#iris is the engineer

[wolfeyedwitch]

(Continued from here!)

"Poppet?" Phoenix asks uncertainly. They look scared.

"I'm sorry, I- I didn't mean, I-"

Phoenix squeezes their hand where they're still holding it. They understand why Poppet's scared, Abbie would punish them if they used their camouflage incorrectly or without permission, she doesn't like it, but Zera just thanked them, it was a good thing, they stopped them being injured. They're alright.

"Really, Poppet. Thank you. I could've been seriously hurt if it wasn't for you."

Poppet's looking a little green. More than a little, actually, and Zera's eyes widen at the same time as Phoenix realises. They port across the room, thrusting the bin under Poppet's mouth just in time.

Phoenix stands there uncertainly. They're not sure what they can do to help. They just know that Poppet is very scared and they don't like it.

"They, um, I don't think Foxfire is going to hurt you," they murmur. They know how unusual it is not to get hurt but Zera really doesn't seem like they will. They haven't so far anyway. Phoenix is still trying not to think about tomorrow and Abbie. "You're, um, you're okay."

"You're absolutely okay," Zera says, trying to sound as reassuring as possible. "I'm not going to hurt you. No one is going to hurt you."

They say the words to Bailey, but they mean it for both of them. Phoenix's words, how fast they came to the conclusion that Bailey was afraid of being hurt for using their powers, were scaring the shit out of Zera. Honestly, at this point? Zera thinks the other hero shouldn't be returned to their team until this is cleared up.

"I'm going to go get rid of this, and I'll be back in less than 30 seconds. Can you count that out for me?" Zera asks. Hopefully giving them a specific task will help keep them from spiraling further into panic. "Firebird, watch over them until I get back. Like I said, I'll be fast."

Zera has officially gotten past the point of being able to handle this solo. They are calling in backup.

They port out to the garage. They land in their designated spot, the area outlined with their signature bright blue. Dropping the trash can, they turn to the camera and start signing as they speak.

"Attention," they say, making the sign that will alert Iris's programs that she needs to look at this feed ASAP. "Backup needed in medbay. Send Tempest and Airmid soft-entrance. Postpone pickup for Firebird."

They make sure to use everyone's codename-signs rather than personal name-signs, emphasizing that this is a hero-related matter rather than any off-duty one, and specify a soft entrance so that, hopefully, the two heroes arriving wouldn't scare the twitchy patients any more than they already were. And while Zera doesn't technically have the authority to say Phoenix should stay with them for longer, Elijah and Maeve are both already a little worried with how the young hero is acting. Zera's input about what they've seen tonight will just be the icing on the cake.

They don't have time to explain in any more detail. They need to get back to the medbay before Phoenix and Bailey manage to— Zera didn't even know, but they definitely didn't want the two alone for any longer than necessary. They sign one last thing to the camera before porting back.

They put their right hand in a thumbs-up sign on top of their flattened left hand, and drag the whole sign towards themself.

Help me.

[dinahstissue]

i made this way too quickly without any second thoughts

[docktowndame]

just found out the mmd models for the DA characters i have come with the texture files. which means i can edit them. which means i can do this

[mayonaisalspray]

I don’t even have anything of substance to say but I have to talk about him or I’m going to like explode or something

[odysseys-blood]

how do u feel abt the new ai game.....

honestly im not sure i care for it all that much.

like i probably will play it still but like so far from what we know it just feels kinda like nothing to me? like i do still love all the chars a lot dont get me wrong i just dont have too much reason to care about a spin off for it that doesn't sound like it'll give any extra background on the pre-existing characters and also id love it if ANY other character was a focus instead of iris for a change 😭😭😭 im still like the only guy mourning hitomi being backseated in favor of iris and honestly id love it if a spinoff focused more on building on the relationships we didn't get to see much of instead

rn all i really think about it is its ai: zero escape edition since we're not getting another any time soon and with how mixed i felt abt both ztd and aini i dont rly have high expectations which means if its even a little good it'll surpass that

[autistic-shaiapouf]

So. Aligning my machine girls with pokemon moves

[bbuzz28]

Sometimes, you can do too much research. sigh.

[iris-nonsense]

Wasn't franky a carpenter?? Like wasn't being a carpenter his thing? The reason he's in the crew??

[ammonitetestpatterns]

from the compilation, KAKI-IN 1993・夏, released via troubadour record. this album dashes breakbeats with timbres one might expect to hear employed on trackers/personal computer sound chips of the early nineties. "edge of time" is pure fodder for imaginal videography, the cover girl like a hard drive tour guide for a paradisiac paradox, the convulsive sensory overload of the city reduced to the migration patterns of neon, veins of nighttime spires in a hypnotic pulse, the melty passion of the chorus clipping to whiplash, looking back breathlessly to see if you're still following. it incites bittersweet memories of emulating PC98 games when i was a preteen, then having the chance to play via floppy disc on a PC9821 much later.

[kirbyddd]

i wonder if nintendo actually have a business plan for the switch 2 or if they're really just flying by the seat of their pants with "save up a few years of switch releases and hope it's enough to push a tantalizing enough first year lineup for a hardware refresh"

[hopelessly-politeroad55]

[lavenderrosiefan]

Everyone else's James: Look at me! I'm so splendid! I'm the most splendid engine there is!

My version of James: Hello there...n-nice to meet you. I'm James...Ah! W-What was that? S-Sorry....

(I hope no one is offended by this. I don't mean for this to be slander, but to highlight the differences between other people's version of James and my version)

[showfallmediacameracrew]

Spoilsport (￣ヘ￣)

i suppose a cyborg would only be able to gain enjoyment or understanding of other humans by watching other people, as though they were a convoluted play, where people could mess with the lives of those performing.

[inu-shogun]

[moszeel]

One of these days I’ll explain the Elain and Iris dynamic with art and in world stuff, but for now have Iris almost killing Elain because she ran into her too fast

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Writing a story and staggering out the climax by replaying it over and over from different perspectives