HELP!

[cameracoded]

No! NO!
I’m not…
This isn’t real, th-this isn’t real!
I CAN’T BREATHE!!
I-I don’t even think I have lungs!
This isn’t… w-what’s going on…?


-=someone just woke up as a robot and is not having a good time=-

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[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt has to remind himself not to tell Prompto to take calming breathes.]

Gaining a new form means you are a shapeshifter now. You have to shift back into your true form.

[cameracoded]

But I'm a machine!

-=machines can transform! not shapeshift! it's totally different!=-

[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt remembers then how upset Daneel was when he was stuck in his elf form. It's like that, but the opposite, isn't it?]

And we will help you become human again. I promise, you will not be left like this, especially since it upsets you so deeply. We will show you how to fix it.

[cameracoded]

-=he can't really put into words right now exactly why it's making him upset, but being trapped in a form thats not yours is pretty bad all on it's own=-

Are you a shapeshifter too?

[naturaltwohands]

[He doesn't need to. The fact he's upset is enough for Drizzt.]

Only here. It is common to end up with other forms in Synodiporia. I have a form of a purple cat boy, for example.

[Not THAT kind of catboy; Drizzt doesn't even know what that is. He's just trying to distract with humor.]

[cameracoded]

-=the only catboy he knows of is Felih, so he's sort of imagining a purple version of that=-

B-but why? I'm not Sherwin! This isn't even a dream!

[naturaltwohands]

[He was SHERWIN? Wait, no, focus.]

You still gained his form. It's... a very disconcerting but unfortunately normal thing in this place.

[cameracoded]

This isn't normal! This is the opposite of normal! This is the least normal a thing can possibly be!

[naturaltwohands]

Prompto....

[Being a calm voice isn't enough, is it? He thought he heard someone was going his way. Right?]

Someone's coming to get you, yes?

[cameracoded]

Eliot said he was coming...

-=even his mental voice sounds really small right now=-

[naturaltwohands]

[Oh no, Prompto. Drizzt feels sympathy for him.]

Then I will stay with you until he arrives. You will figure out how to return to your body. It will be all right.

[cameracoded]

I hope so.

I hate this. I hate it a lot.

[naturaltwohands]

I would hate it as much as you. It is just as distressing the other way around. A robot friend of mine did not enjoy being an elf. It was very disconcerting.

[cameracoded]

D-Daneel?

[naturaltwohands]

Yes. You know him?

[cameracoded]

I helped him when he got stuck in a dungeon. Everyone thought I was a robot in there too.

[naturaltwohands]

[Oh, look. You're talking to Drizzt instead of full-blown panicking now. Distraction is a good technique.]

Good--I am so very glad to hear that you did. I went into his dungeon as well. You two are friends as well, then? [And almost died.] Daneel is one of the most important people to me in this place.

[cameracoded]

-=funny how that works=-

I-I.. maybe? Where I come from robots are... different.

[naturaltwohands]

How so?

[Keep him talking. It seems to be working.]

[cameracoded]

Th-they're weapons. They're just meant to kill people.

[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt closes his eyes, even if it can't be seen over the network.]

... Ah. I am glad Daneel is not from your world, then. The idea of him hurting anyone affronts me to the depths of my soul.

[cameracoded]

-=daneel is good and he knows daneel is good. doesn't even think of him as the same kind of thing at all=-

I-I don't want to be anything like them. I just...

[naturaltwohands]

You will not be like them.

[Gentle and firm.]

I would compare you to Daneel, not them.

[cameracoded]

-=drizzt doesn't understand the real problem, but he's not about to go explaining it. instead there's something of a mental whimper of discontent=-

I hope so.

[naturaltwohands]

[He's trying?]

You will be yourself soon enough.