Neo-Paradron Ships and Landing Strip

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OOC: Split off of Neo-Paradron Airport...
BIC: Claymore only now noticed Sideshow's movements and his eyes widened at the choices. "Is....is that mustard?" He asked, excitement evident in his quivering voice. Primus! How long has it been since he last had a taste of that exquisite and spunky flavor? Thoughts of anything else were shoved away as he eyed the spice. "Just put a nice size spoon-full of that on some bread and I'll be the happiest kid this side of, well, wherever we are," he said, mouth watering.
What could he say? The greatest trade item of earth, in his humble opinion, was the mustard seed. A flavor made just for him.
Sideshow chuckles calmly as he dabs a large part of mustard on one side of the sandwich, before closing the two halves together. "Well, I don't know about that... but you need some meat as well my young ward." He responds calmly, handing the mustard and ham sandwich back to his small friend. "Anyone else interested in looking around?" He responded, looking back to the others.
Liveware rubs his chin lightly before responding. "I dunno, I'm pretty comfortable here..." He responds with a chuckle, still hugging Lightweight with one arm comfortingly. "What say the rest of you?"
Clickclack looks towards the entrance with a thoughtful expression. "Well... we still haven't met who's in charge here and it'd be good to see what the others are messing around with, no?" He asks calmly.
Lightweight just smiles "Oh I think a look around might be somewhat interesting." she replies leaning slightly into the comforting embrace after at it does make her feel somewhat at ease. The chance to explore and look around does sound somewhat interesting as she is eager to see what she can discover; however she's not quite up to going anywhere on her own just yet.
Liveware smiles as he supports his friend, before moving towards the door slowly. "Alright then, let's head out before we get cold feet." He responds with a chuckle to those present, before exiting the vehicle with Lightweight. "Besides, you just know the other hackers are partying somewhere..." He can't help but tease.
Clickclack blinks for a few moments as he watches the couple leave the craft before looking back to the rest. He stands there silently for a few moments before finding a seat nearby and watching the others, a bit afraid to head out on his own despite his arsenal.

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Claymore busied himself with the sandwich, enjoying the sharp taste as everyone began to move out. He crammed the last of the sandwich in his mouth and patted Sideshow on the head.

"Onward, my friend!" he managed to say through a mouth full of food. He was eager to know more about his surroundings as well. A good thing to know in any kind of situation. He'd be interested to know, too, what kind of defenses they had here, especially if anyone were to come after them after the jailbreak. He wondered briefly about the others he'd met at the prison and rather grudgingly admitted to himself that he was indeed curious of Clinker's fate. He hated the fact that he actually owed her one. He added finding her to the list of things he ought to look into.

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Sideshow smiles as they start to head out, patting clickclack on the shoulder as they pass and motioning for him to follow. "Much adventure awaits our heroes..." He comments in a bit of an announcer-like tone, chuckling to himself as they head out. The surrounding area seems to be a work in progress in terms of construction... with a surprising number of the guards and prisoners working together. Sideshow can't help but smile as they walk in the direction of the others, commenting to his two friends. "One would be surprised how often enemies are only enemies from a removable circumstance..."
Clickclack glances in Sideshow's direction before speaking up meekly. "That was beautiful Sideshow..." He looks around for a moment, blinking as he scans the area. "Claymore, I think we're the only Barrack-17 prisoners here... do you recognize anyone?"

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Claymore gazed about the area and finally shook his head. "I'm not seeing anyone I know," he said. Familiar faces, perhaps, but no one he could put a name to.

"What about you?" He directed the question to Sideshow. "Anyone you know?"

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Sideshow rubs his chin lightly with his free hand. "I see some of the older maximals working on homes over there.... some of the guards working with them too." He pauses for a moment, tilting his head lightly. "...Heh, I think I see another person in your position Claymore... Wonder where father Mouthpiece went." He frowns lightly as he looks around calmly. "I wish I knew more people around here. We should head towards the buildings anyways, make sure we have room and board." He explains as he sets off that way.
Clickclack speaks up again. "Deadair and Lefthand should be around here somewhere... I saw them with the group that was heading for this ship. Interested in finding anyone in particular Clay?..." He chuckles lightly.

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For a moment, Claymore thought of staying quiet. They might inquire further of how he knew Clinker, but then he shook away that idea. He needn't share all the details, right?

"Someone named Clinker, a medical officer," he finally answered. "She was being held at the prison as well, but in all the chaos, I'm not sure where she ended up."

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Sideshow just smirks lightly in response. "I see... want to thank her I bet." He responds calmly, looking at him with a grin... but he says no more. "If it helps, I believe I saw her leave with the others to help with the last evacuations from the barracks. We just need to wait for the other ship to arrive here... though if you want, we try to find someone in charge and find out their condition." He adds before turning so they're heading for the largest structure in the area.
Clickclack nods lightly in response, glancing in Claymore's direction oddly as he speaks up in an awkward manner. "Hey Clay... this is... an uncomfortable question but..." He pauses for a moment, struggling with what he has to say. "I know you.. did your thing to some of the guards. You sent one after me... do you at least know their names so we can set up some sort of memorial?"

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Claymore felt his spirits lift at Sideshow's comment...

And completely fall in the next when Clickclack questioned him. Back there, at the prison and battles...

"Winger," he whispered. He...Something had changed since then. He couldn't say what, but after Sideshow's talk earlier, on the ship, his mind seemed to be processing things differently. "Her name was Winger. She was one of the regulars for my section. She...shouldn't have been there. I tried warning her, telling her that there was word of something going down. She was determined to do her duty, I'll give her that."

He looked back at Clickclack. "I hadn't meant to use her. I grabbed at the first guard that ran past...well, like I said, I hadn't expected her to be there."
After a long pause he finally gave a heavy sigh. "I didn't know any of the others."

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Clickclack frowned lightly before reaching over and giving his shrunken fellow experiment a comforting hug. "I'm sorry Claymore. If it makes you feel better, I heard some of the hackers mention they grabbed a bunch of data from the place... Maybe we can find the others on it?" He practically shrinks under the reaction, feeling a bit of a heel about bringing it up.
Sideshow frowns lightly and places his own hand on Claymore's shoulder. "Like I said Clay... the past is the past. It's what you do from now on that defines your life." He explains calmly.

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Claymore accepts the reassurance without complaint but he wouldn't go so far as admitting that he needed it.

"That could work," he finally said. "Find what information we can...we could still include the unknowns though, I'm sure." Claymore was well aware that he didn't sound all that sure. The memory had shaken him. He'd been so busy dealing with his regression and how to deal with life now, that he hadn't spared much thought to his life before.

But Sideshow was right, like he said in the conversation they had on the ship and even now, he had a second chance. Now, with more confidence, he added, "A memorial will be made, I'll be sure of it! And then I'll set out to find Clinker..." He trailed off and appeared a bit sheepish. "Though I may need a little assistance...you know, that whole 'parent or guardian' rule and all..." A smile flickered across his face.

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Sideshow smirks for a moment before responding confidently. "Well I think we've already got that part covered already little one... Though it's good to see you moving on at this point." He takes a moment to squeeze Claymore's shoulder lightly. "For now though, we've got to find the main building."
Clickclack smiles in response in return, looking forward. "Things are looking up-" He blinks and pauses for a moment before turning to the side and heading towards a building in the distance. "My computer is picking up on something... it recognizes someone here." He responds solftly.

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Claymore cocked his head at Clickclack before tapping Sideshow on the head. "Shall we follow?" He asked with little question and more 'let's go!'

Maybe it was somebody he knew too. Which was either a scary prospect or maybe something good - only one way to find out.

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Sideshow looks at him for a moment before smiling and nodding as he heads after Clickclack as well. "Well of course... someone needs to look after him after all." He responds fondly as the two follow after the armored one. "Though it makes me wonder... this is the first time his internal AI has recognized someone. So who could it be? It wasn't doing that before..."
Clickclack speaks up a few moments later. "I'm not quite sure... but it's saying something about a version 0.5..." He pauses with a look of deep thought. "You don't think there's another of me here, do you?..."
ooc: Next post for both of us here DC, then we move to Main Command. : )

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"Ohho..wow..." Claymore scratched his head in thought. "Well, I can't say it's impossible, but still...I'd love to know what the story is if it is a second you..."

He tapped Sideshow's helm. "Any theories? Or shall we just go find out?" At last, something to get him thinking again.

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Sideshow rubs his chin lightly as they follow clickclack, the latter remaining silent as they continue along. "It's possible that there are prototypes out there... Despite the AI problems, Clickclack's technology is slightly refined compared to some of the other experiments." He pauses for a moment, looking down. "I've heard stories of experiments that escaped... but I don't believe any of them were like this. They were more things like working with the pretender shell technology of old and the like."
Clickclack just remains silent as they start to reach the building, a number of others standing before them... including a femme with similar heavy-duty weapon attachments to their friend.
ooc: you get the first post over in Main Command DC.