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[video] Enter the Fanboy

[The video feed pops on, to a slightly breathless sounding voice and a worried pair of blue optics.]

...must have gotten knocked out.

Perceptor? Verity? Springer? A-anyone?

[He tries to make his voice sound a little calmer, a little less unnerved. ]

I'm okay. Something must've, uh, hit me on the head or something.

[Not, you know, the passing out thing. Of course not]

Tell me it's over.

Tell me...we won.

...

Tell me I'm not alone.

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Vandal.

He's okay. Got fucked up pretty bad, though.

Uh. Yeah. We did. Who... are you?

Overlord got him?

_{Damn. If only I hadn't passed out. If only I hadn't--I'm not cut out for this.}

Ironfist. I'm...a nobody.

Yeah.

Uh. If you just got here, how do you know about Overlord?

Ironfist? Sounds like a cool name to me. You're a robot and not a dick so far, so that's points in my book, pal.

Because we were sent [short pause. He was going to say 'to stop him' but that wasn't really true, was it? The mission wasn't about Overlord. It was about Aequitas.] to Garrus-9.

If it's a cool name, it's probably the only cool thing about me.

...who are you and how do you know Overlord?

Wait, you were one of the Wreckers?

I dunno. You seem nice.

Like I said. Name's Vandal. I know about Overlord because he's here and I quite frankly I wish he would just fucking die.

Was? I am a Wrecker.

[If he had a lower lip it might be wibbling. He's a Wrecker, darnit!!]

He's here? _{Oh that's bad. That's very bad.} Is that how Perceptor got hurt?

Well then. You must be a badass.

Yeah. But we got him. It is. There were some... uh. Casualties, too. But it's. [Sigh.] It's over at least.

Anyways, Ironfist. If you need medical attention, I'm your human. I can also answer any questions you might have.

I try.

[That's not false modesty. He really does try.]

Overlord took out one of the better Wreckers lineups in generations. We had casualties, too. A lot dead.

[And one more with a clock ticking over his head.]

M-medical attention? Who said I needed that? [Suddenly just slightly alarmed.]

See I like you already.

Uh, yeah. So I was told. What a fucker, to put it lightly: I hate that guy.

Well, nobody. I was just saying. If you do. Some people arrive here injured.

You do?

[There's not much to like, according to Ironfist.]

...I hate him for all the mechs he's killed.

[Stand down, Ironfist.] Oh. All right. No, I'm fine. I probably shouldn't be this fine. [He's going to scrub his hand over his helm, trying not to poke at the dent.]

Yep!

Yeah. Kinda right there with you.

Shouldn't be? What do you mean?

It's...it'd be different if it was the war, you know? There's a difference between that and ...yeah. What Overlord did.

[You're going to make him say it?]

I was supposed to be fighting. Or something. [Real fighters don't look this undented.]

Uh yeah. I know. I'm friends with Fort Max. I know.

Well... uh. I mean. I guess you got lucky?

Oh. So...he's better?

[It's hard enough having Aequitas in his head. Now he has to take on all this other information.]

No, I don't think I'd use the word 'lucky'.

Yeah. He's okay...ish.

No? Well... I guess being involved even remotely with that whole mess, I can't blame you. I don't know exactly what happened, aside from what I've heard here and there.

Subsequently, there's a bar here if you need a drink.

Okay-ish is probably the best anyone can hope for.

[Ironfist would aspire to okayish-ness.]

Whatever you heard, it probably wasn't the truth.

[If he's learned one thing it's that the truth is never what it seems like.]

...I'm not sure I can do that.

Yeah. After what he went through.

Well, heard it from Perceptor so...

Really? Well hey, I guess if you're not into that, that's okay too.

Yeah.

[What else can he say other than he's pretty sure he wouldn't have survived. ]

Oh. So then...you know.

[Droop.]

No, no, it's not that. It's, I kind of have a condition. [Called death?[

Know? Well I know generally. No details. Didn't wanna press him for it.

What... kind of condition?

Oh. Well, I could tell you, but, it probably wouldn't be the truth either.

[A moment of hesitation and then he taps his helm, over the dent.]

Kind of up here. Not sure if getting overcharged is, you know, smart.

[Not sure anything he's done lately has been 'smart'.]

But you were there, weren't you?

Oh... well. I could take a look at it! I mean, I'm pretty good.

[ Look at her, trying so hard to help. ]

Yes. I was there. That doesn't mean I can say what really happened. I only know what I saw. That's not the same as the truth.

[He shakes his head.]

No, the, uh, the best medics at Kimia have already, uh, looked at me.

Thank you, though. There's just, well, you have better things to do with your time.

Well. It'd be your truth.

Oh... I have no idea what Kimia is.

Um. Well. Not. Really?

But that's not the same as The Truth. Mine would be biased and unfair.

_{Also, I was scared a lot}.

Kimia? Perceptor never told you about it? It was our research station.

Miss, uh, Vandal. There's nothing anyone can do to help me. I'm sorry. [You have no idea.]

Well everyone's take is a little biased. Everyone draws their own conclusions.

It's okay to be scared.

Oh! Yeah no he never mentioned it.

Hey- wait no... come on. Doesn't mean we can't be friends, does it?

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