[fanfiction] human/cyborg relations (section 3)
365 Gay Sharks
Day 174, Word Count: 9565
Theme: June; No More Sad Songs
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( Fell in love with an Android, baby, playing games with the toy that played me. Electricity is easy, I'm told-so where'd you ever learn to be so cold? )
Day 174, Word Count: 9565
Theme: June; No More Sad Songs
This post is part of the 365 Gay Sharks project. If you would like to learn more about this project, click here to read more about it. :D
( Fell in love with an Android, baby, playing games with the toy that played me. Electricity is easy, I'm told-so where'd you ever learn to be so cold? )
"You can get that fixed, you know."
"It's not a problem."
"Yes," Dustin sits on the edge of Mark's desk and waves his arms around, "but what if you're disarming a bomb and you need to cut the red wire? You can't even tell which one that is!"
Mark looks up at Dustin, "Dustin, if I'm the only person available to disarm a bomb then I think we have more problems than just the fact that I can't tell which wire is red. Besides, I could probably just shut it off if it was attached to a timer."
It sounds like the signal lines are full color spectrum to him, so is it an exception b/c they're not visible in the real world?
No, they're just a lot of shades from blue to white. Although, as a sidenote, Mark can access other people's optics - which is of dubious enough legality that it makes Chris cover his ears whenever Mark talks about doing it - and temporarily fix his vision.
Is Sean a technopath at all?
Nope.
Do people only get it to replace organic parts that are damaged, or are there more recreational installations, too?
Mark's stopped in front of a window, and Eduardo has to walk back to where he's stopped so Mark doesn't get lost. Chris will kill him if Mark gets lost and he has to try and find him with such helpful directions as I'm between an ATM and a hotel computer system. Mark's looking at a window display and frowning. Eduardo can see why, it's advertising some of the newer, recreational cyberkinetics that you can get installed and Eduardo's had to hear Mark's (extensive) opinions on those for weeks. In fact, Mark opens his mouth and Eduardo links their arms together, pulling Mark away.
"You can tell the Winklevoss twins when we get to lunch."
Since Eduardo is a pardoned cyberkinetic criminal, does he have a clean slate with the government, or is he blacklisted from things the way a convicted felon would be?
Technically speaking, yes he is. Practically speaking, Mark regularly "fixes" Eduardo's records and makes Chris cover his eyes going "I DID NOT JUST SEE YOU DO THAT! SHUT THE WINDOW, SHUT THE WINDOW."
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