[ he does not send a reply because he's rude, but after a short time he does appear in the mall and makes his way to hanger management! he has zero interest in clothes, kind of focused on his mission, but roboji is following along behind him. holy shit i just realized i can at least dress up roboji. anyway, he lifts a hand in a wave as he approaches. ]
[ no he's efficient. roboji being dressed up would be my dream and i would demand images of his outfit checks every time we thread so beware. in any case, thebe also waves, the pouch of their oversized jacket sagging because there's a small cat in there with its head poking out, blue eyes greeting shoma. ]
Sure thing. [ the look to roboji with a little autotuned whistle following. ] Wow... cool friend. Anyways. What can I do for you?
Okay. [ he. okay. he holds out his hand for son to sneef if he would like. ] I guess that's not a bad name for a cat. I mean, I named Roboji the way I did since he was like a second child.
[ he kind of stops like he's just realized he started saying something he actually did not want to talk about, frowning before shaking his head. ]
Doesn't matter. I wasn't even home when it got taken. [ there's. a lot of complications about what happened to robota even though he knows the exact story, but that's for another time.
anyway! he watches thebe scritch son on the head before glancing back at roboji. ]
He's been useful so far, yeah. I still have a few upgrades I want to make to him, but seems harder here without the right parts. [ ... ] Which is kind of one of the things I wanted to ask you. One of the others said you put in the weekly order for stuff that we ask for, right? Where's the stuff actually coming from?
[ he just waves it off. don't worry about, we don't talk about murderbot. ]
That's more what I was wondering was if it was all in storage somewhere or if you could custom order stuff. Does that mean you have access to everything on the ship already? No barriers?
The major gates are still down, but we can get through some of the service passages, though it's hard to take a lot at one time. We leave the bigger loads for those of us who are a little stronger.
That makes some sense. Easier to haul things when you have more space to cover. [ what's the size comparison of thebe to shoma, actually? ] Any word on when the major gates might be back up?
Well, opening them by the week seems to be working... I think we might have all of them by the very end of the tour if we keep this up.
[ size comparison hm. thebe is just wearing some ankle booties that don't add much height to them to begin with, so you could say shoma comes up to their chin? mouth? it's hard to say they're wearing a helmet so it's wobbles hand. ]
[ that's fair. me hoping this one also did not tower over him. but hum. ]
So basically "don't hold your breath" on getting them open before then. That's fine. As long as people can still get the stuff they need it'll make the job a little less annoying. [ which...a slight segue, and veering off of what he initially wanted to ask them. he will come back to it. ] A few of you have said you have personal reasons for continuing the tour with the Eudora crew. Does that include you?
[ well they definitely don't tower, so there's that! ]
Exactly. We're working as fast as we can around the clock, but there's a lot on this ship we have to run ourselves. In the meantime, we're here to courier stuff to you guys that we might have. Within reason.
[ they're not going to make you all work outside of delivery considering your circumstances. at the question, however, son mrrps because thebe has stopped petting his head. this is an outrage, but sorry son they are thinking. ]
Yeah.... yeah. Rent doesn't pay itself in capitalistic hell, y'know...? Never been to space, but... there's a first time for everything, right?
[ he looks down at son again. sorry kitty, there are important things to address! ]
...so it was really just about the money and going "yeah, why not?" That simple? What about the place you came from? Didn't you have stuff there you still needed to do or people?
Yeah, I get it. Mizuki told me the stipend we're supposedly getting from this is huge. If it's true, then...I can't really say no to that kind of money either. Sorry.
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[ they will send a little ping just in case! ]
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Thanks for waiting.
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Sure thing. [ the look to roboji with a little autotuned whistle following. ] Wow... cool friend. Anyways. What can I do for you?
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okay well everything he had to say to thebe suddenly goes on the back burner for a second. ]
Cat? [ yeah. that sure is a cat. he doesn't even particularly love animals but he likes them and anything living and normal is interesting. ]
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[ he is their son.
the cat just pricks ears forward. he is just hanging out and staring as cats do. jiiiiiiiiiii. ]
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Roboji, huh? Nice name. So he has a sibling technically?
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Had, yeah. I built my first one six or seven years ago, but it got stolen. So I made Roboji not long before coming here.
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[ all that hard work. thebe's visor makes a :\ face over it as they give son a little ear scritch. ]
I'm glad Roboji was able to come along, at least... he seems like a pretty helpful friend to have...
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Doesn't matter. I wasn't even home when it got taken. [ there's. a lot of complications about what happened to robota even though he knows the exact story, but that's for another time.
anyway! he watches thebe scritch son on the head before glancing back at roboji. ]
He's been useful so far, yeah. I still have a few upgrades I want to make to him, but seems harder here without the right parts. [ ... ] Which is kind of one of the things I wanted to ask you. One of the others said you put in the weekly order for stuff that we ask for, right? Where's the stuff actually coming from?
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To answer your question, all over the ship. Since things are locked up though, we usually go manually for your personal requisitions.
[ disappointed ] If you're looking for hyperspecific parts for something, I don't think I can manage that.
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That's more what I was wondering was if it was all in storage somewhere or if you could custom order stuff. Does that mean you have access to everything on the ship already? No barriers?
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The major gates are still down, but we can get through some of the service passages, though it's hard to take a lot at one time. We leave the bigger loads for those of us who are a little stronger.
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[ size comparison hm. thebe is just wearing some ankle booties that don't add much height to them to begin with, so you could say shoma comes up to their chin? mouth? it's hard to say they're wearing a helmet so it's wobbles hand. ]
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So basically "don't hold your breath" on getting them open before then. That's fine. As long as people can still get the stuff they need it'll make the job a little less annoying. [ which...a slight segue, and veering off of what he initially wanted to ask them. he will come back to it. ] A few of you have said you have personal reasons for continuing the tour with the Eudora crew. Does that include you?
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Exactly. We're working as fast as we can around the clock, but there's a lot on this ship we have to run ourselves. In the meantime, we're here to courier stuff to you guys that we might have. Within reason.
[ they're not going to make you all work outside of delivery considering your circumstances. at the question, however, son mrrps because thebe has stopped petting his head. this is an outrage, but sorry son they are thinking. ]
Yeah.... yeah. Rent doesn't pay itself in capitalistic hell, y'know...? Never been to space, but... there's a first time for everything, right?
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...so it was really just about the money and going "yeah, why not?" That simple? What about the place you came from? Didn't you have stuff there you still needed to do or people?
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There's more to it, but I don't think I want to talk about that.
So that's the simple answer. I need to survive somehow.
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Yeah, I get it. Mizuki told me the stipend we're supposedly getting from this is huge. If it's true, then...I can't really say no to that kind of money either. Sorry.
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That kind of money wouldn't just help me... I can think of a lot of other things it could do...
[ they sigh. ]
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Are there other people you're trying to take care of, too?
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[ rubbing at their side, just a little bit. ]
... I could do a lot of good... that would make me happy...
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Usually doing something good helps. [ a pause. ] Is that what you're used to?
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