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familiar FamiliarArtemis, the Great Red Potoo
played by OOC NameSho
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Post by Kap Az'es on Nov 22, 2022 17:31:02 GMT -7
[attr="class","kap"]"-And I heard that Samantha got an A on the last test! she's the only one! except me! I got an A, too! Heheh!" Emmie looked so proud of herself, as she should be. She was going through a difficult time in her life and still managed to find some joy in things. Kap wasn't handling it as well as she was. He hadn't been able to sleep, except for the nights when Emmie snuck into his bed claiming she couldn't either. Something of a comfort that kept the nightmares at bay.
"Good job! I'm proud of you, dear!" He smiled warmly down to her.
"Yeah! It was a reaaaaally easy test! I like math! I'm really good with numbers. It was division! And fractions!" She was definitely at a higher level than some of her peers.
"Yeah? What was the toughest question you had?" He asked her just as they were making it to their destination. He knocked first so not to startle the person inside, then opened the door to let himself into Zephyr's workshop. He could smell the grease and sweat already. "Oh, watch your step, hunny," he said as two automotons went ambling past them to go about their assigned tasks.
He stepped in with her, hands in hand, tired eyes managing to catch Zephyr's. There was a smile that drew on his face as if all of the weariness of the day was melting away. He liked the man's company. He was happy to have it while he was in his.... recovery. "Hey there. Hope we're not too early."
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familiar FamiliarSprocket (squirrel monkey)
played by OOC NameIceguin
And following our will and wind, we may just go where no one's been
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Post by zephyr on Dec 10, 2022 20:55:03 GMT -7
"Early? What? As if you're not welcome here whenever you please," Zeph snorts from one of the platforms which he'd built into his squadron headquarters. Being the only engineer from Cipher Corp on his squad, he had functionally been allowed to take over the entire space for the purpose of producing weaponry and other devices for the others to take out into the field. Even when he wasn't around, the building was abuzz with activity from knight-like automatons assembling parts, processing resources, and making repairs.
Sprocket's head snaps up at the arrival of the duo and promptly leaps from her witch's shoulder, arms and legs outstretched to extend crafted wings which were charmed to keep her aloft. As she spirals downwards, making a meandering, looping trajectory towards Emmie's shoulder, Zeph takes the stairs down to meet them, two at a time. The monkey gets there first, clinging to Janice's daughter and affectionately rubbing her cheek over the girl's shoulder. When she had been alive, Zeph had considered the published charms expert a friend and mentor, and she had been the initial link which connected him to the Az'es family. Sprocket had always taken a particular liking to Emmie -- the most fun of the lot in her expert opinion.
"Welcome back!" he greets after catching up, grinning with some flickering undercurrent of uncharacteristic nervousness, "I uh -- kinda realized that the original reason I invited you over might be kind of... insensitive? So if you're not comfortable with the direction I'm taking this just stop me and Sprocket can show off some new grappling hooks that just came off the production line instead."
There was no point in keeping it a mystery, so he barrels on ahead: "Do you remember Argon?"
Argon was the 18th creation in a particular series of automatons designed for defense. Zeph had made them to act as guards during scientific expeditions where it would otherwise be a logistic nightmare to bring enough food and other resources for a proper defense team. And yes, Zeph insisted on giving each of the individual automatons names, even if they were going to be produced in bulk.
More importantly, Argon had been the single automaton sent along on Kap's research expedition to help test the real-life functionality of the design. There had been a whole squad of other guards there, so no one had expected it to see any serious use. It was just a test, after all... right up until it wasn't.
In the end, Kap and Emmie had been saved, but at the expense of Argon getting torn apart by a daemon.
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familiar FamiliarArtemis, the Great Red Potoo
played by OOC NameSho
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Post by Kap Az'es on Dec 17, 2022 11:10:40 GMT -7
[attr="class","kap"]Sprocket made a leap, and Emmie was wide eyed, preparig herself for the greatest catch ever! She broke out of her dad's grip just to meet Sprocket, giggling infectiously loud when the monkey landed on her and crawled all over her shoulder to rub against it. She reached a hand up, petting softly like she'd been taught. "Sprocket! I missed you!"
She laughed louder, holding her arm out for her to use as a seat so she could get a chance to give her a proper hug.
Kap smiled warmly, spreading through to his eyes. It made his heart happy to see Emmie so full of joy still. She missed her mom, but she could still find nice things in the world to bring her back up.
He looked to Zephyr then, looking confused. Insensitive? Oh no. What had he planned with this trip. His smile wavered, but he held it strong. "Em, play with Spock for a bit. I'll be right back. Okay?"
He followed after Zephyr, confused. Argon... Argon... Right. "How could I forget? Argon is the reason my little girl and myself are still alive." Of course he couldn't forget the automoton.
"What about it?"
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familiar FamiliarSprocket (squirrel monkey)
played by OOC NameIceguin
And following our will and wind, we may just go where no one's been
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Post by zephyr on Apr 26, 2023 9:51:13 GMT -7
Sprocket gleefully scrambles down Emmie's arm and stretches her hands out wide for the biggest hug she could possibly give (which, in fairness, was still merely the physical size of a squirrel monkey, but the feeling behind it is what mattered). She gives an affirmative chirrup accompanied by a confident thumbs-up when Kap asks Emmie to play with her. Sprocket was a professional at fun, of course -- she had everything perfectly under control!
Zephyr, at least, seems to trust her as he leads Kap towards a room which was used as a smaller work area. "Yeah, that's the one," he answers, already smiling again over the fact that Kap remembered the automaton by name, "He was put out of commission for a bit due to getting so beat up, but I managed to salvage his core and started hooking him up to a new body. He, uh... wanted to check on you, actually -- if that's alright? He keeps bringing it up no matter how much I tell him you're fine -- so, that's why I called." The crafter hesitates at the door, looking to Kap to see if he would be willing to experience the reminder of the worst day of his life at the request of an entity made of metal and stone.
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