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Operator always liked sitting on crates. It was just like before. The two always used to sit together.
Voidbreaker thought it'd be nice to have small talk, considering they didn't talk to anyone much.
It was boring to always talk about serious stuff, after all.
Voidbreaker hovered over to the traffic light.
VB: "Hey..?"
Goodness, it was quite embarrassing to talk casually after so long.
OP: "Oh, you? I thought you weren't a talking person, ha."
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Voidbreaker floated beside ‘Dylan?’, or what used to be.
VB: “I know, Im just bad at socialising, i guess.”
OP: “Im good at socialising!”
VB: “Okay, D-.. Operator.”
OP: “I always get mistooken for someone else, that spirit thing and w-.. What?”
Operator turned to Voidbreaker, their screen turning yellow.
VB: “I-uhm.. We shouldn’t be talking about that.”
OP: “Do i know you?”
VB: “No clue, probably just deja vu, if you can even have that.”
Operator looked a bit irritated so Voidbreaker ‘stepped’ back.
Deja vu. Its all in your head.
Voidbreaker looked too similar to Sam.
Operator felt hurt just trying to process everything.
What they called ‘hurt’.
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3 minutes passed.
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OP: “Okay then!.. I was actually about to get to cleaning, you can join.”
VB: “…Quick question, why do you always clean and put unnecassary road signs and fences and crates and EVERYTHING?”
OP: “It hurts me if i dont do so. You probably dont understand, its okay!”
The machine eased and their screen turned.. Blue.
Voidbreaker didnt see them usually like that, i mean ITS A SCREEN, it can play bad apple.
Operator stood up and ‘called’ ICBM to pick them up to the highrise towers.
OP: “I call ICBM!”
Surprisingly like a few seconds after ICBM came up from the sky and Operator held onto ICBM, flying away.
Voidbreaker was at awe when witnessing just now. They quickly caught up with Operator.
OP: “Dont worry, i have blast protection.”
VB: “Whatever you say.”
Operator arrived and searched for their usual mop and bucket.
OP: “I swear if Husk stole it again im going to compress them into a flesh cube.”
VB: “Absolutely horrid.”
Flesh signed “Hi.”
VB: “No.”
Flesh went away.
OP: “I am going to kill Flesh. They keep making a mess.”
VB: “Calm down, i didn’t know robots could have emotions.”
OP: “This one can.”
Operator walked away to find Husk.
VB: “I dont know why but Mart gets more kills than me.”
OP: “The one with a helmet keeps diving into them.”
Operator lunged forward at Husk.
Mart: “What are you doing operator?”
Husk: “I DIDNT TAKE IT CLANKER”
Operator finally let go of Husk
OP: “I swear, dont learn from Tele, they know no good.”
Husk: “TELEGRABBER IS USING IT ON GUARDIAN AND CELESTIALS FLOWERS, even though i dont give a damn about the flowers.”
OP: “Dimwit.”
Flesh emerged from the floor and gave back the mop and bucket. Except that it didnt have water and like theres red goo all over it.
Flesh signaled “Obtained. Stole.”
OP: “Thank you..?”
VB: “Also i just realised Mart is our only source of water outside of… Hard work.”
Mart: “Yeah! Water!”
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Husk walked away
Telefragger teleported infront of Operator and immediately started fighting.
VB: “Uhm…”
Mart: “What are they doing?”
Voidbreaker pointed a sword at Telefragger did they realise Voidbreaker existed.
Tele: “OH— BREKKIE!? My bad- Ill juzt ehh…”
VB: “You’re making me want to kill you again.”
Tele: “Voidbreaker.”
VB: “Im telling Celestial-“
Tele: “PLEEAAZZZAHHHHUUU NOOOOOOO”
OP: “See? I knew you could talk.”
VB: “Anyways.”
Telefragger started having a baby tantrum and rolling around the floor like an actual toddler.
VB: “You’re lucky we’re colleagues. Or whatever.”
Tele: “DOOOONNTNTTT TELLL CELEZTIAAAAALLLLZZZZZZZ WHYYYYYY II DIDNT DOOO ANHYYTHINNNNGUHHH…! YOUGRHE MY BEZT FRIEND IN THE WOOUUUUURLLLLDDDD”
VB: “I swear im going to turn you into a flesh cube, NOT YOU FLESH.”
Flesh didnt even get to have half of their hand out the floor.
OP: “Mart, fill in the bucket?”
Mart floated over and drained half their mass into the bucket, thats enough. THATS ENOUGH!!!
Operator carried the bucket and mop, signaling Voidbreaker to follow them.
VB: “Anyways bye.”
Walking over to the platforms, Voidbreaker still couldnt shake off when Operator stared at them for so long.
VB: “Surprised how you got me talking.”
OP: “Im a pretty sociable guy, right!!”
VB: “Well, what happens if you turn voidbound..?”
OP: “I hate that. It makes me overheat quickly, and i cant function normally. Its the pests fault.”
VB: “Im stuck to be voidbound. I think my body is decomposing.”
OP: “Thats not so casual..!”
VB: “Well, sorry-“
OP: “There’s a blood stain there.”
Operator quickly mopped up the ‘blood’.
VB: “I dont think i see blood there though-“
OP: “Yes, There is.”
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Near an Echo Altar, there was even more blood.
VB: “It’s nice having someone who actually cares about cleanliness.”
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Operator finished cleaning up mess the classes made.
OP: “Strange how those ‘things’ dont come so often now.”
VB: “Well, for this time can we atleast talk about them now?”
OP: “..Sure.”
VB: “I think that they’re just having a hard time— LISTEN, i know that’s not our problem and i think that you think that im weird and im very insecure about that.. But like DONT you see the scars on their arms? No other thing can do that but..”
OP: “Actually i was thinking of that too.”
VB: “I dont mean they’re good people exactly.. I dont know what to feel about them.”
OP: “You speak like a good friend i had!”
VB: “..Whoever you’re thinking about, i hope you find them.”
Voidbreaker sighed, knowing that THEY were Sam.
They just couldn’t get over failing Dylan like this.
They started tearing up but it wasn’t very visible under the armor.
OP: “Are you.. Crying?”
VB: “Maybe.”
Operator waited for a few moments and then a video of a cat popped up on their screen.
VB: “You’re *sniffle* making me cry even more. Thats cute.”
OP: “I wish i had a touch screen, it would make doing that more easier.”
Operator waited again before turning their screen back to their normal green expression.
Its just deja vu.