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[thevelmster]

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[sodark]

Hi Velma.

Not sure if you remember me. It's Cable. Robot arm.

I'm back in the city.

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[thevelmster]

You’re difficult to forget.
In a positive way.

I’m sorry.
Who’d you anger to be brought back?

[sodark]

thanks for clarifying.

it's fine.
no idea. nothing happened, just woke up back here like i never left.

are you taking care of yourself?

[thevelmster]

I imagine you intimidate people frequently.

[She thinks he's neat and likes that he's straightforward.]

Interesting.
Aside from the obvious unpleasant circumstances, I am glad to hear from you.

Relatively. There was a period where they put my contracts under review that was stressful, but that's been resolved thankfully.
What about you?

[sodark]

i'm glad you're glad. and glad to hear it's resolved.

nothing terribly eventful. i have taken on two new contracts, so you'll have to forgive me when i admit that i had ulterior motives when i reached out. never been good at saying hello just for the sake of it.

[thevelmster]

You should work on that. The saying hello to check in on people. Granted, I should also work on that as I didn't reach out to you either.
Two at once? Did they come as a pair?

[She's curious to the dynamics here knowing Cable, so she pulls up public records.

Well that's interesting.

The motive of the call quickly becomes apparent.]

Would you like to work at Radio Shacked?

[sodark]

something like that. friends from the same world. think they know hughie.


yes, i would. if you'd have me.

[thevelmster]

That would align with some offhand comments he's made recently.

Not a problem. That can be arranged.
Would you like to take on custom work or just standard repairs and front facing customer

[She stops that sentence, mulls for a moment, and then decides to send it then request clarification. People person is not how she'd describe Cable, despite the fact that she enjoys talking to him.]

Hold that thought. How are you with customer interactions?

[sodark]

well that's the thing of it.
probably better working out the back. but i am very good at repairs.

but i can be cordial. as you know.

[thevelmster]

I do not doubt your technical abilities. I imagine you self-maintenance regularly.

[Does she mean only his robotic portions? She does not clarify.]

You can, but you do come with a threatening mode from what I hear.
Which is good, as the customer is not always right.

[sodark]

i build things.

[They can talk about the weapons thing later.]

do you need someone to play bad cop for you?

[thevelmster]

What’s your favorite thing(s) to build?

Occasionally. My displeased and not to be argued with librarian glare isn’t always enough apparently, even with my designation.

[Her size probably doesn’t help either.]

[sodark]

big guns, mostly. here, mostly small personal defence items.

[later is now, apparently.]

that does surprise me.

but i can be very convincing with bad customers, i think. even without the guns.

[thevelmster]

Ooh! Tasers? Or something else?

[Sometimes it happens like that.]

Oh really? Does that mean that look would work on you?

[She could try it! Without laughing. Maybe.]

I believe it. Maybe you can teach me to be more convincing?