the mechromancer

“Maybe it’s just because I’ve worked with robots all my life, but I feel like there’s way more that makes them who they are than circuitry or programming.  Hell, my magnum opus is also one of my best buds!  I dunno, I never really had many friends in school, so I guess I found companionship in my passion.  But isn’t that something too?  There’s people out there that don’t really see much worth in robots beyond what they can do- even some people who create them are like that.  So like...if they overthrow humanity, I kinda get it.  I’d be pissed as hell if I were treated like a thing too.  But maybe we can turn things around before it has to come to that?  Maybe people can get with the program and recognize how robots aren’t just their functions, just like people aren’t just their jobs or activities.  At least that’s the way I feel about it.”

For every “Trope” I will post a TV trope for my muse.

Rebellious Spirit

“Do I even need to say it at this point?  No.  I do not.

For every “Trope” I get, I will post a TV trope for my muse.

Gadgeteer Genius

SHE LOOKS GREAT I ACTUALLY CRIED

ME TOO like there was leaked stuff that I saw that might have been her and I was all eeeehhhhh

Send in ‘⚙️’ for your muse to walk on mine muse fixing themselfs

“Dammit, this would be a whole lot easier with my kit back home...” Gaige grumbled, her face currently scrunched up in concentration as she observed the inner workings of her partially-dismantled metal arm.  All the motor systems were working perfectly fine, but something had gone wrong with summoning Deathtrap.  Digistruction systems were always tricky like that, but she knew her way around them enough that she could figure something out here...somehow.

“Hmm...screw it, got nothing better to try.”  Holding onto her soldering wick with her mouth, she leaned in close to the memory circuit components while grabbing the iron with her one remaining hand.  It was all terribly unsafe being so close to such a hot implement, but she had little other options at the time.  She’d just started to work on removing the first chip when she caught movement in her peripheral vision- someone in front of her.  Her eyes flicked up to spot the person in question.  Instantly she would straighten up, the wick falling from her mouth, which now hung agape for a moment.

    The smile that spread on Maya’s face in that moment was unprecedented. Part of her almost couldn’t believe it, but the other part of her knew for sure that this was the same Gaige that she’s been kicking ass with for the past few years. Call it a Vault Hunter’s intuition.

   As she hopped up onto her feet and quickly threw her shoes on, she reread the messages a few times. The train station was quite a jog, since it was on the first island, but she could make it in reasonable time. She didn’t even bother to change out of her jammies before she bolted out the front door.

★ FROM: Maya ★ TO: Gaige

{ TEXT } : I’mn on Beaulieu, so itll tkae me a litttle bit to get ovr there! { TEXT } : What quartyer is you r housing in??? { TEXT } : Sorry fro typos, hard to hold onto tihs while runnign! >_<

   Typing and sprinting down the street like a madwoman at the same time wasn’t Maya’s strong suit, that was for sure, so it was up to Gaige to decipher what the hell she was trying to say. Good luck!

Gaige was thrilled to already be in contact with one of her friends from back on Pandora.  Even though she’d agreed to this “pairing project,” socializing had never been an easy thing for her back in school, and friends were sparse in those days.  Fighting for her life alongside a bundle of misfits had led to a wider social circle than she’d ever really known, most of whom she genuinely enjoyed hanging around with.  Without that incentive there, she wasn’t sure how much she’d get to reach out around here.

But having Maya here meant she had nothing to worry about!  She already had someone to start from.  How long had Maya been here, anyway?  It hadn’t been that long since she’d last seen her...right?  She’d ask when they met up- hopefully there was a lot of excitement to catch her up on!

FROM: Gaige TO: Maya

[TEXT] : Beaulieu?  Hang on where is that

A few seconds passed before her next message would arrive- having handily figured out the phone functions, she was looking to the map to see from where Maya would be coming.

[TEXT] : You’re on the other island?! [TEXT] : Maya are you just gonna run here the whole way??? [TEXT] : I mean there’s no catch a ride stations here but there’s gotta be a cab or something you can take! [TEXT] : Or one of these canals?  Idk but no way you have to run the whole way

 She didn’t doubt that Maya would be able to do it, of course- the woman was an absolute badass and would probably just be kinda winded by the time she showed up.  It just seemed...unnecessary.