"Let it 'rock', Matt."
Quint chuckled. The in-joke, corny as it may be, just couldn't be resisted.
"Just keep an eye on the situation. That whole area of space-time is just a big crossover anomaly, anyway. Can't get any worse!"
"First time in ages I've missed being able to celebrate the boss's activation day. I know there's a good reason, this time, but I still feel bad..."
Punches a fist into an open palm. "Just another reason to punish these bad boys and girls...!"
@JurassicInferno "Partially. The other relates to what I've always told you and others I've worked with: if I told you what to do, and when to do it, you wouldn't learn nuthin'!" Quint chuckled.
"Now...get moving. Your primary function was always 'disaster prevention', and this timeline--
@JurassicInferno No one should be privy to details about their fate, or possible fates. Humans tend to be overly concerned about such, and by golly, you reploids adopted such, too, before long! Simply put, I know too much, and the temptation would undermine what's at stake."
@JurassicInferno "I'm capable of many things that are more than able to help me hang in any 'fair fight'...but there's one thing you reploids can do that I can't, and that makes me a liability.
"...I can't lie, being a first generation robot. And ties right back into the first two reasons.--
@JurassicInferno "I really can't, for three main reasons. 1) Rock may be there. 2) I know /X/ will be there. Those two reasons alone are enough, because there may be questions that those two have that they may not be ready for...nor I'm ready to answer, if I'm being quite honest."
A grim expression came to the chartreuse-colored robot's face. Seeing any version of an "old friend" suffer was hard, no matter how many times he's done so.
"I'm afraid not, Mattrex..." #NewGenParadise
@RedHotSaurian "...for now, we be patient and wait. I know you fire types get, well, hot under the collar so easily. But we have to let things play out."
@RedHotSaurian "To repeat myself: I did NOT know exactly when this was going to happen. Just that it was. I assumed, based on patterns for tournaments of this sort, that an interruption would have waited for at least semifinals, if not the final round! To not even let the tournament start...?"
"Gesundheit. Must be some dust in your respiration vents. C'mon! Let's get to the stands!"
With that Quint led Mattrex to their seats, where they can watch all of the opening ceremonies unfold.
@TagoniDragon "Ahhh, will wonders never cease~?" Quint chuckled. Soon satisfied with his hair, his helmet re-appeared.
"Alright, Matt! It's time to go!" @RedHotSaurian