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Gavin's lips press into a thin line in his disappointment of hearing her saving that. "Well, you are." Plain and simple. There's no arguing that. "Yeah, I'll come pick you up later." And now he finds himself going through cringe worthy feelings such as worrying about what he should wear. Ugh. Is he really that worried about her thinking he's stupid? She's going out with him, isn't he?

"I'll see you then, but uh.. did you want me to drive you home? Your place is pretty close to mine, you know." It'd be pretty bad taste to let her just walk home to get ready for their date, right?

Okay, he's kind of dumbfounded at this point. Gavin really didn't think he'd make it this far. Hell, he was ready to have to cancel that reservation and sulk at home when he was rejected, but that's because he's used to rejection. Not so much when it comes to when he likes someone, but in the fact of life in general. People tended to reject him as a whole.

Cheeks are the faintest shade of red at her taking hold of his hand. Shouldn't he be the one taking that initiative? Not that it really matters. He's more overthinking things because he doesn't want to ruin his literal first date. Mostly because he's never bothered asking anyone out before. Saskia would be the first.

"..You're always pretty."

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"Oh, I never would have taken you for the sporty type." Connor voices, surprised. Of course, it's not a bad thing for her to be at all. "How is it? Being on the team? Sorry if I ask too many questions, by the way. I just.. tend to get curious, is all." He's not trying interrogate her. Connor is just really interested in getting to know her.

Saskia nervously chewed on the skin of her lips as she listened to Connor, thinking over what exactly she should say. She knew she should be truthful but she was slightly worried about judgement. "It's a lot of school things; I have basket ball practice most mornings and afternoons. It takes up a lot of my time outside of homework, normal school days and helping out my parents when I can," she answered honestly.

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"Of course," Connor nods, knowing Theo had to take time away from work to meet. As did Connor, but he was using his break to meet with them. Nothing that was a bother to him, of course. He often found himself searching for something to do on his breaks anyhow. This, for today, seems to be that thing.

"I'll contact you as soon as I can." So, Connor moves to stand, offering his hand to shake "I'll see what I can do for you." Hopefully whatever that something is would be good. Now that their goodbyes have been said, Connor takes off to go back to work. It wouldn't be late that night that he would get the chance to look over the footage. From what he can gather, as his first impression would have it, Theo seemed pretty innocent here. Still, he'll need to work fast if he wants to prove that. His opinions mean nothing over whatever facts are had - even if they're actually not the facts.

"Oh, yeah, of course... that makes perfect sense," Theo replied back, wanting the ground to swallow him up. He didn't even consider how them meeting up at his house would look, especially to anyone who didn't know the situation he was currently in. "We can meet up at the police department, I want this process to be as smooth as possible, for the both of us."

Lucky wasn't the right word for how Theo was feeling, but they knew someone must have been looking out for them. The chances of him stumbling into a bar where there was a lieutenant who not only listened to his story, but decided he would help was something out of a movie.

Looking at their watch, Theo realised they had stayed later than they intended to. "Fuck... I have to get back to work, but you have my number if you need to contact me," he murmured as he stood up from the table. "Let me know when you want to meet up next, I will make sure I am available."

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The chill in the air has Gavin sighing in relief upon her arrival, promptly getting into the vehicle and buckling in. "Seriously? Hell yeah." It's not much, but it's more than he can ask for considering just showing up at her house like he did. He'll need to not make a habit of that. Showing up drunk and beat up, that is. Who knows what would have happened if her parents had answered?

He picks up the bar and tears open the package, quickly taking a bite "My place is pretty close. Dad probably wants me to play hookie with the nasty bruise he gave me." He huffs a little in amusement. Amazing how people still managed to believe that guy is still an upstanding citizens. The guy as anything but. "But how about you come say hello after school, huh?"

"Sounds good to me." A thumbs up follows his words to further verify this. "Road feels like it would be less obvious." Her parents would totally notice if some guy was just oddly hanging around their place so early in the morning. Last thing he or Saskia, even, needed is trouble with their parents.

As they plan, Gavin sneaks out of her window and waits up for her by the road. The fact he manages to do so so quickly? He's not really sure if that could be considered a bad thing or not. Likely so as the reason he's so good as climbing down to sneak out is because of his desire to get the fuck out of his house and pretty often at that. Saskia doesn't know it, but Gavin hardly spends most of the night at home. Sometimes he even wanders off to sleep in his car, but that gets him in trouble. You know, the obvious sneaking out.

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Though she says it as though it's something that's commonly done, Isaac can still only be surprised at the fact she saved him. Most humans, he feel, would simply leave an android out to freeze. Most didn't seem to even realize androids could freeze. But they could freeze and die the same as any human could.

"Well I.. appreciate it.." Isaac speaks quietly, trying to convince himself to feel a little less wary seeing as how she literally saved him. It's just instinct to be afraid of humans sometimes. "My name is Isaac - you are..?" Head quirks and brows raise slightly, curious as to the name of his savior. He's still not perfectly safe yet, but he's out of the worst and that's the most he could have hoped for.

"Of course I brought you in here," Saskia answered, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I wasn't about to just leave you out in the street!" She checked the blankets to make sure they were still warm and not damp, fully prepared to grab some more towels.

Android or not, she knew she should help others. She knew it wasn't exactly the most popular thing to do and one call could even potentially get herself arrested, or just straight up beaten up by someone if they found him.

"I know it's not exactly the norm to help androids but I just couldn't exactly just walk past and ignore someone who needs help," she answered quietly. "What can I call you? Other than Frosty the Snowman. Also, I apologise if a cat comes in, he's very friendly I promise."

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Okay, he's kind of dumbfounded at this point. Gavin really didn't think he'd make it this far. Hell, he was ready to have to cancel that reservation and sulk at home when he was rejected, but that's because he's used to rejection. Not so much when it comes to when he likes someone, but in the fact of life in general. People tended to reject him as a whole.

Cheeks are the faintest shade of red at her taking hold of his hand. Shouldn't he be the one taking that initiative? Not that it really matters. He's more overthinking things because he doesn't want to ruin his literal first date. Mostly because he's never bothered asking anyone out before. Saskia would be the first.

"..You're always pretty."

Saskia couldn't help but laugh softly at Gavin's reaction, finding him even more adorable than he normally was. She really wanted to kiss him, but she wasn't sure if he was really ready for that kind of affection just yet. Maybe after their date she'd try.

"I don't care if it's not super fancy, that's not important to me," she shrugged as she reached out to take his hand. "I'm really looking forward to the date, I'll be sure to look pretty for you."

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Connor nodded to his thanks even though he felt it wasn't necessary. He wanted to go in with an open mind to possibility and the only way to do that is to.. well, go in with an open mind, to not make assumptions. This is something he's learned to do over time. Taking what he knows into consideration and coming up with all the possibilities for cause before he makes a decision.

"The police department be best - sneaking around won't do either of us any favours." He explained, knowing meeting up at their house would likely only end in disaster. Connor has already taken that into consideration. "We could use one of the empty interrogation rooms." Though he's sure the setting will make Theo uncomfortable as he's sure it would anyone, it's still the best place for them to talk. "Going to your house would only raise the question of what we're up to, however, if there's another place you can think of if the police department building makes you too uncomfortable, I'm open to suggestions."

"Of course, I'm always willing to look into a case like this." Where the accused was likely innocent. Already, things weren't quite adding up. Especially if Hank had any sort of suspicions of something being fishy.

Theo was relieved when Connor reassured him about his reaction to being arrested. He knew most people would have reacted the exact same way that he did, but he was also aware of how the police could use that against him. "Thank you, I appreciate you understanding."

As Connor continued to speak, Theo could still feel all the eyes in the coffee shop on them. They knew how people viewed androids, but they didn't realise it was this bad. It made Theo sad knowing that so many humans treated androids like this while they forced them to work and be at their beck and call.

"Of course... we can meet up at my place next time or we can meet somewhere within the police department... whatever is more comfortable for you," Theo replied as he took a sip of his coffee. "I want to thank you again for looking into this for me, I didn't know who else to go to," they added, giving Connor a small smile. They truly were relived to have him and Hank on their side.

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Her words process in his mind over and over until they finally, actually process properly. It was as though his android brain was trying to wrap its head around who he was talking to come to realize she's a stranger, of course. He doesn't know any other female humans. Of course he doesn't know who is talking to him. "Saskia..?" Her name is repeated as though to help him register it. Everything feels slow - as though it takes more time to process what has happened and what is currently happening.

"You.. brought me here?" In the current whether and her stature, he can only guess that it took a lot of effort to move him anywhere. But why? Why go out of her way to help him? She didn't even know him. Then again, Isaac doesn't feel he has to know someone to help them, so why does she have to? Perhaps it's just that he's not used to humans being helpful by choice. "Thank.. you." What else is there really for him to say? Other than to question her why she would do such a thing, but that'll be something the android worries about later. For now, all he cares about is warning up more.

"My apologies I'm just.. surprised." And still trying to get through the fog of his system rebooting. It seems to be taking longer and longer these days.. "Not many.. humans.. would do that for an android. So, thank you.. really."

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One would think things would be so much better for androids now that humans were willing to listen, but as there were homeless humans, there were also homeless androids. New Jericho could only hold and tend to so many androids with limited supplies and truth be told, aside from going to get thirium when desperately needed, Isaac tended to stay away so someone less fortunate than him may be helped instead. Even though he could easily be considered as severely less fortunate just by the look of him.

A night such as this is one where he definitely should have gone. Caved and gotten himself some good, proper help if there was room. But he didn't. He's across town, further away than he would like due to having to change squatting locations - abandoned homes often being what humans and androids alike fled to in their homelessness. If they managed to find one, of course. Isaac had and the fact it was so far during winter made things quite.. difficult. More so than usual.

Part of him wonders when exactly he shut down when his eyes open again. There's a fog of sorts. A great deal of confusion as his body processes consciousness once again. Where is he? It's warm, but his body is running a bit cold. Not as cold as it had been. The thought brings him to recollect what had happened; The memory of a girl calling to him in a panic as his system threatened shut down in response to the cold surrounding him. It snowed and he couldn't make it back to where he was holing up in time to get out of it. He'd collapsed.. he'd.. been saved?

This is the realization that hits him upon noting he's clearly someplace else, upon hearing that girl's voice against as she notes him beginning to 'awaken'. There's a moment where he can't make out what she says, but he understands enough to know that she saved him from the cold by essentially hauling him back to her place and warming him up again. She looks to be on the phone too. Someone is talking with her, apparently guiding her through the process of how to deal with him. Likely someone from Jericho as they had a help line one could call for aid these days.

She seems to be hanging up the phone now, however, then being when Isaac finally manages to speak. At least a word, anyway. "..where?" His voice is normal for him, but likely not for her with how it sounds slightly distorted. Something he's been forced to deal with since Zlatko's tampering. "Who..?"

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Is the relief he feels in hearing she likes him too obvious in his face? Because he hadn't realized it, but he'd been a ball of nerves until she came up and said that. "Yeah? That's - That's good." Wow, smooth one Gavin. "I was thinking tonight? I mean, I got reservations to some place I thought you might like." So he was clearly banking on her liking him back. Even if he wasn't sure, he wanted to be prepared for whatever happened.

"It's not like - super fancy or anything, but they do some kind of event for Valentine's Day? And I thought uh.. you might like that." And now his cheeks are the faintest shade of red. Why is he so bad at this?

Though he didn't think Saskia the type to avoid him after receiving a note like that, he still felt as though somehow he would be the one she'd end up avoiding anyway. Call him relieved when he sees her, but he's also anxious over wondering what she thought of his note. Did she like him too? He's oblivious to how she feels about him.

"Yeah?" He would sure have hoped so because her finding it later? Well, that would have been super embarrassing. "So I assume you know what I'm going to say?" Why else would he have written a note for her to come meet him? Gavin pauses, gaze averting from her for a moment as he tries to find the courage to say what is already obvious. He's looking at her again when he does manage to, of course "I like you, Saskia. Like, a fuckin' lot." Another pause as his cheeks darken just a bit. He's not used to talking about feelings "So, you know, I was wondering if you.. wanted to be my valentine er.. something?" Ugh. Why is he so bad at this? "To be my 'valentine' and go on a date." Yeah, he wasn't going to let it go at wanted to be my valentine er.. something. That was just embarrassing.

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Connor falls quiet as he awaits their reply, nodding when Theo speaks "I feel it would be a bit more worrying if you did, seem calm Mr. Wiley." Though Theo hadn't given him their last name to use, it appeared Connor had such information. Such a thing wasn't hard for him to obtain at all. People were quite easy to identify for him being the type of android he is.

"Lieutenant Anderson and I will see if we can take a look at those recordings tonight." As Theo would have it in his luck, Connor had the time. Things were actually quite slow right now aside from affairs regarding androids, but that day has been fairly quiet. No need for Connor to think about those things for now. "If need be, I'll view them on my own." That will be if the humans are nice enough to cooperate with him, of course. There were still many humans that held hatred in their heart for androids; Often making things difficult for his people out of said hatred. They knew they couldn't put a hand on him, but oh, they could interfere with his work. That's why Hank's presence would be best.

"Do you perhaps have someplace you would prefer to meet again?" As the coffee shop isn't as practical as he thought it might be. Connor absolutely sticks out like a sore thumb there with the low, blue glow of the LED on his temple giving him away. At least the establishment allowed androids inside to begin with. "Meeting here doesn't seem ideal for future meetings. We could always talk someplace within the Detroit Police Department itself?" Though part of him feels Theo isn't exactly interested in setting foot on the property again if it can be avoided.

Theo was reluctant when Hank mentioned the someone who could help him was an android. He knew it was irrational of him, but he had only ever heard horror stories of other's androids turning evil and hurting them, or worse, killing them. Being desperate to prove their innocence and wanting to keep an open mind, Theo agreed to meet with the android and see if he could help.

Sitting down in the coffee shop opposite Hank and Connor, Theo was very aware of everyone around them staring. Trying to ignore all the obvious judgement being thrown their way, they took a sip of their drink, waiting to hear if Connor would be able to help him out.

As Connor mentioned wanting to hear the police recordings, Theo felt a pit form in his stomach. He knew the recordings were going to make him look guilty as hell. He wished he didn't react the way he did, but he wasn't thinking straight, although who would when you are being told you committed a crime you didn't commit.

"That makes sense... I do have to warn you, I didn't react in a very calm way," Theo confessed as he fidgeted with his coffee cup. "I was completely blindsided in there... I had no idea what they were going to say," he added, knowing he probably didn't sound very convincing. He just hoped Connor believed him when he saw the police recordings for himself. He didn't know what he was going to do if the android couldn't help him prove his innocence.

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"Is that so?" Connor blinks. Wow, Saskia seems like a very busy person. Though he tends to be as well, so no judgment, of course. Though his own being so busy is often because he tends to put a lot on his own plate, sometimes even putting a little too much on his plate at once. Hopefully that won't be happening anytime soon.

"What sort of things do you do, if you don't mind my asking?" He asked out of curiosity.

"Oh no - do you have difficulty sleeping?" Connor questions, immediately showing concern for her health in her mentioning getting little sleep. "I'm sorry to hear that." It must make things a bit difficult on her, right? Or is he jumping to too many conclusions so quickly? Connor just knows that when he can't sleep, it means there's something weighing on his mind. So it's not too strange he'd show concern to a new friend over something like this, right? Insomnia and being too troubled to sleep are both pretty bad things to deal with.

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"Sounds good to me." A thumbs up follows his words to further verify this. "Road feels like it would be less obvious." Her parents would totally notice if some guy was just oddly hanging around their place so early in the morning. Last thing he or Saskia, even, needed is trouble with their parents.

As they plan, Gavin sneaks out of her window and waits up for her by the road. The fact he manages to do so so quickly? He's not really sure if that could be considered a bad thing or not. Likely so as the reason he's so good as climbing down to sneak out is because of his desire to get the fuck out of his house and pretty often at that. Saskia doesn't know it, but Gavin hardly spends most of the night at home. Sometimes he even wanders off to sleep in his car, but that gets him in trouble. You know, the obvious sneaking out.

Gavin has absolutely no qualms with sneaking out of her bedroom window. It's not like he's not sneaking out of his own place almost every night anyway. You know, to avoid his dad and all that. Something Saskia is likely remotely aware enough of now that she'd caught him hurt. Remnants of the bruising are still pretty visible. He's going to stick out like a sore thumb at school today. As though he doesn't tend to already.

"The window, it is." Waiting for someone like Gavin is a nightmare, so, even though he'd already decided based on having done so at home, he likely would have ended up going the window route anyway due to his own impatience. "You walkin? I can wait up for you by the road to look 'less suspicious' if you are."

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//Putting replies in queue for the 5th! Already have a couple in there.

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//I'll try and work on replies here soon. Muses have just been finicky cause depression ngl. Hopefully I can work on replies soon uwu