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 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:17 am
Rep couldn't help the warmth of the smile he gave Harrison for the nudge, but quickly redirected his attention due Nuru again. It was still a lot of effort not to grin at how oblivious he was to his impending doom, and instead to keep a perfectly straight, neutral expression.
"Ah, information hunting. Good thing the lab guys are so ******** helpful."
He waved with just his fingertips. "Awright Nuru?"
Even Otto got a civil nod of greeting as he showed up, this acting thing was tough.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:32 am
"Ya be cute boilfrien's," Nuru commented... though he did recognize Rep for all the wrong reasons, the hunter hadn't done anything recent to set the barghest off. So he let any bad will slide... for now... especially since he seemed willing to help. "Wha's y'name?" Nuru asked Rep first then moved his head to turn the question on the newest comer to greet them, Otto. Who also seemed rather... familiar. He couldn't quite put his claw on it though. There was a bit of suspicious squinting going on.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:30 am
"Thanks," Harrison said, although he didn't get the word cute applied to him or Rep very often. At least, not to his face.
He penciled some of the ratings for the Candidacy.
Trust, pretty big percentage there. The guy had mentioned, briefly, he'd be mad if it was a trick. But here he was, right in the middle of hunter territory.
Calm. Yep, he seemed pretty damn at ease, all considering. Another high percent.
Obedience. He was a dog, right? Harrison had told him to follow, he'd followed. He'd told him to back off, and he did that too. He bet he sat, stayed, and shaked.
Approachability. Being friendly. Promising not to bite. What kind of person do you think I am.
Yeah, like he'd thought. High on every count. And above 80% in all four categories put him well in Optimal range. He let Otto and Rep introduce themselves.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:06 pm
 Otto blinked slowly after a fairly long staring contest and slowly turned his head to Harrison, who was filling out paper work. His gaze slowly came back to the other two, trying to gage the situation. So this was the monster they wanted to convert? Otto would have to be somewhat delicate to keep from scaring him off. He wasn't good at delicate. He wished he had more information before going into this. His eyes narrowed at Nuru again, trying to remember where he'd seen him again. Oh, he'd asked Rep and him a question. Well.. easy enough. "Otto. Yerself?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:15 pm
Rep gave Nuru a bemused look for his comment that he was a "cute boilfriend", his initial reaction was to punch the ******** brat as if he'd flat out insulted him, but he had to check that instinct before he acted on it. It probably wouldn't go down well.
"It's Rep." he grumbled, rolling the r in an attempt not to snarl the word.
Harrison was writing something and Rep plunked his chin on his shoulder to read over it, lowering his voice as he did so. "Wheredidyefindit?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:25 pm
Rep and Otto... Otto?... hmm.
He watched as Rep wandered off to be at Harrison's side... a show of affection that seemed to soothe him as it melted his heart. He shuffled closer to Otto and further from Rep and Harrison to mutter under his breath at Otto, "They always like that, Otto?" He repeated his name out loud. It too seemed familiar... but he really could not place it. All he knew for certain was there was no knee jerk negative feelings towards it. No bad gut feelings... he looked at Otto and made a face again. This was going to drive him crazy, "Have we like... met?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:36 pm
"Haunted house," Harrison answered slowly, almost as if he was talking to himself while he reaffirmed data, before holding the pen just off the page and wiggling it.
The only slots missing were the name at the top of the page and the signature.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:42 pm
Rep slunk his hand around to take the pen and write his name in neat childish hand, signing off with a lazy flick of the pen. Apparently he'd finally realised what was going on.
Harrison got a bristly kiss on the cheek before he put the pen on the table and backed up, turning to check on Otto and Nuru, keen to see a Death hunter at work.
No pressure Otto.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:13 pm
Damn you Rep and Harrison. Otto felt like he was working blind. No pressure indeed. He'd just make the best of it, and give it his all.
"Er.." He looked over to the show of closeness and general cootie sharing going on by the pair and made a face. "Yeah.. Pretty much." Seeing two guys get so close was just gross to the small teen. He didn't look for too long, narrowing his gaze at the much taller Nuru as he thought some more.
"Probably.. I just don't fully recall when n' where." He answered honestly. "N'what exactly ya doin' here anyway? Ya don't seem.. uh.. here against yer will, ya know?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:25 pm
While the other two were left in their own little world; Nuru was still giving Otto all manner of strange looks. It was just on the tip of his brain. Somewhere. "How quickleh do humans grow?" he hazarded before jumping to answer Otto's question. "Oh... ahm not. Ah guess they didn' tell ya? Ahm here tryin' to help out mah boilfrien'. He like... well... he was one of t'studen's ya guys took befoa... but he came back sorta... broken. Sick... yanno?" he suddenly pointed towards Harrison. "He said somethin' about insaniteh... an' talkin' to techehs... you a techeh?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:09 pm
"Uuh.. grow?" Otto's brow raised high on his features. "Takes years..." He answered uncertainly.
So his boyfriend had insanity, and he wanted to talk to a Life Tech to help. But Harrison and Rep brought him here to get him weaponized?
:I
Otto hated you all so much.
The hunter now had to devise a plan on the fly, something he really didn't appreciate. Should he humour the kid and take him to the Life Labs? Or stall? Stalling could only work so long, and Otto wasn't keen on offering bull s**t answers. "No, I ain't a techie." He replied bluntly. "But I can probably get ya to one."
He did know one. Not directly, but through Twitter. If need be, maybe he could coerce him if he was in a bind to make some kind of offer. "Did he get Insanity when he was here? Or did he have it before?" Might as well gain as much information as he could while he worked out some kind of battle plan in the back of his mind.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:54 pm
"Yah like... from a scarelin' into an... oh. Nevahmin' then, wasn' you," Nuru wilted just a bit but perked up yet again as it seemed perhaps Otto could still at least help him. "He was hea'... he was fine befoa, but then aftah he like... got rid of all t'collahs in his life." Nuru mostly meant Zar's beautiful rebellious ties. He was completely grey now aside from a slight, but very lovely hint of purple. A purple Nuru always quietly adored; and now presently missed from thinking about it. He heaved a weary sigh, "Ah need 'im to get bettah..."
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:05 pm
Wasn't him? Did he think he'd been a kid----
OH
"Are you one of them kinds that turns into a giant dog? Cause I think its comin' back to me." That time he'd been turned intoa scareling, and a bunch of Halloween creatures were gender bent. Nuru's question now made sense. He recalled getting to ride on a huge dog that started female but became male after the hunter's own status effect wore off.
"Well, sorry to burst yer bubble, but there ain't a cure for Insanity. If there were, Deus wouldn't get blown up half as often as it does." Otto replied bluntly. No use in pretending he could help. Lies only brought a big recoil anyway. "Don't get me wrong, pretty sure theres a whole section of Deus that studies it. We get called on missions to keep tabs n stuff. But if yer lookin for a cure, than no can do."
However, he needed to keep this kid interested. "So you got a choice here. Stay a while, and maybe help the Life Techies out with some experiments, or go back to yer colourless boy toy and wait for the inevitable."
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:16 pm
Nuru looked curious before nodding enthusiastically, "Yah, yah, wanna see?" The offer was made, however it was quickly thrown out when the aforementioned bubble had been thoroughly burst. "But... but..," he looked about frantically between Otto, Rep, and Harrison. There was a desperation in his bright red eyes as he mouthed 'you said' at Harrison. Was his travel here all for naught? No point in any of it? Was he doomed to simply watch on as Zar slowly but surely turned into a grey decrepit shadow of his former self?
Nuru looked uncomfortable at the offer and even more so at the 'boy toy' line, "He ain' mah boy toy!" Uh oh Otto. You might have pissed it off already.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:42 pm
"Not right now." Not in here.
"Sorry." Otto said with a raised hand. "Boilfriend." His negotiation skills were weak at best. All Otto knew how to do was piss people off. It was a wonder he had any friends, really.
"Theres not cure, but theres research, alright? You don't even wanna take a look see? It sure beats goin' home empty handed. But hey, whatever. Run home if ya want. Honestly its a pain in the a** waste of time if you call me out here for no reason."
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