[M] For Science [Arthur + Ivan + Their Bots]

[minty]

Attempts to eliminate the primary target proved to be more difficult than Kiku imagined it would be as the small group of three moved further into the premises and met up with the other two in the hallway.

If only Allie (turned Al for now) had known just how well he was doing his job of being a companion bot, one that apparently was preventing the untimely death of his master, then Ivan would probably have been more proud of his achievements so far.

Behind the group, embedded in various places on the wall and on the ground, was a trail of silver spoons and forks, all bent out of shape and regretfully way off from their target.

The female bot, Jin, took up her post in front of the kitchen, blocking Kiku from sneaking in to find more stuff to throw around so he moved on instead in search for any semblance of weapons of murder.

He had the feeling sitting around to watch what happened next might be very entertaining but if the tone of Jin's unintentional confession was anything to go by, Kiku needed to go arm himself with things to use to protect his master (lack of social interaction with the actual entity who owns the data inputted into Kiku's system may have left Yong Soo imprinted on to his memory. Also, this is totally the reason reading the manual is important when handling a bot from this distributor's circle~) from any harm the blond caterpillar might wish to inflict on him for the apparently illicit bot modifications that were done to another man's property.

[arthur]

A shocked look crossed Arthur's face as he was approached by the female bot. He nearly asked who she was until the 'daddy' came from her mouth.

Jin.

"Good Lord . . ." Arthur swore softly, the shock freezing him. Until, that is, the name Yong Soo was heard. "I'm going to destroy him." He growled, folding his arms over his chest. He glowered at the wall, looking around for the male bot, until he caught sight of the look on Jin's face.

"After he fixes you, of course." He corrected himself, stepping over and giving her a quick hug. "Are you alright? Did he do anything else?"

[Allison Jones]

Allie frowned as Arthur quickly left them without saying so much as a hello, but she turned her attention back to Ivan soon enough. Why was her owner not telling her anything? He kept saying that she didn't need to think about things but she wanted to! She wanted to know what people were talking about but Ivan didn't seem to want to tell her. There had to be another way for her to find these things out...

Pouting, she said, "Fine, I'll stop asking questions. Now let's get your tea!" Maybe once Ivan had tea he would be able to think better and fix her already! This new body was strange and while she was still not as tall as Ivan, she was much taller and her limbs felt long and strange.

(Replying really quick so I won't hold up the thread. *rolls back to hiatus* )

[yongsoo]

Yong Soo wondered if his passport was still good. He may not have been a legal person any more, and bots weren’t legally allowed outside the city, but the human named Yong Soo was not listed as dead and was still free to travel. He’d have to go somewhere far away to hide from Arthur Kirkland. Korea was too obvious. So was Russia, come to think. He had to go onto the online store and download some weird language no one would expect, like Danish. No one would expect him to live in Denmark.

Luckily though, Captain K hadn’t spotted him yet, and Jin was keeping Kiku from entering the kitchen for more murder dinnerware. “Kiku.” Yong Soo hissed. “Stop, I need you to go hide in the closet again. Go to hipster Narnia or whatever you play. Mission abort. Mission abort.” the Korean bot hissed as he crawled along the walls.

Fate wasn’t on his side though, as Yong Soo crawled a bit too far and was spotted by Kiku’s current victims. “Um, Captain K, everyone. What’s up?” Yong Soo inched towards Jin. "Please don't kill me. If you kill me, Jin'll be stuck like that forever."

[Ivan Braginsky]

Far away from the chaos the rest of his patchwork household was experiencing, Ivan received a slight reprieve from dealing directly with the nonsense. He sighed, wondering how Arthur would take it when he saw that Jin had been transformed into a lovely young lady... without clothes. That would probably be somewhat startling to his colleague, but whatever. As long as Yong Soo wasn't building hookers from scratch for amusement, he supposed, he hadn't done too much harm. None of the changes were really permanent at any rate. It was just a shame Al had been so terribly upset by them.

He was a still good looking bot, Ivan thought, there was no need to really panic. Then again, Al still was Allison on the inside, probably panicking under the stress of feeling like the body doesn't match the mind. That would be dreadful, wouldn't it? Ivan could scarcely imagine it for himself if he were to suddenly be a woman. He patted Al's shoulder reassuringly. Al would be Allison again soon enough and then she'd be back to her usual cheerful self, right?

All of this did bring up a good question though. Perhaps the concept of gender was retained through the cyberization process. He'd write it down in his notes later tonight and ponder it. He'd already been woken up and, though still in his robe, he knew he would not find sleep again so easily, especially not now that he had work he could do.

"Tea woult be lovely~" he said, leaning over enough to kiss the bot on his forehead to try and keep his spirits high. "No neet to be upset, it will be straightent out soon, I am sure~"

[jin]

“I’m fine, really,” Jin said, briefly returning the hug. “He said he’d reverse it in a few days, so like, it’s all temporary and junk. ...Speaking of junk, there’s really no need to remove his,” she added, looking a bit concerned. “I really should’ve suspected something like this, so it’s kinda my fault anyway. Besides, he was nice enough to let me borrow his clothes...”

Jumping a bit when she heard Yong Soo behind her, Jin looked between the two nervously, hoping that weird thing humans called ‘fate’ wasn’t about to make her choose between the two. All logic would point to her holding the Korean down while Arthur looked for a hatchet, but that idea didn’t really seem too appealing for some reason. She moved in front of Yong Soo almost protectively and gave Arthur a look.

“Besides, there are more important things to worry about,” Jin advised. “There’s another bot in the house that will most likely attempt to kill you with kitchen utensils. No worries though,” she bounced, “I can totally take him and his pasty gamer face.”

[minty]

Much to Yong Soo's misfortune, Kiku had already left the area long before those orders to cease the operation could be heard and he returned with a new set of weapons, retrieved from some supposedly secret work room, just in time to catch the last sentence to leave the once male bot's latest sentence.

Oh, she thought she could take him on in combat now, did she? Perhaps it was a good thing he had no intentions of being seen or heard then (for what is a ninja without his stealth ne?).

Eying the new tools in his inventory, Kiku frowned in discontent. None of them would do for a swift, silent kill, not when the whole group was gathered around like this. He took a little too long fetching more of what he needed for his intentions, now the small window of opportunity he had earlier was closed.

And so, with a pout, he chose to fall back, confident that Jin would at least keep the British man from mauling Yong Soo. She did have a point after all, they still needed him to reverse the modifications after all.

"We will see about that then," he murmured in response to the female bot's spoken challenge as he sauntered off to another room. Perhaps he could prepare a trap for them instead.

As he quietly exited the scene, he decided to go deal with the primary target first and come back to deal with the possible witness later.

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I apologize profusely for the fail that is this delayed post. OTL

[arthur]

"Another bot . . . Good Lord, what chaos is this household up to?" Arthur shook his head and folded his arms over his chest with a great sigh. He then leveled a glare Yong Soo's way. "I believe we need to have a discussion about modifications. Soon."

He glanced back at his bot and gave him- her a slight smile. "Well. At least you're whole and unharmed. Are you ready to come back home?"

[Allison Jones]

Allie sighed softly, only slightly reassured when Ivan patted her shoulder. Hopefully, everything would be back to normal soon. She was about to head to the kitchen when Ivan leaned over and pressed a kiss to her forehead. Her face turned a bright red and she quickly turned away, hoping that Ivan wouldn’t question it.

She wandered over to the kitchen with Ivan and started to make his tea for him. By now, she knew exactly how he liked it, so it was easy for her to prepare. Though she had to be careful, because her new hands were much bigger than she was used to, making the mug look small to her.

[yongsoo]

“There are no other bots.” Yong Soo blurted out from behind Jin. “Jin’s just a bit confused, must be because of the bot mod and stuff. I mean, how would I ever hide a bot here? Bots can’t buy other bots and Ivan hasn’t bot any bots since Allie and Captain K has Jin and doesn’t need another bot.” Yong Soo let out an uneasy, slightly manic laugh. Granted, knowing Ivan, he wouldn’t even care that Yong Soo had bought Kiku under the Russian’s name. The Japanese bot could probably even walk around and Ivan wouldn’t even glance at him unless he was being attacked... But looking at the way Ivan didn’t even glance at the silverware imbeded inch deep in the wall, he probably wouldn’t even notice Kiku then.

“But, um, I’m gonna go back to the lab and start working out the left over kinks in the programming. You can take Jin home and everything. Nothing programming wise has changed at all in his regular operating systems.” Maybe introducing Ivan to Kiku wouldn’t be such a bad idea. He just had to find the bot and turn off whatever assassin mode was running.

[Ivan Braginsky]

Ivan would have told the poor bot that he didn't have to make the tea for him, but he was starting to realize it was a lost cause. He could take care of himself, really, he could! He wasn't some decrepit old buzzard that could barely breathe. He could certainly make his own blasted tea, especially since it wasn't especially difficult. He hadn't even been using the samovar lately, thus eliminating an extra layer of complication.

He sighed, standing back to let Al do his usual work, oddly amused at how he seemed so out of place in the body Yong Soo had given him. Al seemed... awkward and uncomfortable, like he wasn't used to the span of his limbs or the strength in his artificial muscles. The vague thought crossed his mind that perhaps he ought to take notes on this for Yong Soo to help with his project but... his notebooks were down the hall in the workroom and he didn't want to open the bookcase-door with Arthur here. That would just be silly. Crossing his arms, Ivan just tilted his head to the side, watching with a smile on his face as Al worked.

With another step back, he paused, shoulder bumping into something. "Huh?" Ivan turned to look back over his shoulder, somewhat confused. A knife? His eyes went somewhat wide. Why was there a knife here? In his wall? He grabbed the bread knife he'd bumped into by the handle, yanking it from the wall with a firm pull of his wrist. "What is... Why is this..." He bit his lip in confusion before thinking there was probably a perfectly reasonable explanation. He turned back around, holding the knife casually in the hand he'd freed the blade with. "Allison~" he called, figuring she had nothing to do with it, but checking anyway, "Are you incidentally happenink to know why this was in my wall~?"

[jin]

She gave the Korean a sideways glance, wondering why he sounded like a maniacal chipmunk all of a sudden. Maybe he was starting to glitch from all the stress he was under. Inadvertently cuing the ‘kill command’ of an otherwise passive bot could have that effect. She wondered, idly, if there was one programmed into her...oh well. That would be something to discover one day~

“...Actually, if it would be alright with you, I’d like to see how this plays out...” Especially if Ivan was going to get stuff thrOwn at him. ...Speaking of which. She looked up at the blond, expression blank. “However, for your own safety, I would like to encase you within a fiberglass sphere, just in case the rouge bot has any sharp projectiles. Yong Soo may have some upstairs, I’ll go check.”

[arthur]

Arthur's eyebrows raised slightly and he gave a small nod. "If you'd like to stay, then, Jin . . ." He glanced around himself, moving over to touch a fork in the wall. ". . . That's some aim." He muttered under his breath, shaking his head. "Fiberglass? I'll be fine, lad-lass."