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f̶r̶a̶c̶t̶u̶r̶a̶ ([personal profile] fracturamods) wrote in [community profile] fracturarpg2020-01-02 10:39 pm

[mingle] the space (january).

interim mingle

( WELCOME BACK, TRAVELERS. )



There's nothing but the clatter of train tracks, and the odd feeling of almost floating.

When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably. Or did you get something back recently?

The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.

You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.

There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:

There's still much more ahead of you.
decryptic: (how can i explain)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-15 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ A pause. ]

I can't rule out the possibility, but it's unlikely. The technology I've come across here is kind of basic. I doubt anyone around this time would be able to develop a virus compatible with me.

[ He's an 11945 Mac in a 2020 PC world... ]

But don't worry. If I end up getting infected and come at you with a knife or something, I hear Miss Shinobu's a deft hand at beheadings.

[ That's only 0.5 jokes. ]
suddenlybees: (346)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-15 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kano would believe that about Shinobu 100% ]

You know, if she's coming over to behead someone, I got a feeling it's not going to be you. But hey, even that place we just came from seemed basic to you? With the hologrammy sports field and everything?

[ That island seemed a step up more technological from what he's used to, but a 2020 PC would probably blow his mind too. ]
decryptic: (clouds came and covered the sun)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-15 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Holograms? No big deal.

[ He says this with an airy smugness as he waves his hand and conjures four holographic screens in front of him. They display atmospheric and self-analytic data, as well one screen dedicated to a statistical profile on Kano himself. ]

What, are you on her bad side already? What did you do?
suddenlybees: (019)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-15 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wha— What are these stats? Like Kano's given name— that's not Gel-P, and not Kano either— or the fact that he's physically weak in all areas, given the fact he could barely lift a spare leg... Kano's intrigued, stepping up to look all this over while bodily trying to block anybody else from seeing any of it, including 9S if he hasn't already snooped around. ]

Mm... Nothing? I just sorta like, existed in front of her. Acted as normal, you know?

[ Kano was just being himself, and he pissed Shinobu off. It really couldn't be helped. ]
decryptic: (that you feel the way i do)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-15 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ This data comes from 9S himself, so it's not like blocking the screens will keep him from knowing anything... Projected parameters, a structural analysis, and even miscellaneous data like temperature and threat level (low), it's all there. Tapping into sub-menus would go deeper into 9S's data and analysis of him, but the UI is full of vague wording, arcane graphs, and acronyms, making it mysterious to the uninitiated. ]

Well, that'll do it. Your "normal" is about as abnormal as it comes.

[ Though he's kind of glad he isn't the only one who finds Kano's behavior difficult... ]
suddenlybees: (005)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-16 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's the principle of the matter! Don't look at his private information he already knows. Also I can't believe Kano's threat level is low while he's out there blasting people off railroads; maybe 9S is taking into account his inability to fight. Kano probably throws punches with tucked thumbs or something. ]

Hey, hey, I put a lot of work into this "normal," you know? I worked hard making sure it's super normal!

[ This is like... the epitome of normal. Yeah. It's a fabricated personality, anyways, so he can always fine tune it. ]
decryptic: (turning to ashes flowers in their field)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-17 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kano "Ross" Kanoson... Also his threat level may be low to 9S but his annoyance level is (high). Sadly, 9S's unit profiles don't account for how much they might make him want to tear his hair out. He swipes away his screens so that he can bring down the full brunt of his incredulousness on Kano. ]

Seriously?

[ Once again, 9S feels 2B's absence keenly because here is exactly where he'd be turning to her and piling on with an "Is he serious?" (She would probably just shrug or respond with something noncommittal, but it's the principle of the matter.) ]

Sorry to break it to you, but you're the least normal person I've met here. And you're telling me you're trying to be normal?
suddenlybees: (084)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-17 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, yeah?

[ Kano will provide the shrugging this time, hands stuffed in his pockets and shoulders hiked up high before he lets them drop. If 9S thinks he's the least normal person here, maybe he just hasn't met everybody yet. I mean, look at Haku; no way he's more normal than Kano. ]

I'm, like, one of the most normal people here! Isn't it just your perception of normal that's screwed up? Like, what about me is so off and how would you normalize it? Bet you can't name ten things.
decryptic: (carefree the songs)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-17 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ 9S is a walking computer, so luckily he has stronger memory recall than most. There's no hesitation as he starts listing: ]

One, you asked me to name ten things in order to prove my point. Who does that?
Two, you're keeping a packet of relish that's been open for month.
Three, your pants are full of ketchup and Pop-Tarts.
Four, you go by "Gel-P", which is barely a name even by my standards.
Five, you were trying to make off with an entire crate of tomatoes when we met.
Six, everything you said about being a "Burnish".
Seven, your first instinct when I told you about my hacking was to break into a cash register.
Eight, you're allergic to disclosing any kind of meaningful information about yourself.
Nine, you're clearly a nice guy, but for some reason, you don't want me to know it.
Ten, you've basically admitted that you're trying to come across as weird, so the the claim that you're normal now is crazy in itself.

[ He feels like this entire list was pointless, honestly, but Kano can't say 9S didn't provide proof... ]
suddenlybees: (346)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-17 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's honestly taken aback by the rapid fire responses. Maybe he would have stumped 9S at 20, but more likely is that he would be given the full set anyways. A lot of these things Kano would argue— condiments are conveniently portable rations, for example, and 9S disliking his fake name and fake race is just him being rude. ]

N... nah. Number nine's just plain wrong, isn't it? I was gonna steal your leg and sell it to the black market back then.

[ This is the one he will fight tooth and nail to dispute. Maybe he was going to give it back, maybe he was going to sell it, 9S can't know which. ]
decryptic: (hidden so deep in veils of deceit)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-17 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ As if 9S intended to meet back up with sportsland Kano anyway!! ]

Nice try, but I stand by what I said. It's true that stealing isn't exactly moral, but taking an android leg isn't the same as taking, say, a human leg. I was closer to a humanoid tool with replaceable parts. Property, basically.

[ Which he was and is still fine with. He is to humans what pods are to androids, and pods are ultimately that: high-performance tools. ]

If I see you chopping off some human's arm and trying to make off with it, I'll be happy to revise my assessment.
suddenlybees: (017)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-17 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ What would 9S say when he finds Kano in the possession of human teeth in the next world jump? Even if they're things that anybody could so innocently get their hands on, they don't compare to an android leg that might as well be a person's leg, a prosthetic regardless of who's using it, and Kano can't help but pull a face when 9S likens himself to a tool, or property. ]

I'll hold you to it! But, hey, from one humanoid tool to another: shitty people are shitty whether they're destroying property or people, you know? You gotta draw your line a bit lower~
decryptic: (show me you're broken)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-17 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ 9S will say what the fuck maybe but also Haku will own a gun so 9S will probably be adjusting this expectations for that world??

He understands a little better now that humans are prone to sentimentality. They can get attached to their clothes, their phones, even fictional characters -- so it doesn't surprise him that Kano might make the argument that property is anywhere on the level of people. For a human that might be true, but androids rarely get attached to objects or even claim personal belongings, and so he has to beg to differ.

He won't bother trying to argue the point, though. Humans will be humans. ]


Okay, then. True or false: you helped getting all that tomato gunk off me, unprompted, when we first met.
suddenlybees: (001)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-17 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Being reminded of the tomato gunk makes him laugh, because that sure was a thing, wasn't it? Dumping water on the guy was a shoddy fix to begin with, too, and only a monster would have just walked away.

It doesn't help Kano's case, so he just shakes his head and waves his hand dismissively. ]


Haha, is that what happened? Sorry, sorry, I don't remember~

[ Can't use anything against him if he can't remember to corroborate! ]
decryptic: (the breath of a baleful unease)

[personal profile] decryptic 2020-01-18 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 9S just... shakes his head and throws his hands up. KANO KNOWS WHAT HE DID. ]

Then let's make number eleven "prone to spontaneous yet convenient memory loss".
suddenlybees: (007)

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2020-01-18 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nobody can prove it! ]

Haha, it's a real medical problem, you know! Can't take it lightly! If I ever seem a bit out of sorts, just play along, 'kay? It'll come back sooner or later~ Probably.