http://el-escarabajo.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] el-escarabajo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_92009-10-08 09:44 pm

The Call

Jaime Reyes voice sounds over the comm-rings--all of them--and it sounds very urgent.

« Everyone on the ship, listen up! This is Jaime Reyes, your local 'Blowing this pop stand' coordinator and escape facilitation engineer. I need everyone on the ship to come to the City, in front of the Precinct, immediately. Grab people who don't have their comm rings with them--and tell them to grab their comm rings, people who are sleeping, whoever you find, and try to make sure everyone on the ship knows to come. This is very important. This is "getting the heck out of here" important. »

When they arrive, they arrive to find the Command Staff waiting, and a tiny, tiny young man standing on stone ledge from a fountain, waiting for them.

Here goes nothing.
bonnypiperlad: (So...)

Re: Gathering

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2009-10-13 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, well..." Jamie hesitates for a moment, unsure whether it's the best subject to broach. But now that he's mentioned Lister, he decides to go ahead with it anyway.

"Well, we were discussing fighting robots. And he was wondering if it was just his Earth that got along with them, and that's when your name came up."
withoutspice: (flowers srsbzns)

Re: Gathering

[personal profile] withoutspice 2009-10-13 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah," Ghani murmured with a nod of her head. "Well in my world, which is not Earth - since it has long been abandoned - thinking machines, robots and computers for example, are forbidden and with good reason."

She tilts her head a little to the side, studying Jamie. "I take it, from what you've said, that robots are not well thought of in your world?"
bonnypiperlad: (seriously?)

Re: Gathering

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2009-10-13 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Er," Jamie commented helpfully. "It's...I'm sure there are some verra helpful robots. Can't say that I've met many of them, aye?" He purses his lips, looking thoughtful. "At least, before coming here, anyway."
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Re: Gathering

[personal profile] withoutspice 2009-10-13 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps that is so," Ghani admits with a small shrug of her shoulders - though she's not meaning it really. "I have not conversed in length with any of the think- robots that are on this ship, so I can't say if I find them helpful or not."

She most assuredly does not think Stacy is helpful - the whole being kidnapped from her world might have something to do with that though... And maybe a little bit has to do with Ghani being very stubborn as well.
bonnypiperlad: (lookythere)

Re: Gathering

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2009-10-13 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, they've not punched me in the face, so I find that verra helpful." He's joking - somewhat.

"Actually, the Brainiac 5 that's a cyborg is pretty decent." He does mean that - it's something he's been turning over in his head for a bit now. "It's just that...well, when ye grow up with something that doesn't exist, and then ye find yourself somewhere where the something all of a sudden /does/ exist and then the ones that exist are not verra nice and then you find yourself somewhere else where they exist but aren't actively trying to hurt ye..."

It takes some getting used to. As likely does Jamie's explanation, because it's pretty muddled.