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

[testgasm]

why would I want to do that

[foolproofed]

good point, sometimes that's all too awkward anyway

but you should still have the option, right?? like, giving you all the different things to choose from, be your own robot, etc, etc.

[testgasm]

no i mean i'm sure i could if i wanted to i just don't particularly have an interest in it

[foolproofed]

oh, then that's not so bad

it's not all its cracked up to be, so you're not missing much

[testgasm]

yeah i didn't think so

i'll leave that business to the humans

[foolproofed]

gee thanks

what kindsa things do robots dig, anyway?

is it stereotyping if i think of bolts and technobabble and whirry metal arms that type at computers all day

[testgasm]

i like science

and reading i love to read

literature

[foolproofed]

really?

cant you like — read a book in a few seconds or something?


without being squishy, I mean

that kinda ruins the idea



or do you just do things slow for the sake of enjoying it

[testgasm]

well yes i mean i've read every book to ever exist pretty much even the hard ones

especially the hard ones

but the books here are from an entirely different universe and i've got some favoritesthat i like to go back to from time to time doesn't everyone

have to do it the old fashioned way now though

[foolproofed]

bummer

now you know our pain

and our sad little hands and reading speeds




what's your favorite book

[testgasm]

yeah don't know how you lot stand it really

i enjoy a most of then but i'd say machiavelli is the best

[foolproofed]

. . . .


all the people in the world to choose from

machiavelli?? really really??

[testgasm]

what's wrong with machiavelli

[foolproofed]

they made me sit through lectures about him

with the world's most uninspiring teacher ever

ever have a conversation with a wet cardboard box?? that was my teacher.


but hell, at least shakespeare made things fresh and fun

ladies talking about throwing their babies around, dumb ass soap opera lovers who aren't even of age, stabbing parents through curtains, witches brewing potentially illegal shit in their basements

that was Real Life in my neighborhood, it was a ye olde biography

[testgasm]

oh

that's unfortunate

shakespeare is a bit more exciting yeah

[foolproofed]

yeah just a bit

he had some pretty wicked death scenes, too

guy was pretty spiteful toward his characters if you ask me

[testgasm]

everyone's always dying like that in literature though

falling off things

drowning in things

getting run through by things

[foolproofed]

we're gluttons for punishment I guess

what, robots dont write about robots getting blown up or short-circuiting or getting bluescreen'd?

[testgasm]

no those are usually in the cautionary tales written for us by humans

[foolproofed]

well hey

why don't you write some cautionary tales for robots?

i'm sure there are other robots around who would like their own genre

or something