#002 [Video]

[everydayhero]

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.

Comments

[everydayhero]

Awesome. You can expect it, then. Shouldn't take too terribly long, I mean, the alarms didn't even take a month. Couple weeks tops, here.

[ladiesss]

That's cool... Um, do you need anything from me?

[everydayhero]

If you can take stock of all the books and give me a list, that'll help. Anything specific you're gonna want on it?

[ladiesss]

Already got it. [THAT she can at least claim with pride.]

Mm, I was thinking of putting in a special flagging system for books that are especially old or, like, easily damageable items that people try to check out. Just for records.

[everydayhero]

Awesome, knew I could count on you for that.

Flagging feature for brittle materials. Obviously, it'll have a checking system for people to take books out and bring them back.

[ladiesss]

[uah, who new the approval of a little kid could be so nice? she smiles.]

Yeah, perfect. And, uh, maybe if you can build me one of those gun-shaped laser scanners.

Not for any reason. I just want one. They're cool.

[everydayhero]

[he's beaming here]

What do you want it to scan?

[ladiesss]

Human eyeballs.

[blink.]

I'm kidding. Normal scanny things. Bar-codes.

[everydayhero]

[he could swing that first one next time he has somewhere to scrounge for parts]

Alright, normal scanny things it is.

[He's definitely teasing her for her word choice.]

[ladiesss]

Sweet. [she doesn't mind. she knows how she talks. C:] Maybe we'll save the eyeball scanner for if we ever build a crazy secret safe or something.

[everydayhero]

... [oh no. he takes the biggest breath, the most defeated sigh and shrug.]

Welp. Now I have to make one.

[ladiesss]

[dfjksld she giggles.]

I'm pretty sure it can wait.

[everydayhero]

Yeah, but not forever.

[ladiesss]

Ha... Note to self: be careful of mentioning too-awesome ideas around Hiro.

[everydayhero]

I think you mean: do that. Always. Do that.

[ladiesss]

Revision to previous notes: Always do that?

I'm... gonna go make a list, or something.

[everydayhero]

[He snorts, a little bit of laughter here.]

Tell me if you think of anything else we can add to the ship.