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Xerxes "danny devito" Break ([personal profile] crazily) wrote2016-02-29 11:50 am

week 3 ig??? this is dumb so time doesn't matter

[ After Break has managed to sleep for far longer than he usually does (the trial really did take a lot out of him), he does have one very minor thing that he wants to follow up on. So. This means tracking down his favorite Bullying Target No 2. At least Rhys is blissfully free of the fear that's Break popping out of cupboards, but he still does just kind of have a habit of appearing out of nowhere.

So. When Rhys is taking his time to visit the general store or something along those lines, a window will very suddenly open, and instead of doing the normal thing of using the door, Break is definitely just going to crawl in through the window.

This is what Gilbert has to deal with daily. His life is hard. ]


Ahhh, Rhys~! I've been looking for you!

[ How did Break even know he was here? More questions that can only be answered by "daredevilling." ]
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SOME ODD... SPOT OF TIME SOMEWHERE who knows

[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-02 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ remember when rhys totally called out break for stealing sweets? well, now he's kind of a hypocrite because break is going to catch him with his hand literally in the cookie jar. he sort of freezes and then blinks in surprise when he watches break roll in through the window and opens his mouth to say something before shaking his head. nah, nevermind. instead, he grabs the snack cake out of the jar and unwraps it, wagging it at break as he speaks ]

You know normal people don't do that, right? Especially normal blind people. Just not a thing. What are you, a spider?

[ that doesn't even make sense, rhys!! but he'll just take a bite of the snack cake and with his mouth full: ]

Anyway, what?
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-03 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ good to know! only betray the blind guy when he can't read it. that seems like a very logical and obvious answer but well, rhys still hasn't figured out how break's blindness works and isn't taking any chances. that empty eye socket still haunts his dreams at night. ]

You sound like you're talking from experience which is, uh, kind of making me judge you? Cabinets aren't even that big, dude.

[ but if break's moving on, rhys will too. his eyebrows raise a little when break addresses the arm and he looks down at it before taking another bite of the sweet. ]

... Really? Is it because you're old?
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-03 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ if rhys had to interact with break and break had magic, rhys might actually die! that might actually be a thing that happens! it would just be too much for rhys at this point in his life and he'd give up instantly.

he looks pretty shocked when break calls him a rude brat though. who, him? he's never heard such a thing in his life! honestly, you're reading him all wrong, break. he's a nice guy. ]


I'm not a brat. I'm like, twenty-seven.

[ and yet, despite the offense he doesn't defend against the "rude" accusation. well, okay! rhys just makes a face at the sleeve swinging and swats at break. go away, old man. ]

Uh, okay. I guess. Do you know anything about computers first? ... Or machines, in general? How much tech do you know?
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-03 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sometimes your emotional growth just stunts at twenty and you can't really do anything about it other than live with it. age is just a number, baby!

rhys just sort of watches him do this and feels like he should say something but in the end decides not to. maybe they should steal from the murder town store. yeah, anarchy! ]


Oh my god, you're so old. [ he's just going to keep bringing it up. ] What year are you even from? To like, uh, start?

[ and mostly cause he's nosy as hell. ]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-06 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeah but rhys is still going to keep calling break old like all of the time. every single time, he will be calling break old! get used to it, break!

but okay that works and rhys just squints at break before shaking his head. ]


That sounds really dumb and also wrong? Super wrong. But fine, let me think...

[ how does one explain cybernetic limbs to an old blind victorian man ]

So... my arm is like the televisions but better? Like, I cut off my original arm and replaced it with this arm because it works way better. Just like a normal arm but it does things like... I don't know. There's a flashlight, it can record stuff -- well no, that's my eye -- but it's super strong too. I can also... break into other robotic things with it, like tap into how they work? Ugh, it is so hard to explain this without using the right terminology, dude.
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-06 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ go hard or go home when you're a low level nobody at hyperion, break.

anyway while rhys does hesitate for a moment, he doesn't deny the request. it kind of makes sense with what the whole... blind and old thing. so he nods, then he realizes break can't see the nod as he clears his throat awkwardly and -- ]


Sure, yeah. Why not, right?

[ he moves forward then and when he's close enough, he'd hold out the robot arm for break. go ahead, feel him up. ]

If you need me to explain anything, just... ask, I guess?
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-06 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ rhys probably hasn't spent much time around blind people because that sort of handicap is just something that can just be... fixed, in his social circles. still, he's fairly impressed by break even if he wouldn't say it. he does poke a little fun when break takes his hand by wiggling the metal digits against his palm. haha, weird, right?

why are your hands so nice though? even rhys' robot hand is a bit dinged up but that's mostly from his adventures on pandora and murder town. ]


What? Looking to lose a limb or something? That's... probably a bad thing where you come from, huh?

[ true story, most of the people rhys knows with robot limbs have them because either a) they're smart enough to build them or b) they have the wealth to purchase them. it's a weird kind of privilege so rhys really doesn't think break could afford to lose a limb. ]

Oh! My brain. It's sort of... connected? It's as much part of my body as everything else is. Part of the surgery is connecting the cybernetics to your nerve endings and then there's a while of physical therapy to get the arm to respond to your brain. Eventually, you can do normal tasks and more with just a thought. I can even make phone calls on the arm, it's pretty handy.

[ things rhys doesn't mind humblebragging about: his prosthetics. ]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-07 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh, break. you have to learn to be on the receiving end too! it's good for you, personal growth. either way, rhys lets break hold his hand and doesn't really fuss. really, the weirder part here is that rhys feels the sensations of break's skin on his metal hand. how does that even work? who knows. ]

Like your eye, right? Leaving the socket empty... that's not something most people would do.

[ rhys can't imagine having a porcelain arm, actually. he'd break it immediately, he knows that much about himself. while he doesn't regret buying the arm and replacing it, there is a bit of fear of what would happen if he lost it. he's not sure he could live with just one arm -- it's petty but it's how he feels. ]

If... you have the money or if you can do it yourself. If you're poor, you can't replace anything and just have to work with what you've got. I wanted to replace it, I thought it would help me more in the long run. [ ... hm, break doesn't know about his eye either, does he? rhys decides he should add that in too. ] It's not just my arm either, I replaced one of my eyes. The left one, actually.

[ just like break! ]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-07 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Ohhh! Spite! It's spite, isn't it? Why would you ever want to fill that hole if you lost your eye through some kind of tragic circumstances? You seem like a tragedy type of guy, Break.

[ sorry, break. rhys immediately had to ruin it -- but hey! he didn't call you xerxes! he honestly does mean that though, that just seems like a very break thing from what he's seen of the guy so far.

still, it's pretty obvious the vast difference in the world they come from with how blasé rhys is about his own missing limbs and different parts. this was -- and still is -- a privilege for him. he worked hard, saved up six months worth of salary, just to get such benefits. some people don't like this kind of thing but rhys knew that was what he wanted. go to a good school, get a good job, get the surgery. that was the plan. ]


Yeah! I mean, I don't regret it. My echo eye can do a whole bunch of things, I can scan people for injuries and heart rate and if there's a database -- I can bring up information on people that only I can see. Can do more than that too and it's been... useful. Really useful.

[ for maybe kind of obvious reasons, murdergame. ]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-08 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ is it time to be kind of shady!! but rhys raises an eyebrow, glancing around the empty shop for a moment before shrugging. then he realizes break can't see the shrug and just answers him instead. ]

Normally, I can get a sort of... report on any kind damage, as long as I can look at it. If I see a dismembered arm, for instance, I can tell how long it's been since it's been on the body and what sort of state it's in. Maybe if it was ripped off or cut off. I can tell who it belongs to too if there's enough information provided.

[ ... but now here's the sucky part and he sighs. ]

It's not as... clear here though? Sometimes I get information, most of the time I don't. I think it's because I'm not connected to the uh, source of all the information I usually get. [ how does he explain that he needs hyperion's wifi to see stuff? ] Or maybe they just don't want me to figure out who killed people immediately. Might as well just take my entire eye then, assholes. [ uh ] I can get some information though and I've manually put in a lot of information myself. Like, if I scan you right now, I can see the profile the booklet gave you but in my eye. I can also tell your heart rate and body temperature. Stuff like that.
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-08 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ rhys crosses his arms over his chest now that they're free and he tilts his head to the side, watching break as he thinks. he's honestly not sure if it's the technology being lost in translation or something... more but he'll wait it out to hear break's reply.

he's kind of curious what break makes of what rhys' is telling him, wonders if this is a bad idea to tell him or if he's doing the right thing here. break, he thinks, wouldn't do too shabby back on pandora or helios even with his lack of sight. that's probably why rhys would prefer to talk to him over, say, everyone else here. ]


Sometimes more than that but it varies. The only sure thing is what's in the profiles, but with everything else going on -- sometimes it shows something different. Generally, I can get some information though.

[ but at the request, he nods before, ah. right. and instead break will hear the soft whirr as rhys' eye lights up as he scans him. everything turns blue and rhys focuses on break, reading the description that pops up a moment later. there's his profile, front and center with everything on it and then underneath:

Heart Rate: Not shabby
Temperature: Kind of cold
Current Inward Status: Major Irreversible Internal Damage
Current Outward Status: Blind, Tired, Old
Excessive Use Of: Tildes
Current Quote:

   "I'll have to bully Rhys twice as much on your behalf, you know~."

rhys can't help but grimace at all the information and lets his eye turn off after a moment. ]


It didn't tell me that you're about to die, if that's what you're wondering. It did tell me that you're not in the best health though.
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-09 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ the echo eye is here to help them both! apparently. maybe. either way, it's not the most accurate descriptions but still fairly solid for rhys. it wasn't hard to piece together that maybe break was worried about his health, with what the fact he spat up blood on rhys once. it's not too big of a leap from there.

still, rhys grows more worried as break explains and he looks pretty baffled by the end of it. why is break even here if he's falling apart so much? the guy should be at home! resting! or... something! rhys drops his arms to his waist and gives a soft shake of his head. ]


That... is really frightening to know! Do you have some sort of medication you should be on? To take care of the frailness? I can probably talk to Miata if you want. Maybe you should be in bed...

[ but instead break is standing in front of him, eating rock candy. he just stares at him for a moment before something occurs to rhys and he lets out a yelp, jabbing a finger at break. ]

You crawled in through the window, Break!

[ are you SHATTERING INSIDE now? ]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-10 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's always kind of weird for rhys to be concerned, just because there's always the creeping sensation of being stabbed in the back for it. he knows, logically, that that's not the healthiest way to react to that sort of thing but... well, hyperion fosters a certain kind of environment is all.

so, in the end, he's still kind of concerned for break even if break is waving him off. now he's invested. they're friends! maybe even family! (he probably shouldn't say that one aloud.) but he's going to make it a priority of his to make sure break's doing okay through the game. at least until one, or both, of them die. ]


You're probably right. I mean, you know your body better than I do! Just... don't die, man. If you die, there's nothing here to stop everyone from killing me.

[ what a leap of logic, rhys?? oh my god. but then he adds on -- ]

Oh wait, no. There's Morrigan. Nevermind.

[ ha ha ha...! ]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-03-15 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ rhys opens his mouth to argue but... yeah. yeah, break has a point. a sigh and he runs his fingers through his hair, frowning down at the floor. ]

... Yeah. That is a thing that seems to keep happening, huh?

[ but okay, good. don't die, break. that's all rhys is really concerned about. ]