Mark I - ||video||

[the_mechanic]

[There's a close-up view of a well-manicured goatee, though there's a bit of blood around the lips, and as he adjusts the camera, it's plain to see that the clearly-attractive man has definitely been in a fight recently. Put mildly. And also that he's wearing some kind of metal armor suit thing, with the face-mask open.

He opens his mouth to speak, then closes it again. Twice. This is not a man accustomed to being at a loss for words.]

Please tell me there's someone in this sparkly-rainbow-nightmare than can get a full sentence out, with minimal KUPO, that can tell me what the hell is going on?

...please?

[The camera pans out just enough to show the komory bat perched on the top of the man's head, chittering away happily. Tony swipes at him half-heartedly, as if they've been through this a few times already, and the bat makes no motion to vacate his vantage point.

Tony looks pleadingly into the camera, and with a deep sigh, cuts the feed.]

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[the_mechanic]

[Tony chuckles, so much straight-forward conversation today.]

Heya. ...thanks. Yeah, I'm pretty sure even my mind wouldn't have come up with them on its own.

[Aaaaahhh, hahah, suit. He. Yeah. Maybe when/if you two get to know each other better.]

Yeah, uh, maybe another time. In a much less public forum. If ever. I... can tell you it's custom, I designed it, I'm kind of possessive of it?

[He tries to say it as politely as possible, but there are so very few people privy to those specs, and he feels safer that way. It's bad enough when people repaint his suits, he doesn't need the actual specs out in the cosmos.]

[allfunandgamesuntil]

This place is like that for everyone. They're weirded out by humans when they first get here.

[At least the feeling is mutual, right? And that response isn't weird; it's not like he was offering to share their secrets either.]

Totally understandable.

[Delta appears next to York.]

We have discovered that it is currently difficult to find proper replacement parts or components for powered armor. As you defend yourself, it is best to bear this in mind.

[the_mechanic]

[Oh hey, another AI. Must be a thing wherever these guys are from. Interesting. He's really tempted to start talking tech, but he's still cautious.]

I had a feeling that was the case. I'll just have to make do. It takes a lot to damage this armor.

[He quirks a smile. It looks pretty damaged, but not everyone realizes he just survived missiles and house crashing down on him.]

[allfunandgamesuntil]

If you escape the people that came to help you, the hotel's in the second district and you can crash there for a while. Get some sleep and wake up. No, sleeping in a dream doesn't make sense, but there you go.

[the_mechanic]

[He chuckles, but it's mirthless. It's obvious he's dead tired, but resisting.]

Nothing about this makes sense. And yeah, sleep and I aren't exactly copacetic, lately. But I'll take a look.

[He'd probably feel more at home in a garage than a bed, truth be told.]

[allfunandgamesuntil]

If you need rescuing from your rescuers, just say the word.

[because what the guy needs is so clearly to have more people rushing to help.]

[the_mechanic]

[Clearly.]

Raincheck?

But if you hear what sounds like the wailing of a rendered soul, feel free to step in, anyway.

[allfunandgamesuntil]

I promise not to take more than two minutes recording your agony before I help you.

[the_mechanic]

[Congrats, he's out-right laughing]

...fair enough.