ALGEBRAIC!

@heroooic

“Yooo! Finn, my bro!”

“I wasn’t sure if I’d ever see you around here. How goes it?”

Finn.exe has crashed.

Nah, just kidding. He’s just super stoked to see a familiar face.

“WOW!” Steven gasped as it seemed this kid’s arm was more than just an arm. He had cool functions just like limb enhancers on gems. He reached for his cheeseburger backpack and began digging around. He knew he had snacks in there somewhere.

“I’ve got a bagel!” He took it out and split it in half. This was about to be delish.

Steven had never seen a human in real life with a limb enhancer, but it only took him a second to realize that it wasn’t really enhancing his limb if he didn’t have an organic arm underneath the way gem’s had their light made limbs.

“I had a friend who had…artificial arms and hers had all these neat functions. She had a little tablet screen on there too!”

“You mean like this? Ahem — uh, hey arm. Can you show me the list of gadgets or whatever?” In the voice of Princess Bubblegum, the arm responds — “Of course, Finn.” — before projecting a pink screen that lists his arm’s various capabilities.

@heroooic

“I like your limb enhancer!”

➾ “It doesn’t matter what kind of guy you are if you hit someone with the crossbow too.” She took weapon safety very seriously because of an accident she’d had herself. Almost shooting an ally wasn’t exactly something that was easy to live down. 

“You probably already know which weapon is better for you though. I’ve been using them for a long time and I know my preference.”

“Huh. Yeah, good point. Guess I’m a sword guy after all.” What a relief. It’s not as if he’s bad with a crossbow, but swords have always been his forte. Plus, they’re more fun to swing around.

“Happy Mother’s Day, Mom.

And Minerva, if you’re out there...

he doesn’t believe him.

“kid, stay out of it.”

“this isn’t a mess you want to jump into.” honestly genos take your own damn advice

in your pajamas?

           ❛ ― move kid, @heroooic ! ( s.c. – open! )

he had heard about the crime in the achimedes ward, particularly in lower levels where the lowest of the scum live. so genos wanders, aiming to fight for justice as he has back home. granted, today saitama was busy with his day job, and he had told genos that even in a foreign world, it isn’t like genos should forget the fact he’s a hero (the truth is, saitama simply wanted to distract genos for the day).

yellow eyes scan the dark streets. a frown slowly slips into his expression. it’s strangely quiet. his scanners pick up life nearby hidden in the buildings. he can feel, without his software, the eyes of the many people there staring at him. he clearly didn’t belong, which he knew and the others knew, and they didn’t welcome him, but, genos trudges on, ignoring the judgmental gazes of the people around him.

he pivots when he senses increased activity not far away. without hesitation, he begins sprinting, albeit at a normal, human pace, towards the source of the struggle. he stops in front of an alley, eyes narrow, prepared for a fight. there, he sees a strange child with a plastic sword and a metal arm about to engage in battle. 

“hey, get out of here, kid!” genos shouts, heading into the alley. parts glow as his machinery readies itself for a fight against the thugs ganging up against the young kid. he assumes a fighting stance. 

“i will exterminate them.”

It’s not like he’s out looking for trouble. It’s more like he’s looking for something to do, and if that involves finding trouble and beating it to a pulp, who is he to complain? Fun is fun and kicking the snot out of bad guys is one of those things.

Lo and behold, he finds troubles when he’s neither looking nor entirely prepared for it. Sure, it’s probably his fault for taking a stroll exactly where he was told the criminal scum of the Archimedes District lives, but hey, it’s a little late to be pointing fingers now. One or two goons? No problem. Three, four, five? Easy pickin’s if he had a decent sword. That many when he has nothing but a piece of cheap plastic, however, might be a little dangerous.

Whatever. He’s got this. In fact, he’s so got this that he tells the guy who’s probably just trying to save his butt. “Nah, dude. It’s cool. I got this.” And he does for a second or two, until his stupid plastic sword is snapped in half. It’s not like he hasn’t done hand-to-fist-to-face combat before, but the splinters of plastic in his face throw him off for a second.

“Okay, I should’ve been ready for that, but I totally ― got this!”

“yeah?” he’s not much of a treasure hunter, save that one time he looted a restroom. still, narancia is no stranger to the bizarre, and what could be more so than an underwater castle? he isn’t holding his breath for an answer.

what he does do is let his intrigue man the helm. “maybe someone should check that out,” he drawls, kicking a toe into the ground as if he hasn’t already taken the bait. but tact doesn’t look good on him―it never has―and so narancia caves, already stepping forward. “we should go check that out, right?” adventures are no fun otherwise.

Mission one: Get some cool pal to join him on an adventure. Mission: success. It’s a good thing people are just as eager to explore weird and potentially dangerous things here as they are in Ooo. It’d kinda suck if he actually had to try to convince someone, with like, reasoning or whatever.

“Yo, hey, lady! Wait up!” It’s worth noting that there are some worlds where running very quickly towards a young woman who appears unarmed is frowned upon, if not punishable by law, or at least a swift kick to the face. Finn is not from one of those worlds - hence the running.

Deep in the middle of the Lake of the Koi, there exists a monument known only as the Castle of the Koi. It isn’t very original, but it is interesting. Interesting enough for an underseas excursion into the lake’s depths? Maybe so.