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[hallaifyouherd]

I greet you, my fellow Legionnaires.

[ The image accompanying said greeting is that of a young woman with pointed ears and tattoos across the upper part of her face, peering inquisitively into the camera. She thinks she's got this broadcast option thing down. ]

In case we haven't met? My name is Marjara.

[ Her lips quirk upwards, before her expression grows a little more somber. ]

I've been thinking something through. And I think I know what I want to do. But a little experience from other people who might have gone through similar circumstances would help. I think.

[ She's not going to ask them to choose for her. Gods knew she'd never let someone make her mind up for her before now, and she wasn't about to start...but learning about the shift? The consequences? The little things that came along with it that you might not initially think about? Might be worth the time to ask. ]

Have any of you lost a part of you, a limb or...something else of similar importance, and chose to have it replaced? Would you be willing to speak of what it was like for you?

If not, I still thank you for your time.

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[whyarewehere]

Well, one time I got run over by a tank and got most of my organs replaced with some other guy's. Cause he was a cyborg already and didn't need them anymore anyway?

[ Grif shrugs, as if this a perfectly normal thing that could happen to anybody. ]

I didn't actually choose that cause I was kind of unconscious and probably dying? It seems to have worked out pretty good though.

[hallaifyouherd]

A...cyborg?

[ Tank could be anything -- she is, for example, envisioning a large container of something rolling him down, and wincing at the thought -- but she's got no point of reference for the other term. ]

[whyarewehere]

You know, half-dude-half-robot? I think we actually have more than a couple cyborgs on the team now.

[ He furrows his brow as he considers the Legion roster. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

Oh, robots. Yes, I know what those are.

[ And something halfway between? Her eyes suddenly go a little wider. ]

It's possible for humans to...have children with them? I hadn't realized.

[legionnpcs]

[Careful, Grif. The fandom has eyes.]

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif starts laughing.

Grif continues laughing.

...It takes Grif several seconds to realize she might have been serious, and then for him to stop. ]

God no, why would anyone want to?

[ In addition to sensitivity and kindness, Grif is also a veritable font of tolerance. ]

[legionnpcs]

[aw.]

[hallaifyouherd]

And what is that supposed to mean?

[ Because if robots are sentient life forms then he's just been very rude, and she'll have none of it. But she's only recently learned that robots are a thing at all. So. He gets a chance to explain himself. ]

[whyarewehere]

They're made of metal and computers.

There is nothing about that experience that is gonna be good.

[ See? It's just physically off-putting. That's all there is to i- ]

And robots are dicks.

[ Goddammit, Grif. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

Clearly you haven't seen what the dwarves can do with metal.

[ Right, okay, maybe not the conversation to have right now. But as Grif continues, her frown resurfaces. ]

All of them? Every last one?

[whyarewehere]

[ Before joining the Legion, Grif would've immediately snapped to "yes". Mostly because his entire interaction with actual robots had been Lopez (as far as he knew). But now he's been here, and not every robot is terrible, Babbage is an okay dude, and then there was that whole thing with Lenny's head, and...

Shit. ]

It's at least sixty-forty.

[ Is that fair? ]

Nah.

Eighty-twenty.

[ Better. Definitely fair and accurate. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

Right.

[ Okay, so this guy is clearly just an asshole, then. ]

Alright, leaving aside whatever you've got against robots in general, you're saying they're not halfbreeds.

[whyarewehere]

Right.

They're just people who got some robot parts put in. I think there's a certain amount robot you gotta be before you count, though.

[ He just sails cheerfully along through the conversation, neither realizing nor caring that being an ass can change people's opinion of you. ]

[googledox]

If you're willing to make such disparaging remarks about machine-based lifeforms, you must surely have a source for that statistic.

[steelandtemper]

Computers are very good at monitoring network traffic.

[Every time Cortana thinks she's discovered just how worthless Grif is, he gets worse.]

[whyarewehere]

Computers are different from robots.

[ He's making super important distinctions here! ]

My point still stands, though.

[ Aaaand also not. ]

[steelandtemper]

So when I start controlling my robot body, suddenly I'm a dick?

[You're kind of a dick regardless of your current physical status, Cortana.]

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[turntex]

do you know what a vibrator is

[legionnpcs]

We can't take you anywhere, can we?

[turntex]

hey cool youre here awesome
i had a question for you too
do roboticians have some kinda robocock built in or do you need to get an attachment or something

[whyarewehere]

We are not talking about that.

[turntex]

i thought youd be all about this shit dude
just sit back and let a little tool do all the work
a blessed miracle for the sex lives of lazy assholes everywhere

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[marryonette]

-Ignoring what Dave actually wrote because THAT's SCANDALOUS but also saying this right where Griff can see it, completely not thinking through...-

I'm starting to get the impression this guy isn't as cool as I initially thought...

[turntex]

wow harsh
out in the open where he can see it and everything
fuck thats cold
i know i encouraged the whole public declarations thing but i honestly thought youd go an entirely different direction with it

[whyarewehere]

What? No, I'm definitely cool.

[ He's only slightly offended. ]