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

[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.

[deem]

What makes you say that?

[He doesn't know anything about those nationalities, but he's certainly curious]

[lalliho]

[awh yeah time to be a judgmental tit]

Swedish people are stupid and don't believe in magic or gods, and I guess foreign mages go to school or something weird, but in Iceland they're just weird ugly sheep people that never cut their hair or learn their stupid jobs. Norwegians are just crazy.

[deem]

Are you from a neighboring country, then?

[He knows, geographically, where those nations existed. So it makes him wonder what would lead to these impressions]

[lalliho]

Mm. I'm Finnish.

[deem]

Oh, I see.

So what are Finnish people like?

[Prone to distraction and endlessly curious, this is what he's dealing with]

[lalliho]

I don't know.

[It's kind of unreal to think about...especially since he feels very othered, even amongst his own people. Finnish people... What were Finnish people like?]

...Grey.

[deem]

Does that mean you're grey?

[Like literally grey? After everything he's seen he could believe it]

[lalliho]

Mmn. My hair and eyes. I don't know if I feel grey like how everyone else feels grey because I'm me, though.

[deem]

What does it mean to feel grey?

[Everything looked grey on the Bunker, so he can understand this from a visual perspective, but...]

[lalliho]

Um...

[Part of the problem is that he said they were grey because he couldn't think of another way to describe it, so he doesn't really have words ready.]

I guess...I think of Finland, and I think of white snow and white trees with dark lines and green plants and brown food and red berries and yellow berries and blue, green, purple, and brown water, but... I think of the people and I don't. They're just grey.

[deem]

I think I can sort of understand that...

[It still, in a strange way, makes him think of the Bunker]

Although I've never heard of water coming in colors like that.

[lalliho]

[Ah...]

Not really colorful. Like...lights and reflections. And feeling.

[deem]

It sounds like it'd be nice to see.

[Not that there isn't water everywhere, but to see it in such a way must really be something]

[lalliho]

[..............like is this a hint, or]

Um. Should I think brain pictures at you?

[deem]

...Should you?

[He repeats curiously. Guess who easily forgets about this, despite having had gun images transmitted to him just minutes ago]

You uh. Can if you want, but you don't have to.