zerotohiro | Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

... Can you see me?

[ waiiiiit a second. ]

...not exactly. It's not that everything's totally black, but it's not clear at all either. [So no, he sure can't see much.] It used to stop after a few minutes, but eventually it got longer and longer and now it's not coming back at all.

And Baymax can't do anything about it?

[ ... well, he probably would have by now if he could, she thinks, so she just sighs and moves to flop beside him. ]

Mm-mm. [He shifts a bit to accommodate the extra weight, not at all minding the company. His head turns toward the sound of her voice again.] We keep running tests and he's been helping me get around when I really need it, but we haven't been able to fix it yet. I wanted to see if scanning somebody else might tell us how to fix everything.

Oh... so he's gonna scan me to see if it'll help?

[ Well, she doesn't mind. It doesn't hurt, after all. ]

Yup. If that's okay. I'm thinking if Baymax can pick up some anomaly between the two of us I can start figuring out how to maybe recode ourselves to fix everything without getting CERES involved. What do you think?

Well, I don't mind... if you think it'll help.

[ Nothing bad will come from it, anyway. So she reaches out to pat his hand. ]

I hope so. [He sighs, though his hand flips a little to curl around hers briefly. Truth be told he's a little scared of not finding results. Glitches happen a lot but they're getting bigger and more frequent. That's what he doesn't like.]

Baymax will scan you and get your stats, but I wanna see if you can freeze him, too.

Wh-- [ Well, there's Mary going absolutely rigid, fingers stiffening. ]

I don't want to! What if I do? If I freeze him and it doesn't wear off like it usually does--

Have you ever been able to freeze a robot before?

Well, no... but I've always been able to control it before. Things are different.

When you freeze people they always eventually unfreeze though don't they? [He tries for a smile.] It'll be okay. If it does freeze him then that means we've got a bigger problem to look at and solve. It's for science.

[Baymax even chimes in with an affirmative, reassurance that he's a robot and cannot be injured.]

... I still don't like it. [ It's an unhappy mumble, but she's not flat-out refusing, at least. ]

I know. [He can't see but he can hear how upset she sounds and he's doing his best to be reassuring.] But you trust me and Baymax don't you? It'll be okay no matter what.

... Okay. [ Yeah, she's not happy, but she can recognize something's got to be done about this. ]

Okay...Baymax, get in position. [The robot waddles out in front of the two of them, confirming he is "ready for action." Hiro lifts a hand and gestures in the vague direction of Baymax.] We're ready when you are.

[Hopefully she won't freeze him? Does the medusa gaze work on hyperspectral cameras? We just don't know. (Probably not though.)]

[ Mary... then, very slowly, peers at Baymax. Her eyes are a nice, blazing crimson instead of their usual pink, but she's counting on the fact that he's technically not a living being to keep him from getting petrified.

Which ought to work, at least. ]

[And then Baymax freezes and breaks down completely. Or he would if he wasn't a robot...instead, nothing happens and Baymax tilts his head, chirping out a quick diagnosis.]

Mary, it appears as though your eyes are: irritated. Would you like some eyedrops?

[...sorry his robot is embarrassing.] Baymax, can you scan her again and see if there's anything abnormal with her eyes? [...and because he can't help it:] Told you it'd be fine.

... You never know. [ SIGH. ] B-but I'm glad he didn't get affected.

They don't hurt though, Baymax!

[That does little to deter the robot seeing how Baymax is shuffling closer to offer her a bottle of eye drops that he's pulled from who even knows where. How does Baymax store things? It's a mystery. Hiro, on the other hand, seems mystified, while Baymax scans her again.]

…this is going to sound like a weird question but if you look in a mirror is it possible for you to petrify yourself?

[Baymax's diagnosis, as it turns out, reveals that Mary's perfectly healthy. Sadly he can't pick up fluctuations in her code.]

... [ She'll just take that bottle and hold it in her lap. ]

No. I think because of what I am, it doesn't work on me.

[ A medusa petrifying herself would be sort of embarrassing. SCREW YOU, MYTHOLOGY. ]

[Listen it was a very important question all things considered. But he grins as an idea strikes him.]

I think I know what we can do. I'll let you borrow the helmet from my armor for a while. The shield should protect people from being blasted by your eyes, and since it can't hurt you maybe it'll help until things go back to normal.

... Will that really be okay? You won't need it?

[ Look, this colony attacks sometimes. ]

If I can't see, I won't be any good to the colony to fight back anyway. And Baymax will take care of me. [He grins anyway despite the fact he may be putting himself in danger without a helmet.] I trust you to take good care of it. It'll be fine.

... Thanks, Hiro. I definitely won't drop it or dent it or anything!!

[ Be reassured, comrade?? ]

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