changing and replacing this mask, show time;

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[. . . that's too much science BUT OKAY, 45. he'll just nod a little and accept what she says for what she says]

Mmmyep. Let's see--

[he is going to grab. . . whatever tool is appropriate for this. I don't know how electricity works. I'm just going to handwave most of what he does!!]

[and, as he works--]

So has anything else caught your eye since we last spoke in private?

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[ we're handwaving the shit out of him actually doing the finicky electric stuff yeah, roombas are just really big laptops right, it's fine. ]

The fact that we're sticking to each other with what passes for skin to skin contact?

[ she misses her outfits with gloves and complete pantyhose already. stockings expose her thighs, which is a terrible place to possibly accidentally get stuck to someone at. ]

Has anyone asked our Directors about that yet, actually?

[ hey, local npc whisperer. ]

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Ah. Yeah. About that.

[and he MAKES A FACE]

Apparently, it's our fault. "Residuals from past experiences."

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... what kind of residuals, exactly.

[ listen they just had sex demongate the other night. ]

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Theeeeey likened it to "stepping in mud and tracking it into the house because we forgot to take off our shoes."

And before you ask: yes, I asked about things like demons and monsters and corruptions. But they insisted that none of that came with us, so. . .

[lol he and 45 are on the same page. he is also still tinkering with her arm, pausing as he focuses on one particular wire]

They said the only way any of us will die is if we break out the knives ourselves.

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Hmmmmm. You know, it'd be a lot easier to take off our shoes if someone had told us that we'd need to do it... and how.

[ here lies camp gatonina: never learned how to remove their footwear. she shifts a little to try to give him better access to that wire. ]

Right. When I pressed them on what they would do in the off chance of some freak accident, [ or not ] they said they had some ideas, but nothing concrete.

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[a wry snort]

If we take them at their word-- [and. Akira wants to. he really does] -- then they really aren't prepared for a killing game.

. . . so if someone does die. . . it'll all be on us.

[WHOEVER IS THIS WEEKEND'S MURDERER IS GONNA BE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE]

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[ listen she's already joked (???) with majima that all they need to do is look at his group. ]

I haven't decided on whether I think they're being overly optimistic, or just naive.

[ a pause, then an expression of faux shock ]

Or are we the overly cynical ones in this situation?

[ lmao ]

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[yeah that's legit because Akira got ALL THE PLASMA LORE]

. . . you know, I'm really hoping we're just being cynical.

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Well, you can hardly blame us. Just look at how common this seems to be.

[ yeah thanks plasma gang for doxxing yourselves ]

And I'm sure we're hardly the only ones thinking the same.

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[sighs and tugs at a wire with his gloved fingers to twist it around in such a way to make it WORK, idk still handwaving the fixing process]

I know we aren't.

But it's interesting, isn't it? That apparently this world can be so easily influenced by our presence?

And that we're something it needs to "get rid of?"

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--Twist the two ends of that one around each other, then solder them back together.

[ fixy fixy electronics-y.

but at the last thing he says she pauses. ]

Oh? So it is actively attempting to expel us? How interesting, considering that we ended up here by sheer happenstance in the first place.

Did you manage to get anything out of them about the fog? I've asked Black Shadows about it, but all they would say was that they wouldn't recommend it because we all weren't from here.

[ so is whatever's going on with the fog separate from or tied to the scrunchies too, considering that the directors all wear them as well. ]

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-- oh, right.

[going to do that, then!! and drop his hand for the soldering iron]

Well, they didn't confirm that it was, but that was the conclusion I came to.

[based on how they phrased everything, that is]

And I asked Winter about the fog, but they just said I'd totally run into something and hurt myself if I ventured in there.

[lol]

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Hmmm, Shadow just said they were unsure what would happen.

Sounds like it's another 'don't know what might happen, but it'll be bad' thing.

[ like the scrunchies. thanks for trying to kill them, camp. maybe if they go into the fog they'll be mauled by a wild moose? ]

Remember to wrap it up with some of the tape when you're done. ♪

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[snort]

I don't know. . . Winter didn't seem to think I'd get injured by anything malicious, just my lack of vision. But who knows?

[god]

-- right. I will. Is this good enough?

[pulls back the soldering gun to give her a glance to make sure he is doing it right]

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[ she nods ]

Good enough. Seal that one up, make sure there's no parts where the wire can be exposed and contact other circuitry.

[ good ol electrical tape... ]

Anyway, there are ways to navigate without vision, though. I wonder what Heart thinks...

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[excellent! he will push her "skin" back together and grab the duct tape]

Good question. I should try talking to them next]

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Hang on a second-- before you tape my entire arm back up, apply a bit of heat to the two sides there with just the soldering gun itself.

[ beat ]

Not with direct contact though. Just. Above it, so it can sort of help the sealing process along a little. Think of it like melting the parts of my skin back together, only it's not actually melting.

[ she's still going to need the tape but it will be Better this way ]

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[a beat]

Creepy thought, melting skin back together. But it's kind of like cauterizing a wound, right?

[he will oblige her directions! fwiw they only have enough tape to fix her wound, so. no extra]

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Pretty much. It'll 'scar,' more or less, but given that I was supposed to be in repairs before I showed up at the mansion in the first place I don't really know what's going on with this body anyway.

[ jamjar mechanics.

and yeah that makes sense, they only got a very small amount of everything, ]

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Magic.

[yeah that's whats going on with her body. anyway!! once he heats up the area he affixes the duct tape to her wound to seal it up]

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Have I ever mentioned that I really dislike the concept of magic in general? Just a a general explanation that doesn't require support?

[ wow, would you look at that roomba bandage, good job akira we'll make a roomba medic out of you yet ]

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[he will be the camp's best roomba medic!!]

So you're one of those pure logic types, aren't you?

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I am literally a computer, Akira. All the things you consider my thoughts are algorithms at work.

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. . . touche.

[but he sounds amused]