solo mission

isola affiliated Kamui of Punishing Gray Raven

[landsharkbite]

“I only need one word on my tombstone. It’s gonna say ‘finally’.” You pause. “Actually wait I take that back. When I die just bag me up and put me in the trash.”

[shadowbastion]

“Probably better than being preserved. They can just put ya back together if they preserve you!”

“But if it’s the trash, someone can just find you that way. So I dunno!”

[shadowbastion]

sequentialee​:

EMBARRASSING, REALLY, THE WAY KAMUI calls out to him like this. not that he minds it so much, rather the disturbance i causes, let alone the fact he’s much more of a private person than his boyfriend. and to make it even more on point it feels as if the other always seems to miraculously forget after each time. as much as he wishes to accuse the other of doing it intentionally, there’s a doubt that always lingers, as if in knowing it was merely just how excitable the other is.

still, that hardly halts the shade of faded pink that tinges his cheeks at it all, let alone accompanied with the kiss on his forehead.

❝ Aside from the fact I don’t need to be picked up lik that every time? I told you, you can just call me Morian when we’re in public. Lee’s just a brand name I go by for technicalities. And it’s not as if the tabloids don’t know about that much. ❞ anything else beyond the fact that he was seeing kamui and his personal name was kept as sealed as he possibly could. ❝ Being a genius isn’t foolproof, you know. A lot of these guys are just about on par with my intellect. One slip in my designs and they’ll do more than just dismantle the toy. But it went fine. Moray seemed pleased, too, ❞ he tacks on, heaving a small sigh at it all.

❝ And? What about your presumed tardiness? Don’t tell me they tried keeping you overtime. You’d think they’d learn by now they won’t keep you in place long when you have things you wanna rush to… ❞

Settling on draping himself over Morian, he listened as Morian talked, although he was pretty distracted by the cute flush on Morian’s cheeks...Cute! So, so, cute. Oh, shoot, what was hesaying? Something about being picked up again? Come on sweetie, it’s not the time... “Huh? Huh? Why can’t I call you both, wah.” Rubbing his cheek against Morian’s,he pouted. So very much like a large dog, arms wrapped around the smaller man. “They needed some help! So I very quickly just picked up and tossed some logs and then I ran here as fast as I could! I even dropped my bike!” Or left it somewhere. Pout, pout, pout...

But that pout turned into a broad smile as he moved to stand in front of Morian.

“But we’re going on a date to celebrate, right?” He wasn’t entirely sure what they were meeting up for in the first place, but it would likely be best for them to celebrate now right? “Let’s go out for dinner! And maybe the Boardwalk!”

[quteqelestial]

Rin looked between the flip phone and the vending machine, frowning as he did so. He barely knew how to text people and now this phone was supposed to be able to give the machine money? He’d only wanted some gummy bears but he was already feeling out of his depth…

Thinking he could learn by watching someone else, he gave the person at the machine next to his a quick glance, noticing their strange position. Though they were on the ground with their arm jammed up the machine’s slot, they did have a snack in their hand!

“Oh!”

“Is that how you’re supposed to do it?”

@shadowbastion​

[shadowbastion]

Face pressed against the glass, horn making a terrible screech if he moved too close, he looked up at the other grinning widely. “Eh? How else should I do it? Last time I picked one up, the guy got mad at me.” What guy? Who knew. He was in a public place, and he was shaking it to try and get some snacks out. Since they wanted him to do it this way, he was doing it this way, darnit! But...

“I finally got the snack - apparently this month has important chocolate-related missions, but now.” He pulled back his arm, and it pulled the vending machine precariously.

“Shaking it would’ve been way imprecise, but I think that this way is also kind of horrible! Why have the glass anyway? Why not just let people pick.” You know, like a store. But Kamui is from the apocalypse so, like, that’s not a thing. But he has been to one here.

“You know, like, the other places with chocolate. Or an armory!”

[shadowbastion]

“Eh? There’s a whole day dedicated to just chocolates? I’ve heard about chocolates before. It’s like, some kind of really bitter or really sweet thing that has other food stuffed in it! Man, I wish I could crave something like that, food inside of a food shell...”

“Why is that a symbol of love? Is love being full of food?”

[shadowbastion]

empireserved​:

“Where I’m from, there’s two moons, Masser and Secunda. The change doesn’t mean much to me, but it’s odd nonetheless.”

He gave the stranger a harsh glare for a handful of seconds “Ah yes, because I should take advice from someone whose outfit almost entirely consists of pockets.” 

“But wouldn’t there be a difference? Shouldn’t it impact something? Two whole moons...” He thought about it for a moment, before looking at the other.

“Eh? Well, I mean, it’s useful for missions. When you’re by yourself, someone else can’t carry all the bombs...”

[empireserved]

“I can’t believe it has taken me this long to realize this but is there… only one moon here?”

[shadowbastion]

“Yep! One moon! Only one- should there be two?”

“Though it’s not like there’s not that many other Construct here, so it’s kind of odd. A bit like your armor-”

[shadowbastion]

sequentialee​:

MAYBE HE WAS FORTUNTE HERE, the feeling of weighted metal in his hands familiar than faux guns, granted by being so bold as to step foot into the mists. not merely his weapons, either, but the sense of some kind of sensory rebooting in his systems. strange, that mists would grant such a thing, if not considerably fascinating to him. one mental note is all it takes for him to remember to return to the edge of the city to gather samples, given he was able to make it out alive and whole without any logistics or repairs.

especially in sight of the distant howls of corrupted. ❝ Dammit. I knew this place was too good to be true, ❞ he speaks with mild concern, fingers already ready to pull the trigger at any second. what his eyes can tell him there is something lurking within the mists - an almost darkness that feels familiar, if not distant. and it was only with the sound of footsteps to accompany them that he reacts as he does, an arm lifting with precise speeds to aim a barrel at the source, all before registering just who it was at the call of his name.

❝ Tsk. Kamui… how you haven’t gotten lost yet is another dumb stroke of your luck or something incomprehensible still. ❞ not that warmest greeting, given kamui’s own reception of the sharpshooter, but it could have been far worse. what it is his fellow construct says is what garners his attention, however, cerulean eyes resolving themselves more in earnest.

❝ The Commandant? I haven’t picked up on their signal. ❞ not that it means they weren’t somewhere, brought to this mysterious land just as they were. ❝ You’re right. I’m not as good as Support Types like Liv. But it’s beneficial to inform you my functions have been hindered since coming here… so I may not be able to accomplish what you want, either, ❞ he notes, as irritating as it was to not have that sense of control. ❝ … did you bring Corrupted with you? I don’t have a read on Commandant, but it’s undeniable something was trailing you once you got into my range. ❞

“They’re definitely here. I can hear their footsteps.” Looking for signals was far from his own forte. But given how used he had always been to being alone, it made him really aware of others with him. Finding Lee, the Commandant, Liv, or Lucia - and of course the members of his own team - was pretty easy once he tried to leave out the logistics of it. How they walked, how they breathed, how Lee lifted his gun and how he held it.

Especially when it was, even briefly, pointed at him.

“I haven’t brought anything with me. Not on purpose, anyway.” Although he had been trudging through, trying to follow those footsteps. And there was that feeling. That small nagging at the back of his head, that almost felt like it was tugging on...Something! He wasn’t entirely sure what to make of it. And he definitely wasn’t sure how to explain it.

“Why? Do you...” He pauses, listening for a second before bringing his sword off his back.

“Okay, now I hear something, but it’s definitely not the bad feeling I had.” He frowns slightly, furrowing his brow. “It’s...Something wrong. But not shuffling around out there. Following me, but not following me. I’m kind of worried something’s a bit buggy, to be honest...”

[shadowbastion]

@sequentialee​

“Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” His shouts could be heard from across at least one ward as he practically sprinted to his boyfriend, grabbing his hand and tugging him in for a hug, placing a kiss on his forehead. How long had they been together? He wasn’t entirely sure, because honestly, it felt like he had known Lee forever.

The larger man finally put down his boyfriend, grinning from ear to ear.

“I’m so glad to see you! Wuh, am I late? Why are you making that face! How’d your new toy demonstration go?” Kamui wasn’t very good at creation like Lee was, and he never had been - at least not with smallscale things. Too excitable, too rough. Instead he was pretty good at handling hard labor - and so he worked on construction and deconstruction! He was good at carrying, and he was good at helping to fix big machines.

“I’m assuming it went good - it always does. You being a genius and all.”

[shadowbastion]

originskey​:

Seems like he had a visitor. Calmly, Kratos stood, and took a step back from the device. Maybe this youngster knew something he didn’t.

“I’m unfamiliar with the connections you’re making. I’ve never heard of Inver-Device, or ‘Mind’ in the context you’re referring to.”

“As for ‘taking’ it, I haven’t. This was made from a collection of spare parts I’ve found around the island, using a few manuals I found in the libraries here as a reference.”

It’s been a few hundred years since he’s made one of these things, the refresher was necessary.

“I’m trying to get in touch with a matching device on another comet.”

“Well, I have both an Inver-Device, and I kind of need both that and my M.I.N.D. to keep things going.” He looks at the device, blinking. Sorry Kratos, but this is on Construct who is bad at anything technology related that doesn’t involve running directly through it.

“Good thing you didn’t take it though. I guess technically, well, you’d be like the Commandant, but I’d really rather you not go poking around in someone else’s M.I.N.D. - oh! So, you mean like a communication device? My Inver-Device can usually detect other Constructs and sensors, but it’s not working now.”

“Besides, it’s only Lee that I would be able to sense, and he just hangs around me a bunch anyway - who are you trying to get in touch with? Lee might be able to help.” He just...Continues to talk. He does look far more chipper to learn you didn’t take some poor Construct’s brain out, though.

[originskey]

Frankly, he looks frustrated.

There are a few books around him, a sheet with various little tools, spare parts and wires all on it.

He’s been in several places, trying to find a spot where, theoretically, it should work. The materials aren’t perfect, but they should have been fine.

All of this, and his communication device, as rudementary as it was, wasn’t picking up any signals beyond this strange place, let alone to Derris-Kharlan. Even attuning it to that magical signature was a failure.

…What was he doing wrong, here?

[shadowbastion]

“Eh?” He looks at it, standing over the man’s shoulder and tilting his head from side to side. “You’re supposed to keep the Inver-Device in the head! Or else the M.I.N.D. can’t be kept right- Who did you take that from anyway?”

He’s not...Super happy about the potential of it, but maybe he should give the guy a chance.

“Besides, that’s not what it’s supposed to look like at all.“

[shadowbastion]

@sequentialee​

So much had been happening that he couldn’t fully process or understand. He wasn’t sure if he could actually even analyze anything even if he was fully powered, and between the mechanical legs scurrying about, he could feel an inkling, trickling darkness following him.

He had never been happier to see Lee, and he charged straight ahead through the mist, that same darkness following him, but he ignored it. Because, Lee was way better at anything of this sort. He can’t help but have a prickle of anxiety about it. There was something...About this. Something odd, but more importantly.

“Lee!”

“I’m pretty glad to see you - ah, listen - I can hear the Commandant running around, you know! I can’t find them anywhere, but I definitely know that pattern, and it sounds like them.” That, and there were enemies lurking in the mist.

And there was something following him.

“You can definitely find them though. Maybe not as good as Liv can, but way better than I can.”

[shadowbastion]

perpetualquestions​:

“It’s a game where you kick a ball to eachother.” Curiousity knew there were more rules than that. What the rules were, exactly, escaped her. It wasn’t like she had ever played before. It seemed pointless.

Until now.

The girl kicked the ball over to her new companion, the purple optic landing to stare up at him blankly. Curiousity knew Morality would be judging, but that didn’t matter. She always judged.

Kamui picked it up, and he didn’t need his Inver-Device to figure out that this wasn’t a ball. Tilting his head, he looked back at her. “Are you a Construct? You shouldn’t kick around your analytical device. I know someone who would be pretty upset.”

“What’s this thing anyway? Since it doesn’t have to be attached to you, it must be pretty advanced!”

[shadowbastion]

ironwills​:

The Miqo’te blinks slightly at the other male as he spoke,his mouth opening for a moment as he was going to reply to the other about what he was actually on about but held back for a moment,lightly raising an eyebrow at the other.

“ Not exactly what I meant but uh…..Good for you? ”

Kamui tilts his head, looking at the other’s ears, back and forth, and then at him directly. “What’d y’mean? What’s a Limsa?”

“This place really is incredible, don’t you think? It’s so lively, even with all this mist everywhere.”

[ironwills]

  “ Gotta admit that this place has more colourful people than Limsa……And that’s a feat ”

[shadowbastion]

“Eh? Colorful? Well, I guess my outfit does glow a bit, but that’s stylish! Green is pretty stylish too, don’t you think?” As a matter of fact, he nodded and added, “Most of the Constructs I know have something that glows on them, or is pretty brightly colored.“

[perpetualquestions]

When Curiousity heard that people were seeing others from their own worlds in the mists, she had naturally gone straight for it. Would she find Her again? Or what about Emotion, to help her understand what had happened to her under the influence of the mask? Or Logic? What about a scientist to program her with more capabilities?  Or a test subject to play with?

Instead, she had come face to face with… this. This. Of all people to find, it had to be the killjoy. Curiousity stared down at the purple optic with disgust and loathing, and was blankly stared back in return.

“Anyone want to play soccer?”

[shadowbastion]

Eh? Eh?

He tilted his head from side to side. He had no scanning capabilities - and even if he had, he wouldn’t be able to do much with them, but he walked up to her anyway. She was looking at...Something!

Kamui could ignore the scenes playing around him - a deserted planet, a weird, creeping darkness. Nope! No worries. And she wanted to play some kind of game? He was pretty sure that maybe she was also an android!

“Oh! Sure!” There was just one problem. “What’s soccer?”

[darknightsparrow]

“BIG Kamui! BIG Kamui! BIG Kamui!”

kamuinu & nekolee.

[dartlights-deactivated20211009]

@shadowbastion​

was there some food around these parts? any fish? she’ll take some fruits too. she’s just hungry. would these kind humans give her something to eat?? no? oh, she understands. dragons are scary and she clearly was terrifying. oh well, time to scavenge for some scraps. food was food.

[shadowbastion]

“Hey there!”

“You’re so small! Are you looking for food? That was kind of mean of them to not let you have any.” Okay, but Kamui, you don’t have any food. “I don’t get hungry, but I kind of wish I could! Let’s go get you something, yeah?” Kamui, who is not a small Construct, kneels down and holds out a hand to the little...Thing!

“So weird! So many biological things here! You have to take care of yourself, you know.”