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y'know how this goes. for private messages n stuff.

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[Yusei waves it off and opens the door a bit wider.]

Come in, don't worry about the inconvenience. It's better than trying to wake up on the streets. I can attest that usually ends up being a bad idea.

[is there even coffee in the house. yusei just settles for milk most of the time when he needs a drink.]

[ripvanwinkled]

I hope you haven't done something like fall asleep in the streets. I am putting my hand in yours, after all.

[How many of these jokes can he get off... Snake hums thoughtfully as he passes, carefully making for the living room without running into anything. He's not just going to drink milk like a weird person, get him coffee??]

How are you settling in?

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Not yet, I haven't.

[Although.]

I have done so underneath them, though.

[...what. Anyways, Yusei does actually drink coffee. Sometimes. After a very, very late night. Or two nights with no sleep in a row. It happens. So, hopefully there's some-aha. Instant. Better than nothing.]

I'm managing with what I have-oh, how do you like your coffee, by the way?

this is super late so imagine snake was just sleeping

[ripvanwinkled]

[There's a moment of delay, because Snake is just going to lay back on this couch and relax. There is truly some nap potential here, in this semi-stranger's house.]

Oh-- I'm sorry, yes. I take just take it with cream, but it's alright if you don't have anything. [where's the pretentiousness] I usually drink tea. [there.

There's just an arm on the coffee table now? That's a thing. Just normal things.] Do you have experience with cybernetics?

bahaha

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[Yeah, the gears and other scattered messes sure make the place look comfy, huh?]

Ha. Sorry, but it seems my roommate's a bit of a heavy drinker. [Nothing but the strong stuff here, it seems. Whoops. He'll start boiling some hot water and preparing two cups, at least.]

Mmm, well, I've seen some pretty advanced limbs. [One. You've seen one. Just. One.] Why, what's the problem?

[ripvanwinkled]

[Listen... he's blind. Is there a scattered mess on the couch? He'll move it. It won't stop him.]

They aren't any trouble, I hope. [in the future, he'll find it's Worse than drinking and maybe pat him on the back.] If you ever need, you could come over to my own house some time. I don't have anything to offer you but that.

I landed on my arm, back when we crashed. And that... gentlemen, Magnus, took it after the crash. It's been through a great ordeal, and... I'm not equipped to repair it.

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Not too much. [Except when Sanzo is drinking, as Yusei will soon find out.] I appreciate the offer, though. It's always good to be among friends.

[Yusei brings over the cups of coffee, and the creamer for Snake.] Ah, here-I didn't know how much you'd want to put in it, so it's separate...

[From the...distinct...aroma of Yusei's cup, it looks like he stirred his instant coffee into hot milk instead of water. Huh. If Junpei ever told Snake about Yusei's odd orders at bars, he might believe it a little more now.]

Oh, I see...that must be inconvenient. I didn't expect Magnus to be the thieving type or anything like that...

[Huh. Looking at the arm, it's...very realistic looking. If it wasn't snapped so cleanly to show its inner workings, Yusei would have doubted it being fake at all. It's...somewhat unnerving to look at, actually.]

This arm...what are its capabilities? Does it have any special features or anything?

[ripvanwinkled]

No, but it was responsive enough for me to be able to play the harp quite well. I do not have much use for tools.

[And thus continues the weird trend of Yusei drinking milk around these boys. It probably won't be something they notice until they're together... don't come to a house party and ask for milk, boy.

Still, Snake can't talk much. See him poor two times what should be necessary cream into his coffee before he'll even sip it, then go for more after. It's almost an anxious action, for someone so put together.]

You can imagine I am not one for looks, but I would like it to stay... approachable. I want to work with children, and I'm certain it would perturb some of them. And I would not want to give my roommate an eyesore.

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[you can't control yusei's life you will watch him make terrible social choices and regret all of it.]

You'd be surprised with what some kids would be fascinated by...

[He's speaking from his own experiences in an orphanage, though. Maybe a little bit out of the usual population.]

Still, I understand. It looks like it was just snapped, though, so I don't think it should take more than replacing the wires that were broken. Outwardly...[He turns one half of the arm on its side, looking it over.] ...with the resources we have, I don't think I can fix the skin flawlessly, but it shouldn't look like more than a break in the skin, so that can be easily covered, I think.