[log] eyy it's a mothahumpin SLUMBUH PARTAAAY [closed]

[phaseshifter]

Characters: Team Bandit (Angel, Rhys and Steph) plus Team Sad Losers (Kunsel, Tifa, Zack and Zell)! And Dumpy.
Location: D11/Building 58
Date: Day 74 evening/night
Summary: DUMPY BOT REUNITES WITH HIS LOVING FATHER. And also some other stuff I guess IT'S A MINGLE
Warnings: Nnnnnone? Will edit if necessary!



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OTA AS ALWAYS

[phaseshifter]

[ So far today, Angel has done three awesome things.

1) Snatched up a crippled old jerkface's vicodin (HE DESERVES IT).
2) Unexpectedly met up with a bunch of friends she hasn't seen in-person for a while, if ever.
3) Found a whole goshdarn packet of glittery smiley face stickers that explicitly advertise themselves as being suitable for decorating tablets with.

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME. Her zebra keychain now has a glittery pink smile pasted to its butt, her tablet is sporting a yellow one and she has so many left. SO MANY, YOU GUYS. Which means when she isn't sitting in a corner humming to herself and scratching away at something small with a sharp piece of rubble, she's thrusting her sticker sheets in everyone's faces and beaming widely. ]

Hey. Would you like one? What colour?

[heroproceeding]

[ Zack's been kind of...

trying not to pace around.

It's not really working out that well, but he's trying okay. That might have also entailed some squats because hey, he's gotta keep himself in shape. But.. well. At least he's doing marginally better than he was the past two days. Well, to a point. There's no hiding the way his face is all scrunched up in concentration about something- ]

-huh?

[ What are you doing. Why are you sticking that in his face. What is it even. ]

[phaseshifter]

I said would you like one! A sticker. For your tablet!

[ She waves the sticker sheet around helpfully. HELPING. ]

They're cute, and you look like you need cheering up. You can even have two, if you like.

[powersouls]

[Tifa has done... None of those awesome things. She's in an odd mood, considering the roller coaster of emotions the last few days have been, and like Zack, she's been a ball of nervous energy. Lockdown sucks, especially with the thought of Jim being all alone.

But also, she gets to hang out with Angel and Rhys! Which is a great distraction, as far as distractions go, and Angel's cheerfulness is doing wonders for her mood. Still, when Angel shoves a sheet of glittery stickers in her face, Tifa blinks in surprise for a moment, then smiles back, although not quite as widely.]

Um... Sure. Can I have a blue one?

[Where is she going to put this, though?]

[phaseshifter]

Of course you can! Just one?

[ Oblivious to Tifa's very serious internal sticker placement dilemma, Angel peels the requested sticker from the sheet and offers it. So sparkly. So cute. ]

You can have more, if you want! I don't think I'll run out any time soon.

[ Unless she, like. Covers her and Rhys' tablets with the stickers completely or something.

 

 

Wow she totally kind of wants to do that now ]

[spoileralert]

Is there purple?

[ This should be the predictable choice coming from the girl wearing the purple cape. ]

[phaseshifter]

...Nnnnnnope, doesn't look like there i-- BOOP.

[ Unless Steph dodges out of the way, there is now a glittery purple smiley face on her nose.

STYLISH!! ]

OTA

[heroproceeding]

{A}

[ It's been an... interesting week in the land of snow and hell.

As in awful. Awful enough that he had... completely forgotten... about the SD card he had picked up in the midst of things. But now that he's done squats until he practically lost count and paced around the house enough to leave trenches (and possibly annoy the ever loving shit out of someone), he finally takes a seat and plucks it out of the side pocket. It hadn't seemed important the first time he'd popped it in, but this time he lets it download again....

And soon enough, he's got a child's play version of a game at his fingertips to...

Well, attempt to play.

He might be making noises of frustration over in his corner now. ] Aw, come on!

{B}

[ Guess who's laying on the floor, trying to sleep and stickerless? He might be.

He just.

Might be.

Either that or his remaining stickers are in his pack. It's questionable. Did he really manage to get them all on Kunsel? The world may never know!

Or will it? ]

{C}

[ Choose your own adventure!! ]

A

[spoileralert]

[ Steph peers over the top of his tablet and laughs. ]

Oh man, you suck at that.

[heroproceeding]

He-Hey! It's been a while since I've played anything like this!

[ THAT IS NOT A POUT. YOU DO NOT SEE THE POUT. He waggles his tablet at her in emphasis! ] You should'a seen what I could do at the Gold Saucer!

C

[notaquaman]

Hey!

[Hello Zack, guess who's coming to find you out of nowhere. When he's flagged down the spiky-haired soldier, Nathan makes a really, weirdly pathetic show at rolling up his sleeves, showing off unfortunately bony arms.]

You, me, squats until we drop.

[And yes, Nathan is getting into a stance that is in no way appropriate for actual squats. He looks like he's trying to lay an egg.]

You may be the one with the ass cheeks of steel but I'm not afraid!

[He slaps one of his knees. Is he confident? Fuck no, but he's going to make up for that with a show of gross overconfidence because if he knows he's not gonna win at least he can get a laugh out of this in his own way.]

Two Options \o/ OTA

[swatsflies]

Option A:Cat Delivery; Stephanie and anyone else who might want to join?

[After things settle down from greetings, Zell is plopping his stuff noisily on the floor to dig around for something from his bag. It takes a few, but he finally finds what he’s looking for. He locates Stephanie pretty quickly.]

Hey, you. I have something for you. [He’s holding up the pair of stuffed cats for her.]


Option B: Come bother him

[Probably the first time Zell is more distracted by his tablet, than the people physically around him. He’s still smiling, and bouncing with his usual energy, but he has dark circles under his eyes from not really sleeping well. Once things calm down some, he’s going to sit on the counter in the kitchen. Tablet is beside him within reach, with some tools. Seems like he’s messing with some paper clips, a necklace, wire strippers, a wrench, a nail, and a red and gold feather. Bother him?]

A

[spoileralert]

[ Steph brightens when she sees him, even before she spots the cats. Then she laughs. ]

Well lookit me, I'm the stuffed animal whisperer.

B

[notaquaman]

[Nathan's sort of wandering around the small, crowded house, getting a general idea of everyone who's currently stuck in there together. He almost passes Zell right by, but double takes and stops when his eyes land on a guitar. A stringless guitar. Of course, he's talked to Zell over the network, but Zell was using text, so he doesn't recognize him--but he does remember hearing about that guitar.]

Hey! [He points at Zell as if he isn't standing all but a few feet away.] I know you! You're the poor bastard looking for guitar strings! No luck yet, I take it, unless you've found some but you're hiding them so more people will look for guitar strings for you and then BAM you have yourself a nice big stash!

ota!

[powersouls]

[Tifa is off to one side, playing with Mochi, who has managed to stay lovely and fat despite their Snowhell trials. She's stolen Zell's notebook and ripped a couple of pages out to make little paper balls for the cat to chase, which started out well! The first few times she'd rolled them across the floor, he'd scampered after them gamely. This time, though, he reaches the ball, stops, and flops over onto his side, then closes his eyes and rolls onto his back. Apparently, he's proven his hunting prowess and thinks he deserves belly scratches for it. Tifa sighs.]

Mochi.

[It sounds vaguely like she's scolding him, but she scoots forward to rub his stomach anyway. Because, really, who wouldn't?]

[notaquaman]

A cat? How the hell did you manage that one? What, the admin has a thing about plants but pets are allowed?

[Oh, hey Tifa, remember this asshole? Of course you do. And here he is, totally inviting himself to sit down next to her, plopping down with a self-satisfied sort of sigh.]

[headjacked]

[ Don't mind Rhys, he's in a corner and hugging the shit out of his tiny screambot. Who, notably, isn't streaming anymore. This is probably the first long stretch of silence Team Sad Losers has had since encountering the little guy. Unless they figured out how to fold him up. ]

Oh my god, thank you.

[ He's already said that, probably, but he's not going to stop saying it. It's not even to anyone in particular. ]

[powersouls]

[That first stretch of screaming when they'd found Dumpy had been brutal, and now Tifa can only think of him as a horrible, annoying thing that she is more than happy to get rid of. Really, she feels like they should be thanking Rhys and Angel. Profusely. Which might happen later, but right now, Tifa is shooting Dumpy a wary look before focusing on Rhys. He certainly sounds a lot better than he had in their last conversation, but that bruise on his throat is hard to miss.]

You're welcome. [Seriously, though. She's starting to think she's just going to be extra worried and protective of everyone after the last two weeks she's just had.] How are you feeling?

[phaseshifter]

Boop.

[ That "boop" would be the sound of Angel applying one of her glittery stickers to Dumpy. A red one. Giving him Hyprion yellow would feel wrong, okay. ]

Annnnd... doop.

[ An identical sticker now adorns the metal of Rhys' robotic forearm. TA-DAAHHHH ]

There we go! Just helping you out with the whole, uh. Family resemblance thing.

[deus_ex_phs]

[Kunsel waves the thanks off. Honestly, he didn't have much to do with reuniting Dumpy with Rhys. All he did was endure the days of screaming, trying every way he could think of to get it to shut up.

And maybe sometimes just a tiny bit grateful, in a part of his mind that won't acknowledge it, for the distraction the little bot's screaming provided after Jim's death.

But here and now that's hardly what he wants to talk about. Instead, his eyes go from Dumpy to Rhys, eyebrows riding high behind his helmet.]

He's not screaming.

[notaquaman]

[Okay, so, he's curious. Nathan saunters over, hands in his pockets, one eyebrow raised. He stops about a foot away, looking down with an expression that's not nearly as curious as it is, "what the fuck is this all about then?"]

A strange looking teddy bear. Doesn't look nearly as fun to hug as you make it seem. Some might call that false advertising.

[Maybe if he was a polite person, he'd actually have introduced himself first. But as things are...nope.]

OTA

[deus_ex_phs]

[A tissue, a box of cigarettes, and a roll of packing tape. Those are the things sitting on the counter in front of Kunsel, though at the moment his attention is focused on a piece of scrap paper that he's diligently writing on with a ball point pen.

Curious and want to talk?

Trying to sneak up to slap stickers on him?

Or maybe you want to comment on his pink tablet cover while he catches up on the latest network things. Yes, he does that even when there's company around. He's not being anti-social! He just completely sucks at not checking his tablet. It's a long-ingrained habit from his PHS days. Feel free to call him out on that, too.]

[phaseshifter]

[ Sneak? Angel has no need for this whole "sneaking" business. As far as she's concerned, the easiest way to go about Stickerfest (tm) is to employ the fine art of distraction.

And to have stickers concealed up your coat sleeves so you can whip them out really, really fast. ]

Hey! It's been a long time, right? Well - you know, physically. It's great to see you again!

[ And she opens her arms wide for a hug.

IT BEGINS. ]

[heroproceeding]

[ Zack admittedly has to take a more subtle approach to things. He sees Kuns every day, after all. It's not like he can 'Long time no see!' him. Not that he'd ever want it to be that way, but it certainly gives Angel the advantage in this playing field. That and she's a lovely young lady. Kuns, you such a sucker for them ladies!!

But he does come up behind him, dropping a hand on his shoulder and giving it a squeeze while he looks over it curiously. ]

Hey, whatcha working on?

[ At least Zack seems to be in a better mood than he's been for... well. Weeks. There's a tiny hint of a smile coupled with a warmer energy to him than there had been even just that morning. He's still worried... a lot. But. He's... gotta keep himself together.

....A sense of humor goes a long way. ]

[spoileralert]

[ It's a little awkward, meeting up with this particular group when the last thing she heard from them was that their friends were dead. She can't help but notice that Hiro doesn't seem to have returned, even if Jim is back. Hiro's brother never came back, either. She wonders if that's a blessing or a curse, at this point.

But Jim is back, and he has friends, and they're coming for him, and that has to be a good thing, right? ]

Nice tablet cover.

[ Yes, that is how we communicate our emotions. ]