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[theboogieman]

Who: Zhas
Broadcast: Video
Action: N/A
When: Nebulous now-time

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[for once, Zhas is not wearing a full face of skull makeup.

so for all intents and purposes, this looks like a video feed of a pretty normal guy propping up his communicator on something so that he doesn't have to hold it. as he steps back, his eyes go a little glowy in the dim light of the Red Fish's cargo bay--but that's not the focus, here.

his expression stays blank, but he brings his hands up to sign, in very clear ASL:] 'Who understands sign language?'

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What kind of partner?

[Asuka's one visible eye narrows. It's easy enough to catch where his gaze is going when it's what most people do the first time they see her. But he's so blatant about it. She almost wonders if he'll haul off and ask about it with as much bare obliviousness as a four-year-old, so she tries not to give him an opening-- and stares at-- what is that, remnants of paint? yeah-- under his eyes. Not exactly flattering.]

[He'd asked about sign language over the network. That doesn't mean he is who he says he is, but if Coil hasn't been disturbed by his arrival, then...] You're too old for him.

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[theboogieman]

[he might have asked about it, had she not distracted him with a sufficiently horrifying statement.

he laughs.

it's not a good sound--a gravelly, disgusted thing from the throat of someone who never talks--and the noise seems to take him by surprise by the way he brings his hand up to his face to half-cover his mouth.]

We kill things together. [--is the way he tries to specify, fighting off a lingering smirk.]

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[His laugh is like rocks rattling in a glass jar, thoroughly unpleasant. Like someone who forgot how to laugh at all. Asuka's used to that, really, and she won't let herself indulge in more than half a second of private relief that Coil hasn't ended up with an asshole of a boyfriend onboard.]

That's descriptive. [Maybe piloting Eva could be described the same way, but she hadn't ever considered it like that. She stopped being naive enough to think that she was really saving the world a long time ago, but neither was she doing something underhanded and shadowy. Eva piloting had full governmental support once upon a time. She crosses her arms.] Do you say more than two words at a time, or what?

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[theboogieman]

[he shakes his head, immediately. it's an honest answer, even if the half-a-smirk still on his face makes him look like a total smartass.

he thinks he's been talking far more than usual. she should be honored, honestly--though he's already getting the feeling she may be less than impressed with him for the rest of her natural life.

funny, funny. Coil didn't say much about her, aside from her being loud and mean; had he been hoping the two of them would somehow never interact on their tiny, confined ship?]

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[Asuka's not sure why she's indulging him at the moment. It's not that he can't talk; he just won't, and that's frustrating. She'd be better served to go back to her room, but that would feel too much like backing down from this smarmy weirdo.]

What's your assignment?

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[theboogieman]

Hm.

[he thought he knew. he had an answer on the tip of his tongue, but it's wrong now--and he has to look back over in the direction of the bridge to get it right.]

... Pilot.

[because Atroma likes ruining everyone's lives.]