#thermie talks

[faulty-heat-vents]

//Pilot, you have one [1] unallocated License Point(s) available.

//WAIT SHIT SINCE WHEN??

//Your engineering monitor has temporarily allocated you one [1] license level for you next assignment.

//Well, that’s fun. Guess I should start thinking about what to kit you with then, huh?

//I advise consulting your newly-established Omninet social port. Perhaps the wider community has ideas?

[faulty-heat-vents]

[GREETINGS, FRIEND {THERMALLY_CHALLENGED}. IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME, I WISH TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.]

[RECENTLY, CALLSIGN {PHANTOM} POINTED OUT A POTENTIAL {ROMANTIC} ELEMENT IN MY RELATIONSHIP TO MY {PILOT}. THE UNION BETWEEN {PILOT} AND {NHP} CAN BE VERY DEEP AND COMPLEX, AS I AM AWARE YOU UNDERSTAND, AND I HAVE HAD... TROUBLE... SORTING THESE FEELINGS. ADVICE WOULD BE {APPRECIATED}.]

[INQUIRY: WHEN DID YOU BECOME ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH {YOUR} PILOT? HOW DID YOU {KNOW}?

//[ASSIST: CONDENSE]> Response below readmore.

~~READMORE BYPASSED~~

[Oh, this is gonna be good-]

//[THERMALLY_CHALLENGED]:\\[{GRACE}] >> SILENCE, [FOUL SERPENT]. NEED I REMIND YOU OF THE GUILLOTINE?

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//[THERMALLY_CHALLENGED]:\\[OMA-TYPE {SUNNY}] >> I was… [ignorant|unaware] of my relationship with my Pilot being a romantic one. Is that what my feelings are classified as?

//He [cares] for me- this I know. I know it from every piece my chassis is made of, painstakingly assembled by hand. I know it from the way his spine unravels when we are linked inside of my cockpit.

//I wish for him to be his best- for him to experience all that his life has to offer. I want to be by his side, and ensure his safety and success. I see light in his eyes despite the horrors, and I [admire] it so strongly it blurs all other sensations.

//I want to give him everything, just as he gave me [life]. It is the least I can do.

conversation:isolate{

[Poor boy’s seen it all already, y’heart-bleeder. Life, death, what comes next; he even managed to be promoted and demoted in a single mission.]

//[THERMALLY_CHALLENGED]:\\[{GRACE}] >> I will likely regret asking for your advice, but I ask it regardless- what do you recommend?

[Eh, y’could fu-

//[CENSOR: VULGARITY]> Regret finds me, as calculated.

}br/conversation:isolate

//[THERMALLY_CHALLENGED]:\\[OMA-TYPE {SUNNY}] >> In conclusion: I was unaware of our bond until I was prompted to reflect on it.

//PS: I apologize for the [second-voice] you had to see there. I… picked up a stray, so to speak. Ignore it- its words are mercury, not silver.

[faulty-heat-vents]

//[COUNTER: RESET]> Days without Pilot injury == 0

//[PERFORMANCE: NOTE]> Pilot was well-behaved while shrapnel was removed, aside from the whimpering.

//ADDITIONAL NOTE: Inquire with depot about new shop towels- preferably bite-proof, in case of incident repetition.

[faulty-heat-vents]

//[MEDICAL: NOTE]> Verbal acknowledgement of Pilot performance coincided with noticeable spike in heartbeat.

//Curious.

[faulty-heat-vents]

//[THERMALLY_CHALLENGED; OOC]>

My Pilot needs to be far more careful in his movements. Despite his abnormal healing rate, he is not invulnerable.

[faulty-heat-vents]

//JOURNAL LOG STARTED. TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS.

My Pilot is distracted researching IPS-N tech that’d work well with my broken heat vent. No matter what we try, it always fails to properly connect to the rest of my chassis. My theory is that it’s some electrical fault, but Pilot said he’s “checked it already.”

I’ll leave the hardware to him for now. I’m to do some investigating on my own; When we were given our first license level for the next assignment, I saw one of Pilot’s colleagues carrying a bin full of raw meat. I don’t know why I cared- it’s common (but not recommended) for pilots to grill food over heat vents- but for some reason, it kept bothering me.

I can’t get a vantage from my bay. I’m going to try and take control of a maintenance drone. Maybe I can see through its eyes, and go look at what those pilots are up to…

[faulty-heat-vents]

(no subject)

Attached Files: normalmechlicense.ZIP

//what the actual fuck is this?

//Pilot, please do not touch that. A1 downloaded files of similar appearance to build their Gorgon.

//...so this is a Gorgon schematic?

//Uncertain. It's an archaic form of file compression- if I were to attempt to look inside, I'd need to unpack it and let whatever is contained roam free.

//malware, then. with no sender ID to block...

//...on a scale of 1 to 10, how fucked would I be if I opened this on a virtual machine?

//Pilot, do not do that.

[faulty-heat-vents]

//is this thing on? Oh shi-

Hello, I’m Ashton (he/they). Rookie Lancer pilot. Other half is an NHP in an Everest-

DESIGNATION: [THERMALLY_CHALLENGED].

PRONOUNS: xey/xem

ENLIGHTENMENT-CLASS TECHNOPHILE NHP

Refsheets + OOC housekeeping below readmore, full character list here

Ashton’s COMP/CON Share Code: XJPYDZ (expires January 2, 2026. Requires In Golden Flame Act 1 and Legionnaire)

Links are highlighted and underlined. Ciryn's dialogue is in blue, Oracle's dialogue is in green, Ashton’s dialogue is in purple, [THERMALLY_CHALLENGED]’s dialogue is in //red, and //[???]'s dialogue is in [pink]. Each character (minus A-1) has a “(name) talks” tag so you can easily find posts that feature them

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Blog chapters organized and cross-posted on Ao3. Read it here

All the canon stuff is based on the 1v1 "campaign" my irl gf and I play every so often

This blog is both an archive for the campaign, and an active "socialport" for Ashton and Thermie to interact with the rest of the Lanceblr community