On new gear procurement

[justliketheolddays]

 Mun,
Finally getting down to your health and well being when it comes to tech?  Bout time damn time, soldier.  N7 was a good choice and the mat didn't hurt either.  It looks like the design and reviews on that come up to decent standards--and will mean you have more control.  That?  Yeah.  That means I get to die less often while that uglyass wireless mouse of yours lags like behind like molasses in the gears.  Took you long enough to save up for it.

Maybe that means your hand will stop that pins and needles crap.  Good hardware will save you some some serious shit.  Why do you think I wear this gear?  Quality, that's why.  Having your hardsuit fail during an op could cost you your life.  Kinda like having your mouse fail you in the middle of getting your ass fried by a Reaper--  Oh, right.  You remember that pretty vividly.  Me too.

You should probably get that coffee, it'll help ease the dramatic sense of monetary loss that'll be incoming any second now.  

P.S.: Thanks for finally getting off your ass and making a few more icons.  Once you get that mouse and shit?  I expect those slots will get filled.  Right?  Right. 

Comments

[space_viper]

An N7 mouse... Now I we really have seen it all.

I mean, I remember those things from museums, but...

[justliketheolddays]

If there's a thought, it probably exists in one form or another. Sometimes for the worse, sometimes for the not so worse. Apparently, they make an N7 keyboard as well. She's not getting that.

[space_viper]

Heh, keyboard... The non-holographic kind? Now I know how Javik felt.

[justliketheolddays]

The non holographic ones are primitive but almost adorable in their own special way.

[There's a long pause.]

Hopefully Javik's thoughts don't slide on in that direction. That might be more than I can handle.

[space_viper]

I'd say there's a bunch of spare junk aboard the Normandy she can have, but I'm pretty sure Tali's rigged a spare drive core out of it by now...

[Like those weird boxes of stuff piled up not far from the war room, which just kind of... Hung around. Like the gambling room nobody ever used.]

You realise she will be buying one, right? I mean, she got the clothing, from what I hear, so... Just be thankful she didn't get that other one they do, with the hundreds of buttons. Or that thing.

[justliketheolddays]

Tali would. [Her laughter is bright and she shakes her head.]

The mun swears she's not shelling out the $139.00 for a damned keyboard, however badass it looks. She likes the shirt and hoodie she got, though. I can't blame her for that. They're both comfortable.

[Sarka eyes that contraption for awhile.]

Oh shit. That thing. That is ugly as a Banshee. What the hell would you do with that many goddamn buttons? And will it make coffee? Because that's the most important part.

[space_viper]

It's... Functional. Better having too many than not enough, I guess. Looks like something from Joker's porn collection - or a way to navigate it.

[justliketheolddays]

Looks over-complicated to me, like having a million and a half environmental controls when all you need is a handful. I'll give you that bit about Joker's porn collection. He'd have to have that many buttons.

[space_viper]

I think Joker's got more than enough, um... Knobs to twiddle, when it comes to that.

I really shouldn't be having this conversation with myself.

[justliketheolddays]

...the visuals. I didn't need them.

Knob twiddling. Joker.

I can't. [She raises her hands.] I can't even un-see that if I wanted.

[space_viper]

Believe me, I know... I know.

[justliketheolddays]

I need to. Wash, wring, and then set my soul on fire with Turian whiskey. [Can the mun please reload that last save so Joker, porn, and all mentions of knobs can be retconned? No? Fucksticks.]

[space_viper]

Ever since that escapade in Illusive Man HQ and that video log... There are times I almost wish I hadn't seen it.

[justliketheolddays]

That log. [She scrubs at her eyes like that's going to make a damned difference.] Was special. It was also hilarious to think of Joker and EDI spamming Cerberus with porn. I may have cheered.

[space_viper]

I admit, a part of me found it amusing. Then another part of me kicked in. The part with worries about an AI capable of analysing pornography for optimal freaking impact... Then I got back to the ship and realised how much analysis EDI would've had to devote processing power to.

Don't know about you, but I made damned sure to check that crazy VI of us hadn't got 'accidentally' installed anywhere on the ship, after that.

[risingshepard]

...No, seriously? You were on the business end of a Reaper's cannon?

[Like she isn't going to be when her mun finally decides to say 'screw it' and play ME3 to continue her canon...] How the hell did that even happen?

[justliketheolddays]

It's EDI. It probably took her less than ten minutes to do that. I kinda thought that VI was amusing, myself. But yeah, I checked to make sure Vega or Joker hadn't stashed it.

I have enough to deal with.

[justliketheolddays]

Longass story with a nuke it from orbit strategy. I hate dodging lasers.