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[@Player 2][@Pyromania99][@DocRock][/center]
Ah, good, it seemed that someone here had sense. Actually taking the time to go back through his memories to check that he'd gotten the tolerable person's name right, the loudmouthed inventor seemed to calm down significantly, thrumming his guitar once more before shooting the other inventor present a simple thumbs-up. The summoning system informed him that this was how one expressed approval. 

[color=4ab837]"Excellent, Henry Ford! With my peerless mind and your Devices From the Future, there is no limit as to what can be born! An entirely new line of Super Daedalus Projects can be undertaken! It is imperative that we assess the strengths and weaknesses of all those here before hastily departing."[/color] Another series of random but well-placed chords. [color=4ab837]"If we take the time to create armaments and tools to bolster our strong points and cover our weak points before rushing into the fray, our chances of success are at [b]MAX POWER[/b]! Even if we cannot procure a full crocodile, with but some teeth, scales, or organs, progress could begin, for instance! It is as my patron always says, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cur-"[/color]

...of course, that relative peace couldn't last for long, and was shattered once Empress Jiangshi had the gall not only to threaten him, but to imply that he couldn't make incredible things out of the charred remains of a crocodile.

That was received about as well as one would expect. 

[color=4ab837]"[b]-WHAAAAT?![/b] If someone says idiotic things, then [i]of course I'll call them an idiot[/i]! Do you know how hollow Phantasmal Species work?! Do you know [b]the things I could do with just three of its teeth[/b]?! Of course not! I doubt you even know what a ThanaToaster is, and that is precisely why I require compensatio-"[/color]

Once again, though, the Caster froze up for a moment mid-tirade. 

This is because someone was already moving towards the gate, despite how awful of an idea that was when their group had at least two inventor-type Heroic Spirits among them. 

However, this time, there was no scream. There was no incredulous yell. There was no denouncement of the other as an idiot. 

[color=4ab837]"...[i]you[/i]...?"[/color]

Yes, in this moment, Daedalus was well and truly speechless as he laid eyes upon the Berserker who moved towards the gate, a presence that had been undetectable in the moments earlier. When he spoke, it was not in that grandiose tone that demanded that all the world paid attention to him. It was a hushed whisper for only his own ears, the tone low, compressed to a point where its timbre was utterly irreconcilable with the inventor's earlier words.

[color=4ab837]"...[b]that's[/b] what you became? [b]That's[/b] how you saw my..."[/color]

That misbegotten child who saw what was meant to be a world of beauty as a hell on earth. 

[color=4ab837]"...very well then, lost child. The next one will be a proper paradise. I refuse to fail twice."[/color]

He made no effort to stop or call out to [i]him[/i]. That wasn't his place, after all.