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[sightsset]

[The username reads as 'Bismarck.' The picture is of a nondescript piece of purple-painted metal. Is there a pattern here with the previous post? Huh, he didn't notice.]

Tell me a little about your world?

[The request is simple, and harmless enough. No one is obligated to answer, no one is obligated to answer with details if they do.

[It's just a little bit of recon, that's all.]

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LOCKED video;

[a_shadow]

[ She didn't expect to have to show him that she's in a human body here yet, but this forces her hand.

Maybe he won't make a big deal out of it... ]

That's the blondest beard I've ever seen in my life.

[sightsset]

And that's the blondest head of hair I've seen since South.

[eyebrows up, weren't you a robot? wasn't that the whole thing?]

Not a bad look, though, I've gotta say.

[a_shadow]

[ She looks distinctly embarrassed for a moment. ]

It's a clone. The Ingress made it. I don't mind it. I'm pretty hot, I guess. You know...could be worse.

[sightsset]

[okay, agent texas just called herself hot, he has to laugh a little at the sheer "holy shit" factor here.]

No, you're right. You could be stuck with a "defective model," I think is what Carolina just said about me.

[a_shadow]

[ She smirks a little, but with some mild confusion. ]

What?

[ She pauses and shakes her head, still smirking. ]

You know, I used to like crew cuts and clean shaves on guys, but hey. Variety is the spice of life, right?

[sightsset]

More like a necessity. After what we went through, I figured out it was a better idea to just... lay low, looks included.

[he wanted to stop looking so military out of armor.]

[a_shadow]

True. You were kind of stuck with looking like a grape most of the time, I'd think, though.

[sightsset]

Yeah, that's why "laying low" when we had to be public was important. Don't go anywhere you have to have your armor, if you have to be in armor make sure you don't use the same route back that you did going into town...

[He shakes his head.]

Complicated stuff.

[a_shadow]

[ She lets out a gentle snort. It didn't seem to matter for her—she would travel to Blood Gulch and all kinds of places on the planet and it seemed the Director barely tried to apprehend her. ]

I can't imagine. I'm glad you're here, though.

[sightsset]

Yeah, I... kind of am, too. Wish I knew South was gonna be okay on her own back home, though.

[a_shadow]

From what I know of South, she'll be just fine.

[ Something she says entirely for his benefit, for peace of mind. She knows what is supposed to happen to South. ]

[sightsset]

[He'll be grateful for hers and Carolina's carefulness about the topic later, for sure.]

You're probably right. You know me, I always worry. I don't know what I'm gonna do here, if I'm honest.

[a_shadow]

It'll come to you. There's plenty of possibilities—it's a full society here. But don't use your energy up worrying. It's not worth it. Time works differently here and there's no telling what will happen while you're away.

[ She knows the way that came out is probably not that comforting, but oh well. ]