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[cyberlife]

I agree. It also sounds far safer. As exhilarating as navigating through asteroids sounds, I don't want our maiden voyage to go up in flames.

Let's make it back in one piece.

I'll be all set to purchase these as soon as my next pay check gets deposited. Did you have a preference for when you wanted to depart?

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Tell me how much I owe you, and I'll transfer it. My job may be amateur hour, but it pays well.

[ he's got that money money money ♫ ]

Unfortunately, I reckon I just got out of the doghouse with my flatmates, so I shouldn't disappear on a space holiday with you for a wee bit.
Could shoot for the end of the month or later?

[ what's the turnaround time on planning space vacays anyway... ]

[cyberlife]

(ooh baby, sugar daddy vibes.)

I didn't expect you to pay for any of it.

(nvm it's the other way around now.)

We can take our time with the dates, I am flexible and Markus is more than capable of taking care of things here himself. The end of the month sounds like a fine time, since I'll be able to remove my sling.

I imagine you need full range of motion in space.

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[ ok wait he wants to address the heartwarming cohabitation of his favourite androids and connor's deeply important recovery but whomst is the sugar daddy here ]

You can't just buy me a space holiday, Connor.
What'll the girlfriend think?

[ don't romance him, you cad. ]

[cyberlife]

On the contrary, I can do whatever I'd like with my money. This is the first opportunity I've had to earn it.

Would she like to come along?

(THIS SASS)

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[ WHEN DID HE GET SO COCKY ]

Well, yes.
I suppose you can.

[ nailed it. he can hear jemma saying oh, fitz now. and he gently ignores the invite because she's not here ha ha ha. ]

It's just a bit of a grand gesture.

[ does he even... understand... ]

[cyberlife]

(jemma where are you, please come babysit these children.)

The money I make here has been allocated to basic living expenses, the occasional dinner out, and shopping when there are articles of clothing Markus and I need to buy. It'd be a waste if I didn't use it to explore as much as I could - especially when I could learn so much from each trip.

It's no object, Fitz.

What do you mean by "grand gesture"?

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It's not the sort of thing people just do for each other.
Big expenses, special trips — you save them up for important people in your life.

[ just let him keep digging... ]

Not that you're not important.
You are.
It's just unexpected.
When you don't know a lot about me, I mean.

[cyberlife]

(oh.

so, by human standards, this kind of thing is unorthodox — from what fitz is implying, it's a romantic gesture. maybe he's not as good at the whole social graces thing as he thought. jaw tightening, connor figures he should backtrack.)

I'm sorry, I didn't realize that was the case.

If you'd feel more comfortable paying, then of course I'll accept half of the total cost.

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[ oh my god no no oh no

rapidfire messages ]

Hey, no, it's just me that's being funny.
You're being great. You've been great the whole time.
I'm off-kilter without my partner — without Jemma, that's all. I know she'd want me to go.
And she'd really like you. She'd want to go, too, if she were here.

[ no, she'd swat him and say "fitz, you're being horrible," but it's the same sentiment at heart... ]

[cyberlife]

("she'd really like you".

... proverbial tail-wagging.)

She sounds very special to you. I'd like to meet her, someday.

1/2

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[ somehow this ended with connor still paying for the space honeymoon. cool. ]

She's the best person in any universe.
So I hope you get the chance.

[ UTTERLY SINCERE. he's thought about it a lot. the math checks out. jemma's the best person across the infinite parallel universes of the great big multiverse. ]

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Anyway, you're living with Markus, yeah?
Is it just you two? All going well?

[ are you happy are you friends is everything great do you need anything ]

[cyberlife]

(his reply gets a tug of a smile out of him, thankful his friend has someone so seemingly wonderful to rely on.

jemma. he'll remember that.)

Yes, we're doing very well. Thank you for asking.

We have an apartment together in one of the more suspect communities, but it was the only decent one I could find that fit my salary at the time. The restaurant downstairs turns into a club in the evenings, so it's a bit loud but otherwise suitable.

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[ wow team shield has three individuals in the science and technology sectors, plus fitz's lucrative side gig with the hi-jacks, so they live somewhere much nicer oops. ]

And neither of you are the clubbing type?

[ a joke but also should he get them noise cancelling headphones.... is that weird it's definitely weird ]

[cyberlife]

No, we like to leave before they make the switch.

I have been to a club before, but that was for a homocide investigation.

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Naturally.

[ ah, the days of homicide investigations... jemma doing autopsies and fitz wishing he were literally anywhere else... what a holiday that would be now. ]

You investigate a lot of homicides?

[cyberlife]

Yes, there have been a few cases since my activation - all perpetrated by the deviant androids I was sent to investigate.

That was the purpose I was built to serve.

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[ !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

What happens to a deviant android?

[ do you happen to them, connor? ]

[cyberlife]

(he used to. that's what makes him wring his hand over the other before eventually lacing his fingers to stop the needless habit.)

They're deactivated and disassembled for research and development. Then, eventually, if their code is deemed unsalvageable, they're deleted.

But that won't happen anymore.

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[ a little piece of connor and markus' detroit slips into place. huh. ]

Did you decide that here or earlier?

[ NO CHILL ]

[cyberlife]

Before I arrived. After I met Markus.

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[ oh.

a single person in your life really can change everything, can't they? ]

I want to hear about that some time, if you'd be willing to tell me.

[ not like this, without seeing connor's face and hearing the minute tells in his voice. ]

[cyberlife]

I'll raise awareness in any way that I can, if it helps humans understand.

(that's what he strives for now. to help markus and his people in hopes that this guilt will recede. if it doesn't those feelings are something he's willing to bear. sometimes it still feels like forgiveness is too much to ask of them.

even if that wasn't really him.)

You won't find any restrictions on the questions you're able to ask me. So anytime, anywhere, I'll be ready to answer them.

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I'm not trying to understand you as an android, Connor. I mean, a little, cause I'm an engineer and it's relevant to our situation, but.
It's you as a person that interests me most, human or android or otherwise.

[ as a person a little like him, maybe, who has to make the conscious choice to be good. ]

Thank you for being honest with me.