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Post by Tolvur-Q12 on Jul 26, 2020 10:44:05 GMT -8
There had always been a promise of food, and while Bryce could eat and experience the taste it was easier for him to just save his money and not eat at all considering he didn't really need to. But, as he found out a bit ago, eating was actually a good way to hear what people had to say and also overhear other people about their problems. The only issue was minor; Bryce knew nothing of the food here and never knew what to order. It seemed that along with him being turned off and on again it had taken his memories of food, and nothing he did so far seemed to bring those back. So his plan was almost always just to order something random and eat really, really slowly to get people to talk to him.
More often than not it worked too, like in this moment with him sitting in some diner and with him ordering.. something. Yakisoba, was it? It looked like almost all other things he had tried at first glance, and it didn't taste as different as he would expect.
Overhearing something about someone acting odd drew his attention though, and made him forget about the food entirely. He even put down the utensils to listen in on a conversation that wasn't his to listen to. But that was how he got leads to potential heaps of money, and it was a proven manner, so he would employ it until it backfired. And then he would probably use it some more.
There was something about a scientist gone haywire or something, acting strange or maybe even having gone insane. There were words about the works of this guy and that sounded way importaant to Bryce, almost like it could tell him more about Six or Eight, or any of the other Numbers. Or maybe it could even provide him a link to some other scientist who made him, or knew more about him.
All in all, he decided to keep listening. ================== WC: 337
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Post by Jade on Jul 30, 2020 9:56:15 GMT -8
The name was somewhat appealing. Yakisoba. She could see multiple posters of this 'Yakosiba' being available at some school dish out. She could only imagine what it would taste like. She found herself roaming the streets of Oolong City. It was a calm day with decent weather, one could say. But, everyone was talking about something. A random.. scientist. Apparently he's acting a bit strange. The feline knew what scientists were capable of, if they really put their minds to something. She decided to ignore it, because she was only there for the Yakisoba. That was her original plan. She was hungry anyways, so this was the perfect opportunity to try this dish which is apparently well known. Although she could've simply had some rice cakes and tea or some noodles, she decided not to.
Not long after, she would get to the school dish out and order the meal that she went there for. The feline would wait for about a minute until she finally received the Yakisoba. She took a seat and began to dig into her meal. At least, until she overheard what the others were talking about. They were talking about the exact same thing. The same scientist that was mentioned by the others a while back. It actually had the feline curious. Was it this important? She would look to the far left, only to see a familiar face. Bryce, was it? Yes. It had her slightly puzzled. She started to see this man more often for some odd reason. She was definitely going to approach him, but not right now.
The people that were conversing wanted to find out why he was acting like this, but they just couldn't because they might get caught or worse. Jade began to ponder to herself what exactly was going on and suddenly found interest in finding out. After giving it some thought, she would walk over to the mandroid. "Hey. I didn't get your name the last time we saw each other. What was it? Is it just me or is this whole thing about this scientist odd? As much as I didn't want to, I think I might have to check out what's going on. He.. might be up to something. Say, you would be.. interested in accompanying me, would you?"
WC: 385 Total Mission WC: 722
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Post by Tolvur-Q12 on Jul 30, 2020 12:47:18 GMT -8
Bryce was stuck not eating and just eaves dropping on what he thought was a private conversation. He couldn't help that his programming would mute everything not important to him!
So the muffled talking in his vicinity went unheard for a bit, until finally Bryce decided to go for a distracted bite of his food to keep up the appearance of him having a reason to be there. ''..saw each other. What was it?'' It pulled him out of the zone he was in and instantly the muffled sounds around him became very audible again. Nearly Bryce dropped his food back on his plate when he stared at the one speaking to him with an opened mouth. Crap, was this one of those busty's or something? Bustboy? Buoy? Either way he had to figure out what exactly had been asked going by just the last few words she spoke to him. Things would have been so much easier if he just remembered her..
He assumed she was going on how it seemed he was just listening in on a conversation that wasn't his, and what his reason for being there was. ''To eat some of your delicious food.'' Bryce lied as he took a bite of that sakomakitayo or whatever it was he ordered. There were some sounds of enjoyment being feigned as he tried to sneakily catch as much of the conversation behind him as possible while still humoring the girl in front of him.
But when she continued speaking there was a moment of pause from the mandroid. She seemed to be interested in that talk of a scientist too, which was odd to Bryce since he could sense her energy quite alright, so she was no android. What could she possibly need from a scientist? There were question and lots of things for the android to mull on here, but then when the girl mentioned him accompanying her in figuring this whole thing out, the demeanor he had to her changed instantly. Scapegoat, nifty. He could make it look like she was the one snooping and he was the one catching her. Or it was simply that four hands were always better than two.
''Just you.'' He stoicly responded as he looked at the empty table with the half eaten plate of food behind her, almost implying that if something was weird it was that, not the fact someone was acting off.
''But okay, let me finish my food and I'll join you.'' He said as he grabbed the plate with one hand, opened his mouth and just shoved the food in there like trash into a disposal. There was a small rumbling, but the plate was emptied out in seconds. Bryce then paid for his meal with the heaps of money he had on hand, shrugged as he briefly looked at the girl who wanted him to come with her, and went out to wait just outside the building, waiting for her or the people mentioning the scientist to walk out.
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Post by Jade on Jul 31, 2020 9:17:00 GMT -8
She walked over to him casually. She didn't know him that well and he surely didn't talk much by the looks of it, but.. he was alright. Not that she hates anyone. She was actually finished with half of the meal, but suddenly lost her appetite because of this problem, which really.. didn't concern her at all. As anyone else would, the feline was confused when Bryce began to answer her question, but with answers that were totally unrelated. "Hm?" She mumbled, with an eyebrow raised in confusion. She didn't know what to think. She began to ask him more questions, but realized that once she got to the part about 'the scientist', he began to speak.. sensibly. Odd. He must've thought that she was asking him something else, or was he not paying attention? Well, if he wasn't paying attention, there was a very good explanation and it was pretty obvious when she began to look at what he was currently looking at.
By the looks of it, he was simply eavesdropping on some guy's conversation and as expected, they were talking about the scientist. Hm, this must be something rare, if basically the whole area's talking about this one guy. At least, that's what she thought. That is, until she heard what was mentioned next. He wasn't just any scientist, he actually won some sort of award. How did she not know about that? She absolutely had no clue. Well, since he agreed to accompany her, she took a seat and began to wait for the mandroid to finish his meal, which didn't take long, to be honest. But, she almost forgot to pay for the ma seatthat she ordered. So, she asked Bryce to wait outside. It didn't take too long for her to pay for the meal and she exited the building, hoping that the android didn't leave. She couldn't tell because she was unable to sense his energy.
She would see Bryce, standing at the exit and by the looks of it, he was waiting for the feline. She smiled at him, saying "Hey!" But then remembered that she still didn't know his name, which was really weird. "Hm, you know.. I've seen you around the area a lot, but I still don't know what your name is. I'm not sure, maybe it's just my memory or.." She said, waiting for him to tell her what the feline should call him. At this point, if he doesn't answer, she'll probably just think of a nickname. She wanted to snoop around to see what was going on, but didn't know where he was or where to even start looking, which was rather embarrassing. So, she tried to make it sound as if she wasn't sure instead of not knowing at all. "Say, I'm kinda confused. Was it this way or that way? Hm, do you know where we could find this guy?" The feline asked.
WC: 489 Total Mission WC: 1717
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Post by Tolvur-Q12 on Aug 1, 2020 6:40:14 GMT -8
In the time she took to pay or powder her nose or whatever else it was that girls did, multiple things happened.
Of course there were the fair share of stares at him and his.. imposing tattoo, but there were also other people looking around for this scientist guy. He felt plenty of signatures so they weren't androids, sob why did they care? Unless that scientist did something to aid life in general.. Bryce figured eventually that this was the reason behind the searches for him. Healthy competition, he supposed because he would not be able to ask about those other robots if there were other people around. Because as much as he liked fighting he didn't really feel like getting innocent people involved in his own fights.
Then he was pulled from thought as that girl, who he didn't know was Jade, came out and called for him. Though she did so without calling his name, and quickly filled him in about how she didn't know it. ..maybe that was what she had been going on about inside the restaurant, Bryce wondered before opening his mouth to speak and give her his own name. But before he could say anything there was yet another sentence vocalized by this Jade girl, wondering about which way to go and if he maybe knew.
Yet again Bryce opened his mouth to answer, to tell her that maybe they should go ask the other people looking for this scientist. But that was another failed attempt by him at saying anything because suddenly there were some voices drawing closer, telling people to watch out and stay clear.
Quickly after he heard that, he turned his head and noticed that there were a few men with some kind of crazy person in their arms, dragging him along as the man seemed to spout all kinds of nonsense. Something about having found a cure for something called a hangover, and pills for this thing called a hammertoe. Maybe.. this was the scientist people were looking for?
Finally Bryce then spoke, not to give his name or a thought on which direction they should go, no. ''Don't think we're needed anymore.'' He said, his arms falling to the side as his voice betrayed his feelings; he was let down. This guy seemed to be of no use. =============== TWC: 2,107
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