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[thetruehistorian]

Who: Robin and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide Text
Action: If you want it. She gets around
When:8/19

It seems there's never a lack of people coming in or going out. No wonder the rosters get updated weekly. Still, I hope everyone's enjoying their stay as much as they can. It's a bit of a unique opportunity, don't you think?

In the vein of getting to know you, I'm curious what class of augment everyone got when they arrived, and whether they think it suits them. I've had to do a bit of thinking on this myself, actually, and received some insight from an unexpected source. Perhaps a discussion such as this may lead to similar results for others- if, indeed, there are others out there who felt that their augment was a bit misplaced.

Yours truly,

Nico Robin

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[spontaneouscombustion]

Hey, Robin! How are you? :D

I think you know I'm an engineer by now, and I like it a lot! I did a LITTLE bit of making stuff back home, but not as much as here. It's REALLY fun thinking of new things to build for everybody on the Caprine, and it's another way to make people happy, right?

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[thetruehistorian]

[Robin stares at the screen, blinking in bewilderment. Yes, Pinkie did answer her question and she probably ought to continue the discussion as prescribed, but...] How do you type with hooves? [... It seems there are more important questions that need answers.]

[spontaneouscombustion]

[If she had ten credits somebody in the fleet thought of that question, she'd be the richest pony in all the multiverses.]

Oh, the buttons on my comm are a bit bigger. AND mine has one of those stylus thingies too.

[thetruehistorian]

[That still doesn't make any sense. Robin shakes her head and does her best to just accept it and move on.]

I see.

So the augment did, in fact, augment your talents. It took something you love and gave it a more practical spin.

[spontaneouscombustion]

[You're part of the same crew, you can probably go see for yourself if you're curious.]

Yeah, I guess it did!

How about you?

[thetruehistorian]

I would say it expanded on an already formidable repertoire. A good thing, for sure, but it isn't as if I didn't have the option to learn these things in my home world and already chose not to.

[spontaneouscombustion]

[That sounds a bit... unhappy.]

Yeah, I can KINDA understand that. Too bad there's not a "part pony" augment here! What WOULD you have wanted?

[thetruehistorian]

My chosen field of study is archaeology, which comes with a heavy emphasis on linguistics. What do you think might better fit such interests?

[spontaneouscombustion]

Hmmm well, Communications does a lot of code making and breaking, that's KIND of language-y stuff, right?

[thetruehistorian]

It does seem like it would have fit better, doesn't it?

Ah well. I suppose redundancy when it comes to security isn't a terrible thing.

[spontaneouscombustion]

Nope, not at all!

[Especially with so many "turn into danger machine" glitches that have been popping up lately.]

[thetruehistorian]

Is there anything in particular you think I ought to work on?

[spontaneouscombustion]

Hmmm I dunno, what kind of stuff do you like to do?

[thetruehistorian]

I suppose in this application I ought to go with the response anything adventurous.

[spontaneouscombustion]

Lol well there's LOTS of stuff to explore whenever we find a new system! I'm sure you'll find something you'll like!

[thetruehistorian]

What does "lol" mean?

[spontaneouscombustion]

Oh yeah, that was a new one for me too, it means laughing out loud!