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[hybridification]

[Rhys shows up on-camera, his brows furrowed slightly at the communications device. You're probably gonna notice pretty quickly that there's a mechanical port on the side of his head, and the corresponding eye is a bright, unnatural blue. And, of course, that he's sporting a yellow mechanical arm in place of an actual biological one.

But hey, nobody's perfect. Without much further ado, he turns the phone over so the camera is facing the floor, and there's definitely the sound of some buttons being pressed, some tampering that sounds like he's attempting to remove the back panel.]

Oh, for the love of- [The phone drops to the floor, the screen going dark. Rhys picks it up a minute later, flipping it back over so the camera is facing him again.] What kind of backwards tech is this? You have the technology to teleport us to different realities and you decide to give us an outdated ECHO recorder that my grandma could have built?

Look, is anyone on this junkheap versed with the network systems you've got going here? 'cause I've got the same functions in my arm and that's way more convenient for me. I've been trying to access it directly, but it'll probably take me awhile. If anyone knows how to cut corners, you know, now's the time to be helpful.

Also, hey. I'm Rhys: hero from Hyperion, new arrival, good with technology. [A pause, and then-] ...and if any of you are from Pandora, then you should know that I'm a totally laidback and innocent guy, and I didn't do it.

[[ooc: Forgot to post this earlier, but here is Rhys' Permissions post!]]

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[worthtempting]

You neglected to mention the hero bit when we met.

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[hybridification]

I was also mostly naked. I think that's a good excuse for avoiding the long introduction.

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[worthtempting]

'Hero from Hyperion' isn't all that long. And very alliterative, that's always nice.

[yes, she's definitely teasing.]

You can make these devices work through your arm? How?

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[hybridification]

That's kind of what I'm asking the others about.

[He shrugs, lifting his hand. The hologram of a screen emerges from his palm as it should, but instead of any sort of information, the screen just flickers black with 'CONNECTION NOT FOUND' blinking beneath it.]

I should be able to access the network remotely, but it's... not letting me. Probably just need to find the actual server and plug in to get access. Think you can help with this?

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[circumitus]

[Whoa, she actually knows someone like this guy in her world.]

Is that a Bridge? [She asks this while pointing to the side of her own head, where the visible port is on Rhys.]

[video]

[hybridification]

[Rhys tilts his head at the question, his lips pursed thoughtfully.]

Eh, depends on what a 'Bridge' is. Can one of those download data into your brain? 'cause that's what it does.

[video]

[circumitus]

[Color Rey intrigued.]

Yes, actually. As well as remote hack into surveillance and consoles and such. Only knew one person who was compatible with technology like that -- without suffering brain damage, that is.

Assuming you're human, of course. [He looks human. Mostly. But then again, so does she.]

[video]

[hybridification]

The hacking comes more from the ECHO-eye. [He indicates toward the discolored eye near the port, and it glows a white-blue for a moment, demonstrating.] But yeah, same difference.

[Rhys shrugs.] Human through and through. Except for, you know, obvious enhancements. And, uh- no brain damage.

[Well... debatable.]

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[punchings]

You know announcing you're totally innocent and all that makes you look so shady, right? [ a nice helpful comment from malia to start things off ] If this tech is old news to you, does that mean you're from the future?

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[hybridification]

Well- uh, funny story about that. [He just sort of awkwardly rubs at the back of his neck.] I mean, it's not really- who I am, I mean I guess it kind of is, uh... I stick to my statement? Of being innocent?

[DEF. NOT SHADY.]

But- I guess? I don't know. What year is it here?

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[punchings]

God you're so shady! [ it's okay, she thinks it's hilarious so it's fine. ] What did you even do? You can't be some master villain or you'd be better at lying.

[ she still hasn't read most of the 'info pack' thing that gets recommendeds for newbies, so the question actually ends up a little harder to answer than it should be. ]

Well for me it's like 2013 [ lolmaybethanksteenwolf ] but here? I don't know. We didn't have space travel where I'm from.

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[hybridification]

No, no, that's not what I mean, I just- [God, there isn't a good way to explain this.] -a lot of people on Pandora don't like Hyperion for stuff that happened before my time. It tends to get guns aimed at me whenever I meet someone from there.

[And, you know, a bunch of other shit that went down. That could probably be considered is his fault though.]

Yeah, I don't... nah, nowhere near that. Future, I guess? [No space travel, what even is this.] What planet are you from?

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[birdarang]

[ Oooh, you kind of remind him of someone!

Robin's not going to say anything though. Instead he's gonna be mr. serious fuck me all and cross his arms, raising an eyebrow. ] Didn't do what?

[ Like this is really going to matter if they're in space. ]

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[hybridification]

Uh, anything? I'm pretty sure it was a sweeping generalization.

[Rhys just sort of shrugs.]

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[birdarang]

[ Robin raises an eyebrow. But he's just gonna let it drop.

He shakes his head. ] My name's Robin, anyway. Good to meet you, I guess.

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[hybridification]

Really? Isn't that a girl's name?

[He already introduced himself, so he doesn't bother. Instead, he's just going to eye Robin a little critically, as if trying to figure out if Robin is indeed a more appropriate name for a lady.

Sorry.]

[treasonista]

[ And I didn't do it? Now that is language Odessa speaks fluently. This is either a person she needs to befriend, or a person she needs to eliminate. Either way, she has to get to know him to make that assessment. ]

I'm afraid I can't help you with the technical aspects of the network. I expect what we have is dumbed down deliberately. Anyway, I can't help but admire your... hardware. What does it all do?

[hybridification]

[He offers Odessa a little grin- to be honest, it's a question that he's almost gotten used to in the last few days, even if back home most people took his enhancements in stride.]

Better question would be what doesn't it do? [A pause. He falters for a moment.] -er, well, the answer would be everything when I'm not connected, but!

If I can establish a connection to Hyperion then I can use it to scan and cross reference anything I come across with my corporation's database. Independent of that, I can generally hack most things, download data into my brain, and remotely control most computerized- you know, stuff.

[A pause.] And... actually, it also has the same functionality of these communicator things, but with way less baggage to carry around.

[treasonista]

Color me impressed. So you could have an entire dossier downloaded directly into your brain? Does that give you perfect recall of those files as well?

[ Somebody's fascinated. ]

[video] also "ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟ ʜʏᴘᴇʀɪᴏɴ ғᴜᴄᴋʙᴏʏ" alone makes me want to play

[abweichend]

[Yeah, all that tech crap pretty much flies riiiight over Levi's head...

But that other thing... METHINKS THE FUCKBOY DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH:]

If you were trying to look trustworthy that was shit way of going about it. All this is gonna accomplish is getting people to watch you more closely.

[From one ex- shady fuck to another, you know. Some friendly advice, there...

He says all of this as if anyone here has time to worry about tailing some (most likely harmless) rando but shhh he has a point.]

[video] if i could get away with just saying that for his personality section i would

[hybridification]

[WOW EXCUSE YOU.]

What- what do you mean? I'm declaring my innocence before someone accuses me of, you know, warmongering or whatever.

[Because hey, what else is Hyperion good for? Almost ending the world, killing thousands of people in the name of utopia, and manufacturing high quality useless guns?]

lmfao beautiful

[abweichend]

[Innocent people don't have to go around preemptively claiming their innocence okay, that's just bad PR!! Draws attention where it isn't needed yet, etc...

Levi isn't gonna comment on the obvious, though- instead, he's gonna make a mildly incredulous face.]

...Warmongering.

[Okay, maybe he is innocent- Levi cannot fathom this dude having the charisma to be involved in warmongering of all things. Innocent and paranoid then, maybe... Who knows?

...Either way, it all ends up the same- Levi thinks you're shifty as fuck, guy.]

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[wentdowntogeorgia]

My, what big eyes you have.

[This kid is clearly 0% suspicious what is everyone talking about, nothing to see here. Obviously normal.]

[Lucifer just wants to chat. Because, y'know, he's friendly like that.]

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[hybridification]

[Finally, someone who believes him. This guy must definitely be an upstanding gentleman who would never do a thing wrong in his life.]

...actually, I think they're kind of normal sized. [But now he's thinking about the size of his eyes and kind of wishing he had a mirror right now?]

Yours are a little small. I mean, if we're comparing. Are we comparing?

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[wentdowntogeorgia]

[He is only the most upstanding wavelength of celestial intent who never did a thing wrong in his life.]

Well, they're not really mine to begin with.

[Because that's not creepy at all?]

And if I was to make a guess, I'd say yours aren't all your original set, either.