@nekrotisch: Smash or pass + @ymirgel: 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒 + cassandra smash or pass
His first thought (if it can be called that, more distracted acknowledgement than coherent statement that it is), when confronted with this farcical interrogation, is that surely Ymir has been strong armed (metaphorically speaking, of course!) into participation, as he can't for the life of him imagine why she would care one single whit about the intimate particulars between himself and Cassandra. It is exponentially baffling, again, considering that while he doesn't particularly feel the need to share the minutia of what those intimate particulars may or may not entail with all and sundry, really at this point he would assume the answer to the question is obvious.
The second, perhaps more salient, domino to fall in this string of events is the sensation of Manfred's goggled eye sockets firmly fixated on him, rictus skeletal grin at odds with the sharp, raspy gasp, where he still stands frozen, the calipers Emmrich's requested before they'd been interrupted extended for him to take.
"Smash?" The tone of the hissed word is horrified, to put it mildly, and his wide, round, panicked gaze finds Cassandra before returning to Emmrich himself, with a new sternness. "No smash!"
He can feel the heat spread to the tips of his ears, internally cursing both his unfortunate knowledge of the colloquial meaning of the term and the terrible timing with which it is thrust upon him. "Ah...Manfred, I'm afraid you might have misund-"
"No." Manfred takes one of Emmrich's hands, none too gently, and slaps the calipers into it, where it clacks against his grave gold. "Smash. Work."
This sudden outpouring of protectiveness would be heartening, truly, if said protectiveness weren't directed at Emmrich himself, where he's done naught but exist, seemingly. "I don't suppose you want to step in to assist, do you," he asks, tone arch and question directed to Cassandra, "as this is your doing."














