† 048.

[klutziness]

this just in:
apparently fixing cars does not mean you can give them a tune up however you want
even if they'll function 132489% better once you have
people are really particular about not having their vehicles run as efficiently as possible

on another note
lachesis
not surprised that there's some government hoo-ha going on with her
"automated defenses"
oui ku kenm

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[pacifistaggressive]

[Hello something relevant to his interests. Don't mind if he sends a text following this up.]

How experienced would you say you are with vehicles?


Out of curiosity.

[That percentage is giving him slight confidence.]

[klutziness]

[do not take her percentages seriously, she keysmashed
but that doesn't mean she doesn't believe it's true and accurate]

well that's what i've been doing since i got here and i did it back when i was in the city for a few years
so i'd say i've got a handy bit of experience under my belt

[pacifistaggressive]

[Nope too late he's expecting 132k percent better!]

I've got a rather complex vehicle that

Doesn't have a seating area for a driver.


It's confusing, I know.

[klutziness]

[what has she done]

okay i'm
i'm going to need to look at it
like in person
because let me tell you i've got a pretty vivid imagination
and i cannot for the life of me imagine a vehicle with no place for a driver

[pacifistaggressive]

[And now he's just going to be cryptic, just for the hell of it.]

It has space for a driver, but no room to sit.


I'd be glad to show you and that vivid imagination, though.

[klutziness]

[no
rikku cannot handle cryptic
why this
just imagine her looking dead at him and going bruh so seriously
she'd text it but it wouldn't have the same impact]

that doesn't even make sense
i need to see it

[pacifistaggressive]

[YES GOOD because this might be more than meets the eye Rikku

Take that saying to your grave. ...just don't die yet.]

Is the park alright? It's a little large. Not your average 'car'.

[klutziness]

yeah yeah sure
when?

[building intrigue is the perfect way to get her to actually show up on time]

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Maybe I'm reading something wrong here, but the sarcasm says you might know something. Especially about those defenses. Am I right?

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[klutziness]

might be i know a little bit
or think i do anyway

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

You mind sharing with the class? Whatever you've got. I'd like to know some more about what we're up against.

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[klutziness]

she had a habit of teleporting people she didn't like to other places in the world
sometimes she did it to people she did like

she also blew someone up for getting too close once

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

She means Lachesis, I'm guessing. She really had preferences? People she liked and didn't like?

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[klutziness]

yup
getting on her bad side was super inadvisable

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Did you ever talk to her? What was she like?

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[klutziness]

not really
she definitely had a sense of humor
but i think she actually cared about the imports
even with all the shit we went through

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Why would she care about you, though? Or about us.

From what I've heard, she basically treated everyone like toys.

[Which is a sore spot for Jacob on a personal level.]

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[klutziness]

she took us to the city to protect it
she said so anyway
i was inclined to believe her
even with some of the things that happened to us ultimately her goal was to keep the city safe
and herself

that's how i felt anyway
ai are weird sometimes

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

You said it. Even the friendly ones can be a little different.

But if her goal was to keep the city safe, she failed. Didn't she?

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[klutziness]

i guess so
kinda sucks

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Can you tell me about what happened?

A guy recently told me I ought to find out more about what Atropos was really like.

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[klutziness]

atropos was the conductor of the crazytrain

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

She's the one who tore everything apart, right. How did she do it? What happened when people tried to stop her?

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[klutziness]

i don't really know how it happened
one minute things were fine
the next minute the sky was falling apart

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

What do you mean by the sky falling apart?

An invasion? An orbital bombardment?

[Jacob cannot grasp the true form of Atropos' attack.]

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[klutziness]

it was like
the sky opened up and just swallowed us
it was the trippiest thing i'd ever seen

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

And Atropos herself? What was she like? Someone else told me she was a giant.

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[taselikeabee]

Well, give them some credit, would you really want to go in for a broken arm and come out with additional bells and whistles?

[klutziness]

if the bells and whistles make you healthier then yes

[taselikeabee]

But not essential?

[klutziness]

how can something that makes you better be not essential?

[taselikeabee]

Guess I'm just thinking of Kup. The guy's old and completely not up to date with anything. He definitely needs upgrades, but the old man is still one of the toughest Autobots I've ever met. So yeah, the upgrades would be amazing, but they're not essential.

[klutziness]

being tough doesn't mean he's doing everything he could be
autobots sound familiar

[taselikeabee]

Does it? Talk to any other Cybertronians?

[klutziness]

probably
not recently though

[taselikeabee]

You're not even sure?

[klutziness]

i've been around here for a while
the years kinda blend together when people come and go so often and randomly

[taselikeabee]

A name is hard to remember?


Just giving you a hard time.

[klutziness]

cunno
didn't mean to get snappy

[taselikeabee]

Don't worry about it, kid. I've been around worse, believe me.

[darwinatrix]

You're a mechanic?

Any good?

[klutziness]

best on this side of any dimension if i do say so myself

[darwinatrix]

Interesting.

You build? Or just upgrade?

[klutziness]

both

[darwinatrix]

What were these tune-ups you applied?

[klutziness]

[pretend there's some really technical text about making an engine run more efficiently
i know nothing about engines i am sorry]

[darwinatrix]

Huh. All right.

Got a place I can visit you? [She doesn't talk about her plans on the network.]

[klutziness]

yeah no problem

[insert address of the garage where rikku works]

stop by whenever