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maskormenace2017-03-12 09:21 am
stupidmeatbags) wrote in maskormenace2017-03-12 09:21 am
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[ The video feed clearly comes on by accident, as the owner is in mid-sentence as it appears on the network. HK-47’s staring down at Revan as best he could, and the annoyance was easy to hear in his voice just then. ]
--forgotten how to use a hydrospanner in three hundred years?
[ ...doesn’t help that there’s a bit of a glitch to his voice. ]
And it looks you have nearly the same amount of wear and tear in here… Wait… Do a diagnostic.
[ In spite of HK’s criticism, Revan appears quite comfortable with the pair of instruments in his hand, tools that look quite alien to the casual observer. His hair is tied up in an uncharacteristic ponytail to keep his hair out of his face as he frowns at something just below the camera angle. ]
I’m detecting a power surge in your sensory net.
[ HK’s voice is terse when he responds, despite the occasional jump in his voice. ]
Observation: Perhaps it’s simply reacting to the fact that you do not know what you’re doing.
[ He’s not being very forgiving here, and it was hard to blame him. Revan’s issues with memory were certainly a thing, and they seemed to be worse than usual… at least in the droid’s opinion, which was all that really mattered. ]
Oh come on. Who knows how you tick better than I do? It’s not my fault someone’s put your insides through a blender then tried to slap them together again. But I’m serious HK, it looks like you’re photoreceptors are being routed through… some kind of… beacon.
[ He looks up from his work, detaching the sensor probe currently embedded in HK’s chest and looking up directly into the feed --His frown shifting from one of curiosity to alarm. ]
...Why is your communicator in your head?
Mockery: Why master, I have no idea! Perhaps to a meatbag that has no idea what they’re doing, a ‘head’ is the most logical place to insert a communicative device.
[ Revan slaps a hand across his face, drawing a streak of grease across his nose. ]
By the Force, it’s an epidemic…
[So it’s become one of THOSE posts. ]
You’re broadcasting to the net, HK.
[ Revan raises his ‘hydrospanner’ and taps on the screen, HK’s eyes, for good measure. It was a shame the video was from HK’s point of view; the look on his face was rather priceless at the moment. The faint buzz of a sigh escaped from the droid. ]
Query: Perhaps it would be more prudent to use this time to ask for assistance from others? After all, I’m sure you can only remember so much, Master.
[ It was amazing how he could be supportive and insulting all in one sentence. ]
Yes, now that we look like total fools, let’s beg the community to save us.
[ Revan smiles up at the screen, past HK and to the people watching. ]
Hello everyone, my friend here has… had some work done over the years. Layers upon layers of patchwork repairs, reroutes and improvisation. Some of it I don’t even know what for. Like this? [ He reaches in and tugs out some kind of bundle of circuitry that looks oddly like a heart made of wires and chips. ] Looks like some kind of autonomous repair unit? But it’s currently defunct. And it looks like at least a dozen of his core functions have been routed through it.
Despite being the one who built him, I’m sort of at a loss. We’re looking for anybody with an understanding of robotics, or perhaps abilities related to technology that can assist us.
[ooc; Responses can come from either HK or Revan, or both! ]
--forgotten how to use a hydrospanner in three hundred years?
[ ...doesn’t help that there’s a bit of a glitch to his voice. ]
And it looks you have nearly the same amount of wear and tear in here… Wait… Do a diagnostic.
[ In spite of HK’s criticism, Revan appears quite comfortable with the pair of instruments in his hand, tools that look quite alien to the casual observer. His hair is tied up in an uncharacteristic ponytail to keep his hair out of his face as he frowns at something just below the camera angle. ]
I’m detecting a power surge in your sensory net.
[ HK’s voice is terse when he responds, despite the occasional jump in his voice. ]
Observation: Perhaps it’s simply reacting to the fact that you do not know what you’re doing.
[ He’s not being very forgiving here, and it was hard to blame him. Revan’s issues with memory were certainly a thing, and they seemed to be worse than usual… at least in the droid’s opinion, which was all that really mattered. ]
Oh come on. Who knows how you tick better than I do? It’s not my fault someone’s put your insides through a blender then tried to slap them together again. But I’m serious HK, it looks like you’re photoreceptors are being routed through… some kind of… beacon.
[ He looks up from his work, detaching the sensor probe currently embedded in HK’s chest and looking up directly into the feed --His frown shifting from one of curiosity to alarm. ]
...Why is your communicator in your head?
Mockery: Why master, I have no idea! Perhaps to a meatbag that has no idea what they’re doing, a ‘head’ is the most logical place to insert a communicative device.
[ Revan slaps a hand across his face, drawing a streak of grease across his nose. ]
By the Force, it’s an epidemic…
[So it’s become one of THOSE posts. ]
You’re broadcasting to the net, HK.
[ Revan raises his ‘hydrospanner’ and taps on the screen, HK’s eyes, for good measure. It was a shame the video was from HK’s point of view; the look on his face was rather priceless at the moment. The faint buzz of a sigh escaped from the droid. ]
Query: Perhaps it would be more prudent to use this time to ask for assistance from others? After all, I’m sure you can only remember so much, Master.
[ It was amazing how he could be supportive and insulting all in one sentence. ]
Yes, now that we look like total fools, let’s beg the community to save us.
[ Revan smiles up at the screen, past HK and to the people watching. ]
Hello everyone, my friend here has… had some work done over the years. Layers upon layers of patchwork repairs, reroutes and improvisation. Some of it I don’t even know what for. Like this? [ He reaches in and tugs out some kind of bundle of circuitry that looks oddly like a heart made of wires and chips. ] Looks like some kind of autonomous repair unit? But it’s currently defunct. And it looks like at least a dozen of his core functions have been routed through it.
Despite being the one who built him, I’m sort of at a loss. We’re looking for anybody with an understanding of robotics, or perhaps abilities related to technology that can assist us.
[ooc; Responses can come from either HK or Revan, or both! ]
video; skeets no
[ What a completely innocuous, non-passive aggressive statement! ]
video; skeets plz
Statement: No one asked you, you minuscule annoying automaton.
[ Go get turned into a toaster or something. ]
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[ He's sooooooo above this behaviour! Look at how polite and well-behaved he is! ]
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He really should back off, he doesn't want to be turned into scrap.
But. ]
My apologies, I'll make a note to never insult your master.
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[He tries to slot the "heart" back into place, but it is obviously ill fitting.]
And they are about as effective...
[Don't blame him for being so critical. His frustration shows he cares.]
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[ While Skeets isn't exactly fond of HK-47, he has no particular reason to dislike Revan, so his politeness is sincere. ]
If I may inquire, would his personality be one of those changes?
[ ...Mostly. ]
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And you would be correct about the gap. More so than you might imagine.
[Although if an issue of several hundred years difference in timelines was understandable to anyone, he might have just unknowingly found that person.]
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From what I understand, sir, the Porter often pulls imPorts from various points in time even if they're from the same universe. Normally I would suggest to interact with those from the past or future as little as possible, but the apparent fact that regardless of what happens here the timeline is unchanged makes the point moot.
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[ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DEAD IN YOUR OWN UNIVERSE.]
I appreciate you taking the time to interface with HK. He's a bit of a curmudgeon at face value, but I've never known a more loyal friend.
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You seem to be very fond of him. He must have done a lot for you.
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[How sad is that? The only person Revan can truly trust is his psychotic murder bot.]
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[ You can practically hear the record scratch. ]
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Answer: Oh yes, Master Revan has dispatched a number of deserving meatbags in many creative ways in the past. I had my personal favorites recorded, but sadly my memory core has suffered damage since then.
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If you go around introducing me like that I'll never make any friends.
[He's trying to play it cool, but he might be sweating a bit more now.
To Skeets:] HK and I fought in several wars together. I guess you could say we're a couple of old veterans.
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What kind of wars did you fight in sir, if you don't mind my asking?
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Oops, didn't see this before I responded
I don't know HK. You have a way of... embellishing details.
No worries.
Exclamation: Master, it's not embellishing! The way you dispatched the bounty hunter, Ordo? The way you turned the Sith Academy on Korriban upside down? I have no need to embellish such works of art.
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[Just trying to think about the scope of their conflicts is enough to draw out a sigh.
But in a way he was enjoying talking about himself and HK while he tinkered away at his wiring. It was somewhat therapeutic.]
I suppose for context I should mention in my universe I was apart of a galaxy spanning Republic. And in my lifetime [CONSIDERABLE as it was.] it suffered many threats to it's existence. I chose to stand in it's defense for as long as I was able.
super belated post-hiatus backtag, feel free to ignore
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[ Like he's going to let you forget that one, Revan. ]
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['Meatbag' just seems like the purest expression of HK feelings of most organics. Anything else would just seem facetious.]
I mean I could always change it back to... what was your default setting again?
[He knows full well, but if HK is going to be a brat then he couldn't help but return a bit of that fire.]
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[ It was a good way to get him to shut up though. ]
[video]
Think I can help with that. [And also with the smartass droid, who should really have a restraining bolt, in Han's opinion. But, wisely, he keeps that part to himself.] It's a little older than what I'm used to, but it hasn't changed that much.
[hahaha no, he's bluffing real hard here.]
[video]
Warning: Master, something about this meatbag is causing an extreme desire to utter the phrase, 'I have about feeling about this'. I would advise caution.
[video]
[video]
[ He's just being a little shit at this point just to get a reaction out of Revan at this point. ]
[Video - Side comment]
[Revan, as always, the cool breeze to HK's sizzle.]
Besides I wouldn't let anybody at your circuits without my supervision. And Han is one of the few people here from our universe.
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Statement: Master, if you are certain, I will defer to your judgement. For now.
[video]
You're the ones asking for help from the network. I'm just offering. [A huff.] At least I know what I'd be doing. [...hopefully.]
[Video]
[Revan eagerly stands from his crouch in front of HK and moves off camera for a second. A moment later the feed changes perspective to a local console that has a view of both Revan at a keyboard and HK hooked up to the diagnostic machine.]
A pleasure to see you again. You have experience with droids? [His tone is one of impressed, not critical.]
[Video]
Some. A lot more experience with ships, but I've fixed a few droids here and there.
[Granted, there are others who are far better at droid repair than Han that he usually leaves it to, but they're not here and Han is, so.]
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I don't want to undersell the issue here, it's a mess.
[And as an aside:] ...And perhaps we can discuss your knowledge of ships while we're at it.
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[Daryl himself wasn't a robotic guru, but Mako had been pretty close. It would be a decent distraction from things, if nothing else.]
[Continued video]
Hello there. I don't think we've had the pleasure.
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Name's Daryl. I know those kinds of systems. A... friend of mine... she used to work with 'em all the time. Psudo-AIs and the sort. Showed me how.
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Droids in my universe are usually kept at a sub-sentient level so our programmed purpose for them does not evolved into a form of slavery. HK here, though, is a special case. I believe his level of intelligence falls above the line. And to be clear I intend to leave it that way.
video;
[Video]
[Revan returns the smile, warmly.]
It's a bit nostalgic, really. Seeing as I was the one who built him.
Re: [Video]
Oh, you didn't mention you were a father! Congratulations! Belatedly, as it were.
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Well, he's all grown up now. As far as droids go.
[Belatedly was the understatement of the century. Or more accurately, three centuries.]
But I'm proud of the little rust bucket. He's been through a lot.
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He doesn't mean it, and you know it.]
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