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[There's an odd crackle on the console screen. A few sparks that seem out of place with the usual static and blips. An obnoxiously loud hiss and a frantic series of bright lights and colours. Then the view starts to focus and stabilize, gradually growing clearer. And the face on the screen is a gruesome, bearded visage that has been oddly absent for a long while.]

Worthless piece of-...Ah? Ahah!
[The image still seems slightly overlaid with static and there's an odd after-image, not to mention a distinctly purple tinge to the whole thing. But the connection continuously clears up as Ixis Naugus appears to fiddle with the 'camera' and adjust a few things before leaning in close and speaking angrily.]
Can someone please explain to me what's been going on out there? A man can't focus on his research like this!

Worthless piece of-...Ah? Ahah!
[The image still seems slightly overlaid with static and there's an odd after-image, not to mention a distinctly purple tinge to the whole thing. But the connection continuously clears up as Ixis Naugus appears to fiddle with the 'camera' and adjust a few things before leaning in close and speaking angrily.]
Can someone please explain to me what's been going on out there? A man can't focus on his research like this!
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[A pause and a smirk, despite the static interference with audio.]
Ni▒▒ beard, by ▒▒▒ way.
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And yes, thank you. As you are now finding, I am an exceptional being in every way.
[Also wordy. Also modest.]
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[Dang, this static is annoying. He might give up on trying to talk through it soon and switch to text.]
Not a fan of technol▒▒▒▒ though, huh?
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If I could find an incantation or potion to render sleep useless, I would have self-induced ages ago. So, yes. Idle hands and all that.
And no. 'Not a fan' is putting it most mildly. While I grudgingly admit it has its uses, I would sooner not. The workaround is always preferable anyhow.
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Oh, it defin▒▒▒▒▒ does. Good uses, bad uses. In fact, ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒bably better get--
[He sighs. Enough with the audio interruptions! Knowing that regular text is being garbled as well, Rex pulls out a piece of paper and a pencil and writes out the rest of the message. He then holds it up to the screen.]
Better get someone to explain in person. The "bad uses" part has been a thing.
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Fear not; now that I have taken notice of the situation, it shall be dealt with! And swiftly so.
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Very familiar with the bad uses. Just meant things here have taken a hard left turn into Sucktastic Situation Central.
[After a few seconds, he write out something else. The amused smirk on his face is a good match for sarcastic tone of the message.]
LOL ok buddy. That it took you this long to notice doesn't inspire confidence.
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When one is dealing with matters as involved, dire and nuanced as what I am crafting, one's attention is required in full. And the console has proven in the past to be nothing but an irksome distraction, a box of pointless chatter. I felt no need to pay it any mind while I worked!
What happened to being impressed with my level of concentration? How fickle, overlander.
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Possible to be impressed in different ways. Focus = good & impressive, yeah. But can be impressively bad if it puts blinders on you.
Rule of combat - be aware of your surroundings.
You sound smart, but got what it takes to win a fight?
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HHHAH!
I have toppled mountains, commanded oceans, tamed storms, woven fire with less than a thought and gesture. I have guided kings and leveled armies. I am more than powerful enough to see me through any fight, boy.
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Sounds real impressive.
Be waiting to see if you can actually pull something off, then.
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Stay tuned, as they say.