telepathy to all

[splinten]

I need everyone who is down for a rescue mission to say what they can do in terms of wrecking shit and/or support skills, and any strategies they have for getting in. We do not need to be stalling on this. Peach is in the goddamned castle and Bowser has not been demonstrably a nice guy, so let's get the fucking hat on and move.

Skills, strategies, plans. Let's get them out and get going.

[ooc: threadhopping obviously allowed and encouraged here!

EDIT: some ooc plotting here!]

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[marakukaja]

You don't need to worry about that. I only bid hasta la vista to my designated enemies.

[ Is she joking? Or is she serious? Either way, she's relieved, and the feeling is palpable in her voice. If he's as used to robots and AIs as he claims, then it makes sense that her own being is hardly anything new to him. ]

...As unremarkable as my being may seem to you then, that makes me happy.

[splinten]

[Either way he finds it hilarious? There's a brief ripple of amusement as he continues.]

The coven is generally reasonably accepting, presumably because we're a collection of freaks and anomalies from across the multiverse, but if anyone gives you any shit about it and you need an assist, you can let me know. Also if you can't do self-maintenance, I'll do what I can.

and then, after talking to percy.

[knighthooded]

Why didn't you mention the cop cosplay?

[splinten]

[oh no he fucked up. Dirk is like.... dead silent. For possibly a full minute.]

Sorry. I... was focusing on just getting base information gathered and teams set up?

[knighthooded]

You don't have to apologize.

Just talked to that Percy dude and he mentioned it, is all. Can't promise blue's my color, but hey, we'll rock it.

You alright? With the. Organizing and everything.

[god, he needs to stop. he needs to stop trying to help, it's just all this nervous energy floating around him because it's Jade and he just wants to talk and ramble and he's making this worse.]

[splinten]

[He doesn't have to apologize? There's a brief flicker of confused relief before Dirk tightens his control on the telepathy.]

Ok, cool.

Are you. Offering to help? Or.

[knighthooded]

Yeah. Beats sitting on my ass until we have to move.

[more like pacing around his apartment and being worried sick.]

[splinten]

No clue. Telepathy would count if they could catch us at it; thankfully, they don't seem to.

Are you a lawyer, dude? Or some kind of business guy.

[HE'S GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE]

[marakukaja]

Thank you very much. I'll keep your maintenance offer in mind.

[ To both of those, really, even if she doesn't think she'll need it. She's going to need to get to know him a little better before she even thinks about letting Dave poke around in her emotional engine and memories, but it's a start. ]

The coven has been rather accepting, which I greatly appreciate. ...I cannot say the same for these locals, unfortunately. I have yet to reveal my true appearance to them, yet if this is how they treat human coven members...I worry for them.

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[splinten]

[a pause, before he switches the message to one-to-one telepathy]

That's basically entirely what I'm doing right now. Just... sitting on my fucking ass here.

[justiceobjects]

You got it right the first time. My name's Apollo Justice, and I'm a defense attorney that's worked in the USA and Khura'in. So uh, nice to 'meet' you, I guess.

[splinten]

I know they've shown prejudice towards non-human organics before. I don't know anything about how they respond to the androids. At this point, your intuition is likely right.

[splinten]

[...]

Anyone ever told you your name was a bit 'on the nose'?

[allconsumed]

[If it comes to that, Velvet won't exactly miss this place much, either.]

You think that's the worst that will happen? I have a hunch they didn't capture members of the coven just to punish us for breaking their stupid rules. There's probably something else that they want out of it.

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[insubordination]

The worst that will happen is that we'll be executed, but I don't see the need of spelling that out in front of a group of watching children.

[ again, mildly enough, but roy isn't stupid. the risks are large, but he won't be leaving riza and the others trapped in there forever. ]

But being removed from the city would, obviously, be the best case scenario.

[dawninglight]

Which means going to...whatever it outside of the city. That might not be a bad thing if it allows all of us to get back to the island hub together.

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[allconsumed]

There are going to be children directly involved. I'd argue that they should understand all of the potential consequences, but if you don't want to get into it, then fine. It definitely wouldn't be good for morale.

[justiceobjects]

Moreso since I got here. It does make my business cards look awesome.

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[insubordination]

There's a way to tell children the potential consequences without scaring the hell out of them.

[ there's a pause. ]

I have at least a semblance of hope that the children involved are at, bare minimum, capable, but that's probably hoping for too much.

[inspiteful]

I'll try my best.

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[allconsumed]

Most of them aren't idiots, from what I can tell.

[Yeah, maybe wishful thinking? The sound of her long sigh carries over to him.]

I doubt it would go over well, but if you're that worried, then tell them all to stay out of it.

[knighthooded]

You're planning. Coordinating shit. At least that's something.

[but he gets it. he gets wanting to be out there, tearing down the walls, bringing them back. it's frustrating to not be doing that, and there's a tinge of sympathy in his thoughts, careful and small.]

[splinten]

I've done about as much of that as I can. So at this point it's just waiting.

[Which sucks? He hates it. He wants to blow something up.

Dave's sympathy is careful and small; Dirk feels it, and there's a weird mix of confusion and hope before Dirk gets a grip on himself and simply sticks to gratitude.]