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Date & Time: April 23rd,
Location: Room 206
Characters: Sollux Captor, Equius Zahhak, Nikolai Nazarov
Summary: Fixing Nik!
Warnings: None so far.

Sollux really, really, really, really did not want to work with Equius right now. He'd rather just keep to himself, for however long he could. Which was hard, considering who he had for roommates... But he did say he'd help Nik, and he was honestly curious in what exactly gives a robot a case of Multiple Personality Disorder. Or whatever it was that Nik had. The other was an AI, so... was it already programmed into him, that he would have other personalities? Or was it something that came along later? He still doesn't know much, but he'd like to find out. Now if only he could get Equius out of the picture for this. In the mean time, Sollux waits for the other to arrive, in the main room of his shared living space.

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It doesn't take Nik long to show up. He remembers where Equius' room is and this time he's excited to actually meet Equius' roommates, since he hadn't gotten to last time.

When he arrives, he stands up on tip-toe and reaches as high as he can to knock on the door.

And, because he knows he's a little too short to be seen from the peephole, he also calls out to make himself known. "Hello! It's Nikolai."

Oh, right Nikolai.

He should probably answer that.

Which he'll do, despite he problems with leaving his room because any interaction with either of his roommates is something he'd prefer to avoid under any and all circumstances. But Nikolai he likes, and he'll do what he can to assist him.

Which apparently means working with... Sollux. Granted Equius will most likely not have to do much here since the other troll can literally just plug his computer into Nikolai's system.

"Hello, Nikolai, come in." A small, very reluctant smile as he opens the door, moving out of the way.

"I assume this visit is for-?"

"Me," Sollux interrupts, stepping toward the door to see Nikolai in person. "You're uthelessth here, tho go back to your room and eat metal or thomething."

Equius' small smile is met with a big smile from Nik, who immediately starts to go for the now-customary faceplant hug into Equius' leg. Only this time, he gets distracted halfway there by the appearance of a roommate. Nik stops to begin a cheery wave towards Sollux, until Sollux speaks, at which point Nik's lowers his hand again and wrinkles his nose in confusion.

"You can't eat metal," he says, matter-of-factly. "That's not edible." Duh, Sollux, that's just silly.

All the same, he still takes a step towards Sollux. Only to hesitate and look up at Equius, as if waiting for permission.

Yeah, ignoring you, Sollux.

"You would be right, I can't eat metal."

Equius watches Nikolai, not realizing that his look back was one of anxiety. He's still having a hard time judging what this little robot is to him. But that look soon pulls a heart string and nods, moving a hand up to scratch at the back of hi neck.

"It's all right," expression calm, till he glances up to Sollux, face tensing a little.

"Despite his putrid presence, I trust his expertise."

Sollux's eye twitches, but he turns back to look at his bedroom door, where his computer is located. "Let me thee what kind of portsth you have. I need to thee what kind of wiresth I need to usthe for thith."

Seeing that Equius has given him the okay to go, Nik takes a couple more steps towards Sollux.

"I have ports in my back!" he says. Holding up the correct number of fingers, he adds, "I got four of them. But you only need to use one."

He turns around and pulls the back of his shirt up just enough to show off the first port, a mostly-circular indent lined in black metal. "See? I got one that connects to older terminals too, that one's here." He taps just a little below the nape of his neck.

[A protective glare directed at Sollux takes place before he crosses his arms, watching the two of them move to Sollux's bedroom. His teeth grind and his hands clench, and though he doesn't want to trust Sollux, and something in him claws away at his insides about how he's unworthy, about how he's useless, Equius knows he's not. He might be a disgusting example of their kind and a lowly whelp, but he knew about this and was skilled enough to warrant some respect.]

[Whatever, better not mess this one up, Captor.]

[He doesn't intend to mess anything up. But regardless, he guides Nik into his room, pointing to a part of the desk that is cleared off and gesturing for Nik to sit there while he finds a cord to connect into his computer, and then into Nik's back.

It's once he sees the ports on the other's back, especially the ones in his neck, does Sollux wince slightly. He has to remind himself that this is a computer, through and through. Not a living being that was turned into a robot. It's not like Helmsmenship. There's nothing wrong with this.]

Alright. We'll jutht need the one port. Have a theat.

[ Nik doesn't sit immediately, too curious about the cord he's connected to and the computer on the other end of it to cooperate. But he does sit, eventually, right where Sollux had indicated. Swinging his legs back and forth off the edge of the table as he waits. ]

Do I need to go to sleep? [ And then a little anxiously, to Equius: ] Are you going to stay and watch?

Um.

If that is a thing you'd prefer I can. [Though it means staying around Sollux...]

[He'll do it for Nikolai but eeuugh.]

You can thtay awake. It might be more utheful if you do, in cathe I trigger thomething weird.

[Said, while paying no attention to Equius. Bad enough he had to talk to him or be near him, but now the other is in his respiteblock? Gross.]

[ Nik remains totally oblivious to all the roommate drama happening around him and simply grins widely at both Sollux and Equius. ]

Okay! I'm ready then. Let me know what you find.

[ He closes his eyes, but doesn't go to sleep as Sollux had asked him not to. And starts humming to himself. ]

[Watches.]

[Wow, this situation isn't trying on his patience at all. Just tune it out, Captor...

Geez these files are a mess.]

What exactly am I looking for? Corrupted filesth, altered data... Oh. Yeah, tell me when you latht had a perthonality thwitch. I can thearch the date that happened and thee if anything comesth up.

Well, there's... two things inside of my head... I would look for corrupted data because one of them is a virus I think. But I don't know what the other one is, or where it lives....

[ Nik screws his face up and does a quick memory check to answer the second part. ]

March 3rd, I think. That's the last time I remember. [ Nik makes a face. ] That was when the virus one talked to Mister Charles.

[ And as Nik speaks, he starts to feel uneasy. He blinks. But no, nothing's happening. Not yet.... ]

[Heavy breathing.]

[Staring.]

Nikolai.

[He takes in a deep breath, weitting his lips before he speaks again.]

It will be okay.

[Equius is barely even saying anything and Sollux just cannot stand the guy. Nik surely doesn't seem to notice how ABSOLUTELY IRRITATING Equius is being right now, but it's really getting on Sollux's last nerves. He turns to glare at the other, and then sighs harshly, before looking back to the computer screen to search for the date that Nikolai had mentioned.]

March three, march three...

[Oh. Wow, yeah, this file. ṃαlετṡќï. That's definitely some messed up shit in that one.]

Found thome thingsth that don't look right. I'm going try to open up thomething here. Don't freak out.

[ Nik's uneasiness starts to show through, in his frown, in his rapid blinking, in the worried looks he gives to both Equius and Sollux, until his eyes settle on Equius. ]

I hope so, Mister Equius....

[ And then his gaze quickly returns to Sollux, uneasiness suddenly unfolding into outright anxiety. Despite Sollux's request. ]

Don't look right? Like what? What did you find? I don't... uhm. What are you seeing?

A file. Did you know your firewallsth are all totally down? No wonder you caught a viruth. You're ethentially walking around naked. I'll fix thothe later. No point in putting them up with the viruth thtill there.

[A bit more clicking about outside of the Maletski file, before Sollux finally dives into it.]

... Oh. Uh.

[Those don't look good. Corrupted files all around. He can probably just delete them right off, they don't seem to be even connected anywhere. Like pulling out dead wires...]

Delete... delete...

They're down? I didn't notice they were down! They were up this morning when I--

[ Delete.

Nik shuts up, suddenly, and the lights in his eyes shut off without warning. He goes stiff and still but only for a split second.

One second, before colors swirl into his eyes and Maletski opens his mouth wide to scream.

He shoves himself off the edge of the desk immediately, crashing to the ground and rolling away, trying to disconnect himself from the wires stuck in his back. Flailing, seizing, spitting and still shrieking like he's just been set on fire. ]

GET THE FUCK OFF ME!

[The colour drains from Equius's face when he hears that scream and his whole body tenses, staring in Nikolai's direction. Quickly he gets up to try and hold Nikolai down, as effectively as possible without actually damaging him. He's touched Nikolai before without anything bad happening so-]

Nikolai! Stop!

Ah-

[Wow, that is not what he expected to happen. Sollux's eyes begin to glow, as he prepares to hold Nikolai down, but Equius already has control of the situation, thankfully. Instead, he tries to disconnect the wires without breaking anything.]

Calm down!

[ Given the sheer durability of his physical vessel, Maletski suffers no damage from Equius' attempts to hold him down -- but he puts up as much of a fight as he can get out of this four-year-old body. Which, really, isn't that much.

So he resorts to shrieking. Shrieking more, that is. ]

No! YOU stop!

[ But no, this isn't the one... not this one. Maletski's eyes swivel crazily and settle on Sollux. And narrow. Though still pinned down by Equius, Maletski manages to wriggle one arm free to point an accusing finger at the other troll. ]

You! Ffffffuck you and the fucking shitbucket you rode in on! What the hell did you do?

[He's doing fine holding Nikolai down, and it's always a relief to see he doesn't damage the young construct. Equius would feel pretty terrible harming Nikolai, even if he is just a robot...]

[Oh goodness, the shrieking is getting him anxious though. He does his best to continue keeping Nikolai down, even if he's getting a bit flustered.[

Oh my God, Niko- no, wh-who ever you are, stop this!

[Hopefully, Equius keeps Nik under control there, because he's looking like he'd rip Sollux's face off if he didn't.]

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! I jutht deleted EMPTY FILESTH, THERE WATH NOTHING ON THEM!

Empty files? Empty files? Is your head shoved up your ass? They weren't empty! That's me you're deleting, dipshit! I'll kill you I'll kill you I'LL KILL YOU--

[ And on and on, all the while fighting tooth and nail to get free of Equius. The hell is up with that guy, anyway? Come on, Maletski's small, but he's still putting up a pretty good fight.... And now Maletski turns his glare back on Equius. ]

Get your fucking hands off me! [ And now Maletski finally stops shrieking to try biting down on Equius' arm. Hard. ]

[All this hissing and shoving and clawing is getting him really anxious here, but he keeps his grip, holding down Nikolai rather easily despite how anxious he's getting. Soon he glances to Sollux with a rather tight lipped expression.]

And what you suggest we do now!?

[Owowow, biting dag nabbit. He tries not to swipe him away even if biting does hurt a bit, but all this thrashing, and pain, and these expletives? Gosh he's working up a little sweat now.]

I can rethtore them if you thtop FUCKING AROUND, ATHWIPE.

[Oh great, and now Sollux has completely lost his patience too. Sorry Equius, you're the only one in the room with sanity at the moment.

...There is another alternative. He's never done this before on something larger than his bees, but Nik is techno-organic in a sense, so it should still work. Maybe. He's also really flipping his shit, and trying to send a psionic blast out to knock the other unconscious could just not work at all.

He puts his hand to his forehead, concentrating.]

Keep holding him or I'll blow hith fucking head off.

[ Wow, is this sweaty asshole strong or what? Maletski would be almost impressed if he weren't completely out of his mind with rage.

He does stop struggling for a second when he hears the words 'blow his head off', though. Just long enough to give Sollux the squintiest look he can muster up. ]

What? What are you doing? [ Maletski looks up at Equius. ] What the fuck is he doing?

[All this yelling, wow, he, give him a moment to respond, Maletski, he's trying to just stare at Sollux awkwardly.]

[Sh- whoa hold him or, what now? Good thing he's already holding him, but he'll tighten his grip a little better now, not that he needs to with how still the small boy is now.]

[Sollux better not mess this up... Nikolai is still in there, dangit.]

[He's not going to mess up. Hopefully. Finally, Mal does stop moving, and Sollux can concentrate. And if Mal's managing to listen in his mind, he'll probably hear Sollux's voice in a different language, Alternian, but the word translates to 'sleep.'

He rarely tries to force sleep on someone, but this seemed necessary...]

[ Hearing that resounding silence from both trolls, Maletskin begins to grow uneasy. He tries to pound a tiny fist against Equius' arm. ]

Hey. Hey! I asked a question, you oversized sack of....

[ He trails off. Words? There's words in his head? Is that Cherkesov, or Nikolai, or -- no, that's not even fucking English. Or any other language that Maletski might recognize.

He has just enough time to turn outraged eyes upon Sollux again before he blacks out. The multitude of colors in his eyes swirls away and leaves only a dull, blank white. His eyes do not close, but underneath Equius' grip, Nikolai's body finally goes limp and lifeless. ]

[And the silence is so very welcoming.]

Thank fuck that'th over with. Get that fucking maniac out of my rethpiteblock, I'm never helping you with shit again.

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Nik-mun, message me with anything you want sollux to find/not find?

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WHOOPS LATE

IT'S NEVER LATE AROUND HERE B)

WELL GOOD BECAUSE I AM TOO.

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