Moltencore

Hey there I'm Heatman...yes the one and only, Please hold your applause. Anyway if you want to hang out with me take a number and I might get to you later. (CoM Roleplay Account)

[splittingmirrorimage]

Gemini blinked. He’ll admit he didn’t expect Heat’s box armor to act as an actual box. He assumed that the box was attached to him. Gemini rubbed his neck. “Uh… classic cards I suppose.” He never played a card game before, but Gemini needed to keep his image perfect. What sort of perfect robot wouldn’t know how to play cards? Gemini sat down trying not to stare at Heat. It was odd to him to see his brother without his armor.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat didn't notice Gem trying not to stare at him, instead he was getting out the cards. "Ok poker is no fun with two, so lets play old maid." Heat said with slight bit of excitement in his voice as he shuffled up the cards and dealt them back and forth. "You know how to play this right, or would you rather do go fish?" He said looking up at his brother, as he pushed his box armor aside and crossed his legs in front of him waiting for Gem's response.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat sighed kicking his foot, as he spoke. “Still think your lucky.” He said as he glanced up at Snake wondering about his question. “Well my brother are…different we don’t talk much, I miss em, but it’s different.” The little bot said trying to explain but be vague at the same time. 

"So what kind of jobs did you do, did you get to see new places and neat things?" He asked as he faced Snake and waited for his answer holding back his excitement.

( dwn22-snakeman )

[splittingmirrorimage]

Gemini looked at him curiously. It wasn’t often that he got to see one of his brothers at least a little shy. “Uh… Sure. You can sleep on the couch if you want to.” He rubbed his neck awkwardly. “I would have to move and build some stuff to accommodate you, but since I’m sure it won’t be a problem. I’m trying to make this house bigger anyway.”

"Do you have any of those games or comics on you now?" Gemini felt incredibly awkward now. He needed a distraction. He was rarely nice to anyone, so he wasn’t sure what he needed to do or say.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat smiled happy with Gem's answer his home was so dusty and cold, and most of all lonely. As he watched Gem he smiled happily and pushed a button on the side of his box and it split and removed from his body to reveal his black body suit, it was super tight and fir the shape of his form perfectly.

He set the back on the floor and dug in the from producing a few packs of cards, as he got down on the floor with his box, he also pulled out a few comics. "So what would you like to play? Classic cards or a card game?" Heat said looking up at his brother with a smile

[megaman001-deactivated20170105]

Okay, never mind about the cigar, he thought, scrunching his nose again with every puff of every word. Rock hated that stench, but still! He was enjoying Heat’s show of comic book excitement much more than the smoke billowing into his face bothered him! Seeing Wily bots just indulging in things that they liked was very satisfying for some reason. Or maybe it was comforting?

"Hey, I wouldn’t shoot you!" Rock responded, looking down at Heat worriedly. Thinking on that again (and thinking still about how he essentially gunned the little Zippo down years earlier), he elaborated, "I don’t want to shoot you, and I wouldn’t want to even if I had to! Just…just don’t worry, Heat, it’s not gonna happen. Promise!" 

Walking behind him, the young bot gazed beyond the city horizon into the mountains. “How long’s the walk gonna be?”

[littlelighterbox]

Heat watched the blue bomber as he spoke about how he would never shot him again and nodded before leading the way as he walked he tossed the cigar off into the dirt. "Well I never check the time but hang on." He said as his computer brain calculated it. "Almost one hour." He said as if it was nothing as he lead the way. "I have a few games too if you wanna play those."

The little lighter robot's pace was a steady one, not fast or slow, he loved the scenery on the way to his home, honestly he could just teleport there, but he loved walking there, seeing the world was a wonderful thing to him.

[splittingmirrorimage]

Gemini huffed. He supposed it was surprising that he was actually being nice, but that didn’t mean that his kindness should be insulted. “Yes, I’m doing that because you’ve proven yourself to be nice. Well… nicer than our other brothers. Either way, I figure that since you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, Heat.”

Gemini tried to still be annoyed, but looked at Heat solemnly hearing his words. Was Heat usually lonely? It never seemed like that was the case. Then again, Gemini constantly had to hide what he was really feeling when he was still at the fortress. It wouldn’t be out of place if any of the others felt that way too. “…Sure thing. I don’t know what we’d do to past the time, but you can come to me whenever you want.” He wondered if he should pat him again. He held back the thought since he wasn’t used to trying to make others feel better.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat blinked for a moment realizing that Gem was being nice, just to be nice. Heat honestly didn't know how to react, he sat there staring at Gem his two pointer fingers pressing together as he stared at his younger brother as he spoke. "T..thanks Gem, we could talk to pass the time I have some comics, and like I said games I could bring over." He said looking down.

Heat wanted to ask another question but it was rather personal he waited in such an awkward silence before finally sighing. "So umm, can I stay tonight?" He asked, it wasn't the question he wanted to pose but it would do.

[dwn22-snakeman-deactivated20160]

"Hey, where have you been noddle tube?"

"I’ve been around, I’ve just had some work to do at the city.." Snake looked down at Heatman, ignoring the ‘noodle tube’ comment for now. "..Why do you ask?"

[littlelighterbox]

Heat stared at him a bit of huff in his already round cheeks. "You got to go out in the city and work!? So lucky." He said crossing his arms and sighing. "I asked cause I miss you, duh." He said as if it was just a known fact.

[splittingmirrorimage]

Gemini was quiet for a bit in thought. Heat was oddly sweet. He’d dared to call him rather innocent, like a child. Whether that was the case, Gemini wasn’t sure. He softly sighed before slowly patting Heat on the head. “It’s fine… That’s in the past right? As long as you don’t do that to me again, I’ll be okay.” Gemini felt his chest feel odd. It was weird to accept an apology of sorts from someone in his family. It feel… nice he supposed.

Gemini didn’t hold back a smile this time. “Yeah… We need all the help we can get if we’re going to survive. It’s bad enough that people think we’re the dangerous ones…” He looked at Heat. “I don’t have any games. I’ve been much too focused working on my house. I do have electricity here, so maybe I can try to set some up for you.”

[littlelighterbox]

Heat hadn't expected for Gemini to pat him on the head or touch him at all for that matter, as he felt the metal hand touch the top of his head, his big green eyes scrolled up looking at Gem then he smiled, only a little, it was genuine smile for a moment before he heard the news about the games. "Wait...y..you'd do that?" He asked confused as he turned to look at his brother. "Why? What do you want?" His question was rather straightforward, and showed his naturally distrusting side.

He stared at Gem for a moment but before Gem could answer Heat crossed his arms...as best he could, and huffed. "Fine if you get me games, I'll bring some of my stuff over for you to play with, I have cards and some old board games." He said huffing again, but after a moment he sighed. "Hey Gem...if I get lonely...can I come stay with you for like a day?"

[splittingmirrorimage]

"Hopefully it isn’t a volcano. I’m sure all the stuff you got there would be destroyed if that happened." Gemini grimaced. The idea made him cringe. He’s already having a hard time making his house comfy. It’d be horrible if that all went to waste because of something. The narcissist rubbed his temple to forget about it. No need to dwell on that possibility. He’s already stressed out trying to be independent. "I talk to my clones, but that’s about it. There isn’t much to do for me when I’m dirt poor."

Gemini blinked when Heat stood in front of him. He looked Heat in the eyes rather surprised and interested. Like he would admit it, but it was honestly nice to have one of his brothers actually care about him. He thought all of them wouldn’t have cared or, worse yet, wouldn’t have even noticed. Gemini tried to hold back a smile. No one needs to see him do that. “I’m alright, but you’re free to visit if you want. Just don’t do anything that might ruin the house. Also, please give me a call before you visit or you’re going to be waiting here for a while until I get back.”

[littlelighterbox]

"I'm not sure if it's a volcano or not, I don't have much stuff, the only thing I'm worried about losing is the few games I have..speaking of which if you want I can let you barrow some." Heat said as he walked next to Gem and climbed onto the couch his boots didn't reach the floor any longer as he sat next to his brother. "Look I know I gave you grief in the fortress, but, I wouldn't destroy anything that was important." Heat admitted as he sat there and looked down at his own dangling legs.

"Yeah I could call, or you could call me when your bored." Heat paused for a moment. "We wily bots have to stick together, with the world against us out there." The little lighter shaped robot said with a grin. "Do you have any games by the way Gem?" He said as he hadn't seen any but he hadn't gone upstairs.

[splittingmirrorimage]

"Let’s just hope Dad didn’t try to punish someone because of it." Gemini snorted. He walked to the couch in the living room. He sat down and relaxed the best he could with it. It wasn’t too comfy, but it was the most he could get at the moment. Maybe he’ll look up how to modify the couch later. "And also hope that the guy is trustworthy too. I can’t really trust anyone with my things unless they’re my clones. Who knows who would steal from me? I’m already poor as it is. I don’t need anyone taking things away from me."

Gemini sighed and looked at the ceiling. “Huge huh? You must have a tinier place than I do. I keep adding on to this house, but it still feels too small.” The narcissist rubbed his chin. Was it actually big enough? He wasn’t too sure. He supposed that living in the Skull Fortress made his perspective of how big a house should be warped. He still vaguely thought about it replying to Heat. “I didn’t plan on having guests actually. You’re the first visitor to this place.” Gemini wondered if he should even have a guest room for visitors. He didn’t have any friends so he didn’t see a point. Well, Heat seemed to care, so maybe he could make a guest room for him.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat didn't reply to the comment about thier father and just sneered he was happy his brother couldn't see him  for that moment before he turned and walked over. "So, what do you do all day...other than build this place?" He asked as he continued to explore poking around opening any drawers he may have had, or looking at objects placed around, or on the walls. "Yeah my place is very small I just found a cave in a mountain and moved stuff in there, I think it's a volcano but i'm not sure."

Heat said almost absent mindedly as he continued to search but then he stopped as his brothers words registered. "Wait...I'm the first to visit you?" He asked turning to look at his brother he had a different expression on his face, instead of being bored or annoyed it looked as though, he was sad. He walked over in front of Gem and stared at him for a moment. "That sucks..If your lonely I could visit more often." He said as he stood in front of his much taller brother, Heat was tempted to touch him but remembered Gem yanking his hand away so he decided against it.

[iceslasher]

What Heat said caught Ice off guard. It rang some truth but a part of them just couldn’t believe it, ‘what a liar!’ one part of them thought but the other was concerned about hurting the other robot. 

The guilt built up more and more until the pressure was too much to stand.  [“Ugh, fine!! We’ll go apologize!”] Commander scoffed at the thought but if the feelings of the other half were going to eat away at them like this then they had no choice.

With a grunt Ice turned and chased after the other, racing to the crosswalk. ”Wait!!" They called out, waving their hand about to get the firebots attention, "I’m sorry! H-hold o-on!!"

[littlelighterbox]

Heat finally decided where he was going to go, but then he heard a small voice behind him and turned looking back and lowering the map. "Whats up short stuff?" Heat asked as he finished his cigar and was about to flick it but decided since Ice was there he sniffed it on his boot and then ignited it turning it to ash in his fingers. "Did ya need something?" Heat asked as he watched the ice bot run up to him, he was kind of funny looking waving his arms and such.

Heat turned to face him and a small smile grew on his robot lips as he waited for Ice to catch up and say his piece, he was honestly surprised that the bot who had just been so cold to him was now running and yelling for his attention, then Heat snickered at his own mental joke, saying Ice was cold to him.

[splittingmirrorimage]

"How are you sure Dad’s not going to kill you for taking his couch? I don’t know how you could have possibly took it without anyone noticing." Gemini grimaced at him. "You don’t think he isn’t pissed at you? Or whoever he thinks it was and decided to put the blame on…"

"No thanks… I’d rather not get my furniture from a garbage bin. I preferred it if my house actually looked nice without having to deep clean it first. And I would make sure that person you’re talking about is actually trustworthy." Gemini’s house was a little bit on the small side with a living room, a kitchen, and stairs for the small rooms on top. Some parts such as a dining room and a room that led to the bathroom were clearly in progress and added on to the house. 

[littlelighterbox]

Heat pondered the words Gemini had said, he had never actually thought about what his dad would do, he wanted to upset him, looking back he knew why at the time, he was angry at his father for neglecting him, but now it seemed so trivial. "Well dad was fixing up some new robot or something in his lab so I just went in his private room and teleported out with the couch, he's smart, he can build a new one." Heat said trying to shrug off the thoughts of his father dismantling someone over it.

"Why would I think that guy wasn't trustworthy, he was so nice, and even said I was a 'big help'" Heat said as he looked around Gemini's place it was bigger than his own which only had like two rooms, then again Heat hadn't tried to hard to make his place nice, he looked up at his brother. "Your place is huge." He said with bigger eyes and a small smile as he began to walk around and inspect the place. "So do you plan on having guests?" Heat asked as he inspected some of the items in the kitchen it was an area he didn't have in his home, he had seen an area like it before but never bothered to build one himself.

[splittingmirrorimage]

  Gemini softly huffed. Well, at least someone cared about him enough. He would have thought that someone would have been Hard or Needle, but he supposed he had been too hopeful with his line. “My house isn’t really all that finished. It’s more of a hovel than a house… I’m trying to work on it though.”

Gemini hissed when Heat patted his arm. He pulled away violently, holding his arm. He was about to scold Heat, but the look on his brother’s face made him sigh. “…Please don’t touch me… It’s been sort of hard. Having no money means I need to steal from places to add stuff to my house.” Gemini turned on the teleporter. They were quickly sent to his home area.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat jumped a bit when he yanked his hand away. "I...Ok." Heat said just accepting it as he stood there and the teleporter went off. "Decorating huh? I stole Dad's couch for my place." A small smirk appeared on Heat's face, I'm sure he was made to lose his couch and his lighter." The smirk turned into a scowl.

After a moment the scowl faded. "If it's bothering you that much, I could help you get some things, I go through trash or...every now and then like for my tv I helped a guy move stuff for free and he gave me a tv, he was odd he had on hat but it covered his whole face accept his eyes, and he was taking stuff out of a store and putting it in a white moving truck." Heat said as he looked around Gem's house.

[iceslasher]

  "[You think I’m concerned about myself?]” Commander sneered, although they were a bit annoyed the thought was still incredibly humorous to the bot. “[You’re mistaken, I’m concerned for all the humans within a 100 mile radius of you.”]

It was then the ice bot noticed the others hurt expression, in that moment Soldier wanted nothing more than to apologize but they regained their composure, Commander was having none of that mushiness this time.

”[Don’t look at me like that.]” Ice crossed their arms and held their chin up high facing away from Heat like a complete drama queen. ”[My view is completely justified and you know it.]” 

[littlelighterbox]

Heat looked around seeing all the humans cowering from him, he shrugged and sucked in on his cigar. "If I was gonna hurt the humans do you think I'd walk to a Light bot before doin it?" Heat said as the hurt look left his face and he just stared at the back of Iceman's head. "But I'm just in town for a pick up, so I'll leave you to whatever it is you where doin." Heat said with a shrug as he began  to walk off down the street a few humans shrieking in terror and running off.

Heat got to a cross walk and pulled up his digital map deciding which of his errands he needed to run first, whenever he went to monsteropolis he always made sure to get everything he would possibly need for a while, he hated all the humans yelling.

[iceslasher]

  Paying no mind to the crowd around them, Ice was looking around their bag for something when they heard something that just flipped their entire day in an instant.

In disbelief Ice looked left and right, their arms flailing in a panic. Was anyone else seeing this? A Wily ‘bot just walking about all willy nilly??

“Heatman?! Wh-what— W-weren’t you suppose to be scrapped and recycled?!”

[littlelighterbox]

Heat stared at the little Ice bot confused for a moment then a hurt look appeared on his face. "I was...rebuilt." Heat said with a sigh as he sighed a puff of smoke left his mouth. "A...are you scared of me?" Heat asked. "Cause I thought you where supposed to be stronger than fire or somethin." Heat said staring at the little Ice bot.

[megaman001-deactivated20170105]

  Rock nodded eagerly. “Yeah! Comic books are neat, but I never know which ones to buy or which series are supposed to be good, so I just flip through them at the comic shop in the city…”

To be fair, Rock wasn’t anywhere close to being well-versed in comic books. If he were generous enough, maybe the small hotbox would talk to him about his favorite comics or make some recommendations? Then they could keep talking about comics and be comic buddies…!!

…again, wishful, but Rock thought it was a good idea.

"I’d love to come with you if you’d let me!" the taller bot chirped. "Then I can see your house in the mountains!! I can only guess how gorgeous the view is from there!" Not even the cigar Heat was pulling out could distract him from imagining the serene view. If there was one thing Rock liked, it was the mountains decorating the land outside of Monsteropolis.

[littlelighterbox]

Heat glanced at Rock as he lite the cigar and began to puff on it. "It depends on what ya like I guess, Like I said I like the cowboy ones, and ones with space monsters, but there is this human who loves the superhero ones, and then there are monster ones." Heat said talking more than he normally did, with every word a small plume of smoke left his mouth.

"Sure you can come to my place but...just don't like..shot me or nothin, I won't get rebuilt this  time if you do." Heat said looking down a bit, he hadn't thought about it until saying it, but since leaving the fortress and not telling any of his brothers where he lived if Megaman, or anyone else where to destroy him he probably wouldn't ever be rebuilt.

"I have never really looked outside, gotta go through a tunnel." Heat said rather bored sounding but honestly he was concerned thinking about death, so concerned he didn't notice the light change for them to cross.

[skullman-dcn032]

  Skull wondered if the small square bot had ever burned the paper magazines he read, given his apparent love of cigars. “Fire can be a very good tool, however it must be used appropriately. Or in defense, of course. OR IF CHALLENGED TO BATTLE! But I digress, our current situation certainly didn’t call for it, you shouldn’t start fires in casual conversations that’s a terrible idea.” He paused “You mean Megaman? Certainly he did but he had good reason at the time. I personally have no grievances with him.”

[littlelighterbox]

Man this bot talks forever Was the first thought Heat had as he stared at Skullman. "But You got to tell them about that Movie you where promoting, and now they know right? Crisis is a weird movie name though, I thought Nitro was the only actor." He said yawning a bit at the end of his sentence. "So what are you going to do now? Hang up movie posters or something?" Heat said picking up his bag.

[splittingmirrorimage]

  Gemini teleported to Heat’s spot. He crossed his arms, his expression twisted so that it looked like it was either from boredom or unamusement. “So, what made you come here to check on me? No one really cared about me besides you or did someone in my line called you to find me?” Gemini couldn’t help but be curious. Did someone really care about him enough? Or was it just something they were curious about him?

Gemini waved his hand to show where Heat needed to go. “I have a teleport area right around here. It’ll take a minute or so before we teleport to my house. I need to configure the teleport channels here.”

[littlelighterbox]

Heat stared at him with a blank face. "No one called, I heard you left the castle like me. So I came to see if you where doing ok." Heat said. "I don't know if anyone else cares but your my brother so I care." He said before looking at the teleporter and then walking over to it. "I also wanted to see your house cause your the only other one to move out."

"It can be hard on your own, so I wanted to help." He said as he patted Gems arm when he walked over to the teleporter. "Has it been hard?" He asked looking up at him his face was different his eyebrows where raised and a look of caring was on his face.