Mission in Progress || Boombox Biograft Fic Thing

Chapter 10: A Request

I heart dialogue

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The BBRM (Boombox Rescue Mission) trio was on their way to Blackrock. After getting some jackets, of course.

"You sure we need these, Coil? I mean, I've heard Blackrock is pretty cold, but-"

"That's what you've heard! I guess they don't give much information on other regions in Thieves' Den!"

"Sure they do! I knew Playgrounders were loud before I even met Skateboard--oh, wait, that's just a stereotype."

"Yeah it is! Just wait for the lawsuits to come rolling in..."

"You wouldn't! Now put on your jacket, you hypocrite!" Coil quickly slipped on his orange jacket, glancing over at Skateboard as he did so. He had a forlorn expression on his face, and he wasn't speaking at all, which never happened.

"Hey, Skate, what's on your mind?"

Skateboard picked up his head a bit. "Eh, nothing really. I just... want my friend back."

The silence nearly suffocated the trio as they crossed the Blackrock bridge, but seemed to lift when they reached the tunnel, standing in the peaceful sunset.

"We're gonna get him."

"...You sure?"

"Really, Skate. It's three of us against a corpse. What do you think?"

Skateboard chuckled. "I don't know, man, seems like a tough battle to win!"

"Oh, shut up!"

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Hyperlaser stood inside the second cell. Boombox was peering at him from his cell bed.

"...Hyperlaser? Wait, were you the one that left the note? Now that I think about it, it couldn't really have been anyone else, since Subspace doesn't--right, sorry. What were you gonna say?"

What was he going to say?

"...Yes, I did leave the note. I also brought you here, from an abandoned road." He paused. "Why were you at that road in the first place?"

Boombox's visor-eyes darted around nervously. "Uhh... no reason! Just wanted to... um..." Hyperlaser's silence suggested that he was not going to be convinced by any excuse Boombox was about to come up with. He deeply exhaled, defeated. "Promise you won't tell Subspace?"

"Why would I?"

Boombox cracked a small smile. "Well, you know Biograft?"

"All of them, sadly."

"Err, well, I met one in Crossroads, and we became friends! But then-"

"I'm sorry, you became friends with a Biograft?"

"It sounds weird, I know, but this Biograft is nice! Medkit even fixed up its memory chip for me so it could meet my friends! Which it did, and it was awesome!"

"You brought Medkit into this?" If Hyperlaser's face was visible, it would express pure astonishment.

"Uh-huh! But then the other 'grafts raided my house and took Bio, so I went looking for it, forgot to bring a jacket, and now I'm here!" Boombox had the cheesiest grin ever. Must be a coping mechanism. Or maybe he really just couldn't understand the severity of what he just said.