is it a toktik or is it a business ad? @chocobo

[mesospheric]

[ It begins with… a blink. Some guy with gravity-defying blond hair looks around, as if surveying the area for passer-by before he engages in what must surely be an embarrassing affair, like the filming of a TokTik. ]

This isn’t necessary, but—

Do you… need things done?

[ He sort of starts off strong before trailing off in classic Embarrassed Delinquent-esque reluctance. His eyes, locked ahead. His expression, stony. ]

For a fee, certain troublesome tasks can be done for you to satisfying completion. This includes but is not limited to: monster slaying, bodyguard duty, and… errands.

The fee will fluctuate depending on what a hassle I find it to be.

[ Another blink. Another look around. Something surely comes next, right? Damn. Is Cloud his own PR department? ]

… I look forward to working with you.

[ And just like that, the feed ends. ]

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@simba

[baeber]

[ Okay this is...new. Is this how mercenaries get work in the future? Not very clandestine, even if it's visible only to other Outsiders.

She will give him a pass. If only because he bears a passing resemblance to Bedivere. ]

How many years have you been a sellsword?

[mesospheric]

[ Now that’s a question he finds himself catching on. In a face-to-face conversation, he could just shrug it off, but the ocular is a traitorous entity, and it snags on the wreckage of his thoughts like clothes on barbed wire. ]

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fi▊ fiv v v year
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five
o▊▊ 1
last ye▊▊
how many years have you been a sellsw▊rd?

For a while now. Long enough to know what I’m doing.

[baeber]

[ If she were more savvy about technology, that string of garbled text would actually concern her a lot more than it does. ]

I see. You should perhaps get your implant serviced soon. I can imagine malfunctions like that would only impede your vision.

[mesospheric]

[ Malfunctions, what malfunctions? His attempt at an ad or the shrapnel behind his eyes? ]

It’s fine
there’s nothing wrong.
Everything is in order.

[baeber]

[ She doubts that a lot, but if he says so... ]

Is that large sword your typical weapon? It must have taken a while to learn to wield such a thing.

[mesospheric]

It's the standard weapon for SOLDIER operatives. It took m▒ some time but it was just p▒rt of the pr▒cess.