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Who: Vash and you. Yes you!
Broadcast: Open to all
Action: Three Twins
When: August 18th

[And yet another birthday. Vash ticks it off mentally. He's never had a real problem with his birthday, but he never felt the need to make a big deal out of it either. Sometimes he'd have a nice meal or something, but this year he doesn't feel much need. There was all these exciting new places to check out!

He was in the cargo area. Putting away some spare ammo he had just picked up for the revolver he had. Finished he decided what he likes more than anything is being around people so making a broadcast would be a fun thing to do, right?]

Wow! Isn't being around all this life, wonderful? The people around here are really passionate! Has anyone been into any of the libraries around here? There are a couple books I'd like to look at but it seems a bit selective in who they want looking at them. Anyone have any luck at getting to some of the more... what's that sound?

[As Vash was talking a quiet chripping noise that sounds a lot like "happy birthday" has started to play.]

And what smells like burn-WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! [The camera will get a very quick glimpse of a cake in the shape of a donut. Or at least that's what it looks like it could be underneath all those candles. One of the blaring out happy birthday. Just one out of the over one hundred and thirty candles crammed for room together.]

Crap, crap, crap, crap, oh crap!!! How do I put this- BEEP! BEEP! FIRE! FIRE! BEEP! BEEP! FIRE! [Vash drops the communicator as he dances around. Trying to blow the candles out, but there's just too many! Doesn't help that they're the trick candles that keep relighting themselves.

But it's okay! The ship's sprinklers finally turns on and out goes the candles! And... any dry spot on the ship. Hope everyone visiting the Three Twins wanted a sudden and unexpected shower.]

Uh...oh... how do I get those off?

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You know, if you'd just told me ahead of time it was your birthday, you could've arranged for the day off.

[Vash shrugs as he moves around looking for a mop.]

Honestly? It slipped my mind a bit. I haven't really done much to celebrate my birthday in years. So I don't really care about working on it.

Good, because it's too late now. Try not to be more than half an hour late.

[#heartless

But hey, if you're gonna mock your boss...]

[Aw, but boss. You started it.]

That's fair. I don't think I'll be too late anyway. Just need to try to dry some of this stuff out. Most of the water should dry itself out on it's own.

[Lazy cleaning is lazy!]

[Yes, but I'm also a bitch.]

You don't have anyone with the maintenance augment, huh? It's a pity. Their little robot thingies come in handy.

[Okay roombas or whatever, she doesn't know what they are.]

I bet they would be. Although are robots really a good idea around water?

No idea. Why, are robots and water bad where you come from?

[LOL One Piece]

Well, doesn't water short them out and make it so they don't really work anymore?

I...don't know? Though to be fair, it's not exactly like robots are a common thing where I'm from.

Me either, but the few we do have tend to stop working when they get wet. At least the ones that run on electricity. Something about lightening and water not mixing I think.

Oh, electricity! No, that would make sense. [She knows that explosive formula, anyway.]

Well, if they run on electricity, then I guess maybe not. Hard way it is. But you'd think such supposedly sophisticated technology would guard against that.

[Of course electricity! What else would they run on? Soda? Ha!]

I dunno, they might. I've just never thought to test the theory before.

You may as well. The robots are Atroma property after all.

I'll consider it.

[He doesn't care about breaking Atwood's property. He just doesn't care about messing with the robots either.]