Chapter CDXXIII: Patience Knows Bounds ~Multehx
Sir Pseudo Havering grinned maliciously as he watched Lich, forced to watch the events of Zolott all were subjected to. Shifting in his seat gently, his mind wandered. "Here comes the kick...and with that moment, the ball rolls again." A sly smile crossed his lips, his fang glinting gently in the dim light.
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"It has been too long." Nonth frowned internally. The events of the world immediately around him even were forgotten as he focused inward. "No more waiting. This is ludicrous. All will be taken."
The moment
seemed to be an hour, or a few, but, things did happen rapid-fire indeed. Nonth, or Mecha at the time,
deftly slapped
Almost instantly, the four seemed to convert to simply wireframe in outline, then that faded from existence. "Bioforms successfully teleported outside."
Mecha clenched his fists as deftly metal shifted and slid about until he stood at his full ten feet again; the headless, looming form of Nonth. The machine walked over to a control panel and laid both palms upon it, sending out a broadcast to those he held control over.
"Attention, personnel, remove all bioforms from the ship immediately. Force may be used. Signal when complete." Nonth's fingers split open and numerous wires and mechanical coils extended from them, all typing rapidly over the controls, pulling levers and pressing the occasional button. A seemingly endless blur of coded numbers, binary, sped by on the main screen; each word Nonth easily decoded and processed. He continued his reading and accessed every single file he could get his hands on, the main lens of the pendant he wore occasionally adjusting with a mechanical whirring, irising in and out and snapping like a shutter.
"Task completed, prime unit."
Nonth acknowledged this response that sounded in his central processing unit. "All knowledge contained has been stored. Information functions of this craft have ceased. Let's begin the final steps." His programming was assimilating basic human speech patterns aloud now even. He was well on his way in the verbal objectives, now the completion of his physical body.
As the robot extended either arm out to his sides, the cables and wires retracted into his fingers, which sealed up seamlessly, and a large set of coils shot from either palm, as if melting out of them. Each "attached" with a dull clank to various spots on the control panels, the walls, the floor, and numerous other places. "If vehicle will not be used for transportation function, it shall be used for completion functions. No bioforms present; bioforms take so long, too much processing, to assimilate. All clear, initiating processes."
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The wind blew through the trees about the city gently. As Rynn walked on, the Meistro stopped dead in his tracks. He seemed to listen carefully as the breeze blew on. Eventually the Drakoni noticed lack of his presence and turned. "What are you doing?"
The Meistro frowned. "Locating them...they've moved..." At another gust his body tensed. Rynn almost screamed as he lunged forth, scooped her up, and took to the skies, rocketing towards the frozen mountains of the north.