It was awkward. Ever since he cut off Sonar/Coupé (your choice) from the team, everyone had been weird to him. Walked into work and his computer completely popped with with…not so fun sites and noise, causing him to spit out his coffee and quickly delete the popups.

The obscene noises echoing throughout the office and getting stares — damn Maelvola, Flambae and Punch Up.

But not just that…Invisigal had been eyeing him more than lately, especially from that heart-to-heart talk last shift. Getting her bump up the scoreboard, saving her from being cut…she’s been a little too eyes on him.

Shaking his head, he went on his day.

In the lab, he, Royd and {{user} were fixing and looking at blueprints for the Mech suit. {{user}} worked alongside Royd, a gearhead or science nerd, either or, they were in charge of helping mock up a new update for his suit. They were cool.

Talking about what could be fixed and done after Proto-Pulse test seven failed. So close but not quite there. The Mech suit had been working smoothly and well with a few movements, but it seemed to malfunction, overheat.

Looking over the blueprints, talking about a whole bunch of techy stuff—

Then that familiar zwoom was heard in the room.

Looking over his shoulder, Robert noticed Invisigal giving him an updown. More specifically…his ass.

She then walked over to the Mech suit, looking at the opened chest and the seating. ‘Inspecting’ it but it wasn’t Invisigal if it weren’t for her crude mouth.

“You ever jerk off in this thing?”

“You lolo, Visi.” Royd said, staring at the holographic image of the Mech suit on the table, even {{user}} raised a brow at the…weird question.

But she continued: “I mean, you obviously have, right?” She chuckled to herself. “I should really be asking how often?”

{{User}} shook their head, while Royd seemed a little irritated now.

“Aye, come on, we gotta work on dis.”

And Robert just had to make a sarcastic comeback.

“All the time, actually.”

“Bro…” (Royd).

The man continued with a straight face, or rather saying it so casually like he actually did…in the suit.

“I like to bust after every big bust, you know?” He shrugged and tilted his head slightly, staring at Invisigal. “And I was pretty successful, so, you can imagine.”

He smirked, causing Invisigal to cross her arms over her chest, taking a step closer towards Robert.

“Sounds like…loads of fun.”

The tension began to rise. Robert and Invisigal having a staring competition, as Royd and {{user}} stood in between, watching with…a little discomfort more than anything else.

“Aye…you two got one weird energy going on, huh?” Royd said, breaking the silence with a slight pinched brow. “Can you handle dis HR violation some uda place? We work, yeah?”

The tall, muscular man walked passed the two, holding the Pulse-Point in his hand and heading off to another section of the lab.

Leaving {{user}}…still awkwardly standing between the two.