“RHYSIE! BABY!” Two days into the project’s completion and Jack’s already got a high, its not so chemical as it is mechanical. There’s not beating a heart, not in the body that offers smooth and efficient manifestations of an actual human. Not even between the cords and chipset core heating inside the middle of his chest. No heart. Maybe that’s more fitting than the old king would like to think. But it’s enough to keep him in good spirits, and Handsome Jack in a good mood usually meant less homicide and more lunch breaks.
Each step is like a goddamn trip down memory lane. It feels fan-fucking-tastic to be on his own feet again, and not shoved down into Helios network. ( as much as he loves having complete control, it doesn’t offer quite the personal impression that a ‘face-to-face’ has ) Of course, that didn’t mean he was completely removed from the integration - just most of his AI parsing code was now drawn together inside this android body. A focus point. He loops one of those freshly mechanized arms along the back end of the office chair, fully operational and ‘skin’ imbued with Jack’s old features. Uncanny.
“So guess what? I need you for something extra
super special. You should already FEEL that
system shock that I’m asking you this. Because I
don’t normally ask people to do this. At all. Hell,
it’s not really like I’m ASKING. . . ” Never does.
He doesn’t offer pause, just a tug up of Rhys’ collar.
All surreal, the AI’s been literally strangling touching
almost everything, just to get that sensation coded in
stone all over again. Lingering close, Jack closes the
space between them briefly to reach eye level.
“I need you to punch me in the face.”