voice;

[ahappylie]

Who: Okita Souji, the new kid in town, and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Golden crew
When: December 11th

Voice;
[There's a few moments of silence and low humming as the speaker figures out how this whole communicator thing works. There's a quiet "Ah!" and then the message begins. The voice is either a low pitched female or a higher pitched male, and there is little in the way of images to make it clear which is which. Fun times.]

I really wonder who would find it that fascinating to watch other people live their lives, but I suppose in space [That is still SO weird to say] you must not get a lot of other entertainments. I've read the guide on your network, buuuuut, well. It's a little dry, don't you think?

So why don't you tell me what would you say is the most important thing to know about being here? For example, this "e-lec-tri-city" thing is very useful. It's nice to be able to see so well, even if it's very, very bright all the time. And this little pocket communication thing is cute. What do you think?

Action for the SS Golden
[Once he's out from the bathroom he got locked in - thanks Handsome Jack - Okita spends some time acquainting himself with his new ship. Aka, he spends time slinking around and finding all the weird nooks and crannies in which he can hide stuff, himself, or possibly...other "stuff" in case it's necessary. Crewmates can find him anywhere on the ship wearing a white kimono and opening up vents and peering under cabinets, tapping on wall panels and trying to break into places he probably shouldn't go. All of this before he ever introduces himself, because hahaha manners.

What are those?]

Comments

[throwsdown]

[HELLO THERE!!!!!

Some shorty is wandering, looking for his new crew. He's super jazzed to find more have appeared, and even if he'd rather be able to help get them home, it's nice for a captain to have people to take care of! Even if he's not sure if he ever does it very well. Still, he'll do his best, and that means meeting this 'Okita'!

Because whoa! Japanese, hello. It makes him really excited. He appears out of nowhere, the little sneak. Can you feel him approaching from the hairs on the back of your neck?]

Hello, Mr. Okita! I'm Takeshi, captain of the SS Golden. Are you doing okay?

[The seven-year-old has been working on his hello. He puffs his chest faintly, looking to be taken more seriously, because most people on this darn fleet treats him like a normal kid...! He's a warrior, dang it. He throws a lot of monsters.]

[ahappylie]

[He'd been investigating a bunch of hidden compartments when the hairs on his neck did indeed stand up. Living with a target painted on your back does tend to give one a fairly good sense of when people are sneaking up on you. He straightened a little and then relaxed when he heard the sound of a young voice rather than an older one.

Okita turned and looked down on instinct, smiling and casually sliding the compartment closed.]

Hello, Takeshi-kun. I'm doing quite well.

[Look at him puff his little chest!!! This is his captain, is it? He's okay with this. It's so cute!!!

Okita kneels down to better get at his level. It's important to pay respects to his new captain after all.]

Thank you for coming to greet me. You can call me Soujirou, if you like. Okita is so formal.

[throwsdown]

Yessir, that's a good name! I like it.

[Don't mind the 'yessir', he's said it so much in the last four years, it slips from time to time. He smiles pleasantly, though, looking quite friendly and round-faced. He's a funny little sight — he's in an overdsized kid sweater, and his hands appear to have odd black gloves over them. And his neck is covered in a similar odd black leather.

Also, the lad is very small.

That's the tragedy of being seven or eight but not aging since you were four.]

I got the same augment as you, so if you got any questions, just lemme know!

Did you find your room okay?

[ahappylie]

[Honestly, all the clothes here are weird to him. Anyone not wearing kimono or Japanese style clothing is weird.

But this child is precious and very serious, what with the "yessir" and all. Okita's smile only faintly wavers at learning he's also a security agent. They wouldn't give that augment to someone who couldn't haven't themselves and it's a bit of a tragedy that someone so young has to fight.]

I may have some later. I come from an age when all of this - [He motions to everything around them] - didn't exist.

But no, I haven't found my room yet. Could you take me there?

[throwsdown]

[It's all good, you look like you wanna celebrate a Japanese holiday today.

Takeshi's never gotten to participate, but it sounds fun, okay.]

Sure! Come this way!

[Excuse him, he's just gonna take your hand to help steer you toward the sleeping quarters.]

It's kinda got a weird way to get in, but it's not bad! I got real happy to get my own room again.

voice

[castrationfist]

Hm, the communicator? It's not very cute at all, so the most important thing to know about is phone cases!

[ahappylie]

Phone cases? [There's an unfamiliar word not brought up by the augment.] I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the word. What is a phone case?

[Or for that matter, a phone.]

[castrationfist]

A phone case is, obviously, a case for phones. They protect them if you drop them, and most importantly, look cute.

[ahappylie]

[He still doesn't understand phone, but protection cases that look cute are a good start.]

Do they get dropped often? And where do I get a cute one?

Action

[spacebro]

[He was on his way to find one of the bars people had mentioned when the sound of tapping stops him. He changes direction to follow it back to the source.]

Hi?

[ahappylie]

[WHOOPS, caught red handed - almost. Okita straightens and slides the spoon he stole from the mess hall into his kimono sleeve. Then he turns and outs on his best, innocent, sheepish smile possible. ]

Hello. Are you one of the crew members here?

[spacebro]

I guess I am. I've been here entire minutes now. Are you new too? [Someone he didn't manage to run into on the Marsiva before being shuffled?]

[ahappylie]

Mmhm. I arrived here awhile ago, too.

[He hadn't even really had time on the Marsiva either before getting thrown on here. Souji smiles and bows his head. Since they're going to be crew together, he supposes it's best to give his real name.]

My name is Okita Souji. What is yours?

voice; i wrote this whole tag and then fell asleep without posting...

[huaaaaagh]

[He's... probably not the best person for this job, but, uh. He's kind of in agreement about the guide bit. It took him months to get through it, and that was during a time when they had even less to do than they've got right now.]

The most important thing... I guess, how to keep yourself entertained. Technically we're supposed to be the entertainment, but I hate the idea of cooperating. Still, if you're bored, then the audience is probably going to end up bored with you, too.

Basically the two go hand in hand.

It's OK... I posted this and then fell asleep

[ahappylie]

[Aw, it's a smol!!! Or an almost no longer smol, judging by his voice.

Still, this new person just have Okita the best and worst advice ever. Thank you, smol child. You've unleashed unspeakable horror.]

Soooooo, is better to be interesting and make a lot of trouble? I see. Is that what you do?

[huaaaaagh]

[Why does he feel like he's suddenly made a terrible mistake?]

I don't know about trouble... though I guess it depends on who the trouble's for. Nobody would say no to you causing trouble for the Atroma.

[They're jerks anyway, no one likes them.]

[ahappylie]

[It's his survival instinct kicking in about 10 seconds too late.]

I'm not sure how to cause trouble for something I've never seen. Perhaps I should start small and work my way up.

[Small, like you, unwitting child.]

Voice;

[bluediligence]

The most important thing, huh? [ There's a long, thoughtful hum from this end as Aoko considers. ]

It's hard to say! I haven't been here very long, either, so there's a lot that I'm still trying to work out. But, maybe ... [ Another hum, accompanied by the sounds of clattering metal – and then a crash, and a squeaky yelp. ] Oh, crap! Sorry – uh, what was I saying?

For me, learning how to use the shuttles was one of my top priorities.

[ahappylie]

[ The crash and clatter are a little alarming. He blinks at the communicator and then speaks tentatively.]

Are you alright? Did I interrupt your work?

[bluediligence]

Don't worry, don't worry! [ Everything is absolutely a-okay. ] You haven't interrupted anything. I was just tinkering around with some projects – it's probably a good time to take a break, anyways.

[ Who knew that building a small army of robot cats could be such a time sink? Aoko sure hadn't, up until recently. ]

Sorry to have startled you!

[ahappylie]

Oh! Are you a craftsman? [Woman?? Eh, the title fits either one.]

What are you making?

action!

[noprophecies]

[uh oh, she's caught him going through what she's claimed as her cabinet. There's an opened bottle of alcohol in there, as well as plenty of real tea. Not that it's hers - she knows how to share, of course - but when a complete stranger is going through it being a nosy thing, well.

She clears her throat from behind him and crosses her arms]

Can I help you, child?

[ahappylie]

[WHOOPS, caught. He freezes and then puts the tea box he'd been inspecting back down. It hadn't looked like any tea he knew, so he'd been curious. That said, it's been a loooong time since anyone called him a 'child.'

Okita turns and lifts his hands, smiling sheepishly.]

Ah...I was just curious. I've never seen a place or things like these before.

[noprophecies]

[. . . oh he's not a child. Oops.

Well no matter, she doesn't look angry, per say, just mostly curious herself]

Ah, then you are new? Have you been transfered to this ship?

[ahappylie]

[TBF, he acts like one 99% of the time.]

I suppose I am, yes. I only woke up here a few days ago and then there was a big noise and I came here.

[Wherever here is.]