Yellow Hallway
Another hallway, similar to the other two. Unlike before, however, this hallway ends with nothing but a blank wall.
Rue: He was just going on a walk, as he tends to do. Staring at the blank, almost eye-hurting yellow hallway, They notice someone near the end of the hallway...
And watch as they fire a laser at the ceiling, sending bits of vine and drywall onto the ground.
MX-Z0: It's her, and as she forms a normal hand again, she gives an exhausted beep....her eyes gaze at Rue, and her antennae blink with a bit of a wobble.
"Greetings, Rue. As you can see...I am still on alert for these traps."
Rue: "Someone keeps making them?" He asks, walking over to stare at the rubble. "They haven't worked yet, it seems illogical to continue doing so."
MX-Z0: "They also seem to be showing up in more and more bizarre places...I cannot begin to comprehend why, but I must get rid of them nonetheless."
She starts to walk off. "Next I'll have to inspect the gym...would you care to join me, Rue?"
Rue: "I don't see myself as the best company...but if you want."
MX-Z0: Those antennae of hers blink again as she smiles. "Well, come now."
Gym Room
MX-Z0: As the two of them enter the gym, she instantly begins tapping on the walls and staring intently at the roof.
Rue: He watches, quietly...
...
"Did Don ever state what he was attempting to do to me?"
MX-Z0: Although she doesn't look back at him, she replies anyway. "Hm? No, I do not believe so."
Rue: "He keeps trying to fix my brain. Giving me updates on it, too...it's rather stupid, despite his reputation. I have told him I am unable to be fixed."
MX-Z0: "...Fixed?"
She looks back, now, tilting her head.
Rue: "My brain doesn't work normally, I've told you this," he replies. "It is the cause of my nullified emotions. Trying to fix me would kill me."
MX-Z0: "...I see."
She turns away again.
"...The wording you use is odd to me still. Fixing implies that something is broken. I do not see you as such, I just see you as Rue."
Rue: "...I do not."
MX-Z0: ...She squints. "What do you mean? I apologize, but I don't understand."
Rue: "I mean that I don't see myself as Rue. When the accident happened that...changed me, it felt like I stole a protalet's body."
As Mixzo stops for a moment, focused on Rue's words...he feels a creeping feeling in the back of his throat.
"I am not connected with my life from before I got the implant...in that sense, I feel like a parasite. Fixing me would involving giving the actual owner of this body control again...emotion again."
MX-Z0: "...Rue..."
Rue: "There isn't much you can do about it. Sorry for rambling to you-"
He stops. The feeling of Mixzo's cold hand on his shoulder interrupts him.
MX-Z0: "If I am a robot with emotions, and you are a prota lacking some...then perhaps we are both broken," she says. "And if that is the case...do you believe I need to be fixed?"
Rue: "...No."
MX-Z0: "Then you do not need to be fixed either. I believe you are enough."
Rue: ...He doesn't say anything. He just blinks...although he lets out a breath he's been holding in for a long time.
As he turns his head slightly, he notices a small ribbon on the ground. "Oh, I think I see another trap."
MX-Z0: "Oh, right-"
Mixzo quickly springs into action, stepping away to shift her hand and shoot at the ceiling. Rue steps back as more burnt vine and rubble coats the ground.
MX-Z0: "Huff...well, the prawn has been replacing the ceiling well enough at least. We should head to another room now."
She heads out of the room...the still quiet Rue following behind.
Yellow Hallway
MX-Z0: ...But upon entering back out into the hallway, she notices a stampede of people walking down. Firestarter is leading them, Arsenic following behind.
"Oh. Greetings...all of you. Firestarter, where are you going?"
Firestarter: "To the cathedral room, duh! Someone told me my missing flamethrower might be hidden in there, and I got EVERYONE to help in the search!" She laughs.
MX-Z0: "...You don't know who told you?"
Firestarter: "Nah! They just knocked on my door and yelled it out, and I don't pay attention to voices! You gonna come and help?"
MX-Z0: ...She stares past Firestarter, and back at everyone else. She sees Stranger squished into the pack, talking with Ivan, and he shoots a little wave upon seeing Mixzo. She smiles.
"Me and Rue are looking for traps that are still around, and you seem to have enough support. Although the cathedral room is massive, I suspect it will not be difficult to locate."
Firestarter: "Hm...Yeah, true! Good luck you two, but we gotta go!"
Without another word, Mixzo and Rue stay close to the walls as everyone else runs past, going to the Cathedral Room.
Rue: "...It seems rather short-sighted to not memorize voices in a place like this."
MX-Z0: "Correct, but any sort of plots would be hard to pull off with everyone with somebody else. Shall we continue, Rue?"
Rue: He nods, and the two depart.