001 ❖ video/action

[uncorrupts]

--why are you taking your hands off the steering?

--because I have to get a good angle for my viewers! Duh.

[introducing your host, gamer girl extraordinaire.]

Listen, this isn't the time to be doing that. We need to reach the base on this radar, and we need to work together.

--she's working on her blog! Oi, listen to him!

[the video feed turns to focus on the other two aboard the ship; one’s a toothy young redhead who seems to be wearing nothing but swimming jammers for some reason, and the other is an older guy in some power rangers suit of sorts. welcome aboard S.S. Inappropriately Dressed]

--excuse you, it’s not a blog! It’s called a livestream! Anyway, the name’s D.Va, and the older guy to my left's not a bad pilot. Ignore the guy behind me.

--you're judging other pilots right now!? I’d give you a 0 out of 10! We almost just hit that reef, holy shi --

--rude! Seriously, chill out for a second, will you? I'd like to see you do better!

I'd like to see you do better too!

The two of you, stop! [shiro, the older guy, seems to have had it with their bickering, pulling the steering handle upwards to avoid a cluster of mushroom trees likely to ruin their ship] The seas are rough as it is, we need to work as a team right now. You can go at each other's throat once we're out of this!

Ch, if we get out -- fine, what do you want us to do?

You, in the back, buckle up. You’re going to get thrown about and hurt.

...A-ah... [a guilty click... safety first yo]

And you, D.Va, is it? Concentrate on piloting. It’s hard to see and the seas are pushing us around as it is, so try and keep the ship as stable as you can!

-- ...Okay, fine.

...I can livestream your stupid piloting if you want from back here.

-- If you know how to set it up, be my guest!

Hey, to your right!

[it seems like a crash, the lights going red on board, and the visual feed spinning as the ship spirals out of control under their hands. good thing shiro told you to buckle up, huh, rin? amidst this mess, some shouting and ordering about, the stream cuts off. will our heroes live another day?]

[yeah, they do]

-- ot it all. That was actually some really amazing piloting, both of you... [someone sounds a little starstruck... what sugoi he has witnessed, the world will never know, because rin did not in fact record that shit]

D.va, well done. That was really impressive--I have to say I wouldn’t have been able to pull this off without you. [turning around, he smiles at the redhead teen, even if wtf? at your lack of clothes, homie] Doing alright? Name's Shiro, by the way.

-- Rin. -- It's a girl's name, but I'm a guy.

[shiro gives him an odd look. d.va definitely does the same.]

-- Aww, you’re so sweet, Shiro! [d.va flashes a grateful smile at him, also thoroughly impressed.] Honestly, it was your quick thinking that got us out of trouble. I usually don't like being ordered around, but I'll let it slide. [she then turns to rin, sitting behind her--and he better have recorded all of that!!] See? Told you we'd be fine!

[shiro offers a smile at them both. thumbs up with his mechanical arm.]

Let's get out of here and see who we can find in the base. They might be able to help us out.

[little did our heroes know that upon opening that door into the base, they would be greeted by the sickness apocalypse. moans, groans, sniffles and hacks. what’s worse, the ocean going nuts outside because of a hurricane, or the dribbly-nosed zombies in the only place considered safe from the elements?]

...after all that, is this place haunted or something...? E-eh --

You guys might want to stand back--

[...was that your burrito of death our triumphant trio has just trampled, like those wildebeests over mufasa? remember... remember...]

Comments

[alienates]

[ oh. oh.

goddammit not again. ]

I always look like this, you obtuse fuck. I'm not human, and there are a few other non-humans here so you should probably not attempt to shove them into quarantine the first time you see them.

[ because oh boy, if they think karkat is weird looking just wait til they meet the two octopuses and the ninja turtle. ]

[gnasher]

["non-humans"? when did his life become a crazy sci-fi movie? not for the first time in the last 24 hours, Rin considers whether or not signing up for this Extreme Adventure Swim Camp was the best idea]

["non-humans." wow, just, wow]

Sorry, oi! You're the one who mentioned sick people, what else was I supposed to think!

[his face is starting to match his dumb pink hair. let's move past this,,]

Give a guy on his first day a break.

[alienates]

[ no, rin made a Mistake ]

If I give you a break on your first day then what will stop you from taking one on your second? And the next? Fuck no, we are putting you to work right this instant. The base is wrecked and half of these fuckers can't even stand without falling over. You're all helping with cleanup.

[ welcome 2 the crew ]

[gnasher]

Hold up right there!

[has Karket seen an earth cat get mad yet? despite being in his jammers and bare feet like a dumb ass, Rin draws himself up at that]

I'm not the kind of guy that slacks off! Don't go thinking I'm not gonna do my part!

[gnasher]

[but really tho]

-- Why the hell is everyone sick? What do you mean, the base is wrecked?

[alienates]

[ karkat just gives rin a look that more or less sates that he does not believe him on the slacking off bit. he will believe him when he sees it happen. ]

Everyone is sick because someone [ he shoots a dirty look at the communicator on his wrist ] was a little overconfident in their immunity boost. So everyone who went and explored that weird jelly shroom field got sick and it spread to everyone else.

[ he then gestures back towards where rin's group came from, the exit. ] And the base is wrecked because of that stupid storm. The kitchen got flooded, we temporarily lost life support... Jegus this is the worst week.

[gnasher]

[as Karkat lists the woes of this, the worst week, Rin's expression goes from disbelief and irritation to something a little more determined]

[ok, so; this place isn't the back-slapping, team-happy sports haven he'd be expecting. actually, it's a bit a shit show, if this alien guy's complaints are anything to go by. losing life support's pretty fucking serious]

[squaring his hands on his hips, Rin nods]

Alright. If the kitchen's still flooded, let's start there after giving these out. Blankets are good, but nutrition's better. After it's cleaned up I can start putting some meals together for people too sick to cook.

[he takes some towels off Karkat absently; you will regret doubting his drive immensely]

Where are we headed with these? I haven't found the bunks yet.

[there are none.......... and obviously, since Rin's still got his bag of clothes and swimming gear on his shoulder]

[uncorrupts]

[shiro was about to butt in, but what a proactive kid. haha.]

Hey, don't you want to try and find something else to wear first?

[gnasher]

[oh, right]








[he is still wearing just his jammers]

[gnasher]

If the kitchen's flooded, no.

[see... that's what he planned all along... ha ha haa... ha]

[uncorrupts]

[uncorrupts]

[lol]

[but you're not going to hear him laughing out loud]

It's good to have a sense of humour even now.

[uncorrupts]

[to karkat now, a bit more seriously]

We'll help out if that's what this place needs, it's the least we can do, but we're going to need a couple of things first.

[a change of clothes, for one, if it's not clear...]

Clothes for this guy, if that's not too much trouble, and a first aid kit.

[gnasher]

We can get that stuff ourselves, can't we? He said they lost life support...

[Rin "take on the world" Matsuoka]

Wait, what's the first aid kit for?

[uncorrupts]

[...points nonchalantly at his side. you may not have noticed him leaning on his left side.]

But you're right. We could get it on our own, soon as we know where we can get it from.

[gnasher]

What the hell? Were you injured the whole ride down? Oi, forget that shit!

[shoves a blanket at this dumbass (be... gentler...)]

Go lie down! Me and -- [realises........... he never actually exchanged names......... with The Alien] -- this guy'll find it!

[uncorrupts]

[what is he supposed to do with blankets...]

Rin, I appreciate what you're saying, but I'm not letting you nor D.Va walk off into an unknown base.

[did d.va leave to hook herself up a room for her livestreams...]

[alienates]

[ he just stares between them throughout this entire exchange.

weirdos....... ]

Well unless you guys want to go out live in the fucking ocean or with that trigger happy scientist on the volcano island, this "unknown base" is now your home. You're going to have to split up eventually.

[uncorrupts]

[let him be a dad for five minutes, karkat]

[but......]

Right.

[he just came from invading an alien spaceship and warping into a wormhole... forgive him]

[and this isn't his team voltron]

If you could let us know where we should go, then? I would appreciate it.

[it's not that he's trying to be condescending, it just comes off like that at the moment? what with the realisation that his team isn't here and he needs to Chill]

[alienates]

[ this is such a terrible first impression for everyone involved. ]

For the first aid kit you need to go to the med bay. [ and to rin: ] Luckily for your strangely underdressed ass, some of the people here went crazy with the Fabricator so we probably have actual clothes for you. Why the fuck are all of you dressed so weird anyway?

[uncorrupts]

[good to know there's a medbay.]

[he contributes to the question for himself (he has no idea what rin and d.va are supposed to be??)--] I'm a space pilot.

[looks at his kidz..speak up, fools]

[gnasher]

[immediately snapped (stop embarrassing him,,)]

I'm not underdressed, I'm a swimmer. These are regulation for serious training.

[tho he's getting a little chilly...]

[gnasher]

[wait, none of that is the point]

-- Is there a medic on staff? At the med bay.

I'M HERE

[goafk]

And I'm a video game protagonist I-R-L!

[ D.VA...STOP....and yes, she may have been tinkering with her phone trying to figure out where the Wifi went. ]

Re: I'M HERE

[gnasher]

Not a silent protagonist, unfortunately.