[ He should have killed him a long time ago. It should have been done on that frigid day in December, when every bit of reason told him what needed to be done, but his hand had been stayed by justification and trust. It should have been enough to tell him that he was broken, but the signs were ignored. Now he tells himself that it's a waiting game, a test, because he confirmed the plan and the time limit for himself. It will be handled one way or another. If his partner doesn't take it into his own hands, then Ranger will, and he'll that knowledge not so that he acts but to offer him the choice.
But he won't die. Maybe he wold kill both of them, as he would lose his partner either way. ]
... I'll add two more to the list first. Add. He's interested in robots. Worthwhile projects.
[ There's a brief look that says I know. Neither of them could be described as robots, as ASUNARO's goals weren't so inelegant as to be satisfied with steel filled with mundane code, but it means an easy in with someone who adept in their field. The second name takes longer to come, and there's a solid few seconds in which the silence lingers in the air before he continues, ]
Satou Kuroneko. Magic mixed with physics. Cute kid.
[ There's another name that he should add to that list, but he keeps it to himself. He offers up those two though, because it's the logical decision. They're both useful, and Satou is someone who he would be quite fond of. It's not a replacement, but rather cutting the list short. ]
As for the participants, they're fumbling through it without us to guide them. There's a total of six of us, including you and I. In order of arrival it was: Sara, Shin, Ranger, Joe, Alice, Hiyori. I've been here for six months. The first two were here a couple months before me.
[ This is more routine, quick and to the point, as though he were simply giving a report. That's all it is, really, something factual and impersonal. It's what he's supposed to do. ]
What do you wanna know?
[ Who does he want to know about? ]
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she should do a blood ritual and her evil sara demon compels her
[ there is a look, robots are, in other words, just artificial people created from machinery, bolts and nuts, while being a stepback from what they are. it's an insult, but someone who understands the specific field proves more use than another person who has no idea what the difference between zinc and galvanized is. ]
And what of his work, you must've seen it for yourself to recommend him!
[ it's the differences that everyone has compared to inaba himeko that dealt with the innerworkings of ranger's code, and now there's someone who can handle the model, or creation of a robot, which midori doesn't throw away the idea. he simply inquires, ]
Has he done anything to your body, Ranger? There has to be someone managing over your routine maintenance, while you can do a scan... it's best to have someone competent to reevaluate over the data that comes back, physicals are needed!
[ while he's not a complete human, that doesn't mean his body should be ignored either. it's a very important part of him, and if that malfunctions, it can backfire on his code, which is easy to fix by reuploading him because he'll never die, but they need to avoid something so drastic at all costs.
from all that, ranger can get the idea that he's asking if add has been working on that part of him.
the next name registers, the cute part makes this worthwhile too. he thinks he'll have to see what's so cute about her, and if it's something that catches his eye, he'll see into it properly. ]
...
[ the list is exciting, there goes the wag of his rattail yet again while gauging which participant interests him most. there's this satisfying feeling at knowing they're all in purgatory, but there's a few important ones, they exist ones, and the way he ignores alice out the batch of them.
...
he doesn't want to comment or he'll become frustrated, and joe has no hold (aha!) on him, and so he can ignore that one too. ]
They've grown, haven't they?
[ which would be unfortunate, because not surprising where ranger has also grown. he's not in asunaro, so there's no need to immediately chase after them, but it's almost like a second chance, though his first chance should have went better than it did.
onto a better question: ]
Have they accepted you as one of their own?
quick let's get akki to teach us how to summon evil demon sara
[ Midori will notice the way his grip adjusts at the question. He fighters a little, holding on a little tighter and glancing off to the side, an uncomfortable look on her face. It's not unlike a person trying to hug themselves to make sure their entire body is still there. It was bad enough to have someone touch his code, that most essential part that makes up everything about him, but to have his body tampered with to is a sickening prospect. It leaves a bad taste in his mouth to know that more than one person knows how to plug him in.
If someone were to know the way his hardware functioned, then they would truly be able to do anything, and there's no shame in warping a doll. The idea is enough to make his stomach churn, and he understands the other half of the equation too. If somebody was working on him, then they could work on the body wandering about too. He takes in a deep breath before exhaling slowly. ]
Ahaha, are you that worried about me? Nope, I've been taking care of everything myself~ There's no one here that I'd trust with ASUANRO technology.
[ That seems the simplest way to say it. He doesn't trust anyone with his code. It had been a one time affair, and in which he could be assured that data wasn't kept. He certainly wouldn't repeat it with his body.
...
With Midori here, he'll have to be even more careful. ]
They have, but not enough.
[ It's a frank assessment. Their little spats, the pettiness, the inability to handle so many things - they've grown, but not nearly enough to be the unrecognizable figures that they'd wish to greet Midori as. No, they've all just gotten too complacent.
Ranger pushes the door to the pool room open. He chooses his words more carefully in answering the second question, ]
There seems to be a misunderstanding on their part.
[ ... ]
if komaeda get his soul and then give it to midori and ranger
[ ranger's code is midori's code, his model is one off, due to being someone created for a certain throne within the asunaro palace— though he never saw the light of day in that regard, that doesn't mean he's not a personal liability for him. his body threatens midori's body, and they are like dominoes that once one of them falls, the other isn't far behind. it's a dangerous game to be played for someone like them who want nothing more than to survive, and having various people out there act as their achilles' heel; there's nothing romantic at all.
becoming invulnerable until someone so chooses? there's no benefits from it. he can take the response that no one physically worked on him, but the framework of his code is a different story. the fiddling of his hold that portrays a telltale sigh of worry and being unsure doesn't give midori high hopes. ]
Your functionality hasn't been breached by curious hands then... perfect! I had alllllllllmost thought to remind you of what was in in the handbook: Section 45 Part 3-B, clause 876 at the very, very, very bottom that talks about what happens to your body if unable to operate due to handling by someone else.
[ down to the very segment of the page that he doesn't see the need to inform ranger on because he should know it already, every page, just like midori who before, skimmed over it, gave a smile and understood the assignment. ]
Oh, oh! In other words, they're still cute...
[ "cute", still rough around the edges, and with his hands all he has to do is polish them. out of the list, joe won't be so difficult, they've yet to properly meet. alice isn't at the forefront of his mind, oh how unpleasant it is to hear about him; so he ignores them for the rest. sara and shin, his two favorites, not only that death has landed them in the same box, but one interests him more than the other— the time here is truly shaken, given shin had died way before sara, but there's some excitement that's visible as the tip of his tail curls.
as they walk into the pool, ranger will spot there's water all over the floor, and some in the shape of a few footsteps, and blotches of puddles that means nothing. ]
Evaluate what's hard to understand, is it because you lack the eyes of a participant?
[ scooping them out, then replacing them would be ever so easy, but personal decisions don't stem from seeing what they see. ]
[ Ranger knows perfectly well why he's worried, because he's too concerned with all the little pro that occurred to consider context or solution. It's not surprising, given that he's having all this dropped on him at once, but it doesn't make it any less irritating to have rules and regulations that are encoded into him so strongly that he can't truly ever go against it. Nor would he want to, no more then a person would want to remove their instinct to pull their hands away from a hot stove.
He doesn't trust any of them, not really. He stops near a puddle now, rolling Midori's head so he can grip it with both hands and lift it up above his head and - ]
See, this is why your body functions just fine without the head attached.
[ - he starts shaking it up and down in a rapid movement. It won't hurt him, his parts won't rattle around in his head and he won't suffer any dizziness like a human would, but it's no less anyone for him than anyone else. He emphasizes each word as he continues. ]
Because you don't use it anyway.
[ He stops, but that glare remains. He's never once put the rest of them at risk, and here has been no different. There's a reason for everything that he does. ]
[ nothing rattles, he doesn't get busy, hut he admires the ceiling for the change in colors that ranger puts him though as he shakes his head. he does use his shoulders for more than a head rack, and that's why he said what he did. that's fine, he believes, that if there's so much denial towards being worked on properly, midori follows what he would have done himself. ]
After I find my body, I'll check over you myself. It's really hard finding proper help.
[ that's how he feels about anyone touching asunaro code and body functions that he's wired himself into. longevity, life, and all things never-ending is why he traded himself for these parts so that he could live forever. ]
That's why you have meeee! ♡
[ he's the proper help, laughing while he accepts this as a roller coaster if anything. he waits for ranger to stop before continuing, clearing his throat as he scans the pool to see if there's anything his body may have left behind. ]
You can agree with that, can't you?
stop midori can control him the old fashioned way, that's so cute
[ It's like dealing with a child, and Ranger keeps his stare fixed on him. The thought of being worked on by Midori makes him frown. Ranger was only worked on by Gashu, Miley, and Safalin. Midori will be able to work on him just as skillfully, but that meant he could do harm and good alike as he pleased.
He considers Midori's position. He would be working with the perfect program, one in which each string was carefully interwoven with the next. There should be no vulnerabilities, no exploits, save any that came with it being tampered with by outsiders. It would be safer, then, to maintain that than to risk vulnerabilities that if found could be used on him.
Midori plays the long game, and so he has other ways of causing any changes he wishes to see occur without any risk to himself.
Ranger nods. ]
Right. You and I are the only people here qualified to work with ASUNARO technology.
[ He looks behind him at the pool itself, and he briefly considers kicking his head into it. He decides against it, instead lowering his arms and holding Midori's head close once more. The body's not here, so it must have left. It would find a secure place to stay, which would rule out standing around in the snow half-frozen. ]
[ where is it now? it seems throughout their walk and conversation, midori had "forgotten" to explain his thoughts of that the body has migrated, and is no longer suffering from the cold or pressure. ]
The body is warm now, any special places with heat?
[ there should be some place that generate warmth, enough to dry off a body like his as it regulates a certain temperature to help. he trusts that ranger would know where to go when it comes to that, and soon, he'll be officially complete without any other hiccups in his arrival. it's a shame he isn't aware of the date, this is surely an interesting birthday to wake up to. with it not on his mind, he attempts to bring back the conversation from its high once ranger is calm again. ]
And I'll remain qualified, hey, hey... Ranger? I will be playing with the participants.
[ playing with them would mean it's another fun game, but only for midori. it'll keep him interested while observing their growth, it's a plan that relies on working together properly with information. he continues, ]
I want to see where they've grown if I act as if I don't remember them.
[ he thinks softer, and that they may have become complacent due to the fact they accept ranger as one of their own despite there being more to it. it's a dangerous game, when the other states there's a misunderstanding; how unfortunate, placing ranger in a narrative where it suits them. so will they do the same to him? ]
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give her a hopeful motive, he'll be so proud of his daughter
But he won't die. Maybe he wold kill both of them, as he would lose his partner either way. ]
... I'll add two more to the list first. Add. He's interested in robots. Worthwhile projects.
[ There's a brief look that says I know. Neither of them could be described as robots, as ASUNARO's goals weren't so inelegant as to be satisfied with steel filled with mundane code, but it means an easy in with someone who adept in their field. The second name takes longer to come, and there's a solid few seconds in which the silence lingers in the air before he continues, ]
Satou Kuroneko. Magic mixed with physics. Cute kid.
[ There's another name that he should add to that list, but he keeps it to himself. He offers up those two though, because it's the logical decision. They're both useful, and Satou is someone who he would be quite fond of. It's not a replacement, but rather cutting the list short. ]
As for the participants, they're fumbling through it without us to guide them. There's a total of six of us, including you and I. In order of arrival it was: Sara, Shin, Ranger, Joe, Alice, Hiyori. I've been here for six months. The first two were here a couple months before me.
[ This is more routine, quick and to the point, as though he were simply giving a report. That's all it is, really, something factual and impersonal. It's what he's supposed to do. ]
What do you wanna know?
[ Who does he want to know about? ]
she should do a blood ritual and her evil sara demon compels her
And what of his work, you must've seen it for yourself to recommend him!
[ it's the differences that everyone has compared to inaba himeko that dealt with the innerworkings of ranger's code, and now there's someone who can handle the model, or creation of a robot, which midori doesn't throw away the idea. he simply inquires, ]
Has he done anything to your body, Ranger? There has to be someone managing over your routine maintenance, while you can do a scan... it's best to have someone competent to reevaluate over the data that comes back, physicals are needed!
[ while he's not a complete human, that doesn't mean his body should be ignored either. it's a very important part of him, and if that malfunctions, it can backfire on his code, which is easy to fix by reuploading him because he'll never die, but they need to avoid something so drastic at all costs.
from all that, ranger can get the idea that he's asking if add has been working on that part of him.
the next name registers, the cute part makes this worthwhile too. he thinks he'll have to see what's so cute about her, and if it's something that catches his eye, he'll see into it properly. ]
...
[ the list is exciting, there goes the wag of his rattail yet again while gauging which participant interests him most. there's this satisfying feeling at knowing they're all in purgatory, but there's a few important ones, they exist ones, and the way he ignores alice out the batch of them.
...
he doesn't want to comment or he'll become frustrated, and joe has no hold (aha!) on him, and so he can ignore that one too. ]
They've grown, haven't they?
[ which would be unfortunate, because not surprising where ranger has also grown. he's not in asunaro, so there's no need to immediately chase after them, but it's almost like a second chance, though his first chance should have went better than it did.
onto a better question: ]
Have they accepted you as one of their own?
quick let's get akki to teach us how to summon evil demon sara
If someone were to know the way his hardware functioned, then they would truly be able to do anything, and there's no shame in warping a doll. The idea is enough to make his stomach churn, and he understands the other half of the equation too. If somebody was working on him, then they could work on the body wandering about too. He takes in a deep breath before exhaling slowly. ]
Ahaha, are you that worried about me? Nope, I've been taking care of everything myself~ There's no one here that I'd trust with ASUANRO technology.
[ That seems the simplest way to say it. He doesn't trust anyone with his code. It had been a one time affair, and in which he could be assured that data wasn't kept. He certainly wouldn't repeat it with his body.
...
With Midori here, he'll have to be even more careful. ]
They have, but not enough.
[ It's a frank assessment. Their little spats, the pettiness, the inability to handle so many things - they've grown, but not nearly enough to be the unrecognizable figures that they'd wish to greet Midori as. No, they've all just gotten too complacent.
Ranger pushes the door to the pool room open. He chooses his words more carefully in answering the second question, ]
There seems to be a misunderstanding on their part.
[ ... ]
if komaeda get his soul and then give it to midori and ranger
[ ranger's code is midori's code, his model is one off, due to being someone created for a certain throne within the asunaro palace— though he never saw the light of day in that regard, that doesn't mean he's not a personal liability for him. his body threatens midori's body, and they are like dominoes that once one of them falls, the other isn't far behind. it's a dangerous game to be played for someone like them who want nothing more than to survive, and having various people out there act as their achilles' heel; there's nothing romantic at all.
becoming invulnerable until someone so chooses? there's no benefits from it. he can take the response that no one physically worked on him, but the framework of his code is a different story. the fiddling of his hold that portrays a telltale sigh of worry and being unsure doesn't give midori high hopes. ]
Your functionality hasn't been breached by curious hands then... perfect! I had alllllllllmost thought to remind you of what was in in the handbook: Section 45 Part 3-B, clause 876 at the very, very, very bottom that talks about what happens to your body if unable to operate due to handling by someone else.
[ down to the very segment of the page that he doesn't see the need to inform ranger on because he should know it already, every page, just like midori who before, skimmed over it, gave a smile and understood the assignment. ]
Oh, oh! In other words, they're still cute...
[ "cute", still rough around the edges, and with his hands all he has to do is polish them. out of the list, joe won't be so difficult, they've yet to properly meet. alice isn't at the forefront of his mind, oh how unpleasant it is to hear about him; so he ignores them for the rest. sara and shin, his two favorites, not only that death has landed them in the same box, but one interests him more than the other— the time here is truly shaken, given shin had died way before sara, but there's some excitement that's visible as the tip of his tail curls.
as they walk into the pool, ranger will spot there's water all over the floor, and some in the shape of a few footsteps, and blotches of puddles that means nothing. ]
Evaluate what's hard to understand, is it because you lack the eyes of a participant?
[ scooping them out, then replacing them would be ever so easy, but personal decisions don't stem from seeing what they see. ]
help not his soul
He doesn't trust any of them, not really. He stops near a puddle now, rolling Midori's head so he can grip it with both hands and lift it up above his head and - ]
See, this is why your body functions just fine without the head attached.
[ - he starts shaking it up and down in a rapid movement. It won't hurt him, his parts won't rattle around in his head and he won't suffer any dizziness like a human would, but it's no less anyone for him than anyone else. He emphasizes each word as he continues. ]
Because you don't use it anyway.
[ He stops, but that glare remains. He's never once put the rest of them at risk, and here has been no different. There's a reason for everything that he does. ]
It's an important part so we can control him
After I find my body, I'll check over you myself. It's really hard finding proper help.
[ that's how he feels about anyone touching asunaro code and body functions that he's wired himself into. longevity, life, and all things never-ending is why he traded himself for these parts so that he could live forever. ]
That's why you have meeee! ♡
[ he's the proper help, laughing while he accepts this as a roller coaster if anything. he waits for ranger to stop before continuing, clearing his throat as he scans the pool to see if there's anything his body may have left behind. ]
You can agree with that, can't you?
stop midori can control him the old fashioned way, that's so cute
He considers Midori's position. He would be working with the perfect program, one in which each string was carefully interwoven with the next. There should be no vulnerabilities, no exploits, save any that came with it being tampered with by outsiders. It would be safer, then, to maintain that than to risk vulnerabilities that if found could be used on him.
Midori plays the long game, and so he has other ways of causing any changes he wishes to see occur without any risk to himself.
Ranger nods. ]
Right. You and I are the only people here qualified to work with ASUNARO technology.
[ He looks behind him at the pool itself, and he briefly considers kicking his head into it. He decides against it, instead lowering his arms and holding Midori's head close once more. The body's not here, so it must have left. It would find a secure place to stay, which would rule out standing around in the snow half-frozen. ]
Where is it now?
NOT THE OLD FASHION WAY DO U MEAN, GROOMING?
The body is warm now, any special places with heat?
[ there should be some place that generate warmth, enough to dry off a body like his as it regulates a certain temperature to help. he trusts that ranger would know where to go when it comes to that, and soon, he'll be officially complete without any other hiccups in his arrival. it's a shame he isn't aware of the date, this is surely an interesting birthday to wake up to. with it not on his mind, he attempts to bring back the conversation from its high once ranger is calm again. ]
And I'll remain qualified, hey, hey... Ranger? I will be playing with the participants.
[ playing with them would mean it's another fun game, but only for midori. it'll keep him interested while observing their growth, it's a plan that relies on working together properly with information. he continues, ]
I want to see where they've grown if I act as if I don't remember them.
[ he thinks softer, and that they may have become complacent due to the fact they accept ranger as one of their own despite there being more to it. it's a dangerous game, when the other states there's a misunderstanding; how unfortunate, placing ranger in a narrative where it suits them. so will they do the same to him? ]