1st Broadcast - + one shapeshifter

[initforthemoney]

Who: Frobisher and YOU! Yes, all of you.
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Friday and Saturday before the shuffle

[The broadcast opens to an extreme close up of a black beady eye. Frobisher is still trying to work out exactly how these devices work but hey, he's a penguin of some ingenuity. Convinced it's broadcasting, he waddles backwards giving the audience the time to appreciate his full and beautiful form. Such fine feathers. Such a handsome beak. Such... yes very much such a penguin.

You are receiving a video broadcast from a penguin. You're welcome.]

Hey, how's everyone doing today? Enjoying the view? Gotta say, real nice place you got here, I haven't seen this kinda hospitality since the Doc took us to the grand opening of the Space Hilton a while back. Real up market. Could use a little more variety in the diet though, how is a self-respecting penguin supposed to enjoy a free meal if you punks ain't got any fish in that canteen of yours?

Now that we've got the pleasantries over with, I'm looking for a guy. A specific one, actually. Tall, unruly curly hair, wearing an outfit like he got puked on by a aesthetically challenged rainbow. I'm supposed to be keeping an eye on the guy but you know what Gallifreyans are like, never following directions. If anyone sees him, tell him he's penguin friend's waiting to collect him on the hospitality deck. And Doc, if you're seeing this yourself, I'm gonna say you owe me BIG time for getting us into a mess like this again. We was supposed to be going to the South Pole, remember?

Once we get outta here I'm gonna be the one picking the destinations for the next week, got it?

Now while I'm stuck up here... this place got a pool?

Comments

Video

[pain_train]

...you're a bird?

[Give her a moment, here.]

...wait does that mean you're from the same planet as Cheese, and just from magical birdland instead of magical ponyland?

[Okay, another moment.]

[initforthemoney]

From Xenon, actually. Which isn't made of cheese. Or have any ponies. Last time I checked.

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[survives]

[A penguin... talking...

That's so... cute.]

The South Pole? [A laugh.] Sorry you didn't get to go yet. I take it it's a nicer place than here?

[A pause and.] I'll keep an eye out for that guy though. Promise!

[initforthemoney]

It's one of the best places I've ever seen, toots. You haven't lived until you've slid down a frozen cliff on your belly and catapulted yourself beak-first into freezing water. Really, everyone's gotta try it at least one in their lifetime.

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[save_the_souls]

[...A talking penguin looking for a Gallifreyan called "Doc".]

[Sure. Why not. He's seen weirder.]

Sorry. I'm afraid I haven't heard of any Gallifreyans being in this fleet. Is it the Doctor you're looking for?

[he remembers that guy back at the place he was before. Or rather, the multiple versions of that guy. Reincarnation is some weird stuff man.]

[initforthemoney]

Yeah, that's him! You seen the big clown around here somewhere? 'Cause I got words for the guy when I get my flippers on 'im, lemme tell you.

[thezerothlaw]

[Well. It's a bird. That's not what he expected. On the other hand, is this any stranger than the sentient plant? Who is very nice. Daneel likes him. Well, he'll be polite, if nothing else. Friendly, until he has a reason not to be.]

I have not seen any individual fitting that description, I am sorry.

[initforthemoney]

Doesn't seem like anyone has. What have you got yourself into this time, Doc?

[coppermarigolds]

... first a talking horse, now a talking bird. Great.

[Aveline sighs.]

If this is a joke, someone's going to pay.

[initforthemoney]

People keep telling me about this talking horse. Are you saying there's another Whifferdill wandering around this floating space motel?

[stefanged]

[You know, Stefan wishes this was the strangest thing he's ever seen. He's tactful enough to wait until after he recovers from the initial freak-out to respond, at least!]

I don't think the Marsiva has one, no. Or well, any of the ships on this Fleet. [At least, he's never heard about one.] Will you be okay without one?

[initforthemoney]

I'll live until I can get back to the TARDIS. Penguins just ain't built for dry land all the time, you dig?

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[savedtheworld]

[Aang will just.... stare blankly the whole time the penguin is talking. The penguin. After a very prolong pause, he will just point at the feed and immediately shout.]

PENGUIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNN!!!!!

[initforthemoney]

GAK!

[Oh my god, child, what is your damage. That just made Frobisher fall backwards off his chair.]

Hiya kid, nice to meet you too. Anyone ever told you about something called using an indoor voice?

Voice

[preformthisneigh]

[Oh look, the talking horse has made an appearance. Penguins don't talk where he comes from, but he's not going to be rude like some people on the Fleet who may or may not be descended from monkeys and draw attention to this fact.

He's fare more interested in what the penguin is actually talking about, because that rings several very large bells. ]

You know the Doctor? Or... a version of the Doctor, I guess? I never really understood that whole regeneration thing, he tried to explain it to me once and I kinda zoned out and started thinking about quesadillas instead. You know, you can fit just about anything into one of them? How about marshmallows? Would that work?

[Oh. Right. Focus.]

ANYhoo, I knew the one that liked to wear vegetables as decoration because why the hay not, I guess. But he isn't here.

[initforthemoney]

Vegetables, huh? Sounds like the version before the Doc I know. The guy burns through regenerations like they're going outta style.

You know, you're totally right about the quesadillas thing, kid. You think anyone's tried that before?

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[arcanepower]

... Did a mage do that to you?

[That's about all he got out of this.]

[initforthemoney]

What, give me these incredible good looks, stellar brain, and undeniably suave presence? No, that's all be, baby.

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[feathery]

[He'll process what the penguin is actually saying later. For now...]

Oh my god. This is officially the best fuckin' thing. They better put you on a birdship.

[initforthemoney]

First of all, kid, I don't get 'put' nowhere. This penguin only goes places cause he damn well chooses to.

Or because the Doc got the landing coordinates wrong.

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[destinyembrace]

[Have a kid who is not at all weirded out by you, Mr. Penguin. This isn't the first time she's come across a talking bird.]

Unfortunately that description doesn't ring a bell. If you go through the contacts list on your communicator there and look up his name, you'll know for sure whether or not he's here. And no, no pool. Sorry.

[initforthemoney]

Ah, you mean this thing! I wondered where that thing came from.

So fair I ain't seeing him in there But the Doc is good at wiping his own tracks when he wants to.

[openhands]

How many more talking animals do we need?

[initforthemoney]

You got something against non-humanoid, sweetcheeks?

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[nextlineis]

[Joseph doesn't pay hardly any attention to the network, so that means he missed the memo about a talking penguin joining him and Caesar on the Marsiva let alone any penguin at all. So when he happens upon this clearly very fine bird, Joseph does a doubletake and rubs at his eyes for a moment before confirming that he hadn't actually lose his mind. That sure is a penguin.]

[Moving down to one knee, he says,] Well, you're a long way from home, aren't you?

[initforthemoney]

[Just for that, you now have the glory of experiencing what it looks like when a penguin raises his eyebrow at you. You're welcome.]

Could say the same about you, pal.