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She was just passing by when she overheard the two talking. “Oh dear, I suppose I’m no different than those two.” she muttered to herself.

She walked over to the pair wanting to help with their issue. “U-um excuse me, I couldn’t help but overhear that you needed some help.” she cleared her throat.

“I-I’m an alchemist. Though it seems that there’s some forces at work that prevent me from using most alchemy, however if that were to pass, I could help make whatever parts you needed.”

A moment of silence between him and Warbandit, before Victor faces the other. Both of them equally young but one pair is extremely stubborn. It seems that Victor had decided on something. 

brows crease into a faint frown at the first words that emerge. a human dissuading his automaton to speak isn’t unheard of, granted, but something about the man’s attitude doesn’t sit well with AR-15. she reminds herself that it isn’t her place to comment. personal property is personal property, after all—if her own commander were to give such an order, she’d also obey without question.

her expression shifts slightly at the word ‘shooting,’ although it remains unreadable. “KLN type medabot, warbandit… ” it isn’t a model that’s in her memory banks, no matter how far back she searches, and it earns a look of interest. “i can’t say i’ve heard of that, nor have i heard of robobattles. but, from what you’re saying… you’re a recreational model, then? combat for the entertainment of humans, huh.” 

it’s mulled over for a moment more before she offers her own name in return: “ST AR-15, fitted for combat purposes as well. coincidentally, shooting’s also my speciality—my weapon is external, though.” the namesake assault rifle by her side is indicated.

Robot, a robot that looked too human to even tell the difference. How scary is that, a robot who looks humans, but has weapons installed in their body. Like a real robot, or cyborg? Its impossible to tell right now but the name type suggest that everything about her is a machine.

“Medabots are meant to be companions for little children everywhere.  The youngest age requirement is ten years of age. “ It seems unwise to give children toys that can cause a lot of damage, it means that a lot of people, bad people like the roborobo gang could get machine easily if they are on the market. By using their real identities.

Both hands were lifted up, the rifles and machine gun barrel shined brightly on it.

⚙️ - The very instant “mass produced” left Victor’s lips, she tensed, feeling that bile taste in her mouth whenever other Artificers turned out to be sell outs.

“So you mean to tell me… Some low down WORM of a Golemsmith decided to mass produce the hard to create Warforged. Should that person ever come here, there’s going to be a crater where their face used to be.” She hissed. There was pride in one’s work and that showed her no pride was put into the practice in his lands. “And I doubt you are easily replaceable here. Still, if you need more particular repairs, I could try my hand. Warbandit looks fairly advanced but I might be able to figure something out. Plus, if you need some less ‘approved’ upgrades, I’ll do the work. Ah- where are my manners? Paprika, of house Legiana.”

 “No, in fact the man who did such a thing is coveted by the masses. After all if its mass produced, then even the poorest of people can afford it. Work load is... perhaps less then what it used to be with people using medarots as a way to increase the work force substantially. “

There would be a riot if anyone actually decided to hurt Doctor Aki. Count on that, besides the original creator is long dead by now.  

 “And the man is long dead by now, the creator of medarots.” And the thought of anyone putting any less then approved upgrades to Warbandit...his Warbandit...

 “No thank you. Come Warbandit.”

    “Wh-” Maria almost flinched when someone suddenly pushed the small fuzzy creatures away from her, the kittens mewling in sad protest. She gazed up at the other man and his robot in confusion, why would anyone act this way to something so helpless? Even worse, was he questioning her grandfather’s wishes and teachings?

    “My grandfather taught me to be kind, sir.” she says, her voice stern despite her perplexity. “I’ve never seen them before…but that doesn’t mean they should be shoved aside. They’re harmless.”

Victor doesn’t care for the teachings of others. they usually end up dead in any case. Still it was cruel of him to separate the two, but having scratches from any wild animal can lead to fatal sickness. 

 “Your kindness to such animals will only lead to infected scratches, labored breathing, and possibly death. Don’t you know how dangerous strays are if they haven’t been given proper shots. “

Oh. 

“Artificially? Sir, I was trained by 3 different Dwarven blacksmiths and I spent a year trying to perfect the alloys I use in my gadgets- you can’t pull the wool over my eyes that easily. Also I don’t know what that is. I can only assume it’s a fighting association of some sort. In any case, this… What was it, ‘Warbandit’? is a masterwork. I respect your care and attention to details.”

The so called expert is wrong in that regard. Because warbandit materials were known only as a artificial metal. A secret known only to top medafighters. its what makes the skeleton of medabots so strong. In any case , Warbandit is made from artificial materials. End of story. “Its not that uncommon. In my world, Medabots like Warbandit are common place. Mass produced.”

“Warbandit. Shoot now.” It was almost insulting how all of warbandit weapons were replaced with bb bullet ammunition. But certainly cheaper to replace, even if the options were low. Constant practice was needed for the champion as Warbandit begin to attack…the stack of cans aimed high at the buildings. His sniping capabilities were nothing to scoff at. Each can that was balanced on the window sills were shot perfectly, each can falling into place at the ground before the pair noticed the stranger.

⚙️ - The city was clean- a little too clean even. Where we’re the urchins? The bands of hooded kenku and kobolds that would squawk or clean up the trash that would be left from time to time? Where was the age in some of the buildings? It was a bit of a shock for someone so used to a world where stream was only just now starting to become a useful method over magic for powering vehicles, and most transport was by foot,horseback, or carriage. Even the technology illuded her- complex devices with guts of wire and green plate she couldn’t understand instead of hard mechanicals. But that didn’t stop her from stopping at seeing the robot following the guy who just exited the electronics store, drawing her like a moth to a flame.

⚙️ - She was quick in looking over just the externals, not caring for personal space.

“Your Warforged is the best I’ve ever seen. What material is this? Adamantine? Calroblite? Orcinum?? Red metals are hard to come by.”

The concept of other world is still foreign to victor. Who only had Warbandit as his one and true ally right now in the rings and in the real world. after all, Warbandit is his tool no matter what. And yet when a person comes into their personal space, He grows oddly protective of the smaller. Coming in-between her and Warbandit. “Thats quiet enough out of you. Come any closer and I’ll be forced to make Warbandit attack you.” Still, war forged. thats a term he never heard before. And he lived in a secret country that didn’t exist anymore. “In any case, his metal is made artificially. If you want to know more, go ask the Medabots association, if there is any in this island."

“For one thing, I’m not human! I’m just reborn as a human. Eventually, i’ll burn out my human genetics and return to what i once was.  And for another thing, a natural disaster somehow freezes the entire earth into something akin to cryo freeze, including myself.  Once i and everyone wakes up, we resume our lives.”

She’s not going to go into the whole She’ll be the queen of the earth. mainly because she’s not even sure how THAT comes to pass!

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“No! She’s my daughter from the thirty first century! She came back in time to my timeline to try and snag a very important item. instead of just telling me her entire shtick so that she could take me to the future!”

Usagi dug into her pocket and produced her student ID Card.

“See? Juuban Municipal High School! I’m in my first year actually. I barely managed to get in due to everything that came up.”

It looks real. But that thing could be faked for all we know.

“Thirty first...century? First of all! Your uniform looks like it came from the twentieth century. How could you possibly be still alive enough to have a daughter in the thirty first century!”

 “Are you messing with me. Is that it?”

Later in his bath time. 

“Let’s see. I had one enemy hiding for five years, another one refused to make any major moves until they brainwashed my child and used her as a pawn against me to also kidnap my boyfriend and my best friends. The first enemy also kidnaped my boyfriend. The third one was sleeping in a child’s body for fourteen years before waking up and deciding to destroy Tokyo in a chance to kill me, my friends and the earth. also, the second one had like, a huge thing for me for some godforsaken reason and kidnapped me, changed my clothing while i slept and then forced a kiss on me. The first one originally had a minion from two thousand years ago who led a war on my first life’s kingdom and in an effort to bring us down, a war was waged that ended the life of the nine planets in the sol system. ”

She stared up at him with a deadpan look.

“Also, that isn’t taking into account the baddies of the day working under said bosses who would mind control normal human beings to do their bidding in trying to destroy me.”

“So i’m batting three out of three one the Go big or go home drama kings and queens in my life. How about you?”

 “No one was asking for justification or your life story you know.” He had tuned her out after she got past the third sentence in other words. Not only was he rude, he was .... ok he’s just rude. In total. In other words he didn’t actually listen to everything she said after she said she had a child....

 “You have a child!”

now thats the thing that got his attention??? Out of all that!

Well to be honest he believes she’s just faking it all or acting like some sort of drama queen. Even Warbandit seemed rather shocked. Nearly dropping the groceries. 

 “You look too young to have a child unless your ...don’t tell me your....”