「 Oh, hey again, fluffy guy. 」

two hello kitty cartoon characters hugging each other on a brick sidewalk ALT: two hello kitty cartoon characters hugging each other on a brick sidewalk

ㅤㅤㅤyou can never have too many friends!

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe shrugs, standing nervously... before seemingly vanishing. From elsewhere in the tree line—

「 Holy /shit!/ 」
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「 No, especially if you've got the chip in directly... 」

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤTheir palm tingles in a way it hasn't before, as if something's being drawn out...

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEventually, Proto Man pulls away, his colors switching to purple and tan.

「 ..huh. 」
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「 Oh, I see. 」

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe holds a hand up.

「 ..could I try..? 」
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「 Wait, if you haven't copied anything, how do you have someone else's weapon? 」
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「 ..so, uhm... how does your copy system work? I know that they work differently across robots, after all... 」
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「 ..he's a Wily bot, right? I'm sure Mega Man's faced him before. 」
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I DON'T HAVE NO FRIENDS
(そう何も)
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「 But what you /did/ was insane! A special weapon like that... 」
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( baby... )

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「 No, I haven't. I'll have to ask Mega Man about him. 」
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they pull this shit then say they aren't gay

ah... i kinda get it. im sorry you're going through that.

a target?

human lives are too short for you guys to not be over the top.

thank you, zero.

ah, heh... thanks.

( ✨️ )

i like the cowboy gettup.

good afternoon.

I'm training to stop it. so don't worry.

i suppose i just can't let my guard down for when the real deal occurs.

and thanks for that.

guess I'm not getting answers here, either...

..ah. alright then.

so

it was 17 years ago for me but also the zero of that time was from the future and I think you're from the future too

so it's, like

ok well it's complicated because time travel was involved

SLIGHTLY TALLER AND MORE RED BUT. REPLOID NAMED ZERO. LONG ASS PONYTAIL. COOL SABER.

YOU TOLD ME!