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My name is Max. ([personal profile] theroadwarrior) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-02-03 03:13 am

A WORD FROM YOUR SPONSORS: TREAT YO' SELF (or don't)

Who: Max Rockatansky
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Starstruck
When: Lately, idk. Today??

[The feed opens up rather oddly, but then, Max almost never posts anything. So that in of itself is weird. The video catches Max wandering back and forth in the cargo bay of the Starstruck — apparently working on some minor damages to one of the shuttles. Likely a piloting gig, considering how much he'd been out of the ship and making chips on the side. He looks like an oil monkey right about now, black grease on his forehead and a general unkempt-ness about him from his time without bothering to trim his hair at all, in any way. Who has time for that crap? Not Max.

He makes a confused sort of sound off the screen, and then stops in front of the table that the feed is streaming from with a... box? It appears to be a new arrival, a confusing thing that Max can't figure out the original delivery time on. The label on it, if you turn your head, appears to say:

TO: MEATHEAD
BUTCHER
MR. SURVIVALIST
PILOT TWO
FOOL
POUTYLIPS

FROM: YOUR SPECIAL SPONSOR!


Max clicks the metallic locks on either side and with a HISSS, the box opens. What could be inside...?! Hell if he knows. He stares unimpressed at the giftbasket crammed full of... particular hygienic products. Shaving cream, razors, body spray, shampoos —]




[The name, of course, is actually just generic, changed just slightly from their Earth counterpart. XES is clearly more sensual than AXE. Not that Max is familiar with any of them anyway, but still. He continues his unimpressed stare as an electronic voice emits from said box. It kind of sounds like SIRI. Also something he is not familiar with.]

"Congratulations on your sponsor gift! Mysterious quiet type, what a sale! Here's a little something on behalf of sponsors watching; maybe a little self-maintenance is just the trick to make the lady viewers—"

[Max calmly shoves the box off the table, out of sight, with a great clatter.]


No.


[Can he get back to work now, that was a waste of his life he's not getting back. If you'll excuse him, he'll be going back to his next line of work: shoving non-perishable cans of food into one of the supply closets with the grim expression of a man who's Lumberjack Slam arrived to his table at Denny's cold. All while continuing — such a rebel — to smell like a sweaty human car engine.]
sylphystia: (♢ the electric moon)

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[personal profile] sylphystia 2016-02-03 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
[wtf, no one told him about this.]

Someone sent you... soap?

[He is so boggled.]

They must be insulting you.
mucked: (☂ talk and talk and talk)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-02-03 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ peggy elizabeth carter is a damned well-poised lady -- but when this broadcast begins, she can barely keep herself from speed-walking down the corridor from her quarters to the cargo bay. and there she stands, arms crossed and one shoulder leaning into the door-frame.

oh, blimey. but this is rich. ]


They're not wrong, you know. [ she looks a little too smug. ]
sylphystia: (♢ my wildest wind)

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[personal profile] sylphystia 2016-02-03 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Everything about what these people do is unhelpful.

[A dry snort.]

Typical.
resnipstance: happy smile, excited (40)

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[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-02-03 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ahsoka pops her head in after seeing the broadcast.]

Hey! Uh. If you're not gonna use that, can I have it?
beardstrokes: (No gift is more precious than trust)

[ video ]

[personal profile] beardstrokes 2016-02-03 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There is a great disturbance in the Force, as Obi-Wan strokes his beard. ]

Laying a little thick, aren't they?
goodjob: smoke . smile . snide . prop . combo:bar (with coffee and cream)

audio.

[personal profile] goodjob 2016-02-03 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[She is clearly holding back laughter.] Yeah, the dirty hipster thing does better for the ladies anyway.
ino: (Sounds awesome!)

video;

[personal profile] ino 2016-02-03 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's totally ignoring whatever it is he's actually gotten, and -- ]

Oh, hey! It's you again! How're you doing?
mucked: (☂ your face to face)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-02-03 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
But you care about doing what needs to be done, don't you? [ surviving. ] I'm not fond of playing their rules. And when I can afford not to, I do my best to be the fly in their ointment. But viewers bring ratings. And ratings bring credits. Credits fund an awful lot of things.

[ like long term insubordination. ]
grounds: <lj site="tumblr.com" user="fictionhelps"> (of snow covered beaches)

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[personal profile] grounds 2016-02-03 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Octavia has no idea who this guy is, but--]

Oh, can I call dibs on the shampoo?
mikangirl: DEFAULT DEFAULT (laughter)

[personal profile] mikangirl 2016-02-03 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dude I am not saying anything I am just l a u g h ing at your expense.]
beardstrokes: (He who seeks to control fate)

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[personal profile] beardstrokes 2016-02-04 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, not entirely.

I'm sure you could trade it in for something else you'd find useful.
sylphystia: (♢ you're the wildest wind)

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[personal profile] sylphystia 2016-02-04 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Dezel won't judge, he's rarely one to even talk to people. Of course, being invisible tends to tank your social skills.]

Yeah. Been here for two days. ... Something tells me I'm gonna be here for a while.
goodjob: tired . angry (w e l p)

video?? lets video yes.

[personal profile] goodjob 2016-02-04 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[A beat.]

Please fucking tell me they got ladies on your planet, Conan.
ino: (Cheerful.)

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[personal profile] ino 2016-02-04 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hey, 1% is 1%. She'll take it. ]

Good! It's making getting around easier, I hope?

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