midnightstar

Since graduating from the Academy, life has been..interesting for Alisa, to say the least. She's been kept very busy, since she was upholding her promise to her mother on showing her the proper way to run the company, and it wasn't easy to put in those changes. Though it would have been a lot harder if she didn't have the support of those around her. But because of that, she hadn't been able to get time to get to visit Rean as much as she liked.

Translation: As much as she liked = every day. She did get to visit - or vice versa - at least on the weekend, and she talked to him almost every night thanks to the range on the ARCUS. Just as finished up for the night, she made her way up to the penthouse, glancing around to make sure she was alone (And you never know with Sharon) in order to take out her ARCUS once more and see if she could get a hold of Rean before bed. She was planning on seeing if he was in the area - alternatively, she was sure she could get away for a visit, if he wasn't busy.

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She blushed shyly herself, folding her arms, "R-Really?" Actually that made sense - she's said his name enough for him to say that. Although she personally thought his reactions were far more intense -- probably because she had rather aggressively given him affectionate attention quite a bit. "Um...a..although I think...we should probably not.. get so close like that again." Not -ever- again, but just...for the moment.

"Oh. Yeah I suppose that would be prudent." Then again he couldn't help but feel a tiny bit worried she didn't mean that in in just the short term. Because that felt really nice and he hadn't realy wanted to stop until that little accident wiht his hands.

"Yeah.." She coughed awkwardly. "Um... I'm... I should..." She made a vague gesture. She needed to put her clothes together for their date, she hadn't even begun to start with that. Honestly part of her wished Sharon WERE here to help her get ready, even though it was probably at LEAST another hour or two.

Being alone with Rean was ..much too tempting. At least with Sharon there, it'd be easier to keep her distance. A little easier.

Vague gesture but he had a feeling he was supposesd to answer like this.

"Uh yeah of course. I'll ummm go check on Rumu then." As a distraction because just remembering what they'd indulged in was maing his heart rate increase.

Alisa nodded sheepishly, "Right, good idea." She backed out of the room slowly, "Thanks Rean." she quickly turned and padded up the stairs to her room. Where she quietly closed the door and sprawled on her bed to cover her head with her pillow for a few seconds for a silent freak out.

Then sat up again and started going through her room for appropriate outfits. Ah, but she wanted to match Rean, so that eliminated a few dresses. SHe couldn't wear her work outfit, but she did have something like it.

RUMU meanwhile, was in its inactive mode, though the music continued to play even then. Although it'll go active if Rean approached.

While ALisa was having her own freakout in the room, Rean was doing the same just in his own mind so his steps up to Rumu weer a little more stiff before he crouched down next to the 'sleeping' little construct.

"Hey Rumu. Charging up alright?"

Rumu's eyes lit up as it returned from inactive state, "Hello Rean. Charge is at 100%. Do you require assistance?" the little bot rolled off its charge station. "Your previously registered vital statistic have increased to higher, erratic rate. Contacting medical assistance ..."

Yeah that's all Alisa needs, paramedics to come charging to the door on a false alarm.

"No no no no no! Trust me Rumu we're fine. We just ummm uhhh...got excited that's all." Was this a preview of what it would be like to explain to a child what his parents were doing if they were ever walked in on. Still he had to stop the little helpful one from calling the medics up to the penthouse.

Yee-yeah, probably. The little bot stopped, redirecting its attention to Rean curiously. "Excited? Rumu does not understand the term. Searching database, please stand by." The music continues to play while he's doing this for a few minutes.

"Excited: Adjective, A feeling of enthusiasm and eagerness. Rumu likes excited. Rumu is excited to meet Rean and Alisa."

Rean lets out a sigh of relief as he managed to avert a public fiasco. Only to suddenly flinch and widen his eyes. Hearing him express such curiosity and honestly at that too. IT was simply too..adorable!

"Haha well I'm happy to meet you too Rumu. Say could you maybe do a favor for me?"

Rumu gave a happy little chirp when Rean said he was happy to meet him, and then chirped again at the question. "Yes, Rean. Rumu is happy to fulfill any command requested of it. What is your request?"

Honestly this little guy was too precious for this world. Or maybe Rean was more prone to growing attached to artificial beings after growing so close to Valimar. Regardless he flashes a guilty smile for a moment. "I won't be able to be here nearly as often as I would like. So I want to ask you to make sure Alisa is happy every time you're awake while I am gone. Think you could do that for me?"

Chirpchirp, "Yes, Rumu will make Alisa happy while Rean is not here." a pause. "Where is Rean going? Will Rean be happy?" Rumu asked, almost sounding curious with the questions. Meanwhile upstairs, Alisa was going through her entire closet until she found the perfect dress to wear, gathering the entire outfit into her arms and poking her head out of her room.

Mmm, she needed to get to the bathroom to shower and change, but she didn't want Rean to see her outfit yet. So she calls out, "Don't look - I'm going to into the bathroom to shower ..!"

Dammit Rumu you're going to make it hard to say goodbye to you too you realize that?

Rean flashes a warm smile. "I'll have to go back to work. Work that makes me travel around a lot. But I will be happy now that I know I have reliable Rumu to look after the most important part of my life. " He might have just doomed the prototype to become Alisa's permanently with this promise between man and machine.

He flinched briefly as Alisa called out and quickly focused back to Rumu.

"O-Okay go on ahead."

It's unintentional! Rumu chirps again - the little bot does that everytime it accepts information from Rean and stores it. "Is Rean coming back?" Rumu asks, as Alisa is heard hurrying down the stairs and rushing into the bathroom, the door shutting firmly behind her.

"Yeah. I'll do my best to come back as often as I can. I just don't know how long it's going to be." Rean answered with a soft smile before patting the small maching on its top with a warm smile only turning his head when he heard the door close behind him.

Chirp, "Rumu will do its best to make Alisa happy, and Rumu will wait for Rean to come home." Because since Rean registered in Roer with Alisa, it thinks this is his home also. Alisa would not correct him on that either. Roer is her home, and so is Trista. And Nord.

Having safely made it to the bathroom without Rean seeing the outfit, the sound of the shower running soon follows, and a soft sigh of pleasure from Alisa. Nice hot shower - though she can't help but feel a bit giddy with Rean waiting out in the living room.

"That just gives me another reason to do my best to come back as soon as possible. Thanks Rumu." Rean said with a soft smiling sigh. With that he went back over to the couch still touching at the marks on his neck idly. If Rumu wanted to follow him he could.

"Rumu is happy to help, Rean." Rumu responded automatically. And when Rean went over to the couch, the little bot did in fact go after him, rolling quietly over the floor, "Is Rean injured?"

Pay no mind to the quiet humming from the shower. Alisa doesn't even realize she's doing it.

"What? Oh this? NO no no it's nothing really. Just a bit of playing around which led to some unexpected consequences. Nothing bad though." Rean what you teaching your precious innocent not!child ?!

Still rather than get hung up on that Rean looks over to the bathroom before the most wistful of smiles takes over him.

"So that's what she sounds like when she thinks no one is listening~ I could listen to that voice all day~"

Terrible, awful not so bad things! You're going to make him start deviating from his programming Rean, you corruptive influence you! Rumu whirrs a bit as it processes the complexity of unexpected consequences not being bad. Unexpected consequences = Good, so expected consequences = Bad?

"Acknowledged. Please be more careful when playing indoors and inform this unit should unexpected consequences become expected." Rumu cautioned. Then Rumu turned a little at Rean's attention shifting to the bathroom, then back to Rean. "Rumu is listening." And recording.

Oh dear. Maybe he should stop being a bad influence. But he can't help talking to the little guy. He blinks curiously at that weird question ut node regardless.

"I will, Rumu. Promise you'll be the first to know." Lovebites don't really count as injuries though as Sharon would no doubt oh so helpfully contribute to the little guy's knowledge database...oh god she's going to be an even bigger influence isn't she?

"Yeah. LIke a goddess isn't he?" Rean murmured mostly to himself but to Rumu as well .

Oh boy would she ever. She'd troll the little Rumu to the point of no return and convert him to become a Rean/Alisa shipper as well. Or as much of what as a little bot can be.

Rumu is silent a moment, though the whirring indicates he's doing another search - this time instead of the chirp, there's a sound like a 'buzz' in response. "Unable to acquire information on term: Goddess. Please supply definition."

The sound of the water running cuts off at that point, and Alisa's voice calls out from the bathroom, "Rean, I'm coming out. Turn around and close your eyes." She doesn't want him to accidentally get an eyeful, since she has to go back to her room to change. And yes, there's a threat in her tone, as if she suspected him to try and peek still.

Oh well. Hopefully the little bot comes out for the better on the other side of both influences aside trom ALisa.

"Well you see a-" Rean starts before Tiara suddenly sharply cries out.

"Hold that thought for a moment." He said briskly and turned around without even trying to look over his shoulder. Scout's honor!

"Already done you can come out."

The door opens, and Alisa pokes her head out, eyes narrowed, "Rumu, you make sure he doesn't turn around." Not that the little bot was really equipped with a way to stop him. Well there was the laser so he could technically shoot Rean in the kneecap. But even that would be little more than feel like a hornet's sting.

She pat-patpat-patters her way out of the room and up the stairs, before a few seconds pass where the door shuts again. All clear for Rean to turn around if he liked. Rumu was silent through all of this, and only when Alisa was safely in her bedroom did the little bot turn its attention to Rean again. "Please re-state definition."