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fishbones

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CHARACTER NAME

Jinx

CIVILIAN NAME

Powpow McBoom

TEAM

Revelation

HOUSING NUMBER

018

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@greatvalue

[newphew]

Jinx. What's your stAtus?

[powderkegs]

Alive. Tinkering.

What's up?

[newphew]

Just checking in.

[ aka making sure she's alright ]

What a re you working on/?

[powderkegs]

Nothing special. Just upping my cache of bombs and weapons.

Got to be at the top of my game for the monsters.

[newphew]

Need a hand or some company ?

[ just wondering ]

[powderkegs]

Awwww didja miss me?

Yeah pop over. I could use the extra paid of hands.

[newphew]

[ maybe so!! ]

Where are you right NoW?

[powderkegs]

My room.

Come knocking.

-> action

[newphew]

[ not long after, there's a knock at her door and a brief chirp ]

Yes, it's the right door, Flap. Come on, have a little more faith in me than that.

[ muffled through the door ]

[powderkegs]

[ BANG.

the door hits the wall with a loud thud, probably because jinx kicks it, looming over hunter. ]

Well, if it isn't my favourite pointy fella!

[ she reaches to pull his ear. lovingly. ]

[newphew]

[ startles from the door slamming!!!! but he allows it, but looks grumpy about it ]

Are you ever going to use my name, or should I just give up?

[ flapjack chirps a little hello at jinx, settled on hunter's head now. ]

[powderkegs]

Don't be silly. Your name's Pointy!

[ she drags him in. her room is a veritable mess of graffiti and mechanical things scattered all over the place, but for the most part it's maintained. except the drapes. those look a little rough. ]

[newphew]

Never going to use it. Got it.

[ at least he'll stop insisting (???) ]

[ he lets himself get dragged, but looks curiously around all the mechanical things scattered. his expression lightens up a little in curiosity ]

So this is what you've been working on?

[powderkegs]

[ jinx plucks a little camera-firefly bot. its little wings buzz as she lifts it up for hunter to see. ]

Lil' of this, lil' of that. I was thinking of getting a garage or chop shop. People could bring me stuff, I could fix it, and voila! Cash flow.

And I'd fund my projects.

[newphew]

Not a bad idea. I'm sure you'd have plenty of business.

[ he peers at it, fascinated ]

So this is a "camera" "robot"?

[ words he definitely uses on the regular ]

[powderkegs]

That's riiiiight. Good for snooping things out.

[ she leans into his space, curious. ]

Was there someone you wanna know more about? Get their secrets?

[newphew]

[ normally he would lean back, but it's jinx so he allows it. though he kind of wants to tug her hair. he sticks his tongue out a little instead ]

Not really. I'm not interested in people's secrets.

[ because he has his own he wants to hide.... ]

But I suppose it would be good to spy on the criminal element I deal with.

[powderkegs]

[ a noticeable pause. her eyes are fixed on hunter, thoughtful. ]

Is that right.

[newphew]

[ hm. pause ]

Yeah. I've worked with Silco on it before.

[ granted, they have vastly different reasons for doing what they do ]

[powderkegs]

What did Silco have you do.

[ her tone is very flat, soft. ]

[newphew]

[ there has been perhaps a bit of a misunderstanding, but hunter doesn't seem to have noticed ]

.... I had to pretend to be his son at one point.

[ imagine the comedy ]

But we mostly did reconnaissance together.

[powderkegs]

[ jinx huffs, relaxing. nothing big then. she pinches his ear as retaliation for making her worry. ]

Aww, his son? Did you have fun? Call him daddy?

[newphew]

What was that for!

[ hunter did nothing wrong!! in hunter's opinion ]

Of course not. I called him "father".... you know, like a normal person would do.

[ that's not normal ]

[powderkegs]

Sure. That's totally normal and not stiff at all.

I bet everyone bought it.

[newphew]

For your information, they did.

[ not ]

What's wrong with "father", anyway?