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(setting) Radio Wire's building
| >A pair of young men arrive to the place carrying a bag of unknown contents
| "Well Uh, you first. I assume you have the key or something."
| >A figure observes the building through a scope, a plume of smoke rising from its lit cigarette
| "Yeah let's boost in, that thing doesn't really look like parts in this part of town"
>Neil went to the door and held it open since he wasn't the one carrying the bag
| >CN hurries inside with the bag
"That reminds me while I'm at it I should talk to Xii about buying that engine from the riots..."
| "The one from the thing that fell from space?"
>He closed the door behind them and hurried to the elevators, the inside was a cold reception with an old man sitting on a desk barely awake
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| "Yea I might be needing it soon, but hey, one thing at a time."
>He follows Neil up to where the others are
| >Once in the elevator Neil opened with his key a panel revealing an extra 3 floors on the top, then went to pressed the lowest of those
"The line has been silent for days so they shouldn't be too busy for that anyway"
>The elevator stops and opens at a large living room with a small kitchen to the right and a place for couchs and tv to the left, having California sitting on one playing videogames.
| "Why did they stop... no shortage of news..."
>He notices Cali on the couch
"Hey Cali, how are you?"
| "I dunno, laziness? That's a reason I would pick to stop"
>He went to the kitchen to look on the cabinets while Cali replied without moving her stare from the tv
>"Just amazing CN! I finally bought the console I wanted, next week I will try inside gaming Now that I have father's permission! What about you?"
| "Hey, that's great Cali. You know what you're going to try first? And I'm good, you know, same old, same old."
| >"I'll play mars survival first! And Neil said he's gonna buy me street fighter IX for it too!"
"Gotta train them young"
>He picked up a blanket from a cabinet and went to place it on an empty spot on the floor between the kitchen and the tv area
| "Are you going to turn her into a Daigo Jr. or something?"
>He turns back towards Neil
| "I mean one of us gotta know how to fight you know? I only got a stun gun and I don't trust cowboy's judgement"
>He shrugged at him
| "I don't think that would necessarily help her self defense but... eh, whatever. I guess ill get this started then while you nap?"
| "I mean, something should stick in her mind, right?"
>"That's not how it works!"
"Whatever, I'll crash out while you Frankestein up our little friend"
>He went to the tv zone and flopped down on one of the couchs facing down
"Easiest job ever"
| "Yeah, yeah... I swear I know I don't do it for the praise but a thanks every once in a..."
>He voice trails off as he mumbles to himself and gets to work, carefully doing the work to repair the lilim.
| >California keeps on playing and Neil drops asleep after a few minutes, Cali would peek back at times to see how CN is doing with the body
| >CN starts working on the internal of the chest and head, before working on the limbs. Once all done, he attaches the parts together.
| >a strange pink haze forms outside the building
| >The shadowy figure puts on a gas mask while cursing
| >>190616
>the fog overruns the shadowy figure.
>their eyes and chest feel heavy.
>the fog feels so inviting.
| >It lights a cigarette, and simply waits it out, breathing from the mask, not letting go of its sniper
| >It suddenly jerks awake, its eyes glowing an eerie red glow
"Host losing function, jumpstart initiated"
>They mumble getting up
"Mission hindered, returning"
>They start going away slowly
| >>190630
>their eyes feel heavier.
>the weight in their chest becomes unbearable.
>the cloud beckons.
| >It doesnt matter to the figure, it must return
>It gives the radio Wire a last look, its eyes glowing
"We uphold the mission, we will meet again"
>He starts leaving, walking slowly
| >>190636
>the figures eyes become so heavy they cannot keep them open.
>the weight in their chest get so heavy they collapse on the floor.
>the cloud feels so welcoming, like a mothers lap while crying.
>you want to resist the sleep.
>but you cant.
>you shouldn't.
>you *must* not
>you *will* not.
| >The eyes start glowing anew
"Host is forfeit, we will return soon"
>The figure falls to the ground
| >>190657
>the cloud enshrouded the figure.
>it felt so comforting.
>as if it was saying sleep now little one, sleep now and let your troubles fade away while in mothers embrace.
>staying awake would pry dearest mother away from you.
>you dont want to disappoint mother do you?
| >The figure laughs amd simply continues walking away, slowly but surely
| >>190704
>then they do so amidst a pink cloud.
>a cloud that ever beckons them to sleep, to enter mothers loving embrace.
| >The being simply keeps walking
"I never even had a mother"
>It whispers before dissapearing
| >>189829
>"Is that how every lilim is built?"
>California has now her full attention over the almost finished lilim
>"Is that how Xii should have assembled me?"
| >>191748
>He looks up at Cali
"Huh? Oh, I suppose so. Honestly lilim circuitry isn't my forte, I'm just replacing the broken parts and putting it back together. Starting from scratch like you would had probably been a much more complex and... intimate process I suppose?"
| >>191753
>"Huh.. I kinda miss being a head, I didn't had to worry about what happened to my body when I was out of it and the guys would always carry me around"
| "Well where have you been diving in? I doubt anything would happen to you here while doing that, especially with your dad being so overprotective."
| >"I still dive in the Radio systems every once in a while, but having a body is a big responsability! Like sometimes when I'm up there for hours I worry if I left it in a good position or if something could detach from being idle too long!"
| >>192382
"I-I think lilim bodies were built better then that Cali. You should have more faith in Xii's work."
| >"oh no no I trust his work!"
>Cali smiled nerveously
>"It just *feels* like those things will happen! Like when people feels afraid of the dark even though Its as safe as light! "
| "Hmm... I guess I can see that, maybe you just need be couches or something, heh."
>He chuckles to himself as something sparks
"Oh, uh that's not supposed to happen."
>He turns back to his work
| >She Turned back to her game letting CN work
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| >CN continues working on the lilim body while Neil sleeps
"Almost done..."
| >Cali went back upstairs after a while, not before taking another peek at the lilim body
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| >By this point all the extremities are attached to the body, all that's left is some minor maintenance of the internals in the abdomen that CN is currently working on
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| >From the many buildings in Glitch City, and the fewer in downtown this small one was the Home of the infamous Radio Wire, hidden in plain sight like one of the rest