[ a light laugh escapes them through the synthesizer, making it a little like glass tinkling. ]
Everyone out there at least knows of that kind of person, if not knowing them personally.
[ just how it works. ]
That's right. The followup to that question is "ideally, you all won't be here to see the last batch of locations, because you'll be home." But for as much as I'll back Nut & Bolt, getting you guys home will probably take some time.
[ they spread their hands wide, and the glow in their helmet also widens, fake cheer but a bit of humor in their muted emotions before they return to even and calm. ]
Ideally not. [ echoing themself. dry, in return. ] It's at least going to take a couple weeks.
The lab equipment is more whether we can get it fast or not. There's drone dropships - little things that are computer-piloted - that can bring us what we don't already have on-board, but that one depends on how far we are from an unmanned warehouse station.
But, yes, it does tend to take us a while when we're this far out from the hub.
Thebe put the request in before we found out he's Like That. [ dry, unimpressed. they do not have a high opinion, there. ] I'd personally bar him from that kind of thing, but we'll see how this week goes.
[ shaking their head at the question ]
No weapons. We're not authorized or outfitted for that. We can get you a soft pellet for practice, like we were able to get someone a fake sword not made of foam to keep up with their training, but nothing real.
[ said with feeling, as i personally grip scien by the neck: i love you, you insane man ] He seems like the kind of person who’d just do what he wanted anyway.
[ also like he’s never been told ‘no’ in a way that mattered ]
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[ SIGH. ] I’ll take the fake if that’s all you can offer. Seems a bit particular, given you’ve got weapons as part of the ship anyway.
[ he is truly insane. we have been losing it. ] I wouldn't be surprised if he just gathered the blood in coffee cups.
[ adrastea plans on telling him 'no' pretty frequently frankly. ]
The weapons are outside the ship and used for space debris more than any real fighting, but I don't think it's particularly great, either. We do have training weapons on-board that are more to form but that'll be an upcoming thing, and you can't take them out of their assigned area anyways. [ stay tuned. ] I'll put in a request for a fake, though,
[ i sincerely love him he’s fucking hilarious but i’m also going to run him over with my car and everyone would understand. ]
Nah. Look at him. Blood in a coffee cup would coagulate too fast and ruin whatever he’s planning to do with it. He doesn’t look like the sort to make that kind of error.
[ he’d gather them in proper tubes and then store them in any fridge he wanted like it was his god given right and you wouldn’t be able to convince him otherwise. ]
[ gib gun. ] Sure. I don’t really have much choice but to wait for things anyway. But thanks. [ for the fake pew pew order. ] Who ordered a sword anyway? Seems… like a choice.
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.
[ 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?
[ 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.
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.
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.
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."
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"?
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.
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.
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[ because yeah that's the shit they'd do. ]
So it'll open up a little more each week until everything's available. Before the end of this "tour" we've apparently got roped in to?
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Everyone out there at least knows of that kind of person, if not knowing them personally.
[ just how it works. ]
That's right. The followup to that question is "ideally, you all won't be here to see the last batch of locations, because you'll be home." But for as much as I'll back Nut & Bolt, getting you guys home will probably take some time.
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[ it sure is. ]
Some time-- "eight weeks"? [ he looks amused, but in a pretty dry way. there's nothing to really read off his emotions either. ]
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[ they spread their hands wide, and the glow in their helmet also widens, fake cheer but a bit of humor in their muted emotions before they return to even and calm. ]
Ideally not. [ echoing themself. dry, in return. ] It's at least going to take a couple weeks.
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… That’s better than expected. [ if TRUE ] I’m guessing that’s the same for any requests made to your bosses, like that guy wanting the lab equipment.
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The lab equipment is more whether we can get it fast or not. There's drone dropships - little things that are computer-piloted - that can bring us what we don't already have on-board, but that one depends on how far we are from an unmanned warehouse station.
But, yes, it does tend to take us a while when we're this far out from the hub.
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Oh, you are actually getting it then. [ for the guy asking for people’s blood in the canteen. who is keeping that blood in the fridge. ]
So, if I asked for a pistol?
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[ shaking their head at the question ]
No weapons. We're not authorized or outfitted for that. We can get you a soft pellet for practice, like we were able to get someone a fake sword not made of foam to keep up with their training, but nothing real.
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[ also like he’s never been told ‘no’ in a way that mattered ]
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[ SIGH. ] I’ll take the fake if that’s all you can offer. Seems a bit particular, given you’ve got weapons as part of the ship anyway.
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[ adrastea plans on telling him 'no' pretty frequently frankly. ]
The weapons are outside the ship and used for space debris more than any real fighting, but I don't think it's particularly great, either. We do have training weapons on-board that are more to form but that'll be an upcoming thing, and you can't take them out of their assigned area anyways. [ stay tuned. ] I'll put in a request for a fake, though,
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Nah. Look at him. Blood in a coffee cup would coagulate too fast and ruin whatever he’s planning to do with it. He doesn’t look like the sort to make that kind of error.
[ he’d gather them in proper tubes and then store them in any fridge he wanted like it was his god given right and you wouldn’t be able to convince him otherwise. ]
[ gib gun. ] Sure. I don’t really have much choice but to wait for things anyway. But thanks. [ for the fake pew pew order. ] Who ordered a sword anyway? Seems… like a choice.
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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.
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… 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?
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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.
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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. ]
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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.
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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.
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[ 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."
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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"?
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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.
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Yeah.
[ he's right. ]
I never claimed to be charismatic.
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[ 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.
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[ when is he gonna do that? ]
You just ... basically deleted them?
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[ 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.
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[ DELEGATE. ]
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I'm not sure how promotion equals loss of identity, but maybe that's just me.
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