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May 28, 2011 21:34

I CAN'T THINK OF A GRACEFUL WAY TO PUT THIS, SO I'LL JUST GET TO THE POINT ( Read more... )

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marrymarajade May 29 2011, 04:43:19 UTC

[The words are slanted, clearly not written at the same angle. Ben saw this being written and decided to share the journal, but hasn't taken it away from the droid.]

I'm surprised it's lasted this long, actually.

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 04:58:24 UTC

You put it to great use, hm? You'll have to tell us some of your techniques and tips.

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 05:04:55 UTC

I'm not sure I'd put it like that, but good lube is fairly essential to people like us.

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 05:07:22 UTC

Yeah, it's pretty essential. So what sort of things are you into? Sounds like there must be a lot of friction if you're going through it all this fast.

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 05:15:49 UTC

I don't need much. My skin covering tends to absorb the stuff we use now, which does at least cut down on dripping. I can get by with a few mililiters twice a week, if I have to.

It's my friends who really need it.

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 05:22:34 UTC

Skin covering? Is that what they call it these days. That's not supposed to absorb much of anything.

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 05:28:03 UTC

I'm sure there's a technical term, but I don't remember it. It's synthflesh, though. Technically alive.

I should probably fix it a nutrient bath and see if that helps. It's supposed to be self-contained, but I've seen that rubbing lotions into it helps the color and elasticity.

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 05:28:43 UTC

...very interesting.

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 05:37:56 UTC

I have a prosthetic. Aside from needing maintenance, it works as well as the original.

man_genius May 29 2011, 05:46:52 UTC

[There's a nice ink spot here where Genius dropped his pen and started laughing hysterically. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BEN.]

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 05:57:17 UTC

[It's a pleasure to serve?

...If he remembered, he could recount the time he mangled a table with it before he was accustomed to its strength.]

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 05:47:36 UTC

Dare I ask how you lost the original?

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 05:53:00 UTC

I don't remember. From the stump, it looks like it was severed cleanly, but that could have been after the injury itself.

[UNDERSTATEMENT GO!]

I have the feeling it was traumatic, though.

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 05:53:46 UTC

No kidding.

marrymarajade May 29 2011, 06:12:46 UTC

But that was a long time ago, and I've healed as well as I'm able. Even thinking of it doesn't really hurt now.

[There's just this ghost of betrayal and anguish to the hole where the memory should be. Faded now, but he feels it.]

grab_my_bells May 29 2011, 06:17:12 UTC

Funny. Just thinking about the possibility hurts.

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