Eighth Game

[break_the_nine]

1)

[Its after the sortie and Leos is nowhere in sight of his borrowed R-Blade. One would think he's back in the infirmary or just bundled up somewhere. Not so. In a corner of one of the bases, a flickering light continuously lives and dies casting shadows over him in a most disturbing way as his palm presses heavily against a machine. It creaks lowly and its own faint lights flicker.]

Almost.... almost....

[There was a noise akin to electricity crackling, the machine Leos was connected to seemingly shut off before returning to full functionality, letting out a low growl as it did so. Leos began to cackle almost maniacally in response to this.]

Yes.... YES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[There was a low thump from the machine. Leos slowly crouched down... and pulled out a pack of pudding. The light above him finally decided it wanted to stay on, bathing Leos' exuberant grin in its warmth.]



INFINITE FREE PUDDING FOR LIIIIIIIFE!!!

2)

[Now that Leos had discovered he could interface with more than just mecha of various flavours, he's been wandering around the bases, attempting to plug himself into various forms of electronics. Some with more success than others.]



a) Game Console/Computer
[Leos had a tremendous advantage in that his avatar ingame, or in the case of strategy games, his entire army seemed to move with almost every thought he made. However...]

Wait wait. Left LEFT-!

-YOU. HAVE. DIED.-

Awwww....

[That did not automatically make him good at them. Just faster.]

b) Star Rose's Roombas Cleaning Robots
[As a Janitor, Leos was expected to tend to cleaning up the areas of Star Rose that had been sectioned for the Unity Group's usage. However, taking care of things with just him and Ken was so slow. In order to take care of that problem he decided to plug into a few of the Out of Service Mini-Cleaning Robots that usually take care of the minor details and small messes.]

THEY HAVE MINDS OF THEIR OWN NOW! RUUUUUN!!!

[He didn't expect that his attempts to program them to do his job for him would lead to the small herd of Roombas to develop low sentience along the lines of an animal level AI. Seriously Leos. How the hell did you do that? The good news is that they're more of a nuisance and can't really hurt anyone aside from tripping them, and they can't exactly make other machinery come alive either. The bad news? They're chasing Leos around.... but in the long run is that REALLY such a bad thing?]

c) TV
[Leos had a grin on his face. He could change the channels... WITH HIS MIND. He was essentially channel surfing at a surprising speed as he leaned back and relaxed, never mind a few connections between him and the TV. He has transcended the need for petty remote controls. Fear him.]

d) Death Battle
[Leos was looking up at the Shark-Ship with almost religious awe in his eyes, it was official. He REALLY needed to plug himself into this. Someone please stop him, I don't think the world is ready for Leos to find out what it feels like to be a gigantic flying robot hammerhead shark.]

3)

[When next you find Leos he's sliding against the wall as he stumbles along sleepily, mumbling nonsense to himself. He barely manages to push himself away from it to wave at you.]

He- he-yaaaaawn- hey...

[He rubs at his eyes sleepily, has he been getting enough rest ever since his recovery?]

Comments

2b

[herodrawing]

Eeeh? The cleaning robots are after you?!

[Izuru observes the chase with a dumbfounded look on his face.]

[break_the_nine]

Izuru! Run! We need to run before they catch up!

[To be perfectly honest they weren't even that fast. A little faster than usual maybe but still slow compared to a human.

-Beep-

YAAAH! Stay back! I fixed you! We should be friends!

[The Roombas advance. Threateningly. They then tender their reply. Threateningly.]

-Beep-

[herodrawing]

Don't worry Leos, I'll save you!

TOH!

[Izuru runs up to the closest cleanbot and... flips it upside down.]

Did it work?

[break_the_nine]

I think it did... We're safe-!

-Beep-

[The others proceed to flip it back the right way up.]

...Oh no.... THEY'RE LEARNING! THE DOOMBAS ARE LEARNING!!

[Doombas...? That's what he calls them? Either way Izuru, the Doombas triumphantly vocalize at you.]

-Beep--Beep--Beep--Beep--Beep--Beep--Beep-

[They then proceed to repeatedly bump themselves against your foot harmlessly.]

2a

[majestic_keiki]

Did you actually manage to just lose that?

[break_the_nine]

I have no idea how it happened either...

[Faaaaail... Leos just buries his face in his hands at how soundly beaten he was in the game.]

[majestic_keiki]

Maybe because you were too busy charging the enemy head on?

[break_the_nine]

But I had a plan and everything, I was going to dodge roll to the side!

[Lies, if he did he would have fallen off that cliff in the game and onto several rocks waaaay down at the bottom.]

3

[ugyuuya]

[Catching Leos as he stumbles in the hallway Yuuya cocks his head as he looks at the younger pilot.]

Have you been staying up late with video games or something Leos? You really should make sure you get enough sleep.

[break_the_nine]

Yuu...

[Leos struggles not to yawn again. He fails.]

Yuuya... 'm not sleepy at all. 'mma part robot now! I don't need sleep!

[Leos grins broadly, then barely manages to keep from meeting the floor face first.]

I think... cyborgs don't need sleep right?

[ugyuuya]

I'm pretty sure by your level of exhaustion and the fact that you're about to pass out that, yes, you do indeed need sleep.

Come on, let's get you to bed before you pass out completely and we need to get a cart or something to wheel you to your room.

2d

[abugslife]

[Suddenly a looming shadow appears over Leos.]

No. Do not even think about it.

[break_the_nine]

YEEP!

[Leos almost leaps at that, quickly turning around to face Hetepheres.]

Um... O... kay?

[Yeah, sorry Heph... too late, he's already thinking about it.]

But I mean... I connected to the R-Blade well enough...

[abugslife]

The combined power of sharks and dinosaurs is intoxicating and alluring. It will quickly overwhelm and corrupt anyone not used to it.

1

[tiger_ken]

[And from the shadows, a voice, and a tap on the shoulder.]

...Put it back Leos.

[break_the_nine]

[Aaaand Busted. But at the very least Leos knows he can pull it off now.]

Ah! Ken! I was just... um... Er.....

There's no way to explain this other than what you're seeing is there...?

[tiger_ken]

And what I'm seeing is you using your cyborg enhancements to steal pudding. Like... as a friend and a ninja, I'm disappointed.

2c

[cloningblues]

What are you doing...?

[break_the_nine]

Watching TV!

[The Channels are still flipping despite Leos diverting his attention to Asagi.]

[cloningblues]

30 channels at once? And you're not even looking at the screen right now.

2b

[keep_your_dignity]

[Have a Kagura wandering by on her way to the hangar. She makes no move to actually help Leos, though]

KLEIN. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING AND WHY ARE YOU OUT OF BED.

[break_the_nine]

Aaah! M-m-Major! I got let out of the infirmary, they said I was good enough to move around so I wanted to try help Ken with some Janitor stuff!

[keep_your_dignity]

[Kagura stays silent for an instant. Then she takes one step forward. The roombas try to atack the Major's metal feet ineffectively]

YOU JUST CAME FROM THE WORLD'S WORST CYBERIZAION OPERATION. SO SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SENSE OF A FUCKING LEMMING, LET ME PUT THIS CLEARLY FOR YOU. IF YOU REOPEN YOUR WOUNDS BEING STUPID?

[She raises her foot and lowers it, crushing one of the roombas instantly. The rest whine and scatter]

THAT'S YOUR HEAD, KLEIN.

UNDERSTOOD?

2

[kill_all_vagans]

Looks like you've had a busy day.

[break_the_nine]

Very! I mean... it really hurt to get these put in but now that I'm starting to figure out everything I could do with them, its like I've got dozens of doors opening up for me!