public channel, day 6

[kingsroads]

[ Strange is trying his hardest not to sound suspicious which naturally means this post sounds suspicious as hell. ]

May I ask a favor? If anyone spots a chicken wandering around the carnival or Wismuth, please return said chicken to me. [ pause. ] Or the Ringmaster. Come to think of it, it would probably be better if the chicken was returned to the Ringmaster in the first place.

[ it's after Strange comes down from his high and stops having existential thoughts about the nature of hands that he actually makes this post...which means that there's plenty of time for your character to have run into said chicken. ]

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decidedly not private

[whattaprick]

[ Lambert doesn't bother changing the channel to private on his end, because his cool has decidedly flown the coop. ]

What were you thinking?! Oh wait, you obviously weren't! I should ask the Ringmaster to turn you into a chicken, except you'd probably find a way to get high as one and explode!

also not private because Lambert is a traitor

[kingsroads]

[ might as well keep this public then as Strange continues to argue his case. ]

It was an accident! Do you honestly think I'd turn someone into a chicken on purpose?!

[ says the man who turned a woman into a cat on purpose. ]

[whattaprick]

Yes you would!

[ If Arabella asked, Lambert is 100% sure he'd turn anyone into anything. ]

How do you even accidentally turn someone into anything?! It's not like you could have just sneezed on him!

[kingsroads]

Erm, what exactly did Pod tell you about said mind-altering substances?

[ Strange knows this conversation will not end well and his tone is guilty as sin ]

[whattaprick]

That it had something to do with this. [ Okay, more implied than explicit, but Strange doesn't know that and Lambert is not above bending the truth to milk that guilt for all it's worth. ]

[kingsroads]

Well, I might have- [ been pretty high ] -erm, smoked something before accidentally turning 9S into a chicken. But I still have no idea how I could have done it in the first place! That spell takes effort, it's not something like changing the temperature or traveling through mirrors which I could do in my sleep.

[whattaprick]

Can we worry about how you did it later, after we actually find him and turn him back?

[ There's a sigh, and Lambert's voice comes muffled -- almost like he might be speaking while pinching the bridge of his nose and fighting the urge to just bury his face against his palm. ]

It's been less than one fucking day...

[kingsroads]

Why do you think I made this post to begin with? I'm already looking for him!

[ he just hasn't found Nines yet. ]

[whattaprick]

You could have provided a description of what he looks like to start with, for one.

[ And then, terrible thought. ]

... Did his clothes change with him?

[kingsroads]

[ .......oh god ]

I don't think they did.

[whattaprick]

Great. Well, if he spontaneously disenchants himself, I hope it's not around the locals.

private, I'm not even sorry

[kingsroads]

[ And then Strange unintentionally makes this conversation a bit more awkward...but at least tries to swap it to private again for poor 9S's dignity ]

He is an android. I'm not sure how he's built. Does he even have...well, you know.

[ do he got a dick? ]

private for 9S's private

[whattaprick]

Considering Butcher rammed him the crotch and he barely blinked, I'd say he doesn't.

But if you think about it, isn't that going to make people ask more questions?

private

[kingsroads]

[ srs conversations about robot peen ]

Well we are glamored to hide some of our more visible changes. Maybe that would work for his lack of equipment as well? Though that might just make it worse.

private

[whattaprick]

Worse for who? For someone without a dick, he's a little sex-obsessed, so he'd probably be happy to have it.

private

[kingsroads]

Worse for anyone who sees him naked.

private

[whattaprick]

Not everyone has your problems with naked people, Strange.

private

[kingsroads]

And not everyone shares your penchant for public nudity, Lambert.

private

[whattaprick]

It's called confidence. I thought you had plenty of that.

private

[kingsroads]

There's a difference between confidence and exhibitionism. I have one. You have the other.

[ this is why these two are awful together, because Strange has STRAIGHT UP FORGOTTEN about finding 9cluckS in favor of him & Lambert shittalking each other. ]