He's just got an annoying hitchhiker in his head.

[gunstwodefaults]

 [Standing on one of the offshoots of the main streets is a familiar trigger-happy gunslinger. A confused trigger-happy gunslinger. But that's not the thing that's off. It's Axl, alright. An Axl with a uncomfortably familiar color scheme. Lumine's. And the fact that he seems to be talking to himself.]

I finally got to Giga City but our radio is down

Comments

[mega_maiden]

[Have a little girl robot who looks a lot like X, Axl. And she's looking you over intently before answering as she approaches.]

The farthest anyone has gotten is to the other islands. Something is jamming the signals to the mainland.

[gunstwodefaults]

[Yeah, that throws them off for a minute, the uncanny way the little girl looked like X]

Well, damn. Anyone found the suckers jamming the signal?

[In his head] Probably not, or the jamming would stopped by now.

Shut up, Lumine.

[mega_maiden]

It appears to be the result of the experiments going on currently.

[And then he mentions Lumine and Rock starts looking around in a panic.]

Where? Where is Lumine? I'll call X!

[gunstwodefaults]

Experiments?

[the panic suprises them & Axl blinks a little]

What? Is X here? And why should you need to call X if Lumine is here? We already told X, we were coming here.

[mega_maiden]

Lumine hurt you and X! Why wouldn't I call X to help us capture him?

[gunstwodefaults]

[he's totally lost here]

Okay, what? I know X's is a little pissed off at Lumine for the killer-lawnmowers prank (even though he was laughing his head off when it happened) , why would X want to capture us?

[Educate the poor n00b to Giga City, Mega]

[mega_maiden]

But...two months ago, Lumine attacked you and took control of you to use you against X. He blew X's arm off!

[gunstwodefaults]

[congrats, Mega. You have just broken his brain]

I repeat. What? I just got here! How could I be here two mouths ago, when this is the first time we've ever been in Giga City? And since when did Lumine have his own body?

[mega_maiden]

But... [She grabs her head in confusion for a moment.] I...guess...

Mr. Axl, I think I may have confused you and myself as well...

[gunstwodefaults]

Urrrr... I think so [ His brain. His poor broken brain. Oh, it hurts. ]

'Kay. Let's get this straight. We're in Giga City but all contact with the outside is cut off. And you said X was here? And someone you think is me?

[ Ask her about the "me" who blew X's arm off. ]

We'll get to that later, Lumine.

[mega_maiden]

Yes. I...am not sure if I'm the best person to discuss it with.

[She points in the general direction of Giga City HQ.] X is at the Headquarters here in Central. I'll tell him you are coming.

[gunstwodefaults]

[ He nods.]

Got it. Better get going, then. Thanks for telling us.

[And with that, Axl activates his thrusters & takes off toward HQ. Anyone has seen Axl "fly" before would be surprised how long Axl could maintain "flight".]