[It'll probably be successful at this rate... Kashuu waits for a couple of seconds before bending over, picking the roomba up by the edges.]
There's nothing dangerous hiding down here, right?
[Showing Nakigitsune the underside! Just making sure it's a regular vacuum and not hiding some steak knives down there or something... If he's going to bring it home, he might as well make sure it's safe!]
But Kashuu perks up considerably at that, and then holds the roomba out in front of him like he's carrying a large dinner plate. He doesn't want to get dirt on himself, okay...]
[Naki risks a glance back in the direction of the ominous sound...it's definitely time to run, yes. Forward! Into the apartments! With a captive? He'll hold open the door for Kashuu too, since he's not the one with a death roomba.]
[Moving to the sofa! Can Kashuu push it with one arm though...anyway, Naki's gonna try to get it in front of the door, as the sound of enemy footsteps slowly approaches from outside.]
Surely it won't be able to reach us in here! It doesn't seem like it was built for battle...
[HE CAN SURE TRY. It's slow-going, but he does eventually get it over there...]
It totally wasn't. I've seen those things handing out balloons in front of restaurants and stuff, and that's pretty much the only thing they do. [...] Buuut it's probably a good idea if we head upstairs anyway.
[That sounds so harmless...but it's trying to go on the offensive? Naki's actually trying to think of how a balloonbot could hurt anybody. While they move? Yeah, let's say he's thinking on the way up the stairs.
And then, halfway up--]
........It could crush Fox.
...Ah...not that it could reach me here. [Right? Right. He nods!]
[Nodding again! Out the window sounds like a perfectly reasonable course of action.]
Hopefully the one you're holding will bring more help than harm! Compared to the one with balloons. Speaking of which, did it hurt you at all, Kashuu-san?
[It definitely is, but Kashuu is smart enough to hold the bottom part away from him... Even if it'd really only mess up his shirt a bit.]
Nope! This little guy's definitely harmless, even if it doesn't want to be. We should still keep it locked up somewhere until the spirit in it is gone, though. It might get ideas from the one in our doorknob.
I'm glad it isn't particularly harmful, at least... [as Naki quietly makes his way inside. Freedom! Safety! A lack of anything more dangerous than doorknobs? Hopefully.
Once they're in though, he's gonna turn his attention back to the roomba and wonder--] Does it have...[what was the word] batteries?
[And now it's angrily bumping against the door. Bump bump bump...ah yes, perfectly peaceful.
Naki doesn't exactly nod in satisfaction or anything, but you can assume the sentiment's there? Anyway, he takes a look around the room (just in case there's anything else besides the doorknob that's possessed), but...everything seems quiet for now. Roomba aside.]
Victory! Our enemies this time around aren't much danger at all!
Not bad, not bad! But don't let your guard drop, either. [Which is said in a somewhat sing-songy tone, but after a brief pause, his expression shifts just a little.]
After all, that feeling at the very start - that wasn't a good one. You felt it too, right? When these guys first started appearing.
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Oh... But this poor roomba, though. Kashuu cocks his head to the side and eyes it somewhat warily before deciding that it's definitely cute.]
I mean, it probably still wants to kill us. It's just stuck in something dumb. Bad choice!
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[Room room, goes the roomba! Naki finally lets it go, and it bumps angrily against the sidewalk curb.
...They probably shouldn't be distracted too long, or the balloonbot might catch up with them...maybe that's the roomba's real plan.]
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There's nothing dangerous hiding down here, right?
[Showing Nakigitsune the underside! Just making sure it's a regular vacuum and not hiding some steak knives down there or something... If he's going to bring it home, he might as well make sure it's safe!]
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He reaches for the (still angrily whirring death roomba) and carefully pulls out...a deflated balloon.]
Nothing whatsoever! It seems to be perfectly safe.
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But Kashuu perks up considerably at that, and then holds the roomba out in front of him like he's carrying a large dinner plate. He doesn't want to get dirt on himself, okay...]
Good! Let's take it. [Kashuu why.]
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Why do you want to take it, though...?
[Smallest fox needs to know! But no they're cool with this let's bring it home for Haruji.]
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[Including help that's just kidnapped off the streets?!]
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[murderously cleaning the home of its enemies!? also is that the ominous sound of a robot inflating balloons in the semidistance...]
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[NOTHING CAN GO WRONG HERE. But oh, he hears that ominous sound...]
We should prooobably get going, though. Ready?
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[Naki risks a glance back in the direction of the ominous sound...it's definitely time to run, yes. Forward! Into the apartments! With a captive? He'll hold open the door for Kashuu too, since he's not the one with a death roomba.]
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Let's block it with that sofa!
[Tucking the death roomba under one arm so he can zoom over that way...]
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Surely it won't be able to reach us in here! It doesn't seem like it was built for battle...
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It totally wasn't. I've seen those things handing out balloons in front of restaurants and stuff, and that's pretty much the only thing they do. [...] Buuut it's probably a good idea if we head upstairs anyway.
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And then, halfway up--]
........It could crush Fox.
...Ah...not that it could reach me here. [Right? Right. He nods!]
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Right, right! It won't be able to roll its way up the stairs. [...] And if it tried to hurt Fox, we'd just have to throw it out a window.
[Like 2 other robots, by now... The count continues to rise.]
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Hopefully the one you're holding will bring more help than harm! Compared to the one with balloons. Speaking of which, did it hurt you at all, Kashuu-san?
[Is the roomba still whirring? It probably is.]
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Nope! This little guy's definitely harmless, even if it doesn't want to be. We should still keep it locked up somewhere until the spirit in it is gone, though. It might get ideas from the one in our doorknob.
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[Speaking of which, they've reached Swordhaus. Naki's just gonna stop and stare...at the door......]
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Ow— See? It does that every time I try to touch the knob now. [SIGHS... And then pushes the door open. Inside, to safety!!]
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I'm glad it isn't particularly harmful, at least... [as Naki quietly makes his way inside. Freedom! Safety! A lack of anything more dangerous than doorknobs? Hopefully.
Once they're in though, he's gonna turn his attention back to the roomba and wonder--] Does it have...[what was the word] batteries?
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Mmm... [FLIPPING IT OVER AGAIN. The roomba makes some indignant whirring and beeping noises...]
...This might be a battery thing? But it looks like it's screwed down.
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[Would it be rude to do this to an angry killer roomba? A mystery--but the roomba definitely doesn't seem to approve of the idea.]
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I'm not gonna risk having my fingers vacuumed up or something. Sooo...
[And he'll just trot on over to the closet they keep their cleaning supplies in, drop the little menace on the floor and close the door. DONE.]
There!
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Naki doesn't exactly nod in satisfaction or anything, but you can assume the sentiment's there? Anyway, he takes a look around the room (just in case there's anything else besides the doorknob that's possessed), but...everything seems quiet for now. Roomba aside.]
Victory! Our enemies this time around aren't much danger at all!
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Not bad, not bad! But don't let your guard drop, either. [Which is said in a somewhat sing-songy tone, but after a brief pause, his expression shifts just a little.]
After all, that feeling at the very start - that wasn't a good one. You felt it too, right? When these guys first started appearing.
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