First Level East Side or Second Level

[negcapability]

[Raf sits, staring at the arctic fox in front of him, which has managed to still be an arctic fox.]

See, you can't be real.

{Just too good to be believed?}

[Raf makes a very annoyed face.] Be serious, for a second.

{That's not really my purpose.}

You don't have a purpose, you're a hallucination.

{So hallucinate me to be a human, if it's

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[freakinbrutal]

No one's talking to you, you know.

[He just finds it weird that someone would be having half a conversation like this. It means he's either not all there, or can see something Michael can't, and either way he finds that intriguing enough to go investigate.]

[freakinbrutal]

I'll decide what's best for me, thanks.

Shut up, I understand electronics just fucking fine. [He can't really tell him why, but it's probably got something to do with the whole "piloting a giant robot in accordance to plans embedded in a supercomputer" thing he had going on back home.]

[negcapability]

Not when it involves my brain you won't. [Raf's looking dangerous again.]

{Those electronics are my existence.}

[freakinbrutal]

Oh cry me a river, I'm being careful.

You also just punched me so I don't really give two shits whether you live or die, pooch. Not like it matters 'cause I'm not just some half-wit fucking around in your brain or whatever.

[He's almost done searching through the data in the chip regardless, and has found little of interest.]

[negcapability]

{Raf punched you. I just told him to. He didn't have to, though he's usually smart enough to listen.}

You don't seem like you are. And I did just flush two courses of primal therapy, a complete twelve-point plan and three years of anger management down the drain. I'd hate for you to have not learned your lesson from it.

[freakinbrutal]

Anger management? [He lets out a short bark of laughter at that, and nothing more.]

You told him to, so it's your fault. Now shut up for just a sec.

[His eyes return to normal as his brainwaves disconnect from the chip.] See? You're fine.

[negcapability]

Mm hmm. One of the things I had to comply with to avoid the death penalty.

{Have you considered that it might not actually be a good idea to go around telling everyone you meet that you're a convicted murderer?}

[Raf shrugs.] It's not like I did it, or anyone is here who is interested in making me serve out my term.

[freakinbrutal]

See, now I feel left out. Is that fox talking to you still?

[negcapability]

Yeah. I'll tell you a secret, though, in the hopes of keeping you out of my brain. If you meet me on the second level you can see Tiri without invasion of personal space.

[freakinbrutal]

The second what now.

[negcapability]

{Tell him you actually mean the second level of hell.}

The second level. Of the city? You know, when you're interacting with people that you aren't necessarily physically next to?

[freakinbrutal]

[He shrugs.]

Didn't know that was there. Don't really care either. But sure, why the hell not.

[negcapability]

It's useful, on occasion. Not least for letting Tiri call people idiots when they can hear. Perhaps I'll see you there, although I'm not sure I wish to.

[freakinbrutal]

Yeah yeah, wise-ass. How do I get there?

[negcapability]

Find your inner zen place.

[Tiri snorts.] {Very nice.}

What? It's what I do, mostly. Or just concentrate hard enough.

[freakinbrutal]

[Zen, Michael? Impossible.

Instead he concentrates, focusing his brain activity the same way he would if he were using his quantum brainwaves to communicate with his siblings. Whether that works or not, he can't really tell.]