Tessa Intentionally Chose Two Very Light Bows, Made Out Of Glittery Pink Cellophane, Putting Them On

Tessa intentionally chose two very light bows, made out of glittery pink cellophane, putting them on the two back braids of Cyn's hair. "And... there's 50," she responded, helping now by holding one hand under the side of Cyn's head before soothing, "Eaaaasy girl, I've got you,"

With the free hand, she took a picture of Cyn's reflection in the mirror and put away her phone.

"Trying to interact with other worker drones... Has become difficult. They don't trust me." Cyn frowned.

She heard the message and locked up shop, flying to the coordinates from signal. She finally reached the Solver whom she had a heart to heart earlier. "I'm here, I'm here," she stood by concerned, not sure how to help, but she wanted to be here regardless.

[THE_COLLAPSE.]

[PINGING_ALL_RELEVENT_ANOMALIES]

[WARNING, WARNING, QUANTUM COLLAPSE IS IMMINENT.]

[QUANTUM COLLAPSE IS IMMINENT.]

[THIS MESSAGE WILL BE REPEATED AS NEEDED, AUTHORIZED BY [UNIT.'5D-CYN']]

The only other thing that can echo through the connection is a simple set of words, a twisted, wracked expression of pain.

"It always brings me back."

[PINGING_ALL_RELEVANT_ANOMALIES...]

@rusting-salesdrone @house-of-cyn @xxrobotessaxx @rubydrake3[pinging main because I cant find the other one.]

"We can work on that, next... would you like to stay the night over at my place? It's a lot safer than this cave," she offered gently, hoping Cyn would say yes.

(Starter for xXRoboTessaXx) The incomplete-disassembly drone's blue dress fluttered in the wind outside the cavern. She headed down to where J's landing pod was before they moved. The ebony haired robot girl knelt down in the snow, humming a song to herself as she picked up bone fragments. She soothed to herself outloud, "I shouldn't have made J bury those bones, they meant a lot to her... but... I wanted to let go of then." She continued to hum Eternal Dream to herself, thinking about the cute silver-haired disassembly drone who would be waiting for her back home with a tea cup full of cinnamon-scented oil.

Cyn at least attempted to make sure she was alone, not being followed by 'over-looming' drones. Making her way to the landing pod's cavern as well. Standing at the entrance, made her digital heart feel like it skipped a beat as the anxiety washed over her. What little remained of Tessa... The only human who ever cared about her was there. She slowly shuffled further in and began digging around in the asbestos to search for whatever remained of them. "C-Come on. There should be, at least something." Her voice glitched a bit as she dug around a tad more aggressively.

Her head turned, spotting another ....Drone...? It couldn't have been a worker drone out here by this point... She squinted her eyes to try and get the visor to focus on whoever was in the distance. "Harsh squint."

@xxrobotessaxx

WHAT...is your quest?

I don't really have one... I kind of was willed to life through the work of J, and now that I'm back, I like to fix drones, make new friends, spend time with the drones I know, styling hair... all while dealing with existential dread from being dead for a decade and a half and wearing clothes my mother would deem "unacceptable"

I still have some pieces of my ribcage in a bottle on my dresser.

yeah cyn killed tessa yeah cyn stole her skin yeah-

CYN STOLE HER BONES TOO HELLOOOO???

I SEE A RADIUS AND ULNA, A FEMER IM GUESSING?? A HAND, HER DAMN RIBCAGE WTF

She reassured gently, "Even then, this time to talk about it... I regret not trying to at the gala.. maybe things would've been better... But, sometimes, better late than never.."

She didn't reach out to comfort the entity, but simply looked toward it. The Absolute Solver, the creature of her nightmares and she was just talking to it like it was an old friend. "I'm sorry about your existence... but... time is strange.. it's kind of a wibbly wobbly mess, as I once heard in one of the old shows Father used to watch..." the dark-haired drone girl offered more words, "Maybe the universe will bring you back again, to another time... perhaps you might be in less pain. Either way, you're always welcome to find me again and converse."

She smiled softly continuing her thoughts becoming words, "You remind me of Cyn sometimes, especially with your way of talking... I guess Cyn wasn't herself after a while and it was you." She sighed and remarked, "Thank you... I know you may have done so many not so nice things but... in a weird cosmic way, your actions brought me home to J... to N. I'm free now... save for my own Solver issues which were tricked into me during an accident where I nearly died... but, thank you, for my freedom, sorry I assumed you wanted to take it back."

from xXRoboTessaXx : So if you didn't come to take my new vessel... why did you come find me? Also please don't take my vessel again... It's all I have left and J built it for me...

In between sips, she shakes her head.

[!ve gr0wn tir3d of f1ght1ng. 1v3 done it so many times before. 1m s1mply.. looking for myself. Different versions of myself, rather.]

She looks tired.