#RD Whistle

[riddledeep]

WHISTLE AND SOREN: IN SHORT

Brief bios about the second fairy and anti-fairy children born in thousands of years

WHISTLE SOREN FERNFIRE

Occupation: Full-time student; future gemstone mine owner

Birthday: May (Breath)

Height: 3′9″ (Tall for a fae)

Age As of Devil’s Backbone: 163,254 (Mentally young teen)

Alignment: Neutral Good 

MBTI: ESFJ (Assertive)

Love Language: Quality time

Handedness: Left dominant

Hometown: Claystrif - Also known as Patio World; contains intricately carved works of art and the glass shrine to Mother Nature and Father Time

Core: Birdhouse

Core Color: Blue (Layer 1 Yellow; Layer 2 Blue)

Crown Lift: High

Wand Type: Threedspiral

Fagiggly Color: White

Preferred Shapeshifting Form: Canary

Bio: Whistle was the first baby in the common fairy subspecies born after Poof. His parents - Coleen and Richter Fernfire - are fabulously wealthy snobs who oversee several gem mines... They're constantly trying to one-up Cosmo and Wanda and make their precious son as big a celebrity as Poof is. No one cares.

Whistle himself is relaxed and overly friendly. He and Poof have been on the same Little League saucerbee team since they were in Spellementary. They both continue the sport through high school and work out together. They had a lot of playdates growing up and know each other pretty well... despite Cosmo and Wanda's exhaustion and irritation towards Richter and Coleen.

Despite his pushy parents, Whistle doesn’t expect to become a celebrity himself. Still, he’s constantly giddy that he gets to hang out with famous faces like Poof, Foop, Goldie, Anti-Coriander... He has a crush on all four and would date them all if he could. Super-fan or stalker? You decide!

He's "open" about his attraction to Anti-Fairies, but will stutter, flush, and giggle if you bring up the topic of romance. See also, "Happy Holidays."

Whistle is a hard worker who seems to perform well in everything, especially physical activities like sports. He's always happy to offer tutoring, run errands, and do any favor you ask for. What a great guy!

He moved into Poof, Sammy, and Finley's dorm after Foop dropped out when the May Blossom War began. However, he changed rooms when Foop returned for high school.

Whistle appears in "Approval," Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Pixies, "Happy Holidays," "First Impressions," and more 'fics to come. He often appears in saucerbee scenes or works about school, such as when Foop saw him and Soren on the playground in "Sentry."

Related:

Family Tree || Common Fairy - Social Ladder || Fairy Class Overview || Poof, Foop, and Hiccup's Bios || Sammy and Finley's Bios || Eclipse House Heights || Apartment Layout

ANTI-WHISTLE SOREN ANTI-FERNFIRE

Occupation: Student; young aristocrat; future spa owner

Birthday: February 13th, 2009 (Breath)

Height: 3′5″ (Tall for an anti-fairy; average for a fae)

Age As of Devil’s Backbone: 163,254 (Mentally teen)

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

MBTI: ESFJ (Turbulent)

Love Language: Words of affirmation

Handedness: Right dominant

Hometown: Luna’s Landing - Anti-Fairy World’s capital city, located in a crater and lit by glowing crystals

Core: Birdhouse

Core Color: Blue (Layer 1 Yellow; Layer 2 Blue)

Crown Lift: Average

Wand Type: Ebony

Fagiggly Color: Teal

Preferred Shapeshifting Form: Snow monkey Rhino

Bio: Anti-Whistle (Soren) is a regular little socialite who had the misfortune of being born to rich parents who couldn’t care less about their image. Sure, the Anti-Fernfire family has run the spa and castle-like hotel that Anti-Fairies have migrated to for hundreds of thousands of years, but his mom would rather do paperwork with Anti-Cosmo and his dad would rather fiddle around with his inventions. What's a little spa heir to do? ... Take control at a young age, that's what.

Foop and Anti-Whistle aren't stepbrothers, but they are crechemates: Anti-Whistle lives at the Blue Castle and is someone Foop grew up with.

Anti-Whistle and Foop are painfully similar in a way neither will admit: They both prefer taking charge and can't stand working in unorganized conditions. But while Foop struggles with analysis paralysis, the threat of losing his inheritance hanging over him in a way that keeps him in line, Anti-Whistle's at risk of losing his inheritance if he doesn't act. Despite his nerves and frequent panic attacks, he seizes control, comes out successful, and is widely admired by the same crowd that shuns Foop as being an out-of-hand fireball. Good thing that won't come back to haunt the political landscape...

Despite being arguably more successful at running things than Foop is, Anti-Whistle is a massive suck-up who is constantly trying to impress Foop with his political skills... Foop knows Anti-Whistle will be useful someday so he doesn’t want to cut ties with him, but he finds him incredibly annoying. It's a shame the guy would probably be a great partner to rule beside...

Foop’s dream is to be the first Anti-Fairy to graduate from the Fairy Academy, so he sees fellow student Soren as the rival who stands in his way. When Anti-Cosmo returned from his mysterious disappearance (à la “You’ll Never Know”), Foop finally went back to school and was assigned to be Anti-Whistle’s roommate. That didn't last long, and Foop was placed with Poof, Sammy, and Finley again instead.

As part of their counterpart link, Anti-Whistle has crushes on all the same people Whistle does (Foop included) and doesn’t really know how to deal with these feelings... Whistle is overly excited to talk to his crushes while Anti-Whistle is a panicky mess.

Anti-Whistle makes a few appearances throughout 130 Reasons Why I'm Fairy Trash and other projects. He usually appears in Blue Castle scenes during Foop's youth or 'fics about school, such as "Sentry" (where Foop sees him on the playground and young Soren gets spooked), "Naptime" (where Foop throws a sleepover), and "Approval" (where Whistle brought him along to the high school dance).

Related:

Family Tree || Fairy Class Overview || Poof, Foop, and Hiccup's Bios

[hometoursandotherstuff]

There's something about this 2003 Staten Island, NY mansion that's unsettlingly creepy, in some areas, for a newer home. 6bds, 12ba, 11,340 sq ft, $5.995m.

The grand entrance. This house does not look like it was built in the 2000s.

They used a lot of beautiful wood, but it's so dark.

Look at the elaborate bar in this room.

The guest powder room is beautiful, though.

The formal dining room features a gigantic orange ceiling medallion and modern fireplace.

The huge kitchen has a dining area, counter seating, family room, and stairs to the bedrooms.

There's also a butler's pantry. Look at the fancy farm sink.

The family room feature wall is gorgeous.

Looking down at the family room from the stair landing. This room is nice and light.

It's beautiful up here.

The home office. Since I wouldn't need an office, I guess this could be a library.

Super fancy primary bedroom suite.

Boutique style dressing room/closet. (Is that a Walmart Birkin?)

Looks like Madam has her own bath. It's pretty.

Interesting space. It looks like an older house that was renovated, but it's not.

The uppermost floor has bedrooms and baths. The house has double the amount of baths - 12 of them, versus 6 bedrooms.

The house just keeps on going.

There's an entire apt. setup here.

Then, there's a wine cellar in the lower level.

Kiddie playroom complete with runway.

Plus a 2 bedroom apt.

Gorgeous balcony overlooking the pool and pool house.

The back of the home has all the bells and whistles- outdoor kitchen, patios, pool, guest house, gardens.

And, a view of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge in the distance. .47 acre lot.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/125-Benedict-Rd-Staten-Island-NY-10304/32294386_zpid/

[kawaiiblue18]

People on Tumblr seemed to like my RD design so I drew more of her (still trying to understand bird wings😭)

I got a lot of questions asking if she’s part zebra so why not make her as such. She’s a fourth zebra on her dad’s side :]

If it’s not clear, all rainbow manes have white roots.

Meanwhile, Windy Whistles’ side of the family is where RD gets the cutie mark-like mark under the eye. It’s good for parents because they have an idea of what their foal’s cutie mark will look like in the future

Also my design for AJ’s and RD’s fan kid. I’ve named her Comet Apple. I headcanon that, like birds, baby pegasai are born with fluffy feathers and their flight feathers finish coming in around 10-12 years old. Comet’s wings will look very similar to RD’s. I’ll draw her older later

[theartisticpixelbit]

Time to finish off the polycule with the fastest thing with wings, its Rainbow Dash!

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BIO:

Name: Rainbow Dash

Nicknames: RD

Gender/Sexuality: Female (Lesbian)

Parents: Bow Hothoof(Dad), Windy Whistles(Mom)

Siblings: N/A

Partner: Applejack & Rarity Belle

Children: Golden Gala(AJ+Rarity), Cobalt Spur(AJ+RD), Zapp Apple(AJ+RD), Lavender Lace(Rarity+FancyPants)(Adoptive)

Other Relatives: Gentle Breeze (cousin), Fluttershy(cousin)

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HEADCANONS:

⚡ RD thrives as the “fun” parent, always finding ways to bring excitement to family life. She loves organizing games and races. While AJ and Rarity handle structure and discipline, RD ensures there’s plenty of joy and adventure in the mix.

⚡ RD is a bit awkward with Lavender at first, as her elegant demeanor contrasts with RD’s bold personality. However, RD admires Lavender’s focus and determination. Over time, they bond over shared interests, like RD encouraging Lavender to step out of her comfort zone

⚡ RD is fiercely protective of her family. If anypony dares criticize their unconventional setup or the kids, RD is the first to swoop in and defend them. Her loyalty is unmatched, and she’s not afraid to get into a heated argument to stand up for her loved ones.

⚡RD continues her role as a Wonderbolt, but she’s learned to balance her high-octane career with her family commitments. She schedules her training and shows around family events, even bringing the kids to practice when possible.RD loves involving her kids in her Wonderbolt life. She brings them to shows, lets them sit in the front row, and even teaches them a few stunts (with safety gear, of course). Lavender might not be as interested, but RD’s enthusiasm eventually rubs off on her.

⚡RD is drawn to Rarity’s elegance and determination. While RD might roll her eyes at Rarity’s fussiness, she secretly loves how Rarity keeps her grounded. She also enjoys surprising Rarity with small, thoughtful gestures, like picking wildflowers during a flight. RD and AJ share an easygoing, competitive dynamic. They often challenge each other to races or physical contests, but their rivalry is always playful. They also bond over their shared love of the outdoors, taking the kids on hikes or camping trips.

⚡As a Wonderbolt and family mare, RD defies Ponyville’s expectations. Some ponies might question how she handles it all, but RD brushes it off with her usual confidence. “What, you didn’t think I could be the coolest flier AND the coolest mom?!”

⚡RD has taken on a mentoring role within the Wonderbolts, helping younger recruits find their confidence and perfect their stunts. This mirrors her role as a parent and gives her a sense of pride beyond just performing.

⚡RD has become the public face of the Wonderbolts, not just because of her skill but also due to her natural charisma. She participates in interviews, promotional events, and charity flights. She enjoys the attention but always credits her teammates

⚡While RD isn’t ready to hang up her flight goggles anytime soon, she’s thought about her future. She imagines transitioning into a full-time mentor or coach role, helping shape the next generation of Wonderbolts. ⚡ Her mother and Fluttershy's mom are cousins └── •✧• ──┘

[saftthefalsenerd]

My personal headcannon names for MLP characters as humans:

AJ - Jacqueline Smith (common but I like it)

RD - Danielle Rein (I think I saw it somewhere, credits to them, but I don't remember who/where)

Twi - Tabitha Stevens (credit to someone on Tumblr I think)

Pinks - Diane Stoone (Stoone cuz STONE and she grew up on a a rock farm? GET IT?.... I'll stop now-)

Rarity - Rebecca Belle (Belle, cuz Sweetie)

Flutters - Felicia Day (Felicia sounds like a name for someone shy, I might be stereotypical but oh well)

Cadence - Miriam Cadenza (Idk were the Miriam came from)

Shining - Samuel Stevens (sounds like a military name.....ish?)

Spike - Spencer Stevens (he feels like a Spencer to me, it's also pretty common)

Sweetie - Samantha Belle (She feels like a Samantha tbh)

Scoots - Scarlett Rein (THROW SNAP AND MANE OUTTA THE WINDOW AND MAKE HER RD'S SIS)

AB - Alex (Alexandria) Smith (Cause, I've seen AB's full name as Apple Blossom but is shortened to Bloom so yeah)

Big Mac - Matthew Smith Jr.

Granny Smith - Annabeth Smith (Because some headcannon her name as Annie Smith so)

Twilight Velvet - Vivian Stevens

Night Light - Nicholas Stevens

Celestia - Catherine Stevens (Nicholas' sis)

Luna - Luna Stevens (Yeah, ain't changing it-)

Bow Hothoof - Bradley Rein

Windy Whistles - Wilma Rein

Discord - Devon Alonzo de Castro (unique last name for some like Discord :])

Feel free to recommend your own or some for diff characters aren't here!

[xsh4rk-bl00dx]

I’m playing rd online as some therapy for myself because I finally got my character to look like me (it’s pretty dang close minus the hair.)

Ooh, also whistle

I need to text you on discord cuz i think Liyahs eeping

[ponyglows]

GLOWVERSE MANE 6 BIOS (Part 1 of 3) :] !! Flutterdash !! 🌈🐾

Rainbow "RD" Dash - Intersex, She/Any, Bisexual

20s at beginning of Glowverse

Youngest of Mane 6, 2.5yrs younger than Fluttershy

Wonderbolt Captain and works with schools to encourage foals to participate in sports and be confident in themselves!

Married to Fluttershy with 2 kids

They live in Fluttershy's now-expanded cottage, which is attached to the animal sanctuary

Tank is still around but can no longer use his flying device - He's way too big now!

Tank enjoys sunbathing and eating lots of veggies and hay

Lost one of her legs in a flying accident

Is able to walk around without a prosthetic as Pegasi have much lighter centres of gravity, but owns and uses a few prosthetics too! (I plan on making some art of him modelling them)

Is officially one of Scootaloo's legal guardians, along with Lofty and Holiday - Considers him a little brother!

Has ADHD (Combined type)

Very short - most ponies are taller than her

Improved his relationship with his parents

Swears like a sailor when frustrated

Struggles with feelings of "not good enough"

Got rainbow wings after performing the first Rainboom!

Parents: Rainbow "Bow" Hothoof and Windy Whistles

Siblings: Scootaloo (not bio)

Fluttershy - Femme NB, They/She, Pansexual

Late 20s at beginning of Glowverse

Eldest of Mane 6

Married to Rainbow Dash with 2 kids

Owns a weasel named Wiggle

Works at her animal sanctuary with the help of volunteers (usually animal science-related students)

Loves being a "housewife" - Makes Dash a themed lunch everyday with a note, bakes with their kids and cooks most meals (RD can't cook)

Enjoys crochet and knitting - sells blankets, teapot cozys etc

Has deep scars in their wings from working with large predators, can't fly anymore

Has a picnic by Angel's grave every week with her family

Has a weekly tea party with Discord (Dash takes the kids on these days)

Is taller than most pegasi

Has Earth Pony blood (Their mother has an Earth Pony father)

Strained relationship with Zephyr Breeze

Binge watches anime (Dash likes the action ones, Flutters prefers romance)

Swears often but always whispers when they do (most don't notice)

Coping much better with her anxiety

Turns into a Bat Pony every full moon, tries to keep it a secret. Only RD knows.

Parents: Cirrus Shy and Petal Breeze

Siblings: Zephyr Breeze

Rough size comparison below! :] !!

enjoy!!! my ask box is open if you have any questions!! ❤️

[sunskate]

Championnats RD-

junior ice dance is so fun - so far they’re going much harder than seniors on the period costumes. a number of these teams were at Next Gen, so it was fun to see them live. i’m adopting Aurea Cincon-Debout and Earl Jesse Celestino- their Jacksons RD is adorable, and they’re currently in 2nd. Gauthier/Thieren made their debut. not sure if they’re coming off injury or if they had a conflict with Next Gen. their Jagger/Bowie RD went from Honkytonk Woman to Fame and Dancin in the Street, which musically felt all over the place

Senior RD was an entirely IAM event - Romain wore sunglasses the entire time but also was peering over them to watch the teams, so idk if they were style or jet lag or what 😅 Harris/Chan with an ABBA RD that felt like a very natural choice for them. Fabbri/Ayer really solid. this is the 2nd year where they skated well here but also felt like they got a bonus from the home judging panel. Pham/Spiridonov- a program that lets them dance - shows you how important packaging is that he always felt overshadowed by Lorraine and programs that didn’t do him any favors at WISA. these two are still learning each other and have things to work out, but the material brings out good qualities in them - like he has some natural dance ability

Fournier/Zhu are committing all the way to their performances - sometimes he feels like he’s focused on his expression more than on her. this RD doesn’t stand out from the many disco programs. but omg Hannah and Ye’s does - big time - it feels like they took a page from Lilah and Lewis’s playbook in that it’s engineered to bring the crowd to their feet at Worlds. there’s cheering and whistling from the crowd on the track itself, the way they play with tempo changes to build momentum to an organic climax - this is potentially the most exciting RD we’ve seen so far this season. there are sharp details in this already, they’re both projecting- i’m excited about this one

[the-great-nome-authority]

How long does Applejack knows Rainbow for? Since Rainbow is trans, how did Applejack react to her during that time to now?

Applejack knows Rainbow since they were kids(about 10-12 years).

Applejack was a bit confused at first, but I refuse to believe her or her family would be transphobic in any capacity, she would just ask a lot of questions to Rainbow Dash. In short, she was very curious to know why Rainbow felt like that and why it was important, she very quickly began to use she/her pronouns with RD.

As a bonus: Applejack would be the 4th pony to know about Rainbow being transgender, first of course, are Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles, the Fluttershy(childhood friends), then Applejack

[riddledeep]

Fernfire Family Tree (via GenoPro); click to enlarge

- The most notable character in this tree is Whistle: the second baby in the common fairy subspecies born after the baby ban was lifted (Right on Poof's heels). Coleen makes minor appearances in Frayed Knots, usually selling jewelry. - Coleen and Richter wasted no time in having multiple kids and love rubbing their babies in Wanda's face... the Fernfires and Fairywinkles have been rivals for a long time. - The Fernfires are one of the cloudlands' old money families, and one of 3 families who've passed their surname down over 100 generations (alongside the Whimsifinados and Sparklefields). They belong to House Rhino and are known for infighting... probably due to having large families. - The Fernfires are jewelers who own most of the cloudland mines. Most gems have passed through their hands- Even the ceremonial ones used by Anti-Fairies. - Coleen is also rivals with her cousin, Tiger. Dottie and Dashell are younger than Whistle, but their parents are always pushing them to be the best... preferably in ways that show up Whistle and Coleen. - Arlo Fernfire was a gyne, but everyone else shown above is a kabouter. - The Fernfire and Anti-Fernfire families are unusual for the fact that both sides of the counterpart line are aristocrats.

Anti-Fernfire Family Tree

- The most notable character in this tree is Soren Anti-Whistle: the second baby in the common anti-fairy subspecies born after the baby ban was lifted (Right on Foop's heels). Anti-Coleen makes several appearances in Frayed Knots (and other stories). - Anti-Coleen holds the Seat of Breath on the camarilla court; she's based on a character who was in the dining room during "Fairly Odd Baby." She and Anti-Cosmo didn't grow up together, but have known each other since their young adulthood. -> When the nature spirit Saturn ditched Anti-Cosmo's mother as his medium, he quickly presented himself to Anti-Coleen's father, Anti-Tuck. Up until this point, Anti-Tuck was considered "a nobody" apart from being Anti-Candela's honey-lock partner. It was a whole thing when "this random guy" was brought into the camarilla court. - Anti-Coleen has "claimed damsel" status within the Blue Castle colony and is married to Anti-Richter, though she and Anti-Cosmo have flirted several times throughout the years. She herself is not technically "under Anti-Cosmo's care," but her kids are since he's their creche father. -> In Reedfilter Rules AU, Anti-Coleen is one of the damsels Anti-Cosmo's mother wants to set him up with. They go on a date in RR Chapter 4. -> Foop and Soren aren't stepbrothers, but they are crechemates: two individuals of about the same age growing up in the same colony. - The Anti-Fernfires run Maplefeather Point: the spring migration location of the Anti-Fairies. -> Maplefeather is a high-class hotel and spa built from a castle. It welcomes visitors of all races during the off-season. During migration, it's difficult - but not impossible - to get a reservation if you're not an Anti-Fairy, but you'd better have the family name to back it up.

Related:

Fae Aristocracy

Chimera Families

Modern Camarilla Court

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

i require more information about russ and roger’s friendship 👁️👁️

THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE THE 60'S, i don't have a whole lot of details but i know that roger had russ help with his albums a lot, he's written songs for him and produced for him and played instruments for him. there's the old grey whistle test video from 1973 i just made gifs of recently where he and bob henrit(who was also in argent and the kinks) played with him. roger had russ with him on a tour in 1985. there's full audio footage of two shows from it on youtube. and then in the 2000's they played in the rd crusaders together for charities.

also the reason the song new york groove exists is because he thought of it while he was on the plane going to new york for roger's ride a rock horse album and he said he hadn't been to new york in a while, so he was like "i'm back in the new york groove" "wait that would be a good song title" (which he later proceeded to make the rest of the song up ON THE SPOT in the studio with hello)

AND the reason roger's "under a raging moon" album was named that is because it was originally going to be called "the fire still burns" until russ told him he was about to release one under the same name, so roger changed his to under a raging moon. russ wrote the third track on that one, played guitar on it and did harmonies.

if you look through info on roger's albums, you'll see russ's name under quite a few either as a writer, producer or under the personnel list. or more than one of those things.

here's a screenshot from a video at russ's studio where he has a picture on the wall of him handing flowers to roger on stage. a fan asked him to give them to him. i love that he just has it framed on his wall. i want it on my wall too

i'm also going to include this video clip from one of the rd crusaders videos of russ asking roger if they can sing happy birthday to his daughter because i thought it was adorable

[tamasin]

Part 3 of 3 Link to Part 1 Link to Part 2

Chapter 3: Wrench Convict 019048: Hailey Bransen

Hailey was shoulders deep in the guts of a half scrapped MT when a sharp whistle caught her attention. She quickly stowed the bolts she had undone in her belt pouch and pulled herself out of the access panel. She glanced over and caught the pit chief, Mitchell, walking directly towards her. “What can I do for you, boss?” she asked as soon as he was within earshot.

“You can fix that damned machine you rode in on is what.” He barked.

“77, sir?” she asked, getting a curt nod in response, “I cleared that one myself, exteriors dinged up but she’s in full working order.”

“Well you need to go and re-clear it. I’ve gotten nothing but complaints all morning from the flyboys and techs over in that bay. They can’t even get the damned thing started.”

She shook her head in confusion, that didn’t make sense, but at the same time in the situation they found themselves in, anything could go wrong at any time. Figured as much that she’d be wrapped up in part of it, “I assume this takes precedent over this?” She asked, rapping at the MT with her wrench.

“Yep,” Mitchell nodded, “we need every combat unit up and running, especially the midweights. Hop to it, this’ll still be here when you’re done.” He tapped the base of the MT with his steel toed boot, eliciting a satisfying clang from the machine.

“Got it” She knelt down and stowed her tools away into the technician bag splayed open on the floor. Without so much as a huff she gathered everything up and took off without even a second glance at Mitchell. All things considered he wasn’t a bad boss, by far not the worst she’d had on Herald or Bowers Still, for that matter. She understood that there was a certain level of ‘get shit done’ past which the daily pleasantries had to fall to the wayside. With that in mind, he was easy to keep happy. Get the work done, get the machines running, and get enough rest to do it again on your next shift.

She paused at the edge of a road, little more than a set of painted yellow lines on the expansive concrete floor of the massive subterranean cistern, and let a handful of vehicles pass. Small motorized carts and a few outdated patrol vehicles being used as transports. A few seconds later she darted across. She huffed a light laugh to herself as she kept up the light pace that her leg allowed her. It was hard for her to envision this full of water. Even if all the rain she’d seen on this planet fell at once, she doubted that it would get high enough to even wet her boots.

Soon enough she found herself in eyeshot of the RD bay, their familiar squat forms hard to miss. Even they looked small next to the massive support columns that held up the wide concrete canopy above. You’d have to stack them four high before even getting close to scraping the ceiling.

She broke into a brisk jog, her knee aching a little with the exertion, cutting through another bay. This one was for a meager handful of RAs, the RD’s slightly more lithe and agile cousin. Cathedral had hit the RA and RD hangars simultaneously. The RDs had almost all their pilots in the hangar when everything kicked off. The RAs didn’t. The only machines they had from that model where the ones that had been on deployment at the time.

She waived and smiled to a few familiar faces she recognized from Castle but didn’t break her stride until she came to the edge of the RD bay. 10 of the original 15 machines sat side by side in two rows facing one another. Each area marked with the same bright yellow paint that delineated functional space at Bastille. She saw 77 sandwiched between RD-62 and RD-39. Both of them had been out on deployment when the attack occurred and seemed otherwise fine.

Compared to the two flanking it, 77 still looked like it had been through hell. It bore the intense scuffs and scrapes of its journey through the city. They’d replaced the crushed pylon from Drako, RD-47, which had only barely limped in. The piece looked borderline pristine compared to the rest of the mech. Her eyes lingered for a few seconds on the original pylon, it still bore the singular red wing, its mirror now a clawed reptilian wing. She wondered which one 77’s next pilot would replace. Maybe both of them.

A trio of people clustered at 77’s open cockpit hatch, hanging down like the maw of some beast. She recognized Rook as she got closer, to his left was a tech she’d worked with briefly at the roost, Jamison? He was a general-purpose R-class tech, He’d transferred to the RAs after a few months of being on the RD’s. To Jamison’s left was a burly man in pilot’s fatigues, the flight suit pulled down to his waist. His face was beet red and he seemed to be in the middle of an extremely animated discussion with the other two.

“-bullshit. It’s all bullshit.” The flush faced man barked.

“It’s just out of commission Paul. Stop taking it personally.” Rook sighed with exasperation.

Hailey brushed past Jamison and tossed her tool bag into 77’s open hatch, pulling herself up inside. She heard Rook exclaim warmly at her arrival. She smiled a bit to herself. Rook was a generally cheerful man. Him and CJ were part of the reason she’d stayed on the RD team instead of taking a transfer to the heavyweights.

The inside of 77 was relatively clean, unsurprising to her as she’d been the one to clean it out. She’d gotten all of the blood out of the superstructure and most of the plastics, but the foam was harder to scrub out. The original seat padding was completely replaced, once again from Drako, but some of the foam around the crash cage still had streaks and flecks of brown oxidized blood. She knew exactly where to look to see her own bloody handprints from where she’d gripped the cage to climb. She used that knowledge to not look there. Unsurprisingly the cockpit cage was open. With only a quick glance around the overall superstructure, she lowered herself in.

The pilot, Paul, stuck his head into the hatch, the bottom of it coming to about mid chest height on him. “You the princess Rook’s been going on about?”

“You know it,” she replied, keeping her tone neutral as she flipped all of the auxiliary screens to diagnostic mode. A full list of statuses, percentiles and counts cascaded over all of them. She scanned them over for anything out of the ordinary.

“Well, I’d prefer a wizard over royalty.” Paul laughed. “Jamison’s a fine technician and even he couldn’t get this hunk of junk working.” He hefted himself up and into the mech.

She didn’t even acknowledge him with a glance. Nothing on the screens looked out off place. Based on the readouts 77 was running fine, both mechanically and electronically. She hoped the issue wasn’t software. While some modifications and repairs could be attempted to the OS, the master level system install kits were all securely locked away inside Castle. Draconian hardware ID checks prevented them from flashing a copy over from another RD’s system.

“77, operating power.” She called out, keeping an eye on the screens for any changes.

With a shudder the engines rumbled and rose to a whine, then a roar. The main screens flickered to life and displayed their views of the surrounding hangar. Paul steadied himself as the suspension lifted and settled. On screen she saw Rook jump and turn to look up at the mech, he let out a healthy whoop and applauded.

“What did you do?” Paul asked. Surprisingly his voice wasn’t gruff or angry, just curious.

Huh, expected a machismo type. Maybe I pegged him wrong. She thought.

“Nothing, I didn’t change any settings.” She said, “I assume you’d tried that already. Chalk it up to 3rd times a charm?”

Paul flashed her a grin as he put his flight helmet on, “As long as I can sortie, I’ll run the startup a dozen times. Good to know it’s just a repetition.”

She pulled herself out of the seat and moved off to the side, letting Paul pass by and settle into the seat.

“Alright,” he said, slipping his feet into the stirrups. “You get clear and I’ll get this girl moving.”

“Don’t bring her back in worse condition than I did,” She joked as she turned to leave, getting an uproarious laugh out of the pilot.

There was a light shudder that cut through the rumble of the engines accompanied by a quick strobe of the interior lights. With a sudden descending whine, the engines cut out. The lights inside flickered back to standby mode and 77’s suspension slowly lowered the mass of the machine back down. Hailey steadied herself on the crash cage, her bad knee barking a little at her as she was forced to shift weight onto it.

“GOD DAMNIT!” Paul shouted, ripping his helmet off and angrily slamming it down in his lap. “77 Operating power. 77 Operating power. 77 Operating power.” There was no response from the machine. Paul continued to bark startup commands, his face seeming to turn a progressively deeper shade of red with each repetition.

“Alright, Alright,” She said, “I’ve seen it happen this time at least, so that’s… something.”

“Need another head on this,” Jamison called from the floor of the hangar.

“Nah, give me another crack at it.” She shouted back.

“77 OPERATING POWER.” Paul shouted, his face now a concerning shade of purple.

-Critical Component. Replace. 77’s diagnostic report kicked on.

Hailey felt her stomach drop. She’d cleared out CJ’s custom component flag, triple checked that it wasn’t still in the system. This couldn’t be that… right?

“Hey! We have an error callout. Finally!” shouted Jamison, “Check what’s busted and let’s get this girl moving.”

Paul pulled himself out of the seat and stormed down the gantry. She watched him hop down to the ground and disappear past the bulk of the machine. Through the narrow gap she saw Rook shoot her a glance and a shrug as he moved to follow him.

“Offer still stands Princess.” Jamison shouted.

She waived him off, he chuckled and sauntered away, presumably to make himself busy elsewhere.

She felt a knot settle into her stomach as she looked at the cockpit seat. Maybe it was just the unsettling similarities to their exit from castle, but she could see CJ sitting there, smiling, laughing, and joking as well as hanging limp in the straps, unmoving. Both phantoms at the same time. She shook the visions out of her head. With a sigh she lowered herself back in. Manually she toggled one of the auxiliary screens to the cockpit component readout. She glanced over the diagram and sighed a breath of relief, Custom Component 001 hadn’t mysteriously reappeared. But that only lead to the question, what was damaged and why wouldn’t Jamison have gotten the notification when he was doing maintenance.

“77, confirm status.”

-No Damage Detected. Unit is Operational.

Shit. “77, Identify custom component 001”

-Custom Component. Not Found.

“77, Clear all component damage statuses.”

-No Damaged Components Detected. Unit is Operational.

She grit her teeth as the ball of anxiety continued to grow in her stomach. Had the readout only been a symptom of the problem? “77 opera-“ the rest of the activation phrase stuck in her throat. Maybe it was her head playing tricks on her but she swore she saw the screens flicker ever so slightly. Damnit, she thought. She pulled herself out of the seat once more and leaned out the front of the hatch.

“Jamison,” She shouted, “I need a hand.” She saw him off talking with another tech at the edge of the bay. She waived him over as he glanced her way. He finished the last of his conversation and headed back towards 77.

“So soon?” He laughed.

She flipped him off, which only made him laugh harder. She heard more laughter in the other direction and saw Paul and Rook walking back from RD-43, she caught Rooks eye and shook her head. He winced back and nodded.

“Sorry about that display Princess,” Paul shouted over the general din of the work bays, “It’s been a long week.”

She shot him a weary smile, “I’ll definitely agree with you on that.”

Jamison pulled himself into the hatch and strode down the gantry to the cockpit. “Pilot or jumpseat?” He asked.

“Pilot,” she replied as she turned. She felt the gantry pitch ever so slightly as Paul hoisted himself back up.

“Mind if I watch?” he asked.

“So long as you don’t interfere,” she shrugged. By the time she had reached the cockpit, Jamison had already seated himself and was glancing over the diagnostic screens.

“Got anything?” She asked as she pulled herself inside the cage, squeezing in what little space there was to the side of the seat, pressed up on the inside of the padded bars. It wasn’t comfortable but from here she could see the overview of the screens as Jamison tried to diagnose the issue. He moved through the data quickly, giving each a thorough look over. She followed along as he did. As far as maintenance skills went, they were fairly equal in ability.

He sighed, a genuinely exhausted sigh, “In the three seconds I had to look it over? No, nothing looks out of the ordinary, but there are hundreds of statuses to sift through.”

“Sure, but only about a dozen or so would prevent startup like this,” she offered.

“Assuming everything is working as intended.”

For what felt like the 20th time today, she sighed heavily. Time to test my theory. She thought. “77 operating power” she barked.

There was a promising ambient whir as the lights flipped from standby to running mode and the primary displays started to transfer from diagnostic readouts to sensor feeds. She felt the knot in her stomach start to loosen before everything shut down with a loud mechanical snap. A false start.

-Critical Component. Replace.

“Fuck,” she whispered, mostly to herself. She bumped Jamison’s shoulder with her knee, “Scoot.” She slipped herself back into the seat one more time.

Jamison settled into a low squat above her on the gantry. Paul was visible behind him; she saw the gruff pilot looking over the frame of the cockpit superstructure. She shook her head; an odd expression was plastered on his face. He glanced her way and she focused herself down at the screens before he could meet her eyes. She took a long minute to look over the displays, everything was fine. 77 was in standby and ready to go.

It’s not me. It’s not me. It’s not me. It’s not me. Please don’t let it be me.

Paul’s gruff voice broke the silence, “77, operating power.”

Her head snapped up and she caught his gaze. He was staring at her with a look of intense… was that envy? With a powerful shudder the engines rumbled to life, everything inside the cockpit powered on. Stayed on.

She closed her eyes and pressed her head into the headrest, bridging her fingers over her nose and mouth and letting out a very intense well of stress as a guttural groan.

When she opened her eyes she saw Paul’s looming form in the cage’s opening. The intensity never left his eyes. He spoke in a low whisper, a tone that fell somewhere on the border between awe and pity. “I don’t think this unit is mine, Princess.” With a nod, he turned and walked out of the cockpit. Jamison turned to watch him go before glancing back at Hailey with the same sort of look Paul had. He followed the man out.

“Like hell.” Hailey angrily put the machine into a full shutdown and tore herself out of the seat. She lowered herself down gently from the hatch and stormed over to Rook. Paul was walking off, towards the Bastille proper, Jamison in tow. They seemed to be in deep conversation.

Rook looked her up and down, he didn’t have the same look of fervor in his eyes that Paul and Jamison did, but there was definitely something weird in the air between them now.

“What the fuck is going on with them?” She asked, stealing a glance back at 77’s battered frame before shaking her head after the pair walking away.

Rook ran a hand along the back of his neck. He sighed a long heavy breath, “They think..." He paused and shook his head, "They think 77 will only work for you. They think that it’s…” he trailed off. He didn’t need to say anything else; she could put the pieces together.

“I…” she sputtered before slamming her mouth shut. She pushed a slow exhale through her nose and forced herself to relax some of the tension in her shoulders. After a few seconds she let herself inhale again. “What do you think,” she finally asked.

Rook looked up at 77 slowly, “I think that every machine has its bugs. That they’re intensely complicated, and sometimes wires and programming cross to give them a special quirkiness that we learn to work around, for better or worse.” He shook his head, “I think that people have been projecting ourselves onto machines for centuries, ascribing a personality onto behavior that stems from a worn gear somewhere in the belly of their car or a hydraulic leak.” His words made sense, but his tone almost made it sound like he was reciting a hymn out of a book. He glanced over to his own machine. “That’s what I tell myself these days, anyways.”

She tried to read his facial expression, but only got a stony weariness, “Rook, don’t bullshit me, do you believe it?”

“Considering our survival counts on these machines... I’m keeping an open mind.” He muttered, starting to walk back towards 43.

She paused and stared back up at 77’s massive form. Sitting like this, it looked like the head of a massive angular whale, the cockpit hatch a small triangular mouth hanging open loosely, ready to swallow her whole. She shook her head again; this was all ridiculous.

“So, what happens now.” She asked, turning back to look at Rook.

“Now?” Rook stopped, he turned to watch Paul and Jamison, now significantly smaller in the distance. She saw alarm wash over his face. His head snapped back to her, then back up to 77.  “Shit,” he hissed, “They’re going to try and get you transferred. Out of maintenance and onto the line.”

The knot of anxiety became a solid brick of ice in her stomach. “You can’t be serious. I'm not a pilot, Rook!”

Rook didn’t answer, he broke into a quick jog after them leaving Hailey to stand in the middle of the RD bay with her mouth agape. Half a second later she was running after him, hobbling slightly as her knee continued to cry at the intensity of the day.

A day that was far from over.

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