Seventeenth Assignment

[always_on_duty]

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[BZZZZT!]

Ow! Stupid computerphone!

...Oh, right. [Gadget reaches up, grabbing a lock of hair with two fingers. His spikes are less uniform than they once were, and a few inches lower, sitting around his shoulders rather than the back of his head and neck -- and is that a dusting of silver at his temples?]So how do you go about

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[sojournsparrow]

Well now, if you really like I might be able to give you a nice trim. All depends on your sense of style, and what you can offer me in return. Perhaps some information? Why did you yelp like a wounded dog just a little while ago, and what does it have to do with these communicators.

[sojournsparrow]

Oh.

What about Michelangelo? He's a giant turtle, does that count for anything? Hmm... let me think... no I guess I shall just have to show you myself once I get it out. Why do you want yours out specifically if you don't have magic?

[always_on_duty]

Mutant turtles aren't magic, though.

It makes my gadgets not work.

[sojournsparrow]

Touche. That's why you'll have to wait until I get my chip out.

Gadgets? Are you some form of inventor then? And if so... why would the chip prevent you from using them...

I don't care if von isn't supposed to be capitalized, it looks weird that way

[always_on_duty]

Nah, Professor Von Slickstein invented most of these.

They're attached to me, and that stupid chip makes it so they don't respond.

Von seems sensible enough

[sojournsparrow]

... so you're half construct?

:P

[always_on_duty]

No! I said they were attached to me, not part of me. [...Yeah, he's kind of sensitive about it. Let him cling to what humanity he has left, okay?]

[sojournsparrow]

Are they invisible? I don't see any gadgets on you... unless of course your chip prevents you from having the ability to summon them.

[always_on_duty]

They're just inside me. Or my clothes.

[sojournsparrow]

Well what kind of gadgets are they?

[always_on_duty]

Just tools. Handcuffs, key, laser, stuff like that.

[sojournsparrow]

... how interesting.

And you're certain you're not a cyborg?

[always_on_duty]

I don't think so, I asked that myself and nobody could agree on a definition.

[sojournsparrow]

Who did you ask? Perhaps they weren't bright enough to know the differences?

[always_on_duty]

Everyone! I just asked on here.

They all thought it had something to do with robots, and I'm not a robot.

[sojournsparrow]

No, I suspect you're not, since you are still mostly human. It's likely that you just are part machine. How often do you use these gadgets of yours anyways?