Fix My Mechanical Heart

[IceQueen]

Reserved 1x1

 

[grey987]

Tap. Tap. Tap. Mark sat in a room, occasionally tapping his finger against the table in front of him. His mech, Hunter, stood idly behind him. He'd been told that he was going to be partnered up with someone, a girl to be specific, and he was waiting for her to arrive. She was going to be trouble, that much he was sure of. He viewed himself as operating better on his own, but according to his commander, he was beginning to act recklessly to the point where he was no longer fully trusted to operate by himself. He also apparently "could have used some time talking to someone else", since he didn't really speak to others all that often.


Either way, he wasn't quite looking forward to this.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed, looking at the door. She had been standing there seldom 3 minutes and she already wanted to turn around. Hollow made a snippy comment about opening the door, causing her temper to flare. 'Yeah, yeah. I'm going." She grumbled, yanking the door open with her hand. She was wearing a shirt that said "I kill." And a pair of shorts, her long hair tied in a ponytail on the back of her head. "Sup." She greeted.

 

[grey987]

Mark calmly turned towards the red-haired girl who entered. He didn't find himself amused with her rather casual greeting.


"Hello," he stated flatly. "I guess you're going to be my new partner."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora glared at the man. "This is supposed to be my partner? Your kidding right?" She asked the commander.

 

[grey987]

"I should be saying the same about you," Mark said. His expression remained impassive, not showing one hint of taking offense. Not that he'd taken any at all; he didn't think much of comments such as the one his new partner offered him.


"Both of you, lay off," the commander ordered. "You're meant to be working with each other, not against each other." Mark gave a grunt.


"Did I ask to work with someone else?"

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora looked at the commander. "I don't like this." She hissed, turning her glare towards Mark. "And you better not slow me down, or else I am attacking you instead of the oponent." She growled, swiftly taking the key to her new house off the table and slamming the door behind her.

 

[grey987]

Mark merely blinked once as the girl violently closed the door in the wake of her exit. Turning back to the commander, he asked, "You expect me to work with her?" His superior simply shook his head and sighed.


"I think you're the one at fault here, Mark," he told him. "Don't you think you could have been more polite to her?" Mark took a deep breath, folding his arms and staring at the key in front of him. Giving the commander a cold look, he took the key in his palm.


"Fine," he muttered, standing up off of the chair. "But she's only going to get in my way."


"You don't know that for sure, Mark," the commander said as Mark turned to leave. "Just give it a chance." With Hunter following him out, Mark viciously shut the door.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora had already made her way to the top of the building, looking out over the floating city. "I don't like this." She mumbled to Hollow. "You should have given him a chance." The robot rebutted. "Yeah yeah." Kiora said. "Open cockpit." She said in a voice command, the front of the armor drawing back to allow her inside before she shot off towards her house.

 

[grey987]

Mark was soon out of the building, Hunter by his side. Pocketing the key in his hand, he turned to his mech.


"Open cockpit," he ordered, causing the front of the mech to unfold and allowing him inside of it before it closed up again. Rolling his shoulders back for a bit, he dashed forward, leaping off to the side to run up a building before getting on the roof, jumping from rooftop to rooftop in order to get himself to his new home.

 

[IceQueen]

Hollow swiftly landed on the roof, standing after she had hit the concrete with a thud. The front promptly unfolded to reveal her as she climbed down from the mech and onto the roof. She sighed and walked towards the stairs, running down to the floor below where their luxurious apartment was waiting.

 

[grey987]

Hunter soon followed after, jumping from another building and somersaulting forward before standing upright on the rooftop of the apartment building. When the it opened up to allow Mark outside, he ordered, "Hunter, shut down." The mech then powered down after closing itself, and he headed downstairs.


I didn't sign up for this, he thought to himself in disbelief.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora shoved the newly unlocked door and walked inside, looking around at the lush apartment. There was a kitchen to the right, full of advanced cookery and other utensils that she found useless. There was a counter connecting the dinning room, where there was a long table used for eating, with 8 chairs around it. Next to that is a large couch in front of a tv, with a fireplace underneath. There was a few chairs close to the fire so you can sit and read and to the left of that was two rooms and a bathroom. She smiled. "Looks great." She said.

 

[grey987]

"I'm not going to lie..." Mark stated, walking in behind his new partner. "I agree with what you're saying." After examining the apartment for a moment, he turned and looked at the door. He figured now would be a good time for a slightly more proper greeting.


"I don't think we got a chance to properly introduce ourselves," he said. "My name's Mark Edwards."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora saw her chance and she took it, spitting into her hand and shaking his. ""Kiora. And that is all you need to know." She said, conscious of her last name and its powerful properties. She smiled and went to wash her hand. "You get the smaller room!" She called to him, chucking her bag into the large room before going to wash her hand.

 

[grey987]

Mark blinked once as Kiora retreated inside the washroom and told him that he was getting the smaller room, simply brushing his hand off on his pants after that handshake of hers. He walked into his new room, setting his bag down as he looked around. He supposed that it would suffice.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and got out of the washroom, walking into her bedroom and towards the kitchen. She looked inside the fridge, finding nothing. With a great sigh, she shut the door. "We need food." She said.

 

[grey987]

Having heard Kiora from inside his room, he soon emerged from around the corner, walking into the kitchen. "Alright then. What should I get?" he asked her.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora shrugged. '"Probably just some takeout. I live on takeout." She said, her nose deep into the pantry, which also proved to be useless. She growled and shut the door with a slam.

 

[grey987]

Mark nodded. "Right, I'll be out then." He proceeded to exit the apartment, heading back upstairs to the roof. He couldn't believe he was doing this, but he figured that he might as well have tried to work as best as he could with Kiora. It wasn't like the two were going to be separated anytime soon, anyway.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora blinked and shook her head. "Can't wait to see how fast I dodge tomorrow." She smiled, thinking about Hollow who was resting peacefully in the garage. Walking back to her room, she changed into a tank top and walked back out with a towel, going towards her garage to work on Hollow and have some peace.

 

[grey987]

Mark boosted and jumped on top of other buildings, looking for a place where he could get food for him and Kiora. He didn't think he'd be running this errand, but he admitted that it felt good to be outside, using his mech to move freely through the city. It exhilarated him in a way, keeping things interesting for him.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled as she ran down all of the stairs, jumping over the banister a few times. She loved jumping down the stairs when she was a kid, but soon she was told to be a lady, and that that was not proper, crushing her dreams. And now she could live them out as an older person. She was often seen as a wild child, a dangerous girl, and she was, if you where on the wrong side.

 

[grey987]

It wasn't long before Mark returned back to the apartment, heading downstairs and placing the plastic bag he carried with him on the dining table. "Chinese," he told Kiora blankly. "Maybe typical, but it should do."

 

[IceQueen]

(In the garage, not the apartment. Garage is in the basement, with actual garage doors that open into the street, and apartment is on floor 30)