( 002 ) video ✶ strangers waiting up and down the boulevard

[unparental]

[ sup, fellow space kidnapees. a considerably more relaxed jenna, here. ]Okay: so here's a question that doesn't have anything to do with your spaceship related skills or why we shouldn't wander off by ourselves

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[babbletechno]

A meeting not based around jobs sounds good, and a roster. Good idea.

What is that device for, anyway? [referring to the iPod, and the real reason he'd clicked on to this post]

[unparental]

I have grassroots support, then. Now I just have to... track everyone down and schedule things. This seemed so much more fun before work got involved. [ kidding, kidding. (mostly.) ]

...Oh, the iPod? It plays music. And a crappy solitaire game, because I nver got around to buying a new-- uh, sorry. It plays music, basically.

[babbletechno]

Could you use help? I don't know much about management, but I could probably do something if you need it.

What kind of battery does it have? Would you mind if I looked at it? I don't know if I can help it charge, but I might be able to lessen its energy consumption. Make it last longer.

[unparental]

I need all the help I can get. I'm not very good at being "in charge". [ yes, that got mocking fingers quotes. it's also not strictly true, but oh well. ] So yes, help. Lots of it. Maybe just spread the word, at first? We should all meet, dinner's included, that kind of thing.

...Then maybe mention anyone who wants something more than spaghetti should show up in the kitchen early.

[ give her a second to stare at the ipod then shrug helplessly. ] How stupid do I sound if I say 'the kind of battery it has'?

[babbletechno]

I'll do that, then.

[have a laugh] Not stupid at all, don't worry about it. I can still look at it though, if you don't mind. It sounds like you have people willing to make a charger for it, but I still wouldn't mind making it more energy efficient for you if I can. You never know what might happen to the power supply.

[energy efficiency is something he's really good at considering how necessary it was in the war. And he's very paranoid about it.]

[unparental]

Perfect, thanks.

[ jenna laughs too, shaking her head. ] I'm not all that tech savvy by my standards, I don't stand a chance against all you geniuses. Fiddle away, I have complete faith in your battery life extending abilities.

[babbletechno]

Awesome, thank you! I'll take a look at it once the others have done their work with it. Don't want to accidentally interfere with that.

[unparental]

You're a life saver, thanks.

...I'm Jenna, by the way.

[babbletechno]

And I am Heatwave. Pleased to meet you.

[unparental]

Heatwave, huh? ...Okay, sure. I had a class with a girl who wanted to be called Soulflower, once.

[babbletechno]

...Why?

[That's an odd name.]

[unparental]

Banker parents and too many documentaries on the swinging sixties.

[babbletechno]

Oh, I see. [not really]

...Uh. We change our names sometimes too, if the old one doesn't fit anymore.

[unparental]

...Really?

[ genuine interest in jenna's voice. ] We don't, that girl aside. Generally the name your parents give you when you're born is the one you keep.