[Having no interest in attending the classes, as well as being told she'd be more suited for a Bodyguard than a student, 2B takes up the offer to explore the town proper instead. She's already been brushed off by some of the merchants, some thinking she's a student while others are iffy about the black visor over her eyes or the sword on her back, but there are those that give her the time of day, and those are the stalls she spends the most time at.]

I. [Pod 042 hovers behind her, silent, as she browses, and attracts the attention of curious students and merchants alike, but she pays them no mind. Her interest is piqued elsewhere, at a medicinal stall. She remembers the brief run-in she had with the Demon named Michael and how he had been reading books on human medicine, and she peers around the table in search of something.]

I'm looking for a toothbrush.

II. [Her search for a toothbrush didn't lead her astray, although it wasn't in the farmer's market where she found them, but a shop. By the time the second loop comes around, 2B has accumulated a collection of toothbrushes in a wide array of colours. She allows Pod to carry them so that she's able to peruse the markets more freely... until she runs into a fellow Reclaimer.]

Excuse me.

[From Pod's claw-like hands, she plucks a random toothbrush and offers it.]

Take this, to prevent the caves in your teeth.

[She means cavities. 2B is helping... in her own way.]

[It's no surprise to find 2B on the frontlines when the spider is loose in the marketplace. At any moment in time, she's on high alert and prepared for battle, but this creature is unlike anything she's ever seen before.

She watches as it crawls onto the roof of a merchant's stall, threatening to crush it under its weight. Some people are screaming and running away while others appear to be unaffected, with some even going in to either shoo it away or hit it. 2B has a different idea and reaches for the sword at her back.]

What is that?

[From behind, Pod's robotic voice answers her question.]

Affirmative. Spiders, or Araneae, are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs able to inject venom. They were the largest order of arachnids and ranked seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.

Got it.

[Whether someone needs help or would like to assist in dispatching the spider, 2B is on it!]

I. (Loops 1-3) [2B has thankfully learned her lesson from the last time she slumped into a bed of fluffy pillows. She's more careful this time, making sure to reorganize them in a way that suits her, where she won't make them pop in an explosion of feathers or sink so far into them that she can't get out. Really, it's just a single pillow for her to sit on... it's nothing special.

Regardless, she takes a seat and turns down any offer for food that the owners of the Sleepy Willow give her. Pod hovers next to her, the little light on its head obnoxiously blinking an orange light every other beat, while she scans the room. Should she recognize anyone, she'll strike up a conversation.]

Have you had any luck finding anything?

II. (Loop 4) [2B doesn't seem as inclined to talk to anyone, and rather than take a seat near the fire, she's found the one furthest away, closing herself off to the rest. During loop 4, she'll have her visor on, but streaks of tears stain her cheeks, even if she does her best to hide them. However, later loops will have her visor removed completely and crumpled up on the floor in front of her, revealing her puffy, reddening eyes. Someone's been crying...

No matter the loop, Pod's suggestion is always the same.]

Proposal: Unit 2B should communicate with fellow Reclaimers and exchange information.

[ ... ]

[Exploring the school has led her to a lot of interesting things, but none as interesting as this. She doesn't recall finding this decorative mirror earlier, but it being in the middle of nowhere special stirs her interest. 2B remains as cautious as ever during her approach, fingers twitching and prepared to seize her sword at a moment's notice, but nothing about it seems out of the ordinary. At first. She observes her own reflection following her motions as she closes the gap, but as she comes into clearer view, the image shifts, rippling into something so familiar that it makes her stomach drop.

On the other side stands another android, his white hair draping over his pale blue eyes that stare right through her, and he's smiling as brightly as she remembers. The same smile he always wore when they met. Again, and again, and again.]

9...S?

[There's no way this is real, and she knows this, but seeing him violently sparks a small ounce of hope that maybe he really is here, and that makes her hand reach out to him. To touch him, even if it's just for a moment. It's dashed just as quickly when her fingers hit the glass, and her thumb draws a line across his cheek. He looks so, so real.

She feels the familiar weight in her chest return. Her forehead presses against the mirror and she half expects her partner to flinch like he might if this were real, but he remains perfectly still.

Emotions are prohibited. Emotions are prohibited. Emotions are prohibited. Emotions are prohibited. Emotions are prohibited. Emotions are—]

Nines.

[Everything comes crashing down on her at once. Whatever 2B was trying to strangle out of herself for so long – since she arrived here – bursts from her in a loud sob. Her legs give out from beneath her and she falls to her knees, her weak body pressing to the glass. Maybe, if she wills it, she'll fall through and to him again.

Until this dreadful cycle ends, she will always be there, in the same position until the mirror disappears or someone else comes by, and even then, she'll have a hard time pulling herself away. Each time the hour begins and comes to a close, 2B only misses him more.

It always ends like this...]

[I got a teenie bit carried away with this, but feel free to hit me up with something else! If anyone would like to meet Pod 042, it'll be following her all over the school as she explores, so bumping into her anywhere isn't out of the question. Either slam dunk something here, or if you'd like to plot something out, let me know!]