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Who: Nelkeila Tarid and YOU
Broadcast: Video, Fleetwide
Action: Casino station
When: Middle of the month somewhere

[sometime in the evening, shortly after dinner, a grinning elven face (with brand new crazy bluish hair) appears over the network. the camera is unsteady, bouncing all over as he shuffles his grip on it.]

Guys! Hey, guys... did you know that there is a tattoo place here? And it's, like... right next door to this bar where everything looks like it's covered in gold? And... there's a place to dance...

[and--ah--he finally gets the communicator turned all the way from his face, so it can swing around to show clumsy shots of all the places he's mentioning. lots of light and sound, it looks like a party.

and eventually, the camera jostles around to show his face again, and he looks so excited.]

--Hey! We should totally all get tattoos! It'll be awesome!

[and anyone who heads down to meet him, or just happens to be walking through this section of the station, can find Nel either bopping around the waiting area of the tattoo parlor, or hanging out in the bar next door, looking over a free handout of tattoo designs.

anyone is welcome, whether interested in a tattoo or not. join in, observe the chaos, shake your head-- whatever!

also, feel free to start your own threads and treat this as a mingle, if you'd like!]

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[slow blink.]

Like, a... bike with a motor on it?

[He's squinting at it. ]

I bet I could make something like this.

...For people. Not ostriches.

Really?? That would be awesome!

You could, like... zoom around the stations. And do those, uh...

[he mimics something that seems like maybe pulling back on the reins of a horse.

wheelies, Nel. they're called wheelies.]

Rearing?

Anyway, yeah! I could make something like this and we could travel way easier on Waystations. Planets, too.

Whoa... if you made more than one, we could race!

...I'm liking this idea more and more.

Hey, if you're a... machine guy... [engineer. whatever.]

You could get a tattoo of some cool gears or something!

Gears! That's not a bad idea at-

[He notices something, and grins, pointing excitedly. ]

Or I could get that steak!!!!

Ooo! [--he says while he's still leaning in to look at the design, before he actually sees what it is.

...and to his credit, he only falters a little bit when he does see it. he hesitates, but he's still smiling when he looks up from the pamphlet again.]

...The meat?

[Nel you had one job and that was to prevent this. You failed. ]

Heck yeah the meat! I love meat!

[whoever put him in charge of that job was a fool.

he does think it's funny, though, for a couple of reasons. he presses a few curled fingers to his mouth, to hold back a laugh.]

...If you love it, why don't you put a heart around it too?

Wow, that's even better. Thanks, man!

[He's going off towards the counter to book an appointment, THANKS SO MUCH NEL. ]