I Will Let You Down

[ten_zero]

Characters: Bisi and Chat (for now)
Date: Backdated to mid october
Location: Bisi's house in the Sky Sector
Situation: Bisi is anxiously waiting to hear news about Mag
Warnings/Rating: nothing (for now)


Bisi's house is tucked away in a cul de sac of the sky quarter, an unassuming house similar to those around it. Humble, small.

It's a Kin'nal who answers the door for Chat, a wave of heat pours out of the door when it's open. A family of Kin'nal were living in her house, and the stove was running round the clock burning fuel to keep the house comfortable for them.

The Kin'nal ushers chat inside so the heat doesn't get out. Bisi isn't far, she's given the bedroom to the Kin'nal family, and is sleeping on a bedroll tucked into the corner. She looks up distractedly as Chat enters.

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[purrns]

Chat was used to working with a partner, so it wasn't especially easy to shoulder the weight of Valkyr to Bisi's home. It had taken him a little longer than he's used to. He couldn't exactly swing along the rooftops with her.

He has a thousand questions in his head. How was this Mag? Why was she different? What was her connection to Bisi? But he knew more than most that some secrets needed to be kept, and he wasn't about to pry. If she wanted to talk about it, that would be her choice, and hers alone.

He gives a nod of thanks to the Kin'nal, following the lead to Bisi, and offering her a small smile.

"Hey you. Look who I found."

[ten_zero]

"Valkyr! What-"

Bisi was so excited she hopped up from her place in the bedroll, a poor decision. The strength immediately left her legs and she stumbled forward. It didn't deter her, as she half-scrambled/crawled over to Chat and Valkyr.

"Where did you find her?" Bisi asked, putting her hands on Valkyr's damaged chassis, as if to make sure she was real. Her thoughts of Mag were momentarily gone.

[purrns]

Chat made a move to catch her with his free arm- not a wise move on his part, as he nearly stumbled with the much more weighty Valkyr. He caught her again, watching Bisi with a soft frown.

"I heard a cry for help, Kylo had her," he looked over at Valkyr, then back at Bisi. "He called her Mag. I uh...don't really get how it works, like, if she's a robot-evolution or something, but uh...yeah."

[ten_zero]

Bisi frowned in confusion, turning her attention back to Valkyr.

"Evolution? No." That was silly and also semantically incorrect. "Something strange happened."

She traced her hands along Valkyr's chassis, noting the new damage. "What was he doing to her?" she asked in concern and also anger.

"She's been through enough of this."

[purrns]

Chat didn't understand, but he wasn't about to push it, either. He can tell this is a sensitive subject, and he doesn't want to distress Bisi any more than she already is. Chat pulls a face, disgusted by the very prospect of what Kylo was actually doing to her.

"He said he was studying her."

[ten_zero]

Bisi's mouth presses into a thin line. She leans in close and whispers, "I'm sorry," to Valkyr.

[purrns]

Chat hangs back, frowning softly, his arms folding. He hates not being able to fix a problem, to find a solution.

"Can you do anything to help her?"

[ten_zero]

"It's not the kind of injury I would know how to heal," Bisi said. She wasn't quite thinking of it like Chat was, however. He saw Valkyr as unconscious and inoperable, while Bisi saw her as mentally scarred.

"But thank you for bringing her back." Valkyr was strong. She wouldn't let this get her down.

"Despite the strange circumstances."

[purrns]

"Oh...I'm sorry. Will she get better on her own?"

How do Warframes work for 600.

"Hey, don't mention it. She was in trouble. I couldn't just leave her there."

He shifts his feet a little, folding his arms and frowning towards the door.

"Look. Do you want me to hang around a while? Just in case Kylo shows up and causes more trouble for you?"

[ten_zero]

Get better? "I'm not... honestly sure. She wasn't always like this, she was different before Alad V's Zanuka project. I think... she's turned the pain into a kind of strength."

[purrns]

Oh. Well. That was something he had some experience in.

"...I guess that's one way of dealing with it."

[ten_zero]

Bisi studied Valkyr once more, perhaps a bit afraid to try communing with her.

Finally she put her hand on Valkyr's chest, and white light started to halo around Valkyr as Bisi began to create Transference. Mag slowly stirred to life.

[purrns]

Chat watches, his tail twitching slightly, nervous, uneasy. This is beyond his scope of experience, and he desperately wants to help- but know of no feasible way to do so.

So for now, all he can do is watch uncomfortably.

[ten_zero]

When Bisi spoke, Valkyr also spoke. Their voices synchronized, the normal cadence of Bisi's voice harmonized with the preternatural aura of sound from Valkyr. Her voice was different from Mag's, nothing outlandish, but notable.

"It was my fault that Kylo Ren got ahold of Mag. I was pushing my emotions onto her, and it was turning into resentment. It caused transference to fail."

[purrns]

That was...a touch creepy, but it's not like Chat isn't becoming steadily used to the unusual. Between here and home, the irregular was, in fact, swiftly becoming the regular.

"Wait. So you two are...connected? Like...emotionally?"

He doesn't sound shocked- more curious than anything.

[ten_zero]

The transference in this situation was incomplete, and Bisi wasn't getting the full immersion of being inside Valkyr - but she could still sense the pain, even in this state. She was expecting it; she'd piloted Valkyr many times before. But for once, she wasn't thinking of Valkyr's pain as a tool to use as one might a sword or a gun.

With some effort, she spoke only from her own mouth, Valkyr staying silent this time.

"More that I can create a connection," she corrected. "Valkyr is my Warframe."

[purrns]

"Is that like...a battle droid? Maybe?"

He gives an awkward smile, shrugging his shoulders.

"Sorry, this isn't something I've got much experience in."

[ten_zero]

She shakes her head in conciliation. "Not many do. It's a bit of a secret to most, even where I'm from."

Battle droid. Had Kylo called her that, a 'droid'?

"I suppose... you could call her that. She's not autonomous, though." Mostly.

"She's my hands, my sword, my will. My anger." Her anger. Her anger.

[purrns]

"Well, if there's one thing I can understand, it's secrets."

And more importantly, he knew how to keep them. It was a necessity, in his line of work.

"So she's linked to your emotions? Kinda? Like if you get angry, she reacts?"

[ten_zero]

"If it was that imprecise she wouldn't be very useful for military operations," Bisi replied.

This was one of the first people she'd told about this, actually, and ironically, exactly what she'd been avoiding telling Adrien.

"It might be easier to show you. Can you-" she held her arm out to him for assistance. She still couldn't walk super well, but if she had some support she could amble effectively enough.