backdated to May 7 [video]

[doesasordered]

I am having... some issues. Mainly, her.

[The video opens with Nikolai looking exasperated, and a small Pixie can be heard from time to time, zipping around in the background. It's yammering excitedly to him about... well, nothing, really, and occasionally comes over to give Nikolai some adoring gazes before taking off again, trying to get his attention.]

This has something to do with the fortunes at the festival yesterday, doesn't it. I should have known something would happen. это пиздец...

I can't even go outside. When I walked outside and got near traffic, car alarms started going off. It only seemed to be when I walked close to them, no one else. So, ah, if you were wondering what the noise was outside Pisces apartment this morning, I apologize.

If anyone has any idea wh-- [There's some clambering noises off camera, the sound of something tumbling over. There's an "Oops!" out of the Pixie. Nik goes from looking put out to pissed off.] Hey, I said to not touch the guitar--!

[The camera switches off, but you're free to call him back and explain that maaaaybe he picked up a curse or two. At least when this is all over, he has some nice things headed his way.]

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[saudadist]

Just lock it in a bottle or something, then.

[doesasordered]

I may have to, as cruel as that seems. She won't listen to me otherwise.

[saudadist]

It's only cruel if you forget the holes in the lid.

[ Beat]

Though that would get respect right away I guess.

[doesasordered]

Yes, I suppose, but... I don't want to go that far. She's harmless. Mostly. She needs to leave my things along already before she really breaks something...

[saudadist]

[ She shrugs at that. ]

Do whatever you wish, then.

[doesasordered]

I'd rather just find a way to get rid of her for good that doesn't involve killing her. She is harmless, just annoying.

[saudadist]

If she's like those other demons, then it doesn't matter if you kill her. There's a million more like her.

[doesasordered]

She is harmless otherwise, so it seems unfair to do so. Maybe I can find a way to trick her and lock her outside, though... [Hmm, thinking thinking]

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[all_wound_up]

Oh, she's cute!

[Nano, you're missing the point.]

[doesasordered]

Maybe you would like to keep her, then.

[all_wound_up]

But she really seems to want to be around you.

[doesasordered]

Not that I even know why. I'd rather she go away, but she refuses to listen to things like that.

[Meanwhile she's yammering on in the background, pointing out things happening outside his window. As if Nik gives a damn about that car being red or that person's dog.]

I am not even sure she can hear me over her own talking, anyway.

[all_wound_up]

[Nano stops to listen for a minute, and then nods.]

...Oh.

[Yeah, now she's getting it.]

[doesasordered]

[He sighs.] She has also not shut up since she-- [And now the pixie us up in his face, a look of adoration on her face as she tried to convince him to go outside for a walk and check out all this stuff. Nik shoos her away.] No. Stop.

[all_wound_up]

Maybe you should try to find her a hobby.

[doesasordered]

I think this is her hobby, and it is not my job to entertain her. [He sighs shortly.] I managed to lock her out, and she crawled in through the ventilation system.

[all_wound_up]

She sounds very persistent.

[doesasordered]

Yes.

....

Is it possible for one of these creatures to... like human beings.

[all_wound_up]

I don't see why not. I like humans.

[Demons and robots aren't exactly the same, but still.]

[doesasordered]

But you're--- [Wait you're a robot, right? Not a demon, right? RIGHT? Nik's eyes narrow as he thinks this over. He has no idea. People here come from all over, so who knows what Nano really is.] You're not the same.

[all_wound_up]

Well, no... I mean, I'm not a demon, but... don't you think it's sort of the same? They can probably like humans even though they're not the same thing too.

[doesasordered]

I... suppose. [BUT....EW. EW, NANO, THEY'RE DEMONS. He just sighs a bit again, though.] I'm not sure if it is entirely, though. Demons are... well, demonic.

[all_wound_up]

But not all of them are bad, right? Some of them are helpful, like the ones that work around town. There are good and bad people and robots too.

[doesasordered]

I will try to keep it in mind, but for now, I still need to get this one to stay out of my apartment somehow.

[all_wound_up]

Maybe you can ask her to run an errand for you somewhere?

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[demifemme]

*Shura chuckles at the sight.* Pixies get attached that way.

[doesasordered]

Is there any way to make them feel unattached?