Pestilentem PC: Hansa

[0202]

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Week 0, Monday

[0202]

[Blade happens to be standing by the wishing well, near the plank-fence but not daring to step over. He seems to be studying the well as closely as he can at that distance when he notices Hansa in the area and calls out to him.]

Han-Han! What is this for?

[robopriest]

..."Han-Han"?

[The nickname is so unexpected that it makes him snort a little, but he's taking it in stride, coming over.]

That would be a well, my droid friend. You get water from it.

[0202]

A well? But it isn't constructed properly, nor is there a way to retrieve the water.

[Hmm...Maybe he could reach over and drink some to test the water for mineral contents...]

[robopriest]

No, it is not.

[He's leaning over it, frowning.]

I wouldn't jump in, if I were you. It could be a trap.

WEEK 0 POST TRIAL

[robopriest]

[Well, he's not going to the well anytime soon after his little escapade, so to the bright lights and sounds of the arcade it is. He is half expecting not to be alone, and honestly...]

[He's smiling at Blade as he walks up.]

Sort of expected to see you here. You fit in.

[0202]

[Blade had been considering the games here, looking for the ones he could best conquer with his skill sets. But when he hears Hansa's voice, he looks over.]

Do I?

[robopriest]

Yes.

[That's right.]

You have a bright soul. Brighter than these lights, really.

Week 1, Saturday

[0202]

[For a while Blade is on the porch of the boarding house, watching everyone with a dull, lifeless expression. But if Hansa doesn't happen to make it to the boarding house early enough then Blade will go looking for him once he calms down a bit. Where be Hansa?]

[robopriest]

[Hansa is out wandering! Listlessly. No particular goal.]

[He sees Blade coming, though, and stops, putting on his familiar smile.]

Come to find me? I didn't get lost.

[0202]

Everyone gets lost sometimes.

[Even Blade himself. And he's feeling pretty lost right now.]

...I smelled something was off about him, but I didn't point it out to everyone.

WEEK 2 DAY 3

[robopriest]

[Somewhere in the back of Erich and Wilbur's, a certain priest can be found sitting against one of the arcade machines, leg propped up on a pulled over table. His pant leg is rolled up, revealing metal.]

[He's really just looking over it for now, but he's raising his head as Blade comes along, already moving to try to roll the pant leg down.]</small. Oh! Blade! Hello. How are you?

[0202]

[O shit

He sort of stares at the leg for a moment before something clicks in his mind.]

So that's why you didn't get as hurt when you fought with John!

html...my bane...

[robopriest]

Ah...

[And he offers a shrug as he slides his leg off the table.]

You got me. Some of me is metal.

Week 3, Monday

[0202]

[Blade barely manages to wave to Hansa before they both fall in a dream.

Hansa will find himself in a lab of some sort. On one wall has a shelf full of books, another several large glass tubes full of partially-constructed automatons. And on the desk in the middle is several parts of automatons and pages filled with notes and diagrams. There is also a doorway leading to another room, and through the doorway Hansa can see at least a dozen more of the glass tubes full of strange liquid and floating bodies.

Blade is here somewhere, but he's not immediately visible.

What do?]

[robopriest]

...?

[What a surprise. This feels a little different than the previous dreams he's wandered into. There's still the shrill of horses in the distance, a weight around his neck...but he ignores it, glancing around.]

...Blade? Are you here?

[0202]

[Blade does not immediately answer. But if he's looking that way, he will see someone who looks a lot like Blade in the first visible tank in the other room.]

WEEK 3 POST TRIAL

[robopriest]

[Hansa is exhausted.]

[And so, he's found in the central area, just resting on one of the benches as he looks up at the sky. The nearby movement gets him looking over, before he offers a tired:]

Hey, Blade.

[0202]

Hi Han-Han.

[Blade doesn't need to sleep, he can't sleep actually, but he looks exhausted today.

He comes over and drops down on the bench by Hansa.]

Do you think Nala-Nala will be okay?

[robopriest]

I hope so.

[He really does. Something like that was...]

We all have to do what we can to support her.

WEEK 5, MONDAY

[robopriest]

[Hansa is quiet as he wanders - in between helping everyone, he's left to his own thoughts, which don't seem to bring that casual smile back to his face.]

[Seeing Blade, though, helps with that. He offers a tired wave.]

Out and about, just like me.

[0202]

It didn't seem right to hide away inside.

[It's do or die time, but Blade would still rather spend the last few days here with other people.]

[robopriest]

No, I agree.

[It's best not to coop one's self up.]

Let's go somewhere, Blade. You know how much I like talking with you.

Week 5, Saturday

[0202]

[After everything from the day calms down and Blade has something to eat to sufficiently fuel his new body, Blade is coming looking for Hansa.]

Han-Han? You wanted to talk after everything today?

[robopriest]

[Everything feels so weightless and so heavy at the same time. It feels like there might be another shoe dropping at the last second, but...]

[He has to keep hope, too.]

[Hansa smiles, seeing Blade.]

Sure. How are you feeling, first of all?

[0202]

[Right? Surely there must be a catch somewhere.]

Different. Very different. My skin is more sensitive to the outside world than I thought it would be, and I didn't realize just how much went into being human.

[Like, on some level he knew that humans ate food and drank water and slept and such. But he didn't realize that eating the right specific foods went into that, or just how much water was needed.]

But...it's good, I think. Good in the way I was hoping it would be.