trans_9 | Down periscope! Dive dive dive! [open, btw. come talk to the grouchy green genius, newbies]

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Down periscope! Dive dive dive! [open, btw. come talk to the grouchy green genius, newbies]

Anyone who ventures near the bathrooms will hear odd, strained clanking noises, to the point of possibly making some wonder if one of the Transformers is trying to go and having a hard time of it.

This is not a sign of one of the 'bots on board needing more robo-fiber, however.

Brainiac 5 is up to something.

Surprisingly, his techie hijinks are something he's been ordered to do--Jaime, the one in charge of the team trying to open up more of the ship has tasked him with building things to scout out where the waste goes, to use that to find out more about Stacy's hidden structures and ductwork, and that's exactly what he's doing--building an array in the bathroom to control and track the sensor-bots he's about to send where the sun don't shine.

"Hmm...still losing signal strength..."

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When last they spoke, she'd tended to his wounds from the Yeerk debacle and they'd have something of an argument, where he tried to dismiss her.

As such, he doesn't answer her at first, trying to figure out how to--how to deal with her.

Finally, he says, "I'll leave the 'techno-boring' explanation to your imagination."

She's not that hard to deal with. She just likes to push his buttons. ~~She'd like it even more if he had physical buttons to push, 'cause then she'd have an excuse to get all touchy-feely.~~ She feigns being wounded, pouting ever-so-slightly. "Oh come on, Brainy. We both know you're just itching to talk about your project." She walks up to him, smiling again. "Out with it, Cabbage Butt."

"Not particularly. I've had to explain myself multiple times over the last several hours."

There is an air of disinterest in her and her interest. It's pretty much faked, but he'd never admit that.

Kara blinks. She eases herself up on the nearest available spot to sit on and crosses one leg over the other. "So give me the short version."

As he sits there, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, looking at his device like a small boy might look at a model plane and try to figure out what part he glued in the wrong place, he gets out his omnicom, holds it out, and plays his recording again:

"I'm currently attempting to fine-tune this tracking device to maintain a connection with exploratory mapping probes to use them to gather more information from Stacy's systems after I send them down the waste receptacles."

Edited 2009-06-26 06:27 (UTC)

Zoom! Pluck! Zoom!

Within a half-second, the omnicrud is gone from Brainy's hand. It is, instead, in Kara's hand. She gently tosses it up and down - not too high, just a centimeter or two away from her hand. "Y'know, I was right the first time, Brainy. That was ridiculously techno-yawn-worthy."

Brainy pinches the bridge of his nose, and then holds out his hand.

"Relinquish it at once."

Kara giggled and stopped tossing it around. She gripped it in her hand and crossed her arms. "It's cute that you think you're going to get it back without saying the magic word."

"Do enlighten me: is the word 'now'?" he asks, as he gets up to make it easier to possibly physically grab it.

Kara's been expecting that though, Brainy. She darts out of the way, avoiding him, still giggling. "Actually? No. That's just going to make me less apt to wanna relinquish your omnicrud."

Flying after her, he darts for it, reaching out with a giant hand made of forcefield energy to bridge the gap and try to snatch his omnicom back, but his forcefields lack precision, generally.

"Is the problem at hand that you seem to lack an understanding of the definition of the word 'give'?"

Kara dances around the forcefield energy, raising an eyebrow at Brainy. "What do you take me for, Cabbage Butt? A neanderthal from pre-historic Earth? Please." She flies up close to him and pinches his cheek softly. "I'm just looking to lighten you up a bit, handsome. You're always so serious." She winks and flies out of his reach again.

"Kara, I have very important work to do. Give my omnicom back this instant."

He darts after her, but they're right near the door of the restrooms now. She can make her escape.

"Brainy...you always have very important work to do. Live a little." She smiles impishly at him. "If you won't...well, I guess I'll just have to force you to."

And she's out the door of the restrooms like a comet.

"Kara! Must you be so--"

She's gone already.

He could get an unused omnicom, but only his has scanners and his plans.

Brainy hightails it after her, knowing he won't catch her in an outright race, but knowing her, she'll stop eventually to taunt.

"Grife."

Oh no.

No no no.

No.

Kara's not stopping yet.

She flies into the nearest sensorium.

"Give me a hide-and-seek type thing!" she yells as soon as she's in. "And lock it so that Brainy can't change the settings! I don't want him cheating."

The Sensorium turns into a lush primeval forest, complete with huts and walkways up in the trees. There might have perhaps been furry, short bear-like creatures there if the simulation had included projections of any animal or sentient life, but it didn't.

"Stacy, end the simulation."

||I cannot comply. The simulation is locked and will only end at the request of the individual that locked it.||

Sprocking sprockety sprock sprock--

"Kara, this is nowhere near as amusing as you think it is," Brainy says, flying around, looking for her.

Edited 2009-06-26 07:05 (UTC)

Kara's hiding inside one of the huts currently, crouching low. She leans out a window and yells, "You're right! It's way more amusing! Catch me if you can, green bean!"

Brainy spots her and immediately flies for the opposite door, figuring she'd likely be moving away from the window after his spotting her there.

Crud.

Kara whirls around and heads for another exit, intent on keeping as far away from Brainy as possible.

She manages to get clear of that door, but he goes blasting out of the hut behind her, giving chase. With the flight rings, the speed is affected by willpower, and he really, really wants to catch her.

...Er, his omnicom. He wants to get his omnicom back. Yes.

"Why do you insist on being a constant annoyance?"

Kara flies up through the trees and the branches, coming up above the forest canopy. She flies straight before darting back down. Turning around so she's flying backwards, she says, "I don't know, Brainy. Why do you think I do it?"

"I haven't the faintest idea."

"Funny. And you call yourself Brainiac. I don't know, cabbage butt. I thought you'd be smarter than that."

"I suppose it simply amuses you."

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