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( open ) triple sunshine saga

Who: Stahn

majinken & YOU! (with guest appearances by Leon/

discard)
When: 6/24, mostly, with an option for 6/22-6/23!
Where: Various
What: Stahn activated his robot… and Leon’s (oops). Did Cerealia need this much sunshine (or hair) running around? Probably not, but it’s happening.
Rating/Warning:None, there is too much purity here.

0.5: Wildcard: The days before;

[on the 22nd and 23rd, things aren’t so bad. The stahnbots are looking and acting more like him by the day; bright and full of sunshine, but still dutiful. they help him with his shopping, partner up with him for multiplayer arcade games, and order all the right foods for lunch.

he’ll be out running errands and vigilantly teaching his robots everything that they need to know with a smile. There are plenty of times and opportunities to run into him and the bots and either balk or be completely amused at the sheer about of sunshine, smiles and mullets are happening in one place.]

I: Morning: Residential District;

[so far, so good. sure, it was a bit of a mistake to activate the two robots without knowing what would happen, but up until today? it’s been pretty cool! well, to stahn, at least. leon and dymlos both have clearly been exasperated by dealing with three stahns, but that’s fine.]

It’s okay, Stahnbot! I can go to work myself, you don’t have to go for me! [currently, he’s sitting on a bench at the edge of a part near one of the apartment buildings. one stahnbot is unwrapping a sandwich and handing it to the real(?) stahn. the other is eyeing dymlos and maybe reaching out for him. The sword is propped up against the bench next to the real stahn.

—suspicious.]

That’s my job though! I really don’t mind.

[so while stahn has a light argument with himself, he’s very distracted and is hardly noticing that the third is trying to make off with his sword.

help him.]

II-A: Afternoon: Just about anywhere in the city;

[there is a stahn coming your way. the thing is? there’s no telling which stahn it is. is he real? is it one of the robots? who knows. There’s one deciding factor, and that’s whether or not he’s got dymlos. only one stahn will be carrying dymlos. And those capable of hearing dymlos may notice that he’s quiet. well, even more quiet than usual.

either way, he seems to have boundless energy and a wide grin as he approaches.]

Hey! Do you have a minute to help me with something?

II-B: Afternoon: Just about anywhere in the city;

[there’s a stahn coming your way, but unlike the others that are running around, stahn isn’t as full of sunshine. He’s breathless, almost haggard… and noticeably missing that sword he always carries around with him.]

Hey… I need some help. Do you have a minute?

[wow, it’s like deja vu or something.]

III: Early Evening; Shopping District

[those who can hear dymlos will hear the booming sound of his voice yelling ”STAHN!” once he’s within close range to the real stahn. And naturally, stahn uses that as his guide, eventually leading him to a face-off with his two robot-doubles, one of which is carrying the sword.

of course, the robots still can’t hear dymlos, which makes this an interesting way for things to go down. For once, stahn himself isn’t a barrel of sunshine, he actually looks pretty pissed off.]

You guys may have had fun, but that’s enough. You can’t have Dymlos! You can’t even hear Dymlos! To you… he’s just a sword that makes you more like me, isn’t he? [he actually sounds a little hurt by this—he may be dumb sometimes, but he can see that they’re just taking the imitation too far, though he’s not sure how to deal with it.]

Give him back to me… come on! [he needs help, primarily because he doesn’t want to cause a scene when there are innocent people shopping and minding their business. the swordless stahnbot can’t his head to the side, while the other responds:]

Huh? But Dymlos is mine. I don’t think I have to give away something that’s mine… do I?

[the bots are equally as confused. This is what happens when a pure bean makes pure bean robot clones: none of them are malicious, but they don’t seem very willing to give in.

help. he needs so much help right now.]

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[SURPRISE, KASHUU CAN BE A REAL SWORD TOO... Even if 90% of the time it's buried under inane babble about fashion or food or cute animals.

Either way, the "wait!" actually does get him to pause (otherwise he'd probably just proceed with his initial plan of clobbering the robot), and he casts a brief backward glance toward Stahn. And then back to the robot when it begins to speak too, though he's definitely bristling again...]

Don't talk to me. [Curtly. A RUDE SHIT.

He's also not letting go of this robot's collar yet, and while he gives the second one a wary, calculating stare, most of his attention shifts back to Stahn.]

Should I incapacitate it, or do you just want Dymlos back?

[HE'S ASKING FIRST AT LEAST...]

Kashuu...

[stahnbot's feelings are very hurt here!! of course, as close as it is to stahn, it's still not stahn, so there's an almost-fear here that comes with the notion that it's possible that kashuu will deactivate it somehow.

dymlos, much like kashuu... doesn't give a shit, though.

"I don't care what you do just—"]

—Just get Dymlos back. Don't... [stahn feels bad. like, legitimately bad, because he's been trying really hard to teach the robots well so they could help! it comes from a place of good intentions, but now dymlos is in it's hands, kashuu is nearly murderous, and the third stahnbot looks like he's about to leap in-between kashuu and his robot brethren to try and separate them swiftly.]

Don't hurt it, and don't make a scene. [stahn finishes, almost solemnly.] There's a lot of people here, we don't need to make this worse.

[stahn's experienced a lot of weird stuff in cerealia, but this is probably one of the weirdest so he's not even sure if he's mad, upset, or going to find this funny and just forgive the bots later. it's kind of his fault, right? he's done a bad job at teaching them, probably.

(or, you know, they're just turning into stahn and making dumb mistakes ar times when it isn't dire to get everything right. minor details.)]

Don't make a scene, huh? Tall order, tall order.

[But it gives him something to focus on that isn't this rudeass robot that's stolen Stahn's face (because Kashuu is not really as immune to the suffering of nearly perfect look-alikes as he likes to pretend), and it also gives him some sort of steady guideline to follow. He does best when he's got orders to step after; now is no exception, even if the circumstances themselves are exceptional.

So with a little sigh, he side-steps, putting his body between the robot carrying Dymlos and the one that looks like it's going to jump in so the latter has a harder time seeing - well, Kashuu attempting to wrench firstbot's fingers away from the hilt of the blade. He's both ridiculously fast and much stronger than a human would be, and he's pretty effective with hand-to-hand things too even if swordsmanship is obviously where he excels. If he's not successful, honestly he'll probably just end up kicking that robot in the knee to send it down because that's just a baby scene in comparison to the kind of scene decapitation or lopping off a hand might draw!

But if he is successful, he'll take a quick one-two step back away from Stahnbot (with Dymlos in hand) though it's clear he's still poised to MegaMurder if he needs to...]

[kashuu can and will succeed, even if it's partially because the stahnbot is something at a loss of what to do. for a moment, it holds tightly to dymlos' hilt, but kashuu's force actually does alarm the stahnbot a bit.]

Hey!! Be careful!! [the one being blocked is calling out in a bit of a panic—much like the real stahn, it's not interested in hurting anyone or cause a scene. maybe the real difference between stahn and the bots is the fact that because they're not stahn, they don't have the same capacity to defend themselves in a fight. stahn is fairly skilled after so much combat experience—none of which they could pick up on doing menial tasks. so the bot's strength comes more from not being human than any ability to fight.

which is why it'll relent after a moment; there's a look of pain in it's expression and an obvious fear of kashuu. please don't kill him. take dymlos.

the real stahn doesn't look much better—he's not used to seeing kashuu so intense, and he really didn't want to make this situation much worse than it already was. dymlos, on the other hand, is obviously relieved to be in the hands of someone who can hear him.

"It took you long enough," —yes, that's dymlos for you. there is good intention there somewhere. "Hand me back to Stahn already, Kashuu."

he's almost commanding though; it's pretty clear he doesn't really want to be held by someone that isn't his master.]

[It's difficult even for Kashuu to see a look like that on a face that's identical to Stahn's, but it's not like it's the first time he's seen something similar, so he's got a thick enough skin to handle it.

Once Dymlos is safely in hand, he wastes no time in turning around to hold it back out toward Stahn.]

Here, here. It'd probably be best if you don't set him down again until these things are gone, 'cause they'll keep trying.

[He knows.]

Ri...right.

[it's clear that stahn is definitely a bit shaken by all of this, but he gives kashuu a grateful look as he grips dymlos tightly. the two bots are both remaining still and quiet for a moment—they'll probably make a break for it soon, but kashuu's display has definitely spooked them both.]

Dymlos... I'm sorry. I should have been more careful. [he says, lamentful; the two of them will discuss things in more detail later. and for a moment, stahn's focus is taken away from the bots (dymlos, however, it still keeping that watchful eye on them).]

Thanks, Kashuu. I didn't mean to cause you any trouble either. [stahn's definitely not feeling great about how any of this is going down. he nods to acknowledge kashuu's point though, falling silent otherwise as his brow furrows. what can they do about the bots, though? he doesn't really want to hurt them but... this is kind of a problem situation.]

It's fine. [But he nods in response to the thanks anyway, to show it's appreciated.]

These guys can be pretty tricky so I'm not surprised they've made off with your stuff. [...Though now that he's calming down a little--]

—Why are there two?

[STAHN... This is the first time he's seen anyone besides Okuni with more than one bot and she went out of her way to doom herself, so he's naturally pretty confused. What the heck...]

[it's okay, kashuu. it's the most fair question anyone could ask in this situation. really, just about everyone has—stahn's kind of getting used to explaining it at this point.]

One was mine, and... one was Leon's. [or, it was supposed to be. but when he turned on both of them, they both took to stahn rather than the intended effect.

oops.]

[STAHN WHY!! He's... well, it's kind of hilarious, but also potentially dangerous so he honestly has no idea whether to laugh or to laughcry because Stahn is a menace to himself.]

Okay, so... Have you thought of any ways to get rid of 'em or contain 'em? Because just one is a lot.

[And look at these two.

They're clearly HOOLIGANS waiting to make a break for it... Probably with Dymlos in tow again if they can get their grubby mitts on him!!]

[it'll probably be hilarious in six months when this is all over, though that probably depends on whether or not this goes from "slightly creepy" to "creepy pod people," who even knows in cerealia.]

I haven't really tried but... I don't even know how to do anything like that. They're pretty good at opening locks and things like that! [though they're getting less competent at that sort of thing the more they pick up on stahn's traits, but they're definitely robots built to do things efficiently.

—and maybe he still feels a little bad, like he'd be hurting them somehow even though they are robots and also weird clones of him.

at the very least, stahn's got a good enough grip on dymlos that he's not going to get swordnapped again.]

[On one hand, Kashuu understands this struggle... It's the only reason he hasn't tried reenacting Final Destination with his clonebot. On the other, now he understands Lili's struggle. He's looking at these two pretty innocent Stahnbots who haven't really done anything but accidentally step on a lot of toes while trying to complete their Stahn Look and all he can see is a future of creepy pod people and axe murders.]

Yeah, locks are pretty out of the question. So are doors if they're not sturdy enough.

[Kashuubot, unlike the Stahnbots, is just getting better at destroying property the more it picks up on from Kashuu... Help.]

Someone was like "let's throw 'em into a volcano!" earlier, but I don't even think we have trash compactors around here that aren't in ViViD.

[if there was really any thought either of the bots had about running away, they're culled pretty quickly by the idea of being thrown in either a volcano or a trash compactor. they're both pretty disturbed by the idea of something like that happening.

(their programming is definitely saying "this absolutely can't happen," but stahn's influence has them both gasping a little at the notion. stahn himself looks to them, and he's... kind of sympathetic? he's mad about what's happening, but at the same time, he's not sure the robots can help it.

robots and programming confuses him though, so he's not sure, a tad wary and honestly not even sure where to go from here. the bots are way more of a handful now that they're acting out on their own.]

Do you think maybe it's a mistake? Maybe they need to be fixed or something... [it's hard, but he does want to give them the benefit of the doubt here; that's just the way he is.]

[This is why Stahn must be protected. He's too good for this world, too pure... At least his robot clones are taking after him, so it's not like there's one Pure Stahn and two Menace Stahns running around trying to ruin his reputation or something.

He eyes the robots for a quiet second...]

I dunno. If they do need to be fixed, then all of them should be returned, since they're all acting like this. But I don't think it was a mistake, nah.

[He thinks CERES purposely gave them shitty robots because they're like lab rats and CERES is rude!!!]

[they're only menaces in that two stahns that don't fully understand how to be stahn makes... well, situations like this. but they still seem to mean so well, despite the trouble they're causing.]

So you really think they gave them to us knowing this would happen? I know they said they were "protoypes," but they didn't say anything about them changing shape or acting like this...

[this really isn't making life more convienient for anyone, after all.]

Yeah, that's basically business-talk for, like, "we don't really know what could happen but hey! We warned you they were prototypes so now you can't sue us or something if you activate it and it tries to kill you!"

[Not that any of them have actually gone that far yet, as far as he's aware, but still! He totally thinks it's feasible.]

But why would they give them to us if they're not sure what it'll do? That's really dangerous!

[he was pretty convinced that this was supposed to be a gesture of goodwill, so the notion that they really would send incomplete tech just seems... reckless? wrong? it bothers stahn, whatever it is.]

[Stahn is truly too pure for a city like this... Kashuu's brow furrows a little and he looks awkwardly stuck between disbelief and concern for a second.]

Eh - well, I mean. It's not like our safety has ever been a priority for 'em... If they can test stuff out on us and figure out what's dangerous before releasing it to people who aren't code or whatever, they'd probably do it.

[Or they might just be doing it for the sake of ruining their week, who knows!! Kashuu wouldn't put either past them.]

[in all fairness, stahn still doesn't really get the "being code" thing, either. it goes over his head simply because it's not the kind of technology he's ever seen before. not like this, at least.]

But it's not just dangerous for us. If they're out here like this, with weapons... someone innocent really could get hurt. [even if they're some kind of exception and ceres is more interested in caring for the natives—if they get hurt because of this, it's still at the fault of ceres.]

[Even if Kashuu sounds like he kind of knows stuff about it, he's in the same boat, basically. He can't even use microwaves, code people are beyond him...]

Yeah, I don't think they care about that too much, or they'd have mentioned something about this in their spiel earlier. I mean, if every single robot is starting to replicate its owner, that can't have been something they wouldn't have predicted, right?

So you think... they really had to know something like this would happen, then?

[it seems to crazy to him though. how could they leave something like that out if they knew this would happen to all of them? a mistake like that... could a mistake like that really slip past them?

this is getting too complicated for him.]

I'm saying that I think it's a definite possibility. Like, a preeetty strong one. I don't know for sure, but that's kinda the way things are lining up, right?

[A sloping, somewhat gentle shrug follows, because he's feeling like he's breaking bad news somehow.]

[probably because this is terrible news for stahn. he's trying to give mosley and ceres the benefit of the doubt here!]

It sounds like it, when you put it that way. But... why? Couldn't they have told us then right up front?

[of course, this is the part where dymlos heaves a sigh and decides it best to intervene.

"There are many reasons they could have made that choice, Stahn. It would behoove you to consider the possibilities beyond what Mosley told you. You should know by now that CERES' actions shouldn't betaken at face value."]

[HE FEELS LIKE HE'S TELLING SOMEONE SANTA ISN'T REAL.]

I mean, yeah... Dymlos has a good point. You can only give one person or group or whatever the benefit of the doubt so many times, y'know? And then it's just like, you gotta realize they're pretty untrustworthy or they probably don't have everyone's best intentions at heart.

[it's really not that different.]

But... they've done good things. So can they really be all bad? [it's a conflict of interest here. some actions are totally contradictory to other ones, as far as he can see it.]

I don't think they're all good, they do et a lot of things wrong but... I don't think think they're all bad, either. I can't ignore that. [it's just one of those things stahn is incredibly stubborn about to the bitter end.]

But... I can't ignore things like this, either. There has to be a reason for it, both the good and the bad.

[There's a lot he could say to that, but he starts off with one thing, first:]

You know stuff sometimes happens and there is no good reason for it, right?

[It's a more generic-sounding question because he's speaking in more general terms. That kind of optimism isn't really a bad thing, but it's definitely naive and the sort of mentality that Kashuu's seen end in death before. He likes Stahn. He likes Stahn a lot and doesn't think the world should lose someone like him, which is why he's more worried than he might normally be now.]

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