prismatica | Video | Forward dated to the 12th

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Video | Forward dated to the 12th

Mal sehen, ob ich mich erinnere.... Otacon! I have for you an update on what the shift is for me, during Iris.

[The man ducks his head just a touch, and the base of what appear to be very large, very imposing antlers are visible for a moment. Apparently it would take a bit of effort to actually display the entire rack, just judging by the sheer girth of the base of those antlers. Less visible, but still obviously there? The base of a pair of fluffy, off white colored lop ears.]

I would show you in person, if you like, but I would need eh... A little bit of time to get ready. Leaving the apartment has become... a bit more complicated than usual. I am not clear on the anatomy of antlers, I do not think you can just file them down to fit through doors.

... Ah, with complicated in mind! Gabriel, I have a favor I would like to ask of you! I will pay you back, I have no button up shirts. Would you be able to get one or... three for me? I did not come prepared for this, I fear.

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[Here, let him help. He goes to tug a chair out for him as he inspects the bag. He's a big guy, of course he's going to be interested in food.]

Ah, I like anything my friends bring for me, I am, you will find, very easily pleased!

I have some currywurst in the refrigerator, if you do not mind waiting for it to be properly made.

[ Never heard of that before. ]

I... thank you, for, uhm, just taking time out to visit with me. I've had a rough week or so.

[ He just sort of says it. Reinhardt is big, and friendly, and only Zenyatta and Angela had this soothing effect on his anxiety. Well, aside from the late partner. ]

You don't have any kind of diet you have to stick to, to be... big?

Ah? Is everything okay, Hal?

[Concerned, of course he was! He'd still answer the question of course, but instead of going back to the door to work on it, or heading to the kitchen to make that aforementioned currywurst, he'd take a seat at the table.]

High protein of course, but food is only a small part of staying fit! I focus more on exercise.

I can tell.

[ Geez... that would be nice to snuggle up with. His rabbit ears flicked forward. He tentatively sits with his new friend, careful to not accidentally do it on his tail. It's happened before and it's not pleasant. ]

So, you're a soldier, right? Are you... I don't know how else to put this, but, augmented in any way? People where I come from don't quite get that tall.

I am a crusader, ja. I am not eh... augmented in any way, no. I was just a very, very large child. Excellent genetic luck, isn't it?

My friend, Baldur, was just as big, if you can imagine!

Wow. So are you a human then, or something else?

[ It's indelicate, but it could be future genetic tech. They're doing all this stuff right now on soldiers. His partner was a clone, so he's seen it in action. ]

Wholly human, I can assure you! Just an exceptionally sized one.

[Indelicate, but he appreciated the directness.]

[ Hal's ears wriggle a little, and he holds back any further comment. He instead just thinks about cuddling up with a big, warm, buff man, and not feeling sad for a little while.

Maybe some day. Maybe he'd want that kind of contact. Hal always offered himself wholly to those who had the pain and hunger from the moons - it was his self-sacrificing way of helping. ]

I'm just being nosy. I know plenty of weird people here, so someone who is just a larger version of a normal person is weird on its own.

[Well, heaven's knows Reinhardt wouldn't turn the offer down. Less out of need, really.

It was just enjoyable to be affectionate.]

I have met a robot here! He is not quite like what I am used to, at home. Far different style, but he seemed very pleasant.

Interessant, he too had rabbit ears! I have yet to meet someone with them, who does not look wonderfully charming.

Wait, really? Who? I wanna meet another robot. We don't have sentient ones where I come from -- it's kinda taboo.

[ Being a lop meant his ears could never stand right up when surprised or intrigued, so instead they seemed to lift slightly before the natural biology and gravity made them flop down. His face was able to emote in delight, of course. ]

They are? Ah, they're quite common where I come from...

[He trails off, fiddling with his bottle for a moment, before continuing past that subject-]

His name is Soundwave, a very striking fellow I must say. A bright blue and white, and he has rabbit ears. He mentioned that they no longer vanish at the end of the moon cycle.

Sounds like I need to find this robot! This'll be amazing.

[ His big blue eyes practically sparkle with potential sci-fi reality! ]

Why did he choose to keep them, then? I'm not judging, a friend of mine kept his jellyfish tentacles, but it seems like a weird choice.

I do not think he intended for it to be so! He seemed rather disparaging of them, did not even believe me when I said he looked fetching with them, wenn du es glauben kannst.

He mentioned a bracelet, bought from a ware wolf shop, that he had on at an inopportune time.

-- oh!

[ Hal holds out his wrist, which has a bracelet on it. ]

I have one of those! I wanted to keep the electric magic that Iris people get. I need it to learn.

I will be honest! I did not think to ask why he would keep it, I had thought it was because it was attractive.

[It was a bracelet after all, and no it didn't occur to Reinhardt that it might be at all odd for a robot to like jewelry.]

But, that is what they do, eh? Keep parts of the blessing?

... I see according to Soundwave, he kept more than a few abilities.

Hmm. I'll have to ask! Mine was just because it was a necessity to do coding and the work I want to do here, but other people likely have their own reasons.

[ Speaking of, he demonstrates the baby-level stuff he's figured out how to do by making visible static come from his palm. ]

My now-roommate thought it was smart to hold my hand after I said I was practicing.

[He peers at the outstretched hand, clearly fascinated by it.]

I can imagine it was quite the surprise for him, regardless!

I wonder if I could do the same though, I had not given it much thought.

When the triple moons first appeared, it really... messed up a lot of people. Angela, I -- she was sparking with electricity when I found her. I've never seen anything like that since. I mean, I've seen magic, but that's all been innate things the person could do. That was... something else.

[ It really scared him. For her, and his own life when he'd touched Angela. ]

Angela was?

[That must have been a sight... She was fine, that much was obvious, he'd been speaking with her after all, and Hal had lived, hadn't he? A sight, but it all ended well enough.]

So it becomes even greater than this?

[He wouldn't touch that sparking hand, no, but he'd gesture at it!]

I wonder how much greater it could become if one focused, eh?

I don't want to hurt anyone. It's mostly just to... understand how it works. Feels. Whatever. So I can interact with the world here better. I really resent my important skill set not being as useful.

Nein not for hurting, there is much that can be done with such an ability, ja?

Who told you that it is not useful?

The world I live in, now.

It's kinda... they really just want us to make energy for them. The rest they'll cater to, but I really feel like we're just alien batteries for them.

Ah, I have heard this theory before.

Perhaps it is so, but... At current, there is not much to be done. The conditions here are comfortable, and without knowing how to return home, for now the best course of action would be to take what comfort we can.

I do not suggest of course, not seeking a way back. But I see for myself, no need to be upset as I do so.

[For now, anyway.]

Mmm, yeah. A little vacation away from normalcy. The daily grind. I get a lot of attention here, but I got that... back home. Just not from men. It seems there's a lot more, ah, open and less straight folks around then the norm for me.

Ah? And do you enjoy the attention? From other men, of course.

Video | Forward dated to the 12th

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