6/16: 2b

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[ The moment votes were cast, Natsuo had left. He didn't want to hear the results. He didn't want to be a part of it at all. So he picked himself off and left— slow, staggering, blood seeping through the bandages around his stomach that dots a trail from the garden back inside the castle.

He probably wouldn't be able to get very far, but the path he takes is directly up the stairs to his room, and he can be intercepted at any point between the garden and there. ]

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[ abruptly: ] Zero-Four-Two. [ pause ] Though, since it's the only pod here... just "Pod" will suffice.

[ as natsuo leaves the bathroom, pod flies inside it! when it comes back out a few moments later, it's carrying natsuo's used tissues and paper towels. the bathroom is also free of any blood or other bodily fluids natsuo might have left; it'd be rude to leave a mess!

2b pets pod again for being such a good citizen. ]

Normally, it can fire bullets and lasers, yes... but it seems to have lost that functionality upon coming here. It's not surprising, given that my combat abilities have been weakened, too.

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[ Natsuo pulls a face at first, trying and failing to wrangle it back in to something happier, or at least more neutral. ]

Pod, is it okay calling you what you are, instead of who you are? And you too— 2B, is that what you want to be called?

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"Affirmative," it says.

[ ... natsuo's second question is harder to answer. she thinks on her reply for a long time. ]

Of course. It's who I am.

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If you like it, I'll keep calling you that. But if you don't, I could give you a nickname, like I did for Summer— for Steph! People kept calling her Batgirl, 'cause that's her job. But that's not who she is.

[ Is 2B a name or a model? There's a difference, he thinks, and it's just nice to have something just for yourself. ]