AUDIENCE 🚀 MARGARET

[dropoffs]

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[dropoffs]

I would dare not let someone wait for too long.

[ For serving, they will never be rude. ]

Ideally, wherever is most comfortable for you. I can accommodate myself to any space.

[bossbabygirl]

[she is getting such an android vibe from this one it's a little endearing.]

Then let's choose someplace we can both sit. That will be most comfortable to me. Lounge?

[dropoffs]

Then let me escort you to the lounge.

[ They can shuffle over! Amalthea makes sure that it is the perfect pace and that they will never lose Margaret.

Two plush chairs for them. They will wait for her to sit down first. ]

Shall I fetch refreshments before we begin?

[bossbabygirl]

I could really go for a matcha latte, if you happen to have it.

[yes, she will sit. she is so comfortable being waited on.]

[dropoffs]

A matcha latte is quite new to me, but I've become familiar. As you wish.

[ They will excuse themselves with a bow before returning some time after. Here is a matcha latte in a cup, but they also brought a small container of sugar cubes in case Margaret wants her drink sweet. ]

[bossbabygirl]

[she will take it without sugar but she takes a very appreciative sip.]

This is wonderful. I can't tell you how much this hits the spot.

[dropoffs]

[ There is mild content to know they've delivered. ]

Once you find yourself comfortable, I am ready.

[ They will take a seat now, as if this is an assessment. ]

[bossbabygirl]

[see? she has worked with androids before, she knows positive feedback is so important to them. watch amalthea be from a maid anime.]

Wonderful. I was so hoping to get to know you. Your job description is so interesting - communications and hydroponics?

[dropoffs]

[ The likelihood of maid anime shenanigans isn't zero. ]

I had initially been in hydroponics, but my peer that worked for communications chose to resign after the last tour and now I have these two positions until Nut & Bolt hires someone for the job... I do agree it is a strange pair of titles.

[bossbabygirl]

Oh, your peer who worked in communications? So there were a few others before this tour began who are no longer with us?

[dropoffs]

That is correct. In the last tour, we were part of another crew. With people wishing to further develop their career, they take other responsibilities and are reassigned a ship to prove their mettle. Some who have worked years with Nut & Bolt retire or are on a vacation.

[ Their shoulders drop, like they let out a deep exhale, as they raise their hand to rest their cheek on the palm. They muse. ]

I wonder if those who were reassigned have an easier time managing their ship... The Eudora is an older model.

[bossbabygirl]

Ah, all these glitches? That must be frustrating.

[dropoffs]

It is frustrating. We had all petitioned for a newer model before onboarding, but the promise is next tour. Their reasoning is that the ship still has a lot of live and miles to traverse the stars safely, but I'd argue the ship is not only made of its hull and engine.

[ A little shake of their head, mildly disapproving. ]

While frustrating for us, it must be worse for you all.

[bossbabygirl]

The glitches so far are just inconvenient, but the contract mix-up is pretty worrying. I have to admit that it is frustrating for a lot of the crew to find ourselves proceeding as normal with the mission with no recollection of signing up. I get that the options are limited, but...

[dropoffs]

I suppose if this is Nut & Bolt's downfall, then I will be sent back unless another intergalactic company contracts me.

[ They are not that disappointed about that, but musing. The crew though. Some worry. ]

It really is a unique case. Records say that one to three recruits per twenty will suffer memory loss for a couple of days before their memory returning, but we are past that duration. There are very few Nut & Bolt ports in this part of the galaxy.