April Catch-All

[onerthes]

Who: Vira-Lorr, Equius Zahhak, Neopolitan & You!
What: Event Log Open and General Open OPtions for the Month
When: April, out and about
Where: Various Locations around Trench

Content Warnings:
Vira-Lorr - Xenomorph/Alien Horror, Acidic Blood, Possible attempted abduction, blood, potential transformations and temporary insanity, character death is possible
Neopolitan - Severe Hopelessness, Corruption Issues, Reckless Behavior
Equius - General, Mind-Boggling Stupidity, being rescued by a big sweaty idiot, towels.
So many towels.
Too many towels.
Burning orbs of light depositing towels everywhere.

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Comments

[alternia_strength]

"It is generally considered a bad character flaw in my species," he said with the slightest of grunts, his tone definitely not sounding particularly insulted. "However, I have found that in this shared society I do not fare well if I do not have a certain pragmatic appreciation of concerted and shared expelling of effort under normal circumstances towards the well being of relative strangers."

... why did he have to talk like that? Old habits die hard.

"Ah, you are a robot then? Yes, that might explain the lesser impact. I would, however, run a diagnostic soon. You may find that this world's stranger parameters impact code as poorly as they do the think pan." He grunted, right before blinking and jumping back. "Ah... please do not touch that! they are sensitive. It is an old injury. Very old." So old he barely remembered how it happened. He'd been a wriggler at the time.

[obeir]

At least the thesaurus-speak wasn't difficult for K to understand.

"So you've adapted out of necessity," K surmised. "It's smart."

Equius's reaction, though, made him jerk his hand back in surprise. Not that he would've actually touched without asking first, but it was good to know all the same. Horns were sensitive. A little surprising Kyle had never mentioned anything of the sort to him before, considering all the things they had discussed..... oh. Oh no. Was it a weird troll sex thing?

"Sorry," he quickly offered. Awkward. Moving on. "And I am. I'll keep that in mind." A beat. "You're... good with robotics, aren't you?"

[alternia_strength]

"In part, but yes. Adaptation is not particularly easy, but when you live among humans for long enough, you have to ultimately alter your perspective or your think pan will explode," he grunted, shaking his head as he started to calm down. Ok... he was backing off. Thankfully? no, not a weird sex thing. It was just sensitive was all.

He blinked and then nodded, smiling and more clearly getting at ease as he returned to subjects he preferred. "I consider myself something of an expert by the standards of my species, but it is perhaps better to say I am a savant. Real application has yet to be mastered. However, I am definitely trained in multiple world's concepts of the study."

[obeir]

"I think the mere act of living among humans is about as likely to cause one's think pan to explode," K remarked in a dry tone. Meant in good humour, of course, but also... a bit seriously. The humans of his home universe had never treated his kind well. The ones here were considerably kinder, on the whole, but still.

"I noticed Penny Polendina's network post seeking assistance," he explained. "The person who used to help me in matters of maintenance and repair is gone. So I've been trying to keep tabs on those who might be able to assist, if it becomes necessary..."

As it turned out, maybe their meeting was fortuitous for more reasons than one.

[alternia_strength]

"Hah. Yes. They are ... a lot. Just a lot." Said the troll, who was definitely a whole lot for them to figure out when they encountered him. He brightened up and the mention of the needs that Penny had, nodding more vigorously.

"Parts distribution is more difficult to maintain in this place than organ and blood blanks so that is generally wise. My expertise is not necessarily on the specific methods here, but these can be updated and I do not need expertise to create equipment and parts."

[obeir]

That K found Equius's company more agreeable in general than that of most humans he'd met probably said a lot about him...

"Yes. Your ability to draw things into existence is incredibly useful," he said thoughtfully. It was still easily one of the most universally useful abilities he had encountered, from Deerington to Trench. Just a shame it couldn't be taught.

"And how advanced would you say your skill with programming is?"

[alternia_strength]

It probably said a few things about humans, but ah so many things to say, so little time. He nodded vigorously. "Despite the limitations to this ability, it has a sort of unique utility. I suppose that the fact that it cannot truly duplicate a 'power' and some form of supernatural impact is needed for such a thing is a fair trade-off. It allows me excuse to work with others in fabrication of the best weapons." He had long come to terms with the fact that enchanting was for others.

"My Programming skills will depend on familiarity with the programming language. My skill was sufficient to be able to partially reprogram an AI, though I will not do so here." A firm shake of his head. "I... have come to accept that if something is truly an Artificial Intelligence, it is not within my parameters to do such a thing save with their expressed permission to repair code."

He ... uh, he'd learned from that whole reprogramming Aradia's bot body incident.