On his way to find 2E, 9S came across a massive ivory white tower at the center of the City Ruins, his curiosity got the better of him so he decided to take a closer look. "Huh, what's that?"
Pod 153: A facility that appears to be machine related in origin, it surfaced following the destruction of the Bunker, further details are unknown.
"If it's machine related, then I better investigate." After finishing off the machines in the surrounding area, he approached the Tower and attempted to hack into it.
?-?-?: Hello, and thank you for choosing Tower System Services! We apologize for the inconvenience, but locks on each subunit must be deactivated before accessing the main Tower. Have a great day!
Pod 153: Query: What is the motive for a machine lifeform to provide such an announcement?
"No idea," He went over to one of the sub-units. "Maybe it'll work if I hack into this one."
That method didn't work either and 9S was once again denied access. "Hey, what gives!"
?-?-?: Hello and thank you again for choosing Tower System Services! Special authorization keys are required to access Tower sub-unit. We apologize for the inconvenience, but access is not permitted at this time.
?-?-?: However, today we have a special gift for first-time visitors of this tower; a tour of our brand new Resource Recovery Units! We look forward to serving you again!
"...Where did that come from?" 9S asked.
Pod 153: It was a forced message from the enemy system- said message relays the location of objects known as 'Resource-Recovery Units'. These structural units have been detected in multiple areas.
"What's their function?"
Pod 153: Unknown.
"Well, if they're connected to machines, then I have to get rid of them, and I'm sure 2B will do the same. Mark each of those units on my map."
Savas: Goddamnit Sora, and yeah I was gonna have A2 wear that destroyer outfit
Sonicsolsnake: It would be major betrayal if 2B had recollection of that
Guest (Feb 10): That's not too far off actually for what the red girls will use Sora for
Guest (Feb 3): I never listened to "The Key" until you brought it up so thanks, shame I don't know who chuchu is tho
Guest (Feb 6): This is so sad, pod 042 play "Tears of the Light"...oh wait
Keybladelight: If I could draw like that I might as well just be making webcomics at this point, glad you enjoyed the chapter, drunk A2 scene is coming soon...
Naruto9001believeit: Not until you mentioned it
Anon: Like everyone else, A2 hates looking at her own face. And 9S will probably go insane one way or another and I'm not just saying that because I write this story lol
Pallex: Vanitas would THRIVE in the Drakengard/Nier world, all everyone ever feels is negative emotions in Yoko Taro games. I just have no idea where Vanitas is at this point.
The [W]orld Ends With You
It was yet another beautiful day in Destiny Islands, not a single cloud in the sky, the seagulls were squawking, the ocean waves moved calmly...Kairi and Aqua were in the middle of an intense sparring match. Although it was only intense on Kairi's side because Aqua was deflecting all of her incoming attacks one after the other, not giving the poor girl an inch.
So Kairi had the idea to teleport behind Aqua and catch her off guard. "Please work!" But when she got behind Aqua, her keyblades inches away from landing, she jumped away at the last second. "Aw, shit!"
"Language, Kairi!"
"Oh- I'm so sorry Master Aqua!"
Aqua landed back on the ground. "You need to do more than just get behind your opponent to catch them off guard."
"Then how about this!" She threw her keyblade so that it spun in a windmill motion, of course Aqua could easily dodge such a telegraphed attack. Which was exactly what Kairi was hoping for because she teleported behind Aqua while she was dodging and managed to get a hit on her from the side. "Gotcha that time, didn't I?"
"Very good, you've made so much progress in such a short amount of time."
"Thanks, so do you think we can start fighting with magic now? I've learned a ton of new spells that I've been wanting to try out!"
"If you're ready, then so am I."
"Awesome! Try not to hold back on me Master, I know magic's your specialty, but I want to be pushed to my limit!"
She smiled. "I'll try my best."
Soon the beach came alive from the assortment of magic they used on each other. One moment the sand was fiery red from a last-minute fire spell, the next, the water froze over from a misdirected blizzard spell, or the sky flashed yellow from thunder, but they weren't the only ones who witnessed the light show. Aqua's friends; Terra and Ventus, were watching the two battle it out from the sidelines, as well as Naminé with her sketching pad in hand, always there to support Kairi. Even if that meant having a fried seagull land in her lap because Kairi wasn't paying attention with her thunder spells.
"Wow, I didn't know Kairi was so strong, she's really holding her own out there," Ventus said.
"Aqua's a good teacher, maybe you should start training under her," Terra said.
"Terra!"
"What? We're going to the Realm of Darkness soon, and you could use the practice."
"That's so not cool, I can run circles around you if I wanted to!"
As the boys bickered back and forth, Kairi and Aqua's match progressed to the point where Kairi had run out of magic, mostly due to her spamming 'Thunder' and 'Water' to no avail and she was condemned to MP charge hell while Aqua had more than enough magic left to end the fight in just a few moves.
"Don't be careless with your magic, more is less if you can hit your target with a few powerful attacks," Aqua said.
"This isn't over yet!" 'I've fought with less before, I just have to evade her attacks until I can use magic again.' Kairi darted back and forth across the sand, maneuvering past Aqua's shotlock, Bubble Blaster, aided by a few well-timed guards and her quick movement.
Then, just as she was on the cusps of regaining her magic, Aqua raised her keyblade in the air and a wave of black energy cascaded over Kairi clouding her vision to prevent her from attacking any further.
"That was Blackout, in case you were wondering. I can teach it to you after our match," Aqua said.
"..."
"T̶h̷i̸s̷ ̴a̷n̷d̷r̷o̵i̷d̶'̷s̴ ̸j̶u̴s̸t̶ ̸w̵h̸a̸t̵ ̸w̴e̴ ̸n̷e̵e̵d̷ ̷t̵o̷ ̶f̷u̶l̵f̴i̸l̶l̸ ̸o̶u̶r̶ ̵r̶i̴t̶u̷a̸l̴.̴ ̵O̸n̵c̴e̶ ̷h̵e̷r̶ ̵b̶o̶d̸y̷ ̷i̷s̸ ̷r̵e̴b̵o̶r̵n̵ ̶a̸s̷ ̵t̶h̵e̶ ̸h̷e̶a̶r̷t̸l̵e̷s̸s̴,̷ ̸w̶e̶'̶l̶l̸ ̶b̸e̸c̸o̷m̶e̶ ̷o̵n̸e̵ ̷w̵i̷t̴h̷ ̸h̶e̷r̷ ̵b̸e̵i̶n̶g̴ ̷i̶n̷ ̷t̶h̶e̷ ̴d̴a̸r̶k̶n̴e̶s̸s̷.̴"̸
̷"̷D̸o̶n̴'̵t̷ ̶c̸r̷y̴,̷ ̴i̷t̶'̴l̶l̸ ̵a̸l̷l̶ ̵b̷e̵ ̵o̴v̵e̸r̴ ̷s̸o̸o̶n̸ ̵a̶n̵d̴ ̷t̸h̸e̷n̴ ̵y̴o̶u̷'̷l̶l̶ ̵n̷e̴v̴e̸r̴ ̸f̵e̴e̸l̷ ̸s̴u̴c̵h̸ ̴t̵e̶r̴r̴i̴b̶l̶e̵ ̵e̵m̷o̸t̶i̸o̷n̷ ̴a̴g̴a̴i̷n̷.̵"̸
All Kairi could see was the darkness and all she could feel was her breath getting shorter and her chest getting tighter. A rush of emotions she kept hidden within her heart released all at once that forced her body to move forward. Clenching her keyblade, she gunned down for Aqua, even though she was effectively blinded from Blackout, her blade still managed to find Aqua's.
"Kairi...are you okay?"
"I WON'T LET YOU KILL ME!" With nothing to hold her back, Kairi relentlessly attacked Aqua, shattering through her defense with a few swings. She then lit her keyblade on fire, which forced Aqua to grab Kairi by the hand.
"We're done Kairi, it's okay, you're safe."
The effects of the spell went away, but the dark feeling that pushed her over the edge still lingered inside her like an infection. Kairi lowered her head to avoid Aqua's gaze because of how ashamed she was that she lost herself and came so close to hurting her own friend. "I'm sorry..." She said slowly.
"—Kairi!" Naminé ran up to her along with Terra and Ventus, then put her hands on her shoulders. "Kairi, what's gotten into you?"
"I'm not sure...when everything went black, something inside me switched on."
"...This is because of what happened on Earth, isn't it?"
She shook her head. "I don't know, maybe, but this was me...I did this."
"Kairi, if you don't mind me asking, what exactly happened to you on Earth?" Aqua asked.
"It was like living in one of those nightmares that gets worse and worse as you keep going on until you start to believe that you'll never wake up from it. I had to become the worst parts of myself in order to survive and I wonder if that person in the factory was always me from the beginning..."
"That person's never you, only what the cracks in your heart want you to believe," Aqua said.
"Besides, you're here now, whatever happened on Earth won't hurt you here," Terra said.
Suddenly, an onslaught of arrows came flying out of the sky that Aqua quickly shielded them away from with 'Protect'. She lowered her keyblade, then rose to her feet, sensing danger on the horizon. "What was that?" She asked.
As if to answer her, several Nobodies crawled out of the sand and surrounded the five of them, prompting Naminé to give Kairi a little extra push. "Come on Kairi, don't beat yourself up when you got those guys to beat up first!"
"Yeah...yeah you're right! I'm fighting too!" But the moment Kairi worked up the nerve to whip her keyblade out, the Wayfinder trio already made quick work of the Nobodies. 'They're too overpowered for their own good.'
"Weren't those Nobodies? What're they doing without an Organization to command them..." Terra looked over to Naminé. "Hey, you used to be a Nobody, right? What do you-"
"Terra, would you be a little sensitive!" Aqua said sharply.
"Oh no it's okay, I know quite a bit about the Organization since they held me hostage against my will and everything..." Naminé clasped her hands together. "Anyways, even if the Organization as we know it still existed, none of the members had any lesser Nobodies that looked anything like them. So my guess is that someone lost their heart, became a Nobody, and is now controlling lesser Nobodies."
"So who would that somebody be then..." Kairi said. "Wait a second, is it possible that tattoo guy might've become a Nobody after becoming a heartless. If he's back then that explains why those Nobodies were here...but that also means we're in big trouble."
"Oh my gosh, that's also a plotline from this story I'm making based on your adventures on Earth!" Naminé said. "And it ends with him and his evil twin brother taking over the worlds with their giant robot army!"
"Aw, that's so cool you're making a story about our adventures on Earth!"
"It's just a bunch of pictures strung together with dialogue, I was gonna surprise you with it when I was done, but I couldn't help myself!"
"Well if this is our future, then we have to react accordingly to make sure that doesn't happen."
"What, you're just gonna take that at face value," Terra said.
"Naminé's been right about literally everything that happened on Earth, so I wouldn't take it lightly."
"That's awesome, do you have witch powers or something!" Ventus said.
"Ven why would you even..." Aqua shook her head and sighed.
"It's fine, I get that a lot."
"So how does the story end?" Terra asked.
"In the destruction of reality as we know it and everyone dies, but don't worry that's just one of like 26 endings."
"Uh..."
*ring-ring
"That's mine..." Kairi took out her gummiphone. "It's you Riku, you called at just the right time, I got something to tell you."
"I do too, and you're not gonna like this one. You remember Eve, right? Well, I found his body in the Realm of Darkness."
Riku lifted Eve's body over his shoulders with one hand while holding his brand new gummiphone in the other. "I'm gonna take him to Radiant Garden and see what Ansem the Wise and his apprentices can do."
"...Why not just you know, 'get rid of him' while he's still incapacitated," Kairi said.
"It's possible he'll just come back again in his original form, like with what happened to Xehanort. I'm hoping Ansem the Wise might have some ideas on how we can make sure he never comes back again. So what's going on your side?"
"Some Lesser Nobodies attacked Destiny Islands."
"That's not good. I doubt it's Eve since he's incapacitated right now."
"Yeah, Naminé says Eve has a twin brother so...I think that might actually be the one controlling the Nobodies."
"Naminé hasn't been wrong about these things, I'll look into it. Sora might know, I'll give him a call later."
"Okay, I'll make sure nothing else strange happens here...and Riku, I really hope you come back home some time. We miss you."
"I know and I'm sorry I haven't been there to support you. I promise I'll come back before the sun sets, and if I don't, yell at me later, alright?"
She smiled. "I'll hold you to it."
RADIANT GARDEN
Ansem the Wise paced around the laboratory, stroking his beard in contemplation. "This is quite the delicate situation we have on our hands. Place the specimen on the examination table and my apprentices and I will get right to work."
"If he's as dangerous an individual as you say, then time is not on our side," Ienzo said. "Still, it's fascinating we get to study someone from a world far outside our realm of existence. What do you think, Even?"
"I think we need more data on him and the world he came from so we know exactly what we're dealing with. An opportunity like this doesn't come often."
Riku crossed his arms. "Look, I just need to figure out how to kill this guy without him turning back into his original form. He's a Nobody right now and I figured you guys would know a thing or two about that."
"He'll be in a zombified state for a few days until his memories start seeping inside him and then he'll be truly dangerous. Worst case scenario, we'll have to keep him in confinement for an indefinite amount of time," Even said.
"So there's no way out of this..."
"Riku, you won't like this, but it might be best for him to become his Somebody again. Then at least he'll return back to where he came from," Ienzo said.
"I don't want to burden Sora again, and...I'm hoping we can use him to find Earth."
"That will require far more data to pursue an endeavor like that. Riku, get as much information regarding Eve and we'll attempt to nullify the process of him returning to form," Ansem the Wise said.
"Got it. Sure you'll be okay alone with Eve?"
"He won't cause us much trouble in his current state, but we'll contact you if any problem arises." Even said.
"And I'm sure you wouldn't want to watch us doing 'boring' lab work all day," Ienzo said. "You were always the wandering type."
Riku nodded. "Right...just make sure you call me if anything bad happens." After Aeleus and Dilan escorted him out of the castle, he went to call Sora's number only to realize he'd already left him a voicemail. 'He called me already? It must've been when I was in the Realm of Darkness, I better listen to the message first.'
[Hey, it's me...I'm sure you're busy so I'll make this quick. I...I don't think I'm doing this hero thing right anymore. I thought I saved my friend's life, but then she just ended up going crazy. I thought I defeated Adam, now I think he's back again as a Nobody, Eve too probably.]
[You know, it feels like no matter what I do, it only ends up hurting people...I mean there has to be an easy fix to this, right? Maybe I'm not using the correct spell or maybe it's me...maybe I'm the problem. No, no nevermind that can't be it, ha-ha, sorry, I was getting way too depressing back there, just call me back when you can! Aaand done. Finally, I figured out how to work this thing and I didn't accidentally delete the message this time! Oh wait, still didn't send it, whoops-]
End Message
"Sora..."
Just as Riku was about to call Sora back, he was confronted by Nobodies he'd never seen before. 'Are these the Nobodies Kairi was talking about?' His keyblade formed in his hand. "Let's see how hard you guys fight back!"
Out of nowhere, two giant shurikens came spiraling directly at the Nobodies, but they merely sidestepped the shuriken's line of trajectory. However, before the shurikens got too far away, one of them transformed into Yuffie and she grabbed the other shuriken, throwing it right back at them and landing a hit this time on one of the Nobodies.
"I'd stand back if I were you!" Yuffie said to Riku.
Seconds later, the shuriken exploded, its blast radius taking out all of the Nobodies surrounding Riku.
Yuffie spun around with her hands on her hips and a playful grin on her face. "I can't believe it actually worked this time, I've been practicing that for— I mean, all in a day's work for the Great Ninja Yuffie, the single white rose of Radiant Garden!" She pointed her finger at him. "And you're one of Sora's friends, let me guess, the emo one?"
"I'm not...whatever. Yes, I'm one of Sora's friends, Riku. So how long have those Nobodies been around here?"
"Long enough to scare all the tourists away, that's for sure, but then everyone stopped leaving their homes so now it's a total ghost town here." Out of frustration, she stomped her foot on the ground. "Uuugh, if Cid did a better job with the town's defense systems, maybe we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"Um...sorry to hear that?"
"You're telling me- I know, everyone back at the Reconstruction Committee would love to meet a friend of Sora's, maybe you can help us with our Nobody problem!"
"Well, I kind of have to-"
"Great, let's go!" Yuffie dragged Riku all the way to Merlin's House and when they went inside, he was greeted by the rest of the members of the committee.
"Hey, look at who I found guys!"
Cid simply grunted in response, continuing to loudly tap away on his computer.
"Ugh, Cid, you could at least say hi! He is one of the guys that helped save the world!"
"Shut yer yapping, I'm doing work!"
That left Aerith and Squall who were far more welcoming to Riku.
"Why hello, you're Riku, aren't you? I'm Aerith, it's so nice to meet you!"
"Name's Squall," He walked up to Riku, then offered his hand. "Good to finally have a face with the name."
"Oh so now you wanna go by Squall? Just when I was getting used to Leon," Yuffie said.
"I've gone over this before with...whatever. We restored Radiant Garden, now there's nothing for me to run away from anymore." It was supposed to be a hopeful sentiment, but a sigh escaped his lips instead. "Who am I kidding? With the way things are going now with these Nobodies, there might not be a Radiant Garden left to restore."
"Squall you can dial back the brooding for once, Riku said he'll help us with the Nobodies," Yuffie said.
"Is that so? The King already caught us up to speed on Sora's current situation and we believe the Nobodies and this 'Earth' world are linked somehow. Since you've already been there, you should be able to help us in that regard."
"I have been curious about Earth," Aerith said. "The whole futuristic, androids and robots stuff sounds pretty exciting to me."
Riku chuckled. "Earth is its own hell. I'm not sure how Sora manages to..." He trailed off. "Nevermind, I was just about to call him, he'd know more than I would."
Cid swiveled around in his chair. "Well goddamn boy, why the 5#%& didn't you say that from the beginnin', gimme that," Swiping the gummi phone away from his hands, he hooked it up to the computer, then called Sora who immediately picked up.
"Hello, who is- WHOA, Cid is that you?! And Leon, Yuffie, Aerith ... AND RIKU?! This is such an awesome surprise, I totally wasn't expecting you guys!"
"Sora!" Everyone huddled around the monitor, much to Cid's disdain.
"I'm glad you're still in one piece," Riku said.
"And it looks like you're eating well too," Aerith said.
"Oh yeah, I'm pretty surprised too," He motioned to the boar meat steak on his plate. "One of the androids made it for me!"
"You gotta tell us Sora, are there really aliens in that world, we kind of only got a cliff note version of everything," Yuffie said, shoving Cid out of the way.
"What the- get the hell off me, Yuffie!"
"Kind of, but they're all dead now so I dunno about that," Sora said.
"—Sora, who are you talking to?" A voice called out from the background.
"Uhhh...no one important!"
"Let me see who 'no one important' is then!" Popola got in front of the camera, despite Sora's protests so Riku had to quickly hide before she got the chance to see him. "Wow, who's that old looking guy?"
"Goddamnit! I'm not old!"
"I think a supercomputer knows what she's talking about," Yuffie said.
"So you guys think androids are like-"
"Popola, can you not do that!" Sora moved her out of the way, then relocated. "Sorry, so how are things back at Radiant Garden?"
"Not good, a strange type of Nobody has infested the town and we were hoping you'd know something about it," Squall said.
"Funny that you mention that. Some Nobodies actually attacked me and A2 earlier in the Desert, I think they might be Adam's Nobodies, which means he could probably be one too."
"Who's...Adam?" Riku asked.
"Adam is Eve's twin brother, he also turned into a heartless awhile back, but we defeated him. Then after that, we haven't seen him since."
'So Naminé was right about that too, we really need to start collaborating with her.' "... I just found Eve, so it's likely Adam's somewhere in the darkness too."
"WAIT! You found Eve?! That's not good!"
"Don't work yourself up, Ansem and his apprentices have him restrained in their lab and he's basically a zombie. He can't hurt anyone right now so that's not who we need to worry about, it's Adam...he's out there somewhere, controlling all those Nobodies as we speak."
"Then we use Eve to lure out Adam and we destroy both of them, aaaand there we have it, problem solved," Yuffie said.
"No, we'll lose Radiant Garden in the destruction and I can't let that happen, not again," Squall said. "...Not as long as my name is Squall."
"So we'll find Adam ourselves, we already have his brother," Aerith said.
"Then we need to know what we're up against," Squall slammed his hands on Cid's desk, which annoyed Cid even further. "Sora, tell us everything you know about Adam. He's most likely in one of our worlds and we need a gauge on his abilities."
"Um..." There was a delay in his response. "Y- Yeah, no problem, well...he was a machine obsessed with humans and when we fought him, his weapon kept changing, then he said some other stuff I don't really remember."
Yuffie rolled her eyes. "Very descriptive Sora."
"Well sorry I don't remember every detail that happened, it's been a long time! Hey- I have an idea, androids always have a backup of their memory somewhere. I'll ask A2 if she has something... as soon as I figure out how to flip the camera again."
"Sora, you sure it's a good idea to get the androids involved, we still need to keep world order and everything," Riku said.
"What're you talking about? It's not like anyone can leave this world...even if they wanted to." The camera abruptly flipped away from his face to display the Resistance Camp. "Finally got it, ahhh why is this thing so complicated!"
Sora walked to the entrance where A2 and Devola were leaning on the side of a rusted over pick-up truck having a conversation with each other. A conversation that ended when they saw Sora.
"Hey, what're you two lovebirds talking about~" Sora teased.
"Ways to kill you," A2 said. "And get that stupid thing out of my face or I'll break it!"
Devola elbowed A2 in the stomach. "No she won't because she already owes me for the first time she broke it. Besides, I like that you're using something that I made for you, I kind of took you as tech-illiterate, no offense."
"None taken. So A2, weird question, but can you transfer all your memory from your fight with Adam to my gummiphone for...research purposes."
"No."
"Wha- no?!"
"Look, I'm in the middle of handling business right now. Go bother Anemone, she has files on practically every enemy on this planet."
"Good idea, have fun 'handling business'~"
"If you don't get out of my face, I'll 'handle' your-"
But he didn't hear the latest of A2's death threats as he was already well on his way to Anemone's desk. Though she was busy as always, she pushed aside her work for Sora. "Hello Sora, what can I do for you?"
"Hey, do you have any files on Adam, I need them for research purposes."
"Sounds like some interesting research, well Adam's no longer an imminent threat, so all data pertaining to him should be accessible from the Resistance Camp's general database. Knock yourself out, kid."
"Umm..." He rubbed the back of his head. "I don't know how to computer...at all, so maybe you could help me out in that department."
"Right-right, you're a human. That fact escapes me sometimes, you know, you're so unlike what we thought of humans previously. If they were more like you, then we wouldn't have a need for androids... Anyways, I'll send that data over to your device right away."
"Thanks, I appreciate it!" He sat on Anemone's desk, then flipped the camera back over. "Okay, once I get the data, I'll send it over to you guys!"
"Thank you Sora," Squall said.
Cid stroked his stubbly beard. "Sora, now explain to me why you've been hangin' out with hot, half-naked robot women this whole goddamn time and didn't say nun about it?!"
"Cid, will you stop being a creep for once!" Yuffie yelled.
"I'm just sayin' what we're all thinkin'."
"No one was thinking that!"
Sora shrugged. "Never really noticed with my life being on the line most of the time- hold on, I got the data sent to me, now I just gotta figure out how to send this."
"—I can help you out! ...Not that I was eavesdropping on your conversation for the past 15 minutes," Popola said.
"Popola! Dang it, well, it was nice talking to you guys, but I should probably go, the androids are onto me..."
"I'm still here, Sora."
"Wait a second," Riku said. "Listen, don't give up on yourself or you'll give up on the world. So just hang in there and I promise we'll get you back this time."
—
In the quiet solitude of an abandoned building, 2E worked tirelessly to rebuild her pod from what spare parts she had in her database. She couldn't tell if her concern was out of genuine emotion or recognition that her pod served a vital combative function, but the reason didn't matter to her as long as she could hear her pod's robotic voice once more.
"...This is the last component you need." She fastened in a long chip, then waited to hear its voice.
"..."
Pod 042: *beep* *beep*
Her robotic companion finally powered on and suspended itself in the air.
Pod 042: 379956688212967411510857090913230918533671848360164038731
"I knew your voice module still needed work, hold on, this won't take long." She made a few more modifications.
Pod 042: ...Hello, I am a tactical support unit model 042, I will provide firing support for this YoRHa unit in any presented situation. What is your designation YoRHa unit so that I may better be of service to you?
"Oh...my name is 2E."
Pod 042: What are unit 2E's intentions so that I may provide optimal support?
"I should find the human..."
Pod 042: Error: no files exist for 'human'.
"Your memories are gone, aren't they? Sorry I wasn't able to salvage them, I guess that's something you and I have in common, but...you probably don't feel this emptiness inside you. If we're objects made to serve a purpose, then why do I have these emotions?"
Pod 042: I do not understand
"No, forget it...Pod, if you can't help me find the human, then find the nearest group of machines."
Pod 042: Searching...several enemy large structural units with machine-related origins detected in accessible locations.
"Enemy large structural units? Are those machines?"
Pod 042: High concentrations of machines are present in these large structural units.
"Then they must be eliminated, mark all locations on map.
Pod 042: Affirmative.
"...The closest one is in the Flooded City." The water sunken city was a short distance from her previous location and before long, she saw the so-called structural unit; a machine-made fortress, shrouded by a veil of fog. "This is it."
As 2E made her way to the Resource Recovery Unit, another android watched her.
"There she is...2B."
NieR: [O]blivion
The Death Of Serenity
