Fading Away - -V.2- - Accepting

[Issun]

▬▬☪ Ａｔａｓａｄｏ Ｋａｙｉｍｕｎｏ， ｔｈｅ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

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Atasado played silently, not minding the silence around her too much. It was a lonely life, being a unit built for and alive solely for destruction and hunting. She tried not to think about it; the thoughts only led to what would happen if the war ended. The most obvious answer was that she would be deactivated and 'hung up', set aside for some future use, or entirely replaced. Could she even die? Sure, running out of energy was 'game over', and there was no resurrection available for her - but otherwise, she hadn't noticed any aging in her physical form. Not that she was really organic, though, so it made sense...
She hadn't realized her mind was wandering until she missed a key, snapping back to reality as she stared down at the piano. A few small wet spots on it made her attention go to her eyes, and she raised her eyes, before wiping tears away. She used a different napkin from before now, this one more violet in tint, and wiped the keys. Now she stared down silently, unmoving for a long time. She felt Snowball curl up by her leg, and she smiled down to her, before setting down the cover to the keyboard before leaning down as she picked up the fox. 'Is he truly returning?' She wondered, her internal time-keeping telling her how close to the 'thirty minutes' it really was. She stood up and walked to her room, setting Snowball down on her bed, before walking across the hall to the other. After unlocking the door, she stepped into the other bedroom, this one more pink than Atasado's greyscale room. She knelt beside the apparently sleeping figure, turning her over and pulling the back of her sweatshirt down as she pressed down a button in between her shoulder-blades.
The other, a shorter, younger figure than Atasado, sat up a few moments after, brown eyes staring blankly at nothing. "Asanil," Atasado spoke, catching the younger's attention. "Watch after the house, and Snowball." The violet-haired girl stared, before nodding. "Understood, ma'am," she said, standing up. "Is there anything else?" As Atasado shook her head, Asanil nodded, and the smaller android trailed behind Atasado as she exited the room. "Will you be returning tonight?" She asked. The only response came as Atasado fell silent, and Asanil's head tilted, before she nodded again. "Understood." Unlike Atasado, Asanil was created solely to assist others; she had no offensive capacity, and was more of a full-on "assistance android" than anything else. She had no need to question or argue against the person she was assigned to assist.
Atasado gave a curt nod to Asanil, before heading down the stairs and leaving her shelter. Asanil stayed in her location, silently keeping her senses out to watch out for disturbances in the house, and keeping her gaze inside of Atasado's room to keep track of Snowball.
'Almost a half an hour, now,' Atasado again told herself mentally, her eyebrows furrowing. She kept her path towards the city, finding that to be the most probable location that her acquaintance would have headed off into. She preoccupied herself during her fast-paced march by trying to recall the names of everyone stationed there. "Hellhound," she muttered, saying the names as they came up, "and Condor..." She didn't need to keep thinking. She already knew those two names alone were bad omens for any mutant, both people keen on finding their prey, both with merciless hounds beside them. Of course, such a thing... it was common, in the end. Very few had the capacity left to care...

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[Origami XD]

thirteen
I opened my eyes I must had been drugged, I was sitting in a chair in a cold room, my hands and legs were chained to the chair. I had just began to wake up when a police officer sitting across from me wrote something down and looked at me.
" what happened to the people in the alley " I asked as he put photos onto the table along with a gun in a bag, it had my signature XIII on it, at the sight of it I smiled at him.
" I want my phone call " I said innocently, the man seemed displeased at my statement. He'd been waiting to question me for atleast 20 minutes on what happened.
" I don't know if you had a part in this or if you did it son, but I just want you to tell me what happened " he said glaring at me now. I shifted slightly, I had my tail wrapped around my stomach tightly so it would look like a bulky belt even though they knew I was a mutant already I didn't want them to pay to much attention to my tail.
" I don't know what happened officer, the last thing I remember was a woman and a man were being surrounded and I blacked out, when I woke up I was covered in blood, every one was dead and that gun was on the ground, check it for prints and test them with mine if you don't believe me " I said leaning forward and my innocence disappearing. " so if you don't mind I want to return to my house " I said plainly with my arms crossed.
just then a woman walked in to the room and looked at me " canodor's here, he says that he'll take this mutant off of our hands " she said and grinned at me. " you know he doesn't take too kindly to mutants like yourself " she said looking at me and giving a little laugh.
I glared at her then thought to myself ' i'm going to be killed aren't I ' I said then laughed at the irony, the two people looked at me like a psychopath.

[Issun]

▬▬☪ Ａｔａｓａｄｏ Ｋａｙｉｍｕｎｏ， ｔｈｅ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

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Atasado had directed her path to the library, knowing that was where Kantevore was stationed. She reached it soon enough, and as she looked around, she saw the man sleeping at a table, his hound at his side. She stared for a long moment, knowing better than to awaken him, especially asking about a mutant of all things. White-haired mutants were somewhat limited, and it'd lead her to "Nephilim" or Lucky. The last time she'd seen the Nephilim was on that island, so she had no way of knowing if he was even alive... But that wasn't really relevant, not at the time.
She shook her head, seeking through her memories. Three in the library, two in a hotel, one stationed as gathering intel in the city, and then, of two to four that could be doing anything. She clenched her fists. Why did she even feel protective over this man? She walked out of the library, looking around. She took a slight detour, walking to the park and locating the most isolated tree she could. She slammed her fist into it out of frustration, then tore it out, slamming her leg into it. With a shove upwards, she knocked the tree over, stumbling and falling to her knees as she lost her balance. She pulled out a candy, eating it, and then one other, knowing that if she couldn't keep her balance, she needed more than just one boost of energy.
She stayed still for a few minutes, looking around, before she felt like this was, at one point of time, the proper location. She slowly stood up, recovered fairly quickly over the time she was sitting, and straightened out her attire. She trailed over toward the swings, looking among them. It'd been a while since Lucky was there, but he had been around.
A note sent out had drawn her attention to her phone, and she lifted it up. 'captured mutant, help unnecessary', along with the location he was captured in, but that was only a city name, and she already knew that. Her heart skipped a beat, as this was anything but a good sign. She needed to know who, so she could figure out how to deal with the problem, if she even could. She could be deactivated in a moment's notice for insubordinance, she knew that much - but what she didn't now that if someone was on a job or had enough status, she couldn't even touch them when she bore violent intents. It was an emergency security measure that she was never told about.
Either or, it wasn't making it impossible to try and fight against them. She headed back into the main part of the city, looking around. She was ready to drop her silver blades in a moment's notice. What had happened? Wait, that was... She paused, her attention trailing to stare across the street. It was a bloody scene in an alleyway, and although blocked off, the smell of blood could never be forgotten by her, or her senses. She shuddered, recalling how he'd brought his gun with him. Now she had second thoughts - was helping him the best idea? She shook her head, trying to map out where the right location was nearby, where he would be captured and brought to. She got the location soon enough, as accurate of a guess as possible. She headed off again, trying not to think of what might happen to her if she helped him.

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[Origami XD]

lucky
I sighed and looked at a man as he walked in, he was about my height, he seemed friendly when he looked at me. I looked at him and gave a small smile, maybe this won't be so bad, I thought to myself as I stood up. " i'm lucky "i said standing up and putting out a hand to shake his.
Condor
I looked at this mutant and then punched him in his stomach and grinned when I heard ribs cracking. " Im not here to make friends, and your any thing but lucky my friend " I said as I grabbed his head and slammed it into a wall twice, his body went limp and I grinned. " there we go " I said as I put a small sack over his head labeled mutant and put him over my shoulder, that was when I noticed his tail. '' what a lovely tail you have " I grinned as I walked out of the station and began to walk towards my post. when I was out of ear shot I grinned and grabbed his tail then broke off a segment then tossed it to the ground and laughed as the mutant began to scream and shake till he passed out whimpering. That was when I sat atasado walking down the street and I smiled " hey there atasado, I just got a mutant, idiot was at apolice station trying to explain what happened " I said then began to laugh. " he said that he killed 7 people trying to protect two people being mugged " I said then grinned at him. " time for a hero's thank you " I said then looked at her " if you want you can come with me to torture him before we bring him in and we can just call it a date " I said laughing again.

[Issun]

▬▬☪ Ａｔａｓａｄｏ Ｋａｙｉｍｕｎｏ， ｔｈｅ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

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Atasado slowed her pace as she heard screaming, feeling a heavy thud in her chest from her heart. She was made close to human, and bled just like them, but in the end, she was still a machine. It didn't change how she felt about hearing it; she knew it to be Lucky's scream, it was the only possible answer. She stared up as she was met with a man obviously taller than her, an exact foot taller, in fact. This was bad - the man she never trained against, and that she'd barely worked with in the past. "Condor," she greeted simply, feeling no need to use his real name. Her gaze fell to Lucky, listening as the man explained what had happened. She curled and uncurled her fingers, in a manner as if she were annoyed, though it could easily be chalked up to her reaction to hearing of the mutant. She was known to be very willing to help in executions and hunts, after all. She looked back up at Condor as he asked if she wanted to accompany him, and she paused for a moment before nodding. "I will come along on this date," she said, not entirely certain there was another choice if she wanted to hope to help Lucky. She held the emotionless expression as she normally would, seeming like the soldier she was supposed to be.

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[Origami XD]

condor
I grinned at her " I think this ones a immortal so we can do whatever we want' I said then thought about something. " how about we have a competition " I asked when I noticed how her fingers curled and uncurled I almost laughed. " who ever wins gets your little buddy " I said as I began to walk towards my post. " most times you would have that emotionless expression so either this guy screwed you over or your friends, I don't care which it is and I won't ask, I won't even tell any one as long as you beat me " I said as I continued to walk. I took out my knife , more of a hand held scythe than a knife but still it was my weapon of choice and any one who saw it knew I wasn't one to be messed with. " so follow me " I said as I began to laugh, this is going to be fun.
lucky
I struggled to stay conscious I was filled with fear and all I could do was cry silently and at this point the sack was dripping with blood and tears. " not atasado " I said when I heard his plan, then I began to struggle as much as my paralyzed body could let me " please kill me, don't let her take me " I yelled like a mad man. I could almost feel condor grin, which made me struggle even more.

[Issun]

▬▬☪ Ａｔａｓａｄｏ Ｋａｙｉｍｕｎｏ， ｔｈｅ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

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Atasado gave a faint nod as he said he was pretty sure Lucky was Immortal, unintentionally giving a confirmation to the idea. She looked up at him as he mentioned something about a competition, and she shuddered slightly. Did either of them stand a chance against the other? She had no clue how he fought, so she had no advantage like she usually would... She turned and followed him as he started to walk, listening to him silently. She was actually surprised he'd even seen her hands - he was observant, if nothing else. "What if you are to win?" She inquired to him, staring up at him. She asked only to see if he would assure that she was taken care of - he had to at least care a little bit, right? She glanced to Lucky, staring at him for a long moment, before turning her attention back to the Condor, doing her best to ignore the mutant.

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[Origami XD]

condor
I looked at lucky and grinned as I spun around hitting his head on the edge of a brick wall " simple, I can report that he escaped and then I can do what ever I want with him " I said then began to walk towards my post agian. " the contest is who can cry a single tear of true sorrow first" I said simply. " you know we're both cold blooded murderers, both trained not to feel emotion, both have enough blood on our hands we could drown some one easily " I said with a small smile. " it's something that most people say can't be done for people like us, so lets try to see who's right " I said as I walked up the stairs of an abandoned warehouse and I laughed as a large hound, ran to great me. " hey boy " I said grinning as he began to bark and growl at the man with a sak on his head then he looked at atasado and tilted his head. " CH" I said to the hound and he backed away whimpering.
lucky
this time I couldn't fight as I lost consciousness I felt like all the pain lifted away as my head began to roll, far off in the distance I could hear a dog barking but I paid no mind.

[Issun]

▬▬☪ Ａｔａｓａｄｏ Ｋａｙｉｍｕｎｏ， ｔｈｅ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

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Atasado blinked, thrown off by his contest's details. She stared up at him, not knowing how it would function, or how he planned on it working. He was right, she wasn't going to lie to herself about that; they were both cold hard killers, emotionless and brutal. As they entered the warehouse, she spoke up. "How could this contest be possible?" She inquired, her eyebrows furrowing. She was more confident in the battle, to be entirely honest, even if she had no clue how he fought. "As I am certain you should know, I am not built to be capable of emotion," she added. Her attention turned over toward the canine, staring at the large animal as he ran over to them. She returned the canine's tilted head with a head-tilt of her own, before returning her attention to the Condor.

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[Origami XD]

condor
I looked at her and grinned " it's really simple, things have happened in both of our pasts, we'll just close our eyes and think about the worst until one of us is balling like a baby, when that happens you have to tell the other what it was " I said with a grin. " it's a nightmare for one of us, to be completely exposed and guess what the best part is " I asked but before she could answer I said " no matter what i'll win, if I lose the contest then i'll get him, if I lose the contest i'll know how to mess with you " I said laughing like a maniac before saying " life is wonderful ". I was a cold person but to be honest I always gave some one at least one chance to get the upper hand, even if it's a mutant, like when I first saw lucky I lowered my defenses to the point that a civilian could have killed me, luckily he didn't take the chance.