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[otiosity]

[The video feed flicks on to show Hawke's face, cheerful, as ever but the video feed is slightly bumpy, like she's currently in motion. Indeed, upon closer inspection, she's clearly moving backwards somewhere in the engineering room.]

Hello everyone. We're all a lovely community of people from all sorts of places and powers, so I've come to reach out for your advice and expertise in a place that I am completely unfamiliar with. It's like stumbling about in the dark with your eyes shut and then blindfolded on top of that.

Please tell a mage how exactly to speak robot? And don't say "make beeping noises", that sounds a bit rude and I've already tried it. Because I think this one-

[She flicks the feed to show a funny looking robot shaped a bit like an L with a camera/claw hand face following her around, beeping cheerfully, with a bundle of wires in its grip.]

I think it fancies me. And I've tried to explain, you're machine, I'm a mage our love can never be. It would end in nothing but sadness and sparks but I don't think-[There's a jump as the robot gets close and she quickly takes a large step back. For all her grins, she does seem a bit... uneasy] I don't think it's coming across. So pointers are much appreciated.

And I wouldn't have to bother any of you with this if someone, Tony Stark, would control his other employees. This is clearly... some sort of... [Her face scrunches as she looks for the right words from his dictionary to use] Hach Are violation.

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[gentlemenpreferblondes]

Kinky.

[otiosity]

No.

It's tragic. Like the tales of old where the young lovers are torn apart by war and blight and then one of them dies in the woods.

Except we're not young or lovers and not going to die in the woods. ...Hopefully.

[gentlemenpreferblondes]

Now, now. Don't be so judgmental. I've heard that robots have feelings, too.

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[crowkiller]

My congratulations to the happy couple, but a word of advice?

Don't use the claw. It just looks painful and not in the good way.

[otiosity]

Sadly, we're never meant to be and the claw is a reason on the list. I'm a woman with needs and sometimes I want a break from claws.

[crowkiller]

Just make sure you let them down gentle and don't break their metal heart too much.

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[arcreact]

[ Sure looks like Tony has absolutely no intention of helping in any capacity. ]

Don't you dare break his heart.

[otiosity]

[Your time responding to this on the MID is a waste because she is currently crawling onto his work table trying to scoot away from Dumm-E. Legs fully off the floor and seriously in danger of falling backwards onto him.]

Look at how much heart you have to care about him. Maybe that's why he's sad and looking for love in all the wrong places.

okay fine it's ACTION NOW

[arcreact]

[ Since his work is being so RUDELY INTERRUPTED, ]

You drop that electrical coil on the floor and I'll set him to kill mode.

[ Which is a hilariously transparent bluff, because Dum-E couldn't kill anything if he tried. He just beeps sadly in response to Hawke's attempts to flee. ]

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[sketchycharacter]

[It's been awkward between them for days since Hawke has been more or less avoiding him and Nate has been letting her, but...maybe they can try this.]

Maybe just fry it with lightning. Send a message.

[Oh, boy. The words are the same but it sounds so much more stilted than their usual banter.]

[otiosity]

I think Tony would kill me. It's like his son.

...Which makes this all weirder.

[She's trying to be cool. She really is.]

[sketchycharacter]

Well. He is Iron Man, guess it makes sense he'd have a robot kid.

[Ha ha ha ha ha.]

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[trap_factory]

You know... I've heard that human-robot relations happen every once in a couple of centuries.

So have you tried turning it off and on again? I'd say 'take it's memory drive out and blow on it' but let's try doing something a little less invasive first. Who knows what sort of message it'll take away from you trying to get at it.

[otiosity]

...i come from a wonderful world of dragons and magic and i know nothing about off switches and memory drives

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[pidge_out]

If it's been built by a human, or I guess at least someone like Tony, chances are it understands human speech.

[And that's Pidge's two cents on the whole thing. Pidge doesn't seem even remotely phased or confused by the fact that a robot is expressing human emotion.]

[otiosity]

Good point. Since it was built by Tony, then it probably can understand everything I say but just choses not to.

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[psychadrellic]

If it doesn't understand verbal communication, perhaps removing yourself from its proximity might be beneficial.

[otiosity]

Oh, believe me, I have tried. Though I'm supposed to stick around the Ingress. The very important matter of it's protection lies directly in my hands.

[The video seems to indicate that she's up on a table, trying to escape this very determined but kind of adorable robot.]

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[knaval]

[banging his fists on the desk.]

FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!

[otiosity]

It has a face hand. So I can't imagine it can see and fight at the same time. Seems unfair.

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[hanzer]

Have you tried turning it on and off again?

[Double entendre... Maybe intended.]

[otiosity]

I'm aghast you would move so quickly to murder.

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[liberaltus]

[And here's Dorian, doing his level best to suppress a laugh, becuase that's the gentlemanly thing to do.

Instead he rubs his chin thoughtfully.]

Oh, I don't know, I think you make for a very attractive couple. When should I be expecting my invitation to your inevitable nuptials?

[otiosity]

Oh no. I'm not one for marriage. I look terrible in white and hate commitment. I'm a bang and boot for life.

...Though this one is just getting the boot.

[DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH TEVINTER MOTHERFUCKER.]

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[10_20_15_5_50]

It's been a bit, but I think it's going to be a bit yet before I'm used to people just having 'mage' out there openly. Got one possible answer for you, but I don't think there's a way to scrape together the stuff for it soon enough to help.