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Deckard: *steps in, pausing at the door.* Drill Boy. *he smiles. He's...not quite been the same since the battle, but Toudou had kept a backup of his memories this time so he knows his team, even if he doesn't remember living the experiences. And because of that, he knows DB on sight...and really is happy to see him.*

DB: *flinches, then /spins/ around, optics /bright/* D-deckard!? DECKARD! *jumps to his feet, turns and sets Yuuta down on the table with a hurried apology as a near-afterthought, then /throws/ himself at his team lead, clinging* DECKARD! Deckard, I thought we'd lost you! They said you were gone! They said you'd been destroyed! */sobbing/!*

Deckard: *HUGS back on reflex...and it feels so /right/ that he hugs a little tighter.* I...they nearly did. But I'm okay now.

DB: *shudders* W-where have you been hiding!? No . . . no, nevermind, I'm /glad/ you did. W-we . . . we would have destroyed you all over again… *the last comes out /softly/, a whispered confession*

Deckard: I was brought back online only three months ago. *arms manage to tighten a bit more around DB.* It wouldn't have been you, though. I know it wouldn't have been you. Or any of the others acting by choice.

DB: *CLINGING TIGHTLY* D-doesn’t matter! It still would have been us! Deckard . . . Shadowmaru's gone. I think Power Joe got him. A-and . . . and Gunmax! *wails* I-I KILLED GUNMAX!

Deckard: But it wasn’t your choice, and that makes all the difference. *to him it does...even though he knows he’d be feeling the same way DB does if their situations were reversed...* Maybe not! *he pulls back, gripping DB’s shoulders* Maybe not. Gunmax is here, the engineers are working on bringing him back like they did for me. Shadowmaru too. He could still be all right.

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DB: But what if he's not! W-what if his Super AI chip is damaged? Like...like yours was after the first Chieftains? What of he doesn't remember anything? What if he doesn't remember /us/? *gasps!* What if he does!? H-he'll kill me! A-and he'd be /right/! *PANIC*

((I'm assuming Rei's still on the table too? And did Maximus come back with Yuuta?))

Edited 2015-07-15 06:01 (UTC)

Deckard: *gives DB a little shake.* No he won't. He was reformatted as a Chieftain too, he was under the same programming you have been. He'll know better than any of us what you were fighting.

((Yes and yes. Max is hanging out by the door, though.))

DB: But he fought it off! I couldn't!

Yuuta: *softly* Gunmax was always extra stubborn. I'm positive he'll understand Drill Boy.

DB: *buries into Deckard again* H-he's gonna hate me. *he's /so sure/ of it!*

Deckard: *just hugs*
Maximus: ......You're taking the blame for things that aren't your fault, kid.

DB: *hunches* But they /are/! I wasn't strong enough. I should have been stronger. He's my teammate! It wasn't always the Hameln Song! I couldn't even /hear/ it w-when I-...that was /me/! *shudders with a growl, hate seeping into his voice* It was /him/! /He/ did it! Taking me over like he always did! *sob* A-and I couldn't /stop him/!

Maximus: That's my /point/, kid. You couldn't stop "him."
Yuuta: ...And...I think Gunmax had help stopping him...

DB: I /should have/! Gunmax and Shadowmaru beat theirs! ......?? *peeks over his shoulder at Yuuta*

Yuuta: .......He's cornered me. I was dead, I knew it. I couldn't get away. I tried to get through to him, but it wasn't working. Not...not until he actually started to...take the shot. He stopped and them started struggling with himself. I...I think he fought it off because of me. *blushing at putting it like that.* Toudou-san says it likely has to do with how you guys got your hearts.
Maximus: *nod* ....I was captured because I couldn't.../make/ myself kill him. Even with the programming that made him my main target.