[OPEN+CLOSED] don't you let go

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Who: Add & others
When: March
What: yogen divorce arc aka catch-all for the month
Warnings: depression!! possibly some suicidal ideation at some point. will update if needed!

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[kanbai]

( kaoruko, more or less freshly "awake" and just casually passing by—

stops. stares. tries to decide if she wants...... to ask......... or if she should just keep moving and leave the obviously psychotic man to his work. ugh... that poor girl(?). it is a girl, right? does sex and gender matter to hunks of metal like that? does it especially matter if it's dead? actually, can something like that be dead, because it is every actually alive in the like, dictionary human definition sense of the word.....

she's just standing in the door of the workshop staring at add's current project i'm sorry if he needed to get in or out or if he didn't want company but she's not moving she's just. there is a lot to process here, add. )

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[He's messing around with the neck area right now, trying to see how the head detaches... and while prodding at some of the more interesting parts contained within, he manages to bump something on the voice box. The machine makes a shrill electronic screeching noise, not unlike a pained scream.

Whoops!! Guess it still had some power left in it! It's fine, he's gonna whack it a couple times until the screeching stops while hissing under his breath.] Ugh, would you shut up? Stupid malfunctioning... not even worth the repair job...

[He still hasn't noticed Kaoruko watching all of this.]

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[kanbai]

( AAAAAAUGHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHE HATES THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS )

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[kanbai]

( no......... calm down, kaoruko... you are an elegant and graceful young woman... do not cry. Do Not Cry!! )

...Ahem! Y-You there! You oughta be a little more gentle with girls, e-even if they're weirdo hunks of junk... Hittin' stuff never made it shut up anyway.

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[He looks over his shoulder at her as he gives the head one last twist, and pop—

yeah, that's the head finally coming clean off. The screeching stops! The body slumps onto its side, lifeless and defeated.

anyway, who the fuck is this? he raises an eyebrow at her]

... You'd be surprised at what's effective. Leave the engineering to the engineers.

[kanbai]

( ah.............. well at least there's no blood......... technically she's seen worse but there's still something so unsettling at seeing someone's head come off even if it's just a bunch of ugly scrap metal that looks sort of like a girl if she thinks about it which she's not going to do. )

You look sorta young for an engineer. ( ...actually he highkey looks like a Freak. maybe she should leave? she glances behind her, yet... ) What are you engineerin' anyway?

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I'm twenty two. [kids these days, no respect for their elders...]

What does it look like? I'm scrapping this useless maid for parts. We have several humanoid machines here as students, access to high-quality parts like these is invaluable when it comes to repairs.