Disassembly Delayed | Murder Drones LBF AU

WARMTH - 2

H wakes up in a cold sweat, her tail still wrapped around a streetlight pole. Or was, since her nightmare scared her so badly, it loosened and made her fall into the snow underneath. She positions herself up and examines her hand, not exactly connected to reality right now. Before she could gather her thoughts, a friendly voice yells from the pod. "Hey H! Come in here, I need to show you something!" Nova, of course, being the mess he is, breaks a mirror they had in the pod. That weird symbol showed up right before the cracks spread from the reflection. He hears the chains behind him create a satisfying clanking sound and expects the restricted individual to say something snarky about it. "Huh, you must really be a freak if your own reflection is that bad." R chuckles and keeps a toothy grin. "Oh fuck off, this is probably you weirdos' fault!" She releases an amused giggle and pulls on the chain again. "Oh please, maybe it's your lovely mom. I heard she tasted divine~ But oh, from who?" Nova lets out an annoyed grumble and throws his wrench at her, her teasing chuckles get interrupted by the flying object striking her.

H enters the pod and climbs down the rods resembling a ladder. "What's up?" Nova bonks her on the head, specifically on her hat. "Did you know that was a pilot's?" H looks back at him, confused. "So that was what D was on about?" R also looks surprised, Nova is just annoyed that he's stuck with these two for another few hours. "Yeah. Idiot." The disassembly drones look confused and try to listen for if D's coming back. "Why did D disappear anyway? Is she actually hunting now?" Nova looks back at H as a response to her question. "Maybe she's looking for a spare communication relay. Since that's what you freaks are missing. How did you lose it anyway? Did D take it for herself, or was it just because of your poor driving?" Nova points to the female pilot using the wrench from earlier. "Well... It's not my fault! The boss kept repeating that I wasn't gonna land it right, even though I'm a trained professional!" Nova rolls his eyes, but quickly his attention returns to R, who's tugging on that chain more than she should. "Exactly, and who knows if you lot are even innocent? Don't certain pieces look... Out of place?"

Nova looks back at her, with a more frustrated expression. H pulls him away from R and sits down at her chair. Nova grumbles and goes into D's office to check for what she has in her cabinets.
It's one man for themself.

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