Video; un: zenyatta

[iomnic]

Hello, world!

[Oh, who's this guy?? Surely not someone any of you have met before!! JK, there's his username, slapped on the post like it always is. But this guy's a human!! Surely there's an explanation for this!!]

This is Zenyatta. If we have met before, then you might notice I am looking very different! If we have not, I do not typically look like this. I am typically an omnic- or as you might better know, a robot.

For the most recent mission, we have the assignment of "blending in" with the population. I thought this could be an opportunity for me to learn what it would be like to live as a human.

That is also where I could use some assistance. I am still becoming accustomed to human lifestyle, but there are many things that are new to me. For example, I have noticed there are certain rules about clothing most humans follow, but it was not exactly something I thought too much about as an omnic. I typically did not wear shirts, but it seems that this might be more of a necessity, as a human?

[As are socks. Shoes. Underwear.]

Another question I have- how do humans know when they are allergic to things? How do I run some sort of diagnosis to ascertain what I should avoid?

I am sure there are much more I have yet to discover, but some guidance would be appreciated.

Comments

[longtempered]

Yeah, that sounds about right. Lets you know when you get hurt and where it happened. Makes sense there'd be something like that for, ah, Omnics too...

Apparently you can wear that out after awhile if it happens too much, though. I think that's what happened on my end, anyway. Guess it doesn't wear out for Omnics?

[iomnic]

As far as I know, it is not supposed to "wear out" for humans, either.

[longtempered]

[wow zenyatta don't put him on blast like this??? LOOK--]

Ah, you'd think. It's definitely not the sort of thing that happens to most people. Hell, I'm the only one I know back home that has this problem.

I've got a friend who's sort of a doctor-- [sort of. an illegal doctor...that does underground jobs.....why do you make shady career choices like this, shinra] --and he told me it's like...if you hurt the same spot enough it starts hurting a bit less? That does happen to a lot of humans normally. The nerves get--ah--some complicated biology shit, I can't remember.

But I did it too much, I guess? So now it's like this. [nailed it]

[iomnic]

... I... suppose, in a way, this would make sense. For an omnic, there is a part of our core processors that indicate when a weak area has been damaged. If someone were to disable the processor from receiving signals, then there would be no way to acknowledge the pain.

[ but you are also NOT A ROBOT, SHIZUO ]

I have also heard of human "tolerance" levels. Perhaps, a combination of both has led to this, for you.

[ He's trying to make this make sense for you... ]

[longtempered]

[What even is he honestly, We Just Don't Know. Evidence repeatedly points to just plain old human, and yet.........]

Oh yeah, 'tolerance', that was the word. Shinra mentioned that too, I think. [Shizuo sighs, absentmindedly rubbing the side of his neck a bit as he frowns at nothing in particular off-screen and considers this.] Might be something like that...a combination, like you said? We've got nerves instead of 'sensors', but I wouldn't be surprised if it was because I damaged them too much or something. Either way, they definitely haven't been working in awhile.

[He appreciates Zenyatta's attempts to help the both of them make any sense of it, anyway. That's already more patience than most people would have trying to engage him on things like this, Shizuo himself included. Talking about things more than surface-level complex has always been an impatient exercise in vaguely waving off over half of it, for him...detail has never been his strong suit.

But for the sake of Zenyatta learning things, he guesses it's good to clarify...though--]

Man, it sounds pretty bad when you put it like that...

[iomnic]

[Being one to look on the bright side, he continues.]

You are also not alone in this aspect. There is a woman here by the name of Ramir- she experiences a similar situation to you. There also was a man here by the name of Saitama... but I have not seen him in a while.

Had you spoken to either of them about this?