prismatica | [ 002 | VOICE/VIDEO ] late at night

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.]

Threaded | Flat

[That's really...

a lot to try to process in a short span of time. But Pidge is honestly just interested in one thing.]

That hand is beautiful! You really built it?

[There's no reason for him to be lying about it, and indeed, her tone is more awed than distrustful.]

How'd you lose it?

[Yes, she really did just ask that.]

( Angela's seen the hand before, that's nothing new or interesting (sorry, Dell); what she hasn't heard or seen was that apparently his heart is also mechanical??? SIR??? Her brows pinch and she's glancing up at the camera, clearly comfortable in... not her home, with someone shuffling around just off to the side, the sounds of a kitchen being bustled through. )

Mr. Conagher, would you care to run that by me again? The bit about your heart?

—Regardless, I know we'd had this conversation before, so I don't have much else to add I'm afraid.

( She's just gonna snoop on any answers he gets because she's curious as well. )

That's very impressive craftsmanship. It's a shame that one of my classmates isn't here, the two of you would get along. He built me this.

[He waves his left hand to show a prosthetic of his own.]

Is your entire heart cybernetically enhanced, or do you just have something similar to a pacemaker?

That's so cool! Do you, uh, do you teach people how to make or...maintain that stuff?

[ She has a vested interest, since her sister now has a prosthetic arm, and...

It would be cool to be able to know more about them, okay? ]

( Look, he can't help but ask: )

Is there anything normal about you and your life?

( Cornfields aside. )

(Late night calls are all the rage, let's be real. Nico's as wide-eyed and bushy-tailed as can be at this hour thanks to however much coffee she's drank. In fact, there's a barely-filled pot in the background that looks like it's acting as her personal mug and all.)

Garage space? You asking 'round for that sorta thing? (Really, she's kind of curious as to what he's getting up to that he needs that much space.) Wonder if there's enough room for somethin' like that 'round here...

(Judging from the area around her in the video, it seems she just builds straight out of her apartment. The roommate is not pleased. He never is, but the junk strewn about is enough to drive anyone batty. Sometimes drives her nuts, but the stress is easily alleviated by kicking it around.)

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