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[faceplate]

Who: faceplate & YOU
When: IC 11/6, OOC 24/3
Where: Mostly ViVID
What: Zer0 is terrible. Time to make friends!
Rating/Warning: Violence, probably.

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[ you spy with your little eye someone who isn't being quite as stealthy as they think they are. a tall, dark figure (maybe handsome?? we just don't know), loitering in alleyways, behind buildings, up on rooftops... it's hecka creepy. if you approach fast enough, zero doesn't run away!

and sometimes, they even initiate conversation., with things like, ] Wanna go kill stuff?

[ ...yep. ]

(( ooc: closed starters below! ))

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[beaconed]

Oh, well, if you insist-- w-wait, hang on, who are you? Let's... let's start with that, heh...

[faceplate]

Assassin. And you?

[ let's just start with talking about being an assassin, yeah... ]

[beaconed]

Jaune. Heh. Sooo, "Assassin", that's like... like a name, right? Like Archer! Or... Shooter!

[faceplate]

An occupation, or a lifestyle. I guess.

[ zero is masterful at being reassuring. ]

[beaconed]

[ Ah. ]

... Are you going to kill me?

[ M-Might as well... try and talk his way out of getting murdered while he can!! ]

[faceplate]

[ well. it's not out of the question, but first, ] Bounty amount?

[ it's semi-dependent on the price on his head. if there is one. ]

[beaconed]

Are you asking me how much I'm worth? I'm-- zero. ... N-No, wait, I... I'm probably worth more than that, I mean c'mon, like... if someone were to put a bounty on me? I'd prooobably be... uhh... a hundred.

[ ...That still feels kind of low. ]

...thousand. A hundred thousand--

[ WAIT, TOO MUCH?? ]

Negative. I... yeah, heh. Negative one hundred thousand. As in, as in... that's how much money you'd lose if you tried to... [ Jaune runs his finger across his throat. ] S-So... yeah. No.

--Bounty? What bounty? [ SHOULD HAVE JUST GONE THIS ROUTE INSTEAD. ]

[faceplate]

[ hundred thousand... not bad. negative one hundred thousand?

how suspicious. ]

I am asking because I choose based on some factors.

[ a possible bounty is one of them. zero loses a bit of interest now that he says he doesn't have a bounty, and it shows in their body language as they slump a little and turn slightly aside. ]

[beaconed]

Yeah, that's a fancy way of saying you work for the highest bidder.

[ Why does this masked person make Jaune so nervous... ]

Hey, have you ever killed, uh... robots? Me, I'm more of a monster slayer, future hero and all that, buuut... the robots here, man, they're tough as nails, don't you think?

[faceplate]

[ that's only mostly true. zero will turn things down if they want to. but yeah, money doesn't hurt either. ]

Yes.

[ they haven't killed any robots here. but not being pushed, zero doesn't elaborate. ]

[beaconed]

Uh... was that a yes as in you killed robots or you agree that they're hard cut down?

[faceplate]

...both.

[ zero tips their head slightly to the other side and projects a red question mark from their helmet. why does he ask? ]

[beaconed]

Great! ... Soooo how do you do it? Got any tips? Also, cool helmet-- I want one!

[faceplate]

[ zero tilts their head slightly at the comment on their helmet. it shines dully in the light. as for killing robots, they shrug slightly. ]

Heavy fire.