towerofanimus | You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired

Characters: [OU]Dave Strider, [AU2]Dave Strider, [AU1]Jade Strider, and anyone that wants to deal with all these brainwashed Timekids.
Setting: Various places in the Tower
Format: Either
Summary: All the Time players got hit with a bad case of the brainwashing. All of them also have different degrees of it. Malfunctioning is going to be a pretty gruesome situation for anyone involved.
Warnings: Language, body horror, and really gruesome deaths

[Floor 15: Workshop]
You might hear some cussing from this particular floor.

Dave is idly at himself with a screwdriver. There's something really off about a kid made of gears trying to tune himself up with a screwdriver. He eventually puts it back on the table and gets to his feet. This wasn't really helping. He needed a better way to keep his gears fully functional.

Perhaps he'd start making his rounds, making sure no one is misbehaving.

[Floor 22: Art Gallery]
It's almost quiet. Completely quiet if not for the subtle sound of gears turning. Hopefully you aren't too absorbed in the artwork or you might have someone behind you completely silent except for the sound of gears.

Unlike those in Group C and Group D, he can speak. "Do you enjoy the art on this floor?" Red eyes with no emotion regard the pieces or artwork before turning back to you.

[Dormitories]
Dave is stalking this floor.

He can't stop unless a minute has passed. He has to do things in 60s. It can't be half it has to be full. But he's mostly more interested in making sure no one is acting up. No one is misbehaving. He'll stop and talk to residents or order those that are in Group C or D around, but for the most part you might get away with not having to converse.

You better watch your tongue if Dave speaks to you. If he thinks you're acting up, he might have to deal with you personally.

[Malfunction: Any Floor]
It was only to be expected that Dave would eventually malfunction. He's gotten pretty far not doing so. His body moves mechanically as it seeks out people. But this time everyone is misbehaving. Everyone needs to be punished.

They're causing the admins grief and trouble with their attitudes.

As he walks, there might be glimmers here and there of more of him. Because it wouldn't be right if Dave did not use his time powers to the best of his abilities.

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"That's a nice painting, isn't it." Hi, Tahno. You might remember this kid from awhile ago, but things are obviously really off now. Like the kid had a normal body instead of whatever he is now.

Dave stands behind him. "Have you been on this floor before? I'd be careful which way you turn. Some of the pieces here aren't as nice."

He wasn't expecting a voice. He flinches and spins around quickly, lifting the water just a few inches out of the canteens. He stops when he sees Dave. Normally he'd stop because he recognizes a person. Now he stops because... what happened to this kid? Shit, was he a drone, too?

He hasn't really had to deal with one yet. He's not sure what to make of it.

"Seen better paintings," he mutters.

Then, he glances around quickly because he's not sure what Dave means by that last part. Were some of the paintings dangerous, or...?

He pulls the water out a little more and tries to sidestep and put more distance between them.

Edited 2013-04-19 22:40 (UTC)

"Sometimes if you aren't careful with which way you go, the paintings get grotesque." Dave seems to have his attention on the painting in front of them but it's obvious that Dave has his attention on the other.

Dave just smiles a bit. "Have you been bad? I'm not going to hurt you if you haven't misbehaved. But you're acting pretty suspicious. You've been good, right?" He doesn't take a step, but he does turn his full attention to Tahno. "You haven't been causing trouble, have you?"

He takes a single step forward.

"Oh, yeah, god forbid I see a little blood."

He's seen enough shit in the Pro-bending ring to handle some blood and maybe even a pretty bad wound. His icing moves tend to do that to people. Hell, even his water did that if he could time things right.

He pauses for a minute at Dave's question. Honestly, he has no idea what he's been doing lately. Maybe he had been misbehaving. Not that he gives a shit.

"I dunno, kid, you tell me. Who are you to be punishing anyone, anyway? You're stuck here just like me."

Tahno swallows and takes another step to the side as if it'll help. He pulls his water all the way out and coats his hands and upper arms in it. It's closer to him, then.

"I wouldn't say just a little blood. I was thinking something more like tortured bodies and your biggest fears. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Dave has seen plenty in this place. He would be disgusted usually, but he just sounds so calm right now. He's not bothered at the thought of how terrible this floor can seem.

"The admins fixed me up." He admires the gears for a moment. Like they did him a favor. "I'm a unit. I'm supposed to do what they want me to do. I'm not stuck here. It's an honor to be here."

Dave takes a step forward. "I asked you. You're deflecting the question."

Well, okay, he wasn't expecting that. After a second to think, it doesn't really surprise him, he guesses. He sort of shrugs and gives an "eh...", unsure of how to respond to tortured bodes and such. He'd never had to look at that before, but he'd heard rumors about what the Benders did to a few non-bending criminals.

"Fixed you up, huh? I remember you being a little bitch in the storage room one day. Seems like you'd be a shitty candidate for a 'unit'."

He finally figures out that Dave's just going to keep stepping forward as he steps back. He almost wants to run, but that would be a hell of a blow to his pride. He stays put, this time, letting the water lift off his arms into bubbles around his hands.

"Who knows what the hell I've been doing, kid? I don't. Maybe I've been going around fucking up the tower. Maybe they wiped my memory for that."

He regrets saying that, but he just can't help himself. He's so used to being in control. Being the strongest person in the room.

It's strange being weaker.

Dave chuckles a bit. "That was an unfortunate meeting."

Dave raises his arms and Tahno might be seeing double. Even triple. More Daves coming from other hallways. "I mean, being a Knight of Time and all. To show weakness when I shouldn't have." If he had any part of his mind left, he would know this is wrong. Threatening the other. But the longer they speak, the more he's sure Tahno has done something wrong.

"I don't like your answer. You're either avoiding telling me the truth or you're lying." And that requires punishment. Because that means they misbehaved. They've been making it harder for the admins.

Alright, one-on-one was one thing. One person fighting an army, on the other hand... Well, Tahno wasn't really ever up for something like that. But he had to pretend. But... what was a Knight of Time? Were there such things as Timebenders or something like that? Because it sounded ridiculous. Still, all of these things looked exactly the same... he stopped trying to figure out how.

"W-what's the matter, kid? Scared I'll beat you unless you've got your friends?"

It was a really pathetic attempt to try and trick Dave, and he couldn't even say he thought it would help.

"What do you want me to say?! I don't remember what the hell I've been doing! I can't remember anything! But if you want a piece of the Wolfbats, fine!"

He backed against the wall and flexed his hands. He had moves that could take on quite a few people at once, but he didn't have enough water, and even if he did, he wasn't sure he could do this many. So he waited to see what they would do. Maybe they wouldn't be so strong?

Oh, wishful thinking.

Dave just gives him a lopsided grin.

"I'm not trying to win. I'm here to make sure you understand not to disobey again. And these friends are me, anyways." He almost finds this hilarious.

The other Daves don't move, but this Dave leaps forward at Tahno, not wasting anytime. He had other floors to patrol and he can't waste anytime. He means to grab at Tahno's throat first, although he imagines that the other will be able to avoid his first attack. He seemed formidable and he sounded like he's had training.

"You're going to regret this."

You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired

uvu Tell me what you're okay with! Don't wanna step on toes.

Just warn me up here what you're trying to do? I'm cool with him dying horribly. But he'll fight it!

If Dave malfunctions, he'll try crushing Tahno in his gears. I'm also fine with him not dying 0u0

He'll probably try and ice shield, but he's only got a little water and gears can prob tear through

he is so sorry :(

I'm not :D

uvu

Re: uvu

Sorry for the late reply!!