Revolution Machine

Chapter 8

Last time on Revolution Machine: Tech made it to Leanbox after a spat with Average, only to be immediately greeted with Green Heart herself! While Tech is being taken to the Leanbox Basilicom, Average sets out with Neptune's Good Luck Charm and a small hope that Tech is safe. What will happen to Tech this time around?

                                                                                     (\/\/ Tech \/\/)

"OY! PUT ME DOWN Y'SCHLIMY TWIT! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I GRADUATED--"

"Such raucous manners, Sir Tech! After I went out of my way to invite you to my nation with no want for anything in return... You truly wound me." Green Heart returned, but she seemed more jovial than anything. She knows she won, but even if Tech didn't like it, he couldn't do much. Not with being almost one thousand feet in the air. The machinist kind of slumped in the Goddess' grasp, crossing his arms fitfully. Green Heart must of noticed this, because she pressed her chest against Tech's back. This threw him off. Big time.

"Oh, no need to be so upset, Sir Tech. I promise this is for both of our good, though you probably don't care much about that right now, do you?" Green Heart asked, but Tech wasn't there mentally. Soft! Soft! Soft!

"ImnotupsetjustgivemeafewminutesIneedtothinkaboutsomethingelseisall." Tech kicked himself for being so easily flustered, bringing his hands up to cover his face. He felt like such a school girl! And with how easily Green Heart made him this way threw him off even more so. Green Heart knew what she was doing, and Tech knew that she knows just as well as he does. Trying to distract himself, Tech looked down to the city below which had just came into view. Leanbox was a lot more... quaint than Tech initially thought, the outskirts of the nation resembling the paintings of old-time homes that Histoire kept in the library. Vibrant whites topped by dull forest green roofs, with people taking their time. In the distance, Tech spotted a rather large... monument, if that's what it was. It resembled a giant square that went up for miles. They were still quite distant from the main area of Leanbox, but that square-monument was clear as day. It'd be a lie if Tech said he wasn't at least somewhat intrigued. As they got closer to the city (which didn't take long due to Green Heart's insistence on fast flight) Tech noticed something... Bizarre. They were closer to the ground, so the people were visible. They looked... Happy. People were smiling, laughing, trading good and all that. It wasn't like the people of Planeptune under Iris Heart... Not scared of every step, not worried about who's going to get admonished, just living their lives, smiling wide. Tech began to wonder if there was even a machine here in the first place. The machine he made, that wicked, vile contraption could not bring happiness like this. Maybe... Maybe he's been narrow-sighted? Maybe Black Heart and Iris Heart were the only ones to abuse this power? This... corrupt gift of Sharicium? 

Green Heart must have noticed Tech's ponderings, letting out a chuckle and squeezing him a little tighter. "Your machine has been nothing but a gift to my people, Sir Tech. Everyone has become so much happier since we've gotten our Sharicium Generator... But we did not forget who created such a miracle. I did not forget." Green Heart swooped a bit lower, the people noticing the pair gliding by. People stopped what they were doing to wave at Tech, cheering at him as if he were a hero. Tech's heart skipped a beat. He was... getting applause? Or was it for Green Heart? He didn't know, he didn't want to know if he was honest. Tech simply... Lived the moment. He waved back to the people, beaming a glorious smile bigger than he's ever smiled, earning more cheers from the crowd. They... They love me?

"You're a hero to them, Sir Tech. You made a home they didn't think could get better perfect. They love you, look! The cheers, the waves... You're almost as famous as I am here! Isn't that just... wonderful, Sir Tech?" Green Heart chuckled, zipping away from the clamoring crowd and towards the Basilicom, leaving Tech to his thoughts again. He looked down to his hands. Hard, calloused, and dirty with grease. The same hands that got him banished by his goddess, that separated Average and Iris Heart...