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[ she squints at this username because. what. ]
Nope! I'm all free.
Nope! I'm all free.
[ It's about 30 minutes later, that there's a knocking at her door.
And when she opens the door, there's Silco, with a very big crate of supplies. It's big enough that he probably didn't carry it himself, but whoever he badgered into bringing it over is nowhere to be found. ]
And when she opens the door, there's Silco, with a very big crate of supplies. It's big enough that he probably didn't carry it himself, but whoever he badgered into bringing it over is nowhere to be found. ]
Heeee — Woah!
[ jinx glances at the box and back at silco. ]
Did you pack the kitchen sink too?
[ jinx glances at the box and back at silco. ]
Did you pack the kitchen sink too?
No sink, I'm afraid.
[ Only mock-apologetic. ]
But, almost everything else.
[ Well, almost everything else that he can think of, which... you know. He isn't the inventor here. He's doing his best.
Which means the crate has, essentially, the equivalent of a raided radio shack in it. It's no LILITH tech, but it's a start? ]
[ Only mock-apologetic. ]
But, almost everything else.
[ Well, almost everything else that he can think of, which... you know. He isn't the inventor here. He's doing his best.
Which means the crate has, essentially, the equivalent of a raided radio shack in it. It's no LILITH tech, but it's a start? ]
[ jinx tears through the box with a cackling glee. there are some things she's familiar with and she runs her fingers through the machinery with a coo before setting it aside in a pile while she puts the new stuff in another.
her room is in the stages of being jinx-ified. she's scratched out little monkey faces, splotches of paint on the walls. ]
This is perfect!
her room is in the stages of being jinx-ified. she's scratched out little monkey faces, splotches of paint on the walls. ]
This is perfect!
[ yay :') ]
Good enough to get a head start, do you think?
[ His eyes flick up, and into her room. It's so familiar that he has a little second where he just looks at it. He thought she was dead for so long, give him a moment. ]
I think you've decorated more than I have already.
[ NOT an invitation ]
Good enough to get a head start, do you think?
[ His eyes flick up, and into her room. It's so familiar that he has a little second where he just looks at it. He thought she was dead for so long, give him a moment. ]
I think you've decorated more than I have already.
[ NOT an invitation ]
Gotta make a bit home-y right? Gets my brain juices working better too.
[ the neat and orderly comfort set her teeth on edge. the minimalism style is not for her. like forcing a round peg in a square hole. she twirls a radio between her fingers, turning it over. ]
And I've got a looooot of catching up to do. Maybe there's a lab I can break into. Steal their notes.
[ jayce was spectacularly stupid to write everything down in the same notebook. there's bound to be someone just as hidebound that she can exploit. ]
[ the neat and orderly comfort set her teeth on edge. the minimalism style is not for her. like forcing a round peg in a square hole. she twirls a radio between her fingers, turning it over. ]
And I've got a looooot of catching up to do. Maybe there's a lab I can break into. Steal their notes.
[ jayce was spectacularly stupid to write everything down in the same notebook. there's bound to be someone just as hidebound that she can exploit. ]
Hm. It's all a bit...different, isn't it?
[ He'd say overwhelming, but Silco wasn't exactly a bleeding edge technology kind of guy. He'd always left Jinx to that, but hey, he's... doing his best. ]
For all of what we were able to do in Zaun, could you have imagined anything like what they have here? [ They'd had their innovations, beyond just shimmer. Their strides in artificial limbs, in gadgetry, in making something from nothing. But it's all kind of dwarfed by the the whole... Cyberpunk everything. It's kind of beyond what he can conceptualize half the time. He's learning, doing his best, but he still wants to work off of paper, like a normal person, and not implants. ]
Most of the labs I've seen have been... organic, like the Doctor's. But, if I see anything that would pique your interest...
[ He'd say overwhelming, but Silco wasn't exactly a bleeding edge technology kind of guy. He'd always left Jinx to that, but hey, he's... doing his best. ]
For all of what we were able to do in Zaun, could you have imagined anything like what they have here? [ They'd had their innovations, beyond just shimmer. Their strides in artificial limbs, in gadgetry, in making something from nothing. But it's all kind of dwarfed by the the whole... Cyberpunk everything. It's kind of beyond what he can conceptualize half the time. He's learning, doing his best, but he still wants to work off of paper, like a normal person, and not implants. ]
Most of the labs I've seen have been... organic, like the Doctor's. But, if I see anything that would pique your interest...
Edited (better wording lmao) 2025-01-22 02:59 (UTC)
[ jinx gives a quiet snort. as if anyone in the lanes was letting her foster that kind of imagination. and she's hardly going to go gaga over some fancy aesthetics. it may be a better world, but she does not doubt it's still divided between the haves and the have nots.
it's not her problem. not her concern. ]
I'm sure I'm the first person you'll call.
[ a brief, traitorous beat. ]
What about weapons? You haven't asked me for any.
it's not her problem. not her concern. ]
I'm sure I'm the first person you'll call.
[ a brief, traitorous beat. ]
What about weapons? You haven't asked me for any.
Is this our fight? Really?
[ He says, at first. The weapons had always been for a purpose, after all, and while he had no doubts that if Jinx wanted, she could make weapons to make the kaiju tremble...
No, not yet. ]
I wouldn't ask you to make them for LILITH. They don't deserve it.
[ Buuuuut... ]
Once things are in place, perhaps I'll ask. [ The first hint that there's something under the surface. Silco has something brewing, because of course he did. There was a flicker of a smile, here. Jinx would find what he's saying ironic./small> ] Currently, I'm helping... eliminate the criminal element in the city.
[ That's him. A real "crime fighter". ]
[ He says, at first. The weapons had always been for a purpose, after all, and while he had no doubts that if Jinx wanted, she could make weapons to make the kaiju tremble...
No, not yet. ]
I wouldn't ask you to make them for LILITH. They don't deserve it.
[ Buuuuut... ]
Once things are in place, perhaps I'll ask. [ The first hint that there's something under the surface. Silco has something brewing, because of course he did. There was a flicker of a smile, here. Jinx would find what he's saying ironic./small> ] Currently, I'm helping... eliminate the criminal element in the city.
[ That's him. A real "crime fighter". ]
Psh. No.
[ or maybe she was angling for one? she's not sure. she's changed. he's changed. they're in a changed world. the rules of engagement are different. they're both trying to find their footing back into the dance. ]
I just figured you were doing your plotty thing and you might need some. That's all.
[ or maybe she was angling for one? she's not sure. she's changed. he's changed. they're in a changed world. the rules of engagement are different. they're both trying to find their footing back into the dance. ]
I just figured you were doing your plotty thing and you might need some. That's all.
[ Admittedly, Silco has had so spread out his little web of who to rely on. He was still Silco after all.
He realizes now, as she'd said it, that he hadn't asked. Last time he'd needed an elimination, he'd simply purchased time.
Things are different. Things are the same. Can they ever be the same? ]
My "plotty" thing, hm? Well, I did just pay someone a lot of money to kill a lot of people. Maybe I should try to convince you to make something to take care of them instead, next time.
[ Or... ]
Or you could learn from what they have here. I bet you'd be inventing circles around them.
He realizes now, as she'd said it, that he hadn't asked. Last time he'd needed an elimination, he'd simply purchased time.
Things are different. Things are the same. Can they ever be the same? ]
My "plotty" thing, hm? Well, I did just pay someone a lot of money to kill a lot of people. Maybe I should try to convince you to make something to take care of them instead, next time.
[ Or... ]
Or you could learn from what they have here. I bet you'd be inventing circles around them.
I can and I will.
[ zero hesitation, zero doubt. jinx is smart and it's the one thing she never truly doubted. not now that she's fully embraced that part of herself. powder's insecurities no longer plague her.
she cocks her head at him curiously. ]
You sure there's nothing? Nothing greasing the wheels, nothing I should know . . . ? You're not exactly the quiet type.
[ zero hesitation, zero doubt. jinx is smart and it's the one thing she never truly doubted. not now that she's fully embraced that part of herself. powder's insecurities no longer plague her.
she cocks her head at him curiously. ]
You sure there's nothing? Nothing greasing the wheels, nothing I should know . . . ? You're not exactly the quiet type.
[ She just can't let the old man play innocent, can she? ]
Hah, no, I'm also not the type to stay idle, am I?
[ Or quiet. Well, in some ways. Silco sure has been sharing that he's fighting crime a lot. ]
The implants mean directly doing anything with our...captors is a dead end. [ Unfortunately. ] However... that doesn't prevent me from helping with some outside endeavors. There's quite a few people wanting to cut the head off of the gangs here.
[ His eyeroll was just for her. An implication that he thought it was foolish. ]
If they're successful? Who knows what will happen to all that remains?
[ Which means, of course, that he has a plan for it. ]
Hah, no, I'm also not the type to stay idle, am I?
[ Or quiet. Well, in some ways. Silco sure has been sharing that he's fighting crime a lot. ]
The implants mean directly doing anything with our...captors is a dead end. [ Unfortunately. ] However... that doesn't prevent me from helping with some outside endeavors. There's quite a few people wanting to cut the head off of the gangs here.
[ His eyeroll was just for her. An implication that he thought it was foolish. ]
If they're successful? Who knows what will happen to all that remains?
[ Which means, of course, that he has a plan for it. ]
[ she gives a little snort, a half-smile playing on her face. that sounds more like it. and it's comforting, in a way. as much as they can be comforted with the patterns they latch onto. once that was true.
now, she's not so sure. ]
Lots of fingers in lots of pies, as usual.
now, she's not so sure. ]
Lots of fingers in lots of pies, as usual.
Hm.
[ He says. Descriptively.
His eyes flick to her, before he closed one, with one of those rolling shrug/gestures, as if to say 'aint i a stinker?' ]
How else does one find the best one? Besides, the criminal element here is... lazy, and sick. No better than the Scrap Hackers or Slickjaws.
Whose to say what would happen under someone better, hm?
[ He says. Descriptively.
His eyes flick to her, before he closed one, with one of those rolling shrug/gestures, as if to say 'aint i a stinker?' ]
How else does one find the best one? Besides, the criminal element here is... lazy, and sick. No better than the Scrap Hackers or Slickjaws.
Whose to say what would happen under someone better, hm?
Aww, look at you.
[ she pokes his cheek with a smirk, turning the edge of his mouth up just a teensy bit more. ]
You're gonna eat them alive.
[ she pokes his cheek with a smirk, turning the edge of his mouth up just a teensy bit more. ]
You're gonna eat them alive.
Of course I will.
[ He doesn't pull away, he really does just let her poke him. #girldad ]
Unfortunately, I am doing this within the confines of others, so it is going slower than intended. [ A beat. ]
But, this also means they aren't paying attention. It seems to work out.
[ Plans upon plans upon plans. It really was Silco's way. ]
[ He doesn't pull away, he really does just let her poke him. #girldad ]
Unfortunately, I am doing this within the confines of others, so it is going slower than intended. [ A beat. ]
But, this also means they aren't paying attention. It seems to work out.
[ Plans upon plans upon plans. It really was Silco's way. ]
[ she pulls back, observing him. ]
Sooo should I avoid namedropping you or anything? What's the play here?
Sooo should I avoid namedropping you or anything? What's the play here?
Hm.
[ The implants mean that she won't be in any mortal danger, but nor does that guarantee her safety. The problem was, that were it to be novel, or something to be hidden, there were the types here that would snuffle it out like a hound, looking for a small morsel of evidence.
He has enemies, certainly, but the one he's the most afraid of (Sebastian) isn't going to be deterred by Silco keeping everyone from knowing that Jinx knows him, he'll probably take one look at them and pick it up immediately. ]
It's fine. [ it's not fine. ] Avoiding it will be odd enough that some will start looking into it, just because they can't abide a mystery. Two people from Zaun will raise questions regardless.
[ Unfortunately, Silco never keeps his mouth shut. ]
If you run into trouble over it, I have people keeping an eye out.
[ Because of course he does. ]
[ The implants mean that she won't be in any mortal danger, but nor does that guarantee her safety. The problem was, that were it to be novel, or something to be hidden, there were the types here that would snuffle it out like a hound, looking for a small morsel of evidence.
He has enemies, certainly, but the one he's the most afraid of (Sebastian) isn't going to be deterred by Silco keeping everyone from knowing that Jinx knows him, he'll probably take one look at them and pick it up immediately. ]
It's fine. [ it's not fine. ] Avoiding it will be odd enough that some will start looking into it, just because they can't abide a mystery. Two people from Zaun will raise questions regardless.
[ Unfortunately, Silco never keeps his mouth shut. ]
If you run into trouble over it, I have people keeping an eye out.
[ Because of course he does. ]
I can handle my own trouble just fine.
[ it's petulant, but not gratingly so. fine, fine. it's all fine. maybe that's what grates her. she had to build her own way, but his shadow is around still. more than a shadow. less than — it's a lot. ]
[ it's petulant, but not gratingly so. fine, fine. it's all fine. maybe that's what grates her. she had to build her own way, but his shadow is around still. more than a shadow. less than — it's a lot. ]
Silly.
[ though her expression doesn't seem that way. ]
It's always our trouble.
[ though her expression doesn't seem that way. ]
It's always our trouble.
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