towerofanimus | There were wires all around, electrical sounds

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[ou] rabbit walter

There were wires all around, electrical sounds

Characters: Rabbit and Open!
Setting: Lagoon, forest, and then rampaging around the dormitory.
When: Anywhere from midday to midnight
Format: Prose/action it's whatever you please
Summary: Rabbit has gotten bored and went exploring. Unfortunately he gets so bored that he's forced to take drastic action in the form of loud accordion sounds on the dorm floor.
Warnings: Rabbit is his own warning.

Lagoon

It was pretty here, he'd admit that. Pretty enough to bask in the sun and play in the sand but not nearly pretty enough to even attempt to play in the water. The robot knew his own weaknesses. He settled for hurling large rocks into the crystal clear lagoon waters, or skipping stones, before building a massive sand castle in the sands of the beach and rampaging through it. He cared exactly just enough about his clothes to carefully hang them from a branch before happily making a massive mess out of the pristine beach. The Spine would have had a fit to see his brother prancing around with no pants on, but it wasn't as if there were any parts to hide persay. Then again, a lady showing up might actually earn the shameless robot's embarrassment.

Forest

Not half bad. He hadn't been in a forest in a long time, and it was kind of interesting to be in one again. Clothed this time, and attempting to climb up the bigger, thicker looking trees. He knew damn well the little ones would never be able to support his copper frame. Humming show tunes and generally being loud and childish in the forest, at the very least he was keeping it to a wild, wooded area rather than a place where people might actually be attempting to rest. Anyone approaching the robot here would probably get talked to death, as he was fast running out of patience for this place, as massive as it was. He enjoyed attention after all, exploring only fun if there was someone else to do it with.

Dorms

Well he'd lost it.

He'd returned to the dorms with exactly zero things to do and not enough of the attention he so craved. He was used to people! Lights! Action! Music! Brothers to tease! And so far he hadn't met anyone he knew at all so... Well apparently everyone must suffer.

He'd taken to roaming the halls, a horrible honking accompanying him. He'd gotten the accordion out and was pretty much abusing the poor thing, pressing every key imaginable and rapidly expanding and contracting it, mad mechanical giggles and whirrs filling the hallway, which would occasionally break out into full out laughter and a few lines of garbled music.

He was so bored!

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The thing was that Yotsuba was convinced that her Daddy was living in a spaceship after Earth's destruction and that he would be able to get here soon, with the help of Zo. She didn't think that she would be without Daddy for long, so Rabbit wouldn't be without his brothers for long.

"It's okay! Daddy will come here soon! Zo will help him get here, and we'll all escape the bad people!"

Unfortunately, Rabbit had rather sunk into this depression now. How long had she been here? How long would he be here? Alone worse yet? He didn't even know what it was like to be alone, save for combat. He didn't want to have to go back to that mindset of possibly never seeing his brothers again.

And it wasn't fair that a little girl had to be dragged into this too. As fanciful as Rabbit could get...

"Y-yeah..."

Okay, something really was wrong with Rabbit. That didn't sound very happy..and he didn't look very cheery either. Concerned, Yotsuba looked up at him.

"What's wrong, Rabbit?"

He couldn't tell her. He was the older person here, after all. He had to man up a bit.

He certainly couldn't start crying in front of her.

"N-nuthin'. Nuthin's wr-wrong. Just... thinkin', that's all."

Not that Yotsuba would have thought it wrong if he cried..but it would have made her more distressed.

"About what?"

No he was an adult and a man and he wouldn't cry in front of a little girl. He was going to be the older, stronger person here and try and bury that urge, for once.

"H-h-home. My brothers. ... I miss 'em."

..While she wasn't as tall as Rabbit, that didn't mean that she couldn't try and hug his leg as she spoke.

"It's alright! They'll come here soon and take us all home! You just have to be patient! It'll be okay!"

Well he certainly can't trudge on depressed with a little kid wrapped around his leg. He paused, looking down at her. He really wanted to be hopeful. But the crushing possibility of never seeing his siblings again weighed heavily on him, his shoulders crooked and hunched, his back stooped.

If he didn't look old before, he certainly did now.

"...."

He wasn't sure what to say. He couldn't ruin her hopes just because he was upset. He was selfish, sure, but not cruel.

".... I-I-If ya sa-say so, kiddo."

Yotsuba was pretty naive and optimistic, so she was sure that Rabbit would see his siblings again and that she would see her Daddy once more. Rabbit looked..a little tired, but that was alright! That didn't change the fact that Yotsuba was right!

"I say so! Don't worry! Everything's gonna be fine!"

At least someone here was optimistic. Normally Rabbit was pretty upbeat too, but then again, he'd never really asked anyone else how long they'd been here. This was a pretty hard hit. He just sort of half smiled down at her, the expression forced. Hiding emotions was a new ordeal for him. But he just couldn't wreck her hope.

"Y-y-yeah. Su-sure. Everythin's... gonna be fine."

Well..technically, he could, but there would be horrible consequences if he did so.

"Yup! There are lots of good people here, so we'll be fine! Everything's gonna be fine!"

Technically yes, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. Hope was an important thing to have, and to take it away from a child was unforgivable.

"Yeah... a whole lotta go-good people. You sure a-a-are a lucky kid, ha-havin' found so many nice people here."

It really was..Yotsuba would be crushed if she thought that her Daddy was actually dead instead of working in space.

"There really are..but what's 'lucky'?"

Hence, why he wouldn't be saying anything about it.

"What's lu-lu-lucky? Huh... We-well... lucky is... when ya ge-ge-get the last piece o'cake. Or wa-wa-wake up just in time ta see yer favorite show on TV. Or yer pa-pants shrink in the dryer, bu-but after they do they fit just right."

That..kind of made sense to Yotsuba.

"So..when good things happen to you for no reason?"

"Ki-ki-kinda like that! When everythin' go-goes yer way an' ya never saw it comin'. That's what bein' lu-lucky is. An' yer real lucky, kiddo."

At that, Yotsuba looked a little..deflated.

"..What if bad things happen and you weren't ex..expecting them?"

Oh well he didn't want that.

"Tha-tha-that's unlucky then." But he didn't want to talk about anyone being unlucky. It was unlucky to be here, really.

"But yer not that unlucky, are ya, kiddo?"

Yotsuba thought about it awhile..but she still didn't really have a good answer.

"I don't think so..I was brought here without Daddy unexpectedly, and I didn't expect to be killed..but I met a lot of good people too, and I met you."

Oh... Oh kid.

The smile vanished from his face, and he knelt again, staring at her.

".... Ya d-d-died?"

Yotsuba nodded, her smile completly gone at this point.

"I did! Two bad people found me, a boy with short green hair and a girl with loong white hair..and the girl beat Yotsuba up until she died!"

Well... Looked like Rabbit had something to do now. His eyes narrowed.

"O-O-Oh really?" Well that... he wasn't going to sit well with that. He reached out, attempting to gather the little girl right up to him and give her a (gentle) but firm hug.

"A-a-ain't no one gonna hurtcha ever a-a-again, sweetheart. I pro-pro-promise. Not with ol' Rabbit around."

Yotsuba was about to give Rabbit a cry of 'Really!' when he gathered her up into a hug. While Yotsuba wasn't really expecting it, Yotsuba always liked hugs, so she returned it.

At the promise, Yotsuba..smiled a little. Rabbit's promise sounded a lot like Red's. He really was a good person!

"Really?! Thank you! I don't want people to worry..and Daddy would be sad if I wasn't here when he finally got here!"

It did, of course, occur to him that it was strange that someone could die and then get better from it. That just... well it didn't happen. She must have slipped into a coma or something. Coming back from death was just a little bit much for him to fathom.

But she seemed happy with the hug, and that was what was important. He patted her back, puffing out a short burst of steam.

"Re-really really. Yer dad sure w-w-would be sad if he didn't fi-find his little girl in one piece when he gets here. I'll ma-ma-make sure he finds ya okay, kiddo. I promise. An' I never ever ever break my promises."

Oh, she did die, Rabbit. If asked, she would explain how death worked here to him. Whether that would make him feel better or worse was up to Rabbit, but Yotsuba knew that she wasn't in a coma.

Yotsuba smiled as Rabbit patted her back and let out a puff of steam. The pat felt nice..but those puffs of steam really were interesting. If only she could make them..

"He would be! Daddy needs my help sometimes, so he would be sad if I wasn't here..thank you! I'll re..remember that!"