Post by The Swift Scout on Mar 9, 2013 15:12:52 GMT -5
Teemo follows closely behind Rumble, pulling up one side of the blanket so he can wear it on his shoulders with Rumble.
"Hey, I'm not letting you go alone this time. What if you fell asleep with a motorized saw and fell on it face-first? And this way, I can be right here to keep you warm the whole time. After all, you'll be able to do all of this at a table, right?"
Post by The Mechanized Menace on Mar 9, 2013 17:07:08 GMT -5
Rumble scoffs, then turns towards Teemo and gives him a smug grin.
"Hah! Fall asleep during work? I never do that! ...Well, okay, maybe I fell asleep once, but I didn't fall face-flat on a motorized saw! It was a Bunsen burner, and it only required two trips to the emergency room!"
Rumble scratches his head and headed towards his workshop table. He began pulling out the boxes that contained the scraps and began pulling the components out. "Anyways, I'll be able to do all this at a table, yeah. A flower ain't complicated to make one bit."
Post by The Swift Scout on Mar 9, 2013 19:26:48 GMT -5
Teemo nodded and followed along with Rumble, a smug grin on his face the whole time.
"You fell asleep today, too. That' why I'm worried. But don't worry about getting cold or anything, because I'll be right behind you the whole time to keep ya warm. I'll also watch how you make one of those opening and closing tulips, so it should be fun."
Post by The Swift Scout on Mar 9, 2013 22:30:58 GMT -5
Teemo's expression takes a sudden turn for the worse, becoming fairly sullen as he stands behind the mechanic and puts his arms around him warmly.
"Rumble... don't... don't kid yourself here. You know that you passed out earlier... you could've been hurt, even killed. I... I couldn't just let you go out and do it again, because maybe next time you wouldn't be so lucky. I know what it's like to not be afraid of dying, pal, but... I also know what it's like to be afraid of someone else dying..."
Post by The Mechanized Menace on Mar 9, 2013 23:00:32 GMT -5
Rumble slows down his work temporarily and sighs. He turns towards Teemo with a small smile plastered on his face, but his eyes were quite gloomy and tired.
"Heh heh... Yeah, sometimes playing the whole 'I'm tough' act ain't so easy, huh?" he lightly chuckles.
Post by The Swift Scout on Mar 10, 2013 0:29:25 GMT -5
Teemo's expression doesn't get much better, still holding Rumble from behind with arms under the mechanic's to allow him to continue working. If anything, he was holding Rumble even closer now.
"You don't have to hide away the softer feelings to look tough, you know. Just because you have them doesn't make you weak. It just makes you a living creature."
He reaches out with one hand and puts it over Rumble's staring at it without looking at the mechanic with the question.
"Rumble... instead of telling you what I wanted you to do, I told you... what I thought you needed to do. It's good that you're putting effort into this, but is it really what you need right now? Maybe you just need to take a minute to relax, and let yourself get better before you keep working. I think that's why my commanding officers are making me take this break... because I've been working too hard and haven't let myself put any time towards the other important things in my life. Do you... see what I'm getting at?"
Post by The Mechanized Menace on Mar 10, 2013 3:58:00 GMT -5
Rumble's expression gradually gets worse as he hammers the scrap metal. He drops the hammer once he's done using it and lets out a slightly growl.
"Teemo, machine work is how I relax."
Rumble begins gathering the electrical components and begins assembling them together. In half a minute, though, he drops the electrical components and sighs, his expression becoming less angry but more glum.
"But I see what you're trying to say. No really, I do. It's just that, well... I've been working with machines all my life, so often that sometimes I forget the other things I have in my life. I'm not supposed to think about other things. I'm supposed to make machines for battle."
He turns towards Teemo with a very morose and sullen expression - but his expression also seemed desperate, in a way. Rumble takes off his gloves and shows his blue-furred hands to Teemo. "Look at these, Teemo. These hands are meant to make machines for war. Nearly everything I've ever built was used for the purpose of war. What else can they be used for?"
Post by The Swift Scout on Mar 10, 2013 9:34:55 GMT -5
Teemo stares at Rumble's hands for a long while. Eventually he turns them over and takes them in his own kindly. A soft smile showed on his lips and he looked at the contraption on the table.
"What else can they be used for? Heh... you've already answered that yourself. When you made Trist that rose, you make it for love, pal. And now you're making me one out of friendship, I would hope. Your hands are good for so many things. C'mere..."
The scout pulls Rumble into a hug, but the moment he's broken eye contact his smile fades.
"It's me who's the object of war. The cold-blooded killer. I've never done anything before that wasn't for the sake of Bandle City. And when I was put on leave I felt like I'd lost my duty, that it was the beginning of the end..."
Post by The Mechanized Menace on Mar 10, 2013 12:51:38 GMT -5
Rumble blinks and stares at the ground for a few seconds, but he then smiles and hugs Teemo back.
"Yeah... Sometimes, it's the softer things that are more important, like that rose, huh? But it's also the softer things that we forget..."
He pauses for a few seconds before making his next statement.
"And you aren't always the serious cold-blooded killer. You're being a real big softie here during your stay, aren't you? And we ate out together once and you let me stay at your apartment, which I thought was real nice of ya. If that ain't a sign of friendship, I dunno what it is," he chuckles.
Post by The Mechanized Menace on Mar 10, 2013 14:49:07 GMT -5
Rumble holds the hug for a little while longer, though he's also fairly embarrassed about the situation going on right now.
"Heh heh, er... Yeah, I suppose. Now that I think about it, making these flowers ain't so bad. It's always nice to get away from making war machines once in a while..."
Post by The Swift Scout on Mar 10, 2013 18:39:23 GMT -5
Teemo chuckles and pats Rumble on the back, getting behind the mechanic again and wrapping his arms around him to keep him warm while he works. His head is situated on Rumble's shoulder so that he may watch the magic happen.
Post by The Mechanized Menace on Mar 10, 2013 19:49:50 GMT -5
Rumble finishes assembling the electrical components together. He takes the scrap metal and begins to combine the electric parts and the metal together. After a few minutes of doing the tedious work, Rumble holds up an unpainted metallic tulip, without the stem, in front of Teemo and smiles.
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