canon is The Protomen's version of Megaman, voicetesting nonsense

[turnsthewheels]

Mun,

It is good to see you coming back to journal roleplaying with such good taste in characters. I know you worry because my source is just a touch obscure, but trust me, if they don't want me around, they just have no taste.

But really now, the places you're thinking of sending me... Survival horror, really? I deserve better. I'm the city's ruler, and I don't plan to spend my time running and hiding. That's certain other people's job, anyway.

Why not find somewhere where I can be where I belong - at the top? There has to be some game looking for someone to take control. Even if they don't say it, experience has taught me that's what everyone wants, in the end.

Get to it. And if you can find a Protoman or the like, I certainly wouldn't object.

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[lightupthenight]

[ATTEMPT AT CROWBAR TO THE FACE]

[turnsthewheels]

[WHAT THE FUCK EVEN]

[Manages to mostly dodge but that broken nose is going to hurt]

...Didn't I kill you?!

[SHIT, ROBOT GUARDS ARE IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE]

[lightupthenight]

Yep.

Didn't take.

Hanging with giant robots who could totally kick your ass, by the way.

[turnsthewheels]

Because trying to kill me with robots has worked so brilliantly before.

emily was here albert is a loser

[thecityneedsyou]

Don't be presumptuous. Not everyone here is going to grovel at your feet.

[lightupthenight]

Wait

did it

I'm confused


[time shenanigans]

yeah WHO KILLED WHO HUH HUH

[turnsthewheels]

...Just because you couldn't learn doesn't mean that the rest of them are that foolish.

[ooc: ALSO HI DO YOU HAVE A TUMBLR I recognize that Rudi art in your icon there]

[turnsthewheels]

No. No, it really didn't.

Of course, I suppose that all happened after you died a meaningless, pointless death, so.

[thecityneedsyou]

It'll only take a few people. The truth of—what you are would come out soon enough. You'll see.

[ooc: YES HELLO THIS IS DOG actually this is yubishines on tumblr! rudi's art is great but I might swap to using photographs, not sure]

[turnsthewheels]

It's been decades, my dear, and there's no sign of anyone but your Tom even trying any more. Nobody wants to fight. They know I keep them safe.

[ooc: hiiii it's kittea-cat! And yeah I love Rudiart just cropping it to nice-looking icons proved tricky and I'm obsessive over these things, so pretty Turbo Lover it is]

[deloro]

[Wow, dude, your ego is visible in low orbit.]

Funny, you know, whenever guys say they "deserve" to be on top, they really don't.

[turnsthewheels]

[GOOD EVERYONE EVEN PEOPLE IN SPACE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW PERFECT I AM]

My city's certainly happy enough with me in charge. Some people were meant to lead, the majority were meant to follow. It's that simple.

[deloro]

[Sorry, what? All I'm hearing is "BLAH BLAH HUGE EGO BLAH".]

"Happy enough"? Yeah. That's a ringing endorsement right there. [Sarcasm!]

[turnsthewheels]

[Why are you not listening to my perfect utterances carefully crafted in every word. Why.]

Happier than they were when they were dying in the mines.

[deloro]

[Because he's been monologued at/threatened by/drugged by villains way scarier than you, Turbo Wily. Try again.]

Uh-huh. Still not convinced.

[turnsthewheels]

[...But did they have fedoras quite this classy? And did they wear spandex jumpsuits?]

I can be very convincing, if I have to be, but I doubt you'd care for all my methods.

[deloro]

[Talbot has a fedora in multiplayer. And if anybody shows up in spandex, he'll gouge his own eyes out. Especially if it's Flynn or Marlowe. Ugh.]

If it involves sharp pointy objects, then yeah. Pass.

[turnsthewheels]

[Then Wily remains the champion.]

...More guns, really. I tried the knives a few times and it didn't work out as well as I planned.

[deloro]

[Yeah, yeah, whatever, Your Evil Overlordshipness.]

Ooooh, real scary. Hate to break it to you, buddy, but being held at gunpoint is pretty much a regular item on my to-do list.

[turnsthewheels]

...Well, that's a little new, I will admit.

I'm used to people with enough sense to avoid having that happen more than once.

[deloro]

Call it bad luck. [Shrug.] Or, hell, call it fate. You know. If you believe in that kind of stuff.

[turnsthewheels]

I don't. You get what you want by working through it, not by luck or fate or... whatever other excuses people make.

[deloro]

It isn't excuses. But hey! Why explain it? I'm sure someone as powerful and amazing as you doesn't believe in bad luck. [Nate laughs, but it sounds forced.] I remember this one lady, talked a lot like you did. Had this whole organization behind her, and all I had on my side were my friends.

[His smile drops very quickly.] She lost in the end. Not everyone has something to prove.

[turnsthewheels]

And that's lovely for you, I'm sure you're proud. But I've had people like you show up before, thinking they know best, and they've all failed. It's all about planning and being ready for anything. Plan well enough and you can't fall.

[deloro]

Can't plan for everything, buddy. That's a promise. All it takes is one nudge, one left turn. [Three goddamned bullets.]