All that glitters isn't gold -Inanimate Insanity AU-

-The waiting game-

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They all huddled around a table in the hotel's lounge room, Pickle had been kicked off the couch hours ago to make room for the group planning session. MePad kept to himself as he watched the others devise together, feeling a sense of... peace? Happiness? Watching these Objects come together, to formulate a plan to save MePhone4.

These were one of those days that MePad wished he could smile, to emote better, if he could. His current grin would shine brighter then the sun above. He honestly found it weird, these objects didn't necessarily like MePhone4, and he had assumed they cared very little about the host.

The two Meeple robots were mere strangers to the contestants after all, never really interacting with them. Unless it was for the show, and even then it was limited, as well as mostly negative.

Yet here they all were, working, their brains a collective unit as they devised a plan to save MePhone4. What were there motives? MePad hoped it was because they genuinely cared- or were doing this to help him out. He rather not assume that their motives were driven by.. the season two prize... hopefully they didn't only care about the monetary gain they could possibly receive for saving MePhone4's life....

MePad pushed that thought back down, he wasn't going to be like MePhone4, he would choose to have trust. He can trust others, he knew he could trust the contestants. He sighed, gazing off towards the group of scheming Objects...

The Floor glanced up at MePad, his smile unwavering.

"What do you think MePad? You've been in some deeper parts of Meeple, what is the most likely room for MePhone to be contained in?" Floory inquired.

"Oh.." MePad blinked, shaking his head, "I apologise, but I am not familiar to the layout of the Meeple HQ."

"What?" OJ let out, "How? Weren't you built there?"

The other Objects stared, some shared surprised looks.. MePad felt slightly off-putted.

MePad nodded, " it may be true that I was built in the MeCloud, I however, was never active there, MePhone escaped with me before I turned on." MePad surveyed the reactions from each contestant as he continued to speak, "All I have ever known has been this Island."

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"Oh," OJ's gaze moved back down to the table, his thinking face on.

"Well- then we are going in blind, aren't we?" Paintbrush asked, their arms crossed, Lightbulb sat next to them on the couch. Her legs swung back and forth, she seemed to not be paying attention to the current conversations around the room.

"Not really, some of us have visited in season two," Fan piped up, "Plus! There's online pictures and information on the Meeple website!"

He showed everyone his phone's screen, there was a diagram of the first floor for the MeCloud. "Though the uh- bottom storey is the only floor open to the public, thus the website only has the layout for that shown... but I think we could still devise a game plan with this limited piece of information!" Fan added on quickly, Test tube typed something away on her phone, eyeing Fan's phone occasionally.

"That's all great and all, but the first thing needed to be done is transportation," Knife put a hand to his hip, "we can plan our actions up there all we want, but how are we getting up there? I think that's something we should focus a bit more on."

"Hmm, good point," Suitcase mumbled, "W-we could use the old hot air balloons, from that one challenge- L-like when we first went up there!... are they still around MePad?"

Everyone's eyes were back on MePad, "I do not know, I know where they should be, but the state they are in is unknown to me. If they are in dire shape, I could simply just teleport you up there."