Blapper, Part 2


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“So do you know who I am?” He asked.

Tufty shrugged her shoulders, “Sorry, we have no real idea, from what you’ve told us and what we’ve gleaned off you biomechanical frame we know that you were a project of Crey Industries, presumably one that went wrong, which is why you are here and not there.”

“So I don’t even have a name?”

“Actually, we think you do, we’ve all been calling you Blapper since Raylin and I hauled you in?”

“Blapper? Why?”

“Lean forward.” He leant forward allowing Tufty to reach over his head, “Now I know you can’t feel this but if I run my finger across this plate at the base of your skull it reads BL4-PP3R, which kinda looks like Blapper.”

“Any idea what that means?” The defender shook her head. “What else can you tell me… about me?”

“Well we know for a fact that you’re not all human.”

“I would never have guessed.” Said Blapper indicating at his mechanical right arm.

“Actually its more than that, you’re DNA had been modified, hence your impressive size and formidable structure.” said a new voice as a woman swept into the room, “Hi, I’m Electrify, I’ve been examining some tests we did and some X-Rays.”

“Nice to meet you I’m sure.”

Electrify kept talking as if he’s not spoken, excitement burning in her eyes. “We can’t tell you much about the mechanical elements of you, we’ve had to order out of house but biologically you are fascinating.”

“Go on.” Said Blapper, knowing full well she would anyway.

“You are human in one sense, you bones, tissues and organs are all human and in the right place, however you were never born,” raising an eyebrow she muttered “to the joy of some woman who would ever have had to remember carrying quite the biggest child ever borne.” She caught herself, “it seems that you were grown, manufactured, your body parts all have a code on them, like a puzzle or something.”

“Like the code on my neck?” he interjected hoping to participate in the conversation, and failing.

“Completely different from the ones in your neck, that seems to be a model code, these are relevant to the location of the bones in your body, its quite remarkable how strong they are and how big, the only things I know that appear in paragon with that weight of bone structure are the Supa Trolls.”

“So I’m a…”

“Which you are very far removed from, there is not a trace of ‘dine in your body, no hint of any chemicals actually, it’s as if you were made like you are now. The only question is how they would make you so… so aware, there is no way any form of AI could have the clear communicative and responsive skills that you have.”

“So what are you saying?”

“Indulge me whilst a test a hypothesis. I’m going to say a villain name and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes into you mind.”

“Ok, I don’t know why but I’ll give it a go.”

“Circle of Thorns. Earth Caster.”

“Get off the ground.”

“Rikti. Chief Mentaslist.”

“Stun him first.”

“Malta. Sapper.”

“Kill him fast.”

“Very good, you know what to do, but tell me, what does a Sapper look like?”

Blapper scratched his head. “I don’t know.”

“The conclusion can only be this, either you have a synthetic brain that they have only part programmed, very expensive and not very Crey, or you have the brain of a hero who has fought and defeated all these things, which makes you someone else.”

“Ok, Electrify was it, you’re telling me that they took my brain, whoever I am and put it in this body, then what, reprogrammed me?”

“Yes, or no, yes someone else’s brain, no, they only partly reprogrammed you. If you were fully reprogrammed you’d be off doing Crey dirty work right now.” Electrify looked at him then placed her hands on her hips, “Or then maybe you are a spy?”

Blapper slapped his hand on his forehead, “Oh yes, that’s it I’m a spy trying to find out what I am?”

“No need to be glib about it you know.”

“Sorry, I’m just having a weird day.”

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Aeronaut strode into the SNHS base removing his helmet as he did, the call had come through that a new Crey weapon had been recovered and he had been asked to collect it, he hadn’t been sleeping much, the city was busy and the Rangers were still recovering from the death of Doulos a few weeks before, he was tired and fed up, the last thing he wanted to do was look at some gizmo the SNHS had recovered through microscope. Raylin pointed him in the direction of the room where the gizmo was being stored, he stifled a yawn and walked into the room, Tufty and Electrify were deep in conversation with a third person, who he could only describe as a giant, “Sorry Raylin told me we had some new gadget in here that you wanted the tech department at the Rangers to look at, some kind of weapon?”

“That’s me.” Said the giant in a booming voice, Aeronaut noticed as he spoke his jaw was made of metal that blended into a metallic plate in his neck then his right shoulder before joining to a massive mechanical fist which stretched towards him as if awaiting a handshake, “Hi, I’m Blapper.”

“Right, there must be a mix up, sorry to interrupt, I know nothing about biology.”

Tufty caught him on the arm, “Aero, Blapper is a blaster, that arm of his is a cybernetic biomechanism that generates vast amounts of energy, he’s a blaster, just like you.”

“There is no blaster just like me.”

Tufty smiled, “I know that but take a look, the arm is damaged, I’ve spoken to Frozen Rogue who has agreed that you are to take Blapper on and train him until he has enough control to look out for himself.”

Aeronaut swallowed a curse, then he swallowed another, and another. “Well if Frozen says it must be so.” He said rolling his eyes, “How did you damage the arm?”

“Jurassik hit him.” Interjected Electrify. “Twice.”

“What?” said Aeronaut raising his eyebrows, “And it’s still in one piece.” Eagerness twinged his voice, “Let me have a closer look then, can I use you worktables?”

“Of course.”

Aeronaut shook the hand that still waited for him, but he wasn’t paying attention to anything but the arm, “Come with me Blapper, you’re in safe hands.”

“Ok.” Said the confused giant. “But if anything goes wrong then I’ll blame you for it.”

“What did you just say?” said Aeronaut, anger suddenly flashing across his eyes.

The giant recoiled slightly, “Sorry, I was just making a joke.”

“Right.” Aeronaut said bluntly before taking Blapper by the arm and nearly hauling him out of the room, Blapper looked over his shoulder at Tufty with a look of near panic, she smiled and gave him a thumbs up. “Let’s see if we can’t figure out what you are then.”

Somehow Blapper was more worried about what Aeronaut might do to him than anything that any SNHS member would.


 

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We want more! We want more! We want more!


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Perfectly put


 

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only started reading them recently, but very good reading, looking forward to the next ones


 

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good story, cant wait for part 3


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“Ok.” Said the confused giant. “But if anything goes wrong then I’ll blame you for it.”

ROFL!
Love that .


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Cool story, keep it up D .


 

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ROFL!
Love that .

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{{{{{{{LARGE chunk of text removed here. I was about to put forward some thoughts on expected plot progression, but then realised that if my thoughts mirrored the author's he'd probably turn my skull into a decorative ashtray for spilling them in advance of the storyline. See? I DO have tact! My teachers wer SO wrong }}}}}}}


 

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No, you have delayed tact. Its the equivilent of walking up to a woman with an ugly baby, saying 'MAN! That baby is UGLY!' then feeling a but guilty about it later

However, I didn't read your post pre-edit, but I think I know where you're coming from


 

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Whilst you may have a (quite obvious) clue of where this is going, the complexity of the actual plot with its twists and turns will make it a bit of a better story that: 3 parts, conclusion, happily ever after, now that just isn't fun.

After all the joy in reading the last chapter is not found in the last chapter itself, rather the story leading up to it.


 

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Good stuff D. Just what I needed to ease me back into work.


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Actually, there was no ninja editing of an original post. I wrote the whole thing and deleted it, but was unhappy with the one-line response, so I thought I'd justify the upping of my post count with some more words!

I know whatever feeble efforts my tired brain could have conceived would not have matched the actual complexity of your plots, D, but I didn't want to risk your wrath!


 

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LOLOLOL!!!
Poor Aero, even the last one that arrives wants to blame him!

Very well done, as always D


 

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good reading, altho i am forming theories on what (and who) Blapper is (or was)...

altho thinking too much when i should be working...