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[phaiinein]

SHIPPY CMO

Ryoko Shinonome
Any, teens only

Yuri
m/f pref, teens/early 20s only

Lambda
any, adults only

Annaliese
m/f pref, 20+ only

Sakura Hoshizawa
any, teens only

Briar
any, teens only

A sweet and shippy CMO for some of Claire's girls! Just drop a comment below shouting out one of the girls listed here and let's get rolling with some tooth rotting goodness!

Other characters are also available so feel free to ask after them! The characters listed above are just the ones I'm feelin the most right now so I will be prioritizing prompts left for them!

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POTENTIALLY HANDY PROMPTS:

Shippy & Platonic Fluffy Scenarios Meme | Shameless Shipping Meme | Affectionate Physical Contact | Touchstarved Physical Contact | Personal Hygiene Fluff | Hurt/Comfort | Romance Prompts

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Comments

[nmc0204]

It's acceptable.

[ She carefully swings her legs over the side of the bed, wincing a little as she does so – the damage isn't anything she can't heal from, but it's still irritating to be put so far behind because of a careless mistake. ]

I suppose this means I'll be out of work for some time. I can't exactly ride a bike like this.

[numetal]

Being organic seems so inconvenient. You are so fragile.

["You" as in organics in general, not Ryoko.

Although Ryoko is pretty fragile.

Either way, he kneels down in front of her, takes the ice pack from the table and-]

Brace yourself.

[-pauses a few seconds before pressing it against the injured part.

See? He's learning.]

I much prefer being a machine.

[nmc0204]

[ It's not so bad the second time around, especially with a warning, but she pulls a quick breath in between her teeth even so. It does ease the strain on her aching muscles, though, so she tries to focus on that instead. ]

It certainly sounds much more convenient. [ Said through lightly gritted teeth. See, she's putting up with it! ] There are so many things that slow you down in getting things done in a human body – or any kind of organic body, I suppose.

[numetal]

[As he pulls the ice pack away, he goes quiet as if he's really focusing on bandaging her up; his hands move to the roll of wrap, tape and scissors and he gets to work.

But she saw him do up her arm. It was evident it isn't that difficult for him practically speaking.]

Even so, I have ruminated on what you said before. Regarding mindset.

[nmc0204]

You have?

[ Huh. That's surprising to hear from Metal, of all people. It's easy to forget with how, uh, murdery he gets but he's got a strangely introspective side to him, in his own Metal way. ]

Was it... helpful at all?

[numetal]

[He finishes up one leg, but rather than moving on to the next he looks up at her from his spot on the floor.]

You put yourself in danger and this is the end result. [Referring to her injuries] You are frustrated with your injuries and lack of mobility. You knew this was a likely outcome, yet you acted recklessly and now you lament what you knew was very likely to occur.

Ryoko Shinonome. Why did you act so illogically?

[Doesn't answer her question, but humour him.]

[nmc0204]

It's just what humans do, isn't it?

[ She says that a little too quickly and perhaps a touch too defensively. It doesn't really answer his question, either. Ryoko lets that hang in the air for a second before she sighs and elaborates. ]

I overestimated my own abilities and underestimated the risk I was taking. I knew injury was a possible outcome, but it seemed like acceptable collateral damage and I was certain I'd walk away much less severely injured than this. In short, I was caught off guard and didn't think things through.

[numetal]

...that is exactly what organics do.

[He repeats it almost as if her explanation was completely unnecessary, ignored and glossed over.

In reality he took in every word, but...]

I do not over or underestimate data. I calculate my current performance and measure it against the performance of others. I simulate outcomes and act accordingly, to what I recognize as the most successful route to victory.

Organics...recklessly, foolishly...believe they can win. "If I think I can do it, then I'm sure I can". [He almost sounds like he's imitating something someone else said to him.]

I believe that is the difference between us.

[What he lacks, even if he won't put it that way.]

[nmc0204]

[ This is... interesting. She'd thought to herself a moment ago, that Metal could be more introspective than you might imagine at first glance, but this is different than she'd expected. Maybe making comparisons like that is inevitable when you're surrounded by others with whom your differences are so stark and impossible to ignore. Maybe someone in Metal's position would have no choice but to become a little introspective, regardless of how they started out. ]

... I'm not the kind who thinks believing on its own is some kind of magic antidote. Even if I someday decided to believe I could do something physically impossible, that doesn't magically make it true. But I think... when you're so fixated on believing you can do something, that single-minded fixation makes you see opportunities someone else might dismiss.