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𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 14m

does anyone else have this intense foreboding sense of dread or is it just me?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 1d

why?

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 1d

LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 1d

now i think about it, how did you keep eating? did you . . . hunt? what about water?

that was . . . junobot's job, right? junobot seems to control a lot about your life.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 1d

now i think about it, how did you keep eating? did you . . . hunt? what about water?

that was . . . junobot's job, right? junobot seems to control a lot about your life.

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 1d

let's change the subject.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 1d

you're telling me urfmen aren't born with that feature built-in?

you must have had parents, or progenitors of some kind. what's your earliest memory?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 1d

you're telling me urfmen aren't born with that feature built-in?

you must have had parents, or progenitors of some kind. what's your earliest memory?

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 1d

never mind that. where'd i learn to walk & talk?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

that's impressive. but if it was just you here, where did you learn to code?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

sure, that's it.

𝓥alerie @universejumping.bsky.social · 3d

Like a bottle of wine or something?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

i'm matured.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

i'm matured.

𝓥alerie @universejumping.bsky.social · 3d

Okay!

Then, you're definitely old!

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

let's say i'm past middle age and leave it at that then.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

let's say i'm past middle age and leave it at that then.

𝓥alerie @universejumping.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, definitely not rare! But they... uh... point is, their life cycles aren't long. So they're older sooner.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i don't know anything about these hew mans. are they a rare species?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 3d

that's impressive. but if it was just you here, where did you learn to code?

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 3d

i salvaged him, patched his motherboard back together & reprogrammed him. he was the first time i wasn't alone.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

. . . you didn't build junobot, you mean? i thought--

well, he just talks so *positively* of you . . .

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𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

. . . you didn't build junobot, you mean? i thought--

well, he just talks so *positively* of you . . .

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

there was nothing to explore. the world was big but the storm was always so close, and we could never push past it, so the world may as well have been one room. one big sandy room.

once every few months, maybe, the storm would get thin, and i could see further, but there was nothing to see.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

you really didn't explore much, did you? why not?

well . . . no, i'll let juno explain all of that.

is there anything you think you could do? for others, i mean? that you're . . . good at?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i just dropped off some composting, actually. added my own from my ship. i guess it wouldn't hurt to look around.

𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐉𝐎𝐁 @delasi.bsky.social · 4d

i get around, yeah.

you uh, here for the plants?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i don't care about that. i know you from somewhere, right?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i don't care about that. i know you from somewhere, right?

𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐉𝐎𝐁 @delasi.bsky.social · 4d

sorry this is a staff only area so we're allowed to like, swear or whatever you think you heard.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i'd know that screaming anywhere . . .

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

you really didn't explore much, did you? why not?

well . . . no, i'll let juno explain all of that.

is there anything you think you could do? for others, i mean? that you're . . . good at?

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

repair work? hmm.

noted.

urf? caps? all i had was sand.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

no, but really. you had caps on urf, didn't you? it's a lot like that.

well, i do all kinds of things. i've done mercenary work. some security work, rarely. transport's quick and easy, but pays dirt cheap. mostly i do repair work. that pays well and i enjoy it.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

wh-- i just got here!!!

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

no, but really. you had caps on urf, didn't you? it's a lot like that.

well, i do all kinds of things. i've done mercenary work. some security work, rarely. transport's quick and easy, but pays dirt cheap. mostly i do repair work. that pays well and i enjoy it.

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

odd jobs like what?

( she doesn't seem to quite believe him. )

junobot can dig really big holes.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i wouldn't say my cooking is anything incredible. you just haven't seen how good everyone else is yet.

well, you're in luck. it's not as though i'm flat broke. i learned the hard way the importance of savings.

*but* we will have to start thinking about picking up some odd jobs, soon enough.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i'd know that screaming anywhere . . .

𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐉𝐎𝐁 @delasi.bsky.social · 4d

—YEAH I KNOCKED THAT BITCH UP!

oh hey,

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i wouldn't say my cooking is anything incredible. you just haven't seen how good everyone else is yet.

well, you're in luck. it's not as though i'm flat broke. i learned the hard way the importance of savings.

*but* we will have to start thinking about picking up some odd jobs, soon enough.

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

you can cook!

hold on, do we have to be concerned about money? doesn't it just...

... lance, how do you get money?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

*dinner*? are *you* paying for that?

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𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i don't know anything about these hew mans. are they a rare species?

𝓥alerie @universejumping.bsky.social · 4d

Depends on the species.

Humans have shorter life cycles. For a human, being 70 is old, right? But for a Time Lord, at least according to what I know, it's not. My dad was, I think, 900-and-something when my mother had me.

For you? Well, my next question was gonna be about your species' life cycle.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i fought in the war. i'm old *enough*, let's say.

what's old to you anyway? how do you decide?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

*dinner*? are *you* paying for that?

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

it's FINE. it's FINE.

oh wait, i can leverage this for something nice. like dinner.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

aww. nat.

. . . baby.

i think you're perfect anyway.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

aww. nat.

. . . baby.

i think you're perfect anyway.

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

not all of them. :'(

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

and they're beautiful, and they've got tits, which, frankly, is a big plus. see what i did there? callback?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

now junobot's attitude to women we *have* to talk about. troubling.

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𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

and they're beautiful, and they've got tits, which, frankly, is a big plus. see what i did there? callback?

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

some of my coworkers have been women before. i don't judge. i mean, who knows? it seems like a fun idea.

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

not you!!

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i don't *hate* women.

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𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i fought in the war. i'm old *enough*, let's say.

what's old to you anyway? how do you decide?

𝓥alerie @universejumping.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, right. That's... I forgot that's the last thing we were...

Ahem! Anyway! That's fair enough. I'm sure you have a guess, though. Give me your best guess and I'll tell you if you're old or not.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

no, because i *still* want that time machine. i'll find these 'time lords' of yours.

i don't know my date of birth. i was found.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

no, because i *still* want that time machine. i'll find these 'time lords' of yours.

i don't know my date of birth. i was found.

𝓥alerie @universejumping.bsky.social · 4d

Why d'ya ask? Did you miss me?

How's it complicated? Did you lose count? That happens sometimes, I'd understand.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

oh, it's you! the alleged time-traveler. where've you been hiding?

me? i'm . . . well, that's complicated.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 4d

i don't *hate* women.

natasha @crackedchessboard.bsky.social · 4d

speaking of hating women.