Second Gift - In SPAAAAACE!

[a_human_work]

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[With the White Chalice finally in space, Michelle is walking around the observation deck. After following the curve of the bubble keeping the atmosphere in, her gaze falls on the sights outside the ship. The endless blackness interrupted by dots of light, the rocks and pieces of manmade metal just slowly gliding around and above all the tiny,

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[saikyocivrobo]

[The goalkeeper intercepts the ball... Or, to be precise, hits it with a baseball bat bigger than he is.]

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[a_human_work]

[Michelle tries to find a surface to brace against so she could move out to have a chance at intercepting the ball before the chance passed.]

This game has rules, you know. I'm pretty sure they include bans baseball bats. Even if robots use them.

[Prometheus really was incredible, though.]

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[saikyocivrobo]

[Prometheus scratches his head in confusion and lets out a small cloud of steam. He puts the baseball bat away and pulls out a tennis racket instead.]

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[a_human_work]

[How did Prometheus carry things bigger than itself without anybody noticing?]

Tennis rackets and all other tools are forbidden...but you're tiny, so I guess it's alright

[Unfortunately, observing the antics of Prometheus made her miss the ball, which had quickly moved down the room towards the other goal.]

[saikyocivrobo]

[Hammerspace, perhaps? Or he just keeps a crate filled with those things right offscreen.

In any case, Prometheus forgets his duties of a goalkeeper and runs after the ball! He tries to push it with his hands like a dung beetle.]

[a_human_work]

Hands off the ball. You're not acting like the goalie, so you have to use your feet.

[Drifting at the wall, Michelle gave the little robot a glare, just before kicking off to try and intercept him.]

[saikyocivrobo]

[Prometheus tries to block the ball in response, which just means he's latching onto it now.]

[a_human_work]

Okay, that does it. Foul. You can all see it, right?

[Having managed to push off in the right direction, hoping for the robot to let go of the ball and let her team take the free kick.]

[saikyocivrobo]

[Let go? Never! Have fun kicking a ball with a robot attached. Actually, he is pretty light, so...]

[a_human_work]

[The kick has already started and the two teams are already awkwardly bumping into each other to try and form a wall between the ball and the goal, so there's nothing much to do to stop. So Prometheus finds himself sailing towards his goal, while Michelle drifts the other way, wincing as she does so.]

That hurts, goddamnit.

[saikyocivrobo]

[It works though! Prometheus falls off the ball in mid-air and lies on the ground, his eyes turning into spinning spirals, while the ball gets into the goal.]

[a_human_work]

See, cheating didn't get you anything.

[Michelle sounds rather pleased from behind the helmet as she steadies herself against her own goal to work out what angle to take from there.]