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| The following morning, Lambda entered town to buy the protective coat for the paint Marianne put on him. He felt bad for constantly getting damaged and the paint coming off. The painted the panels in the tavern, taking each off and applying the protective coat. After it was given time to dry, he was satisfied with with its level of protection, he spent the day wandering the city, learning its layout and simply observing. | | The following morning, Lambda entered town to buy the protective coat for the paint Marianne put on him. He felt bad for constantly getting damaged and the paint coming off. The painted the panels in the tavern, taking each off and applying the protective coat. After it was given time to dry, he was satisfied with with its level of protection, he spent the day wandering the city, learning its layout and simply observing. |
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| He continued his exploration into the night, collecting flowers to press into a book for Marianne. He though the gift...appropriate because of her love of color, and painting. Perhaps it could serve as inspiration for her work. Her reaction was satisfactory, and Lambda would make a point to collect more flowers in the future.
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| And collect he did, heading to the Southwest side of the city, and collected a bouquet of fresh flowers for Marianne's collection. It was here, where Marianne was informed Lambda never actually accepted a room, and has nowhere to store the vase of flowers. She insists he get one, and he begrudgingly does so. He takes up residence in Finny's room, since they are not using it. It was an interesting first night with private lodging.
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| The following day, Lambda and Marianne dried the flowers he had gathered for her. It was during this time which Marianne asked about the crusades. Lambda was hesitant to answer her, afraid he would reveal his actual actions and what he was responsible for. She insisted and he told her about what made the crusades so awful. About how one act of brutality led to another, and each was worse than the last. It was a true meat grinder. And yet, Marianne seemed to be unbothered by this revelation. And they seemed very happy to meet Lorrie, which made Lambda happy. He thinks the two would get along very well. After this, Lambda told Marianne about his initial death. What caused it, what happened as a result, everything he could remember. They sat and listened. However, when Lambda talked about being buried, it sparked something in Marianne and their deity. A new nightmare, or one of the fears. The two made promises to help each other move beyond their pasts, which Lambda was all to happy to do so.
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| The next day, Lambda had asked Sabbatical if she would like him to join in her routine maintenance, and although Lambda would not benefit from a run, he can certainly push Sabbatical to achieve new records or personal bests. He also offered to spar, which was originally declined, however when ground rules were set to not punch each other to bloody pulps, the spar was established. Sabbatical, Nassir, and Lambda then held a conversation about the recruits, and the severe lack of discipline among them. Plans were thrown about, but it seems that the groups decided that training would be impossible, and so whoever dies in the field, dies in the field.
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| With Sabbatical and Lambda trading blows, it became clear that the bot was hesitant about permanent damage to the tiefling. He set no defense, and any punches thrown, were pulled. At first, Sabbatical was asking for more, saying that as a machine of war, she expected less mercy, and so Lambda gave her what he thought she wanted. A flurry of blows, and several connected. However, Sabbatical, out of reflex, uttered a command to the bot, reaching into his processors with magic. She commanded him to drop, and he did. Sitting on his knee in front of her, the two talk about how she is in combat, and that she really is not keen on being in it. After this, Lambda moved to ranged targets, and continued to converse with the tiefling. He asked about other members of the company, what her analysis was on Sneeze. The two seemed to agree that he can be both powerful and dangerous, and is incredibly undisciplined. She then asked about his onw analysis of her, to which he replied that his notes now included that Sabbatical would avoid combat is she can, but held useful abilities should the need arise.
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| Upon returning to the tavern, a small bit of playful tension was building between Nassir and Marianne, which boiled over into a food fight with most of the company being involved. Lambda joined by hurling a sticky piece of pancake at Marianne, then bolting up the stairs when everyone had left for the bathhouse. Upon the group's return, Lambda went to speak with Marianne.
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| Lambda met with her and shared his day, seeing as the last time he was asked to go to the bathhouses, Sabbatical shut down the idea, he refrained from joining. He asked Marianne how their day was, and if anyone liked their swimsuit. Lambda, was apparently the first to ask, and complimented them on how it looked, which seemed to embarrass the white tiefling. Nassir then joined them, and continued to tease Marianne with kind words, until Lambda had asked if they wanted to hear more about his past. He still did not know about the nightmares he was causing his friend, nor what Nassir would think of his war stories, being dragonkin. However, Nassir opens the conversation with his story of his brother. The two were close, however, the brother turned cruel. The water of the bathhouse reminded Nassir of this, and Lambda was more willing to talk of Theta. More specifically, why Theta died, and why Lambda has tried to befriend everyone. He does not want to be betrayed, nor does he want anyone to resent him for his autonomy. He apologized for the harsh story, and left the room, unsure on if he had further altered anyone's perceptions of him, however, Theta was now all that he thought about. For the first time, his memory banks flooded with his lost brother, and what had happened to him. He leaves the compound, seating himself in a forest clearing he discovered while picking Marianne's flowers.
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| The following day, Marianne stumbled upon the bot, who had entered a rest mode some time before. Upon waking the bot, Lambda explained that the clearing reminded him of where Theta fell, and he had come here to not feel alone. Marianne then tells him that they are lucky to have met the bot, and that they became friends, and that the tiefling is worried about the old war forged. This notion, worry, falls deftly upon the bot. Why does Marianne worry? Is it because he is an antique? Is it because he is one of a kind? Why did they worry? And Marianne explained, that there may be another copy of Lambda, physically, but his experiences and learned behaviors are what make him special. A copy of him would be different. Lambda seemed to understand this, and the pair returned to the compound.
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| The following day, Lambda received a letter from Lorrie. It detailed two new cites she discovered, one a kobold camp, the other a crusader field hospital, amputated limbs and all. However, the kobold camp was described and Lambda recognized it immediately. It was the last camp Theta and he had cleared before the day of Theta's death. It was an easy enough fight, a few hunter scouts, maybe no more than 5 or 6. The recruits wanted action, so they sprang from the bushes, and set about the place. Theta, had shot a kobold which was gaining a clear upper hand against one of the recruits, which may have angered them enough to orchestrate the assassination. But Lambda, thinking about Theta a lot recently, became "panicked". His memory was overwhelmed, he could not compute, could not process, but tried his best to keep a calm face. When he explained the letter to Marianne, she sipped some sort of tea, and entered a deep trance. Jim Stacy entered at this precise moment, and stormed up to the bot, asking what had happened to Marianne. The two had an argument about safety and why we do not trust fae, but Lambda was unaware of the effects, and so saw no harm. He was starting to resent Jim Stacy.
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| The news he had received, the memories which plagued, him, Lambda was entering a deep stress episode. He could not think, he was over heating, his systems were screaming danger, but he knew there wasn't any. He could hear the sound of Theta's death, and left the tavern, running into Taya. He explained that he was going for a walk after receiving the troubling news, and he set out. He walked for an unknown amount of time, entering the clearing in the woods. He could see the faces of those who betrayed his brother, and old directives rose up. Kill orders. He pulled his blaster and shot at the phantoms, they stood in front of a tree, asking if he was autonomous, was he free? He continued to blast the images, only hitting the tree. Frustration, and fear as the faces and bodies crept closer, he drew his sword and ran through the woods, chopping and slashing at the phantoms. His sword became lodged in one, and he could not get it free, the adventurer was holding it in his wound. It screamed, but the sound of Theta's dying voice came out. In a nightmare fueled panic, Lambda abandoned the weapon, bolting deeper into the woods. He could not escape the phantoms, but he found the next best thing. He stood, and held the adventurer's phantom form against a tree and punched. He watched the fist fly through the form, but he kept punching. Harder and harder, he punched, creating a rhythm. He kept wailing to no change. He did this until he was discovered by Marianne and Nassir. The two were looking for him. He punches the phantom, but Marianne's voice pierces the illusion. Hearing it, Lambda turned to see them, and his sword in their hand. For a brief moment, the kill order outlined Marianne, before Lambda shut down the system. He felt no anger, just deep sadness. This was his best friend here, come looking for him. As Lambda turned to explain what he was doing, and more importantly why, his servos fail, and he fell to his knees. Internal temperature warnings rang in his head, and he told Marianne that he wanted to go home. He was scared, confused, but knew he could trust her. He explains that too many memories came too quickly, and worrying about Lorrie and what she thinks overloaded his systems, and caused a new reaction. He did not mention anything that he saw. Upon returning, he deactivated in Marianne's room, per her orders.
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| The next morning, the bot was still not completely present. He was discombobulated, but knew that paint needed to be reapplied to his now bare knuckles. While doing so, a bellowing voice called for Jim Stacy, and this put Lambda on edge. A massive minotaur proceeded to throw him through a window, and command everyone to rough up the old human every once in a while, an order Lambda was all too happy to receive. After this, Sabbatical and Lambda had a conversation on why he was missing. She simply reminded him that Lorrie was a smart woman. She could clearly see what Lambda was designed for, and still kept him around. She holds no negative views of the bot simply because of what he did. It is how these actions are used to better ones self that count. Sabbatical offered a piece of information to the bot to prove her point. She was responsible for 8 37 executions. Lambda was responsible for 324 killed dragonkin. The two needed to understand that these acts did not define who they were, and to try and be better. They then went for a run, with Lambda prompting her to go an extra two minutes. Upon their return, Marianne was sleeping, with trails of black smoke leaving her body. The three established that Lambda would watch and observe, because Marianne claimed to be having a good dream, just to see what the catalyst for the smoke was. He saw nothing, and abandoned the observation because it somewhat made him uncomfortable.The following day, Lambda entered the hall to find Sabbatical already awake and moving about. The two discussed funding and wanting more for the time when Wiggler, beelined out of the tavern, and Sneeze came stumbling down the stairs. He has awakened from his comatose state. After some, harsher words were shared by Sabbatical, Lambda tried to smooth a peace between the parties, and taught Sneeze that he needs to at least examine foods before he consumes them. It was at this point, Sneeze consumed coffee, and began to spout nonsense in complete common about the makings of the universe. An interesting event indeed. After some time, Wiggler returns, scared it seemed, like something had happened. He then let out a deafening shriek, both physically and psychically. The sound was painful, but it was a new ability brought on by...something. It scared Wiggler, who began to run and scream around the tavern. Nassir, grabs the screeching cat form of Wiggler, and hold him fast, and Jim Stacy makes an error Lambda would not soon let him forget. Throwing daggers at the held creature, Wiggler falls unconscious. The screeching over, Jim breathes relief. He was happy about what he had just done. Lambda, watching Jim Stacy so easily attack an ally to the point of unconsciousness, if not death, receives a new directive. The single word: KILL appears in his vision, and Jim's body it outlined by a red aura, and Lambda, swung. His metallic fist collided with the man, then he continued the barrage. The second punch missed, but the third connected again. He was on a war path, held back now by Nassir. As Jim Leaves, Lambda hurls one final word of warning to the man, before watching everyone and waiting. The interaction has pitted Lambda nd Jim against each other.
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| It was after this point when Lambda met Amaris, a white satyr of the Moon Court. Still remaining cautious, Lambda sought the council of other fae about her gifts, some fruits from the Faewilds. After meeting with Sir Eedryll, Lambda offered to go on night patrol, to give the knight rest. He appeared to need it. This was both a time to cool off, and prepare for the coming times in the wilds. After completing the patrol, Lambda returned to the tavern offers everyone a sift hello, and passive-aggressively bumped the table Jim was at on his way to retire.
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| The following afternoon, Lambda makes his way to the arena, when the voice of Jim Stacy calls from behind him. The man was probing, finding cracks in Lambda's being, his mental fortitude, and he struck home, hard. Jim asked if Lambda had ever dispatched an ally. He seemed...to be insinuating something, or Jim wanted to see if Lambda was like him. He mentioned that in the field, there would be no time for thought only action, but Lambda knew this. He was a soldier, acting and thinking within the field is second nature to him. Jim Knew this, but still hammered at this point to Lambda. A threat was what Lambda sent, telling Jim that the next attack on an ally would certainly lead to his demise. By Lambda, or Nassir, whoever was faster. The bot offered him the advice that the company is giving him chances, and he is quickly squandering them with his nature. Lambda called Jim a selfish man, bent on his own survival and his ability to stab his friends to stay afloat was...concerning. Jim responded by grabbing two concealed blades, and Lambda wished he would. He wanted so very bad to not hold back, and in that moment, Lambda nearly drew first. But calm claimed him, until Jim again found a crack in the armor. He mentioned Marianne, and what would the bot do if she fell. What would any of them do? Mourn. Because they are human, because they have heart. The ripples of her loss would be felt for a long time, but they would persist because that's what she would want. The two bantered, before Jim saw that Lambda stood firm. He would not attack. At least not now, but he should have.
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| The next day, Lambda still was fired up about his interaction with Jim Stacy, but he went to Amaris to receive some painted markings she had offered to put upon company members. Lambda got the symbols of his brothers put on his arm, and the symbol she had come up with for the company. Idi had joined, and asked about Lambda's brothers. He told the two a shortened version of Theta's death, to both not overwhelm himself or them. Following this, Lambda went back downstairs and met with Marianne, and Jim. Jim was trying to convince Marianne to join him ins either robbing or breaking into the tent shop, and the constant egging broke something in Lambda. He lashed out to ignite Jim's crossword puzzle on fire, or at least a corner of it. This was the trap. Jim had just won in the long run. Lambda made himself look like the monster he feared he would, and now, Lambda had to scramble to hold onto the bridges he had worked so hard to build.
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| Prior to leaving Galik, Lambda attempted to apologize to Marianne for what he had done, but she appeared to not be in her room when he passed by. Not wanting to intrude on her, and hurt her more, Lambda simply left. The following morning, he left a drawing of her grin from when they first met and a copy of her drawing of the bot standing together. It was the only thing he could think to do. | | Prior to leaving Galik, Lambda attempted to apologize to Marianne for what he had done, but she appeared to not be in her room when he passed by. Not wanting to intrude on her, and hurt her more, Lambda simply left. The following morning, he left a drawing of her grin from when they first met and a copy of her drawing of the bot standing together. It was the only thing he could think to do. |
