The Machinist and the Shade

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[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

Marksman.
Kazan Rekka
Shadow.
Esteem.
Two halves of one whole.

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

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[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “Perhaps we will, another time.”

A nod… and Pollux departs.

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

“…Experimentation prior to the Smoke War made us share this body.”

It had been difficult, surviving. Escaping both the War and surviving past the aftermath of L Corp’s fall…

“Suffice to say, we have… had to work to figure this out.”

[Dante Alighieri ✦ @execLCBmanager]

@MachinistShade

"So, there's two of you, yeah? Castor and Pollux. But there's like, one guy?"

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “If that is all now, Manager Alighieri, I will take my leave.”

Blunt, straightforward… but there’s definitely more to him. Both of them. What kind of “mask” does he wear?… questions for another time, perhaps.

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “I can only imagine so… had it been anyone else stuck with me, I’m not sure we would have survived this long.”

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “We do trust each other, and respect each other enough to not do so. There is enough separation between us to allow for full retreat from the body, when needed.”

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “…There is as much privacy as we need at any given moment.”

…it’s common courtesy, after all.

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “I suppose it is…” he sighs. “Will that be all, Manager Alighieri?”

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager -mean that some of our Identities end up in conflict with each other…”

Their first awareness of Pollux’s Blade Lineage and Castor’s Kurokumo was… interesting, to say the least.

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “…the latter. Considering we were physically identical beforehand anyway, being twins, it doesn’t mean much for our combat capabilities individually. All our Identities recognize this body as their own… not entirely incorrect there.”

There is a pause.

“It does, however-

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “Pretty much.” Pollux shrugs.

“And on a similar note, our E.G.O. also aren’t shared…”

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager He shows his ID badge.

Takes out the badge from the slip cover it’s in

And flips it- oh one is on each side.”

“Does this satisfy your curiosity, Manager Alighieri?… Though we have also noticed our Identities extracted from the engine of Mephistopheles differ.”

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager -but it does mean that they don’t have to constantly be repairing both of their weapons…

…and the benefit of only one body needing to be restored by the Manager, each time they perish in battle.

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “I and my brother would prefer not.”

Pollux deals with the manager’s prodding.

“We have adapted well enough as it is, even if it means only one of us can be deployed at once.”

It’s not as efficient as there being two of them…-

[Dante Alighieri ✦ @execLCBmanager]

//la la laa this is more of a shipping call lowk

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@Ayanarinashi //draw him i need more food

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@whelkwaves //FUCKING TRUE AS HELL

[The Machinist and the Shade @MachinistShade]

@execLCBmanager “The same to you. From the both of us.”

The twins’ body nods… and turns to depart, allowing the manager to return to their duties. Surely with all the other employees needing to meet… or ‘remember’.