Pandora the Explorer

Leon being the srstrainerdood he is had just finishing his last minute exercise before the tournament began and was coming out of the shower area, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts that were totally stolen from his old outfit and a towel around his neck. He didn't notice Pandora at first but whenever he heard someone 'hmmm' out loud he paused and looked around.

There, not but two arms length away, was a non-Model W Pandora. OH HOW HE MISSED HIS PANDORA LOVE. He blinked and, wondering if she was in the tournament as well, called out to her.

"Are you lost, miss?"

Leon had to fight back the urge to call her fat the urge to chuckle a little."Exploring, eh? Anything in particular you were looking for, or just walking around?

Model C chose this point to go active and move around inside Leon's shorts, eventually getting free of the infernal darkness known as "the inside of a pocket." Leon made no effort to hide his biometal from her, as he figured there would be some other Mega Men in the tournament, plus the fact that soon everyone here would know he was one.

Something about that excited, and frightened him.

"Mind if I join? I haven't really seen much of the place other than the gym."

"Walking around, eh? Seems like a strange thing for a girl to do, but who am I to judge?"

//Walking around? Just replace walking with running and she's like you.// Model C said, chuckling as he finally broke his silence. Leon just shook his head and continued smiling at Pandora as she agreed in letting him join her.

"Thanks, just let me grab a shirt real quick." Leon motioned to the door he was standing beside, stepping inside the room and coming back out a few seconds later with a green T-shirt on and his red backpack over his right shoulder. He had yet to put his jumpsuit back on, but he doubt anyone would mind at this point.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Pandora, my name is Leon."

Mr. Leon?

Leon flinched a bit at that name, remembering a bit of his past that had all but vanished from his mind. He hadn't been called Mr. Leon since his days in the army...

And by Alex back whenever they first met.

The expression was short and, if Pandora noticed it, he'd attempt to play it off as if it was nothing. "Mr. Leon?" he chuckled "No one has called me that before."

Model C let out a sigh from the inside of Leon's backpack, his regular resting spot, as the duo started off.

"Walking doesn't help me as much as running does, but I suppose that's because I'm a runner. I'm usually always somewhere else by the end of the night. This tournament will be the first time I've been at the same spot for..." his voice trailed off for a bit as he kept walking, his biometal decided to finish off the thought for him, not aware that Pandora was able to actually hear him.

//Almost five years.//

"Er...sorry, five years, almost."

"Yeah, I suppose you are the first." he smiled a bit. There goes the setup for possible future trust issues.

Floating? Huh. Leon made note of that.

"Running helps clear my mind. Keeps my life in order, you know? Anytime I have an issue running usually helps me solve it in some way." he said, nodding in response to the last bit Pandora had said about walking being nice. She was right. It was nice...even if the pace was a bit to slow for him. He wouldn't admit it, though.

...there was a bit of a silence as the two of them walked. He looked around as they walked, taking in the sights...but the silence was still getting to him. He allowed his mind to return back to the floating comment. "...what did you mean by floating?" he asked, turning to look at her. In this light she looked like some kind of goddess (lolpunonnames) and he couldn't help but find himself slightly attracted to her...but he was getting ahead of himself. He still had to call her fat first, engage her in combat, and then take her to an amusement park. Lolwhat.

Model C was made to be a mass produced weapon of war with the original Model C, the one Leon has, being the "general" of them all. IT's kinda the same as Albert >>;

"Levitation? Oh, I guess that makes sense." he said, nodding. It's kinda like how the biometals moved got around. "That would be kinda cool, I think."

//Ahem. Remember space?//

"Oh, right...Er, maybe it wouldn't." he said, making a face. Man, how could he forget that.

They walked in silence for a bit after she brought up the fighting bit, eventually he worked out what he wanted to say and attempted to put it to words...

"You gave up fighting...?" turning to look at her. All these questions came to mind, but the first one, the most important one, he couldn't keep from asking. "What were you fighting for?"

Pause.

That wasn't how he wanted to ask it. He'll try again.

"That didn't come out the way I meant it...I mean, did you have to fight? Was someone after you or something?"

Pause.

That was now two questions, Leon. He almost tried again but his biometal gave him a nudge and he stopped, waiting to see if any of those questions would earn him a response.

Even back home in our war torn country innocent women were kept from the bloodshed...until we lost, that is...

Model C seemed to pick up on the troubled vibes of both parties. Pandora's not wanting to be pushed on the subject of fighting and Leon's troubled state of having heard Pandora fought. Last time someone had gotten Leon like this, he took a near fatal hit for someone who ended up backstabbing him.

Excuse Model C for not liking Pandora right now, but he's not programmed to be all to forgiving.

Fighting because of a Game? Could this be that Game of Destiny that Atlas talked about...Does this make her a Mega Man too?

He walked in silence for a bit after she turned the question towards him. It was a good question. Why did he continue fighting, now that Xe was dead and he was alone.

Why?

"I fight because someone has to." he spoke softly, looking down at the ground as he did so. He wasn't exactly sure what he was fighting for now that Xe was gone, but he figured he'd find something, after all, he was here, right? And so was Alex. Maybe his destiny lead him here because she was here as well.

Leon slowly came to a stop and watched as Pandora continued going. Eventually she would notice that he stopped and she would most likely stop, but until then Leon would just watch her.

Suddenly Leon was angry, he wasn't really sure what came over him, but emotions started bubbling up. A game that ignored the lives of innocents, and she was a part of it! How many suffered because of the actions of Pandora and Atlas?

If Pandora turned around at this point, she would notice that Leon was shaking a bit out of anger.

However, if she didn't, Model C would notice the change in Leon and attempt to calm him down.

//Easy there. Remember what I told you before.// Leon sighed, nodding slowly as he inhaled and exhaled deeply to calm himself down.


(<EDIT> Because I can't post yet...

I got a serious case of deja vu from below [V] Looool.)