Power levels dangerously low... please seek out the nearest recharge station...

[gorobo]

 It would've been too much to ask for infinite battery life in this dimension, wouldn't it?

He lets out a curse as his shot misses a Preta, distracted by the warning that's been sitting in his HUD for days, which has finally started blinking on and off, a sign that he's dangerously close to running out of battery. Even his backup power supply is running out, as the ever-blaring alarm in his head ever so graciously informs him every other hour, with increasing frequency as he continues to avoid charging up.

2.47% left, a quick internal scan reveals. 

God. Fuck.

He's... where would he even find a charging station, in this place? Since one of his sisters is here too, she must have a place to charge as well, but he's loathe to ask where, involved with Kirijo as she still is. 

There's always the possibility that his usual station has appeared in this Tokyo, but...

With growl, he throws off the Preta when it charges at him, before vaporizing the thing with a quick Megidolaon from Loki. Mikage-cho has been a great way to both blow off steam and hide away from the others, even if the constant barrage of demons only drains him all the more. Despite that conversation with Morgana and Renée having been... enlightening, in some regards, and texting those who deigned to check up on him, he still doesn't want to see anyone right now.

The files in his head stand out as always. He's given up on trying to remove them himself, especially when power is becoming such a precious resource.

He senses another horde of demons approaching- more powerful ones, this time. He should probably get out of here.

His internal alarms still blare at him when he arrives at the nearby shrine- a place that demons seem to avoid, and he's so... tired isnt the right word, but he feels sluggish. His systems aren't working at their best performance, one by one cutting their own useage in order to keep his body running a little longer in general. A scan outside the shrine reveals that the demons are still hanging around.

... Well. No use in using up more power than he needs just twiddling his thumbs while he waits for them to leave. He can't exactly afford that right now.

2.13% left. 

He settles himself against one of the internal walls- out of sight, so people looking in don't see him immediately, and allows his thoughts to drift.

Entering sleep mode...

His eyes lose their glow as he powers down, head slumping forwards, and in less than a second, he's gone.

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[gorobo]

"... Touché."

Well... it doesn't look like Raven has bad intentions, at least. He probably didn't expect to run into Falcon either. Should he tell him?

... Ah, fuck it. What else does he have to lose? He'll power down in a few minutes again, anyway.

"My battery's running a little low, that's all", he says, putting his own hand on his hip and looking away. "Nothing to con-cern-cern-cern yourself with."

He winces as his voicebox fritzes for a moment, redirecting the necessary power from elsewhere to correct the issue. Are his eyes dimmer than before? He wouldn't notice himself.

[fogboundcrow]

"No, I believe I should concern myself, if you're having difficulty speaking." Sorry, Falcon, but that's a stern little look on Raven's face, and he refuses to budge. "Is there a place you can restore power?"

He clearly needs it. Ergo, it'd be foolish to leave Falcon behind.

[gorobo]

"Just a glitch," he smoothly replies, "really, it's none of your concern."

He's lying through his teeth and he knows it. The battery icon has taken over his entire HUD. He goes to cross his arms, ready to tell Raven off some more, and-

...

... His arms won't move.

Batterly levels critical. Entering power saving mode.

Both his arms drop next to him like potato sacks, and his sensors go dead. Only visual and audio input remain to warn him of his surroundings. Loki and Robin whine in his chest, thrumming with concern.

Raven keeps staring at him, too.

"Fucking, god. Fine," he admits. If anyone's not going to take advantage of him, it's probably Raven. "You're not telling anyone of this, but there's... a block, in Kichijoji. Owned by that scumbag, in my world. It looks like a residential building, but it's basically my prison ward. There might be something there."

His words are halting and unsteady, his voicebox moderator giving out slowly but surely.

[fogboundcrow]

"All right. Just a moment..." He takes a deep breath. There's no guarantee Falcon will approve, but... "Persona!"

Robin Hood materializes beside him, gazing down at Falcon.

"See if you can carry him."

As he kneels down to lift Falcon, Robin Hood looks rather apologetic. Hang in there.

[gorobo]

And indeed, Falcon does not approve. His glare is nothing short of venomous as he's lifted by a version of his own damn Persona.

Still, he does not say anything about it, because he cannot fucking move, his entire body slumping uselessly in Robin Hood's arms. His head hangs awkwardly off the side, and all in all, he sort of looks like a ragdoll. A very angry, mechanical ragdoll.

His own Robin Hood brushes against his soul. They're here to help and you know it.

[fogboundcrow]

"We should hurry, so we can find the correct apartment while you still have power."

Nodding, his Persona follows after him as they make their way back toward the Velvet Room. With luck, it'll only take a few minutes to get Falcon charging comfortably.

[gorobo]

Falcon grumbles an affirmative, dangling from Robin's arms as they walk. He shoots an even more venomous glare at Igor as they pass him (stubborn asshole of an old man), but before long, they're in Tokyo, and after that, in Kichijoji.

"Left here," he directs. 0.76% remaining. "Walk until you see the conbini with the red roof. Second street on the right from there."

He continues giving directions, watching his power tick away. His voicebox flickers out a few turns before they make it to the building.

Ugh. Uuuuuugh.

"On your left, there is an alley. Take it," he says, in the robotic, flat voice of a text-to-speech; not as power intensive as his synthetic voice. "At the end of the alley, the building wiiiith theeeee naaaameeeee Fuuuuuuu-_{tuuuureeee...}"

His voice slowly cuts away, like a walkman running out of power, and his eyes lose their glow, going dull once more.

Out of power. Shutting down.

[fogboundcrow]

Shit. That complicates things. Raven grimaces as he realizes what's just happened. It's uncanny as fuck to see Falcon depower like that...

But no matter. He follows his directions to the best of his abilities, eventually finding what he hopes is the correct building.

"Try and scan for his charging station. It may help us narrow things down..."

His Persona sighs, but does just that as they enter the building. Let's see...

[gorobo]

The building they enter looks... normal, at first glance. A lobby, with a cognition standing at a front desk, smiling. She does not pay attention to the small child and his Persona carrying a robot. To the right of the front desk is a staircase. To the left, an elevator. Closer inspection reveals that the building has 15 floors.

Most floors appear as normal residential areas. Starting from the 10th floor, however, a special residential pass is needed to proceed. One would assume these are more high rise, expensive apartments.

[fogboundcrow]

Robin Hood relays this information to Raven, who in turn approaches the front desk. "I need a residential pass. Mine was stolen."

Hopefully this will work, allowing him to gain access to the entire building.

[gorobo]

"Name, please," the cognition says, her cheerful smile fake and hollow. Does she even see Raven? It's like she's staring straight through him.

[fogboundcrow]

"Goro Akechi." Hopefully that will suffice. It'll be extremely aggravating if he has to escalate this further.

[gorobo]

"Oh, Akechi-kun! Did you lose your pass again?" she titters, reaching below the desk, "you really should be more careful with it, dear, they're not cheap to make, you know?"

A plain pass with an ID chip at the top gets deposited on the front desk- perfect size to insert in the reader at the elevator. The cognition smiles.

"Here you go, honey. Don't lose it again, you hear?"

With that, she goes back to staring straight ahead.

[fogboundcrow]

Heh. Well, that worked well enough. Taking the pass, Raven continues toward the elevator, and Robin Hood drifts close behind him.

"Let's take it to the top. You can scan each floor as we pass it to get a closer read on the area, and then we can select the correct floor from there."

That does sound efficient... Very well.

[gorobo]

The elevator ascends, and as it passes from the 9th into the 10th floor, all seems normal. The 10th floor is more residential areas, probably for the staff.

The 11th floor seems like a regular high end suite, with paraphernalia partaining to the interests of one Goro Akechi. A bookshelf filled to the brim, a television, a stack of magazines on the coffee table. The full DVD rerelease of the first edition of Phoenix Ranger Featherman. A chess set alongside other strategy games, a personal computer, a bedroom, a bathroom, and so on.

The next floor makes it clear that this is more than a residential building; archives upon archives filled to the brim with notes on Falcon's body, on his circuitry, his personality module, his memory, his internal database, his Personas, his access to the Metaverse. All of it neatly labeled; one need only choose a topic in order to gain proper knowledge about Falcon.

The floor after that... cold. Gloomy. There's a sense of dread that comes alongside it. An adjustable table with metal cuffs, screwdrivers, computers, cables, wires, plugs, chips, odds and ends. Spare parts, a few torn apart robotic limbs, multiple sets of the prosthetics that hide Falcon's robotic legs.

The 14th floor is promising; it is comprised of a single, incredibly large machine that seems plugged into a private electricity network. It looks like a chair with set contact points, cables leading out from under it.

The 15th floor seems to be another residential floor.

The 12th, 13th, and 14th floors do not have windows, and are smaller than the other floors; from the outside, there simply look to be apartments, lived in and homely, but ultimately a facade.

[fogboundcrow]

"All right. Floor 14 it is, then..."

With the press of another button, Raven sends the elevator back down a floor. As they emerge, he cautiously approaches the machine.

"Try placing him down gently. We don't want to jostle him too much."

Nodding, Robin Hood follows his directions and sets Falcon in what is hopefully a charging device.

[gorobo]

As Falcon's set down into the chair proper, there's a fwip! and a click!, the sound of something slotting into place. The machine lights up with a low humming noise as something extends from the chair, and attaches itself to the back of Falcon's spine, hidden under the mesh.

...

Awareness comes to Falcon like he's swimming up from the bottom of the ocean, his mind feeling far away from his body. His systems greedily drink in the charge from the device as they all come back online, one by one. At first, the only indication that he's been powered on again is a blink. A twitch from his limbs. A blue pulse faintly visible beneath his mesh. Then, his body resettling itself to sit up straight, and finally, the lights in his eyes coming back on, alongside his consciousness.

Reboot successfull.
Timestamped: dd/mm/yy ??:??:??
Error: Date and Time unknown.
Emergency shutdown detected. Please stand by...

The first thing he sees is the expectant eyes of Raven, and, still a little bleary from running out of power, he blinks slowly.

"Raven. Hello."

[fogboundcrow]

He's awake. That's a good sign, but still...

Raven dips his head down slightly. His Persona disappears in a burst of light, to make the situation seem less threatening.

"Do you feel better now?"

[gorobo]

No damage detected.
Sytems charging... Please stand by...

Falcon blinks again at the burst of light, feeling Loki and Robin Hood respond to it. More aware now that his emergency scan is complete, he rolls his eyes.

"I didn't 'feel' bad in the first place," he says, matter of factly. "I ran out of power. Not much 'feeling' involved there- though I don't feel good or bad in the way humans do, anyway. In other words, your question is moot."

His lips are a bit looser than usual. Still some residue from running out of power completely, it seems.

[fogboundcrow]

"I meant your mood." Is Falcon being sarcastic, or painfully literal? Either way, Raven tries to mask his apprehension as he watches. "I understand that you may still not want to see me, given everything that happened before."

[gorobo]

"Hm?"

Then, his brain catches up to him.

"Ah. Well." He looks like he wants to adjust himself, but doesn't because he's still charging. "I suppose. I... hm."

He pauses, eyes looking away from Raven as his face sets into a small frown. There's something distinctively uncomfortable about his expression.

"I won't lie. I wasn't happy to see you. Especially not in such a state," he says, eyes flitting back to Raven, "but it was inevitable, I suppose."

He sits stock still, closing his eyes as energy flows back into him. It'll be a while before he's charged enough again to leave.

There's irritation at having to be helped like a pathetic wretch, but it's his own stubbornness that's to blame, this time. He shouldn't have let it come this far, regardless of personal feelings surrounding this place. That's not Raven's fault, and he shouldn't take it out on the kid.

"Better to rip off the bandaid," he says, eyes flitting open, though he doesn't look Raven in the eye. "I owe you my thanks for helping me once again."

He pointedly ignores the files that still dig at him every so often. He's found himself getting used to them... but he doesn't know if that's a good thing or not.

He got used to Shido's bug after a while too, after all.

[fogboundcrow]

Raven blows a small sigh. It's not as though he can dispute Falcon's feelings. After everything, he has every right to be apprehensive.

"Of course. I couldn't just leave you there."

It would be cruel. And who knows when the next person would see him? And if he ran out of power, there'd be no guidance on where to take him.

"Though I'm sorry we picked you up without consent. We just didn't want to waste precious time."

[gorobo]

Falcon huffs out a small, sardonic laugh.

"That's just what happens to me, doesn't it? People handling and changing my body without my consent."

He's clearly not just talking about Raven here. There's an angry edge to his voice, though he quickly forces himself to calm down, closing his eyes.

Stop taking this shit out on a kid.

"It's fine. I understand," he says, voice audibly calmer. Flatter. "You did what you had to. It upset me, but I... was being stubborn."

[fogboundcrow]

Raven winces, but it's not as though it's undeserved. If anything, Falcon is acting rather tame.

"To be fair, you have every right to be upset. You've had very little consent or control since arriving here, and likely long before that."

[gorobo]

"..."

There's something extremely tired about Falcon's scowl, a deep-seated hurt that's desperately trying to hide under frustration and anger.

A noise similar to a loud sigh leaves his lips, though it is clearly just something mimicking the real thing.

"I- Raven. Look. I'm trying very hard not to take all of this out on you. As I've said before, I've had time to think, and you all clearly did the right thing. My feelings on the matter are- complicated to say the least." His scowl lessens; he just looks tired now. "I'm glad I don't have to act as Shido's puppet anymore. I'm mad I was hacked. I understand why you did what you did- and you didn't even do anything worse than what's already been done to me."

He lets out another mimic of a sigh.

"I'm upset. I'll live. There's no need to take it out on a child. Especially one who has been a victim of Shido's himself."