∞ 004 | SS Starstruck Mingle

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Who: Any of the SS Starstruck Crew + Visitors
Broadcast: nah, unless you really want that
Action: Anywhere on board the SS Starstruck
When: 11/24, onward!


[ Oh look, it's a mingle!

Check it out - the ship sure is a lot shinier now, huh? So, did we all get shut up in The Marsiva and do all that crazy crap just so they could give us some glittery, sparkly things? Hmmm...

New crew members - welcome aboard! This is a good chance to meet everyone, now that we're back in one place. Any visitors - make yourselves at home! Have a look around. Stick around as long as you like.

After what everyone just went through, surely everyone's got at least a little something to talk about, huh? ]

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[ He won't trip over him, thankfully! Mostly because once he's spotted the space roomba small robot, he's distracted, and curious. So he makes his way over. ]

Hey, is that thing yours?

[ Guess who's never actually seen any of the tiny cleaning droids in the Fleet before... ]

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It was in my room. [ Ken is not sure whether that makes it "his" or not. He watches as the robot senses a speck of dirt about ten feet away and scurries over to clean it up. It actually looks proud of itself somehow once this task has been completed.

Ken hasn't taken his eyes off the robot, though he's aware of the older boy standing near him. ] They're for cleaning.

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Cleaning? Huh. That's actually pretty great! We've never had anything like that until now.

[ Aw look, it's so proud! That actually gets a small smile out of Yosuke. He's also not looking away from the robot, though, so at least they've got that in common at the moment. ]

Must be an augment thing then, I guess. You're new right? [ It's hard to know just how "new" people are, what with the whole trapped-on-the-Marsiva bit that just happened. ] Welcome to the fleet - and the ship. I'm Yosuke. It's nice to meet you.

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[ Ken looks up at that, smiling. ] Thank you. I'm Ken.

It's a "maintenance" augment, I think. [ The robot slowly scoots towards Yosuke. Is there more dirt over here? ]

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Oh! That makes more sense now.

[ Well.. Yosuke is prone to falling ass-over-tea-kettle into trash cans, maybe it's just managed to pick up on that little tidbit...? He picks up his foot when the robot starts coming his way, eyebrows raised. ]

Whoa-- hey, watch out!

[empireofmymind]

Ah - [ The robot stops just short of bumping into Yosuke, choosing to Roomba the perimeter of the foot still touching the ground. Ken waits until it's closer to him before reaching over to pick up the robot and move it elsewhere. ] I'm sorry...

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[ He watches the thing clean around his foot... slooowly lowers his other one, and grins at Ken with a shake of his head. ]

Hey, no worries. Honestly, I think I was more worried that it'd get too confused if it knocked into me... Doesn't look like it'd actually hurt. [ Beat. ] Of course, now that I've said that... who knows.

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[ Ken tries to return that smile as best he can. ] We'll be careful.

[ And no sooner does he say that than the robot runs into the wall.

Thunk. ]

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[ Oh no roomba...! Poor thing. Yosuke can't help but snicker a little. ]

Maybe after it learns where all the walls are, we can just let it do its thing without worrying if it'll stay in one piece?

[empireofmymind]

It should have sensors.... [ Ken looks down. The robot has righted itself.

It cleans the edge of the hallway for about two yards before clunking into the wall again. Ken has a feeling he knows what he's going to spend the most time "maintaining" on this ship. ]

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Oh. ... Well, I don't know much about robots, but... maybe they're not working all that great?

[ That doesn't keep him from smiling kinda fondly at it, though. ]

Geez, It's kinda like having a pet running around the ship, huh?

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[ Ken's...never had a pet per se, but....

He smiles at it all the same. ] I'll keep it out of the way.