Well, That Could Have Gone Better 022

[screwyoubob]

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

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[electroniccrane]

Sorry, no accessible DNA.

Are there any systems on the passenger decks these things really need to be kept away from?

[screwyoubob]

[He can't help but be disappointed that he won't get to look at the Major's DNA.]

Uhm, keeping the elevators working would be a big help, if you wouldn't mind Motokokusanagi!

[electroniccrane]

I'll see what I can do. They don't seem organized enough to actually damage anything that's not biological and fragile.

[Pause.]

Got any perchlorate lying around? There's a sniper and I want more smoke than I think Kage is going to give me.

[screwyoubob]

Yeah, they're kinda stupid.

[B titters.]

Oh, uhm, yeah, I have a bunch. Just don't use it around any children, okay? It's really not good for them.

[He thinks. Technically, perchlorate is a good ingredient for, you know, rocket fuel. Hm. He'll just give her a bit.]

Can you return any you don't use?

[electroniccrane]

[Oh right, biologicals and their mucous membranes.]

I promise not to make anything nastier than smoke grenades out of it.

((OOC: I screwed up, should have said perchloroethane, which is much, much less dangerous than perchlorate. Though the Major wouldn't say no to it if B wanted to hand some over.))

[screwyoubob]

Alright! I'm on Deck 07 with all the volunteers, so come up whenever you have time, Motokokusanagi!

((OOC: Alright, we'll just pretend she said perchloroethane.))

[electroniccrane]

[Later, B can hear Kusanagi's voice in the hallway rather than over the comms.]

Mechanic? I've brought a volunteer for cleanup.

[She's steering Samuel by the arm.]

[shipshapeshipco]

[Samuel eyes the room with the level amazement you'd only expect from a little kid in a candy-robot-pony factory.]

I have never been more excited to behave below my class!

[screwyoubob]

Hi!

[B pushes his hair out of his eyes and beams at both of them.]

Okay, Motokokusanagi, I've got what I promised for you over there. And you, uhm, I don't know your name, sorry, I'll be with you in just one second.

[He trots gamely over to a case, unlocks it, and starts rooting through it.]

[electroniccrane]

Thanks.

[She nods to B and collects her chemicals, then eyes Samuel.]

Behave yourself.

((OOC: And the Major is out. Have fun, kids.))

[shipshapeshipco]

[Samuel holds his hands behind his back. he grins broadly at B and tips back and forth on the balls of his feet.]

I'm ready for duty, Sir... I didn't catch your proper name.