LOG: Anywhere you go, there you are

[mercenarymayhem]

Who: Anyone who's out and about town
What: Mingling
Where: The business district and casino
When: A fairly normal day
Warnings: Please warn as needed

It's a rare day, one with clear skies and empty air, and everyone seems to be out and about, shopping and stopping in to various places of entertainment to make the most of it. Some people are even seen without their helmets, a risky behavior but one which they chose take the luxury of indulging in.

Today's curious though, for it's the day that Jimmy settles his newest acquisition into a basement room of the casino. The Transponser, a teleportation device, left to malfunction until the inventor who sold it to him can be located again, for yes, he's made himself scarce after this deception. Apparently getting money for his work was more attractive than perfecting the technology behind it.

In any case, it's a day for socializing and getting to know friends better and meet neighbors.

Comments

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Roxy jerks under the Warthog because wow, yelling is so weird.]

[But....she....doesn't assume she's being talked to, so she's still under this car, looking at all the pretty machine parts.]

[Because hey, why WOULD anyone be talking to her and why would they call her kid, she isn't REALLY a kid.]

[grifshot]

[Grif sighs. Stupid kid, keeping his away from his slurpee and stupid sense of responsibility when did that kick in anyway?

He walks back over to the warthog, kneeling down beside Roxy, a less than impressed look on his face.]

What are you doing to my jeep?

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[That voice was a lot closer.]

[She looked at him in surprise.] ....is it yours? Whoops. [She grabs the edge and hauls herself out from under it.] Sorrys, but it just looks so COOL, and there's stuff under here that looks kinda diff from the other car stuff and I'm kinda curious what they do, didn't get to see a lot of vehicles like this back home.

[grifshot]

[Okay, that was not what Grif was expecting and it takes him a minute to figure out who to react, because on the one hand, strange girl checking out the underside of his car, but on the other, she seems genuinely interested and not trying to steal anything.

Although one thing has to be sorted out first.]

Back home? Where are you from 'cause these are pretty standard around here, and most other planets.

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Rainbow Falls, New York. [Which was....teeeechnically accurate. Just give or take a fuckton of water.]

But I also lived in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, so ya know. [Which was also true, middle of the ocean counts as nowhere, right?]

[grifshot]

[Oh, so an Earth native. Grif can work with that, coming from Hawaii, and also the fact that he currently lives in the middle of nowhere.]

They don't have cars in New York?

[yeah. that's what we're focusing on.]

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Not in bumfuck nowhere.

Like literally. Mom liked her privacy. Built her house on top of a waterfall in the woods.

[grifshot]

Weird.

But still, you really shouldn't go around touching people's cars. Especially mine. It's kind of a rental.

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Yeah, she was p weird.

I wasn't gonna break it. I'm good wit' machines.

[grifshot]

You're good with machines but you've never seen a car?

[This is weird, really weird. But it's information Grif hands onto regardless.]

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Basically. Best with computer and console type stuff, but I've had to do emergency repair on robots 'fore. Wired a few rooms too, that was a fun time.

[grifshot]

So you're a computer nerd.

[Grif can work with that considering he practically lives with one. Although she seems cooler than Simmons, not that that's difficult.]

But what are you doing here? This isn't exactly the place for computer-y type stuff.

Planet's kind of a shithole.

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

I'm totes a computer nerd. [Seems proud of it to boot.]

[She shrugged.] Didn't have a choice. Assholes made it unlivable and here I am.

[Well, okay, she got kidnapped by a teleporter, but assholes did make home unbearable.]

[grifshot]

Really? I thought Earth was in okay shape? At least it was when I left but that was a few years ago.

[Huh? Think you know a planet...probably a good thing he and his sister got off it when they did then.]

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Unlivable where I was. This was the next place I ended up.

Dunno how the rest of Earth is.

[grifshot]

[Well, Grif might have to look into that, if he remembers. Not that he has a lot of connection with Earth anymore.]

Huh. Guess things were worse than I thought.

So who are you, anyway?

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[She shrugged. No reason to go into details.]

Roxy Lalonde. How 'bout you, Sunkist?

[grifshot]

Grif.

[He prefers going by his last name. His first name, Dexter, is far too nerdy. It takes a minute for him to remember his social niceties.]

Nice to meet you, I guess.

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Pleasure to meet ya, Grif.

So this is your car?

[grifshot]

Sorta. It's Sarge's but he lets us borrow it to get groceries and stuff. We're on the edge of town.

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Is that far then?

[grifshot]

Pretty far. Far enough that walking's out of the question.

[Granted, walking's always out of the question for Grif.]

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Whistles.] That's pretty far. Must be a big city.

[grifshot]

Pretty big, especially when you're out in boonies.

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

The boonies? That's like....slums? Ghetto?