✘ o9 ;;

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[ if there's one person that has something of a habit of making grand entrances to the plane, it's this guy. first, it was hitting the ground running from an angry orange alien, and this time, he'll just be rolling in on a desk chair at a pretty high velocity, probably close to toppling ass over teacup the moment he loses any semblance of his balance, and it will be just one more instance of falling on his ass in this place that he can add to the list.

at least he's in his armor. that oughta soften the blow a little.

and anything is better than floating around in space after having nearly been blown the fuck up just because someone had neglected to tell him that the director had his own course of action should he not be able to take care of a little security bypass. that hadn't been giving him any trouble. at all. thank you, delta.

who is, of course, already bombarding him with questions in the back of his mind, and could somebody get york an aspirin, or something? he feels one hell of a headache coming on.

his chair slowly rolls to a stop, and he slumps over, elbows braced on his knees as he silently takes stock of himself. nothing hurts, his armor is intact, there's an annoying buzzing inside his head that is still finding ways to explain why it hadn't felt the need to let a certain somebody in on the fact that the director had a giant fucking laser pointed at his location for the entire duration of his mission … eh, par for the course. ]

Agent York, are you listening?

Tryin' not to, D … haven't quite worked on tunin' you out yet. Gimme a bit, and I'll have it down pat.

[ oi. ]

( ooc: this would be york's canon bump! which means he now has a certain cockbite of an ai with him, and we pre-emptively apologize for him. in entirety. )

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[ true enough about that, eesh. there's nothing that he's gotten from this place – even for a small amount of time – that he thinks he could trust farther than he could throw it.

no matter what it is or how far he could throw it. ] If I end up needin' it, I'll come find you. [ his smile is genuine, not that it ever isn't where she's concerned, but still, it merits noting.

and he isn't expecting her to say a damn thing. psh, he doesn't need anyone else to tell him he's important~ ] I've told 'em about it, but they don't seem all that concerned. Gotta be because it's all new, right? [ he's not above speculation, and he's no stranger to headaches, especially since the grenade incident. ]

[grip_on_reality]

Good. [she smirks back, accepting that answer because she trusts from that smile that he means it]

I suppose so. [her tone is uncertain because she has to admit, she's completely out of her depth with this topic] Can't say I know 'ow it works--or how it's meant to. But if they 'aven't taken 'im away yet, I'm betting that's a good sign.

[not that she really understands that Delta is literally implanted. not yet, anyway]

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[ of course he means it! he really doesn't want to be stuck in space forever. and if it comes to that … well, it'll be useful, naturally.

they're both a bit out of their depth where all of this is concerned, because it's just as new to him as he's pretty sure it is to her. hell, once he'd heard that he would be in the first implant group, he'd been a bit alarmed – not that he would ever admit as much, because that would be something like … admitting that he was nervous about it. and he's never nervous about anything.

and he's a goddamned liar. ] Hell if I can say the same thing, I don't know how any of this stuff works. [ there might be a bit of an underlying tone of i wish i did, and it bothers me that i don't, but it's there and gone just as quickly. ] If all I ever have to deal with are headaches, though, I can handle it. I get those already.

[grip_on_reality]

[she frowns, still trying to get her bearings where all this is concerned, too] Well, can't you ask him? Delta, I mean. He's a computer--doesn't he know more about this?

[his mention of previous headaches does not make her feel any less concerned, either, even though she can guess at the reason. but she doesn't know how she could help, so all she can think of to say is:] Yeah, well, just...take care of yourself, Bermuda.

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[ theoretically, she has a point. delta should be able to tell him some things, shouldn't he? but the fact of the matter is that given that he's only a fragment of a full ai, he won't know any more than york at this point.

but shh. no one knows that. ] I could try –

[ except. ] I am sorry to inform you that I do not have any more knowledge of my purpose within Project Freelancer than you do, Agent York. I was given to you in order to enhance your performance on the field – that is all I know.

[ well. there goes that.

york just … huffs. he hadn't expected that to work, anyway. ] Yeah, that's what I thought. No harm in askin', though, right?

Of course.

Guess that's that, huh?

[grip_on_reality]

Mm. [she gives Delta a curious look, wondering both why he doesn't know more and why he was so quick to cut in saying so. but she has a feeling any further questions will get a similar response, so she keeps those considerations to herself for the moment] Sounds like it for now, yeah.

Anyway, keep me in touch about your space adventures, all right? [because she still isn't particularly happy knowing she's leaving him floating in space, so she'll be looking forward to some news to the contray]

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[ they're both going to be at a loss for this – but york will take it better than menzies, surely, because he doesn't often expect there to be any reason for someone saying something other than it being the truth.

except for that whole "we're the good guys, right?" business a while back. he's tried to forget all about that, focus on what lies ahead of him instead of what's in the past, but the fact that his new ai buddy doesn't know any more than he does about much of anything doesn't sit that well with him.

but he nods, gives a tiny little salute. ] You betcha. I don't expect to let 'em leave me out there forever. If I need you, I'll definitely let you know.