ㅤㅤㅤyou can never have too many friends!

ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe shrugs, standing nervously... before seemingly vanishing. From elsewhere in the tree line— 「 Holy /shit!/ 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 No, especially if you've got the chip in directly... 」 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤTheir palm tingles in a way it hasn't before, as if something's being drawn out... ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEventually, Proto Man pulls away, his colors switching to purple and tan. 「 ..huh. 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 Oh, I see. 」 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe holds a hand up. 「 ..could I try..? 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 Wait, if you haven't copied anything, how do you have someone else's weapon? 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 ..so, uhm... how does your copy system work? I know that they work differently across robots, after all... 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 ..he's a Wily bot, right? I'm sure Mega Man's faced him before. 」 ㅤ

ㅤ I DON'T HAVE NO FRIENDS (そう何も) ㅤ

ㅤ 「 But what you /did/ was insane! A special weapon like that... 」 ㅤ

( baby... )

ㅤ 「 No, I haven't. I'll have to ask Mega Man about him. 」 ㅤ

they pull this shit then say they aren't gay

thank you, zero.

I'm training to stop it. so don't worry.

and thanks for that.

..ah. alright then.

so it's, like

ok well it's complicated because time travel was involved

YOU TOLD ME!

....MY HELMET?

well I mean i haven't seen it firsthand i just heard about it from, uh

THE ZERO THAT WILL GO ON TO KILL MOST OF MY FAMILY

YOU CANT BE THE SAME ZERO IM THINKING OF

YOU MOANED

OK. WOW. BE NORMAL

but like. other red guy. what do you mean red dome

everything is canon in timeline banter, jackass

also RED DOME?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN INDEBTED

wh

then why hasn't he.

whatever gay shit you have going on with the green one. It Sucks

im saying your relationship sucks

yaouri is probably the worst word ever

harpuia we are both masochists, I know what you're doing

im not normally homophobic, but i'm willing to make an exception for those two

ㅤ 「 ..who's Quint? 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 Of course. Part of it was also that I wanted to fight, ha. 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 Protecting is a good, self-sustaining purpose. I assume it's just the three of you? 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 I'll tell you what I can find, then. 」 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe takes a moment, but sits down next to them in time. ㅤ

ㅤ 「 I'd like to do personal research, just to sate my paranoia. 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 That's good to hear. So... what /do/ the Mega Man Killers do when they give up killing Mega Man? 」 ㅤ

ㅤ 「 Huh... I'll try looking into it. An unknown robot with powers like that is... unsettling. 」 ㅤ

no

listen man you can go on break for a second i wanna kill this guy

no he is an insufferable ass and im gonna freezedry his miserable circuits

ok now I wish i had an ice weapon to beat that green guy's ass with

oh yeah no problem. wish i had an ice weapon on me to have it cooler for you