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⏩ quickspam, ecats style for those little threads that probably don't really need full-on logs or if you just wanna boomerang something quick. no plotting required, just slam it down here! this applies to threads in and out of games c:

ty jeeps for the idea! ❤

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[deem]

So your hair changes color?

[There's an air of skepticism about him as he folds his arms, apparently debating for himself whether this is actually a thing that happens. His own hair is white, so it's not as though he finds the color unnatural...

But Gladio's hair is quite dark. He'll have to look into this.

In the meantime, though-]

Your answers are fine with me. When that guy talks, it's like I'm being lectured.

[Maybe it's the accent. He's got questions about that too, tbh]

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Mmhmm. If you get older. Or stressed out. Or scared, maybe - but mostly it's the first two. ( just don't quote him on the fear part... the bit about ignis makes him laugh, however. ) Yeah, I guess he does kinda sound like that, huh?

[deem]

Sounds like everyone'd wind up that way, eventually.

[A round of speculative silence, interrupted by a hum]

I guess he means well, but... He talks whole in paragraphs while moving his hands around.

[At least, that's his going theory on why it's like a lecture, but don't quote him on that either.

Humans are largely a mystery to him, despite having crossed paths with some, bizarre miracle that that is]

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He knows a lot, though! Iggy is really smart. ( excuse him he's just gonna sideeye the entrance of pitioss a little here. ) So uh, you said you wanted to go in there?

[deem]

You talk them up a lot.

[His friends. And he talks himself down. Human he isn't, but 9S notices a trend when he sees one. He is a Scanner, after all.

But he follows that line of sight easily enough, nodding and catching Prompto's arm]

I should be able to learn a lot from ancient structures.

[Which is exactly what it looks like they're dealing with]

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It's the truth, buddy -- Iggy's smart, Gladio's strong and Noct's just. Really awesome. They're amazing. ( there might be a wistful note in there somewhere. ) So how does that learning thing work, anyway? You just... analyse the place?

[deem]

[It's a good question. A valid one. And he could give him a pretty technical answer, but...]

Guess you could say it's intuitive for me. I could look at a mechanism and think: it'd make sense if it worked that way. Usually, I'm right — Scanners like me are top of the line.

[And just a touch proud of it]

So...what about you?

i love how disappointed he's going to be soon

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That's so cool. S'that mean you could generate an accurate picture of what a place used to be like from what's left of it? ( just like those visual replicators from scifi movies... and one has somehow fallen into this world from another. what a time to be alive. ) Uh - what about me?

tosses salt like rice at a wedding...

[deem]

I get a pretty good idea from looking around [ah, to be young and naive and steering them toward a nonsense dungeon-] but I haven't tried making a map before. Usually it's just about the data.

[What architectural features say about a culture's technology, beliefs, and influences... All that good stuff]

But I mean, if your friends are strong and smart and awesome, what would you say about yourself?

final analysis: solheim was cray as

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You should try it sometime. Maybe the results'd surprise you. ( hell, prompto knows he probably'd appreciate it; he's always been a more visual person, after all. ) Me? Um. I just shoot stuff - with a gun, and with a camera, so... different types of things!

undisputed fact, put it in books

[deem]

[Usually, he'd scout out an area as-is. Map out that territory and note enemy movements... But what Prompto suggests seems kind of fun.

Then again, having company is where it's really at for 9S]

Guess I could... [more acknowledgement than commitment] The things you said before, they aren't what those guys do. They're qualities.

[Which means he circles right back to-]

So what about you?

forever and ever

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Huh? ( okay, now you've gotten him flustered cause it's not often he has to talk about himself or anything. ) I... don't know? I, um. Care about my friends a lot, I guess.

none should forget

[deem]

In other words, you're kind.

[9S nods as they make their way up the slope, apparently satisfied with that answer. It's the word he'd have chosen, too. Good to know Prompto can see it in himself.

His attention seems to be on the structure up ahead, and he lapses into silence before he adds-]

That's rarer than you might think.

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U-um. Well. Iunno. ( wow kid are you proud of yourself, getting him tongue-tied like that? jeeeez. ) Really?! I mean - I wouldn't think everyone'd be that heartless.

[deem]

[He's obviously pleased, but not for the reasons Prompto might expect. Having never had the chance to interact with humans before, there's a certain satisfaction in knowing that he can relate to one.

9S isn't sure he'd characterize himself in the same terms that he would his human companion, but he's easily flustered too.

It's comforting, in a way, to know that androids really do resemble their creators even if they know so little about them]

Especially to strangers [like himself] I've noticed people are less inclined to concern themselves. It's not unreasonable, but it makes some stand out.