#cogworkcolleagues

Query: would you rather wait for it to get cleaned, or do you require-need the weapon right this second?

@third-sentinel

@third-sentinel

"Subject Identified: Trinn," The Sixth Sentinel greeted. "This one has acquired a new spear. It wanted to return the old one to you."

"Id wandud oo wedun weh wod wun oo yoo!" The root bud mimicked.

Greetings! Sibling sentinel, I have heard you are quite fond of spears correct? Well I took a peek at all the sentinel blueprints and calculated how far each of us could throw a spear, you had the best throw in my calculations buuuuuuut, I think not far enough. I have designed a special spear throwing device that can throw double to triple your throw reach depending on the weather. There is also an attachment to return the spear but this severely limits reach. I haven't built it juuuuuust yet because I would like some input in any features you could possibly want.

@fifth-sentinal-official

The Sixth Sentinel turned around. What made Diver's ability to sneak up on it more impressive was that the Sixth Sentinel literally had eyes in the back of its head. In fact, the Sixth Sentinel felt quite unnerved by the fact it was able to be snuck up on so easily.

Unnerved... That's a new emotion. It still wasn't used to all these feelings, even after its emotional inhibitor had been mostly deactivated a while ago.

Hey other seny, you know about citidel law ight? I know from muh blueprint that I'm allowed to eat food but what aboub candy? Cause this candy helps mh soul not yell buh I wanna know if it's legalllllllllll. Wait, aren you sixth? Why did I go t you, I dont like yuu

He was holding a bottle of pain killers in his hand, it was almost empty.

@fifth-sentinal-official

"Subject Identified. Species: Cogwork Creation. Model: Sentinel. Designation: The Fifth of the Sentinels of the Citadel," The Sixth Sentinel greeted. "It is legal for you to have candy. However, that is medicine, not candy. It is likely illegal for you to have medicine without the permission of the Whiteward staff. Or perhaps the permission of an Architect," The Sixth Sentinel stated.

How are you alive!? I felt you get shredded to bits six months after your creation!

The voice turned into his usual voice again.

The citadel really should've sent all of us after them, one sentinel versus 46 stilkin? No way you would've won, but six of 'em? Groal would've been in the ground earlier than he already has.

@fifth-sentinal-official

"Shredded to bits, this Sentinel was not. Eighty percent of locomotive mechanisms received catastrophic damage. Silk fly remained intact. Outer shell remained intact," The Sixth Sentinel explained.

And now it recognized the voice.

"Subject Identified. Species: Cogwork. Model: Sentinel. Designation: The Fifth of the Sentinels of the Citadel. Other Designations: Fifth Sentinel. Fifth-of-Make." What a... peculiar greeting.

"Correction: Sixty-four stilkin. This Sentinel was sent due to an incorrect assessment that resistance would be minimal. Assessment: All six Sentinels combined would make for an effective attack." The Sentinel paused. "Query: Is Toadbug Designated 'Groal' deceased? If so, the previous mission should technically be deemed 'successful.'"

I have h-heard a m-majority of your l-limitations and p-parameters have been... released.

May I ask who did this? I...

...

I'd like something like that m-myself.

(@cogworker-of-song)

"to the sixth of my kind.

why are you so mean?

Hate,

the fifth of my kind"

@fifth-sentinal-official

(OOC: FINALLY! IT'S BEEN 84 YEARS SINCE THIS BLOG GOT AN ASK!)

The Sixth Sentiel read the letter, and, despite the letter in question likely being well over a century old (if not well over a millennium old), the Sixth Sentinel wrote a letter in reply.

"Recipient: The Fifth of the Sentinels of the Citadel.

This Sentinel was 'mean' to you for two primary reasons.

The first is that this Sentinel was never given an order to be nice to you, and this Sentinel's social skills are poorly developed, thus its natural behavior is generally perceived as hostile, aggessive, and antagonistic.

The second is that this Sentinel considers you a liability to the order, and had at the time of your letter's writing, considered you a lost cause. However, recent events involving this Sentinel's own person has caused it to reconsider this position.

This Sentinel has undergone extensive changes recently and will likely continue to do so.

While this Sentinel was designed for adaptabiliy and you, from what it understands, were not, this Sentinel nonetheless considers it plausible that you can change.

Sender: The Sixth of the Sentinels of the Citadel."

The letter was as close to an apology as the Sixth Sentinel would dare to give.

The first gift is an intricate metal pin in the shape of a chrysanthemum. This flower commonly represents new beginnings and renewal. This sentinel felt it best represented you, as you had recently returned from Bilewater and repaired yourself of whatever damage you sustained.

[The pin itself was made of gold and bronze wire and plating. There were many, many little metal plates that made up the many petals of the bloom. Hidden beneath and in-between every petal was metal wiring that held them all together. The pin was about the size of the Sixth Sentinel's palm, and one could tell it was handcrafted.]

The second gift is more practical. If this sentinel is not incorrect, you prefer items that tend to have a use, yes? It is aware your preferred weapon is a spear, so it procured a repair and maintenance kit for it. Maintaining one's weapon is important, and this sentinel knows this will be of use to you, sibling.

For the root child, this sentinel still had fabric and silk even after crafting a blanket for second of make and a mossgrub plush for fourth of make. When it traveled to the Memorium to craft the mossgrub for fourth of make, it also crafted a plush of a young mawling. This sentinel is unsure if the root child can make use of this yet, as this sentinel knows very little of Twisted Buds, but the plush will be there when the child can hold it.

[The plush itself was soft to the touch and very easy to squish. It was small, a perfect size for the young Twisted Bud.]

This sentinel hopes both you and the root child appreciate these, sibling.

- @sentinel-thefirst

"Subject Identified. Designation: First-of-Make," The Sixth Sentinel greeted, shortening the greeting for the purposes of this interaction. That was within thons programming, thon just normally preferred to say the full greeting.

The Sixth Sentinel took the pin, looking at it carefully. The Sixth Sentinel's Advanced Reasoning Processors analyzed it, and more specifically, the symbolism behind it. Thon... didn't quite understand it. Was their return from Bilewater a new beginning? A renewal? Thon didn't think of it as such.

"Correction: This Sentinel is still missing seventy-five percent of its locomotive systems, due to the Radix gulosus specimen blocking the areas where those systems would go. It has not been fully repaired and will not be until the specimen is implanted into a new host, and this Sentinel can be carried to the Twelfth Architect. Or the Thirteenth, possibly. Any Architect should suffice; it matters little which," The Sixth Sentinel stated. "However, this Sentinel appreciates the pin nonetheless."

Thon stared at the pin for a moment. Some... memory, tickled at the back of thons mind. But thon chose not to poke at it. It'd likely be a memory error.

"... It is unsure of what to do with this pin," The Sixth Sentinel eventually admitted. "But the repair kit for its spears is welcome. One of its spears sustained superficial damage during its hunting of flintbeetles and skull brutes in the Marrow."