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[braidedwonder]

Yo.. so with the surface not really an option right now and all, my mercenary stuff is at a hold, and since I'm such a damn busy body I figured I'd see if anyone needed anything done around here.

My name's Duo Maxwell - good at anything to do with machinery, even if it's taking apart a bunch of tiny parts in a motor and piecing it back together, all that junk. If you doubt me and wanna see my handiwork, check out the huge black Gundam with the bat wings in the hangar. All of that is mine to fix and maintain.

I can do piloting / mech lessons as well if that's more your jam.

Also not a doctor but pretty good at field dressing, etc and definitely not squeamish if any of you doctor / healing types need a hand.

Not opposed to fetch missions either if you're feeling lazy and want a delivery boy.

Basically : Anything you need, hit me up.

Looking to keep my hands busy until we've got a bit more of an idea what's going on / mobility in general.

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[braidedwonder]

It.. is a Gundam? It's Gundam Deathscythe Hell..

[impavid]

[ That is an extremely metal name for a giant robot but also

... really? ]

You named your giant robot model 'gundam'?

[ Not sure if begrudgingly impressed or not, honestly? ]

[braidedwonder]

No. The model is a 'gundam' - gundams are different than other mobile suits like libras, taurus, etc.

Where I'm from there are only 5 legitimate gundams. Apparently other worlds have them as well but I've never seen them in mine.

Mine is technically named Deathscythe Hell Custom

[impavid]

[ Is...

Has he fallen into a Twilight Zone episode?

It's actually a real Gundam?

In a weird way he supposes it makes sense that some parallel world decided to make these things for real, probably in the future (what was the timeline of the Gundams anyway? Why doesn't he even remember a single plot point beyond 'giant robots fighting in a war'?

For that matter, why the hell did he never get to drive a real Gundam at home? Surely the Ancients could have built something like this! He's going to put in a complaint. Flying a city-ship somehow seems way less cool than Gundams. ]

So what's custom about it?

[ Please tell him more about your Gundam he would like to subscribe to the Gundam newsletter. ]

[braidedwonder]

[ Be jelly, buddy. this is a reedy little brat who's only seventeen who's getting to pilot a gundam fuck off robot. ]

Each one of our gundams is different.. mine has cloaking, all that stuff for more covert work. If I listed everything off I'd probably bore your shoes right off your feet.

[impavid]

[ How does something that big pull off stealth?

Doesn't matter, still cool. ]

I've been sleeping badly, so bring on the boredom.

[braidedwonder]

Active Cloak
Hyper Jammer
Self-Destruct System
(2 x) Buster Shields
(2 x) Vulcan Guns
Twin Beam Scythe
Beam Scissors
Beam Saber

[ He's a little happier than he might seem to be actually able to show this kind of thing off after all this time. ]

[impavid]

[ Most of this stuff he can sort of reason out. Active cloak is obvious, a jammer probably jams things. Self-destruct is obvious. Twin beam sycthe? Some kind of energy weapon that's sycthe shaped? Beam scissors sounds kind of weird but again, he can probably guess at along with beam saber. But... ]

How's a vulcan gun different from a regular gun?

[braidedwonder]

It's located in the vulcans on the suit's head. So I guess since you've seen him - the gold 'crown' like thing on Scythe's head? V shaped?

That's the vulcan. There's two guns in it.

[impavid]

[ Oh, the big eyebrows. ]

Cool. If I offer to help with the gunk can I see it? under strict supervision, of course.

[ Letting latent technopaths near Gundams will either be fine or dangerous and he's not really sure exactly which.

Listen. He maintains that it isn't his fault things like him! ]

[braidedwonder]

Make sure to bring thick gloves if you're actually gonna show up. That thing's blood is some serious shit.

[impavid]

Yeah, I got pretty close and personal with it without the protection of a gundam.

[ It's pretty gross. ]

[braidedwonder]

Oh yeah? I didn't touch it til I was behind metal to be honest. Didn't figure it was worth it to try it in.. you know... my fragile flesh and blood body.

[impavid]

Seeing how things turned out, you were probably right about that.

[braidedwonder]

Probably seems like a low ball. I was definitely right.

[impavid]

Well I didn't exactly know the Natha were gonna re-appear, snap their fingers and freeze the thing did I?

[braidedwonder]

Yeah but it's pretty easy to assume that thing would smash you like a bug, isn't it?

[impavid]

So we all just should have sat back and waited for the dragon come find us? I'm not sure that's infinitely better.

[braidedwonder]

I mean, we had at least a little bit of a heads up. Could'a been making a break for it in the mean time.

But I mean, hey, you're alive anyways, so..

[impavid]

[ I mean he is now but thanks for neatly stepping on that grenade of a point, Duo, John is not bitter at all. This is the face of a man who is absolutely not bitter. He wants to argue that hey!! Making a break for where? If the Natha hadn't frozen the dragon it would have set fire to everything --

But you know what, some arguments are pointless when the thing is frozen now anyway. ]

Guess I am. Does this mean I'm not allowed to see the gundam?

[ Gundams: way more interesting than his absolutely avoidable, idiotic, hero-complex driven death. Please, sometimes people just want to play with giant robots okay and pretend their life isn't a slow trainwreck. Have pity. ]

[braidedwonder]

Jesus. Should'a gathered everyone would be all about the gundam after I brought it up.

I'm gonna be there in like 20 minutes if you wanna see it.

[impavid]

I'd offer to show you mine in return but I don't have one. All my toys are still child-locked by the Natha. I can offer to bring a bribe?

[ Things you say when you have no idea you're talking to a teenager. ]

[braidedwonder]

What kind of bribe are we talking?

[impavid]

What's your poison?

[ John don't John stop. ]

[braidedwonder]

That's another extensive list, man.

What're you offering?