Blues was… admittedly very tired. He’d heard there was a vending machine that sold E-tanks, which would help bring up his efficiency by at least a few percentage points. He was about to put money in, when he realized that he had no idea what kind of currency they used in this century.
All he had was a few American dollars and a handful of yen, which were mixed in with other types of coins from varying countries. He decided he didn’t want to try them, as they might be valuable if those countries didn’t exist anymore.
Thus, he simply tilted his head and began wirelessly hacking the machine. It was rather simple–all it took was a few moments of decrypting and slightly modifying the code to give him unlimited credit.
As he was waiting for the mechanism to release what he wanted, he noticed a slight signal–which he had at some point recognized as the presence a reploid had–behind him. He turned, expecting it to be some hunter wanting the vending machine.
“Mm?” There was someone hiding around the corner. Strange. “You can come out. I’m almost done here, if you’re wanting at this.” He pulls the tank out of the tray it was finally presented on, cracking it open and taking a sip.
He was still entirely ready to jump into action should this person be an attacker, but he kept up the careful facade of being completely relaxed.
Rebecca made a very distinctive squeak before revealing her face and looking a bit sheepish.
“A-Ah, no, I’m…”
She had been curious, and her face went a bit pink. How to word this…?
“I, uh, was just curious. I’ve never seen you around here before, but you’re friends with D- X?”
She hoped that accidental slip hadn’t been obvious. Probably to anyone else it wouldn’t have been.
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