December catch-all OTA

[yorhaberserker]

🧙 WHO: A2 & you!
⚔️️ WHAT: Day to day life
🕒 WHEN: Throughout Dec
🗺️ WHERE: Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: None

If I decide more will be added. A2 stepped outside from the inn that she’d been staying at since she arrived. She hadn’t really thought about getting another place anyways. Her needs were few after all. She stopped, stunned as she looked around Camelot. She wasn’t sure if she was seeing things when she saw everything covered in white and the flakes coming from the sky.

“Snow?” She whispered in awe as she took a few more steps out into the sidewalk. She felt an involuntary shiver, and was surprised that her internal thermostat hadn’t adjusted yet. Though to be fair she literally had just stepped outside.

She knelt down and scooped some of the frozen water into her hand, sniffing it. She was surprised that there wasn’t a scent to it. Most things had scent. She giggled a bit as she kicked some up just to see what would happen. She started down towards the park to see how it looked with the snow, her eyes sparkling as the flakes fell on her. She wasn’t really dressed for the weather, though she was wearing more than she normally had on. A pair of pants and a blouse that she had left partially unbuttoned.

At the park she watched as people were throwing balls of snow at each other and others rolling up to make what appeared to be snow forms as well. The whole thing was mindblowing to her. Rain, sun, fog, those things she knew, but snow. It never fell, at least on her part of her world.

“Isn’t this amazing?” She asked the nearest person.

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[beewulf]

"Is it?"

He looks down from young lady in question, then to the snow. Coming from further North this sort of thing wasn't all that amazing. Well it is amazing, just not in the fun sort of way generally.

"Hm, suppose it can be. Not used to snow, are you?"

[yorhaberserker]

"It is. The last time I experienced it was up on the mountain. Not nearly as friendly as this snow seems." She told the man that spoke to her.

She then shook her head. "No, there isn't such a vast fluctuation of temperature or precipitation where I come from." She said giving him a little smile. "Mostly rain and fog, that's about it."

[beewulf]

"Oh yes, mountains can be treacherous places." He should know, coming from Northern Europe and all. Treacherous and inhospitable in winter. That never really changed no matter where he went.

"A place without frequent or any snow then. Guess this would be a game changer for you." He hums and then looks back to the white fluff falling around them. "You should consider a change of clothes though."

Not like Mr. Shirtless here was one to talk.

[yorhaberserker]

“Yes, mountains are not exactly ideal. For any situation when one comes down to it.” A2 said, keeping the small smile on her face as she watched the snow land on the black of her hand. “You are correct, this is a ‘game’ changer as you put it. My second experience with it, and it’s far more pleasant than my first.”

She looked down at her clothes, not thinking that there was anything wrong with them. She wasn’t feeling cold. This snow didn’t seem to have the unnatural quality as the previous. “Oh I’m fine. My internal thermostat can adjust my body temperature to keep me warm and running optimally.” Then she looked at his shirtless torso. “You on the other hand…” She giggled softly. “You ought to be pretty cold without a top on.”

[mithrarin]

As usual, Dust found himself drawn towards A2 when he noticed her. Which was normal, one wanted to be with one's friends, right?

"It's a lot better when it isn't trying to make us slide down a mountain," he said after a moment, with a smile.

[yorhaberserker]

She heard his voice coming from behind her and turned to look over her shoulder at him, giving him a warm smile. "Hello Dust, and yes. So much better than when it's trying to complicate matters."

She reached out a hand to try to catch one of the flakes. "This snow seems more playful than what was up on the mountain." She added, though it probably sounded like strange wording. "And it looks like so many people are enjoying it too."

[mithrarin]

"It was like this last year, too." He'd been here so long... saying it out loud just drove that home. All this time and he had yet to accomplish anything. Some Sen-Mithrarin he was turning out to be. "There's a ritual sometime soon, and the seasons keep turning, I guess."

[yorhaberserker]

"Really? They do like their seasonal rituals here, don't they?" She asked when she looked at him. Her smile soft and gentle. "Like this last year..." She glanced up at the snow as it came down, a snowflake lighting on the tip of her nose.

"Do people always play in it like this too?" She asked.

[mithrarin]

"Yeah, all the time. Later on they'll have us running around in robes because it's part of some ritual, too." Dust remembered that part pretty keenly, because... awkward.

[yorhaberserker]

“Running around in robes? Wouldn’t that be a little cold for most people?” She wrinkled her nose trying to imagine it. But she had learned that this place definitely had its own quirks and belief systems. She did find them fascinating, since she only knew about religion and beliefs from the information she had. Even though some would argue that the android’s religion, their gods were humans. But they didn’t have any rituals for that, except killing machines.

“I take it you found yourself running around in robes to assist in their ritual?” She asked. There was almost a playful, teasing lilt to her words as she grinned at him.

[mithrarin]

"It was a ritual!" Dust said, almost too quickly, as a faint blush showed through his fur. "I wasn't going to get naked for it, but I thought I had to participate."

Dust could handle a lot of teasing, but for some reason this particular tease from this particular girl slipped right through his defenses!

[yorhaberserker]

She laughed warmly at his quick response. It was cute how flustered he was getting. “Were they expecting you to?” She asked, her eyes sparkling. She was enjoying playing with him.

The reactions she was getting was beautiful, though she’s didn’t quite understand why he would get embarrassed.

[mithrarin]

"They said we were supposed to! But we could wear a robe if we wanted." Now she's picking on him! "Most people took that option!"

[yorhaberserker]

“With my understanding of people and their views of modesty; I can see that most would choose the robe option.” She said as she reached down to pick up some snow.

“If given an option I don’t know what I would do.” She mused.

[mithrarin]

Dust leaned back slightly in momentary surprise, before logic reasserted itself and he made sense of her statement. "I guess being mechanical means that sort of thing isn't the same..."

[yorhaberserker]

"I am built just like a human, though I'm in worse repair then the other models. It's just, not something that crosses us, since we aren't often put in those situations." She said smiling at him. "We have all the same parts as a human after all." She shrugged.

"So no, mechanical doesn't absolve it. Especially if one of the personalities we're given have that as part of them."

[mithrarin]

"You've never looked in bad repair to me." Of course, he didn't have other androids to compare her to, but if it was just a matter of comparing to humans? "Still, I..."

Yeah, he didn't understand.

[yorhaberserker]

She blushed softly at the compliment. "I'm glad you think so." She said as she listened to him, though she couldn't help but an amused giggle at him not quite understanding what she had said.

[mithrarin]

"Still, it wouldn't bother you? For everyone to... see you?" She was still human-looking under her clothes, right? So wouldn't it be the same?

Dust was turning redder by the moment as his thoughts wandered down this path.

[yorhaberserker]

She thought about that and finally shook her head. "No, I don't think it really would. It's just a body. But again, I don't think that the humans really programmed that issue into us." She added shrugging.

She was quite human under her clothes, except where she had to remove the outer layer of skin for repairs. "But I don't think I could accurately say yes or no unless I was actually put in that situation."

[mithrarin]

"I'd think it's up to you. Programmed or not, you could choose. Since we're probably going to be put in that situation."

That would be troublesome. Not for him! But for A2, who would attract so much attention if she didn't choose to wear the robe.

[yorhaberserker]

She blinked at that. She hadn't expected that sort of answer on it. "We are?" She asked a little surprised.

"Then I suppose when and if we encounter it, I'll have to decide from there."

[mithrarin]

"I--yeah, you... just -- yeah." Okay, Dust, you have no useful words; time to stop talking. "Just --" No, no, stop talking.

[yorhaberserker]

She giggled softly when she was hearing him stumble over his words. She didn't quite understand why though, but it was cute. "Just what?" She asked tilting her head inquisitively.

[mithrarin]

"I don't know," Dust admitted, after an embarrassed moment of silence. "What you do -- isn't my business. I'm awful at this sort of thing anyway."

[yorhaberserker]

She bent down and picked up some snow and formed it into a ball. "Awful at what sort of thing?" She asked, the coldness not really bothering her too much, because of the natural and non-magical nature of it.

[mithrarin]

A2 could you just have some mercy --!

"...whether anyone should be seeing anyone naked," Dust growled out through clenched teeth.

[yorhaberserker]

No, she cannot. She doesn't even realize what she's doing to him. She glances down at the snow ball in her hand and looked up at him.

"I hear that nakedness was frowned upon with the humans. Though I cannot quite understand why." She said innocently then grinned mischievously.

"Heads up." She tossed the snowball at him, giggling.

[mithrarin]

"It's not just humans. It's about intimacy, and --"

Dust might have had more to say, or he might have just babbled or sputtered a bit more because he was out of his depth. She'll never know, because the snowball smacked into him abruptly, cutting him off.

Turns out all those combat reflexes and whatnot could be overcome just by flustering him sufficiently.

[yorhaberserker]

"Intimacy? Hm..." She mused. She couldn't resist a little laugh when he spluttered a bit. It was cute, she wasn't going to lie about that. Though she was sure that he'd get even.