WARNING: Strong Language

Year: 2231.05.21
Quadrant: Kingdom Boundary Lines 
Hour: 2243

Operative: Etmek

"Yo, hurry up down there!"

He groaned at the sound of the soldier's voice, raising his head in annoyance.

"If you'd shut your mouth for a quick minute, I could concentrate!" He yelled back, shifting through the junk metal.

"If you'd give me something to fight with, I would gladly shut up!"

"I will shove this thing up your ass!"

Silence.

He sighed, jamming in the small twisted remains of a bottle cap into his newest creation. The small core hummed in response and lit up to his delight. He threw the small detonator to the top of the trench.

"Here dumbass, cover your ears and press the button!"

Not waiting for a response, the Apprati grabbed another container and some more wires. The battle was endless, and useless. The Three Kingdoms were too snobby to admit that there was a war so they weren't even well funded. 

The Chimera sitting next to him grinned, "Did it always take you so long to make something? I haven't heard a Knot tell you off in a while."

He glanced over at the other S-form, and sniffed. The young man was examining his gloves carefully, re-rolling them up to cover all of his skin. The careful expression on his face highlighted his handsome features; and if Chimeras weren't all sent to war immediately, this one would have drawn in all the ladies. It certainly drew him in the first day they had met.

The only thing that was weird was the fact that this was the location the young recruit had chosen to spend his time in. Apprati like himself were always covered in some kind of mechanical oil or gunpowder, and they were always sweating because of the fire used for fixing up metal. He couldn't wrap his head around why the bastard decided to sit here all the time.

"Damn thing doesn't know his place," he muttered under his breath, turning back to the new project, "I'd like to see him try to make something with the shit that we call metal!" 

The S-form next to him grinned evilly, gesturing towards his gloves, "I bet if I tried, I could do it."

The Apprati flinched, "Get the hell away from me."

"Please? Just once?"

"Fuck no."