[video]

[ishere]

Who: Tadashi Hamada & everyone!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide.
Action: Probably somewhere on the Bishop!
When: Today.

[ the video is brief, but tadashi's smile seems earnest and cheerful. ]

Hey, guys. Just a quick check-in: is everyone good with money? We've had a lot of new faces show up recently, and I feel like it could be tough spending your couple of days here broke on a space station this size. So, uh - welcome, I guess!

[ whoops. he's not trying to be awkward, just friendly. :') ]

I'm Tadashi, on the Bishop, and if you think you need help, let me know and I'll see what I can do, alright?

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

Your guess is certainly as good as mine. Maybe a duck superhero?

[ishere]

Sounds pretty impractical, but - I guess so do most things about the Fleet.

[takingkarabusiness]

You might be surprised. Superheroes can come from a lot of unlikely sources.

[ishere]

[ tadashi laughs at that before he can help it - a soft, slight sound that he stifles almost immediately. ]

I wouldn't be as surprised as you think.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh? Why's that?

[ishere]

[ he shakes his head, holding up one hand as if apologizing. ]

It still sounds pretty silly to me, but - I hear my brother's got a whole "superhero" thing going on with a nurse robot that I built. Trust me when I say I won't be surprised.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ Kara laughs, looking down and nodding ]

I totally get how that sounds crazy, but we have some superheroes where I'm from, too.

[ishere]

Is that right? I don't think I've really encountered any, unless... you count my little brother. Which I have a hard time doing.

[takingkarabusiness]

Yep!

My cousin is... friends with one! In Metropolis, actually, but National City has our very own superheroine.

[ very convincing, Kara ]

[ishere]

[ he has no reason to doubt her, even if her phrasing is a little funny. ]

I don't think I've heard of National City. Hiro and I are from San Fransokyo.

[takingkarabusiness]

San Francisco?

[ she knows she's not repeating it back to him correctly but it's hard for her to grasp ]