Shut Up and Listen

Send me “Date?” and i’ll answer…

“Since you have asked so professionally, I suppose I would not mind one evening.”

Who asks for it:

[ x ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ . ] Romantic Date

[ x ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ x ] Movies  • [ x ] Romantic Comedy (They can both judge/make fun of it together)  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ ] Restaurant  • [ ] Expensive/High Class  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ x ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ ] Reading

[ x ] Telling each other about their occupations over a nice cup of E-tank (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ x ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ ] ___ (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i’ll answer…

Who asks for it:

[ x ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ x ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ x ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ x ] Restaurant  • [ x ] Expensive/High Class  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ x ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ x ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ x ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ x ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ x ] Reading

[ x ] Trying to fight Rock so that Piano can prove to Forte that his job is easy (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ x ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] Rock not falling for whatever scheme Piano has planned for the future (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ x ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i'll answer...

Who asks for it:

[ ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

[ x ] It just kind of happens, to Forte’s dismay 

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

[ x ] Plotting Date

Location for the date:

[ ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ ] Restaurant  • [ ] Expensive/High Class  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ x ] Staying at home • [ x ] Going over how to build a robot • [ x ] Going over programming • [ x ] Being real life nerds

[ x ] Depends who’s home they’re at. If they’re at Wilycastle then Sharp is welcomed into her cave where the lights are all off except for the screens of the computers and everything is in perfect uniform order and no you’re not allowed to touch anything just sit there and listen. If it’s at the base then Piano gives her opinion on how to organize everything while also being amazed by Sunny and Operetta (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ x ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] Sharp not realizing that Piano has some loose bolts (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ x ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i'll answer...

Who asks for it:

[ ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

[ x ] An anon who claims to be Willow

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ x ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ x ] Restaurant  • [ x ] Expensive/High Class (Oh? You can’t eat because you have no mouth? How sad.)  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ x ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ ] Reading

[ x ] Hey Magnet, want to let Piano try looking at your program? She Swears She Won’t Touch, Only Look (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ x ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] a good time for one person (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i'll answer...

Who asks for it:

[ x ] Your muse asks mine

[ x ] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ x ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ x ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ x ] Drama (dramatic buds?)  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ ] Restaurant  • [ ] Expensive/High Class  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ ] Reading

[ x ] Magic isn’t allowed to leave until Piano finds out the secrets of some of those magic tricks.  (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] Piano understanding magic tricks better and Magic only being slightly emotionally traumatized  (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ x ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i'll answer...

Who asks for it:

[ ] Your muse asks mine

[ x ] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

[ x ] Revenge Date

Location for the date:

[ x ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ x ] Horror (Red has no choice in the matter they’re watching as many horror movies as possible)  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ ] Restaurant  • [ ] Expensive/High Class  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ x ] Visiting a haunted location ( She’s gonna abandon you there. )

[ ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ ] Reading

[ ] ___ (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] Learning not to mess with Piano (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i'll answer...

“Oh. Please no.”

Who asks for it:

[ ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

[ x ] neither 

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ x ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

[ x ] Actual hell turned into an evening

Location for the date:

[ ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ ] Restaurant  • [ ] Expensive/High Class  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ x ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ ] Reading 

[ x ]  Arguing with each other until someone starts yelling and something gets broken and Piano is locked in a room, either locked herself in there or Forte locked her in there it doesn’t matter. They’re both screaming and Wily is screaming and the Wilybots wish for two less SWNs (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ x ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] Finding the true meaning of sibling love (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

Send me “Date?” and i'll answer...

Who asks for it:

[ x ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ x ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ x ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ x ] Restaurant  • [ x ] Expensive/High Class (Piano is a girl of class and money, only the best is enough)  • [ ] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature • [ ] Beach • [ ] Park • [ ] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ x ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ x ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ x ] Reading

[ x ] Piano would offer to teach about programming (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ x ] …knowing each other better

[ ] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ x ] not in a constant battle of who can be more condescending (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

“I can’t give either man an upper hand.  It’s not something I can bear to do.”  They both meant something to him, after all.  To aid one now was to harm the other.  Even if it wasn’t combat-related, he wasn’t going to let one have his help and the edge over the other man.

Compliments did go a long way with him, but he was aware that Piano was one of Wily’s and therefore capable of manipulation if she so chose.  he had to reign himself in a bit so flattery didn’t get past his wit.  “When that day comes, we’ll see how you perform.  I’ll let my decision be based on how you do.  While I’m sure you’re more than competent, it’s better to see your leadership in action than jump in headfirst.  Hasty decisions tend to be lackluster ones.”

Ah, so this must be where the dislike for Snake many have come from. He knew what her schemes were, she could tell, but Piano wasn’t going to allow Snake to go neutral. Not this time. “Give either man an upper hand? Why, Snake, this has nothing to do with Light and Wily. There is no ‘man’ involved here.”

Poor Rock. He wanted so badly to believe that people could change for the better that it could blind him to the obvious lies he was being fed. And he ate Piano’s reply right up. “Yes! Exactly. And I promise, Piano, I promise I’ll be there to support you and help you grow into the person you want to be.” 

Of course, while Rock wasn’t one to do a lot of lying himself, sometimes even he could say things he didn’t truly mean.

His grin turned from joyous to a mischievous smirk. “Aha, I knew this had to do with Forte. So you guys are having a bet, huh? Let me guess, he dared you to do his job better than him?” His first instinct was to take Piano’s side and cooperate her to help his little sister win. After all, she probably took so much flack from Forte, she deserved the chance to beat him and rub his nose in it. 

But making him believe that his practically newly-built little sister succeeded on her first try at something he’s tried and (mostly) failed for years, would that…hurt him? Would that be a cruel thing to do to his friend? Rock couldn’t help but think so. Maybe letting her win wasn’t the answer here.

“Hm…I’ll tell you what,” he began. “I’ll give you a fair chance, but I’m not just gonna hand this bet to you so easy. You’ll have to earn it.” Of course, he still wasn’t going to fight her with the same level of strength and effort he’d give to Forte. He considered making “no weapon fire” a rule to protect her, but he felt rotten just thinking about punching her. His regular buster wouldn’t be so bad, and she had her own weapon, so that would hopefully make them even.

Piano smiled victoriously. Finally! She was positive that Forte wouldn’t have gotten this far. She could see it now clear as day, the two of them going back and forth for hours on end. Stuck in a loop of ‘fight me’ and ‘let’s be friends!’ She had to give Forte slack that Rock was difficult to coax into a match, but it was far from impossible. Could her method have been counted as underhanded? Perhaps, but for the moment she wasn’t concerned.

“Ah yes,” She laughed, continuing to play the game, “We are in the middle of a bet. I must do his job, and in return he must do mine. I am completely confident that even if, in the worst and most unrealistic case scenario, I die, then I would still beat him in this bet. He did not even know what the password to my computer was until a moment ago.” 

She held the weapon in her hand. “That is exactly what I am looking for.” Of course she is going to assume that in this fight Rock will be using his full strength. She’s never been in a fight before, but she trusted her armor. It was built to protect her in fights that even Forte were in. 

... That is, as a bystander. Not as someone participating in the fight. But Piano would work with what she had, and for the moment this was all she had. 

“To put a long story short, I was just getting plain sick and tired of being part of something that had no chance of success.  Not to mention I’m not as into fighting as Forte is, let alone some of the others.”  He’d still put up a fight if he had to, yet… if he could avoid it, it was all but guaranteed he’d do that.  “That said, so long as it’s not war-related and gives an upper hand to either side in such matters, I’ll still do things here and there.  I don’t wish ill things upon Wily, and I still do wish to see my brothers do well.  So I still drop by, maybe deliver a few interesting items or information on some of the latest happenings that could prove fascinating to anyone.  And, of course, I try to make sure Wily isn’t neglecting his health in favor of work.”  Now, if only he knew which man influenced the other in regards to these bad eating and sleeping habits.

Rock listened quietly to everything she had to say, a serious expression on his face as he processed every word of it. Only after he felt like he’d taken enough time to think did he reply.

“You know, I think I’m more familiar with whatever type of evil you’re capable of than you might expect. I know your creator, and I fully believe you’d like to ruin my family the way he’s tried to for so many years.”

He took a step closer and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. “But I know you’re your own person with your own fate to forge, and no person’s fate is truly set in stone. The future can be changed for the better every day.” He met her glare with a warm smile. “And if you’re not ready yet to take the first step, I am. That’s why I’m not gonna fight you just because you think I have to.”

Piano’s eyes widened and her mouth gaped slightly. This was entirely unfair! How could she defeat Megaman if he wouldn’t even fight-

Oh. So this was the struggle Forte faced every day. Not an enemy he couldn’t fairly defeat, but one who wouldn’t give him the chance. Her mouth closed, but she wasn’t done. Piano was going to beat Forte at his own game, and wasn’t ready to give up. 

“But of course, you are right.” Her tone changed completely, a small smile on her face. “I do not have to take a path of evil, the future holds may possibilities. It is my future, and I can to choose it. All this time I have been assuming Wily is who I must become like, but you have made me realize I do not have to be like him. I can be like me.” She said happily, not meaning a single word she said. 

Oh…really? I had no idea. I mean, you’re pretty small and so young physically…Um, I’m sorry.

But I still don’t wanna fight you. You’re not my enemy, and I didn’t wanna be yours. I just don’t understand where this is coming from. You’re not one to usually fight, are you? 

She took a deep breath it, and exhaled it. She looked at him in a way that could almost be classified as a glare.