un: shiro | video | mid-festival

[constellational]

⟪ and bam. on your screen, a guy, white-haired and surprisingly jovial, which is a bit at odds with what he’s about to ask. is it genuine, or is it a façade?? who knows. you might recognize him as the fool who innocently swiped left on you—or the guy who told a really bad astronaut joke on the netherwork. either way, shiro’s gonna shiro, so he’ll introduce himself again—just in case—his mouth a polite curve. ⟫

Hello. I’m Shiro… How’re you all holding up?

⟪ don’t worry, there’s no pep talk this time. not unless you ask for it, anyway. ⟫

I’ve a… I’ve a favor to ask. For my arm… or lack thereof. ⟪ point in case; his gaze drifts a bit to his right side, where his sleeve hangs empty. ⟫ I had a prosthetic once, back home, but uhm… ⟪ and there it is. a chuckle. half-strangled, half-nervous as he cuts the camera another hesitant glance and clears his throat, stifling a wince. ⟫

If anyone with skills in finding alternatives to missing limbs is somehow looking for a great candidate, well… you’re looking right at him! No complaining, high pain tolerance… and I used to be a pilot, so I can sit for as long as you need me to. This is not an emergency. You can reach out when or if you ever have time to spare.

Thanks.

⟪ ooc | voice-to-text is 100% a thing and it’s probably what shiro will use to reply to you! ⟫

Comments

text; un: @hawkins

[rattlingthestars]

Think I could give it a shot, if I could find a workshop. I've been looking for tools to build a surfer for a week.

What kind of pilot? Anything cool?

[constellational]

A... surfer?
Do you mean a surfboard or...?

And you tell me
Do you think astronauts are cool?
I used to pilot hoverbikes, jets, spacecrafts
A giant robot lion

[rattlingthestars]

if a surf board had a propulsion system and a solar sail, maybe.

it's the same shape?

[ He had to search the netherwork to find out what a surfboard was. Also searched: astronaut, to several seconds of confusion. ]

sounds cool though I've got to ask:
Why a lion?