It Started With A Smile, And A Wad Of Cash

[Kami-Gaz]

With how Danny commented on how building robots was an interesting project and how Al kept himself busy the young inventor brought a bright and genuine smile to his face. The inventor who was sat in his chair with a feeling of contentment. He had been recognised for his ability, even if it was unfinished. “Games? I think the hotel has a pack of cards in the room… I don’t have dice but I can make some quick enough.” Al spoke in a pondering tone.

Hie eyes fell to look at the coffee table betwixt the two and stared off into the middle distance as he ran a few numbers in his head. There were some spare materials that he could use to make a set of metal dice, a quick tinker and they could be made. After a moment he looked up and locked eyes with his bodyguard. Then he grinned. “I’ll make some dice, give me like twenty minutes.” He spoke, plucking his cane up and using it to stand.

“I don’t know many games, some of the nurses in hospital played some basic ones with me when I was a kid…” He spoke, shuffling out of the seating area to head over to where Andrew was situated. “But I always preferred to just build things.” Al explained as the robot looked to him and nodded.

“And might I say, you do a mighty fine job of it Al.” AnDRW spoke with a chipper electronic tone, his one arm raising into the air as if to be a fist pump. “You have done excelent work on me so far.” He added, his praise making Al smile even more with a minor colouration in his cheeks. He was obviously very proud of his work.

“I do my best!” But my best piece is going to happen when we find Doctor Honey’s lab on the grand line.” He looked back at Danny and a confidence filled him. “And my best is going to be amazing, it’ll change the world! I’m sure.”

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Post: 15

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen:    ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man:  8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

With a nod, Danny watched as the dying man suddenly looked so content and it warmed her heart to see such a look of pride on his gentle features.

“Alright, cards and dice should do the trick… you seem to have a lot of other odds and ends lying about, so a makeshift tower game would also work.” She uttered, glancing toward R0y to get a look at whether he had fingers that would allow him to participate in a stacking game like that or not. She wondered if he’d be any good at it, but then again, it didn’t really matter. The point wasn’t to win.

While AnDRW and his creator spoke to each other, Danielle didn’t get involved and simply watched in admiration. There was something satisfying in seeing the satisfaction in others’ faces, but perhaps the most satisfying thing of all was seeing some form of colour return to the young man’s face. A smile crept across her own as he looked at her, his confidence spreading from his own demeanor into her own as she nodded in response.

“Your best will be impossible to go unnoticed or forgotten.” She replied in an equally confident tone as she genuinely believed it, even if that statement was only true for the people present in the room.

“Okay, so…” taking a deep breath, the treasure huntress began to explain a couple of games for them to play, some including dice alone, others just the cards, and finally the stacking tower game. The latter was easy enough to assemble with a simple sweep of her arm across the floor as she sat down on the carpet and gathered all the little odds and ends that were allowed to litter the floor of the hotel room.

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

Al was a blur of movements as he shaved some metal into the perfect dimensions for a set of dice and chiselled the pips that were needed to indicate which side was which. This was the one place he didn’t let his condition impede him; it was caused by his sheer determination to create. As he finished, he did a test roll on the table by Andrew and smiled as he rolled double sixes.

“So, the games?” He asked, allowing Danielle to rattle off a few games and their rules for him to grasp, which he did. It led to the young inventor sitting on the floor and following in someone else’s pattern for what felt like the first time in years. It was strangely relaxing to just let go and do something people would consider normal, if a little childish.

It led to the pair playing all sorts deep into the night, so late and so fun that they forgot themselves. Past the hour of midnight there was a knock on the door. R0y was the one to open it and with an inquisitive tilt to his head. The receptionist from earlier was the one that sheepishly looked in and saw the innocent scene of the pair playing stacking and dice games. As the tension left her body, she left with only one request. “It’s late and someone complained… Can y’all please quieten down or go to bed?”

With that Al grew red in the face, almost as red as his hair was. This was the first time he had complaints about having fun with a friend, he had one or two nudges about working late on his projects, but he was always mindful to not do anything too loud until the next day. This was completely different, and he smiled with a not back. “Bedtime it is, I’m getting quite tired.”

With a hand from R0y the young man was headed to the bedroom. “Danny… Thank you for this. Tonight, was wonderful. I haven’t laughed like that ever.” The young roboticist spoke, as he carefully sat on the side of his bed and rested the cane on. “I’ll see you in the morning.”

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Post: 16

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen:    ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man:  8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

Danny’s eyes were fixed on Al as he moved from one spot to another, busy as a bee to relentlessly work on making a set of dice out of scrap metal. It didn’t take long at all, and they would soon all be heavily engaged in their party games.

Playing games was not something Danielle did very frequently as she was often deeply concerned about one thing or another that kept her brow in perpetual knots. When there was nothing specific to worry about, she continued to focus on her goal of acquiring all the riches that she could, all for her Rosalina, as was her end goal to this task of protecting Alphonse. That said, however, tonight was quite different, as seeing the young man before her truly enjoy himself and laugh to his heart’s content warmed her own heart and she soon found herself following after him.

She was nowhere near hysterical with laughter, but she couldn’t remember the last time she laughed as much as she did in such a carefree manner - not even when she was with Rosalina.

As the knock at the door was answered, she let out a sigh to come down from a momentary laughing fit as she remained seated on the floor. Turning to look at the receptionist, then at Al, she stood up with another sigh. “Okay, probably good to call it a night.” She agreed, dusting herself off out of habit despite there being very little need for it. Pausing, she looked at him as she received is thanks, clearly not expecting them as her eye was wide and fixed on him, reflecting its ruby red shades at him.

With a nod, she smiled. “See you in the morning,” she replied before heading to the sofa to make herself comfortable for the night. She had a tall frame but was terribly skinny and didn’t require a lot of space.

The next morning, Danielle awoke in the same posture that she had fallen asleep in: her legs were crossed at the ankles while her heels rested on the armrest, the sofa slightly too small for the entire length of her body, and her arms were still crossed as her head was nestled into the cushions of the back of the sofa, the other armrest serving as a pillow. As she stirred, the sun was just rising, peeking in through the window that she slept facing deliberately to be awoken by it so as to waste no time.

Taking a deep breath, she reached up to rub her one exposed eye, then gently ran a finger just below the seam of her eye patch, massaging the skin where a pressure mark was visible before the cover was pulled back into its proper place. Rolling onto her side, she slipped off the comfortable couch and rose to her feet.

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

The slither of sunlight that had managed to come through the small crack in Alphonse’s curtains in the early hours of the morning had him awake already. He in that time in the early morning took what medication he needed to ingest and packed up everything from his bedroom. It was mostly some clothes and tools that were all neatly laid out by a small project that he had been working on in bed the days before. The rolling suit case that he pulled out of his room after he heard the shifting of Danielle gently leaned against the wall.

“Roy, can you go and pack Andy up and strap him to your back? I’ll get my tools.” He whispered to the robot that left behind him wheeling out a much bigger suitcase. The artificial being nodded and in a quiet tone cracked out his reply. “Rooooooy~.”

The frail redhead smiled with a nod before looking over to realise that Danielle was already stood and rubbing her face free from the cruel sands of sleep. “Morning!” He spoke, beaming a happy smile to her. His tone was grand and warm just like it was the day before. “Did you sleep well? I hope Mister Wellerfella has a bed for us all.” He added, pulling his case over as he hobbled forward with his Cane.

“ROY!” The robot with the drawn-on face replied, waving to Danielle too as he situated Andrew on his back. “Roy, is there a reason I am facing backwards?” The other robot asked as his head tried to swivel round to see what was in front. “Miss Danny, I am terribly sorry for my rudeness. A dolt is carrying me!” the robot carried on waving his one had in their direction. “Roy.”

Alphonse chuckled at the exchange and shook his head. “Make sure he is secure I’ll get the tools. I finished your pressurised servitor last night before I fell asleep Andy, when we are next settled down, I can build your legs!” He spoke in such a chipper tone, the bags under his eyes seemed as bad as they were yesterday… a mixture of lack of sleep and the illness slowly creeping up to claim him.

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Post: 17

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen:    ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man:  8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

Danielle turned to look at Alphonse as he wished her a good morning and offered a nod with only a hint of a smile. It was a polite gesture more than anything else, there wasn’t really much to smile about, if not in response to the man’s chipper tone.

“Yes, I did.” She lied, the sofa not being very comfortable for a woman of her frame. “I hope so too, but it sounded like his ship would be well equipped. He seemed to speak highly of it.”

Her gaze then fell on R0y as the mechanical being waved to her and she awkwardly waved back without really saying anything. Then her attention shifted onto the most recent robotic addition, AnDRW, as what he said came as a bit of a surprise to her - and it wasn’t his rudeness. “Miss?” she unintentionally blurted out, then glanced at Alphonse, then back at the robot strapped onto R0y’s back. It wasn’t that she deliberately tried to hide her actual gender, but things were usually less complicated when she just went along with the common misconceived idea that she was actually a he. To think that a robot could see through this was truly something impressive of its creator’s skills… it’s design was truly intelligent.

Moving on with no desire to make a fuss of this, she cleared her throat and turned back to Alphonse once more. “Have my things been brought downstairs? Nobody has come to say so and I’m afraid I can’t leave anything behind. If not, all I ask is to make a quick stop and I will pick them up personally. It won’t take me long.” She didn’t wish to hold anybody back, but she had some valuable items packed away in her bags… the 12 cheques that she took care of at the bank were only a fraction of the riches that came with her from her endeavours with the Professor. Losing those items would be a great pity and a devastating loss to her collection of wealth.

She sincerely hoped that they were downstairs, safe and sound and that worry clearly reflected in her ruby red eye.

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

Al saw the reaction on Danny’s face as Andrew addressed her as a miss, it was quite clear now that Danny was a female and that she was used to either being mistook for male or wished for it to be that way. His eyebrow arced ever so slightly but then fell as he kept his characteristic goofball smile and used his walking to lead the group out. “Yes, they will have gotten all of your things brought over. I think it will be in the luggage room.” The sickly young man explained as he stood by the elevator.

The elevator dinged and there was no attendant this morning, but that was fine as Al, Roy and Andrew could pile in with more than enough space for luggage and Danny. As they were all in, he leaned over and pressed the button for ground floor. “I can’t wait for all of this… I’ve wanted to go over reverse mountain since I read about it as a child!” He said that tone of excitement ringing through as the elevator jolted and they headed down.

“Roy…. Roy roy ro?” The bot with the bulbus head and drawn on face spoke, his head tilting as he looked backtoward Danny. His goofy drawn on face making him sound so stupid in the moment as his words had a tinge of question to them.

“That’s not for you to ask Roy, Danny is Danny and that’s all we need to know.” Al replied as Andrew opened his mouth, the light that was at the back of his mouth starting to light up. The word got choked off though as Al bowed his head to his body guard. “Roy is inquisitive, and Andrew reads too deep into things. I am sorry if they get annoying sometimes.”

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Post: 18

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen: ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man: 8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

Ignoring the look on Al's face, Danielle was grateful that he also dismissed the ambiguity in the air after what was said, as he also moved on.

“Okay, good.” Nodding, she adjusted her weapon on her belt before she followed him out to the elevator and waited for it to arrive at their floor, avoiding looking at AnDRW for the time being. Once the chime of the lift was heard, she extended an arm to make sure the door was securely held open while Al and R0y got on, AnDRW on the other robot’s back. Helping with whatever she could, she then got onto the elevator herself and glanced at Al as he expressed his desire to go over reverse mountain. She had to admit, it wasn’t much of a dream of hers. Danielle did not particularly care very much for travelling, although she’s been doing a lot of it recently… her goal was not the variety of landscapes, but the riches that lay buried beneath them or within the stone walls of wealthy patrons, art collectors, and noblemen who stupidly flaunted their riches.

“I see… what is it about reverse mountain that entices you so?” She asked, having never understood the thrill of sailing the seas and visiting new places - experiencing other cultures and sceneries was nice, sure, but in the end it didn’t seem like much to brag about in her opinion. If one were to compare the accomplishments of a traveller to those of a family man, a respected mother, or a bachelor with money and companies to their name, it seemed like a rather silly thing for one to choose ‘I saw mountains and grasslands, beautiful scenes and will take that to my grave’ over a real form of legacy. This one puzzled Danielle, as a legacy was what she knew Al wanted.

Her pondering was interrupted by R0y, as he looked back at her, a staring robot at whom she frowned in return and raised her eyebrow as she stared back as if to ask ‘what are you looking at?’

R0y’s words were gibberish to her, but it seemed that was not the case with Al. As the man corrected his creation, she sighed and looked away as what he contributed was enough to give Danielle an idea of what sort of question was asked somewhere in between the first, second, third or the partial fourth ‘ro’.

“Thank you,” she muttered, as Al offered an apology on their behalf. “It’s alright. It’s quite impressive, actually… the way you’ve programmed both of them, it’s amazing that they are very much like real people. Andrew might be too observant for his own good - or yours - and R0y…” her gaze fell on the robot with the bulbous head. Was he annoying? Yes… but he was also somewhat cute, and of an incredible design. “Well, he makes up for that with the curious mind of a child…”

As she watched R0y, Danielle didn’t have a doubt in her mind that it was for the better that his language was so limited. She wouldn't bare all the questions that she just knew would come from him, non-stop.

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

There was a pit forming in Al’s stomach after he made his apology to Danny, he felt bad that robots he created were oblivious to obvious projections that the other human in the elevator was giving off. He could have done better in their programming, or at least updates in their logic matrices so they could better judge the situation and respond better. The young frail man moved to lean against the wall of the elevator and listened to response. That pit that was in his stomach filled as he was praised for his creations and their personalities.

With a bright beaming smile, he stood tall again, leaning onto his cane instead of the wall as the door opened behind him. “Thank you, Danny, they have taken me a lot of time and many attempts but these two are still nowhere near perfect.” He admitted before turning around, his smile still so bright that it made the morning sun look dim. Al always aimed for perfection but like a real scientist he would never reach it in his lifetime… because there is always ways to improve.

As he walked out of the elevator there were a small well organised pile of Danny’s things by the reception. The friendly receptionist was there and waved to the pair immediately, grinning as she did. “Master Alphonse! Good Morning! As requested, we gathered all of ya’ll bodyguards’ belongings and brought them ‘ere.” She spoke, her usual twang filling her words.

“Thank you Ellise, I am checking out now.” He spoke as he and R0y moved closer, the robot holding all of his goods and carrying AnDRW on his back. The clanking of metal was subtle but could still be heard as both the robots waved to the receptionist in unison.

The woman took a moment before nodding, her lip quivering as she remembered the story of this young man. “Well! Thank you for staying with us Alphonse, you were an amazing guest an’ I know I’ll miss ya.” She spoke as she signed a form and flipped it around. The frail redhead leaned over and signed it aswell and placed his key on the counter.

“It was my pleasure… Now, we better get going Danny, Mister Wellerfella is waiting for us.”

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Post: 19

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen: ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man: 8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

“It shows you’ve put a lot of effort into them…” Danielle nodded in response, only glancing at Alphonse for a moment before watching the robots once more. “Very few things in life are perfect, whether they occur naturally or not.” With a shrug, she lowered her gaze and then adjusted her jacket before she walked out of the elevator with him and his mechanical companions.

Her things were spotted in an instant. There weren’t many, it was mainly one backpack that had her personal belongings in it, and a second bag had her ‘souvenir’ so to speak from her time with the Professor. Among other things, that included the dreaded dress that she had every intention to burn, yet she somehow couldn’t bring herself to do it… perhaps it was the fact that it was worth a lot more money if sold in one piece than in burnt fragments.

“Thank you very much. “ She uttered to the receptionist as she swung the backpack onto her shoulder and held the other bag in her hand. It was bulky because of its contents, but lighter than the one weighing on her shoulder.

As Alphonse took care of checking out, Danielle kept a vigilant eye on what was going on while she waited patiently. Occasionally, her gaze would drift away to eye the other people in the room, flesh and bones or otherwise. Once he was finished, she offered a nod and held the door open for Alphonse and then for R0y as well as she found herself being courteous even to an artificial being.

“He is, but a few more minutes wouldn’t hurt.” She said, meaning for Alphonse not to rush himself. After all, the man knew what sort of man he was offering to take on board when he offered, so if he honestly expected them to be there in a flash, he must be deluded… and Danielle would be ready to call him out on that if it was needed. Turning back to offer one last nod of gratitude toward the receptionist, she let go of the door and hurried out after Al and R0y, allowing the door to close behind her.

She wasn’t sure what to expect of this journey… but it was one she was looking forward to. Her greatest worry was being so far from home. Shimoshiki Island was where Rosalina was, and her brother, Hayden, was somewhere in the East as well. While she was used to traveling to different islands, sailing to the Grand Line was going to be new to her… for the first time in a long time, she silently wished that Hayden would find some mystical way to just be here and pop up out of nowhere, just to see him and talk to him one last time before she left.

That idiot would probably want to tag along and become an apprentice...

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

The small group made their way through the streets of Louge town in the pre-dawn light of a cloudless sky. The sky was shifting from a dark midnight blue to a warming pink colour as the sun behind the horizon was closer to breaking out from its own slumber to rise high into the sky like it had done for all of time on this world. Sunrises like this were magical, something people tended to ignore the beauty of because they took them for granted. Not Alphonse though, he had always marvelled at how the mechanics of the world worked and the rising sun was an act of nature he loved.

A great big smile came to his face as he hobbled forwards on his cane, he looked over to Danny and smiled as warmly as the sunrise. “Do you want to do anything before we go? Send people a letter or something just to let them know you are safe?” He asked, knowing that going on big trips was hard… he left his own parents a long and detailed letter when he left Academy island on the Grandline. A letter that detailed his dream and apology for not being able to see them off in their own passing like any good child should.

“Roooy!” The bulbous head robot chittered as it stopped to look at the pair. “Ro, roy roy roooy!” The robot had the same enthusiastic tone but did not seem to show any strain as it carried the burdens of itself, Andrew, and its masters’ things.

“Roy said he can come with you if you need someone to help.” Al spoke, looking away to the rising sun over the waves of the dock. Feeling the warm glow of the morning light on his sickly pale skin, his red hair bristling in the breeze. “You’ll regret not doing so… ”

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Post: 20

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen: ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man: 8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

Danielle paused and looked at Al in silence for a moment. She felt a little embarrassed to have not thought about this earlier and didn’t want to keep everyone waiting. However, as she glanced at the robot who had been volunteered by its owner to join her, she knew that the dying man was right…

“I… don’t really know where my brother is… but I could try and write to one of the locations he might be at. Perhaps I should also let Rosalina know that I will be leaving the East blue.” She uttered, mostly just thinking aloud.

Finally, she nodded as she slowed down in her step, though it would still be enough to keep up with Al’s hobbling pace, and reached into her backpack to take out some folded papers and a roughly sharpened pencil. “Okay. I can write while we walk… if we could just make a stop at a post office along the way, that would be great.” She said as she already began her letter.

“Dear Rosalina…” she muttered, and then used one hand for backing to write on the paper, while the other got to work with the graphite. As she walked, she displayed the skill of microtasking quite perfectly, micromanaging her attention to cycle through her writing, her thoughts, her walking, and keeping Alphonse out of harm’s way as she was, after all, hired to be his bodyguard. Unfortunately, however, delivering her letters were not as straightforward as she hoped it would be, as it seemed there was no post office anywhere along the way. Danielle wasn’t very keen on leaving Al alone, so the three of them had to take a detour to ensure that her two letters would reach their recipients: one was addressed to Rosalina Fernandez Dior on Shimoshiki Island, and the other to Hayden Sky, also on Shimoshiki Island, with the address of a small private lab.

Once that was all settled and taken care of, Danielle let out a long sigh. “Whatever happened to efficient post?” she grumbled, before they would continue on their way. Soon enough, the docks would be in sight, the sounds of waves crashing onto the pier and the creaking of old boats.

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

Alphonse nodded at the request to stop by a post office, Danny was going to need to make sure her feelings were made clear. With the plan to get as much money as possible to show the potential father in law that the marriage would be good for his daughter Al considered some more options. A lump sum could be impressive but what Danny really needed as a solid passive income to keep providing for Rosalina… As they walked and he pondered more certain ideas and plans clicked in his head.

“We need to stop by the patent office…” He said softly, pushing his hands into one of the bags that was being hauled by R0y. He was never going to live to benefit from any of this, so this one person who showed him true compassion in the face of it all could. His hands came out with a large roll of papers, blue prints, plans and academic papers he had written up.

“Danny, what is your full legal name, and do you have a bank account number?” He asked, as he waited by the door. This was right, she was putting so much to the side for him, he was already compensating her for it but that didn’t feel enough. She was going to get sad and upset after growing to be close friends over the coming months…

The walk was slow, as always but they got to the office In question and he smiled to the body guard. “I’ll do one better than giving you enough money to prove to Rosalina’s father you are worthy… If I put everything I have ever created and worked on in your name… all that money goes to you, forever.” He explained with that soft pained smile. “You would never have to work a day in your life… well you would because not working is boring.” He mused with a soft chuckle that turned into a hacking cough.

The young man’s weak frame shook, this felt right… “If you don’t tell me know I can’t ever put your in my will… Which also means no pay at the end.” He had her now, a devious plan to ensure her future… her happiness and that when all was said and done, he had made one positive impact.

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Post: 24

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen: ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man: 8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004

[Bobbie]

As they walked, Alphonse speaking softly, Danielle's focus was on what she was writing and on what he was saying at the same time - which meant that both tasks suffered. She made no show of this, however, other than through her failure to realise what it was that the man was getting at when he mentioned visiting a patent office and asking for her details.

“My full legal name?” she asked upon returning from the post office after sending her letters on their way to their recipients. For a moment, she hesitated and looked at R0y, then back at Alphonse. This question was trickier to reply to than it should have been. While she didn’t feel judgement from this man, the fact that she was referred to as both Danielle by some and Daniel by others did complicate matters a bit, and the manner in which she was perfectly fine with either caused some confusion to the few who stuck around long enough to learn of such a mistake in her identity.

“Danielle Sky.” The awkwardness in her tone was a little bit obvious, but she quickly moved on. “My mother’s maiden name as she never married. I will give you my bank account number when it’s time for payment, why do you need it now? There is nothing to reimburse me for and travelling will not cost anything, will it?” She asked, puzzled, as they set to walking once more.

Soon, they reached the patent office that Al requested visiting, and the dying man clarified at last. Completely taken aback, she stared at Alphonse, her eye wide. She was speechless. He was offering to give her everything that he worked for his entire life…

“That's too much.” Danny immediately refused, raising one hand in a gesture to block this transaction as she shook her head. Perhaps it was ironic, given her target goal, but taking all of that from him didn’t feel right, even if he had no actual use for such material items anyway. Then he continued with something of a threat. Whether it was intended to be this way or not, it was hardly a threat, as there wasn’t a single menacing bone in this young man’s body, and every word he uttered was always with kindness. With a soft smile slowly appearing on her face, Danielle slowly nodded as she understood - this was his wish… this was his legacy.

“Well, if you twist my arm like that, then I can’t refuse, can I? I do expect to be paid at the end of all this.” There was no need to make a huge deal out of this, after all… but she was glad that he at least tried to blackmail her into this. “I have no choice but to accept.”

With that, the treasure huntress rattled off her bank account number, the magical code that will earn her the golden key to the real treasure that she was hunting - her beloved Rosalina.

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Danielle: #fffd17

[Kami-Gaz]

Getting the information that he needed the young man nodded, his smile splitting his face into a grin that could make even the sun seem dim. With the paper in hand, he wandered into the office and left the young woman and his robots outside for the short time that it was going to take to change his details to point to her bank account and attribute the credit of his work to her. Barely twenty minutes had passed before the young man wandered out of the reception, using his cane to tap the floor hard to see that the morning sun and risen quite high.

“I think we should go and see Mister Wellerfella.” Al said with a soft sigh. Happy that the last of his life could be spent fulfilling his dreams and what he had done so far could push forward the dreams of one special person. One that had only taken one night to earn his trust and heart, Danielle Sky deserved a future she dreamed of, this could at least maintain that for her.

He hobbled forward slowly to the docks with Roy following close by. “Roooy Ro roy roy rooooy ro.” The machine prattled in a cheery tone as its arms that carried the bags tried to animate his words poorly. “No Roy, Master Al is going to live his dream. Not dream to live. Your sentence structure and semantics were all wrong.” The pair continued to argue to themselves.

It wasn’t long of a walk, but the docks soon came into a full view and the large ship that loomed there, inviting adventure, was the Wellerman. The crew were darting this way and that and life seemed to be teeming on the vessel as the older man from the day before stood by the gangplank waving to the group with a bright smile. “Ah! Mister Al! The ship is just ready for you now!” called Willard Wellerfella.

“ALL HANDS! PREPARE TO LAUNCH! THE WELLERMAN SAILS AGAIN!”

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Post: 23

Alphonse: c81212

Madam Saleen: ffd1f6

R0y: 818181

Big Baby Man: 8494dc

Willard Wellerfellar: d8b000
Johnny W. Hiskey: efff9b
Receptionist: a55eff
Elevator Attendant: 00c2ff
AnDRW: 7f5004