driftfleet | #002 [Video]

Who: Hiro Hamada and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: SS Bishop!
When: 3/8, in the afternoon

[What's that sound? The sound of an alarm going off. What's that video feed? Well, right now the camera is set on a bobblehead that is rattling like crazy. Its base has been elongated, and from under said base flashes (slowly) a red light. Then it turns blue after two buzzer sounds from the alarm. Then yellow. Then orange. Then green. Then purple. Back to red. It continues to cycle as Hiro turns the camera to face him, and he's bobbing his head with the beat of the buzzer while standing at a control panel of different metal than the ship that has been welded onto the wall by the door to the main deck. Every time he presses a button on said panel, the light changes color. Then he hits a small green button above a large red button on the side, and the whole thing stops.

[Yes, the entire Bishop was just subjected to that without warning.]

Pretty cool, huh?

[Hiro looks like a cat who just caught his very first bird.]

It's all hooked up to our control panels, but I can't program it to do everything I need it to until we have a pilot and a communications officer. Right now, we have fire, gas, and the latter half of the collision alarms. I still need to program one for docking and to hook up another to the radar so we can know when we're headed dangerously close to something that could damage the ship. Right now, we've only got one that tells us we've been hit.

[SHRUG.]

But since, for some reason, everything under the control panel looks like gibberish to me... [he takes a moment to look into the camera like he's on the office] ... we get to wait until we have someone more "competent" [airquotes!] than I am.

[VOICE EDITED IN LATER]

P.S., if there are any communications officers who wanna hop ship over to the Bishop for keeps, let me know. It'll work out best if you're one of two on your current ship.

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[oh no look how red he gets]

... really? You think so?

[kind of hushed, very flattered, oh god do you really think his awkward little self could be suave with the ladies in a year or two]

[Aw, now that's just adorable]

Sure.

Well, I mean, if puberty treats you well anyway. That's a gamble.

[But hey man he's a total math nerd who was a shrimp and look how he turned out!]

[well i mean... tadashi's not ugly, he almost grew into those ears, so..... maybe i'm gonna be pretty well off....]

... I'm gonna have to go through that awkward braces phase.

Yep.

It's a rite of passage, I'm afraid. Along with the acne, voice cracking and hormones going out of whack.

[HHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

You know, I've already got the voice thing, I think I'm ready to double in size and call it a day.

[He snorts] Didn't we all.

But nope. You gotta suffer like the rest of us did.

I wonder if science can fix this.

Careful. The last time I heard of someone meddling around with that kind of stuff ended up being stuck at fourteen.

Forever.

... Point taken. My family doesn't have a history of doing this whole process wrong, at least.

Good.

Then you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

[might be tonguing at the gap in his teeth now thanks kaneis]

Hope not. Thanks for the warning.

... How'd you meet a guy who stopped aging at 14, though?

[He just gives a shrug at the thanks. As for that answer...well, he really does not want to get into the crappy backstory- so he keeps it short and sweet]

Through another client. He hired me for some mercenary jobs. Real prick of a client, always had crazy high demands and never paid nearly enough.

Sounds like you ditched him.

Sorta. Thankfully his organization's reach hasn't gotten further than my homeworld. Even heard it got taken down not long after I left- good riddance.

... He was a really bad guy, wasn't he?

...Yeah. He was a piece of work.

[But he shrugs, trying to make like it doesn't bother him as much as it does. Ugh. So much better not thinking about the past]

But that's how it is with mercenary work. Sometimes your clients are decent, sometimes they're royal pricks. But he's not a problem anymore, so not like he'll be a client again.

Yeah, I guess so. Hey, at least here you don't have to worry about all that mercenary work. You get paid just for being interesting.

[There is a pause, and something dark that crosses his face. But it's fleeting, as if he swallows it and chooses not to voice it]

...I'd rather do mercenary work.

... [He catches just that little bit, but if Kaneis doesn't want to pursue it, neither should Hiro.]

Well, can't fault you there. I'd rather be at home with my team.

[Sorry Hiro he's just not one to share about the shittiness that is his life]

Heh. Yeah. I'd be surprised if anyone really wants to be here.

Yeah. I'm gonna make the most of it while I'm here, make sure other people are a little more comfortable... but I can't say I'm stoked about not being home.

...I'm sure they'll send you back eventually.

[That's...comforting right??]

Hope so.

[little smile.]

But, hey, I'm making friends here. It's not so bad.

[Ergh. Friendship stuff]

I guess it could be worse.

There's that survivor's spirit. If you ever need a favor, or something to be built, you can call on me, alright?

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