AUDIENCE 🚀 SHU

[dropoffs]

Comments

[dropoffs]

[ actual murder proposal becks no takebacksies.

that makes adrastea laugh, dark humor bubbling up faintly in the drift effect for the week. ]

I don't know, he looks like he never changes out of the clothes on his back if he can help it. It's the duality of a mad genius, maybe, that has me thinking he would go ahead and use coffee cups if he didn't have equipment handy.

[ the autotune-tinkling laughter dies down, and they swivel their stool with a foot, lazy. ]

Charles, apparently. It's not that strange to me, really, but you all come from a variety of worlds so it's what he's more familiar with I believe. To each their own. It's not my choice, either.

[roseoftexas]

[ breaks into the locked post to type out i hit him with my old mini, me personally, not shu, but i also give his forehead a little kiss afterwards. ]

… Do you think Dahut’s ever thought about throttling him? [ thinking about my thread with aki where shu inadvertently called dahut scien’s gopher and he just :tails:’d at him. ] Maybe he would seize the opportunity, but it’d ruin the data in the process.

[ swings and roundabouts. ]

Charles, huh. If it’s what he’s used to, then sure. But it’s definitely a weird choice where I’m from. [ says the guy carrying a gun at all times. ] What would be your choice then?

[dropoffs]

[ done, we'll set up the dm for you to break the fourth wall. ]

Who knows? Brofiise would have it coming, based off what I've seen of the two of them. Maybe he'd put a laxative in a chocolate croissant if he didn't throttle him.

[ it'd be so funny if dahut did, adrastea wants to see that. ]

I can get up close and personal just fine. [ displayed in dealing with blade ] I like my weapons ranged, though.

[roseoftexas]

[ 🤝 thank you for your help modsies. ]

If I could think of pranks he could pull, I’d suggest them. Although I’m not sure I’ve even seen Brofiise look anything other than bored.

[ dahut should pop off, honestly. ]

… Ah. Same. [ to both of those. ] I ended up with pretty rounded training, but — well. You have it front and centre in my profile what I specialise in.

[ thanks. ]

[dropoffs]

[ blows kissy to ]

Thebe could probably come up with something. A variety of somethings. But you're right, he's kind of a bored variety of asshole.

[ let dahut off the string as a tweat. ]

Mm, well, two consolations. One, that's all we know about all of you, since those and your contracts were all we got in your dockets. Two, that's all any of the rest of the passengers know about you unless you tell them.

[roseoftexas]

[ uwah. ]

They're the joker, then? [ interesting. ] Everyone's got something that interests them. I'm not sure we want to find out what makes him tick though.

[ imagine. ]

True. There's still more than I'd usually talk about this early on [ or ever ] on there.

[dropoffs]

They can be. They've got a playful sense of humor. [ big contrast to callisto and europa. ] Mm... no, I don't think we'd like what we found in there. Better to leave it where it is.

[ they don't want to and i'm, personally, afraid of the idea. ]

It is pretty invasive. We didn't get much choice in ours, either, but with the promotions we could update them a little before it was redacted for "professionalism."

[roseoftexas]

[ callisto is so funny. ]

Pandora's box, or something like that. Although, I think that box was open a long time ago. [ he just doesn't have the means to do what makes him tick. maybe. ]

You've redacted half of everything from what it looked like. "STR: worst"?

[dropoffs]

[ they're funny to pick on.

there's a pause, and then the faint glow of the inside of their helmet is joined by what looks like a data interface. it's also on the inside, but there's a curious blip and a silence before they answer. when they do, the data interface fades out. ] Oh, I see. That feels pretty apt.

[ sometimes you just need to look up what a phrase means. ]

Redacted by Nut & Bolt. But at least I'm charming, Mr. 10 Charisma. [ muted playfulness. ] I'm faster to make up for it.

[roseoftexas]

[ every day's a learning day. ]

Yeah.

[ he's right. ]

I never claimed to be charismatic.

[dropoffs]

You're not a 2 or a 9, at least.

[ there are so many people with 9 cha??? there's 6, 7, and 8 also but the 2 really wins it. ]

I don't actually remember what my numbers are, I haven't seen them in something like a month.

[roseoftexas]

So, less likely to total fail if I have to charm someone. Reassuring.

[ when is he gonna do that? ]

You just ... basically deleted them?

[dropoffs]

You never know. Sometimes we have to network with the locals.

[ also maybe cyoa you don't know ]

Nut & Bolt did when we got promoted. They redacted a lot of information about us to maintain "professionalism" for training. [ they don't physically airquote but the energy is there. ] Same concept as the helmets.

[roseoftexas]

I'll let someone else do the talking.

[ DELEGATE. ]

...

I'm not sure how promotion equals loss of identity, but maybe that's just me.

[dropoffs]

Smart.

[ they make a contemplative noise. ]

No, it's one of their more stupid protocols overall. But I've had to assume identities before for my past work - becoming Adrastea is far simpler.

[roseoftexas]

Let me guess -- if I ask what your name actually is, that's "confidential information" that I "don't have clearance" for.

[dropoffs]

[ a bingo gesture. ]

I might tell you before you all leave, who knows. We wouldn't be training you then.

You can call me whatever you like in the meantime.

[roseoftexas]

I think I'll just stick to your Nut & Bolt assigned name. Unless something springs to mind.

[dropoffs]

. [ they tap a finger on the bar counter, and a glass with amber liquid, ice, and an orange peel materializes from the auto-bartender. ] Named after some planet's moons, apparently. Suppose it's more mysterious than "fixer," though, really, it wouldn't surprise me if that flew over some heads.

[roseoftexas]

[ ooh. convenient. ]

It's literally a job title. It's already confused at least one person for something they already knew, though.

[dropoffs]

[ they get one of those skinny stirrer straws and stick it into the glass, drinking it through their helmet. ]

I'm sure more than one person is going to think you're a repairman. [ said with all the (albeit muted) emphasis of bless their hearts. ]

[roseoftexas]

If they do they're in for a surprise. I think Yuri thought I was some kind of hitman.

[ he is. ]

Like, one from her world.

[dropoffs]

[ if they had a visible face this is where they would be looking at him from under their brow like. alright, shu. before he adds that last part. ]

Not many of you from the same world, as it turns out. Even those of you from Earth I think are different flavors of it.

[roseoftexas]

[ look. listen, he's a hitman but he's not a Fixer thank you for coming to my explanation xoxo gossip girl. ]

Even if a lot of things overlap? That's... specific, but kinda weird.

[dropoffs]

[ i would sit for a dissertation becks. ]

I can look at the dockets again to see where there's overlaps, because each Earth has its own code in our system, but I think there's only a few that match up. Shoma and Mizuki, for example.