slobjection | [catchall for 45]

[ phoenix, that's a stick ]

... Do you expect me to eat this, or...

Yes. Bon appetite.

[ he says that so seriously... then eases up. ]

But no. Follow my lead.

[ he starts putting marshmallows and graham crackers and chocolate on it... ]

[ she's just. watching him. ]

... I was under the impression that you roasted the marshmallow only. Wouldn't the crackers break?

Not if you're careful. It's a precise art, one only someone like you can master.

[ look at him rotate and roast!! try it, 45 ]

[ fine, she'll make the dumb cracker sandwich. by which i mean she'll very carefully poke the stick through. one of those little hole parts that graham crackers have. ]

Is that so... And the same goes for the chocolate, I presume?

[ he is very proud. ]

Exactly. I'm sure you're going to do this better than I am.

I wouldn't necessarily put much stock in that, Herr Phoenix. There's very little reason for me to be any better at this than you, after all.

[ if she twists the pointy end of the stick enough it'll drill a hole through the chocolate, right... ]

[ sure..... ]

I'm sure you'll be an expert in no time. And I expect progress check-ins.

Stay alive this time, and we'll see about the check-ins.

[ hmm, this means she has to stay alive too. ]

I'll do my best... and expect the same in return.

[ stay alive for s'mores and no other reason ]

You know I can only do the same.

[ try their best, that is. ]

No guarantees, of course, but...

[ these smores better be worth it ]

Hmm... yeah.

[ phoenix's is done roasting, so if 45's is a disaster he'll offer her his. ]

Ready?

[ phoenix started before she did, so hers is not quite there yet. ]

You know, I'm not sure whether I'm surprised or not that yours hasn't caught fire.

Do you think so little of my cooking?

[ she should.. though he's gonna wait for hers to be done before he takes a bite of his ]

I believe you were in the middle of burning grilled cheese at some point, early on, back in the mansion. Should I have assumed that was the exception and not the rule?

[ hmm, it's getting there- though it looks like the marshmallow wants to ooze its way free of the stick and graham cracker both by the time it's taken out of the flames.

she's just going to leave it be and let it cool down a bit first, she guesses. ]

I'd be hurt if you assumed anything else, 45.

[ but also maybe he was testing something else... wow mysterious. ]

Can you burn your tongue? Don't think I ever asked.

[ truly mysterious. but she shrugs, mildly. ]

Any form of receptor can be damaged by too much heat, and we have pain responses to tell us not to do things that would damage ourselves.

It's not exactly burning ourselves, but for all intents and purposes it simulates it close enough.

Guess I don't know enough about technology......

[ he's not touching his s'more until she's ready to eat, though!!! ]

You can just blame your engineers for that. There have been dolls designed and programmed to have food allergies.

[ this is actual canon lore and characters incanon also just go 'literally why tho' ]

For people who really don't want to think of us as persons, they certainly go through a lot of unnecessary effort to make us resemble them.

Maybe they do and they're just very bad at expressing it.

[ i'm crying at this lore ]

No, no, we're property. Trust me.

[ anyway check out these s'mores, though. ]

Did you tell Akira that...?

Not quite in as many words, but he's aware that any of us existing without a registered owner or master is a bit of an illegal thing.

What about the part where you called yourself property?

[ shots fired!! ]

What I think on the matter has little bearing on how we're treated when I come from, Herr Phoenix.

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