!! But i-i..i uhm" my hand lowers and i look away in shame "I don't know what i look like when i overload okay? How am i supposed to answer that?"
Vix lets out a digital sigh and rolls his eyes at me, once he is done he looks back "Like this" he suddenly twitches RAPIDLY front of me and his screen Displays a Exclamation mark flashing with Green, Purple and Yellow colors until he suddenly stops and gives me a face of attitude again
"Starrs..."
"Yep, its the most pleasing thing to see isn't it, it was pretty normal glitching when i repaired you. Do you know why does it happen?"
"i guess"
"Go on?"
My hand goes up to caress a finger across my visor "Classified." He throws his hands up and groans and immediately turns away from me, i snort a small chuckle in amusement to his behavior "Your...determined to help...for someone who says he doesn't want to" my words seem to get through him cause he looked at me slowly with hesitation in his action, his expression softens before my eyes from Thorns to a soft Rose bush with displayed vulnerability but cautious defenses at last "Its the bare minimum." Vix' voice sounded more robotic and monotone "You've done..so much for me" my amused expression fades for a moment to something curious and i let him talk "It must be all about you tonight" his eyes dart away, his hologram hand scratching the metal table "and I'd like it if you let it to stay that way"
A tingle makes me straighten up slowly, my eyes open a little more, i see him tap his chest and then his head to fix the possibly embarrassed voice once again, after a quick mumbled test, he speaks up again "Sorry. H-heh, wanna spend more time if we have some?" His eyes finnaly dart back at me with hesitant yet determined choice.
"That'd be..quite fun actually." my voice softens him even more, i see him start turning to a shade of green-ish yellow, pupils widen and the most notable, the sound of the "Tail" like feature wag, he looks at me all dumb until he realizes it was wagging, he lets out a embarrassed hiss and grab the wagging feature of his and curl up a little,
I groan a little as i move my legs and then pat his shoulder "Come on, lets do something, since your so enthusiastic..?" He pushes my hand off, getting up and rushing to the dark hallway "Shut up!" He tries to hurry and open the door but fails for a good amount of times and finnaly opens the door.
I take my chance and move my legs slowly, one thing i know about his skills was- he doesn't know how to master repairing legs that are not like his, so you can imagine its wonky and unfinished self..but regardless i step down and stand up carefully and try to follow after him—
*CRASH*
..yea my legs were stuck, but at last he tried, speaking of him, he panicked his eyes out and rush back to pick me up "Damn it! Are you okay?" He takes a look at my legs who he accidentally locked in place like glue "Sh- I thought i did it right this time!" He sighs and puts me back on the table, puts the can of battery acid in the trash and rush to get the machine oil and the toolbox to help.
He takes out scissors to cut through the fabric and reach the leg, and from there, he tries to loosen my legs with many method's, he struggled so bad he had to pull a blueprint along with a guidebook from the maintenance room somewhere, he dressed his face with this frustrated expression until he managed to loosen the problem which helped me move my leg joints again.
( Section 4: Fresh breath) Final stretch
It was a confusing short journey, he leaded me to one of the many closets in the maintenance office and walked me in, since it was dark and I couldn't see well, it was confusing to go through some flight of...sticky stairs downward from a closet thats supposed to be 7 steps wide.
Once we were down all of thouse stairs, we reached a space that was both claustrophobic and very spacious at the same time, there was an overwhelming smell of...dish soap in this place, i didn't step further and let Vix step in, the harsh metal steps turned to something silent and snow-like, he pulled a thread to lighten up the place, i flinch at the new source of light and look around- it was his.. lair? Like an actual one? Wow.
I immediately straighten up and dart my eyes all over the place, it was...well massive and small at the same time like i said, the material the place was made of was purely cobwebs, a greyish comb of webs that somehow had the textures of many things. But as for the furniture, it was mostly all stolen or made from scratch which i found amusing: He used a Halloween statues head as a light source, there was Christmas lights to make the place illuminate more, i look around more: a huge broken mug from an attraction, torn apart, decorated and used as beds for his kids that are currently asleep, another torn piece from a rollercoaster used as storage,
The list goes on. I'm impressed at his creativity, i slowly look up at him which he was scanning or rather checking if his children were asleep and once he was done, he walks away to the storage and takes out 2 drinks and finnaly turns to me, tossing one of the drinks, i act fast and catch it immediately and look at its content; its a raspberry flavored Iced tea "Thanks" i mumbled as i looked up, just to see him tear his drink open with a claw and drink it
With a shrug, i look down at mine and open the can and take a small sip without breaking my gaze from him, watching as he pull down a stolen hammock and sit on it, without thinking i approach him and sit on the hammock with him, i fidget with the can in my hand and look at Vix with the side of my eye, he seemed nervous again and i was probably the source and it didn't feel good to be the source, i internally sigh and reach out to hold his solid hand that gripped the drink, it softened after me, he clears his throat and wraps his hologram arm around my shoulder and somehow managed to pull me close, i yelp at the request for contact, but i didn't mind.
A string of aimless joy tugged into me as i put my head on the side of his chest and close my eyes "You know..." My voice lowered slowly "Your not the big ruthless, stalker beast they fear so much about." I nuzzle my head and feel myself...relax for once at the sound of his inner machinery, it was interesting sounds coming from a robot, i hear him clear his throat and felt the holographic hand attempt to pet my shoulder "Your not the dangerous and unstable Cop people say so much about, i thought I'd be...Arrested or worse.the moment i met you properly" i laugh "They say that about me?" I peak with one of my eyes and look up to see Vix with Deep shades of yellow and eyes full of words i know he is still keeping, i dont push, instead i close my eyes again.
"I'm happy your here with me, Vixie" he flinches at the new nickname but still had the effort to not make me move my head "Where's this coming from?" He asks in a panicked voice that's companied by nervous chuckles "Nowhere...just figured i should call you something else" he starts chuckling silently and his chuckles turns to giggles that he tries to contain "Pointless." He says between giggles, i myself had to hold myself from laughing cause i had to admit the way he laughed so weirdly was... contagious,
He breaths in and calms the laughs "S-so...what would you like to..do? Other then coming up with...pointless names for me?" I pause at his question and open my eyes slowly and look up to see a goofy smile that was far from the cold and aggressive expression i was used to, i straighten up slowly, pulling away from his chest, from the movement of the corner of his mouth and pupils, i could say he didn't want me to.
"How about something simple?"
"Ah, uhh, i h-have knitting kits and some other things if your interested?"
"No..not that"
I shaked my head, holding his hand with both of my hands and pulling it torwards me gently "I don't have much energy for anything really" his expression turns thoughtful and understanding, the yellowish green slowly fades and before he can speak "So instead i...thought i could...stay overnight?" A weird melody like sound rushes through him, his colors immediately went to yellow again with wide eyes, the tail wag and he was stunned, i lean close "Come on...let me have this moment" I pushed forward with my request but gentle enough to not make it seem like a no-choice situation,
He shakes and thinks, looking around and trying to give me an answer, i looked up at him as he panicked and gosh! He looked like a boiling pot of food that was forgotten to be taken care of, whatever the dish may be, i bet its sweet
"A-alright! U-uh..uh! We...can! How would that work tho?? Im massive and your- you're..."
"We'll take care of it"
"I can crush you!"
"I'll let you know when it happens"
"Wh- Ugh! I'll make you uncomfortable!"
His rambling was adorable as his mess of a personality "So... I'll lay down first and you'll lay down after me, is that okay?" Before he could respond, i climb further onto the hammock "Wh- hey! Where you going?" He crawls after me as i lay down in a comfy way, it wasn't long before i saw him top of me "I hate you." I open my arms for him "No, you don't" Vix lets out a growl at me but sighs loudly as he sees its not working, settling himself down on my chest plate, with his head on my shoulder "Why are you so nice to me?" He starts, i let him talk while i wrap my arms around him gently, tipping one of my legs up "Your supposed to me scared of me" his muffles slowly as his lights slowly starts to darken, i muffle a small chuckle as i close my eyes, i felt him nuzzle his nose around my shoulder.
I wouldn't mind if i stayed for a while, Having Empty Memories when im with him is the best feeling ever.
