19-9 - Stratos Incultix

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[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

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[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

📲: That would be agreeable, yes. I am presently out of the country but expect I will be back by the end of the month.
📲: It is not guaranteed.

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📲: I can't help it
📲: Do you know when you'll be back? [deleted]
📲: You too 😌
📲: When you get home, I'll come visit?

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

📲: It is good to be productive.
📲: You do not need to worry, though I am appreciative of your concern.
📲: It has been some time. It would be nice to see you.

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📲: I know. That doesn't mean I'm not gonna worry about you, though
📲: Work's been keeping me busy, but I'm alright

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📲: 💬
📲: I miss you

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

📲: I am always safe, Teddy. I am good at what I do.
📲: I hope you are well. You appear to be traveling somewhat frequently.

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📲: Pretty 🥰
📲: Hope you're doing okay. Please stay safe

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

Slow blinking at the messages. The corner of his mouth twitches.

He responds to one with a photograph from an AV, neon streets spread out below.

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Been sending selfies to @NCSecure for like a week. Different locations, different expressions. In one of them, she's wearing one of those inflatable dinosaur costumes.

She doesn't expect him to reply, but she hopes they're at least making his day a little better.

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[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—taken you out to the Badlands?”

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

It wasn’t a bad thing. It was just…a /thing/.

“No apology necessary,” he says in a low rumble, glancing briefly down as they zip out the gate before he takes a sharp turn, his elbows automatically tucking in to keep the Teddy secure, posture leaning forward.

“Have I ever—

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Teddy's gonna take that as...a good thing?

It's always hard to tell with him.

Head still tipped back so she can talk to him. "I'm sorry." Sheepish little smile.

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—comfortable with. It is familial, in a way.”

Brows briefly pinch together and almost instantly smooth.

“You are not with them now. Why.”

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

Being eight feet tall with a metal skeleton tends to give that impression, no matter how delicately one handles themselves.

Arms swing behind his back for hands to interlock, thumbs rubbing over one another.

“I am familiar. Most of these PMCs have an atmosphere I am—

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—It is not particularly remarkable for its kind.”

His head tips slightly to one side.

“KorTac…I believe I have met a few of your number before, though I am not especially familiar.”

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

“I have not, but I know very little about you thus far.”

His hand folds around hers with surprising restraint. A man grown used to handling the people around him with care.

When he needs to.

A single shake, and the hand slips away.

“My name was chosen from a list.—

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[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

“It was interesting and somewhat peculiar.”

After a beat, he clears his throat.

His bike is quieter than what Teddy might recognize, but still plenty loud enough to obscure, “As well as a bit untoward.”

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Oh. "Was it uncomfortable for you too?" Oops.

As the bike starts moving, Teddy pushes herself back, just sinking into him happily. This is really nice. Then again, any time spent with Stratos is never bad.

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—A massive hand extends, palm out, an offering to shake.

“Stratos Incultix. Formerly 19-9 of the NC*PS Sec Guards. Presently the head of Section 19.”

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

“Most people are strange to me. This is not unusual. It is the variety of which they are strange that is unique.”

His affect is monotone, his face utterly blank and nearly devoid of expression, but there’s a tiny twitch at the corner of his mouth as he says this.—

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—Stratos blinks at her.

“I have been told that I am difficult to speak to.”

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

“No. I am not bored.”

Hands slowly slot into the pockets of his dark, stiffly-starched uniform. The patch on his shoulder doesn’t reflect any of the usual PMCs, and any and all identifying markers like name or dog tags seem to be utterly absent.

“I apologize.”—

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—that for very long,” he muses, before the engine roars to life. Knees bump up to frame in Teddy’s legs, and after a moment of slower backing up, they tear off.

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

Probably a little less comfortable when he has to shift a little to try and accommodate.

Hips too wide for this to really be feasible in any capacity.

Position to compromising to ride for long. His posture slacks infinitesimally when Teddy turns around, and he leans forward.—

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also fine, honestly.

"Sorry." Head tipping back to give him a big, cheeky smile. "I'm ready now, I promise." Dang, she was really hoping that would have worked...

[19-9 - Stratos Incultix @NCSecure]

—His other arm outstretches to settle the other hand on the handlebar, one heel bumping back to sweep the stand up.

“It is alright. You never know until you try.”

Eyes flick down without his head budging.

“Hm.”

Back up.

“I also do not know if I would be able to ride like—