o3 ☢ but i'm good at being uncomfortable so i can't stop changing all the time

[aggressively]

[ as always with a banner post, the opener cues up a half uncomfortable, awkward smile. sincere, but still twitchy. bruce: never going to like public speaking, thanks. ]

I spent some spare time lately messing with my communicator, and I thought I'd share the benefits.

[ more: he's been reminding himself to do this since speaking to ros, but 'the pretty red haired woman with the hungry smile who can't read inspired this' seems a little too much. better to be a bored scientist tinkering with things. ]

I thought it might be useful to have a-- reading function on these things, so to speak. It's not the most elegant job, but I can show my work if anyone else wants to keep going on something a little more structured.

...Anyway. The program I threw together reads text posts aloud. [ in something that sounds a lot like betty's voice, because bruce is a dork. ] I know language barriers aren't much of an issue here, and I can't promise an attached dictionary, but it's something.

[ he hesitates. ]

We're all very focused on the immediate, and we should be. But it might not hurt to add a few more-- non-essential projects to the pile, just to make life a little more comfortable. [ not that he doesn't want to be home-- well, all right, some of him doesn't-- but of all people, bruce understands the need to make something good happen, see tangible and rewarding results for your efforts in between everything else. ]

...Right.

[ the half smile bruce turns towards his communicator is particularly pained, now. there really should be a lost and found okay, so he doesn't have to do something like this to keep from feeling wasteful and more than a little cowardly. ]

Last jump, I received a few things I don't need. If anyone wants them, I'll leave them all in a box outside 006 » 029. First come, first serve.

( 1 ) ipod, filled with jazz.
( 1 ) yoga mat
( 1 ) set bongo drums
( 1 ) large bag marijuana

[ and now his eyebrows draw together. ]

Don't say it, Tony. [ that probably guarantees trolling. reverse psychology for fun and profit, and banner out. ]

l o c k e d / a x v e n g e r s

We should probably all talk. Briefing?

[ because they've lost people, and they've gained others-- time to touch base. past time. ]

l o c k e d / a x v e n g e r s

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permavid.

[culver]

[nill is all up on this post. her wings are flitting behind her and she looks super interested. having something read text posts to her would be so useful.]

same on bruce's end

[aggressively]

[ bruce is not the warmest seeming guy in general-- not unfriendly, per se, more just wary and huddled in on himself. kids, though, get a little less awkward than adults. ]

Would you like a copy?

text; stark encryption 100%, visible to axvengers and co.

[starked]

you can't tell me not to say it, banner. i may be persuaded if i can have that bag all to myself. but. until then...

I KNEW IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH BONGO DRUMS.

[ and then sent like a minute after the other one. ]

talking is overrated.

[ shut up bruce, it's his ship and he can cry if he wants to. you would have too if it happened to you. ]

( not here )

[petitehands]

[ serious case of the lineface over here and you know why Tony ]

text; stark encryption 100%, visible to axvengers and co.

[aggressively]

I'm not giving you the pot, Tony.

It has nothing to do with bongo drums. I've never played a bongo drum in my life.

[ w h i n e r. ]

We don't need to share our feelings, just catch each other up.

[ BUT JUST WAIT, TONY. ]

video; stark encryption, visible to axvengers & co.

[petitehands]

That's a very thoughtful modification - I'm sure people will be grateful for the help. I'm still amazed people here can still be proficient at tinkering around with what I'm guessing must be pretty unfamiliar technology.

[ Of course, she knows that Tony would have been able to manage, it almost seems an understatement to say it's an area of expertise for him, but she's always been an admirer of people who can adapt like that, so Bruce is no different. ]

Dr. Banner, isn't it? I've heard of you from Tony and Betty. [ She's been smiling brightly at him the whole time. ] Pepper Potts.

video; stark encryption, visible to axvengers & co.

[aggressively]

There's at least one person aboard who can't read, and even then it's still useful. [ and he didn't want to call out that person in the post, his little shrug says. ]

Bruce, please. Just Bruce. [ he inhales, hesitates a little. ] I hate doing this, but in the interest of fairness-- we've met. Or I've met you, but only in passing. No dark secrets were shared, cross my heart.

[ HUMOR. oh pepper he does like you. ]

[voice]

[circumitus]

I could take the bag off of your hands, I suppose.

[First come first serve, right? Time to move.]

[voice]

[aggressively]

If multiple people show up at once I'd rather you just share, but if no one else gets here first it's all yours.

text

[omigosh]

<.<

so

has anyone called dibs on the weed yet????

>.>

[archaeologize]

Knives, last I remember - aren't you a minor?

[compressibility]

I'd like to take a look at it.

[aggressively]

Of course. Do mind if I--

[ he makes a vague pushing motion with his hands-- send it over, in other words. ]

voice and RUNNING

[sweetmotherofgod]

I want those drums and anyone else is gonna have to fight me. I'm gonna use them for good.

LMAO HEATHER also permavoice

[aggressively]

...Well, we wouldn't want evil bongo drums. They're all yours.

[ heather that was a joke AN ACTUAL JOKE well done. ]

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[widowing]

[ here's natasha checking in, looking slightly less...all around healthy than usual. physically, she looks fine, but there's a glint in her eye that's not, strictly speaking, stable. ]

Checking in.

axvengers filter; permavideo

[aggressively]

[ ...natasha that face is a bad face. ]

Holding up?

voice IT WAS THIS JOURNAL ALL ALONG

[kicktomorrow]

Has anyone called the iPod yet?

[Surprise, surprise, Jane loves jazz.]

voice I SAW NOTHING ELSE

[aggressively]

No, not yet.

[ b e a t. ]

It has Kenny G on it.

video; axvengers filter + action for bruce

[soothing]

If nothing else, I'd like to officially meet people in person.

[ But honestly? Right now she's more interested in watching reactions to the reading function. It's making her smile. ]

video; axvengers filter + action for bruce

[aggressively]

I'll bring popcorn.

[ because even bruce can admit this has the potential for hilarity. maybe not a guarantee, but the potential's there. ]

video;

[tumbleweeds]

Did you seriously just leave a giant bag of weed outside of your room?

video;

[aggressively]

...Yes?

[ gdi man he's a scientist not a dealer. ]

video;

[lacksgrace]

I don't know who you are, but you're my new favorite person.

video;

[aggressively]

I-- thanks?

[ what are social skills okay. BABY DEER IN HEADLIGHTS BLINKING. ]

video;

[stimulations]

Strange that you'd receive items you don't want. From what I've heard, most things that appear have some sort of personal relevance.

video;

[aggressively]

They, uh-- [ he scratches the back of his neck, a little awkward. ] for lack of a better explanation, they seem to be a joke.


...I'm not sure I like the idea of this ship having a sense of humor given-- well, everything.

[ TEXT ]

[spidersenses]

That's a cool program.

[ TEXT ]

[aggressively]

Thanks, but it's really nothing to write home about.

[No message, but...]

[toasterprophet]

[Totally nabbing the yoga mat, and any of the weed that's left. (There probably isn't any left.)

If you want to fight him for it, he'll probably give it to you, but he will make sad puppy Cylon eyes at you as he does.]

[video]

[deadandred]

[Bucky sounds -- and looks -- a little bit stunned. Also, perhaps, a bit familiar.] You can make these things read, too?

[video]

[aggressively]

With a little bit of tweaking, yes.

[ OH HEY BUCKY SUP HOW'S THE MCU TREATING YOU. ]

video;

[mstitel]

[He'd be all over that announcement, but he sees that Nill beat him to it. Which is good, actually. He really hopes Bruce can help her out with that.

More importantly, though...]

You can make it do that? [A L S O] What's an iPod?

video;

[aggressively]

Yeah, it's pretty simple if you know the basics. [ bruce lives to downplay. ] It uh-- plays music? An MP3 player?

text.

[helpmeguideit]

This would be especially useful in the case of someone being unable to read. You speak of 'non-essential', but wouldn't communication be the most essential thing for us?

text | locked

[aggressively]

That was my original purpose, but I didn't want to embarrass anyone by directly addressing it.

And yes, normally, but given the hybrids, and everything else things that don't directly deal with our immediate problems seem like 'later' projects. We don't need to open Starbucks franchises or a spa, but things on this level should be stepped up.

[ bruce has feelings, news at eleven. ]

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Good. Is this program compatible with books?

[voice]

[aggressively]

It should be-- I can tweak it, if not.

[video]

[falsehoods]

[There is something about you that strikes him as familiar, man, but he can't quite put his finger on it. Anyway, this shot is mostly just of an armored shoulder.]

I have heard of these ...Pods of I...though only as a name. How does one fill them with Jazz? That is a form of Midgardian music, is it not?

[video]

[aggressively]

[ deja vu city. bruce will just be narrowing his eyes. ]

Through a USB cable, generally. Have we met?

video;

[superswank]

What sort of "projects" is the crew working on?

video;

[aggressively]

You'd have to ask them that.

[ bruce still refuses to get a real job, it's a thing. ]