ic contact.

[deushexmachina]

"Hi, probably just easier to find me in the lab. I'll get back to you."

Comments

[deushexmachina]

Jinx? [He's startled, eyes narrowed as he listens to the atmospheric sounds.] Having a good time?

[jinxs]

There's a lot of stuff here! Hey, do you want me to bring back anything?

[deushexmachina]

Hm, perhaps. [He's calculating,] Is there anything metallic around?

[jinxs]

Well, yeah. There is, should I be looking at objects, ores...?

[deushexmachina]

All the above. I know we're dry for resources, I can make whatever work. Let me know what I'd owe you, okay?

[jinxs]

Nothing.

[deushexmachina]

I don't want to be an imposition.

[jinxs]

You teach me for free. It's the least I can do? Don't make me yell again.

[deushexmachina]

Okay, okay, I won't push again. [He's thinking about her yelling amidst the market, and what chaos might break loose.]

... Thank you.

[jinxs]

I got you, Cheeks. There's some food, too, that I'm bringing back. Ah, and booze.

[deushexmachina]

Viktor made me drink all you'd given him already.

[jinxs]

Oh, no, drunkness, what a terrible fate.

[deushexmachina]

He can be quite insistent.

[jinxs]

Can't believe Viktor would put you through this terrible torture, oh, no.

[deushexmachina]

I'm just saying, everyone thinks he's the polite one. The well-mannered, quiet one.

He's feral sometimes, they don't realize.

[jinxs]

I know, Jaycey, I know. I'm with him a lot, he can be-- something. That little smug face is printed in my brain.

If you need a witness, I'll take the stand.

[deushexmachina]

Don't let him hear that, he'll take it as a challenge.

[jinxs]

To be even more feral? You know, I want to see it.

[deushexmachina]

He'll break lab safety protocol!

[jinxs]

Is he going to bite me?!

[deushexmachina]

He might. There's a non-zero chance.

[jinxs]

That's unfair. I can't bite Viktor.

[deushexmachina]

You're right, we're both at a disadvantage.

[He's lying; he's bitten Viktor.]

[jinxs]

A riot should take place.

[deushexmachina]

That seems like escalation.