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[assonant]

[ From the perspective, someone's got his communicator propped up on a shelf or a windowsill.

The view encompasses Aoba, his desk, and the remains of four computers, four tablets, three smart phones, three remotes of nebulous origin, and a...toaster oven? From the organized chaos of metal, plastic, casing, wires, tools, and junk food, someone's been working at this a while. ]

Okay, I just have a quick request. If you have any computers or electronic devices that you don't want or that you're going to throw away, can I have them?

I need them for something.

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[ringthenoise]

Any reason you can't tell us what that is?

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[assonant]

Huh?

[ From that face, it's obvious he.......didn't think about that at all. ] Oh, uh, I'm building parts for Ren. And a computer for myself.

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[ringthenoise]

Parts?

[Eyebrow goes up]

Ren some kinda robot or somethin'?

permavid

[centurybaby]

What are you doing, building a bomb?

[assonant]

If it were a bomb I don't think I'd be dumb enough to talk about it.

It's replacement parts for Ren.

[centurybaby]

For who?

[vengefulshades]

What for?

[assonant]

[ He is realizing now that maybe he should have clarified. ]

Robot parts.

[vengefulshades]

A robot? You can build something like that?

[video]

[glassinine]

Mr. Ren needs...parts?

[video]

[assonant]

Not yet, and hopefully never, but he might, if he's damaged. I want to be prepared.

[video]

[glassinine]

Quite. How could he be damaged, precisely?

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[gevurah]

Even if they're broken?

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[assonant]

I can work with broken. There's always something you can salvage.

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[gevurah]

I've got a busted iPod.

permavid

[mightiswright]

How does a radio alarm clock sound?

[ He'll be more than happy to get rid of the thing after one too many mornings of sleeping in. ]

[assonant]

Is the clock part analog or digital?

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[databoner]

[All those computers... And tablets... and phones...

Okay, color him interested.]

Where did you get those?

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[assonant]

Mainly from the garbage. A few are from work, we were going to throw them out so I took them.

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[bulwank]

[Seeing all of that.] I suggest you have your wits about you, Aoba.

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[assonant]

[ A-w-k-w-a-r-d, but he tries to be polite. ] I...do?

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[selfequipped]

[Well, after their last chat, Kate doesn't know if he'll take kindly to being spoken to again, but ... she'll try.]

Have you tried any local pawn shops or Goodwills for that type of thing?

Not free, but close.

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[assonant]

[ He is mainly not-embarrassed, so she gets a sincere smile. ]

Those are going to be my next stop. ...I've never heard of a Goodwill, though. What are those? Another store?

voice;

[enigmaestro]

Have you considered scavenging junk yards? I'm sure that would be truly engaging.

And it's freer after dark.

voice;

[assonant]

Er. [ He'd be lying if he said he hadn't thought about it... ] I want to see what I can get this way before I go through garbage that's not in a can.