[ 002 | VOICE/VIDEO ] late at night

[spah]

Howdy, folks.

[It's fairly late at night. You may have heard that drawl around. Or maybe you heard about a guy with a Texan accent setting fire to a pile of lingerie in a sex shop by accident. Either or.]

So. This ain't my first time around alien technology. Last extraterrestrials I met wrecked my property and tried to kill me. Then me and some other fellas stole their guns and forcefed 'em beer until they crashed.

[nOW WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO UNPACK ALL OF THAT--]

But these folks are alright by my standards. And all this... cybernetic enhancement and augmentation business has me curious:

Anybody here got something similar in 'em? Prosthetics, bionics, cybernetic enhancements... anything along them lines. And since it wouldn't be fair if I didn't meet ya'll halfway--

[Video comes on. It's a downward shot of Engineer sitting at a desk chair, his device's camera pointed at his skeleton-like metal hand. He open and closes the fist, splays fingers out, turns them over - and wiggles them.]

This here's the Gunslinger. Pretty as you please. Designed by my grandfather, built by me. Oh, and there's my heart too, but... can't exactly pop that open for y'all. Heheh.

Anyway, I'm just curious. I been thinkin' about how different places come up with different ways to fix the parts we've either lost... or wanna improve on. One way or another.

[And, after a pause--]

While I'm at it... can anyone tell me a decent area to buy garage space? [Prismagram is: Now Looking For Recommendations.]

Comments

[spah]

"Direct" can still be a lil' kinder.

[He's kidding. And technically avoiding the question.]

But just 'cause people in hell want ice water don't mean they get it. [That's a southern colloquialism. He's saying that's a pointless observation, friend.]

[bratworth]

( Southernisms are lost on Edgeworth, who simply takes the idiom on face value. The other man doesn't expect him to be nicer, so he won't put much effort into trying to be. )

Do I even want to know what happened to your heart?

[spah]

It got replaced, if that's what you're askin'.

[bratworth]

I surmised as much. ( Just. What. Why. How. You know what, though, he's not even going to ask. Instead, he attempts to redirect their conversation. )

I suppose this world must seem quite ordinary to you.

[spah]

Not really. Gettin' dumped on an alien moon is still a whole heap'a strange.

[bratworth]

What, it's never happened to you before?

[spah]

Somehow, no.

[bratworth]

Well, I'm glad that we're all experience these new and exhilarating times together.