[video/text] back-dated to 6/2

[longwei2go]

Jinjon Sawyl Longwei shared a video. 06/02 near Viera Village

Watch on YouTube is this the part where im supposed to thank someone that my eyes changed from blue to purple lot of good it did me with my tattoos i put a lot of sweat blood and money into those you bastards so this video of mine is dedicated to whoever is behind all this and to prove i can still do this with one arm

((OOC: obviously this cover is not the original artist, but something uploaded by Yin as cross-posted from her YT channel playing with her own custom kit. please use your imagination!))

Comments

[longwei2go]

really
thought the theme was subtle this time

[me_matey]

its in ur wrist movements, miss soft butch

[longwei2go]

[ she can't even deny that. ]

yeah well
new month
new shit
hard not to let it get under my skin

[me_matey]

i feel u.

call me later.

[longwei2go]

i dont want to talk about it
but i do have something cool to show you

[me_matey]

sure thing fam lets talk about cool shit

[longwei2go]

your place or mine
and no drinks
i need to be sober for this

[ which is Yin-speak for "this is serious". ]

[me_matey]

-Yep. But considering everything...-

but do i need to be sober?

[longwei2go]

yeah
definitely

[me_matey]

shit

stop by the boat after sundown. wont be busy with tours then.

->Action

[longwei2go]

you got it
c ya

[ which is to say that Yin comes a'knocking right about on time. no pack of drinks hanging from her hand this time, but there's a long box tucked under her stump as she makes her way aboard. ]

Yo, May! Where are you hiding?

[me_matey]

I ain't never hid from nobody, you run tell that!

-May popped out of the cabin door, kicking the ramp down for Yang to head up.-

[longwei2go]

Yeah yeah, go tell it yourself, shorty. [ she chuckles on her way past her friend. ]

Hey, you don't still have that bent crowbar do you?

[me_matey]

Why, you need a backscratcher?

[longwei2go]

[ Yin takes the box out from under her arm and gives it a wiggle. something heavy inside thumps against the cardboard. ] Nah, I got my own. Might need it for something else...

[ she keeps walking until she can find a table to set it down on. all her movements are even more tense than on her video. ]

[me_matey]

... You sure you don't need a drink? Or anything? Even a shoulder rub? I think I can still do that...

I dunno, sorry, I'm just... you don't look good right now. I wanna help.

[longwei2go]

The whole point of being a hot mess is never looking good. [ she runs her fingers through her hair. ]

I might feel better after tonight. Or not. That's ... kinda why I came over. I need. [ Yin sighs. ] I need supervision. Or something. You're the only person I can trust with this.

[me_matey]

The more vague shit you say about this, the heavier it gets. Just come out with it, sis.

[longwei2go]

[ deep-suffering sigh. ]

I got a robot arm and you're going to watch me try it on and stop me if I try to, like, choke myself or something. [ Yin is too tired for all this shit. she is already opening the box to reveal that she wasn't shitting around about it being something cool. even if she sounds absent of enthusiasm. ]

[me_matey]

...

-Give her a second.-

...

-Okay a bit longer.-

What the hell?!

-There it is!-

[longwei2go]

Heh. That's what I said... mostly. [ seeing May flip out a bit was amusing, but she was serious about this. Yin starts to peel off the black guard she wraps around the end of her stump. ]

I had a cop look it over. It's some serious bleeding edge military shit, according to him, but no idea who the hell made it or even how they knew to get my size. Box said it came from Retrospec but this is a whole new level of stalking, even for them.

[me_matey]

Whoa whoa whoa, at ease there sailor, lemme have a look at it first. -May lifted her hand to Yang's, gripping her knuckles but not tightly, the other gingerly looking over the arm.-

The tech is one thing... But are you really, absolutely sure you want to put this one? I'm not talking about robot uprisings, I'm... talking about you. How you've lived your life, how you've dealt with... with what happened.

This is a huge step.

[longwei2go]

[ she stared down at her friend like the touch stung her, but didn't pull away. ] Sure? Hell no, I'm not sure, but I'm not talking about a life-changing decision here.

I'm not about to let a stupid fake arm tell me who I am or what I'm capable of. It's like... my sister's help with my drum kit. Yeah, I couldn't play much without it, but that thing doesn't define me! It's like I keep telling everyone. [ and lying through her teeth all the while, too. Yin always gets so defensive and angry about this shit, that's not new, but there's a passion in the way she's talking about it now. ]

[me_matey]

Hey, look at me, I was not one of the people who pushed you in either direction. Prosthetic, no prosthetic, I stood with whatever choice YOU made.

But... this is a big step. I don't want to see you get hurt. -The sort of hurt that couldn't be explained away as phantom limbs or incompatible technology. The sort of hurt that went beyond the ego and right to the id of the matter.-

You need to think about who you are... with and without this... and who you'll be once you have it.

[longwei2go]

You think I haven't been thinking? I couldn't get this damn thing out of my head ever since I opened that stupid box. Every time I dropped a glass, or stubbed my toe, or had to get someone to reach over to hold something for me I thought: "hey, fuck me running, wouldn't it be great if I could do this myself?"

[ Yin frowned hard. ] I wish I knew who I was anymore. It might seem like a stupid, small thing but — I look in the mirror now, with these new eyes of mine, and I don't even see myself anymore. If I still had my "normal" tone, it'd be taken away by this new fuckery happening. Then what?