may mingle (blameless!)

[revivo]

Who: Blameless crew + visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Aboard the Blameless
When: May

[time to get your mingle on, people lacking blame and friends!]

Comments

[benames]

oh I see how it is.

[ but he smiles, checks the thing and hums ]

I think I gave it a little too much credit. obviously he can't take the amount of power I put him up for.

[ not yet ready to be fully Cisco'ed :( ]

I'll have to turn it down a notch.

[beathach]

[Cisco did you give the microwave a gender]

Probably. I can't say I've ever seen a microwave do what it was doing, so - maybe two notches, just to be safe. Until he, uh - can handle the power you want him to have.

[benames]

[ he sure did. and a name. ]

listen, once I get this baby working, it'll be more powerful and it'll allow you guys to make the best toasts in the fleet. So maybe I overdid it with the power but in a few minutes, I'll have that fixed and -

[ looking around ]

at least nothing caught on fire.

[beathach]

[he holds up his hands]

Far be it from me to interfere. I know you know what you're doing.

[he also looks around, and with a wry noise] Hopefully it stays that way.

[benames]

I will absolutely stay like that or Sara will kill me.

[ and hank let him tell you, she's able ]

so what are you been up to? any luck with finding solutions to the whole post apocalyptic moon problem?

[beathach]

I don't think she'll actually kill you.

[he hopes. But he also knows better than to assume.

He blows out a sigh and shakes his head] Mostly, the ice cream project and - you know, studying samples from the moon. I know almost nothing about terraforming, though, and what I do is all concepts and hypothetical theories.

[benames]

but are we sure.

[ he gives him a little look that's followed by a little nod. it's his life on the line here, dude. ]

Man, I have a friend from home that I think would have solved alla this in less than fifteen minutes. This is really her sort of thing. She's the smartest cookie I know.

[ smiling above his work ]

These labs would be like Disneyworld to her.

[ he misses caitlin more than usual but maybe it's due to the fact the last Caitlin he saw was that drama queen Killer Frost ]

[beathach]

Er. I won't let her kill you?

[he's got your back, man. Unless it comes down to just getting yelled at, then they're both probably screwed. Women are scary]

Yeah? She sounds impressive, if this sort of thing is falls into her expertise. I can't say I know anyone like that back home - it's really just me and Charles, and we're both geneticists.

[benames]

I heard the question mark there, Hank. Hold this -

[ he throws a screw at his direction before grabbing another ]

Everything falls into Caitlin's expertise, she's the best bio-engineer out there. I don't think I've met a Charlie yet.

[ since there's no way the guy's name is Charles ]

[beathach]

[he laughs and catches the screw] I know better than to interfere with an angry woman.

She's a bio-engineer? Geez, I keep hearing about all these impressive scientists in fields that - aren't really popular in my time. I'm jealous.

[and - this laugh is a little choked on, oh goodness]

If you ever meet him, please call him that. But his name is Charles Xavier. He's on the Heron.

[benames]

You'd like Caitlin, she's our kind of a nerd. Workaholic, curious, definitely brilliant and she's the funniest drunk in the world.

[ firm nod ]

never tell I said that if she does come here.

[beathach]

Tell her what? That you told me she's brilliant?

[he knows better than to drop those kind of comments Cisco, pls]

[benames]

You're a good man.

[ hand to his heart ]

ok. I think I'm done.

[ lifting the microwave ]

it's definitely not going to explode on us again.

[beathach]

. . . are you certain about that?

[he has to ask, because if it explodes it'll likely be on someone who will get mad]

[benames]

102% certain and these odds don't happen very often with me. I mean, usually I'm just about - 86% sure? a healthy 90%? pass the wheat thingies and the peanut butter gel -

[ opening the microwave! ]

[beathach]

As long as they're above 80%. [that's the lowest he'll go when it comes to odds. He grabs th food as asked and passes it over]

[benames]

[ he puts it in and turns it on. ]

ha - it's working. I knew it could take this amount of energy.

[ 40 seconds later he pulls out something that does have the smell and look of a toast and bites into it ]

ok - it's not perfect since the gel is not exactly peanut butter but this stuff is legit. want half of mine?

[beathach]

How much did you increase it?

[because of course he's going to ask the nerd questions. He eyes what comes out of the microwave for a long moment before he huffs a little, good-natured] I won't say no to food, sure.

[benames]

at first? 120% - I know.

[ nuts but hear him out ]

It's space tech though so I thought it might take it - this is a healthy 64%.

[beathach]

[oh my god Cisco. Hank just looks . . . pained. And sympathetic. Because if he were capable he'd probably do the same damn thing]

Space tech isn't as robust as it seems. Good to know.

[benames]

Definitely has its flaws.

[ which could be disappointing and in some ways, it is but it also isn't because ]

which means, when we find the important flaws, we might be able to fight back against the alien jackasses who brought us here.

[beathach]

I'm all about finding flaws in their tech for that very reason. [because he too wants to go home, even if nearly all the people who he'd want to go home to were already here]

[benames]

So one day we'll use it against them and they won't see us coming. We'll - they'll probably see us coming since the reality show but they won't be able to stop us. take that, aliens, you're going down!

[ cisco stop talking at the audience ]

[beathach]

Are - you talking to the audience?

[Cisco no don't draw their attention like that, even if they already have it]

[benames]

I do that a lot. Usually I yell at them. I mean, it's not like they mind being told they're the lowest form of life in the universe and royal fuckers.

[ firm nod ]