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[bludicrous]

Who: michael j. caboose + whoever wants to engage this mess
Broadcast: the entire fleet, unfortunately
Action: marsiva
When: now!

[there is a guy(?) in the helmet of a space marine staring into the screen. once he's certain it's on, he backs up, and yeah-- dude is in full armor. given the attire, it might look like he's about to say something serious. and then he actually starts speaking.]

I am on TV! I am on TV! Look! Ah! Hellooooooo! [cue waving his arms around like a fool]

Um!! Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today... I would like to thank the academy. And, uhhh, Church. My best friend. Without my best friend, I never would have gotten this far! I would also like to thank Taco Tuesdays. Oh, and that reminds me-- salsa. THANK YOU TO WHATEVER PLANET FOR CREATING SALSA.

The end. Closing time. Good night and good luck, America!

[if your character wants to find him in-person, it's not hard. he's the rather large pile of armor shouting at his communicator, which is placed on a nearby chair.]

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[i_got_this]

[She just stares for a long few moments. This South hasn't yet had the pleasure of meeting Caboose - either at Paradisa or from her own timeline - but she is familiar with Church. He'd been one of her closest friends, although she'd deny it and break your arm for insinuating it. Also, that armor is hella familiar.]

Oh you have got to be a Sim Soldier. There's just no way they'd let anyone else that stupid have armor that good.

[She's dressed in civvies, but on a shelf behind her is a Mark VI helmet, in brilliant magenta and green.]

[bludicrous]

["sim soldier"... hm... that sounds oddly familiar...





ah. nope. caboose does not get any bells rung in his unfortunate head.]

Ohhhhh you must mean Simon. Here is not here right now! But I am! Hi lady who looks like she wants to punch something I'm Caboose!!! I see you are, ah, Purple Team. [he says that like he's conversing about some deep important secret or something.]

[i_got_this]

[Ooooh, yeah. He's a sim soldier alright.]


I'm not on a team. [Yeah, better establish some expectations right away.] --and I do punch things when I get angry so ... try not to make me angry.

[bludicrous]

[oh. that's scary. angry people tend to want to punch him a lot.

he shoves his face into the screen and promptly shouts, because that means sincerity:]

OKAY!!! WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY, SO THAT I CAN NOT DO THAT THING? OR IS IT A LOT OF THINGS? I WILL NOT DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS! I PROMISE! HEY! EXCUSE ME, MISS LADY! CAN YOU HEAR ME! IIII WILLLLLL TAAAAALK MOOOOORE SLOOOOOW TOOOO MAAAAAKE SUUUURE IIIIIIT GOOOOOOES THROOOOUUGH...

[i_got_this]

[Mute button where's the mute button -- she gives up and shove the device against her mattress in an attempt to muffle it. She checks again once he's hopefully quieted down some, and if not she'll just have to talk over him.]

Shouting, for one. [She sighs in exasperation. This was not what she wanted to deal with after everything that's happened but there was a reason she just didn't let this slide.]

You say you know Church?

[bludicrous]

[at some point, yeah, he finally shuts up. and stares at the screen a lot because it is all dark suddenly. no wait there's a face again. yay!]

Oh okay. [loud whispering:] I will not shout ever again.

And yes! I know Church! We are best friends. He loves me always and forever and I am basically the guy he goes to when he needs help with things that are important and dangerous. You could call me his second-in-command. Yeah he's pretty cool. And he thinks I am pretty cool too!

[i_got_this]

Huh, really? [She honestly can't really say she's surprised. It does make her wish Church was here so she could heckle him about it.] I knew him too, man. Guy is terrible at video games.

[bludicrous]

...

No he's not.

[spoiler: caboose has never played video games with church. just. just don't insult him.]

[i_got_this]

Are you kidding me? He's abysmal. [Slight exageration ... slight. Also get used to it, Caboose; South insults everyone.]

I mean geez, how bad are you if you think Church is anything but terrible at it?

[bludicrous]

Iiiiiii ammmm really great at video games and I win all of them. Yeahhh all of my scores are like a million in everything. Yup. You should probably not even try to challenge me to anything. Might just cry.

[this doesn't sound particularly convincing for some strange reason]

[i_got_this]

Too bad we don't have any here; I'd totally put you up to a challenge.

[She does like making grown men cry ...]

[bludicrous]

Haaaah yeah sure is a good thing we do not have any of those things around. Haha. Uh. We also probably will not get any anytime soon, right?