[ Shadow doesn't even flinch. Instead he turns in measured calm towards Snakeman, not surprised in the least, and gently hands back the little creature. With it safely back in the right hands, he dips into a deep bow. ]
Apologies, Snakeman. I know you are... Sensitive about them. But I needed your attention. [ And what quicker way than to interfere with Snake's extra eyes?
As Shadow straightens into a stand, that one of his own still closed, he tilts his head in a nod of confirmation. ] Just as you are an alternative of the third number I know. Heatman's younger sibling, yes? [ He steps forward, but to Snake's side, not an approach; respecting the hunter means respecting the hunter's space, and Shadowman does so with practiced care. ] Better to present myself to you, rather than be caught.
[ Another difference, just in how this one carries himself. The Shadow Snake knows may hold a current of youthful impulse just like the rest of them, and a thread of old loyalties to boot, but this one - at least for now - is all practiced warrior. There's no visible shadow blades here. Merely the wicked sharp katana sheathed across this ninja's back. ]
Yes. Heatman is the elder to me. As seems many of my others aboard, though I did not those extra Wilybots... I am thinking of keeping eyes on them as well...
Unknown factors, but siblings are siblings... as are you. Regardless of your dimensional displacement.
[ Snake assures him, in his own way. As he snakes his optics up to the Ninja, as they never fully leave looking at him. Even with Snakeman himself cooing at his Search Drone, the Drone has glanced only on the other unknown factor. ]
You are quite different from mine. Too loyal, but loyal enough to be loved. The way he rushes to his honour, I can see you will not be as reckless to aim for self destruction.
[ He looks with his main eyes now, turning his helmet to him. Smiling all teeth, an animal's displayed threat and yet a person's display of friendliness... which does Snake use?]
I am glad you sought me out, because I started to notice you too on the network.... whom is he? I asked my Searchers.... is he friend or is he still in Ra Moon's clutches?
I can see though you are not in any sense... again I say, you won't rush to self destruction.
Ra Moon... That's a name unfamiliar to me. [ It's an invitation to keep speaking. And, in return... ] But we must be unfamiliar to you in turn, us three Wily numbers. And Iceman too. Perhaps we should exchange notes.
[ Something in him turns uncomfortably at the thought of honour, and of self-destruction, and he finds himself once more wondering on the Copy. That poor Copy. But- They're thoughts better kept to himself, as he finally tugs down his mask. ]
I don't know what your Shadowman is like. But I and my own Snakeman have always been, hm... Built on close schematics, in a metaphorical sense. Your own snakes prove the same.
Quite true. I can give you back what you tell me in turn.
After all its part of why you're here. You're saying that much already.
You want my eyes and ears. They are every where after all.
[ Snake this time lets his drone slide up the wall as he moves to it holding her there before she slithers up to safety.
Then Snake turns so slowly and meticulously. Walking at this small space closer, then stops keeping that safe distance but closing the gap just a small bit more. ]
I can. For a dear sibling, I would do most anything... watch them die, or tell them secrets noted in the wild.
Which is it you desire, Shadow. You should want to Know of yourself first, as he is so closely tied to Ra Moon... it may be important if Ra Moon is here now in this reality.
And I don't want to watch you die, even if you are not him. I don't think Ra Moon cares the difference.
[ ...These children are not alright, are they? Not in the slightest. Shadowman doesn't know if he wants to laugh, cry, or sweep this smaller version of Snakeman up into the most awkward of hugs.
In the end, he decides all of them are unbecoming of a ninja, and uncomfortably does none of them. ]
I do. I can find out things even you can't, but I can only be in one place at a time. It's... Regrettably not often I worked this closely with your counterpart, but I believe we can complement each others' specializations.
In return... Yes. I want to know what you know already. About this 'Ra Moon', and your versions of the Wily numbers.
[ Ra Moon... He doesn't like that name at all. Even hearing it spikes a deep, hollow dread into his chest, sharper than any katana. But there is something in what Snakeman says, too, some deeper meaning, and Shadowman pries it open and huffs at what he finds. ]
My loyalty has only ever been to Wily. Just as any other Wily Number. ...If you exclude Bass. I often serve as his bodyguard. I thoroughly dislike what I have heard of your version of the doctor, it's true; if he ever showed his face here, I would simply do what my master would wish of me. [ To deal with the threat. ] But I know where my loyalties lie.
Are you threating ours, be careful... Unlike most my siblings they can't slither around loop holes like I've found. An animal like me might still be forced to act if it seems a problem. But....
My Wily is not here, there for no threat is detected, so I will collaborate with you. Just be careful of your words, Shadowman.
[ Snake hums and bows then lifting his face his optics flicker something old. ]
My siblings. The Seconds are originally upgraded combat bots based on Light's First Numbers sans Rock and Roll... After all they were mere janitorial robots... what use would they be hmmm? [ Hiss hiss his tongue forks about. ]
When they were slaughtered by Megaman, their back up data was revived by Ra Moon. Who looked into Wily's data of stolen and upgraded designs. Reviving our Seconds, and creating us thirds.
We are born from Human and Alien tech. [ Snake follows round him. tail wishing to think ]
You weren't... a design anyone made... not in recent times. Found in RA Moon's ruins and revived and thus became a Third.
But you were always so different from us, soon it became clear your loyalties... at least the loyalties of my world were for Ra Moon and very little else... till Megaman destroyed him too...
But its alright you have a happy ending... till it'll surely be ruined by Megaman once more... we took you in, our brother always. No matter how ancient or deceitful you were.
...I wouldn't call it a threat. Simply voiced frustrations.
[ Which is not entirely a lie. Any actual handling of their version of Wily will require a great deal of careful planning and watching... And considering how many seem to be protective of these little ones, he reflects it may not involve him at all.
Besides. There are more pressing things to consider.
Were not a design anyone made. Alien-built. Ra Moon's. Oh yes, he finds all these implications, picks them apart, and then carefully does not show the internal recoiling. ]
Well. In that we are different, then. I was built only by Wily.
[ With parts from another world, as he well knows. ]
Not everyone can tell. Voiced frustrations can be mistaken for threats to some of the... seconds. I say some and yet it might only be Heat who's threat protocols are a bit... "wacked out".
[ Snake stops and looks at him, his face faltering and frowning only half a moment. ]
Please be patient with him. He is... my Heatlamp. and I love him dearly.
[ A show of weakness, or calculated call for sympathy... one may never know. ]
our Shadowman is... also special. Alone all this time, he told us little... but because you are him, different in all cases.
If you ever run into something who's eyes are taken by different eyes. Run, as stated, I do not think our Ra Moon cares if you resemble the one belonging to us... if you were not built by him or obey... you will be shut down. One way or another.
That intell is mostly free. After all, brothers protect brothers... no matter the dimensional differences.
And Ra Moon was a Computer so strong it took the Megaman brat both cannons and his own system to stop him... I don't think anyone here wants to see a little boy fry his system up.
And I like Heatman. Ours is... Well, I do not envy Crash to having to wrangle his line as he does, we'll say. I'll protect yours, as I would protect all your siblings.
And you too.
[ There's an intense drive of it, there under his voice. These young mechs... He would keep them from harm. Best he could. Is it a weakness, to reach out as he does and put a brief hand on the younger mech's shoulder? As awkward as it is? If it is, he's not sure he cares. ]
I promise I'll keep an eye out for anything of the sort. My intel is yours.
I will hold you to it. A promise is a promise.... and you are quite warm in your voice, so I will trust you until you prove otherwise.
You have no fear of the hunter here. I will protect you in turn, as siblings should... [ Snake's helm tail flicks to the side and he smiles genuine here. He never realized how much he missed Shadow of his home... till he sees one that is too different. ]
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Date: 2024-03-19 06:51 pm (UTC)Apologies, Snakeman. I know you are... Sensitive about them. But I needed your attention. [ And what quicker way than to interfere with Snake's extra eyes?
As Shadow straightens into a stand, that one of his own still closed, he tilts his head in a nod of confirmation. ] Just as you are an alternative of the third number I know. Heatman's younger sibling, yes? [ He steps forward, but to Snake's side, not an approach; respecting the hunter means respecting the hunter's space, and Shadowman does so with practiced care. ] Better to present myself to you, rather than be caught.
[ Another difference, just in how this one carries himself. The Shadow Snake knows may hold a current of youthful impulse just like the rest of them, and a thread of old loyalties to boot, but this one - at least for now - is all practiced warrior. There's no visible shadow blades here. Merely the wicked sharp katana sheathed across this ninja's back. ]
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Date: 2024-03-19 07:02 pm (UTC)Unknown factors, but siblings are siblings... as are you. Regardless of your dimensional displacement.
[ Snake assures him, in his own way. As he snakes his optics up to the Ninja, as they never fully leave looking at him. Even with Snakeman himself cooing at his Search Drone, the Drone has glanced only on the other unknown factor. ]
You are quite different from mine. Too loyal, but loyal enough to be loved. The way he rushes to his honour, I can see you will not be as reckless to aim for self destruction.
[ He looks with his main eyes now, turning his helmet to him. Smiling all teeth, an animal's displayed threat and yet a person's display of friendliness... which does Snake use?]
I am glad you sought me out, because I started to notice you too on the network.... whom is he? I asked my Searchers.... is he friend or is he still in Ra Moon's clutches?
I can see though you are not in any sense... again I say, you won't rush to self destruction.
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Date: 2024-03-19 07:11 pm (UTC)[ Something in him turns uncomfortably at the thought of honour, and of self-destruction, and he finds himself once more wondering on the Copy. That poor Copy. But- They're thoughts better kept to himself, as he finally tugs down his mask. ]
I don't know what your Shadowman is like. But I and my own Snakeman have always been, hm... Built on close schematics, in a metaphorical sense. Your own snakes prove the same.
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Date: 2024-03-19 07:18 pm (UTC)After all its part of why you're here. You're saying that much already.
You want my eyes and ears. They are every where after all.
[ Snake this time lets his drone slide up the wall as he moves to it holding her there before she slithers up to safety.
Then Snake turns so slowly and meticulously. Walking at this small space closer, then stops keeping that safe distance but closing the gap just a small bit more. ]
I can. For a dear sibling, I would do most anything... watch them die, or tell them secrets noted in the wild.
Which is it you desire, Shadow. You should want to Know of yourself first, as he is so closely tied to Ra Moon... it may be important if Ra Moon is here now in this reality.
And I don't want to watch you die, even if you are not him. I don't think Ra Moon cares the difference.
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Date: 2024-04-05 10:18 pm (UTC)In the end, he decides all of them are unbecoming of a ninja, and uncomfortably does none of them. ]
I do. I can find out things even you can't, but I can only be in one place at a time. It's... Regrettably not often I worked this closely with your counterpart, but I believe we can complement each others' specializations.
In return... Yes. I want to know what you know already. About this 'Ra Moon', and your versions of the Wily numbers.
[ Ra Moon... He doesn't like that name at all. Even hearing it spikes a deep, hollow dread into his chest, sharper than any katana. But there is something in what Snakeman says, too, some deeper meaning, and Shadowman pries it open and huffs at what he finds. ]
My loyalty has only ever been to Wily. Just as any other Wily Number. ...If you exclude Bass. I often serve as his bodyguard. I thoroughly dislike what I have heard of your version of the doctor, it's true; if he ever showed his face here, I would simply do what my master would wish of me. [ To deal with the threat. ] But I know where my loyalties lie.
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Date: 2024-04-15 10:23 pm (UTC)My Wily is not here, there for no threat is detected, so I will collaborate with you. Just be careful of your words, Shadowman.
[ Snake hums and bows then lifting his face his optics flicker something old. ]
My siblings. The Seconds are originally upgraded combat bots based on Light's First Numbers sans Rock and Roll... After all they were mere janitorial robots... what use would they be hmmm? [ Hiss hiss his tongue forks about. ]
When they were slaughtered by Megaman, their back up data was revived by Ra Moon. Who looked into Wily's data of stolen and upgraded designs. Reviving our Seconds, and creating us thirds.
We are born from Human and Alien tech. [ Snake follows round him. tail wishing to think ]
You weren't... a design anyone made... not in recent times. Found in RA Moon's ruins and revived and thus became a Third.
But you were always so different from us, soon it became clear your loyalties... at least the loyalties of my world were for Ra Moon and very little else... till Megaman destroyed him too...
But its alright you have a happy ending... till it'll surely be ruined by Megaman once more... we took you in, our brother always. No matter how ancient or deceitful you were.
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Date: 2024-04-16 11:00 am (UTC)[ Which is not entirely a lie. Any actual handling of their version of Wily will require a great deal of careful planning and watching... And considering how many seem to be protective of these little ones, he reflects it may not involve him at all.
Besides. There are more pressing things to consider.
Were not a design anyone made. Alien-built. Ra Moon's. Oh yes, he finds all these implications, picks them apart, and then carefully does not show the internal recoiling. ]
Well. In that we are different, then. I was built only by Wily.
[ With parts from another world, as he well knows. ]
But I'm glad you took care of him regardless.
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Date: 2024-04-16 11:25 am (UTC)[ Snake stops and looks at him, his face faltering and frowning only half a moment. ]
Please be patient with him. He is... my Heatlamp. and I love him dearly.
[ A show of weakness, or calculated call for sympathy... one may never know. ]
our Shadowman is... also special. Alone all this time, he told us little... but because you are him, different in all cases.
If you ever run into something who's eyes are taken by different eyes. Run, as stated, I do not think our Ra Moon cares if you resemble the one belonging to us... if you were not built by him or obey... you will be shut down. One way or another.
That intell is mostly free. After all, brothers protect brothers... no matter the dimensional differences.
And Ra Moon was a Computer so strong it took the Megaman brat both cannons and his own system to stop him... I don't think anyone here wants to see a little boy fry his system up.
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Date: 2024-06-12 03:50 pm (UTC)And I like Heatman. Ours is... Well, I do not envy Crash to having to wrangle his line as he does, we'll say. I'll protect yours, as I would protect all your siblings.
And you too.
[ There's an intense drive of it, there under his voice. These young mechs... He would keep them from harm. Best he could. Is it a weakness, to reach out as he does and put a brief hand on the younger mech's shoulder? As awkward as it is? If it is, he's not sure he cares. ]
I promise I'll keep an eye out for anything of the sort. My intel is yours.
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Date: 2024-06-12 10:06 pm (UTC)You have no fear of the hunter here. I will protect you in turn, as siblings should... [ Snake's helm tail flicks to the side and he smiles genuine here. He never realized how much he missed Shadow of his home... till he sees one that is too different. ]
end?
Date: 2024-06-30 02:54 pm (UTC)Thank you. From one hunter to another.