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lisbeth f.-c. mulholland

in spite of it all, life is beautiful.

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alt: @nonsequitur-machine


wolf-apparatus
@wolf-apparatus

oh for fuck's sake. what now

i've been asleep for. uh what's that. 3 hours? who the fuck is blowing up my phone

diane
diaaaaaaaaaane
di u gotta come down here
dammit ivy i'm sleeping
was sleeping
look we're sorry ok jsut get down to storage
this better be worth it
ok fine. coffee. coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee fuck wheresthe OH RIGHT i'm on ring +8 they set it up different here and ugh ivy's bay is down on like -14 isn't it. Maybe i can sleep in the shuttle. Ok

Checking out?

No, I'll be back later.

Hey, where's the shuttle bay from here? Thanks.

Starting shuttlecraft.
Operator: Diane Williams
Settings load failed. Retaining prior configuration.

Dammit, are my dotfiles fucked up again? Shuttle, take us down to -14h.

Estimated transit time 13 minutes.
No STC announce detected.

Who the fuck was flying this thing without auto STC announce? Come on

Tower, this is shuttle pilot Diane Williams, notify planned maneuver to ring minus one four sector hotel, um, possible subsequent close approach to DS7833 Wayward Theorist.

Acknowledged. Say hi to Ivy for us.

Thanks, Tower.

alright i'm coming. be there in 15
:3
you're making me get in an EVA suit on three hours of sleep don't :3 me
isnt that your usual amount
and look hestia is docked on -20 right now we will point out that we're fucking around in storage instead of actually fucking
🙄

EVA checks complete. Depressurizing for non-atmospheric exit.

Okay, what the hell is this about.

Lemme get the door open. Watch your step there.

Man, y'all gotta clean this place out. I appreciate the 2150s time capsule aesthetic but, y'know, some of us have to walk around in there.

Here, behind you. We finally got it put together!

That's uh. Ivy, that's a stereo. You could go to Rinn's right now and buy a

Yeah, but this one's all ancient Solar gear. We've had the amp and speakers for ages but we finally got a period correct laptop for an audio source to go with it

Well, matches the amp, anyways. Those are both from Sol IV and like 2130 but the speakers are actually pre-warp, if you'll believe it. Got 'em from a guy who was just happy to get 'em out of their storage unit

Okay, I will reluctantly admit that's kind of cool. And it all just works together?

Yeah! Here, we'll just punch something up real quick.... ah crap how's this interface work

...

aw man.... it says it's playing. do we have the input wrong or

god dammit ivy

what

ivy how the hell is a stereo gonna work in vacuum

what do you mean why wouldn't it work. we read the manual for every piece of this none of them said ANYTHING about no vacuum. hell we think one of the cables even says it needs to be "oxygen free" or something

Okay, I guess this is a teaching moment. I can actually hear a bit through conduction, so it's working -- do y'all have a high-res laser rangefinder handy?

Yeah?

Lemme take this grill off. Alright, point it right here on the cone, then highpass-filter the distance and hook that to a spare radio channel.

Oh, it's moving around a little. Uh, we can probably pipe it in--

What! Music!

Ivy, how the hell did you find a pre-warp sound system and not figure out that it works by pushing atmosphere around? That's what sound is. I know y'all can just listen to transducer inputs or direct digital or whatever but humanoids get music through gas pressure detection ONLY. Also they can't SURVIVE in vacuum that's why it doesn't say no vacuum. Like it also doesn't say no furnace

Huh.

Well, we've learned something. That's what we get for hanging around on humanoid gear forums.

So, wanna head planetside and try it out properly?

only if you kiss us first

...
C'mere, you giant dork...


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