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*Mastema would pull the blanket over Nana. Her warmth was also important to her health* Hmm..... So he was there.... watching the battle.....Is he after--..... *Not finishing his sentence, Mastema closed his eyes and began the transfer of his angelic aura to Nana*

Proto: *With no warning at all, Proto felt that he had come under attack. Grasping his head, Proto's mechanical body convulses and nearly doubled over. Once again, his body was that of a living being. The sky was red, and he was surrounded by unknown, cult-like figures. A sensation, something which in general was foreign to a robotic being like Proto, coursed through his mind. He couldn't identify it: it antagonized him, fought against him, tried to destroy him from the inside out. Though Proto had shown signs of understanding and perhaps experiencing emotions before, he was still unknown to them and them to him. In the chaos of his inability, Proto's CPU raced to identify this ailment which was incapacitating him. Then one word appeared and stood out, one word that described everything which he was feeling right now, all of these visions in his mind of unknown times and places, and all of this de ja vu that made Proto believe that he had experienced them before: pain. Throwing himself backwards, Proto let out a long mechanical screech that was all too familiar to a scream*

*After a few minutes, the door to the cafeteria would swing open and Thanatos would waltz into the room, inspecting it for damage, casually* Hmm.... Trilla, Eecheb? >> Doko wa......

Proto: *The mental onslaught continued, and it was beyond Proto's comprehension to know how to control it. In the middle of it all, Proto felt something.... a presence.... a familiar one. Somehow, he knew this presence was watching him. As familiar as it was.... he couldn't place who it reminded him of. Reaching out with a trembling arm, Proto grabbed a rifle from the body of one of the fallen droids, aimed it to the trees of the nearby forest, drawn to his target by some unseen force, and pulled the trigger. When he heard a grunt from something he'd hit, Proto regained sight of the real world, and the unknown visions faded and were replaced by something else; now, Proto felt a uncontrollable desire to kill who ever this person was. Dropping the rifle, a compartment opened in each of his legs, from which Proto retrieved two combat grade knives. At full thrust, Proto moved towards the forest, engaging in combat with the man who was hiding in the tree, the man cloaked in black robes and wrappings of chains, Gatia*

*Finding Trilla first, Than walked over to her side, waving* ^^ There you are.... what are you eat-- *Than blinked, now seeing the juices on her face. After a moment, Thanatos started to laugh* You've got fruit juices all over you face ^^;; You don't have to eat so quickly.... try to keep all the food in your mouth *Than patted Trilla on the head* I don't suppose Eecheb is doing any better...

*Outside, the battle had already reached extreme ferocity. Gatia's chained let loose, tearing up trees and ground alike, aimed to tear Proto apart. Proto, through some means, moved out of the way of the chains almost before they had even made the movements to be avoided. Proto's knives deflected others, and aimed to slice Gatia's biomechanical body to pieces. To anyone who was watching, it would be easy to tell that there was something personal behind this battle, as if the two had fought before*

*Than just smiled back at Trilla, despite her messiness* After this we're going to have to get you cleaned up. ^^; *Hearing Eecheb, Than turned and and waved to him* ^^ Konnichiwa...... *He chuckled* Same for you. You're gonna need some cleaning up as well I see. *Than walked into the kitchen, past Eecheb, and grabbed something out of the fridge* Glad I kept something here for myself. *Throwing the little box in a microwave, Than waited for his food to heat up*

*Than tapped his foot while he waited for the rice to heat up, and soon enough noticed that Eecheb was looking at him questionably* >> Nani? Is something wrong Eecheb? You look a little puzzled. *Than had no idea that Eecheb was curious about the microwave. Than was as clueless about Eecheb as the boy was about the microwave*

What's what? >> *After a moment, the microwave would make its sound to indicate it was done. At the sound, Than realized that Eecheb had been talking about the device, since it was quite likely the child had never been taught how to use it* Oh... Kore? This is a microwave ^^ Basically it makes food you put in it hotter. You tell it how long to go for and it heats up the food for that long, so the longer you put something in the hotter it is. ^^ In this case I wanted to warm up my rice. *Thanatos opened the device and grabbed his little box of rice, a pair of chopsticks, and moved both with him as he went to the table with Trilla* Just make sure you never put anything metal in it ^^; *Than sat down at the table, opened the box of rice, letting a roll of steam rise from it, and broke his chopsticks apart with one hand. It was clear Than had become quite skilled at using his one hand since the "amputation" of his left arm almost a year ago*

*Even as the fight intensified, neither one was giving up. In an attempt to destroy Proto, Gatia had sprung out all of his chains in all directions. In another clairvoyant move, however, Proto weaved through the chains, made a mad dash at Gatia, and managed to tackle the enigmatic man to the ground out in the open, in front of the barrier. On his knees and on top of Gatia, Proto sat up and prepared to drive one of the knives right into Gatia's face when Proto realized that Gatia had lost his black cloak in the dive. Now, Proto looked upon the pale flesh and metal of a man with an eye patch over his left eye and the gray of a stormy day in his right eye. Blue hair pooled down from the man's head, a long bang of hair hanging down in front of each ear, long enough to reach the ground when standing, and a ponytail which bound all the rest of his hair into a single stream as it cascaded to the ground. Gatia also had black pants, black boots, and no shirt. From there, Proto could see that the man's left and lower torso and left arm were mechanical. Part of Gatia's neck was mechanical as well. The right arm and his head were still biological. From the impact, Proto believed that Gatia's legs were also mechanical. The face was all too familiar to him, and stopped Proto in his tracks. Seizing the moment, Gatia whipped his left arm up and impaled Proto in his side*

*Than blinked as the questions were thrown at him the same time he put the first clot of rice grains into his mouth. After Swallowing, Than answered both of them* ^^;; Uh..... if you put metal in it, then bad stuff happens. It's a little complicated to explain what, but I wouldn't suggest doing it. It's called a microwave because it uses things called microwaves, go figure, to heat up food. I'd be glad to show you how it works sweatdrop *Turning to Trilla, Than answered her questions with equal attention* These are chopsticks ^^ they're kinda like forks and spoons. Anno..... sweatdrop I wouldn't advise eating them since they're wooden.... *Than put another clot of rice in his mouth and swallowed* But you can certainly eat with them. This.... this is just fried rice with some vegetables thrown into the mix ^^ It's pretty tasty.

*After tearing through Proto's epidermal layers of metal like nothing, Gatia grabbed part of Proto's internal mechanisms and with an upward thrust, tore out part of Proto's insides while also tearing off a good portion of his chest plating, leaving more of Proto's internal mechanics exposed. With the removal of some crucial internal parts, Proto's right arm went limp and dropped its knife. Proto's right leg was also partially disabled. With another screech, Proto tilted to the right, and Gatia seized the chance to overturn Proto. Now, with Proto on his side, Gatia flipped up. Because Proto was still hesitating over Gatia's resemblance to Thanatos, Gatia took the chance and delivered a devastating kick to Proto's head and eyepiece. The sensitive optical unit easily broke under the pressure, and the armor on Proto's head gave way, partially caving in. Proto activated his boosters and took to the air to buy himself some time*

Than: Anno, I mean they're like spoons and forks in way that you can eat with them ^^; They're an interesting alternative. *He nodded back to Eecheb* Hai.... the metals react pretty violently... you might hurt yourself. I haven't done that much research into microwaves, sadly. *Than chuckled at Eecheb's comment* You've used em before, I see. Well it's just that I'm used to them..... it's also easier for me when I only have one arm. *It was an interesting thought. It might be one of the few times that the kids noticed how his missing limb had affected him. Since they'd always known Than as being one handed, they probably hadn't thought to think about why he was that way*