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[iomnic]

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[iomnic]

That would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I am approximately five minutes away. It is a good thing, we were close to begin with.

[heroforhobby]

Yeah, it is. I was worried. At least it's just your balls trapped under debris and not all of you.

[iomnic]

Phrasing.

[heroforhobby]

Meant what I said.

[Thinkin' 'bout your balls here, Zen.]

[iomnic]

[He doesn't reply, just makes a "Hfffff..."
sound. ]

[heroforhobby]

[He looks too amused with himself.]

So are you close to me yet or what?

[iomnic]

[And with the turn of a corner, he floats into view with a slight wave.]

Greetings.

[heroforhobby]

[Here comes a special boy.

Saitama jumps up to his feet, coming to greet him with a grin.]

There he is.

[iomnic]

Here I am.

[He adds with a "hah," as they close the distance between each other.]

Thank you for your patience.

[heroforhobby]

What else was I gonna be doing? [He gestures at the walls and smoldering debris around them.]

[iomnic]

Ah...

[Yeah, you sure did punch the shit out of that wall, huh.]

Well, I presume you could have gone looking for resources. Have you eaten yet?

[heroforhobby]

[Shrugs.] That sorta stuff I can worry about later. [He says confidently, until he's starving 5 days later.] Wanted to make sure people like you were safe and sound first.

ignore me using a human icon ok its how he feels

[iomnic]

[Even if he's awful at conveying it, Saitama always prioritizes others first. It's so endearing...]

That is understandable. But we should not forget to prioritize finding food. If I may ask for your assistance in also finding my orbs, I will join you in finding the others as well.

No, now you ruined everything

[heroforhobby]

Okay, sure, if you don't mind hunting or anything.

[Would a robot be for or against hunting for meat if they were a monk?]

But first, finding your balls.

sh...............

[iomnic]

I do not.

Also, I feel I should insist that you call them orbs...

[heroforhobby]

[He just snickers, but he'll concede. For now.]

That works, too, I guess. So can you sense 'em or something? Or am I gonna be picking up parts of spaceship in blind hope?

[iomnic]

I can sense them, but if they are stuck under parts of the spaceship, you may still need to pick up a few things... If you do not mind.

[heroforhobby]

You can just owe me one, huh?

[He steps beside Zenyatta and gestures for him to lead the way.]

Let's go get your balls--err, orbs--back.

[The smirk proves that was no mistake.]

[iomnic]

[Zenyatta takes the lead, beginning to float towards the wreckage, and gives a backwards glance to Saitama when he says "balls" instead of orbs again.]

Very mature.

[As they get to the wreck, there's certainly scraps of metal everywhere. Some even look like they could still fall further, perched unusually high in an unbalanced way. It's a wonder it hasn't fallen yet. Zenyatta folds his hands in a particular way, and bows his head slightly, sending out a small frequency to the orbs to locate them. After a few moments, one orb flies from the remains of the spaceship, and Zenyatta raises a hand to catch it. It's a bit scuffed, but whole.]

Oh, good... They seem to all be still in one piece. Still stuck in various places, but whole. I had missed these...

[He knows he isn't supposed to form attachments to physical things, but... these were very dear to him.]

[heroforhobby]

If the situation was reversed you couldn't resist saying it, either.

[He accuses, perhaps erroneously, but good-naturedly.

He pokes around as Zenyatta does his thing, not paying much attention to the precarious position of some of the wreckage as he scavenges. When Zenyatta speaks up, he straightens up holding a . . . slightly damaged package of socks. He smiles big, both at his own find and for Zenyatta's find.]

Ah, good! And look what I found. [He trots up to him, holding up the package that was slightly smoldering.]

[iomnic]

[...No, he wouldn't resist saying it either. But shh.]

Socks? Ah, those will be useful.

[He means it. People get holes in socks all the time! New socks are good. Meanwhile, he focuses again, and two more orbs join Zenyatta's orbit, falling into place with the others.]

There is another around here. Ahead of us, but I cannot tell where it is trapped...

[They might need to go into part of the wreckage to get to it. Zenyatta floats his way in, regardless, because Saitama has his back, yes?]

[heroforhobby]

[Sadly, on this point Saitama is thinking solely of himself in term of these socks. Saving people from burning ship wreckage before worrying about himself, sure, par for the course. But free socks? All his, baby.

He shoves the socks into his jumpsuit, walking along with him because of course he has his back, but he also glances around as they go.]

Lemme know if you see any clean underwear, that's important for me to have, too.

[who knows how long they're gonna be trapped here in dirty clothes??]

If you spot underwear first, you can have some.

[iomnic]

[Zenyatta glances at Saitama, and one could get the feeling that if he had eyes, he'd have a slight glare to them.

Thanks for reminding him again about how when he was human, and he forgot about underwear.]

Do not concern yourself with needing to share. As you know, I do not need any.

[heroforhobby]

[He didn't do it on purpose, don't pseudo-glare at him...]

Really? You wear pants, so I just figured...

[iomnic]

You did not know...?

[Oh, awkward. Just going to quietly recollect a few more orbs...]