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[open] have you ever wanted to disappear?
Who: Tadashi Hamada (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bropane), Demo the talking CYbuddy, + you!
When: 16-17 Feb IC (7-10 Aug OOC)
Where: Tech & Auto shop, shopping district, and the residential district.
What: A follow up log to his network post. Stalker app installments (as well as other tech related things), nerdery, and passing out on a bench.
Rating/Warning: Will update when necessary!
a: tech & auto shop (semi-open)
b: shopping district (late morning)
c: residential district + wildcard (post-baseball plot)
bropane), Demo the talking CYbuddy, + you!When: 16-17 Feb IC (7-10 Aug OOC)
Where: Tech & Auto shop, shopping district, and the residential district.
What: A follow up log to his network post. Stalker app installments (as well as other tech related things), nerdery, and passing out on a bench.
Rating/Warning: Will update when necessary!
a: tech & auto shop (semi-open)
[ he's been feeling really tired and sickly lately, but thankfully, a bunch of aspirins and orange juice, as well as some tea has been keeping him going. a few days after things get back to normal, he sends a message to some people who expressed interest in the app he came up with, saying that they can meet up now if they're available. if he hasn't sent the address yet, then he'll tell them to come to the tech and auto shop, and even attaches a map with it. what a nice guy this tadashi hamada is.
with him in his workshop is a miniature st. bernard cybuddy. when the doors slide open upon somebody arriving, it's the first thing that will welcome the person. at least the dog just talks, and doesn't bite! ]
Hello, hello! Welcome to Tadashi's workshop!
[ the dog sniffs at the shoes of tadashi's visitor as the roboticist himself gets up from his seat, approaching the door. ]
Hey. Good to see you, [ and he offers a hand to shake if he hasn't met the person yet before gesturing to a wheelie chair nearby. ] Have a seat.
[ though if this isn't the first time he's met this person, he'll just gesture to the seat right away, telling them to take a seat while he gets his laptop. ]
b: shopping district (late morning)
Demo, I really don't have time for this right now, [ tadashi says, looking pretty exhausted. he's carrying some bags with him - groceries - which he wants to put down on a counter soon since it's getting heavier by the second. not to mention, he probably should get some rest. working while being sick isn't fun at all, so getting home is a priority.
too bad his cybuddy doesn't seem to agree with him. the dog is barking at an alleyway that probably connects to a deadend. tadashi said he has no time for it, so he isn't even checking it out. ]
But Tadashi, there's something out there! [ the dog responds loudly before barking at the alleyway again. fun… and a talking dog might be weird for some people passing by. they probably haven't met the demo the dog before, or heard of tadashi's incoming line of cybuddies yet. ]
c: residential district + wildcard (post-baseball plot)
[ the day after his excursion with demo, he decides not to bring the dog out shopping again any time soon. having to put him in sleep mode wasn't fun, since he's supposed to have configured demo to work properly. he didn't see any signs of any glitching either, when he checked on his cybuddy's software after getting home… (cybuddies are officially troublesome.)
now, he's on his way to work again, though he's running a bit late. it's just a few hours into the afternoon since he woke up at lunchtime not feeling rejuvenated at all. his limbs are also sore from all the baseball he played the day before. he probably looks sick to someone who can sees him and the cybuddy walking around, so feel free to tell him to go back home and get some rest.
during the evening, he can be found walking back to his apartment looking like he needs a lot of sleep, too. he's sent his cybuddy to go home ahead of him, so he's just alone. though when he receives a text, he takes a seat on a nearby bench by one of the apartments before answering… and ultimately passing out.
feel free to draw on his face, or be a good person and wake him up. ]
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he nearly loses said pizza to the floor when he's startled by the huge talking dog that approaches him. you'd think he'd have gotten used to shit like this after a fair bit of time in tellus, but things just keep getting weirder and weirder. ]
Right. Hey.
[ the greeting is directed first towards the dog - seriously, what the hell - and then at tadashi, who will now receive an armful of a pizza box. ]
Came to get that upgrade you promised. [ he finally manages to tear eyes away from the dog, refocusing on tadashi. ] Hope you like pepperoni.
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Oh- [ talk about a surprise. ] I wasn't expecting this. [ and yet, he takes the box, anyway and puts it on a nearby counter. ]
Thanks, and yeah, the app's only going to take about a minute tops. And don't worry, I won't see any private files while installing the app.
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[ just don't check his search history, dude. no one's search history deserves to be divulged. ]
You sure you don't want to charge for this? The pizza's a pretty shitty payment for you upgrading my tech.
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[ his bashful side shows as he adjusts his cap when he responds. and when he's done— ]
If it's to help people, then I wouldn't mind doing it for free. [ now, if you asked him to make you a roomba or a vacuum cleaner, then he'll be so ashamed to charge, but he'll do it anyway.
he flips his laptop's cover and clicks on something to turn it on and connects a wire to it. looks like he's ready to get to work. ]
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Nice of you. People 'round here seem to be into the whole community-betterment thing.
[ little wonder, given the fact that they're all stuck together against some faceless enemy on a world that belongs to none of them.
in the meantime, rin reaches out for the cybuddy, hesitating only slightly before running his palm down the dog's head. he scratches behind its ears, feeling somewhat stupid. do robot dogs enjoy getting ear skritches?
hopefully tadashi isn't watching any of this. ]
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Down there, no, over there... that's the spot!
[ he may have given his cybuddy a little too much personality. tadashi will just quietly watch the two interact. it's not every day that demo meets new people, after all. ]
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You're a good boy, aren't you? There's a good boy.
[ his skritching gets more vigorous, both hands now joining the effort. rin's grin gets out of hand until he - abruptly - remembers where he is, and he forces himself to return to neutrality. ]
—ah. Tadashi. [ he clears his throat, looking embarrassed, but doesn't stop petting the little dude. ] Your pet's pretty lifelike -- never seen anything like it. You do his programming, too?
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Yeah, gave him a personality and all.
It's what I do, after all. Make CYbuddies.
[ he turns and clicks on something, activating a bunch of 4d holograms of various animals like cats, dogs, and horses in the center of the room. ]
I'm working on a line of them that doubles as nurses, or at least helpers around the house.
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plus, a CYbuddy isn't likely to knock over any of tadashi's work, right? right. ]
There you go, boy.
[ still, he's careful when he tosses it, making sure that his wadded scarf ends up in a relatively uncluttered part of the lab. it helps that its flight capabilities are severely limited, given that it's... a wad of cloth. ]
Pretty cool.
[ rin perks up, his attention returning to tadashi. and then to the display. a moment of startled observation, then he wanders from animal to animal, hands passing through the holograms. ]
Anything with combat capabilities?
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as for rin's query, he rubs the back of his neck before answering. ]
Well, that might be good, but not ideally something I want to make.
[ he doesn't like fighting, after all. ]
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rin frowns, turning away from the array of holograms. it's not his place to argue with someone he hardly knows, but he at least needs to make his case known. ]
That's why they brought us here, isn't it? To fight off the bastards that destroyed our worlds.
[ to do something. anything. ]
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You believe in that?
[ he pulls a lever that reveals a secret wall, containing some gauntlets and other fighting gear. kind of like the stuff in iron man, except less sophisticated. what tadashi has in that compartment are just a pair of gauntlets, and some boots. though they don't look like ordinary and fashionable boots. ]
I made these for ViViD, but they work outside of it, as well. [ he puts one of the gauntlets (though his are black and white) on, showing the palm part of it to rin. ]
These are electromagnetic gauntlets. Pretty shocking, huh?
[ I'M SO SORRY HE HAD TO MAKE THAT PUN. ]
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As shocking as that was lame.
[ but he's grinning, his tension from earlier fading away. ]
You gonna give me a demonstration?
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[ he shakes his head, laughing. ]
No way, but don't worry. It works.
[ he tinkers with his laptop again to show rin a video feed of him playing in vivid (tHE GAMEPLAY IS SIMILAR, AT LEAST, except it's... tadashi in a hoodie with his gauntlets and rocket powered boots and not hiro. ]
Check this out. I tested it in ViViD.
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Damn.
[ he might as well have said that's awesome by the tone of voice that he uses.
a moment of watching tadashi jump about with the gauntlets, and then rin's too-eager attention returns to tadashi. ]
And you don't need any magic powers to begin with, right?
[ worth asking. he's met more than a few people that could conjure that kind of power without needing any machinery whatsoever. ]
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Great. Are you selling any of those?
[ even if tadashi is a pacifist, the fact that he'd made the gloves at all speaks of necessity. he has to understand. ]
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I can make you a customised one, for sure. But yeah, as much as I hate to say it, it'll cost you.
[ tadashi can even let rin design it. it'll be... fabulous. and not at all agreeable with tadashi's tastes, probably. ]
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[ like he'd let tadashi put in the work to make it without compensating him. ]
Probably won't be able to pay all at once, but I can send over the credits installments if you give me some kind of deadline. A month or so?
[ yeah. fabulous is putting it lightly. ]
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at the same time, maybe he should have. tadashi is obviously a smart guy; he wouldn't be doing what he's doing if he wasn't. ]
You have a brother here, don't you? You know how it is. I don't know who's the big bad 'round here, but there are people I want to protect, too.
[ there's a furrow in his brow, and his gaze cuts away when he says as much — he wouldn't admit it to their faces, and it's not something he wants to share with a guy he's just met, no matter how easygoing and likable tadashi seems.
well. it is what it is.
rin's expression hardens into something definitive, determined. ]
That's pretty much it.
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tadashi nods accordingly, a soft smile on his face. ]
You know, come to think of it... Makoto and Haruka are your friends, aren't they?
[ this comes out of left field, but he's been wondering for a while why rin looks so familiar. haru and makoto gave tadashi a poster of rin's face on it before...
no wonder. ]
Are they the ones you want to protect?
[ whoops sorry if this is too personal, rin. tadashi just can't help but ask about the resemblance. ]
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but it makes sense. haru and makoto have been here longer than he has. tadashi is clearly someone of consequence. the fact that they've crossed paths, that makoto and haru may have mentioned him — it shouldn't be a surprise.
he relaxes, though it takes a moment. he's not used to second-guessing motives. trust comes naturally to him. ]
Yeah.
[ his voice is soft, his smile sheepish. ]
They've both done a lot for me. This is my chance to finally repay the favor.
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They're nice people, those two. I barely know them, but I can say for certain.
[ he moves to fix some stuff on his desk, then some more things on his shelves. sorry, rin! he's still in work mode. ]
I can definitely build some tech for you, [ a pause, and he cocks his head slightly. ] Do you want it to be exactly like mine, electromagnetic gloves and rocket powered boots?
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which isn't a thought worth pursuing. he's spent enough time dwelling on things he can't change. he's here with tadashi to find something that he can accomplish. ]
Yeah.
[ rin watches tadashi shuffle about. in the meantime, he crouches back down, resuming his earlier pursuit of demo's affection. his scarf has admittedly seen better days, but it was sacrificed for a good cause. ]
The rocket boots are pretty cool, but -- [ he looks his age when he grins. all seventeen years of it. ] Can you do fire for the gloves instead? And red. Definitely red, metallic red. White flames down the side, black accents. Maybe some gold, too.
[ and then a beat where he realizes -- ]
If it's possible, of course.
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