voice

[deem]

Hey guys, can you hear me?

[YoRHa unit 9S, forever uncertain as to whether he's thinking at people properly]

I just wanted to let you know that 2B and I are doing renovations on that old house on the western side of the island. At the moment there's no water or electricity so it's probably not the most hospitable for humans...

But once it's in working order, this'll give us an outpost in this area.

Also we were discussing some hands-free lights for working in the dark. Devices like that would come in handy, right? Are there any other types of equipment you could use? Seems like during our downtime, that's something to work on. Maybe we can also establish what resources we've got at our disposal, too. We're a team and all, right?

[Now that they're not dealing with invading hostiles, it seems to him it's time to put his technical skills to work]

[ooc: Feel free to thread-hop/jack, let's get geared up]

Comments

[lalliho]

[..........there is a lot he does not understand here.]

I know about skeletons, but what's an endo?

[deem]

[Maybe it's fortunate this isn't the first time he's confused someone]

An endoskeleton is an internal skeleton, as opposed to an exoskeleton like some bugs have, where it serves as a hard shell. Androids have endoskeletons just like humans do, you see.

Except for what they're made of anyhow.

[lalliho]

The shell is a skeleton...

[yo, what the fuck... but alright, there was more important information given to him here.]

Do you know a blindfolded lady that says she's really strong and heavy?

[deem]

You must mean 2B! [No masking the enthusiasm here, he's a fan] We're partners, and those goggles are standard-issue so I've got them too.

[lalliho]

[Woah, okay. Good thing he's used to someone spouting scientific nonsense at him and being weird-bubbly, or this would be even more jarring for him to wrap his emotionally-stunted head around.]

Those are goggles...? She said she could see but I don't understand.

[deem]

Yeah, all YoRHa units in the field wear them.

[And if he thinks 2B's goggles look like a blindfold, 9S' are even more misleading, what with the tie in the back and all]

They actually improve our vision...but a lot of people around here seem confused about it.

[lalliho]

Yes, because that's stupid.

[bein real]

[deem]

How stupid is it when they actually work?

[Who needs reality in the distant, crazy future...]

[lalliho]

It doesn't make sense, so it's stupid.

[Like, it is stupid, but Lalli calls a lot of things stupid, so this opinion is ehh...]

Your eyes are covered, so you shouldn't see. Unless you have...spirit sight.

[deem]

"Spirit sight" doesn't make sense to me. Is that some kind of magic?

[9S will forever defend his absurd equipment, if only because he knows how that brand of nonsense works]

Seems to me that if I can see through it, it doesn't matter that my eyes are covered.

[lalliho]

...I guess it's magic. I see spirits because I'm a mage...

[Just kind of seems like A Thing, though.]

Why do you have eyes if you can cover them and see?

[deem]

Humans wear sunglasses, visors, and their own goggles, don't they?

[He's really not too sure where the question of his eyes comes in, but they're all from such very different places and he reminds himself of that]

They see through those, and 2B and me can see through these. It doesn't seem that different to me, except for how they look.

[lalliho]

[ummmm]

I don't know what those are.

[1. nocturnal life, 2. sun does not exist in scandinavia]

If I tied black cloth over my eyes, I don't think I could see very well.

[deem]

It might look like it's just cloth, but it's a product of technology. They're made of a lot more than that.

[The Old World had these things, so where does this guys come from, he wonders...]

Are you familiar with glasses?

[lalliho]

Yes, but I don't need them?

[A mysterious question, for sure. Despite the fact that he's had the realization of vastly different worlds many times, glasses are just so...basic?]

Are human people able to see through it, or just metal people because technology is weird?

[deem]

I haven't tested it, because they're designed to enhance my vision. My concern is that it might be too much for human eyes.

[And the last thing he wants to do is overwhelm human eyes with too much information and cause potential injury]

But I did make a variant for Jude.

[lalliho]

[Weird...]

...I don't know if you should tell people that. Some -- some people might want to try them even more. They make bad decisions like that.

[deem]

I wouldn't mind making them for people who could use them... But I'm not loaning mine out or anything, since it's not worth the risk.

[They're designed to closely emulate humans, but that doesn't make them exactly the same. Humans don't go through life with HUD displays]

[lalliho]

Nn. But you said there's a thing in your skeleton that makes it so you can't move. And there are people that lie or keep secrets so they can do what they want. Even if they know that what they want could hurt them. Kill them.

[deem]

We've all got those ring-things, don't we? And I can move faster than a human can.

Not to mention, I'm designed to pick up on threats and respond to them, even when they're not overt. I appreciate the concern, but I should be okay.

[lalliho]

[Hoo boy, this strange metal person saying innocuous things like that sure is making Lalli melancholy. Having minimal expression doesn't matter so much when it's a text conversation through your brain that sometimes conveys emotion without the intent to.]

Okay. If you're sure.

[deem]

I won't let anybody get hurt like that, if I can do anything about it.

You're kind to worry though. Julius has told me things like that too.

[Even so, he was designed to elevate humanity far above himself in all regards. It's difficult to think of them in negative terms]

[lalliho]

[makes note of judging myself from the previous tag so future me knows I sure did notice the format foible.]

I have no idea who that is.

[deem]

[It happens to the best of us]

He's a soldier, I bet you'd get along.

[lalliho]

[Hmmn... At least this is a fair distraction.]

Depends. Swedes, Norwegians, and Icelanders are really weird! Even their military people.