photonicfighter | Chapter 5 - Two For One Special

[A - Action - 458 Stone Street, Morning]

[Welcome to a brand new day in Mayfield, household! Dakki is up bright and early like always, and today she is humming pleasantly to herself while she mixes together the batter for pancakes. This is perfectly normal. Surely, there is nothing wrong with this.

She's even using chocolate chips, for extra deliciousness!]

[B - Action - Around Town, mid-day]

[One of the most normal things for Dakki to do on a day like this would be to go to the park and train! It's important to keep fit, after all. Perhaps you'll catch her jogging laps, or doing push-ups, or practicing with the long staff she made for herself. Be careful not to get too close, though.]

Ah, out of the way, now! [A light, airy laugh] You're slowing me down! But I wouldn't dream that you could ever keep up with me, you poor thing...

[And so on. And so forth.]

[C - Action - Up and down Stone Street at high volume]

[Why are there two blonde women running up and down the street, exchanging blows with makeshift weapons? And why is one only in her undergarments? And slightly sticky?]

YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, COPY-CAST!!!

Not if you keep telegraphing your moves like that!

[The one only in her skivvies seems much, much angrier than the one in the nice blue dress and pearls.]

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[Gat looks back up to the real Dakki.]

Listen, Dakki. We gotta find out what happened to th' real Aurica. One of us has gotta go look for her an' bring her back home.

I can keep a watch on th' clones.

I'll go find her!

You should change first. All of Mayfield doesn't need to see that much of us.

HEY!

[Actual-Dakki is already taking steps away, though.]

[Gat looks down to the dop-pod-ganger Dakki.]

Are ya invitin' her to take your clothes?

[Then he glances back over to the real Dakki.]

You'll need a knife to open th' pods if ya find her in one. Might as well go an' get a change of clothes if th' clone Aurica ain't home yet.

[Dopple-Dakki shrugs, turning her eyes away innocently.]

If it means you'll let me up....

[Actual Dakki facepalms and shakes her head.]

I'll get a knife. And some clothes. And Aurica. You can handle her, right?

[Gat nods. He's still got dop-pod-ganger Dakki pinned down.]

Don't you worry none, Dakki.

Excellent. Don't let her get loose! Thanks, Gat!

[And just like that, Dakki is bolting for the house to change, and get a knife, and prepare to FIX THIS CRAP UP.]

...I'd say that we could use this time to chat about the good old days, but I'm not sure how good they actually were....

[Gat's not going to let Pod!Dakki up until the real Dakki has gotten changed, equipped, and left the house.]

Yanno, I'd agree with that, but I don't think we've got th' same line of thinkin' behind that thought.

[Might as well humor the dop-pod-ganger.]

Well, you are much older than me, Gat! You have a lot more "good old days" than I do.

[She laughs, and it's Dakki's laugh... more or less.]

I'm surprised that you weren't already obsolete when you were back on Ragol!

[Gat's not letting that dig get to him. His voice sounds as laid back as ever.]

There were folks way older'n me on Ragol. If you've got half th' mind of th' real Dakki, you'd know us Androids got upgrades whenever new tech came out.

[And that's just fine with the un-Dakki. In fact, she's no longer really struggling against Gat's hold.]

Aw, Gat, you know that I'm teasing.

You're so easy to tease.

If y'say so.

[But with mild amusement, he adds,]

Reckon you should be glad Alicia ain't here.

[The clone lifts her eyebrows, still grinning.]

What? Are you implying that she'd try to eat me? Or shoot me? Or shoot me, then eat me?

Sometimes I feel bad for her, needing to follow you around all the time...

She probably would, seein' has how you pod folk've been actin'. Ya'll'd get her blood up real fast talkin' to her like that.

You keep insisting that I'm not me... [She rolls her eyes.]

She's so easy to rile up, though. Was she that scrappy when she was a mag? Or can we blame partner machine programming for it? I'm not sure how you can stand her, sometimes...

[Gat says nothing to Pod!Dakki's eye-rolling.]

She wasn't that much of a fireball as a Mag, naw—but I can stand her 'cause I know I can depend on her when th' chips're down.

It's good that you have someone that you can depend on. Too many people depend on you! You're the heart of it all, you know. Our team.

I imagine it's falling apart, back home, without you there.

Naw, I don't think so. We were all Hunters before we were Guardians. It ain't like I was anythin' special anyhow.

[If she could reach up and put a hand on his shoulder or faceplate, she would. There's a definite shifting of her arm, an attempt to do so. Her expression goes patronizingly soft.]

Sideshow to the big show? But you're the star of the sideshow, Gat.

I don't think they had an understudy ready.

[Gat scoffs slightly, but that's his only response as he looks down at the pod clone of Dakki. Even when it tried being positive, it could only make left-handed compliments.]

[Left-handed compliments are the point of the exercise. Curse Gat and his excellent self-esteem!]

Oh, Gat. You're no fun at all, anymore.

Naw, I jus' know you're tryin' to get under my skin. All of ya'll're actin' th' same.

All of us? All of who? All of us poor CASTs and androids and robots and reyvateils turned human?

[She looks faintly wounded. As wounded as a relentlessly cheerful passive-aggressive drone can.]

You shouldn't start feeling superior just because you have a proper body again. That's not like you.

That ain't what I mean an' you know it. You might have all of Dakki's memories, but th' real Dakki don't get her kicks off of tryin' to tick folks off. Same with Aurica. Same with other folks I've met.

[The clone seems about ready to provide more sass, but actual Dakki has come stomping out of the house. She's in her repurposed men's clothing workout-wear, and she has a large knife from the kitchen.]

Aurica isn't home. She must be out there somewhere.

...she give you any trouble?

We're having a lovely conversation. Or I am, at least. Gat's a bit grumpy.

[Gat looks up at the real Dakki.]

Naw, not all that much. She's jus' bein' herself.

Good luck with findin' Aurica. You be careful in town now, y'hear?

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Chapter 5 - Two For One Special

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Sorry for the delay! Thanksgiving was hectic.

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This could go on for quite a while. Perhaps there should be a fade out? Or..?

Yeah, once Real Dakki leaves the house, Gat could drag Pod Dakki in for a fade-to-black.

Excellent idea.

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