10 △ VIDEO; looking fine and augmented

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Considering Adam spent the last two weeks as his old self, that is, the person he was before this and that incident, he takes it remarkably well. The memory of actual, feeling hands is still fresh in his mind, although he hadn't even been able to appreciate it much due to it having been nothing special at the time. It's easier to compare now, however—flesh to metal, feeling to unfeeling, weak to powerful. And for once, the lingering emotion of something having been taken from him against his will doesn't flare up again.

It's different. Much like a disabled person revisits the memory and place where everything happened and changed to maybe, finally, find some closure.

Things happen.

You don't always get a say in it. All you can do is deal, adapt and progress, because ultimately, that's what life has always been about. ]

***


I see everyone's quick to mope or make apologies. Excuse me if I refrain from joining your ranks this time, seeing as I came out of this with a few cute girls, free meals and a videogame—all things I didn't ask for, but I'm still not sharing. The game, maybe, if you ask nicely, but it's somewhat dated. So unless you can appreciate classics, don't even bother.

[ HI everyone did you miss this butt he's sure you did. ]

Oh, and here's your general PSA, directed at no one in particular, especially not the guys around the precinct: get into the habits of locking your tablets if you're just gonna leave 'em lying around. The next time I find one I'm gonna post the entirety of its porn folder to the network tagged with your name. And before you go, oh, that silly Adam Jensen, of course my porn folder is locked and hidden slash I'm an innocent virgin who doesn't even have a porn folder, honest--

Don't make the mistake of thinking that's gonna stop me.


[ Private to Samus ]

You free tonight?

Comments

[aceordisgraced]

Why didn't you do it to the first one? You just missed your chance!

[neveraskedforthis]

I'm in a good mood today, so I thought I might put mercy before justice just this once.

[aceordisgraced]

Ooooh. That's so nice of you, Adam. You've got the heart the size of a whale.

[neveraskedforthis]

Occasionally, I do. You better appreciate it for as long as it remains like this.

[aceordisgraced]

I appreciate it plenty. How're you doing?

[neveraskedforthis]

I can't complain. And I'm not even drunk. That's saying something. Yourself?

[whatsupcroc]

Totally ignoring half of this but -- what classic game?

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Because Collette has the biggest porn folder. ]

Asteroids.

[whatsupcroc]

( If thousands of save files of images of snow and skiers and snowboarders and skateboarders doing tricks counts as porn.

Oh, then all those sky diving shots, and the cave shots, and the really impressively scary shots of astronauts at the moon station... )

Yes! Talk about classic!

... So can I seriously get a copy?

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Yeah and let's not forget Collette is best at getting her horny teenagers hormones shot down by dumb boys. ]

I could copy it for you, I guess. Then again, we're not dating anymore...

[whatsupcroc]

( Shut up Adam just because she has bad luck doesn't mean you have to rub it in!!!

Granted she laughs at what he says, adopting a pout for the sake of... the hell of it. )

Phooey! And here I thought we had something special. ( Pausing for a beat. ) So how's Samus?

[neveraskedforthis]

[ BUT THAT'S WHAT HE DOES

geez fine. ]

We do. Just... next time, don't keep me believing I am actually dating a girl that's barely legal.

As for Samus, I'm about to check up on her.

[aceordisgraced]

I wish I can get drunk.

[neveraskedforthis]

What's stopping you?

[aceordisgraced]

Mmm, it's sad to drink alone, I guess.

[neveraskedforthis]

Please. Drinking seems to be everyone's favorite pastime around here. Walk into a bar, and you'll be sure to encounter at least a couple of other transports. Myself included, on some days. ...Provided it's not one I'm banned from.

[aceordisgraced]

Drinking alone with strangers is a youngster's job.

[whatsupcroc]

Hey, I just let your imagination run away with the rest of you!

Good. Say hello to her from me, too, while you're at it! I didn't end up talking with her, but I saw her on network kind of after the fact.

[neveraskedforthis]

I must have missed your point. If you want to get drunk, get drunk. If you don't want to get drunk alone, drag a friend along with you.

[ surely edgeworth would love to go get drunk with you. ]

[neveraskedforthis]

No, I'm pretty sure you let me run away with you. Something tells me you enjoyed that, at least a little. It's okay to admit it. I was pretty handsome at that age.

And I'll be sure to do that. As for the game, it might take me a few days to create a backup copy, so you gotta be patient.

[whatsupcroc]

Yeah, you were! Too bad you only got rugged when you got older. It's a whole different sort of attractive now.

( Wistful sigh. Heh. )

I can do patience! I am so good at patience.

... Unfortunately.

[neveraskedforthis]

Grooming a beard isn't difficult. Get a boyfriend and I'll show him how it's done, if that's what you like.

And patience, you'll find, is something you're gonna get even better at. Especially if it involves something that's worth it. Such is life.

[whatsupcroc]

You're seriously telling the girl in a wheelchair she'll get even better at patience. Have you even been to a hospital before? I am seriously disappointed in you, mister!

Also no way am I bringing any boyfriend I might one day have to you for beard grooming advice, there'd be too many goatees in my life!

[neveraskedforthis]

... I am lacking my own arms and legs, Collette. What do you think? Either way, that's not what I was getting at, at all.

You have such little faith in me. I'm positively hurt.

[whatsupcroc]

( She just laughs, because if anyone can understand what it means to be an amputee without being an amputee literally, she can. Though phantom pains will never really be her thing. )

Yeah, yeah, I know. I'll be patient! With you, it's usually worth the waiting.