shitposting rave 4: (almost) anything goes

[Whisper resists the urge to go for wingpets-- that's rude!-- and instead pats Abe's arm gently.] Doctor Cloudcrusher is trined to Lacuna, and is a perfectly nice mech besides! No need to worry c: They're sweet, aren't they?

 

"Absolutely, please--and yes, a native species." Valiska smiles. "I'm a Tempter, and I meant to go to those ruins the one time I was on ai-Talas; but we were in such a hurry, we needed a marriage contract to show the University, and Ford's ketubah wouldn't do, because he wrote it himself--and nobody there could read it! Civil marriage registration is a blessing. And yes, we know more than we'd like to know about that. Ford's...former partner," she says, and uses a very pejorative word for partner, filled with hisses and gutturals, "was the cause of it."

 

Now that ain't fair, I can't exactly call you "Crystaly" an' we're all too damn pointy to go with that.
-he's clearly joking-

 

I like sparkly.

 

But anyway! The crystals are just mods, right? It's other stuff that makes you sick?

 

-looks skeptical-

That they´re.

-snort laughs- I S´ppose between you an yer lil trinemate id´t get confusin´.

S´just my colour growin´ out. What happen when you got bad air an´no laquer fer a while. I got ta likin´it.

 

So Triage wouldn't care. He'd be a lot more concerned with treating what's actually hurting you. And the best way for him to do that is to respect your boundaries, right?

 

-hear ears flip sideways and low at the mention- I'm glad that's over. The things were all wrong for a while there.

 

Naw th´best ways ta knock me out and do whatever. So maybe yer trinemate´s a good sort but ya can´t blame a mech fer bein twitchy.
Engex anyone?

 

We got a higher'n average number'a pink paintjobs aboard, it's true. Might could call you Sparkly like she suggested.

 

-grins- Ok but what if someone think ye said sparky? My reputation ain't gonna survive that.

 

Well if he did that I'd have to...

Maybe break up, even.

 

Awww no, sparklet, don do that. It´s awright I´ll live. S what I´m good at.

 

-looks him up and down and grins-
You're a big ol' mech with extra bits slapped on, pretty sure yer rep could take the hit.

 

:c I'm sorry that's been your experience. I'll have to pass on the engex, but would anyone care for an infusion? [Whisper summons a cube of his own, sky-blue this time.]

Mmm, not too many really? Just you two, Captain Nichrome if we count accent colors, and a handful of others.

[Whisper looks absolutely horrified by this idea.] Just like that? Without even an attempt to help him learn better?

 

I...

I mean, I'd try, but.

-Her wings droop as far as they can go.-

 

"You have no idea," Valiska says. "It was only the dreamers and dreamdancers on ai-Talas affected, then, nobody died? Come to think of it we didn't hear of anyone on Sireni being killed. It's nice to think our particular strain of magic made us safer. Who ever heard of a cat that doesn't sleep? Were there any displaced persons? That would be bitter on ai-Talas. If there are displaced persons on ai-Talas, Pennarion will take them. It's our duty, really."

 

Nope. Fragile thing reps, get a rumor that yer pettin´turbofox pups and it´s all over. -deadpan-

Wow, that actually smells drinkable. Th´only infusion I know of was that slag ya got from miners. Tasted like floorsweepins.

 

-pets her arm very carefully- S awright sweetspark, don´t ye worry. I can fix myself up some.

 

If you told him what was wrong and he gave you the stuff to treat it, like medicine to drink and stuff, would that work better?