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[vulpesvivus]

[Somewhere in between Violet and Ecruteak, a tremendous monster is looming over the landscape. A huge, bipedal, metallic...piece of junk.]

[Holding the Pokegear today is a slightly distressed Ampharos, seemingly not sure what to make of this mess. Closer to the scrap metal monstrosity is one trenchcoated Otacon, balancing on the tail of the Arbok currently acting as a stepladder.]

Just a little higher--I really should have installed a ladder here... [The cobra gives him a little more of a boost and Otacon reaches the machine's lower jaw of sorts, pulling himself into the cockpit.]

...okay. Now what?

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[impulsives]

...The hell is that outdated thing?

[Guess who is in his Gundam.

Go on.

Guess.]

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[vulpesvivus]

Hey, I'd like to see you build something...better...

...oh.

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[impulsives]

...Yeah.

Hi.

The hell is that thing anyways.

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[vulpesvivus]

Metal Gear REX. Or it was, at least. Now it's REX in less than perfect condition.

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[impulsives]

...Someone blew it up or something?

[Don't mind him being quite curious since holy shit it really looks ancient.]

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[infinitejustice]

[Guess who else has his Gundam? He's standing above the cockpit hatch right now.]

Hey! Need a hand?

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[vulpesvivus]

No, I'm just trying to figure out how damaged it is and if I can get it running aga-...

...Does everyone have mechas now?

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[infinitejustice]

Huh? What do you mean, every--

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You ran into Shinn, didn't you?

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[vulpesvivus]

Yes. Yes, I did.

[Beat.]

...You don't have a screwdriver in there by any chance, do you?

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[infinitejustice]

Sure I do! It's part of the emergency repair toolkit in here.

[Athrun sits down in the seat, which sinks into the cockpit. A minute later, the Infinite Justice kneels down and Athrun gets back out, screwdriver in hand.]

Here you go.

[He's more or less level with the cockpit now.]

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[vulpesvivus]

Thanks.

[Just working on his poor broke as hell baby here. Even if getting it running is probably not a great idea, Otacon...]

Yours doesn't exactly look like the kind I'd see in practical combat back home. [To say the least, you huge mecha nerd you. :|]

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[infinitejustice]

Well, from the looks of it, my world's got a century or two more technology than yours. This mobile suit saw me through the final campaign of a war.

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[vulpesvivus]

REX is about ten years out of date at this point, and she's pretty damaged besides. The kind of technology you'd see on battlefields now is way beyond this.

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[infinitejustice]

You wouldn't happen to be fighting battles in space already, would you?

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[vulpesvivus]

...Definitely not.

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[infinitejustice]

I didn't think so -- that would be a huge leap for a single decade. Space battles are pretty common in my world, though. In fact, this mobile suit was designed for both use on Earth and in space.

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[vulpesvivus]

Really? Wow...I can't even imagine the kind of propulsion system it would need for that.

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[infinitejustice]

Huh? ...Oh, it can't reach escape velocity on its own. It has to ride a ship into space. It can re-enter the atmosphere on its own, though.

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[vulpesvivus]

Even so, that's incredible. it can really withstand that kind of stress on its own?

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[infinitejustice]

It has a couple of systems that help it mitigate the effects of re-entry. Most normal mobile suits would be ripped apart and disintegrated if they tried it without protective equipment.

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[usedthemonkey]

[Johnny's examining the thing. It's like one of those kiddy rides in front of the grocery store]

Is there a coin slot on this thing?

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[vulpesvivus]

[EXCEPT LIKE A BILLION TIMES BIGGER, EXCUSE YOU PRINCESS.]

I don't think I installed one of those.

[usedthemonkey]

You'd probably make some money off of it! Who doesn't want to wreak total havoc and destruction and recite one-liners for about 30 seconds at a time?

[vulpesvivus]

Believe me, I can think of a few people that would.

[Like the Snivy in a tiny custom-made trenchcoat perched on top of said robot.]

[usedthemonkey]

So how many chicks do you get with this thing, anyhow? Chicks apparently dig these giant robot transformamajigs...

[vulpesvivus]

...You're seriously overestimating how popular a mechanical engineering degree makes someone.

[usedthemonkey]

...is that some kind of nerd thing?

I bet if I took it for a spin I'd be turning the heads of women all over the place.

[vulpesvivus]

[FACEPALM.]

[usedthemonkey]

...So can I take it for a spin?

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[thanoscopter]

[He's way down on the ground, but there's an oddly dressed purple man yelling and waving his arms at the giant robot.]

Get out of that! I need that...so I conquer the world!

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[vulpesvivus]

...

Yeah, the funny thing about a helluva lot of time in Johto? Otacon pretty much is out of fucks to give. He doesn't even look up from what he's doing.]

Asimov?

[Hi, Thanos. This is an electric giraffesheep gearing up to bring down a Thundershock on your head.]

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[thanoscopter]

Bah, your attacks can't do anything to me!

[Except they can. And it hurts. He falls down from the brunt of the shock, and manages to stagger back to his feet after a few minutes of pain.]

You dare attack Thanos?