[OPEN] Keke, that is incomprehensible! But… it’s worth the try.

[psychokinesia]

Who: Add & you!
What: A catch-all for November, feat. Add trying to harness the power of electricity via questionable life choices, trying to drown out all the nightmare-induced trauma with copious amounts of caffeine, and becoming a robot?? maybe???
Prompts will be in the toplevels, but feel free to hit me up at BlueFlewFedUQueen if you have any other ideas!
Where: Various locations (mainly Takoba Beach, the Merlaut and Heavenly Blanc)
When: Early to mid "November" (time isn't fake anymore i guess but months still are SO)
Content Warnings: None yet! unless you count like... trying to get hit by lightning?? it's fine. he's fine. I'll update this later.

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[bluecastleace]

Minor or not, I know it’s gotta suck. I’ve seen enough in my day to know that.

[He sighs, already bracing himself for the response to his next offer.]

I’m over in 209, and I don’t have much else to do, so if you need anything just swallow your pride for a minute and send one of your...robot things or something.

[psychokinesia]

Of course it sucks, dumbass. I'm not a masochist. [he's strictly a sadist, thanks.]

Noted—but they're called Dynamo, not robot things. At least bother to remember that much if you're going to keep trying to be a pain in my ass.

[... all things considered, that's probably not as grumpy of a response as Iwa was expecting. This is as close to a civil conversation as they're going to get.]

[bluecastleace]

[It’s definitely a better reaction than Iwa was expecting, so much so that it’s actually surprising, but hey, he’ll take it.]

Dynamo, huh? [More cool robots, whatever this guy says.] They’re pretty bad ass whatever they are.

[He’s not trying to butter him up - it’s really true! And he’s just kind of glad he’s got Add talking at all.]

I’d be lying if I said I weren’t a little jealous of ‘em.

[psychokinesia]

Oh yeah? Well you should be, keke. [and there it is, his ultimate weakness: Add can't resist an opportunity to talk about cool robots. Especially when it's his cool robots.

He holds up a hand, a trio of drones moving into a triangular formation above his palm. They rotate slowly like it's some kind of infomercial product showcase.]

Dynamo is my invention. Combat, scouting, transportation, communication, analysis... they're the perfect assistant in every way, and I'm the only one they answer to. Even third-generation Nasods can't compare to their sheer utility. You'd be right to be impressed.

[bluecastleace]

[Iwaizumi doesn’t have the first idea what a “Nasod” of any generation is, but if Add is telling the truth about these Dynamos, Iwaizumi would be damn right to be impressed. He even sheds his grump facade to go a little wide-eyed at them. Add is kind of a jerk, yeah, but that’s...so cool.]

You invented these things? Really?

[psychokinesia]

[Ah... this brat really is impressed by his cool robots. It might be a little sad how much that excites him, but, well, here we are. Add grins, taking this as a personal victory (even if it's more like Iwaizumi tricking him into having a friendly conversation after putting up such a sour act, how dare you).]

I designed and built them from scratch with my own two hands! Technically the central AI was salvaged from another machine, but since I had to do extensive work to make it compatible with the new hardware you could say I programmed it all from scratch, too. Nasod engineering is something of a lost art where I'm from, but for a genius like me this is nothing, kukuku.

[bluecastleace]

[This definitely began as Iwaizumi tricking Add into friendly conversation, yes, but he’s glad it’s still working and he really is impressed (which is a little frustrating, because this guy is clearly a shit).]

A genius, huh? I guess so if all what you’re saying is actually true. [Not that he doubts it, but he has to preserve some sense of dignity here. He’s definitely not in the business of buttering people up for no reason.]

It’s way over my head, but I’m pretty sure we don’t have shit like that where I come from.