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it was a joke, dumbass

[ And that sour feeling is probably why Elecman is right. Frenemies. Or something like that. Everything fine until it isn't. ]

and I'll do the same. especially if you upset Snake.

...that's fuckin devious I love it

[ He said he had three, and he still probably should, but... Aw, fuck it. ]

...okay.
okay.
one more thing?

There's a reason I'm the twisted one in the Light numbers.

[ His electrical powers are intense and he wasn't always so precise. He had to creatively replace some things in his first few months online. ]

Go ahead. I guess the first question didn't really count.

[ He doesn't let himself second guess it. Impulsive he might be, but if he second guesses it now, it might never happen. And goddamnit, Magnum taught him better than that.

Predictably, it doesn't come out right. Not at first. ]

can we compare specs?

...

shit. no it
it's not like that
I don't want to be better than you this time around or

...

look.
I'm based off you, right? that's what you said.
and right now one of us can do whatever the hell he wants and one of us can't.

I know I'm all fucked up inside and might never get unfucked.
and I know I didn't even have THIS at first, and I had to pull seven kinds of bullshit with old leashes. and who knows how that did or didn't add to it.

I mean you know that
you and Snake are the only two who know that

I'm just
Even if I'm different

more different

I'm sure Nickel still has my old specs too.
maybe if we compare me to that and me to you

I don't know

you said it. we're not friends. we're still pretty close to enemies. I'm the bad guy and you're the good guy. but.

I think I'm done doing nothing about it. if you're willing.

[ Quick is typing and awfully long time. Elec's been staring at the three little dots on his screen for a while. And Quick is a uh, quick texter.

And then the block of text appears. ]

Stop thinking about it like Elec good guy Quick bad guy. It's not that black and white and I think you know that. We're just... guys. Kids. As adult as I try and make myself. We're kids in space dealing with the aftermath of having creators who really had no idea what they were doing or who they were making.

But you've figured out how to handle that biggest roadblock in that aftermath.

We can try, I'm willing, but... I don't really know if comparing specs is going to help. What happened to you wasn't because of the fuckening of your internals, that bastard didn't put a switch in you for that, opposite from what I've gathered. It wasn't something in your programming.

What happened was because of what happened to you. You reached a breaking point. And instead of you breaking, you just broke the chain. It's beyond frame or processor. It doesn't make sense.

It was.

Special.

Edited 2025-02-03 03:17 (UTC)

it's
well it's the easiest way to talk about the difference, right?

[ Good guys, bad guys, Wilybots and Light. They're people. But oh, the difference is there all the same. The divide Quick was born on. ]

it can't hurt
besides, like

you saw me and flash. I don't like it when people touch my code.
but
if it means we can get rid of thsi bullshit WITHOUT the fuckery I went through

*this

then you and the docs can look as deep as they like

I don't think I'm 100% robot master any more
so maybe it wasn't on purpose
Snake still had to fight me to do it
but idk a shot is a shot and

idefk what I'm even saying I just hope it HELPS I guess

[ Unheard of by Elec, Quick sighs. Scrubs his face. It's not just for Elec, is it? It's for all of them.

The ache of it sits too heavy to be ignored. But maybe he's getting too heavy for the both of them. ]

...Little brothers sure be saving our asses, huh

Yeah not when you're proposing a pretty good guy thing.

I'm the zap cat, your the 'fast child'.

[ He saw that in that leaked group chat. He WILL use it. ]

You have no idea how much it pains me to say this but you're right. It won't hurt to try.

And if anything it might be interesting if any of our unique components are compatible. If I don't get free will out of this at least a little speed boost would be a consolation prize. And you might benefit from being able to absorb raw electricity with how disgusting your energy consumption must be with your crazy alien insides.

But... being able to tell a human no when they ask me to charge their phone... would be great really.

[ He tries not to think of it too much. It's easier here, where the only human of any note around is Mik and he doubts she'd take advantage of all that even if she knew.

But.

Still.

The last line gives him pause and he laughs. ]

Don't know what you mean. I'm the little brother you know.

okay zapcat

[ Two can play at that game! He'll take a nickname he's actually allowed to use in a heartbeat. ]

gonna try and go as fast as I used to huh? lmao just don't hit a wall doofus
ok you do have a point but being able to down some energon helps. I put a bit in everything now it's fun. no chance of exploding this time!

yeah
i know what you mean.
fingers crossed for that

[ There's a snort on Quick's end too! He means well, he does, when he teases. ]

oh yeah that's right you're the world's tallest infant
you know what i meant lmao

besides that prize actually goes to crash instead

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