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[steel_massifail]

[[Today, Massimo is not wearing his armour or his bodysuit, and is wearing old, somewhat raggedy clothes. He can be seen in his open garage with a few materials: a few paintbrushes, a screwdriver, a drill, some screws, a plank of wood, red paint, sealant, a can of adhesive, sandpaper, and small wheels. The wood has been sanded down and shaped into

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[blu_hardhat]

[[Ring ring.]]

[[Somebody's calling you up, Massimo. You might not want to hear them right now, but they're going to call anyway. Shina sort of helped this along.]]

[steel_massifail]

[[oh hopefully it's someone else

SO HE PICKS UP]]

Hello?

[blu_hardhat]

[[TOO BAD MASSIMO. TOO BAD.]]

[[Just...god what does he say now. He had this ALL THOUGHT OUT but that just went out the window.]]

Uh.

[steel_massifail]

[[...]]

It's... you.

[blu_hardhat]

Yyyeah.

[[Okay, deep breath, aaaand go.]]
Y'see, Ah don' really r'member some bits about what happened last time Ah was here. One part Ah do r'member was a fight 'tween you an' me an' Ah'm not real sure what it was for, but Ah jus' hoped maybe...uh. Maybe Ah could fix it.

[steel_massifail]

...I'm not just one of your sentries, Harry. If you're going to try to fix something, do it properly.

I'm waiting at home.

[[HE HANGS UP because he's still a bit upset.]]

[blu_hardhat]

[[THAT WAS COLD, MAN. SO COLD.]]

[[but he's going to make his way over there and turn up looking so utterly like a kicked puppy. Engie will veeery quietly just rap on the garage door's frame and duck his head in.]]

Massimo.
[[He would call him by the name he told him, but Engie isn't sure how well that'd go over right now, He doesn't want to screw this up any worse than he already did.]]

[steel_massifail]

...Harry.

[[he's a little cold, yes]]

It's... nice to see you.

[[The funny part? He's not even all that angry at Harry, he's more angry at Mayfield than anything.]]

[blu_hardhat]

[[Well, Engie doesn't know that, so he's just going to assume Massimo's still mad at him.]]

'S been a bit, hasn't it.
[[What the hell is he supposed to say here. He doesn't even know.]]

[steel_massifail]

You've been droned for a while, yes.

[[He takes off his helmet, and just gives him a sad look.]]

[blu_hardhat]

Seems so. Ah don' really-- jus'-- [[Siiigh. What is he even doing. Engie will shake his head and essentially sort of facepalm.]]

Look. Whatever Ah did--not real sure jus' what it was, but that ain't th' point--Ah wanted t' apologize. Wasn't right'a me t' do it, 'specially seein' as it seems t' have hurt you.

[steel_massifail]

[[He just... looks away, staring back down at the red skateboard in his arms. He doesn't know what to say. He's upset, confused, angry, happy, and startled all at the same time.

And finally, he asks his question.]]

Do you still love me?

[blu_hardhat]

[[He looks like he almost, almost is about to say something. But then it's like he's gone and forgotten what it was, and he frowns.]]

Ah don' know. When Ah said there was some stuff missin'--that might'a been in there.
[[Inwardly he's going oh god what did I do that I can't remember. This might be obvious.]]

[steel_massifail]

...

[[What? His eyes widen and he turns around.]]

You don't... remember? Anything? But you remember fighting?

[blu_hardhat]

Ah r'member most'a what happened last time, but some bits an' pieces jus' don' fit anymore. Ah do r'member that big ol' spat we had. Jus'...not really what it was about.

[steel_massifail]

[[

Oh boy. This, of course, doesn't fly with Massimo. He slowly brings his hands up to his face, holding his head now. What was he supposed to say to that?

He still cared about Engineer. Deeply. But he couldn't even remember him? What was he... how was he supposed to react?

Well, there are a few tears so far.]]

I hate Mayfield.