Alex Shepherd, are you still yourself? If you remember who you are I'd like you to come to my office this afternoon. I've got got a proposal for you relating to engineering.

[Komui's smiling when the feed turns on, sans glasses and snuggled under pastel sheets. For the first time in a very long time, he is completely, calmly relaxed.]

I'm planning to dismantle one of the ventilation pumps today. I'd advise anyone who's interested in helping out in engineering to join me. This will be an excellent opportunity for you all ( Read more... )

[Komui is at a workbench in Engineering, looking very pleased and more than a little buzzed. He's got a hammer in his hand, with which he gestures as he addresses the camera]

For those who haven't had the pleasure, I'm Komui Lee, now your head of Engineering. Some of you might be thinking 'Komui? That's the handsome  devil who builds robots. What's ( Read more... )

[Komui is jittering in the middle of an office that he's obviously been in quite a while, if the number of abandoned mugs, tottery stacks of books and piles of paper are any indication. He's holding a book at the moment, a dense tome on Quantum Mechanics. He addresses the screen sharply]

Has anyone found any books in this station? I want books! ( Read more... )

[Komui's standing in a clearing in his avalanche of a room, wrapped up tight in many layers. The room is being lit by strings of bare bulbs connected to a whirring battery pack. On the floor beside him is a tool that was once one of his overly-large drills, but now resembles a beefed-up nightmare of a jackhammer, half the length of his bed.]

Yoo-hoo ( Read more... )

[The video flicks on, close to Komui's face. He's lying in bed, looking tired and slightly out of it. His glasses are stuck to his tribble, who is inching her way up the wall behind him]

I think the interns delight in putting me in comas when things are heating up.

[He sighs and starts patting his bed, feeling around for his spectacles.]

If I'm ( Read more... )

[Komui comes onscreen, lounging on a settee with a steaming cup in hand]

All the body parts I expected to be here are still attached, my coffee is still delicious and I'm sure I haven't started losing my mind. What unimaginable horror have I failed to notice for this week's test?

[He drains his cup and sets it down on the floor in favour of a large ( Read more... )

[The weeping face might not look familiar, but those who've seen Komui do this before might recognise the hysteria]

Okay, I give in to your torture. I won't build any more castration robots, now give me back my tools and coffee, you horrible, terrible, disgusting thieves!

[Sob]

I'm so abused!

They put me in a coma this week?! This would have been a brilliant test, I do my best work when I'm sleep deprived ( Read more... )

[Komui's looking tired but cheery. He's busily sewing a frilly skirt to a small, lavender dress. His Mogwai is in the background, cuddling Henry the Tribble. Komui's a little hoarse when he speaks]

I haven't had an evening that fun in a while. John, did you make it home without tripping?  Link, did you manage to wriggle out of that dress? If you're ( Read more... )