video.

[foolproofed]

[When the camera turns on, Marty's adjusting it before plopping down in a seat clumsily (grumbling 'fuckin' jelly legs' or something to that effect); he's got dust and oil on him, a little toil and trouble with the clean-up assistance he's been performing on the Tranquility (after pilfering a gun from the Scylla, of course). He's bone-tired and there's a bit of sweat on his brow, but in that weariness he finds temporary redirection from the shitty stuff. He's noticed, of course, people fighting plenty. People looking very tense and unhappy. The halls are even quieter, somehow. And he doesn't fuckin' like it, not one bit. Now, he's not particularly attached to this ship--duh, he's only been here a month and it's a horrible place on top of it--but like hell does he enjoy misery as company. That saying can just go shove it.

I mean, he's barely even smoking it up, lately. In fact, he's stone cold normal right now and empty-handed. They're just clasped in front of him as he leans into his knees.]

You know what I need? A break. A cigarette break, but with more words 'n shit. We've been working our asses off. Keep up the fantastic work, and all that jazz, but how about something else for a second? Juuust a second. I know we've all been stressed out, what with the pirates and the freaky-ass murdering specter captains and the--uh--ship clamped on us like a tumor. So just... Hey, I haven't--really indulged in the fact that we're all from every corner of time and space and universes and all that cool sci-fi stuff.

[He licks his lips as he considers what to say, hands motioning in front of him like he's trying to catch his own thoughts.]

You guys, we have all kinds of worlds on board! Tell me some cool shit about your world. Or about you. Whatever. Can I get some cool facts? Some jokes? Stories? Hell, it doesn't even have to be anything outside of good ol' planet Earth. Or even directed at me. No serious or traumatic stuff needed, just... stuff. Hell, if you're a connoisseur of movies or you have a thing for panda facts or you wanna tell a story about your crazy family reunions.

[He suddenly seems a little more excited, a little less tired, shifting in his seat.]

This entry is now Marty's Share Fair. I'm stuck on a funky space ship and all, so I might as well know more than the bleak stuff.

....

Just don't pull a TMI, okay? I'm sure everyone sees enough floppy nethers after each jump. We don't need to know anything about them other that the promise that you'll find a towel posthaste. Thank you in advance.

(ooc: threadjacking heavily encouraged! it'd be fun to have people find common interests or things to relate to, and I just wanted a kinda free-for-all for the S.S. Solemn Worrywarts)

Comments

video;

[cargojet]

So long as other people can be good sports about it, I don't see why not. A little slap on the ass isn't going to hurt anyone.

voice;

[foolproofed]

[Oh, Netherlands.

Marty laughs at that, warm and content and completely humored.]

The cool shit! [affirmed] Come on, what is it?

[foolproofed]

[SORT OF. Kinda of. Not really. It's complicated.]

Uhhhh... Y'know, I think that could be a thing, but—there's people who work in the gardens who'd probably get in a fistfight with whoever tries digging it up. I can foresee some pretty harsh slugfests going on.

But it's a cool idea, if someone could get it to work.

Without the punching.

[ooc: haha, that's actually my character's panda! it's not around when this thread happened, though, so we're good.]

[foolproofed]

that's good to hear, i hope you can type even more comprehensible shit in the near future


i've been... playing clean-up? but after a few hours its good to take a break before my hands fall off or something overdramatic

[foolproofed]

no no never

only all the time

in a place like this i think it's a pretty good strategy for keeping yourself from going postal or something depressing, like laying on the floor nosefirst waiting for something horrible to happen

[foolproofed]

oh well

cool

i mean, i've always thought robots would do us in if we didnt do it first, but still, you seem pretty okay to me

[EVEN IF HE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR ROBO-EVIL

JUST SAYIN']

so are you like - human-shaped or is that just what they gave you when you got here

like an embarrassing christmas sweater you have to wear because grandma got it for yo

[foolproofed]

**you

[endeavors]

Something. Like aliens?

[andblockbuster]

I'm used to office settings where the occasional psychopath and hostile takeovers are my only open door into the danger zone. And then I came here and I just embraced my new life as a lovable side character in a space horror film.

It pretty much goes "is something trying to eat my face now? No? Check back in ten minutes."

[testgasm]

the latter

interesting simile

very accurate

voice;

[handelaar]

[Paaaause. He can't decide if something is funny or if Marty is just a giddy sort of high. But right, cool shit about his place.]

From home, mm. The Maeslantkering's kinda - [cool] - it's a storm surge barrier, keeps the ocean back. Keeps it from surging up the river, I mean. Flooding Rotterdam an' the port. One-a the biggest moving structures on Earth - [yup he's got that phrase memorized] - closes when a storm surge is supposed to be more than three meters. Computerized and shit, does it automatically. Not like the Oosterscheldekering, that's - another storm surge barrier, doesn't operate the same way, though.

[Let him tell you all about the Delta Works.]

video;

[foolproofed]

As long as you don't slap the grumpy sourpuss lawyers on the ass, anyway. They might make a literal case about it.

[foolproofed]

Like just about anything. Ghosts, gods, aliens, supernatural assholes.

Sky's the limit.

[foolproofed]

Um — be careful with that shit. Being a lovable side character in a horror movie might get you killed, remember? At least be self-aware and all that. Tell everyone not to go into the shadows. Or split up. Or anything else fucking stupid to do.

[TRUST HIM ON THIS ONE

IF HE'D TRIED HARDER, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE READ THE FUCKIN' LATIN.]

[endeavors]

Any chance they could be nice ones?

[foolproofed]

hey man, it's just my line of thought if i were in that situation around here

hows the meat stilts treating you?

voice;

[foolproofed]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Talk about intensely foreign words to me. Living up to your nether-namesake.

Are storm surges a big problem there? I mean, there's a reason I stay away from the east coast, personally. Things like that sound horrifying. Tornadoes, too.

[it tooootally has nothing to do with the fact that he's not a beach or water guy in general]

[foolproofed]

... Don't know.

Chances aren't in our favor, though.

[stimulations]

I hope so too.

You've gotten yourself involved more quickly than most.

voice;

[handelaar]

[SO INCREDULOUS]

Are storm surges - [huff] - fifth of the country's below sea level.

[testgasm]

do you want the real answer or the sugarcoated one

[endeavors]

Bugger.

[foolproofed]

yeah

i guess i didnt want to be dead weight

[He already expects any population to look at him like that, and it's kinda sad. But he's spent one step after another across the rocky river just making sure people knew he wasn't a complete pushover.]

dont get me wrong, i got bad feelings about this place

but


i'm not gonna roll over and accept it

voice;

[foolproofed]

[He shrugs so hard, I think it probably reaches his voice.]

We didn't learn a lot about the Netherlands in history, geography, or lit class! You'd be surprised how many kids these days have no fucking clue where or what Netherlands even is.

[#SOUL CRUSHING]

[foolproofed]

[He sighs, shaking his head.]

Damn fuckin' straight, bugger.

But at least we can give it the old fashioned try, or something.