video;

[vata]

[Someone's proud of herself. From where she's set up, fiddling with a handful of tech— tech that might just look familiar to anyone familiar with Winston's work in stabilizing temporal distortion— Sombra's grinning like a cat that ate the canary: bright as the circuitry hardwired into her head.

After a moment longer spent working one more panel loose, her attention flicks up, nose crinkling along with it:] Anybody out there got any good ideas for celebrating around here?

Not talking about a beer with some music. I mean really kicking it off.

The kind of letting loose that comes up after you take care of a real...infestation.

Comments

[vata]

You don't believe me.

[sketchycharacter]

hey i just said i'm gullible
well
actually i guess i just posed that as a hypothetical

[vata]

And I just called you a liar, Mr Gullible.

But hey, your turn to play, genius: what do you think it's for?

[sketchycharacter]

you're not the first
hmmm
i'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's for crime
techie crime

[Which is the boring kind, but whatever pays the bills.]

[vata]

Awww and you were so close.

But I'll give you bonus points for it being the byproduct of one.

[sketchycharacter]

i'd say i deserve half a point for that
but even though i haven't known you that long i don't think it was a difficult guess

[vata]

Ok but it does control time, tho.

[sketchycharacter]

nope

[vata]

Why do you hate fun??

[sketchycharacter]

i love fun i just think you're full of shit

[vata]

You know some people might say believing in the impossible is a virtue.

[sketchycharacter]

wow you sound like some nuns i knew

[vata]

More like an inspiration to the world.

You should be thanking me for this kind of insight.

I got it off the back of a bottle cap.

[sketchycharacter]

i'll get around to that eventually
ha sure
we can go with that
what was in the bottle

[vata]

Just tea



that can control time.

[sketchycharacter]

must be a hell of a brew

[vata]

Maybe I'll share next time.

[sketchycharacter]

you do owe me a drink.

[vata]

You sure about that?

[How good is your memory, Nate?]

[sketchycharacter]

the space heater wasn't part of a trade
you just felt like giving me gift apparently
by accepting my beer you established an iou
it's totally legally binding

[Hahahaha yeah he's obviously full of shit and not trying to pretend otherwise.]

[vata]

You know what. You're right.



Too bad I live to break the law.

[sketchycharacter]

oh no a criminal
whatever will i do

[vata]

I'm not usually into quoting ancient slang,

But you could always just accept your fate and get rekt.

[sketchycharacter]

[Get what?]

nah
i've never been much for walking the expected path

[vata]

Now who's the one that sounds like a nun.