HANSA

[chanteuser]

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[robopriest]

Eh?

[He swivels his head in her direction from where he's sitting, confused. The first thing she should notice is that he has taken off his eyepatch.]

[The second thing she should notice is the strange right eye - a crystal set in metal, lens within swiveling and adjusting as he tries to find the location of the voice.]

Alex? Is that you?

[chanteuser]

[ oh. well that's new.

both the fact he can't seem to tell she's there, and the lack of the eye patch. ]

Yes. You can't see me?

[ somehow the chainsaw in the leg revelation is less surprising than this, if she's going to be honest with herself. ]

[robopriest]

No.

[He scowls slightly - before he starts, suddenly, moving to try to replace his eyepatch.]

Oh, you're probably here based on your voice...

[chanteuser]

...

[ she's careful not to move too quietly - this isn't the first time this week she's had to be cautious about the amount of noise she's making, and it not being due to stealth purposes. but she keeps a little behind where hansa's sat, rather than walking in front of him.

seeing as she's pretty sure he's trying to hide his eye, after all. ]

Here. Do you want me to fasten that?

[robopriest]

[He just. Pauses.]

[Then lowers his eyepatch, just a little.]

Ah, what's the point? [He lets out a self-defeating sigh.] I mean, everyone knows the cyborg thing. An eye like this isn't going to change much...

[The Church: please keep your body secret
Hansa: like 30+ people know about it because of a murder game sorry lol]

[chanteuser]

[ ... pfft. ]

[ she folds her arms on the back of what i'm assuming is a bench or something like it, and just pats the back of his head. ]

I'm less surprised than I would've been two weeks ago, yeah. [ it's fine, sometimes you just end up in a murdergame and you do your best to keep church secrets but the game's out to get you. ]

... if you tell me it shoots lasers though, that might do it.

[robopriest]

[He smiles a bit at the patting. Touching.....its so good Rule 9 isn't a thing anymore.]

Ha. Maybe it does.

[i literally have no idea if it canonly does i would also not be surprised]

[chanteuser]

[ when canon isn't caught up to your urges to rp a character, the struggle. but yes, rule 9 is gone and honestly? she's glad. she has like four teenagers to hug already.

when she drops her hand she keeps them folded on the back of the bench, but doesn't really move further away. ]

... [ oh. of course. ] Whatever it is, they didn't stop it from working like it should? [ it'd moved like a normal eye would, hadn't it?

... although if hansa can't see right now this is a weird time to be asking him how his magic eye sees things. ]

Or is it like your blades?

[robopriest]

Well, it still works like a regular eye. But its special qualities seem to have been turned off. Like, I could use this thing like a telescope, for one. See things far far away.

[And a beat. He's frowning - almost pouting.]

Now it just can't see anything. Everything is just dark.

[chanteuser]

[ she shifts just enough to wave one of her hands in front of hansa's face. ]

...

Well at least we're not all shocking each other when we least excpect it. Although if the alternatives are... losing senses I think? Maybe last week was a little easier.

[ ... wow yeah he really can't see anything right now, huh? at least she doesn't have to explain the bandage on her hand this way. ]

[robopriest]

[He doesn't react.]

Eh, we can adapt to losing senses, though...I guess this makes things a lot more dangerous, especially with lack of hearing, touch, and, well, like I have. Lack of eyesight.

[chanteuser]

It'll make communication difficult. If someone's lost their voice, they can't communicate with you.

Touch isn't so bad but... I guess you could get injured more easily if that's gone.

[ ... bad, actually. ]

Guess this means you won't be learning any sign language this week then, either.

[robopriest]

Well, I didn't have this yesterday, actually. We talked before, didn't we? Yesterday, I think I couldn't taste anything...it was all bland.

[A low sigh.]

Maybe it just keeps on switching up on me. How nice.

[chanteuser]

... Really?

[ ... right, he'd been able to see yesterday. wow. that makes it even worse. ]

Is that for everyone though? I don't think anything's changed for me. Although I'm not really eager to test and find out.

[robopriest]

I don't know. Maybe I'm just that problematic.

[A laugh.]

...What do you not have, Alex?

[chanteuser]

Maybe you're just the Realm's favourite?

[ ... although if that means lots of exciting new changes for hansa, then being a favourite might not be a good thing. ]

...

Um. It's not touch, exactly? I can still feel things. But it's... more like my sense of pain is gone?

[robopriest]

Am I? Maybe they'll get me a cake! That would be fun.

[Just. Bluntly.]

[His face creases into an expression of concern, and he lifts a hand, reaching up with it. He can hear she's behind him, but.]

...Where are you? Give me your hand.

[chanteuser]

You could just make one, and bypass getting bullied by the Realm for perks you know.

[ ...

ah. well.




she gives him her uninjured hand. it's fine. ]

[robopriest]

Yes, tell the blind man to make a cake. Sounds like a fantastic idea.

[He says, deadpan, before taking her hand with his. He squeezes it.]

You do feel that, yes?

[chanteuser]

You just said it keeps changing for you! Maybe tomorrow you'll be able to see again?

[ wow.

... hm. ]

I can feel you're holding my hand, yes.

[robopriest]

Maybe, but I won't chance it. Even if I could see, I don't think baking a cake could work out for me. I'm not exactly an expert cook.

[FLASHBACKS TO HIM AND CHIRON FRYING FISH WITH CAYENNE PEPPER]

Haha, okay. [A long pause, before he just presses his thumbnail into her hand.] And now? Do you feel that?

[chanteuser]

You cannot be worse than Xie Lian is.

[ seriously. nothing can phase her now. she has looked into the unerring gaze of xie lian’s cooking and survived with her sanity intact.

she is powerful now. she has ascended. ]

I can feel more pressure? But that’s all really.

[robopriest]

Is he really that bad?

[Yikes.]

[And he guesses that's confirmation enough.]

You have to be careful, okay? If you can't feel pain, you could get yourself hurt and not even know it.

[chanteuser]

Yes.

[ just. the words will have barely left hansa’s mouth before she responds. like a reflex. ]

He was trying to make meatballs. They were white? And... somehow dehydrated, despite being in a pot with sauce? [ someone help xie lian ]

... [ haha. well. ] Yes, I know.

[ it’s fine. ]

[robopriest]

Oh. He mentioned that before...white meatballs...

[Yikes?]

[And he notices that pause.]

Alex. Tell the truth. Did you already hurt yourself? You had to to find out you had no pain, right?