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Sanzo's dedication to his job as a warden couldn't let him not 'check in' on Max after the breach. Well, after Sanzo's stabilization after the breach, anyway. And perhaps some might describe his motives in different words. An alternate description might be far more accurate.

But the important part is that, whatever emotion has driven him to it, Sanzo knocks on Max's door. After having checked that he's in. Being able to track someone with his warden item is handy.

Edited 2023-08-05 16:27 (UTC)

Max's thin double door doesn't have a window, so when the two halves slide open, Sanzo will get to see his tired curiosity turn to frustration immediately.

"No."

And he's going to close the door again.

Sanzo doesn't believe in sticking his foot to try to stop a door from closing. He especially doesn't believe in trying it when he has no clue what the thing might be made of and it opens it opens in a way he hasn't seen much of. So instead he does his best to shove through the opening.

The doors are metal, and heavy besides - but since it's only a regular close and not, for example, an emergency, they whir ominously at the body forcing its way between them, but don't push as hard as they clearly can.

And Max takes a step back in surprise, at the-- audacity? Idiocy? of the whole thing, before he goes back to looking wholly unimpressed.

"That was completely fucking unnecessary," he says flatly, turning away to sit at his desk. "Especially since I have nothing to say to you."

"It's rude to shut a door in someone's face." Sanzo, as ever, the first person to look to when it comes to good manners. He looks equally unimpressed. It's not like he particularly wants to be here.

That it was completely unnecessary requires no comment. It's a perfectly reasonable way to go through life.

He pulls out a cigarette. "We haven't had a chance to have our nice warden and inmate chat. I wouldn't want to fail in my duty."

"More or less rude than breaking into their room after your request is denied?" he shoots back, glancing up. And then scowling darker as he adds, "Or smoking in their room without invitation. You'll put that out if you want me to even entertain the idea of a conversation with you."

Never mind how there's a packet open on his desk, or how the smell of whiskey lingers faintly in his room.

"Far worse." Sanzo had looked over the desk. He hasn't yet lit his cigarette, he just believes in having it ready when dealing with irritating people. He goes through a lot of cigarettes. "Is there any part of your life where you don't embrace at least a touch of hypocrisy?" He's not referring to the cigarettes. After all, they're in Max's room. There's just no reason to waste time in getting to the conversation.

Vikar De Soto: first, pleasantries: I hope you are well and would hear if you are not.

However, so as not to waste your time: I should like more lessons in programming, for one, and for another, I am wondering if you might be interested in assisting me with some experimentation.

Well as we can ever be here, currently.

[Because he doesn't know he's going to be shanked by a toddler later.]

I'd be more than happy to design some more lessons for you, without question. And also to assist you in your own experiments. Might I ask what yours are in regards to?

Excellent!

[ He sounds terribly pleased. Guess which math nerd has been loving programming? Guess who's been introducing the concepts of it into his spellwork, thus enabling the very thing that he's giving to Max? ]

Mine is regards to magical items that might work for those without magical talent inherent to them. Specifically, I should like you to test one of the first which allows one to assume an animal form and return.

[The sudden shift of interest from 'pleasantly curious' to 'intensely nosy' is almost palpable.]

That sounds like it would be quite the fascinating experiment. I'd be thrilled to assist you with it. Would be there be any location that suits you best to perform such experimentation?

[ Which is intensely satisfying in a way he doesn't want to look at too hard. ]

I would be giving you the device, providing you instructions, and I should like us to perform a transformation and back in my presence to ensure that all works safely before I would ask you to take it and utilize it as you wish to provide me feedback. There is no testing as useful as live testing, after all."

That sounds excellent. I'm quite available in my time at the moment, what with a dearth of people on this ship who do make use of the cybernetics department - let me know where and when you'd like to begin.

Edited 2023-10-16 01:31 (UTC)

I need to finish yours up, as I wasn't about to pick the animal until I knew I had my preferred final tester. I think you will find my selection more than suitable.

I'll see about getting it to you after the flood is over.

Well, I look very forward to seeing your decision for me, in that case.

[He's genuinely curious, after all; he doesn't actually know many Earth animals.]

I shan't press you to come over any earlier, then. The sooner this flood is over, the more dignity the lot of us will have left.

Indeed. Fare well until then, Vikar DeSoto. I look forward to our exchange.

"Please tell me no one killed you, Vikar," he murmurs just a little too loud to be to himself and just a little too quiet to truly be meant to be heard through the door as he knocks on it.

The response is a muffled "Just a moment-" from behind the heavy metal door, but it opens a good few seconds later to reveal Max, looking...

...well, he's had better days. There's still a paleness that he hasn't shaken, an unsteadiness he's trying to hide by his too-casual grip on the door-frame, but Florian won't exactly miss the white knuckles, and a slight bleariness that he has to take a moment to blink through.

"-Florian, my apologies. How can I help you?"

He takes a moment to look Max up and down and given he'd seen him just after a death, this isn't exactly surprising. But he'll reach out a questioning hand; would he like some pain relief?

It won't make him pause his words, however.

"I came to deliver that device I told you about and get you set up to use it properly."

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