( open + closed ) i bet you didn't know that i was dangerous

[moneyman]

CHARACTERS: Vaughn aaaaand open! (with some closed stuff too)
DATE: 1/21
WARNINGS: Vague spoilers for Tales from the Borderlands, will update if there's anything else!
SUMMARY: It's a canon update! There are a couple of open prompts and some closed ones in the comments. Also feel free to drop me a wildcard or PM/PP me at clickboom if you want something!

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[moneyman]

[ he pushes himself back up just in time to get hit in the face with the pen. not in the eye, at least, but the face nonetheless. he flinches and makes a whiny noise, but doesn't complain. he probably deserved that.

a moment later, he picks it up, fiddling with it thoughtfully. ]

It's fine, I already know I was useless. I mean, I spent the end of the last one hiding in the corner of an abandoned building. [ Rhys was there, too, but he's just going to conveniently leave that part out. bros don't out bros on their incompetence. ] I have no delusions about that. But yeah, I... should be able to help out a little more this time. That'll be nice.

[cachemoney]

[Eyepatches are all the rage, okay, he would have looked cool as fuck.

Also: she didn't hear about the huddled in an abandoned building part. That is not super encouraging, but she'll try not to hold it against him in his new role as a super competent bandit leader.]

Well, if this mission even involves, uh. Situations in which you have the opportunity not to hide in a corner? [She taps the Earth history book on her desk.] Things seem pretty tame, but who knows.

[moneyman]

[ maybe, but he's pretty done with eyewear for awhile. he also values his depth perception... but pirates wear eyepatches, and pirates are cool. it's a tough call.

in any case, he wouldn't exactly be shocked to hear that Rhys didn't tell her about their heroic day of running with all their stuff into the ghost town and then camping out there until the lasers stopped. it was pretty embarrassing. ]

Oh, I won't be hiding in any corners this time. [ pause. ] Probably. I mean, sometimes that's objectively the best option, so I can't make any promises. [ he nods toward the book, suddenly curious. ] Anything especially interesting in there?

[cachemoney]

Haha. Yeah, never rule that out. [Maybe it's a super-awesome regenerative corner! Maybe the corner gives you gold if you stand in it. There are countless possibilities.

When he nods toward the book, she glances back at it.] Oh. [Picking it up, she moves to gently toss it underhand to him, assuming that with his New Look has also come New Eye-Hand Coordination.]

It looks like we're just at the beginning of a technological boom. So... there is electricity. And running water. But communication tech seems pretty primitive. You Hyperion boys would be the expert in that, though. --well, ex-Hyperion, I guess.

[moneyman]

[ yes, fortunately, it does. which is good, because otherwise he probably would have somehow taken it to the face again, and this time it would have actually hurt. he catches it easily. so impressive. ]

Hmm. Good thing we've still got the magitek, then. Buuut a technological boom, huh? That's kinda exciting. I mean, the technology in question probably sucks, but hey. I'm thinking of working with that stuff as part of my cover. I'm going to sound like a genius. [ he smiles proudly, as if that were actually a good idea, and then pats the book. ] Mind if I borrow this?

[cachemoney]

[She waves dismissively.] Yeah, go ahead. I'm pretty sure I got all I could get out of it, anyway -- it's mostly history and politics, which I am so sure is going to come up in every day conversation. [Not really. But it's better than nothing, probably.]

Sounds like you're putting way more thought into your cover than I am. I'm just kind of... [She waves her hands vaguely.] Gonna make it up as I go along.

[moneyman]

Awesome, thanks. [ he'll probably read the entire goddamned thing, because of course he will. once a nerd, always a nerd. ]

Yeah, well, I'm not anywhere near as good at improvising as you are, so I kinda have to do some planning. [ remember when he tried to help out with her campfire story? yeah. he shrugs. ] I guess I could always just steal Rhys's "I'm a billionaire with a parrot" idea, but I dunno if I could pull that off very well.