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screwyoubob

Well, That Could Have Gone Better 022

Apr 04, 2009 01:16

Okay! Anyone who doesn’t like to fight, doesn’t want to fight but still wants to get rid of the pirates, please meet me on Deck 07, starboard side, near the front of the boat! I have a very special job for everyone! Yay!

[B is waiting there with a whole stack of buckets, gloves, rubber boots, scrapers, pails, basins and face masks. He pulls down ( Read more... )

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brynkitten April 4 2009, 08:27:58 UTC

[Bryn didn't reply but she shifted back to her human form, cleaned up the scratches on her hips as best she could, and got some clothes on. She'd never met the mechanic but hoped she'd be able to figure out who he was when she got there.

Once she'd put her stuff out of the way in Haine's room, Bryn headed down to deck seven to find the mechanic.]

screwyoubob April 4 2009, 09:47:16 UTC

[B was waiting there when she arrived, and he waved cheerfully.]

Hi! Are you here to help?

brynkitten April 4 2009, 09:52:44 UTC

[Bryn smiled and waved back. The voice was familiar...that must be him.]

Yeah, I am. Just tell me what to do and I'll get started.

screwyoubob April 4 2009, 20:39:49 UTC

Great!

[B smiles at her and leads the woman over to the piles of clothes.]

You'll probably want to wear these so your clothes don't get dirty, so here's some boots, a smock, gloves and a facemask--

[B began to rummage through, pulling out clothes her guessed to be her approximate size. He held one smock up to her and clucked his tongue.]

This one is way too big--you'll look like a tent. Which you don't look like. At all.

[Aw crap. Pretty girls always did this to him. B coughed as he felt a blush starting on his face and grabbed a smaller smock.]

brynkitten April 4 2009, 23:00:33 UTC

[Bryn followed B over to the clothes, then looked at her own and shrugged.]

Thanks. Whatever you say, boss.

[She gave him a grin, amused at the blush on his cheeks. What was that reaction for?]

Do I put the smock on over my clothes or instead of...?

screwyoubob April 5 2009, 02:05:07 UTC

Whatever you think would be most comfortable. I don't think I got your name?

[Strangely her teasing question came out sounding a bit more professional, so B slips into professional mode as well, nodding seriously and blonde hair falling into his eyes.]

brynkitten April 5 2009, 02:19:01 UTC

M'kay.

[Bryn began slipping on the smock over her clothes, then the boots, and the gloves as she spoke.]

I'm Bryn. What do you prefer to be called? Feels weird just knowing you as "the mechanic."

screwyoubob April 5 2009, 02:22:52 UTC

I like to be called Baijznyherglert'allalax Sempotyllallalligrfturg, or just Baijznyherglert'allalax, but people here seem to have a problem with it. It's a totally normal, regular name is Bryn your full name?

[B pulls his mask but over his face and leads her over to the scoops, scrapers and basins. He hands her one of each and then leads her over to the beginning of the slime. A large area has already been scraped clear, thanks to the mechanic's efforts.]

You just kneel down and-- yeah. Scrape.

brynkitten April 5 2009, 02:27:15 UTC

[She paused a moment, and stared. Holy crap, that was a name?]

...I think a lot of us aren't used to long names like that. Gonna take me a while to get the whole thing down.

[Her nose wrinkled at the thought of her full name.]

And no, Bryn isn't my whole name, but I don't want to keep my family name.

[She pulled the mask over her face when B did and took the tools he offered, and knelt down where it appeared he'd left off. Carefully, she began to scrape at the floor.]

screwyoubob April 5 2009, 02:30:50 UTC

Oh, really? You don't like your genetic line?

[The thought of purposefully disowning family has never once occurred to B. His genetic line is his name--his genetics boiled down to a coded hex of letters, letting everyone from his world know his genetic makeup, specialties and abilities.

To intentionally hide that... guh.

He scrapes with her.]

This is so gross.

brynkitten April 5 2009, 02:38:11 UTC

More like my "genetic line" didn't like me. Don't have a lot of fondness for them after the shit they did to me.

[She continued scrapping, a bit more angrily. Why yes, there was that chip on her shoulder.]

...you're right, this stuff is disgusting.

screwyoubob April 5 2009, 02:39:44 UTC

[He's shocked.

B's mouth drops open behind his mask.]

Didn't-- like you? But you're--theirs!

[Not loving a child? Impossible. Unthinkable. Does not compute. He shifts closer, helping her scrape off a really tenacious tentacle. He picks it up between his thumb and his forefinger.]

... looks like sushi.

brynkitten April 5 2009, 02:43:12 UTC

My parents thought I'd turned into a freak. Therefore, I was no longer theirs, I was an "it" or some shit, as far as they were concerned.

[She can tell he's shocked, it shows in his eyes so clearly. Hell, she'd been shocked too, especially upon waking up in the pool house.

Bryn's glad for the company at least, and she looks up as he picks up a tentacle then snorts, giving him a bit of a chuckle.]

Ugh, oh god. Don't say that or I'll think about it every time I go to Kuma-ko...

screwyoubob April 5 2009, 02:47:07 UTC

Yeah, uhm, sorry, but that's just wrong. Your parents were idiots if they thought that something out of their own genetic line was anything less than beautiful.

[B raises his eyebrows, looking at Bryn and speaking with absolute and complete certainty, the same kind of supreme confidence he had when he spoke on simple scientific matters. To B's mind, it was as if she had just stated that water ran uphill and pigs were reptiles.

Children were to be cherished and loved.]

I'm not really a fan of sushi anyways...

brynkitten April 5 2009, 02:51:41 UTC

[Bryn blushed from behind the mask and looked away a moment. That was a compliment, wasn't it? She wasn't exactly used to those, but made herself look back and smile. He'd be able to tell she was smiling the way her face moved, right?]

Thanks. I totally agree...Think I'll just have to come up with a new family name for myself.

[She exhaled and continued scraping.]

As for sushi, you're totally missing out. The bears make great stuff...don't get me wrong, I'd prefer venison or beef any day but...yeah. Sushi's good.

screwyoubob April 5 2009, 02:53:54 UTC

I could take a DNA sample and run a hex out of it.

[B offered. He could tell she was smiling behind her mask and he leaned over, gave her a gentle bump with his shoulder.]

Then you'd have a real name, not the one your parents called their genetic line.

[Scrape, scrape, plop into the bucket. With Bryn this was almost fun.]

Maybe I'll give it another shot. Just... raw food. Makes me queasy.

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