forum A Futureistic RP with Serpentess

Started February 15, 2022 by Deleted user

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"Can you hear me?" Sahlonek asks curiously, watching Malcolm with an almost scientific curiosity.

Malcolm barely registered that someone was nearby. It was strange… so many years of being used to pain, and now he couldn’t feel much of anything. And what little he felt of his limbs didn’t respond to his demands.

The AI moved between the pair. Three picked up Malcolm, while the rest shot at Sahlonek with their energy-absorbing cannons. The three quickly moved outside, their lower body moving independently from their upper so that they didn’t have to constantly shift Malcolm.

Sahlonek looks a little confused at first, but their mind acted before their body could catch up.

"Move!" they shout, pushing past the AI, forcing them to set malcolm down. "Don't shoot, or I'll make a mistake."

The AI, all of them quickly surrounding Sahlonek, continued to shoot their cannons at him.

“You have harmed Malcolm-Lifeform. We cannot abide this! We know how to fix him. Leave!”all of the AI demanded, their voices synchronized.

Sahlonek throws up an impenetrable barrier of energy, then goes to work on Malcolm, restoring fried components with jolts of power, effectively supercharging the cyborg's limbs and organs. They left the mechanical shit for the AI themselves to fix, but effectively turned Malcolm from a dying centuries old man to a very much alive and well centuries old man.

"You gonna get up anytime soon, or…?" they mumur, leaning back.

The AI, all of them severely pissed off, shot at the barrier in an attempt to draw out enough energy that it would collapse.

Meanwhile, Malcolm was unaware of anything that had just happened, as he had passed out while the AIs were carrying him. Though, once Sahlonek finished working on him, he went from being eerily silent to loudly snoring. He didn’t register Sahlonek’s question whatsoever.

Sahlonek snorts. "He's fine now. Check him all you want, yu'll find his systems better than what they were."

“You harmed Malcolm-Lifeform. Why should we trust you?”the AI asked, still synchronized.

They didn’t stop attacking the energy field.

Malcolm remained asleep, still snoring.

"Because it is in my best interest for him not to die, dipshits." Sahlonek snaps.

(You’re good, I definitely understand. It’s still funny though, lol)

“What is your purpose? What use does Malcolm-Lifeform have for you? You did not request trade, nor did you act in any trustworthy way. Explain yourself!”the Ai demanded.

Malcolm snorted and started to stir. He groaned, rubbing his lone eye.

(Yeah, fair. . .)

"It would ruin any chance I had at, you know, working with him." Sahlonek grunts, turning back to Malcolm.

"Good, you're waking up." he mutters.

“It is much simpler to request working with Malcolm-Lifeform than attacking him,”the AI stated.

Malcolm glanced up at Sahlonek, then groaned irritably.

“Fuck off,”he mumbled.

"And deny myself the chance to see you marvelous AI in person, in action? No." Sahlonek snorts.

"Can you hear any better, boss?" he whispers, checking Malcolm's hearing to see if he'd done it right.

“That could’ve been requested as well,”the AI continued.

Malcolm saw Sahlonek speak, and somewhat heard him. It had been years since he’d last been able to hear someone was whispering, even if he couldn’t tell what Sahlonek was saying. He rolled his eye.

“You fucking realize half of my left ear is gone, yes? Half of my body is fucked, and has been for fucking ages. Why the fuck do you think I have a metal plate in my fucking face? It’s not for fucking show! Now fucking speak up or fuck off!”he snapped.

Sahlonek sighs and kneels in front of Malcolm again, muttering and fixing whatever problem in the nerves and electronics there was.

"Can you hear me now?" he whispers again.

Malcolm yelped in pain, then viciously kicked Sahlonek.

“Fuck off! You can’t fix what isn’t there! You’ll only fuck everything up even more!”

The AIs resumed attacking the energy field.

"Really? Then how'd you hear my whispering and muttering, huh?" Sahlonek smirks.

“Because my right ear isn’t fucked. My left ear is. So, fuck off!”Malcolm snarled.

He kicked at Sahlonek again, then moved to sit up. The moment he did, he groaned and grabbed his head, dizzy from Sahlonek’s attacks. His head also throbbed from the fixed nerves. Everything seemed so out of place now.

Sahlonek shrugs and just gets up. "Suit yourself. I would have fixed the other ear, but. . ."

They walk over to the barrier and stare at the AI. "You quite done yet?"

“You don’t fucking understand. I only have half a fucking face! The other half is nothing more than charred muscle. I’m lucky I even have a fucking left ear, let alone a fucking life! And besides, I was fine the way I fucking was!”Malcolm hissed.

The AI aimed their guns at Sahlonek.

“Leave. This is your last warning.”

Sahlonek sighs. "Fuck it. Can I work for you? There. I asked."