RYUKI

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Yeah, the Wadjet System allowed ABIS to repair her data, but-- it didn't give her a physical body like this. That's the part that really weird.

[ tentatively she... pinches her arm. and then immediately winces like a big baby. ] Owwww.

[ :( ]

Like a temporary replacement? It must be properly hooked up to your optic nerve if you're not experiencing any loss of vision or blurring. But-- when the heck did they have time to perform surgery on you to hook up a non-AI eyeball to your nervous system and for you to not know the difference or experience any post surgery complications afterwards?

And why give me the eye, that's like... handing a ghost their corpse??

[ i love it when mg rp just works out like this sometimes. ]

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It's not like the Wadjet System gave either of you the eye body either. That was Pewter. Both times.

[ So... ]

I already have the inner mechanics laid out, it's not like I need fresh surgery again every time I have to put you back in. If the bodies and wiring are the same, and the only difference is the presence of a program inside it, then it should still work. I don't remember when I swapped you out though, I only leave you out to charge.

[ No comment about her having her own old AI-Ball body. ]

You know there's more ways to test sensation than pinching and hurting yourself.

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I'm pretty sure Pewter isn't dabbling in building flesh and blood human bodies on the side of his technological inventions and part-time criminal exploits.

[ frowns. ]

I don't like that neither of us remember coming here though. Especially seeing as they swapped your eye out in the process. You'd think I'd at least be able to remember if someone hit you over the head, and the fact I don't makes me even more uncomfortable.

[ she's not thinking about the fact her body is in one of her hands. it's weird. she doesn't want to dwell on it. ]

... Well, yeah? But there's not enough room for something like that in this little capsule room.

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Do you know that for sure though...?

[ Pewter's kind of a freak. Ryuki wouldn't be surprised. ]

Look, I don't like it either. That's why I asked you to call Boss. Can you not do that in this new... body?

[ Ignores the last part bc he has no idea what she's getting at. Chalks it up to her talking nonsense because she's not used to her new body. ]

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ABIS is weird but creating life outside of the regular means might be a little too much for even Boss to girlboss, gaslight, gatekeep her way out of.

And nooooo. I don’t have telecommunications access when I’m all fleshy and bloody. You call her.

[ a girl can’t even get a cuddle around here without being ignored. ]

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I don't know, you don't think she'd be into something that looks human but she can control it to not talk back?

[ He really has no faith in his coworkers help. ]

What do you mean bloody? You mean grease?

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She would be. But even with her pulling the strings, they must be keeping more of an eye on Pewter nowadays right? If he started his human experiments again, I’d be down a maintenance man.

[ they have just decided pewter is like frankenstein now. ]

Do you have grease? I don’t just mean your hair when you’re too lazy to wash it.

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I wash my hair! But no, I don't just keep grease around.

[ Pewter should be less of a freak?? ]

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Neither do I! I can’t grease myself if I need maintenance, that’s on you. Or Pewter.

[ mostly pewter. ]

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I don't mind greasing you, but I mean...

You've got hands now.

[ So... ]

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And a lack of mechanical joints.

[ takes the fact ryuki would be willing to grease her and files that away to bring out at the worst possible moment later. ]

Maybe I just need to moisturise instead. There are so many skincare articles on the internet.

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[ He was thinking in the sense of maintenance for her eye body. He has not considered the implications. He's lucky he didn't say lubricant, which would actually be the correct word. ]

?

[ He hasn't actually accepted that Tama is actual flesh and bone. You must be an android, it's weird if you're Pinocchio'd. Who has that kind of power? ]

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[ ryuki... it's gonna hit him at some point and she's ready with the deep breathing exercises and a diamond chest harness for when he freaks out a little.



also the mods. ]

...

[ she can wait this one out. ]

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If you want to get into skincare, you're going to have to get your own.

[ He says even though they both know if she started using his, he'd really have no comment. He can just restock. ]

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You have the money for the fancy stuff though.

[ still lowkey waiting. happy to deflect for the moment. ]

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Technically, since you take care of my finances and whatever budget we have for whatever case or project we're on, you have more money than me.

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Ooh.



I'm gonna buy a ton of skincare when we get back.

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Can you please use the ones we already have?

[ His money which is basically infinite. ]

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You just confirmed I have control of the bank account, Ryuki.

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You already knew that!

[ THIS SHOULDN'T BE NEWS? ]

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But now it’s official. Like it’s in writing. I’m gonna buy Drunk Elephant.

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[ What kind of name is that. ]

Fine, if it makes you happy and doesn't cost a thousand dollars.

1/2

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Yay.

2/2

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… Although if I’m back in my body when we go back, I guess you’ll have to be the one using it.

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I'll try anything once.

What, like you think this body might just be some kind of test run?

You said you didn't really like it though, so being my eye again might not be that bad...