8: Denounce
Kalinka smiled warmly into her cotton candy as she walked side by side with Rock through the carnival. "This was wonderful idea, Rock," she said warmly. "Has been getting somewhat lonely up in Sky Lagoon with everyone focused on Vinyl's work with new energies or Mars project. It's nice to get away from it all for a while. Thank you."
"Glad to," Rock replied happily. "To be honest, I don't have much to do back at the lab, either. Dad's working on a new project he doesn't want my help with for some reason, and Roll's totally absorbed in her work on Duo. I've been left at loose ends myself." He smiled widely. "Glad you could accept my invitation."
Kalinka chuckled briefly. "Also glad that you don't wear your armor here?" she teased playfully.
Rock groaned, putting his hand to his forehead. "Don't remind me...Dad says he won't fix that until he's no longer talking funny. I hope I don't have to use my armor again until then. It'd be so embarrassing if I had to try and give a speech with my voice all high and squeaky."
Kalinka laughed as she raced ahead, the short red dress she was wearing - borrowed from Roll for the outing and sea-level weather conditions - billowing somewhat around her as she ran before turning to face Rock. "Come on, Rock. Don't be so down on things, da? It was funny to hear you over the phone like that!"
Rock wanted to groan in frustration, but found himself distracted by an error in his optics and personality core, the same ones that so interested Dr. Light and amused Vinyl. Chuckling nervously, he rubbed the back of his head. "Well...maybe a little," he admitted finally.
Kalinka smiled widely as she took in Rock's changed appearance. For some reason, Dr. Light had decided that a child-like body wasn't really appropriate for Rock anymore, and had done work to 'age him up', along with reinforcing his limbs in the process. He now more closely resembled a teenager rather than a child, approximately Kalinka's age of 15. In fact, he was indistinguishable from most of the teenage boys wandering around, save for the somewhat more prominent palsti-skin seams at his joints. She idly wondered why this upgrade had included growing Rock's hair out to shoulder length, but she didn't complain. She thought it looked nice. ...she privately suspected Vinyl might have told Dr. Light about her preference for guys with long hair. "At least not all the upgrades are jokes," she teased Rock, batting playfully at his hair as she went back to his side.
"I guess so," Rock admitted, smiling as he walked alongside her.
"How come you didn't get cotton candy for you?" Kalinka asked him curiously.
"Dad's still working on correcting the digestive system for the upgraded body," Rock admitted. "Until he has it perfected, I shouldn't eat anything outside the lab."
Kalinka frowned, making a small 'mu' sound of disapproval. "He should have fixed that before sending you out," she grumbled.
Rock smirked widely. "He...doesn't actually know I'm out here with you just now. I...kinda snuck out."
Kalinka burst into laughter. "You maverick, you!"
Smirking, Rock walked over to the ball throwing booth. "Come on, I'll win you a prize," he offered warmly, laying down some cash and reaching for the ball.
"Ahem!" the one running the stall coughed, getting Rock's attention. The man then pointed at a nearby sign.
No Robot Competitors
Rock stared at the sign for a while, then sighed, taking his money back. "Sorry Kalinka-"
"Hold this," Kalinka said firmly, handing Rock her cotton candy as she slapped down her own money and picked up a ball.
"Good luck little lady," the man offered with a smirk, plainly expecting a predictable outcome.
Kalinka tightened her hand around the ball, twisting it around in her grip as she narrowed her eyes. Pulling her arm back, she threw with all her might.
KA-POW!
The ball struck the table the bottles were stacked up on, causing the table to flip, scattering the bottles everywhere as the table fell and landed on the bottles waiting to be stacked. The scattering bottles slammed into the walls of the booth and the one running it, causing everything to collapse inward on top of him.
The man groaned from underneath the pile. "...fine...you win..."
"What are you talking about?" Kalinka asked, her tone hard. "I paid for three throws. I still have two left."
The man's eyes widened, and he shoved two large plushies into her arms. "Here, take the best ones! Just no more!"
Kalinka smiled coldly, put her nose in the air, and turned and walked away with Rock close behind her. "This one's yours," she said, handing him a pony plushy. "I can cuddle one of these often back home."
Nodding, Rock took the pony and held it under his arm, handing her back her cotton candy. "...how did you...?"
"I'm used to competing in this sort of thing up on Sky Lagoon," Kalinka explained. "You pick up a few tricks to beat computer brains. Also, programming targeting systems gives one a better sense of spatial interactions."
Rock chuckled a bit in response. "Maybe we should have hung out up there..." he murmured softly.
"Nyet," Kalinka responded firmly. "We'd have spent half the time convincing boys up there to leave me be, and other half convincing bots you didn't want to fight. Down here, at least I'm not a celebrity."
"Yeah..." He glanced back at where the sign that had created that problem had landed. "But we wouldn't have dealt with...that." He sighed to himself. It was perfectly reasonable to not let a robot - who by definition was made and functioned with machine precision - compete in skill contests like that...but it didn't make the exclusion feel any better for the robot.
He was startled out of his thoughts as he felt Kalinka's small, soft hand in his. "Don't worry about it, Rock," she whispered warmly. "It was still fun." Leaning in, she gave him a light peck on the cheek.
As she started to walk away, she was pulled up short with her arm at full extension. Turning, she saw that Rock seemed to be in some sort of system lockup. Groaning, she put her face in her hand. "Ty dolzhno byt' shutish'," she grumbled under her breath, unsure whether or not to laugh.
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Well, of course you laugh, it's hilarious. On a side note, no one tell Vinyl, or she'll probably exploit this newfound weakness ruthlessly.
Even in a 100 years the glitch won't die.
7340620 who do u think told Kalinka about it in the first place?
Anyone want to take bets on how the term "Maverick hunter" was invented because this chapter just revealed how the term "Maverick" was invented.
And I really hope megaman does not go blond for what ever reason...at all...
What the heck does this actually mean? Is it Russian?
Actually, could it be Klingon?
Edit, no, but part of it is Czech.
7340712
It's Russian.
It means, "You've gotta be kidding me."
7340717 I can't find a translation for it. Google or otherwise.
Edit: Had to translate it backwards. Put the english in and translate it to Russian.
7340705 I do believe Kalinka was going by the dictionary definition; not what would ultimately be a negative label for reploids.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
*Reads the title*
... Prepare for trouble!
Make it... single.
To protect the story from inclination!
To see a separate derivation!
To denounce the evils of pander and sloth.
To target stories cut from the same cloth.
Me!
Myself!
F14m3rz, I'm not an elf!
Team Nitpick; hoping you don't end up in a rut!
I REALLY hope the end isn't a punch to the gut-
{Tatsurou: Um... what's this?}
-An homage, that's what.
{Tatsurou: Ah.}
Heheheh... developing character interactions to make the plot more organic... heheheh...
Hmm... nah, I'll let it slide. Not everyone can be into SS, after all.
Sometimes in life, no matter how hard a push for equality may be, there are just too many different kinds of peo- (whoops) folks out there with competing ideologies, physical capabilities, and mental capacities to make it all work. In the case with robots, they're essentially immortal, have computers for brains, and are designed to carry out their roles to the letter. If only there was a possibility to make robots indistinguishable from humans somehow, like in ZX or something... enough contemplating moral dilemmas, it's time for hijinks!
D'aww, that' adowable. See you later.
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...wow. And I thought I'd get all the way to titling this arc's epilogue chapter "Meowth, that's right!" before someone spotted the title reference theme. Bravo!
And glad you enjoyed this tidbit. Also, I like your Rocket motto rewrite.
7341177 Wait... Double Trouble... Protect... Unite... DAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I NEVER GOT THAT; I just did all of this on a whim because the Team Rocket Motto popped into my head because of "Denounce"!
7341199
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Sorry, but as far as 'seeing without seeing', that takes the cake.
7341217 You won't be laughing two lines down from this sentence... or maybe you will, who knows?
{Tatsurou: What's that?}
Is "Extend" going to be a sex chapter?
{Tatsurou:... -_-;}
Mwahaha, feel the puns!!! (I respect you for the Facehoof 2X Combo, though.)
7341222
'Extend' is going to be another chapter featuring Roll and Duo.
Make of that what you will.
7341228 Aw, man, I don't necessarily ship that... oh well. I guess I'll just ignite all peoples within our nation.
{Tatsurou: Don't you mean "unite"?}
Nope.
7340717
More correct translation of this sentence to Russian will be "Ty dolzhno byt' shutish'".
Poor Rock
7341456
Thanks!
This ship floats, but the iceberg called "Death by Backstory" is rapidly closing in.
what did kalinka say in that last sentence
7341605
"You gotta be kidding me!"
7341608 thanks!
7340722 Heh...you might be surprised at how this sorta thing carries over.
7341608 As someone growing up speaking Russian, I can confirm that.
HAHAHAHAHA!
Oh, this reminds me of that one part in Despicable Me....
As a man with shaggy AC/DC hair, I can confirm that Kalinka has good taste.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, GIRL WINS YOU PRIZE!!!!
Very nice chapter, I can't wait to see more on the Rock/Kalinka ship and Roll's interactions with Duo. I can also totally see Rock casually asking Dr. Light about sex or something similarly uncomfortable to talk about just after the good Doctor has taken a big drink of something. And if his dad is uncomfortable talking about it... where will Rock go for answers??? I can see him knocking on the door to Wily's castle and Wily happy to one up Dr. Light.
Yo Tat. Turns out Super Smash Bro.s 4 has a Mega Man color swap that's reminiscent of Vinyl Scratch's colors. So I named a custom Mega Man after you for the heck of it.
Well, I've seen a MM Legends... hmmmmhowshallwesay 'Doujin' where the lockup was a plot point..... but remote control still worked on ... motor functions.
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7340620 a Kalinka robot master. I'm calling it right now.
Vynil could upgrade him but she would also stick him into a mare ponybot body as a joke.
7343342 Wouldn't the proper reversal be "prize wins you girl"? No, wait, that's what people assume normally...
Unless this is being translated from Kalinka's native language, which the comments seem to imply is Russian, I'm pretty sure the bolded words should be added to make their respective sentences flow better in English.
8572893
More that her speech patterns haven't changed since she was younger, when she spoke English as direct translation.
Double checked the phrase, Russian for you've got to be kidding me is ty chto shutish' chto-li.
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a cute date with kalinka and rock, you know this arc at the first bit is reather peaceful... shit's gonna really suck when it hits the fan.