#degausseur

[impfiltration-archive]

You know... I’ve actually already technically beaten Shiro at arm wrestling before. Looks I’m the stronger sibling-- again.

[headtechnician]

Who knew we’d have to revisit the family rules on clones...

For the third time.

[atlaslived]

"arm wrestling with your robot arm is DEFINITELY cheating."

DON’T CALL ME OUT LIKE THIS   ⋆⋆   @degausseur

UHM.

     “ no it isn’t. ”  and he’s offended that you would ever accuse him of cheating at ANYTHING, matt. arms fold, almost defiant, and shiro frowns.  “ half of the people there were using robot arms, and it’s not like any of the judges called it as a rule violation. ”

this hadn’t been like those arm wrestling competitions he’d entered back when they were cadets  ( and WON, thank you! …well, won most of. ),  these opponents had been GIGANTIC ALIENS. a lot of whom had their own cybernetics! it had been totally fair to use his own.

a beat, and then an eyebrow quirks, along with one corner of his mouth.

     “ but if you think i couldn’t have done it with my OTHER arm,          i’m happy to prove you wrong. ”

                                   ACCEPT CHALLENGE?  Y / N

[stolenbystars]

"I know how to keep a secret." wink wonk. he does. really, adam. trust him.

★ --- send me stuff // @degausseur

                        “ i’d believe that more WITHOUT the suspicious wink. ”

& THIS is the moment wherein adam makes mental note to never trust matt with sensitive information.

[greenbuilt-blog1]

015. fist bump

SOFT TOUCH   ❧   @degausseur

  The fist held out toward her, raised to about the height of her nose, has Green merely staring at it for a tick. Clearly the Pidgeling’s sibling is expecting SOMETHING from her, but she’s uncertain as to what. This is a prompt she has never been held with before — another human custom, she supposes, that she has yet to understand.

Head cocking to the side inquisitively, the small synthetic form of the Green Lion raises to her paws and moves closer. Craning her neck, she gives the fist a sniff, tail swishing to one side behind her as she’s given no clues. Bright yellow eyes raise to Matt’s face, which she scrutinizes, tries to get some read on the expression he wears. She feels as though she’s being TESTED, and it’s a mite frustrating if only because she doesn’t know the answer, but if it is a test, she doesn’t want to ASK what she’s meant to do.

Finally, after some deliberation, she settles on a course of action. Rather than raise a paw, the lioness simply nudges her forehead against Matt’s fist, then proceeds to rub the side of her face against his knuckles. Regardless of whether this is the CORRECT response or not, it feels nice.

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pidge observation #503:

between matt and shiro, i have 1/4 of a robotic brother

[atlaslived]

original garrison trio matt, shiro, & adam:

two of them look like nerds and teacher's pet & one of them holds more of a ""cool"" aesthetic & even gets buff toward the end of their time as cadets. the twist is that the nerds are the ones who create & embrace chaos while jock boy is actually the weenie good kid who gets dragged along on shenanigans, whining the whole way.

[atlaslived]

"easy," the smirk is returned with a fire, hands clasping. and just as he feels himself lose ground, matt slips his other hand under the table to tickle him--- the rebels definitely didn't teach him to fight fair.

YOU CHEATING LITTLE SHIT   ⋆⋆  @degausseur

  there’s no surprise when he feels the give begin in matt’s arm and he starts to gain advantage, but it does nothing to lessen his determination. a thrill of adrenaline courses through him, and shiro continues to apply force against matt’s arm. another few ticks AT MOST, he thinks.

  —except then there are feather-light brushes of fingertips against his side. with an undignified noise one can only label as a YELP, shiro’s grip falters as his body moves instinctively away from the tickling hand. it all happens in under a tick; suddenly HIS ARM is pinned against the table, his body held in an awkward arc away from matt’s free hand, and the realization of BETRAYAL starts to set in.

     “ matt, ”  affronted, there’s disbelief mixed into a tone that threatens a lecture. it’s low enough, using his weakness against him, but using it to CHEAT like this? …shiro wishes he was actually more surprised. he expected some integrity, but it seems he’s forgotten some of the aspects of dealing with MATT HOLT.

     “ you can’t claim i cheated and then ACTUALLY CHEAT for yourself. that’s— ”  he falters, honestly frustrated to the point where he’s momentarily at a loss for the right words to describe the situation.  “ —that does NOT count. ”