OOC
✘ BACKTAGGING: I will backtag into forever, as long as you've still got interest in doing the thing. I can be slow sometimes, so anyone else being slow as well is not going to be an issue.
✘ FOURTH-WALLING: This rarely if ever comes up. PM me first if you've got something in mind.
✘ THREADJACKING: You're more than welcome to, unless the conversation is marked private. Go for it.
✘ BRACKETS/PROSE: I tend to use brackets and present tense by default, but prose and past tense are just fine by me. Just let me know what you prefer.
✘ CROSS-CANON: Absolutely.
✘ ASSUMED CR: Sure. Just give me a head's up as to what you have in mind beforehand.
IC
✘ PHYSICAL CONTACT: Barely tolerated by those closest to him. Reciprocation is very unlikely at best. Contact and touch are for people, and Locus still has difficulty with being 'people'. Try it at your own risk.
✘ ROMANCE: Unlikely, and don't expect him to initiate. Locus's emotional guards are even more stalwart than his personal bubble tends to be, and working your way in is tricky. Not impossible, but it's going to be a long haul, and you'll wind up involved with a very bad, broken person as a result.
✘ INTIMACY & SEX: Locus is demisexual, and one-night flings are not going to be a thing. End of story. He doesn't come out of the armor for anyone he doesn't trust, and getting a paranoid, PSTD-riddled soldier to trust is going to be every bit as difficult as finding the clasps on that fucking armor of his. Must be partner-level or above to ride this ride.
✘ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Part of the daily routine. Fights are A+. Minor injuries expected, major injuries and death can be worked out beforehand on PM, but definitely not off the table.
✘ SENSITIVE TOPICS: His mental state is the biggest one. Even the insinuation that he's mentally unstable tends to bring out the worst in him. Other fun buttons to push if you want to activate murderbot are New Jeruselem, Chorus, and Felix. I mean, I don't know why you'd want to do that, but hey. You do you.