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Nitro Man // 079 ○Crowd pleaser ○Risk-Taker ○Doritos [Affiliated with All My Robots]

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

Blade put his hands up defensively. “I swear I’m not! I was just worried about you.” He rubbed the back of his helmet.

“So, uh, where were we before? Talking about this Magic fellow? You said he was cute?” Blade sheepishly chuckled. “I’ll admit, I’m not too used to being set up dates… I hope Magic would be in the mood for it… I don’t want him to be on this date just because you told him to go out with me. Especially if I end up making it boring.”

[nitroman]

“Well Blade, they say that variety is the spice of life.” Nitro cheerfully reasoned in response to the taller robot admitting this was his first time being set up with someone.

“I think he’s cute, and you said you’re into effeminate looking guys. You like blonds, right?” Of course he did, because who didn’t, right?

“HECK YEAH he’s going to be in the mood!” Nitro jabbed himself in the chest with his thumb. “Cause I’m your brother, and cause you’re handsome as hell!”

[nitroman]

Showtime|| Nitro & Magic

[hipsdontlie006]

Magic let out a little nasal giggle and bowed. “It’s such a special ocassion, after all. THE Nitro Man and THE Magic Man together at long last.” After handing Nitro the bottle, which was probably big enough for a full glass each (since it would be a hassle to hide anything bigger from his previous handlers,) He rummaged around in his hat yet again. “Hmm, no… Not this…” He made a show of it, pulling up first a bouquet, then some sort of toy cat, stuffing them both back in before procuring… a mason jar, must to his disgust. “Oh, ew.” This huge place should have had a few DECENT drinking glasses, He tried once again to pull something from the area, his long fingers bringing up something more akin to his liking. “There we are.” A set of short, rounded glasses. Not bejewled champagne flutes, but it was something. Whoever owned these was probably going to be pissed, but they’d never know who took them.

“Tell me, Nitro, sweetie. How’s showbiz been for you these days?” His cane and hat vanished with an audible pop. He then snapped, sending the bottle’s cork flying. Maker, was it fun to show off.

[nitroman]

“Oh man, it’s doofy!” Nitro exclaimed as the toy cat had been pulled out, and stuffed back into the magical hammer space hat right before his very eyes. The stuntbot was thoroughly enjoying himself, having never actually witnessed any sort of a magic trick before. He was pretty lucky to say that his first would be a private showing from THE Magic Man himself.

“Better than ever, actually.” These days Nitro had been seen more as ‘edgy’ than threatening to the general population from the whole roboenza incident. His brother’s hadn’t been as lucky as him in that department, but being dangerous also hadn’t been apart of their motifs like it was his.

“Busy as hell, though. This is the first hiatus from filming that I’ve been on all year.” Shielding his eyes, Nitro watched the cork go with a whistle.

“I hope you can forgive me for all of the sporadic communication.”

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

Blade looked back and stared at Nitro’s hand. He slowly took him for a small shake. “I’ve missed you too… I’m sorry.” He sadly smiled.

Despite Nitro’s requests, he felt like he should fix it somehow. Were there any Wilys around? Maybe he could try to talk to one of them as much as he didn’t like to… “That’s a shame. I hope the best for you to get out all of this mess…” He patted Nitro’s head. “If you want me to do anything for you, I can give you the address to the museum. I’ll find time to help you with whatever you need.”

[nitroman]

“S’not really a problem.” Nitro muttered almost childishly, his head drooping a little toward the floor as Blade patted the back of his helmet. “Okay, it is, but it’s my problem! And... and... you’ve got way too many problems on your own, while I’ve hardly got any!”

Brightening up, Nitro clapped both of the taller bot’s shoulders and gave him a vigorous (albeit friendly) shake. 

“Ohhh! I see what you’re doing! Clever brother you, changing the subject so I forget about setting you up with someone! WELL. It’s NOT WORKIN.”

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

Blade flinched. He didn’t think Nitro would ever yell at him like that… He stared at him sadly. “Oh…” Now he felt like a jerk. 

“…I just wanted to make sure you’ll be okay… Ever since the incident, I was starting to think none of you made it… I’ve been tempted to rush into Wily’s fortress to take down the old bastard myself…” Bladee turn his attention away. “…I don’t know how the Wily boys are, but it’s hard for me to think they’re up to anything good… I don’t want them to end up getting you or the others hurt because they don’t care about the consequences…” He sighed.

“…If you really want to be with Crash, I want to make sure he wouldn’t do anything to get you hurt…”

[nitroman]

Feeling equally like a jerk, Nitro threw his hands up in the air before pacing a huffy circle.

“Sorry.” He uttered, “That’s not me. Let’s try again,” Holding out a hand for a shake suddenly, Nitro was all smiles now. “I’ve missed the hell out of you, Blade. You don’t need to get mixed up in the details of my messed up relationship, you know?” 

“Trust me, the DWNs don’t want me around Crash as much as you don’t. But I won’t be reckless, not about this.”

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

“You think it’s about winning? I’m talking about keeping you safe!” Blade frowned. “How could you trust any of them?! Who knows what sort of trouble they’ll get you into?! You could get yourself killed just by even associating with them!”

Blade stopped himself to take a deep breath. He motioned his hands downward while he tried to get this thoughts together. He closed his eyes. “Okay… So you’re dating a Wily… Have you been into anything bad while you’ve been dating him?”

[nitroman]

"I KNOW that!” Nitro shot back, Blade’s uproar apparently contagious enough for him to have raised his voice. “You think I don’t know that??” 

Hearing Blade say aloud the insecurities that had been nagging him for months was like a hard strike to the core, and for a moment, Nitro’s gaze merely dropped to the ground.

“We both know that we can’t be together. We tried for a while, until the RPF put a stop to it. We’ve been long distance ever since.” Long distance had been putting it lightly; his maker had been keeping him busier than ever since he’d learned about Nitro’s feelings toward 013, ‘for his own good,’ he’d said.

“Of course I haven’t been into anything bad! I haven’t even seen him in months.”

[nitroman]

Showtime|| Nitro & Magic

[hipsdontlie006]

“Shit, I knew I should have worn the platforms,” he thought, but spoke nothing of it. He HAD been applauded, so he mustn’t have been too underwhelming. Ugh, the thought of not being dazzling enough made his proverbial skin crawl. Still, he smiled all the same and readied his next act. Snapping, his cane fell into his right hand, and then his hat plopped into the left. 

“I brought a little something,” He teased, leaning on his cane and turning his top hat upside down. He tapped the brim with a flourish and pulled the neck of a bottle of champagne. Something he’d been stowing away since he’d nabbed it from humans. “To our meeting, at long last.”

[nitroman]

“Ack,” Nitro so eloquently blurted. “You didn’t tell me we were bringing presents!” Fumbling with his empty hands for a minute, they fell to his sides when Magic had produced a cane and top hat from out of thin air.

“Waah—heyy! How’d you fit that in there? You KGN’s sure don’t mess around.” Another round of applause. He hadn’t been PLANNING on getting crunk with Magic on the roof of a giant menacing skull or anything, but it wasn’t a bad idea, he thought.

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

“Crash Man…” The name sounded familiar but where did he hear it from- Wait a minute… 

His eyes widened. “You’re dating a Wily?!” Forget about his own love life. How did Crash and Nitro get together?! “Why? How? When did this happen?” Blade looked at Nitro seriously. “Has he hurt you at all?” He was ready to fight Crash if he did anything bad to Nitro. He didn’t trust Wily’s sons already. The hell he’ll just let them harm any of his linemates!

[nitroman]

Head sinking into his neck a little, Nitro chuckled sheepishly. He’d been expecting that reaction, but it didn’t stop it from being awkward. He didn’t really have a good excuse for himself for seeing one of the creations of their enemy.

“They’re not all bad, Blade.” He soothed, but Crash Man was definitely bad, bad, bad.

“And you know, a certain element of danger... has it’s appeal. Don’t pick a fight with him, seriously.” He hated what he was about to say.

“You can’t win.”

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

“I think Plum’s a little too out of my league.” Blade sheepishly chuckled. “I’m sure she’s already gotten enough folks trying to date her…”

“Magic huh? How is he?” If this Magic fellow had an approval by Nitro, he must be pretty cute. Only question is how compatible Magic would be with him. “I think I’d like to check out Magic.”

Blade looked at Nitro curiously. “Why is it complicated? If you’ve been together for that long, I don’t see why you’d have any problems..” He frowned. “…Does your date abuse you at all?” He was ready to take out his swords and find who was dating Nitro.

[nitroman]

“There’s no such thing as out of your league!” Nitro replied quickly, his opinion on the matter quite final. The stuntbot’s pluckiness was rivaled only by his hard-headedness, apparently.

“Magic though, yeah, I think he’s more up your alley. He’s really outgoing, and looks like a card deck thematically, so you guys would make an interesting pair.” Nitro said, making a sawing motion against his palm for added emphasis.

As for his own date! Waving defensively, Nitro laughed. “No no! Not like that! You, uh, know who Crash Man is, right?”

[nitroman]

Showtime|| Nitro & Magic

[hipsdontlie006]

With a flash of light and a plume of red smoke, Magic apparated a few feet from Nitro, one hand on his hip and the other straight up in the air. “Alakazam, here I am!” Seems he’d gone for a red blazer and fitted trousers ensemble with no shortage of sequins. Two pieces of the same color… a bit safe, but it was his first time meeting a movie star who was also a robot master. He flashed a smirk at Nitro and fluttered his three sets of false lashes.

“Oh, what a joy of joys to meet you in person at long last!” He approached and reached out his gloved hands to Nitro’s shoulders and pecked the air beside his cheeks. “And I thought you were handsome on screen… Why, the cameras simply don’t do you justice.”

[nitroman]

Hopping at the explosive entrance, Nitro’s face lit up like Christmas. “Bravo!” He exclaimed, the sound of his applause slightly muffled by his gloves as Magic drew closer.

“Wow, and here I was expecting you to be taller!” Nitro admitted, turning his head to bump cheeks with the other Robot Master. He’d actually shown up without his helmet on, it being his first time meeting a long time acquaintance and all.

“Top hats and heels kinda create that ~illusion~” Nitro said, wiggling his fingers in place of the tildes.

[nitroman]

What type of movie role would you never accept?

Actually it’s not really up to me what roles I accept or not! Thankfully my manager is also my maker, and I know for a fact he’d never make me perform a role I wasn’t comfortable with.

[ninja-babysitter]

TMI Tuesday

[nitroman]

Elec Man

Clown Man

Jewel Man

Nitro Man

[nitroman]

Showtime|| Nitro & Magic

Never one to back down from anything, Nitro stood waiting on the roof of the skull fortress within an hour: just like Magic had said. Unfortunately, the stuntbot had taken it less like an invitation, and more like a challenge, and thus had arrived incredibly early.

Sure, he had been very busy that day, and Monsteropolis was nowhere even NEAR skull island, but plans were suddenly canceled and people were disappointed. Life went on.

> Hey, where are you?

He sends, bouncing on the heels of his boots, impatient but never bored.

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

Blade couldn’t help from making a small laugh. It was nice to know that Nitro didn’t seem any different from before. “If you want to. I’m not picky on who I date. I guess if it’ll help, I’m really into feminine folks.”

A thought popped into his head. “Have you found someone you’re interested in? You sound like you’ve been an expert at dating for a while.” While he felt it’s been too long since they’ve seen each other, Blade was getting curious exactly how much he’s missed.

[nitroman]

The stunt bot let out a none too mature sounding giggle at the thought. “Used to think that, but nobody messes up at that kind of stuff more than me.” 

Tapping a finger against his helmet, Nitro mulled around on the information he’d been given to work with. “Like that fruit lady on the news?” What was her name again? Pear? “I’ve got a pretty cute friend by the name of Magic, too.”

Nitro paused, wondering if Magic might be a little overwhelming for someone like Blade Man.

“Yeah I’ve got someone, it’s complicated though. We’ve been together for like two years now...” What was it with 10th gens and 2nd gens, anyway?

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

“True. They have been helpful when it counts.” Blade chuckled. Maybe he could try to do something to get more used to them. Besides hoping to find his linemates, he didn’t have much to do in his free time. It’ll help him in the long run too.

“Well, the museum is my home right now… They treat me pretty well all things considered.“ Blade blushed again at Nitro’s comment. “I’m not seeing anyone right now… It hasn’t been something I’ve considered with everything that’s happened… Would be nice to find someone cute though.”

[nitroman]

Nitro slowly lowered his hand, no longer scandalously stage whispering toward his linemate, though his eyes did narrow skeptically up at the taller bot.

“Seriously? Girls would be all over you.” He informs quite matter of factly. “Chicks dig swords, or guys too, if that’s your more up your alley.” Everyone was into swords! Just the same way that everyone was into motorcycles.

“Blade.” Suddenly, Nitro grabbed ahold of his arm, stricken by an ingenious idea. “I could be your wingman.” 

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

“Ever since I’ve been seized and made to work at the museum. The curator only agreed to let me work there if they gave me hands instead of my swords. I’m already a liability, so my case workers wanted to prove that I’m not a threat. While I’m glad I have functional limbs now, it still feels odd to use them…”

Blade shook his head and smiled behind his mask. “That sounds wonderful. So um… Where do we start?” Blade rubbed his neck. He’ll admit he didn’t things through that well. They never really spent time together under good circumstances. Now that they were free, it was a little overwhelming.

[nitroman]

It broke Nitro’s heart to hear Blade so nonchalantly call himself a liability like that. Anything that’d happened before really hadn’t been their fault; it could’ve happened to anyone.

“You’ll get used to ‘em, I know you will buddy,” Nitro encouraged, excited on behalf of Blade’s upgrade even if the big guy seemed rather uncertain about them. “Hands are useful for all sorts of things, you’ll see.”

Where to start, though...

“You could start by telling me about yourself. You know! The juicy stuff, like, where you’re staying and who you’re seeing.” Leaning in, he jabbed his brother in the side a little, stage whispering. “Tell me she’s cute!”

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

“I see. That’s fine…” Blade switched his sword to a hand before patting Nitro’s shoulder. It felt a little awkward with him not being used to using his hands. He hoped that it would suffice. “I’m just glad to see you. Maybe we could spend some time together when you’re not that busy. Um, if that’s fine by you of course…”

[nitroman]

“Hands? Since when?” Nitro awed, having been about two seconds away from ducking out of the way of Blades’ sword when instead he’d felt the gentle clap of a palm against a pauldron.

“About spending time together though, now’s a perfect time! My maker is out on holiday, so I’m out of work until he gets back.” Nitro was positively giddy about the prospect of an extended vacation. As much as he enjoyed what he was built for, he’d felt a little break was definitely in order. 

“How about it?”

[the-king-of-blades-deactivated2]

Blade’s eyes became solemn hearing what happened with Nitro. So he wasn’t the same from before… The thought of Wily getting his comeuppance sounded good to him right now, but better to not worry about that at the moment. It seemed that Nitro remembered him no matter what sort of damage he had. Maybe he could get Nitro to remember more…

“How are the ones that are around? Are they doing okay? Do you have any idea where they’re staying at besides Pump?” Blade frowned thinking about how Pump stayed with Wily’s sons. He was about to talk about Pump before catching himself. “…Oh… Sorry. I’ve been so worried about you guys that I was hoping I’d see all of you together… Um…” He looked down awkwardly.

[nitroman]

Nitro laughed. “That’d be something!” He remarks, taking a moment to consider it. They really hadn’t all been together since the whole Roboenza thing. Would they get along as well as he hoped they would? 

“Sorry bro, but I’ve been a little too busy to keep as close of an eye on the others as I’d like, but you should try getting in touch! I’m sure any one of them love to hear from you.”