[Open] This Is What Happens After a Month of Sleeping...

[blue_eyed_obsession]

Who: Seto Kaiba & You
What: This is a catch-all for November where I will be adding prompts as the month progresses.
Where: All over
When: Various time periods!
Content Warnings: None currently



The Top-levels will contain the prompts, but I can always add more if you want something specific!

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[blue_eyed_obsession]

[For the time being, Kaiba had been enjoying the relative quiet as his fingers deftly worked with the intricate and delicate pieces of the dismantled pokeballs. The weakness appeared to be with the hinge itself, almost as it it was meant to break away. Ha. Why would someone design it like this? There was some question as to how humane it was to stuff a creature into a tiny living space- perhaps.. the defect was made with that in mind? Like the clasps on collars that give way in the event that the accessory gets caught in some fashion to prevent choking the animal. Still, that seemed ridiculous because once the creature was inside, that should be it. The ball should be able to secure it. No harm done.

Seto would like to claim that he'd all but forgotten the unfortunate incident with Add when the dumb brute forced his way into Kaiba's apartment but no- he wasn't that lucky. In his opinion, Add was the one with the punchable face, and it was no mistake that they hadn't run into one another more often. He just saw no point in it, and no reason to waste his time, writing off the other male completely.

Only now- he couldn't just ignore the guy when being addressed, and admonished no less. Setting the implement in his hand down he shot a look at the other.]

What exactly do you think I do for a living?

[psychokinesia]

How should I know? Looks like an amateur ruining a perfectly good machine to me.

[Though it does make him raise an eyebrow, considering Seto a little more thoroughly this time. As much as he dislikes the combative asshole... hmm. He leans down, a careful gaze sweeping over his workspace.

He doesn't like the idea of admitting it, but it's clean work. None of the parts appear to be broken, at least not from the dismantling process. Once satisfied with his first examination, Add deftly reaches over to snatch up one of the parts closest to him, holding it above him to catch the light (and also so Seto would at least have to inconvenience himself to snatch it back).

(... hey, isn't that the exact same annoying trick he complained about the last time he was working on something in public? whoops.)]

Hmm. Scratching is minimal... you at least know how to use your tools correctly. [but if Add is to believe this guy is serious, then taking something apart is child's play. hardly enough to convince anyone of their skills.] What's your analysis, then? Since you're the expert.

[Despite his attitude, there's significantly less venom in Add's tone now. Even if Seto is a combative asshole... he can respect a fellow engineer. If he's serious, anyway.]

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[To that assessment the meticulous brunette chuckled darkly and succinctly.]

An amateur? That's one I haven't heard. I happen to be president and ceo of Kaiba Corporation, the leader in innovative gaming and leisure technology. I personally pioneered ultra-realistic holographic technology, and since then I've improved it to make a completely portable version without losing the quality... and that's only a slim margin of what I've accomplished.

Go ahead, call me an amateur again.

[Bristling a little as the other male leans closer, Kaiba doesn't openly dissuade the activity. It's not as if there's a level of trust between them, but should he try anything there are more pokeballs in the gatcha machines.

The scrutiny starts to go both ways because the disassembled pokeballs should hold no interest for a layman. Unless Add is only lingering to be a source of distraction and irritation which is entirely possible. When the part is taken, Kaiba isn't initially sure which one it was. The way it reflects the light seems to imply one of the mirrored panels, one of the more delicate pieces, to further confound retrieving it by force. ]

Don't you have somewhere else to be- like knocking over a food cart, or or causing some other public disturbance?

[He spoke hastily, as he later found himself mildly impressed at the employed terminology. It wasn't much but implied previous knowledge of this field. He was still attempting to proceed tinkerkng with the shell in his hand when the next question was posed. Kaiba paused and looked back up at the other] ... You want the abridged version, or do you really want to get into quantum physics here? [.. because he didn't want to go into grand detail with someone he wasn't sure would have any idea what he was talking about, but strangely, he kind of expected Add to select the latter ]

[psychokinesia]

[Wow, this guy sure is eager to list off his resume. It doesn't sound too impressive from Add's perspective—portable holographic tech is something Nasods mastered centuries ago, and "gaming and leisure" sounds like the most underwhelming use for technology ever—but the context matters. If it's something he pioneered himself... well. It's different if that technology didn't already exist, in his universe. And if he has the freedom to invent something like that for such a frivolous purpose...

Add holds his comment, for now. His interest is definitely piqued, so he can resist the temptation to bite back for a little longer.]

If you're going to cut anything out, you can skip the basics. You're not the only one who's taken these things apart, kukuku...

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[Kaiba never missed an opportunity to tout his merits, which he held in much higher regard than his current companion. It was likely another discrepancy in timelines, as this sort of technology was just beginning to be dispersed among the populace. Also, gaming was a profitable and major industry in his own dimension- the ability to duel expertly was a valuable skill.]

[He was quiet for a few moments, as he just gave Add a hard stare. What was with that laugh?]

If you're going to launch into a pretentious monologue I'd prefer it if you either kept it to yourself or make it quick and succinct.. [Since the laughter had seemed nefarious in it's delivery.]

These pokéballs shouldn't be functional- they seem to be based on theoretical physics and subatomic restructuring. [..and yet.] Matter is being converted into light and then stored inside this containment unit, but that wouldn't account for the loss of mass or why creatures of any size and shape could be encapsulated within it. [Look- there's many potential hypotheses here]

[psychokinesia]

[Resist the temptation, Add... even if this jerk is making fun of his cool laugh...

But fine, so maybe Kaiba really does know what he's talking about. Now it's Add's turn to flaunt his knowledge.]

It's the reconstruction that I'm more interested in—turning something into energy is simple with the right tools, but turning that energy back into solid matter is far more difficult, even more so if the goal is a living, breathing creature. It's basically the same as creating life from scratch. Imagine if a technology like that could be reverse-engineered, aren't there more important things you could do with it than store wild animals? You'd basically be playing god.

If the intent is storage, it'd make more sense to utilize dimensional gaps that don't require the deconstruction and reconstruction of targets. So I wonder if it might actually be some kind of portal... the target appears to be reduced to energy, but is actually "absorbed" by a controlled dimensional gap created by the device. The appearance of the light is so the gap can be contained and reused later to release the target without any hassle. Although, it's quite amateur to try and contain a dimensional distortion instead of just reusing the same coordinates...

Ah, but I'm sure you have your own theories, of course?

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[It's hard isn't it, to refrain from reacting to something like that. Still, somehow Add manages to contain himself.

When Kaiba is done delivering the initial speculations about how these devices might operate he listens to what the other has to say.]

Mm. It's taking an already complex structure, breaking it down then trying to reassemble it. It's a lot more complicated than most would realize. [Unless they knew their sci-fi or fiction maybe though he hated the idea of referencing .. oh.. say .. the fly] You're starting to go into after-school special territory, parse it down. [Referring to the hypothetical questions usually reserved to get a younger audience thinking, and engaged in the subject matter. Kaiba didn't need the additional encouragement, he was already invested and considering the possible extensions]

[Most of what was presented was highly experimental theory. It wasn't something that had been done before, and considering the original source of the Pokeballs, Kaiba found it just as questionable.]

It's interesting, as a concept.

[There, you get that much out of him, as he's not one to lavish compliments on anyone]

Something like that, were it possible would certainly be less messy to pull off. [No worrying about trying to get all the bits into the same scale nor location] .. but I don't really find either suggestion practical. As you stated before, why use something that advanced for storing a prized, overgrown pet? Not that I would put that level of frivolity outside of the realm of reason considering the people I've met that hold prior knowledge of the technology.

Other than the previous one? Mm, I do but I'd prefer to get further along in my testing before I get into it.