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Accelerator ([personal profile] levelshift) wrote in [personal profile] consumingly 2025-08-02 02:14 pm (UTC)

[That he dropped the battery is something Accelerator's brain manages to process, mostly because he has it in his hand one second and the next it's gone, though there's no sign of distress when he does it. Just like there's no sign of relief when Endo holds it back up in front of him. He starts to reach for it, but stops when he feels Endo exploring around his choker.

The calculation assistance device is surprisingly simple. There's the slot for the battery, the light (currently off), and the switch that's used to change modes (also currently in the 'off' position). It could easily be mistaken for something simple like a music player. Even the choker keeping it around Accelerator's neck is simple, no different than a normal fashion accessory: it has a clasp, and that's about it. This version, being wireless, can easily removed by undoing the clasp.

More notable are the round, black electrodes stuck to Accelerator's scalp behind each ear. Those things definitely aren't removable.

Fight of flight reflexes, at least what's left of them, kick in and he tenses up. There isn't much he can do beyond that, though.

Then there's a familiar click as Endo presses the battery back into place, and an equally familiar weight is added to the choker. Picking up on that Accelerator's fingers fumble upwards, feeling around until he finds the switch. Then he changes modes from 'off' to 'normal,' bringing his cognitive function back up to that of a non-esper human. The world floods back into coherency.

Accelerator blinks, his gaze coming into focus, giving himself several long moments to process what little surface-level observations he remembers, trying to connect bits of information to form a comprehensible picture of everything from the time he shut the choker off. There isn't much, and even less that makes sense to him, but... he knows Endo had the battery. And he remembers dropping it.....

... Oh.

He spares a tiny glance over at Endo, before awkwardly looking away.]


......... Thanks.

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