Thanks, I just got it brushed out. You wanna feel it?
[ Look, Marco, he didn't just offer this option to everyone. And if Marco chose to take him up on it, Majima's wolf coat would be suuuuuper warm and silky. Not much like a wild wolf's, to be honest. ]
[He hesitates briefly, but then he goes for it. And, well, he's never petted a wild wolf, so he wouldn't exactly know the difference between petting one and a particularly well-groomed dog. All he knows is that it feels nice.]
Wait, you said you got it brushed out? [Right, he... supposes a wolf couldn't exactly brush himself.] Who brushed you?
[He knew about the spa and all, but the grooming is new. It makes enough sense to him - at least now. A few years ago, he might have been kind of weirded out by the thought.]
Not that I know of. My, uh, skin [he rubs one of his coat's slick sleeves] is pretty smooth. I'm not sure if I could... exfoliate the parts where I have scales, or something...
[Which are not that many, actually. Most of his fishy exterior is right there in the shape of his coat, and the texture of it is more cephalopod-like than scaly.]
[Sure, maybe it's easier... but now he's curious.]
Ah, sure, sure. First off, well - [He gestures to the nearby lake with a smile.] This is ours too, believe it or not. I don't know how Mana does it, but she sure got some mileage out of those coins I gave her.
Uh, other than me? Not really. Haha. At least, not that I've noticed. I just keep my things in there, and... you know.
[If he's hesitant to clarify, it may be because the only fishermen who pass by are the ones he's lured to the lake, and... those certainly don't get to do much fishing.
There's also a corpse at the bottom of the lake, completely unrelated to any of this, but Marco feels it may be best not to mention it.]
Of course, of course. I just thought I'd start with the outside.
[... Although it makes sense that a werewolf wouldn't care about the lake quite as much as Marco does, huh?
ANYHOW, Marco guides him inside. By this point, the place already looks lived in - and somehow, perhaps through the combination of Fiddleford's and Marco's respective tastes, it looks both spacious and cozy at once.]
So, this is kind of a, ah... Well, it's mostly a country house. Which isn't the type of thing you see very often in Japan, is it?
[... At least not with colorful retro rugs, Marco would imagine.
Also, here's a roomba making its way to another room. It is, by no means, the only piece of technology in the house.]
[ And immediately, he followed, nosing into the doorway with his tail wagging. Apparently, Majima had inherited some of that canine enthusiasm; he hopped up on one of the rugs in an almost playful fashion, then hopped against to feel the material against his paws. ]
But it's cozy.
[ He cocked his head toward the sound of the Roomba, then perked up his ears. ]
Oh! Kind of. I mean... Yes, but maybe not in the way you're thinking.
[Right, 80s. He might have to take this bit by bit.]
That's a cleaning robot - kind of a smart vacuum cleaner, if you will. We called them roombas, back where I was from. But we do have other robots here, and other smart appliances, for that matter. For example -
[HOLD THAT THOUGHT. A weird janky dog comes in with a robotic bark.]
Well, ah, him I've had for a couple of years now. That's Polo.
[ Excuse Majima while he padded over to the robot and batted at it with his paw, looking almost more like a cat than a big old 6' long wolf. ]
Hey, the future is here.
[ Now Polo looked something more like he was expecting, a bit awkward and made in obvious imitation of a living creature. But the name didn't escape him. ]
Heheheh. Someone's got a sense of humor. Didn't realize ya had so much company out here.
[ Majima chose that time to shift back into his human form, presumably so as not to get wolf hair all over Marco's things. He reached down to pat Polo. ]
What's he run on? Not run-of-the-mill batteries, I'd imagine.
[ Probably Polo? Maybe? Perhaps? What Majima did know was that these words seemed to have extra meaning nowadays, but he turned to Marco all the same. ]
Hey, that's pretty convenient. So ya got a robot pooch, and a robot cleaner. Any other mechanical buds I ought to meet?
[Yeah, Polo's a pretty good boy. It's not his fault Elias put a spying device on him!]
Well, the other big one is Gregory, but he's not here, he's at the workshop. We're still renovating, but, ah, you know how things go in this place. There's always... always something.
[He pauses for a moment after the brief digression, as if needs to physically make his way back on topic.]
Then there's a lot of technology in this place, but most of it isn't exactly what you'd call a robot, just smart. Oh, has anybody told you about smartphones?
In a sense! Smartphones are mobile phones, but not all mobile phones are smartphones. Smartphones are a newer development, you see - they're not just portable phones anymore, they're more like... pocket computers!
Oh, well... Because they still do calls, I suppose? In the end, communication is still their main purpose.
[That's a good thing, because Marco is probably kind of impossible to be around if you don't like to talk about this kind of thing.]
There are smart cars of a sort, yes, but come to think of it, nobody calls them that... I guess that's because of the brand. Uh, there's a brand of cars named Smart, I mean. But those are just... small, I'm fairly sure.
That would be McGucket Labs! Maybe I've mentioned the place before, ah, it's where we work. We're mostly closed for renovations right now, but we're still seeing customers with more urgent requests. Maybe you can drop by once we're properly ready to show the new space to the public! We'd be happy to have you.
[When you get Marco talking like this, that's probably when he sounds the most like the businessman he used to be.]
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[ Look, Marco, he didn't just offer this option to everyone. And if Marco chose to take him up on it, Majima's wolf coat would be suuuuuper warm and silky. Not much like a wild wolf's, to be honest. ]
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[He hesitates briefly, but then he goes for it. And, well, he's never petted a wild wolf, so he wouldn't exactly know the difference between petting one and a particularly well-groomed dog. All he knows is that it feels nice.]
Wait, you said you got it brushed out? [Right, he... supposes a wolf couldn't exactly brush himself.] Who brushed you?
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[ Majima's fur smelled sort of like... sandalwood? And if Marco just pressed his hand in even a little, he'd find it engulfed in the thick coat. ]
It's surprisingly relaxing. Do you have to do anythin' like that?
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[He knew about the spa and all, but the grooming is new. It makes enough sense to him - at least now. A few years ago, he might have been kind of weirded out by the thought.]
Not that I know of. My, uh, skin [he rubs one of his coat's slick sleeves] is pretty smooth. I'm not sure if I could... exfoliate the parts where I have scales, or something...
[Which are not that many, actually. Most of his fishy exterior is right there in the shape of his coat, and the texture of it is more cephalopod-like than scaly.]
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[ Not that he'd give up this fluffiness for scales or cephalopod skin, though. He kind of liked it. ]
So this's your place, huh? Wanna show me around?
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Ah, sure, sure. First off, well - [He gestures to the nearby lake with a smile.] This is ours too, believe it or not. I don't know how Mana does it, but she sure got some mileage out of those coins I gave her.
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[ Holy wow, that was some magic. ]
What's in it? Any fish?
[ ...but perhaps predictably, what Majima wanted most was to know if it was a decent fishing spot. ]
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[If he's hesitant to clarify, it may be because the only fishermen who pass by are the ones he's lured to the lake, and... those certainly don't get to do much fishing.
There's also a corpse at the bottom of the lake, completely unrelated to any of this, but Marco feels it may be best not to mention it.]
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Majima snorted at the joke, but it wasn't like he'd be able to travel to the bottom of the lake, anyway. Well, not without help. ]
Too bad. So, do I get a tour of your place?
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[... Although it makes sense that a werewolf wouldn't care about the lake quite as much as Marco does, huh?
ANYHOW, Marco guides him inside. By this point, the place already looks lived in - and somehow, perhaps through the combination of Fiddleford's and Marco's respective tastes, it looks both spacious and cozy at once.]
So, this is kind of a, ah... Well, it's mostly a country house. Which isn't the type of thing you see very often in Japan, is it?
[... At least not with colorful retro rugs, Marco would imagine.
Also, here's a roomba making its way to another room. It is, by no means, the only piece of technology in the house.]
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But it's cozy.
[ He cocked his head toward the sound of the Roomba, then perked up his ears. ]
...the hell? Is that a robot?!
[ HOLY SHIT. ]
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[Right, 80s. He might have to take this bit by bit.]
That's a cleaning robot - kind of a smart vacuum cleaner, if you will. We called them roombas, back where I was from. But we do have other robots here, and other smart appliances, for that matter. For example -
[HOLD THAT THOUGHT. A weird janky dog comes in with a robotic bark.]
Well, ah, him I've had for a couple of years now. That's Polo.
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Hey, the future is here.
[ Now Polo looked something more like he was expecting, a bit awkward and made in obvious imitation of a living creature. But the name didn't escape him. ]
Heheheh. Someone's got a sense of humor. Didn't realize ya had so much company out here.
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[ Majima chose that time to shift back into his human form, presumably so as not to get wolf hair all over Marco's things. He reached down to pat Polo. ]
What's he run on? Not run-of-the-mill batteries, I'd imagine.
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Oh, I just need to plug him in and let him charge every so often. He's pretty good at letting me know when he needs it.
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[ Probably Polo? Maybe? Perhaps? What Majima did know was that these words seemed to have extra meaning nowadays, but he turned to Marco all the same. ]
Hey, that's pretty convenient. So ya got a robot pooch, and a robot cleaner. Any other mechanical buds I ought to meet?
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Well, the other big one is Gregory, but he's not here, he's at the workshop. We're still renovating, but, ah, you know how things go in this place. There's always... always something.
[He pauses for a moment after the brief digression, as if needs to physically make his way back on topic.]
Then there's a lot of technology in this place, but most of it isn't exactly what you'd call a robot, just smart. Oh, has anybody told you about smartphones?
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Smartphones? If I recall, ya did mention mobile phones way back when we met. That what you're talking about?
[ Or maybe at this point Marco just meant an out-and-out phone with little legs. Maybe not intelligent, but convenient? ]
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[No legs. Yet.]
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[ God humanity why didn't you make any damn sense? At least Majima seemed content to chat about technology with Marco, how's that for friendship. ]
So there's smartphones, and smart... other stuff? Houses? Cars?
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[That's a good thing, because Marco is probably kind of impossible to be around if you don't like to talk about this kind of thing.]
There are smart cars of a sort, yes, but come to think of it, nobody calls them that... I guess that's because of the brand. Uh, there's a brand of cars named Smart, I mean. But those are just... small, I'm fairly sure.
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[ Did Majima sound a little amused? Must be the old imagination. ]
Where's this workshop ya mentioned? Are visitors allowed?
[ Look, Marco clearly liked talking about technology, so he might as well give the guy the perfect opportunity to show off, right? ]
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[When you get Marco talking like this, that's probably when he sounds the most like the businessman he used to be.]
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[ Which was hopefully the point, right? ]
Did Mana help ya get materials for your inventions? Maybe as part of the house deal? Or was that all you?
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want to wrap this one?
sounds good o7