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Outing part 2/2: Shopping Spree!

First row is insulating clothes, which developed a lot on Erid during the Blip-A Mission. The goal is for heavy insulation but flexible enough for mobility along the vents and joints

Second Row is actually casual retirement garments, usually reserved for respected elders and the retired. The sleeves were intentionally made to impede working.

Third row: free for all

remembered how to paint a styleeeeeeeeeeeee woo good

other one is a red bg spoilered version because damn it hurts my eyes lmao

oh my god. it's an MCB OC after a billion years.

Chain Link, Deus Machina’s Star Guardian that rarely saw the frontline. He realised he liked sending communications and things back instead of actually fighting. So he turned in his badge, became a mercenary, and then delivery guy and Deus' drunkest pilot. He will deliver your messages, your parcels, by Deus Machina’s name even you yourself if you need to, at Not Reasonable Prices.

He also loves pasting stickers on himself! but im not putting everything on

his entire vibe is this and PW:59's Redline song.

Jun shoving down his friendship agenda onto every Cardbot he meets (unintentionally trying to make the sealing/capture seem less scary or a bad thing), Uncle Iron isn't happy about this.

Due to the number of Cardbots around, Jun can't tend to all of them at once. He can't hear all of their troubles or doubts personally. The more the merrier = less attention individually. This leads Jun to overlook BC's own despair.

Jun's a kid. He doesn't have the emotional or mental capacity that's on par with the majority of his robot friends (assuming he doesn't, since exploring oneself in depth never really took place due to the episodes being only 11 minutes. They can't fit everyone's backstories in there).

I feel like Jun has a general assumption or a prominent view that friendship solves everything. No matter how bad it looks, surely with the power of friendship, they can get through it all together. Whether it'd be physically, mentally, or emotionally.

Later on in MCBW, Jun is slowly trying to improve. Thanks to Uncle Iron, Jun realized that their beliefs will probably never align perfectly, and that's okay.

Imagine if there were more Cardbots. And this kid was learning how to be more thoughtful; he's going to burn out from exhaustion for trying to be a very good friend to all.

BC reminded him. His very own existence reminded Jun of his "ignorance" (Jun never intended to be ignorant). Sometimes when BC tries to open up and tell Jun how he feels;

Personally, PERSONALLY, this is an example. The usage of "I'm here with you!" as a response to one's trouble. I'm not saying Jun did anything wrong here; in fact he's doing a very good job at comforting BC. But consider this, will that response be enough for everyone ?

What if they just stopped there. What if BC undermines his own despair by telling himself that Jun will always be there, using that singular assurance and nothing else. WHAT IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO COMFORT HIM IN THE LONG RUN.

BC never went beyond to take care of himself. He assures himself that with Jun and his friends with him, he can take it. Take on the burden. Because. That's what Jun said. With the power of friendship, yeah, they can do anything and everything.

"I'm here for you" response wouldn't work on everyone. Someone needs a different type of reassurance or a way to get/feel better.

Even with BC, who was Jun's best and closest (robot) friend, Jun didn't dig any deeper. It wasn't his fault; he didn't know any better.

After T0's speech, what if the metal breath was a way to spread the Cardbots' influence all over the universe and control them to form order. As I've said before (a what-if), Deus Machina is a mother computer virus, and they're all parasites.

What if there was more than one Speranza. What if the reason why there are barely any Star Guardians around was that they were on another planet and in the same situation as BC; becoming the bridge of connection between their kind and another.

Gigantrex's mission was to find a home for the 2 billion Cardbots sleeping. A perfect home. One that wouldn't disturb another existing lifeform species (wasn't even necessary, as long as they found a place). Gigantrex dodged a massive nuclear bomb by prioritizing the fact that Earth was humanity's home. They can't just unleash their kind here.

Remember when Deus Machina told BC to "find a friend" through the metal breath.

What if (so many), it was to illustrate the true purpose of the mission: to colonize planets and finally, the entire universe. To establish control and spread their influence. Maybe other than the ongoing war between the Metal and Wild Cardbots; what if the reason why they have so many weapons equipped (cough cough, Blastrain). Was to make it easier.

As a mechanical (and superior) lifeform who could destroy planets and is deemed powerful/ dangerous, their weaponry and physical capabilities that exceeds others are what make gaining control over others a more plausible outcome.

The majority of the Cardbots' response to being sealed or offered an alliance is met with hostility. Because that was a response considered normal to them. Except for others who were on the more peaceful side, those who were strong didn't find violence necessary. And those who were weak knew they weren't strong enough to overpower anyone.

And that's where the metal breath comes into play. Let's look at BC; can't lift a truck; keeps getting thrown around; glorified punching bag. He can't do shit. But give him the metal breath. And later it was passed on to Jun. This. This was intentional.

As they capture more Cardbots together, they form a pact. Or order. Something. By combining strength and fighting together, they could defeat stronger foes and add them to the arsenal. "Find more friends!" = Finding more allies. More allies = more control. That's stage one.

Stage two; colonization. But in their point of view; "Let's find new friends!" / "The more the merrier!" / "There's probably more Cardbots out who (PROBABLY) need our help.... Let's go look for them!" They are unintentionally establishing their existing control in other places as they meet new Cardbots.

Stage three; there is no stage three. They've done it. They have spread their virus. The parasites are everywhere. Life that was undisturbed before has been invaded by a new species.