005 ¤ [video]

[fe_male]

Oh, fantastic. This place again. Thrilling. So happy to see you all again. JARVIS, daddy's home.

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[ because. uhm. who are you you're in his room. ]

hope you haven't broken anything in the apartment yet. watch out for the blender btw

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Text; there we go

[gofortheoptics]

I was hoping so, but -- apparently not.

If you need a little help, we're already roommates.

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[fe_male]

help with what

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[gofortheoptics]

Coding, engine repair -- whatever.

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[fe_male]

and here it seemed like you knew me already

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[gofortheoptics]

Well, you always said you had to have some reason to keep giving me cheques, and I wouldn't let you take me to dinner

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[fe_male]

maybe here you can just pretend to be my landlord
how open would you be to it if i need to find 'some other way to pay you'

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[gofortheoptics]

This is exactly why I was concerned about living with you

Sex is off the table

[And she can only even type that out because she isn't face to face with him, okay.]

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[fe_male]

we don't have to have it on the table - you'd be surprised how many places actually work

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[gofortheoptics]

Did I mention I have a new shotgun

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[fe_male]

hot

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[gofortheoptics]

It does run on thermal clips

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[fe_male]

really? can i see?

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[gofortheoptics]

Only if you behave

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[fe_male]

just moved in and already bossing me around

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[gofortheoptics]

I'm led to believe you need a tough but firm hand

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[fe_male]

that's how i like it

[gofortheoptics]

I'm in the living room

[fe_male]

[ that's oddly... encouraging considering. but it doesn't take long for him to come out around the corner from the back areas of the apartment ]

What are you, purple Darth Vader? It's not that dirty in here.

[gofortheoptics]

[The shotgun is in her lap. She lets out a soft laugh and shakes her head.]

I should've just sent you the standard explanatory datafile. 'Quarians and you' is a very informative pamphlet.

[And by 'informative' she means 'vaguely insulting while still being irriatingly accurate'.]

Short story? Compromised immune system. The suit is necessary.

[fe_male]

[ He's just going to flop down next to you on the couch and make grabby hands for the shotgun. He might not make weapons anymore - well, aside from new ones for his suit - but that doesn't mean he doesn't still like them. Sometimes. ]

That sounds like it would suck. Lemme see. Do you ever get to come out?

[gofortheoptics]

[Well, at least she's used to him being casual with her. She passes the shotgun over with a vague sigh.]

Looking like this, no.

[And since she doesn't have the ability to spontaneously generate her combat drones any longer, she assumes she can't just -- become human at will like she did in the City. That's an incorrect assumption, of course, but she doesn't know that yet.]

[fe_male]

[ He's not quite engrossed enough in the new toy to not spare that comment a glance in her direction before he looks back down at the gun and works out how to best dismantle it so he can examine the components. ]

What's that mean?

[gofortheoptics]

[Tony, you'd better believe she's watching you like a hawk to make sure you don't break anything. It's not that she doesn't trust you'll be able to fix it, it just seems inconvenient.]

It's -- complicated. In the place I was in before this, I was given the ability to become human. It helps with blending in.

[fe_male]

[ Psh whatever okay if you don't think he can't put it back together you shouldn't have given it to him. Also he's having fun - new stuff, new tech, and practicing with his developing skill, all in the name of getting-to-know-you-better. This is great. ]

Understandable. The blending in, not the - [ handwave. the humany thing. ] That part is only barely understandable. Can't do it now?

[gofortheoptics]

The other powers have gone, so I would assume those are as well.

[Again, she hasn't had much time to fiddle with the gun. She shakes her head.]

More reliable than holograms, at any rate.