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[hacker_twins]

(Continued from here after Release 88 made the first post unusable)

The only thing that grates on Techno worse than when people notice how obviously he resembles Forte, is when it dawns on them he resembles both Forte and Mega. He isn't really sure how to feel about the person responsible being dead, as now he'll never get to have that nice loud 'what the hell were you thinking' talk he'd sometimes fantasized about.

But for now the Twins skirt around that topic and onto one of pets, as they follow Zero towards X's room.

"I still think we should get a puppy."

"We live in a treehouse, Middy. Canines can't climb."

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[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

Forte moves on to the next level, hoping Fafnir isn't as bad. It's still a little awkward, even though he doesn't like the fight to the point of enjoying the pain. Or at least he doesn't say as much or like Harpuia. Great, now he's putting too much thought into what they're saying. And they're getting the kids back before any of this anyway so it doesn't matter.

"Ah hell, X is trying to keep the Dark Elf from waking up, but that's not going to work. Off Zero goes to save the day, only for everything to go horribly wrong because everyone here is an idiot!"

[vengeancechild]

"When did 'saving the day' become a job for Wilybots, anyway? One of the reasons X and I make a good team is because he can handle any of the 'saving' anything, and I can scrap anything that gets in the way."

"According to the NPCs, Harpuia should recover... not a peep on the other two." Zero can't shake the thought that they were probably killed while down for repairs and helpless. "The base gets a phone call from Weil and his puppet, demanding Ciel turn over some energy research. She refuses because of the bombing... looks like the next set of levels are going to be dealing with troops advancing on the base."

[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

"Apparently when X decided to use his body to seal away some elf thing and become a ghost. And when everyone else became too weak and stupid to do anything right. This is all cleaning up other people's messes."

"I mean, they had the defenses down and they still get mowed down like pansies. This one pink guy sneaks into Arcadia to get the 'ultimate power' of the Dark Elf and that's obviously going to go wrong and- stop transporting me back to the stupid base the teleporter takes forever and I was right there! Why did you bring me back!" Because it was the end of a level obviously but that doesn't stop him from questioning the sanity of the NPCs and yelling at them like they can hear him.

[vengeancechild]

The Twins, having quietly completed ripping game roms to decompile and use for reference, decide it best to just slip out of the room if they can. Middy at least waves bye in case either Wilybot looks up, but both know that disturbing preoccupied Wilybots is not a good idea.

"What the hell is wrong with their teleporters, anyway?" says Zero. "You have to have someone else teleport you. And they have enough time to do a countdown while doing it. It's like someone took the crap I've heard of from Giga City and thought it was a great idea. It's a pain in the ass, is what it is. And the last game even had a part where, while in the middle of teleporting, you had to fight through some kind of cyberspace VR setup..."

"Hm. Boss was Anubis, said Weil brought them back from the dead. I think these are just copybots, programmed to think they're the originals. It makes more sense. And now the NPC says Harpuia's internal temp is rising from his injuries, but it's not serious. And the room Harpy's in is locked, so you can't check."

He suddenly looks uneasy and pauses the game for a moment, going over to a storage cabinet stuck back in a corner. "Want an e-tank?" he asks, since he's grabbing one for himself.