Scene #896:

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Koji Silvia	It's a relatively calm Sunday afternoon. Dangers on the horizon have not made themselves known, and there are enough people out there fighting the fight that it's okay for one of those young warriors of justice to take a little break. Koji is not wearing Hanzo. He is holding the watch that holds his partner and Device in his hand. The gem has imperfections and a hairline crack in it's finish. Every so often the azure glow flickers red once and settles. Settling the watch down on the desk next to Hannah, he exhales heavily, "It started about a month ago... and it's been getting worse. Hanzo keeps trying to compensate for it, but he's overwhelmed. Spells won't fire like normal, and I can't rely on his teleportation. Drone control has gotten erratic and I've had to rely more on using what little I know to keep up." Settling back against the wall, he shakes his head, "He started calling me 'Mistress' last week, and keeps issuing error codes, even when I try to set up a Barrier Jacket." <<ERROR: Code 45-D. Code 45-D.>> He frowns as the voice comes out staticy from his partner, "Like this."
Hannah Steiner	Now, normally, Hannah would be offering some sort of ease towards the apparent faults upon one Hanzo's pain. Mostly because with her skill and sheer /parts/ she could call upon to make right the Device given to her, she'd not deign to say that the piece of Device tech, Belkan or Midchildan, were out of her league. Hannah scans the full body of Hanzo, and takes in Koji's bevy of flaws that have been piling up. Her sightless eyes close, and her eyebrows clench, especially as that code is offered to her. "...Sankt be Blessed, I wish I had good news for you, mein freund." Comes Hannah sadly. A shake of the head. And then she slashes the naked air, a Duelist's Salute, and yet a weak one. Her hands find the air in a shrug. "Herr Hanzo has incompatible parts, likely of Belkan or semi-Belkan origin. Or lesser things, designed for mid-childan origins, but trying to keep such errors away." Comes the young Meister, with a sigh! "...I may be able to salvage your Device, but even one of mein skill cannot combine both! Such would result in /wroth/, if one is lucky. More like an explosion..." A sigh, and she peers at Koji. A shrug. "Which way would you like me to lean, hm?" She questions, for her dear freund!
Koji Silvia	About to say something, Koji's next thought is entirely interrupted by Hanzo. << DI-DI-DI-DI-DI.DDDDDDDDD..- Displaying Sh-Schematics. >> The crackling and unstable glow comes from the gem and the image in the air that appears is the internal layout of the Device's systems... and the giant red block that has the Belkan words 'Elementar-Verstärkungskartuscheneinheit'. The young man stares at the words, not understanding them fully, but then sits back and away for Hannah to review what's being displayed by the alien Device in it's quest to best help it's Master. Frowning, he says to Hannah, "Whatever THAT is? I think it needs to come out. But the question is... CAN you extract it? I mean... I can read the basics, and it looks like this... thing... has been infecting other systems. It only looks like the core systems are unaffected, but that looks like there's been a lot of rerouting of systems. But every time he tries to fix one thing, it breaks another." Reflex makes him want to reach out and touch Hanzo, but he balks, not wanting his little contact to disrupt Hanzo's concentration. Which is pointless as the Device suddenly switches to a recorded short of a teenaged pink-haired girl and a rough-looking latino guy at an amusement park laughing and trying to calm down to pose for a photo... and then there's a lightning-fueled explosion in the background. He just smiles, shrugs, and there's no sound but he obviously says 'Go do your thing!' And the image fades. Oddly Koji doesn't see it, lost in his thoughts as he is.
Hannah Steiner	Hannah takes in the block of Belkan words, and then the humanity that Hanzo offers up, the young woman ensureing that both sides are considered even as Koji speaks. After several more scans? She agrees with Koji's words. Infecting indeed, it seems that Hanzo has been roughed up by both the pinkette and the rough latino-freund all at once. Their dual souls seem to offer different magicks upon the Device! Sadly, it seems the pair are at odds in Belkan and Mid-Childan technology. Another scan, and Hannah nods. "Yes. Sadly, I must withdraw the superior Belkan nature of your Device." And then, she does so. Drawing upon the many tools Koji's gifted her, Hannah starts to carve out the Belkan portions of Hanzo, the young woman pausing each time to pray to the Sankt Kaiser for such an apparent heresy! She absolutely does /not/ enjoy saving poor Hanzo!
Koji Silvia	Koji waits... And Waits... And... Waits... He goes out into the hall and comes back with some ice coffee from the dorm's vending machine for Hannah any time she needs to extra boost, sticking to an oolong tea for himself. A run to the cafeteria and back is some snacks for a quick and wordless break... Laying on the bed and letting Lyra despite her strange lizard-like nature while he stares up at the ceiling. All while reading on his phone with his other hand. The young man is not someone who is at his best when he's got nothing to do. And every time the looks back, all he can do is stare as he sees the delicate-as-possible, near artistry of Hannah at work, trying to untangle the two things that are not meant to be working together and have been making each other worse. He does not see, for if he knew... it's a hemmorhage. Hannah can see it as it happens, hear the mechanicalized voice of the formerly gruff yet warm Hanzo speaking to her under her administrative code... << H-44270. Autonomous Spellcasting System... OFFLINE... SYSTEM CORRUPTION IMMINENT... >> << H-44270. Dimensional Energy Transport... OFFLINE... SYSTEM CORRUPTION IMMINENT... >> << H-44270. Advance User Assist... OFFLINE... SYSTEM CORRUPTION IMMINENT... >> << H-44270. GRIMOIRE MEMORY FAILURE... BACK-UP COMPRESSION COMMENCING... >>