Session Start: Wed May 11 21:24:14 2011 <@Ked> [The Hunt] <@Ked> [Somewhen, somewhere - I think the point is that we're not quite connected with the rest of the setting.] <@Ked> [Not... quite.] <@Ked> [OMAKE startu] * Hantsuki pops up, scaled far larger than normal, and seemingly disconnected from Sei's EI holoprojector. * Sei looks around, scratching his oversized head with a stubby arm. "So what do we DO in an omake? --oh, Hi, Hantsuki. Wait, how'd you...?" * Hantsuki is in one of her more-dignified forms, which a GOOD student in Lady Spoon's History Of Magical Earth classes will recognize as a 18-ish Queen Elly. With bookish reading glasses. * The portrait of Lord Darkmoon on the wall has inexplicably turned its gaze on Hantsuki. * Farah seems to have not only come across a large tub of popcorn, but at present has her hand buried in it as she loads up on what is likely somewhat healthy snack food. Unless, of course, 'movie butter' still exists. (It likely does.) * Hantsuki peers over her rims and ahems! Eep! You shouldn't be afraid. She still has to follow the laws of robotics. * Farah mutters out something that likely translates as '...for now', but it comes out all muffled thanks to the popcorn. I don't think she was programmed with those. She does have Mysterious Codes and stuff. But not the laws of fashion, apparently. Or maybe she's just dressing her age. So Lady Spoon has apparently drafted me into getting you clowns into actually FILLING OUT your parent/family attendance forms for this weekend! Our what? * Hantsuki pouts. "I know, I know, I think it went through the servers while we were all at the shooting range the other day." Why is she getting you to do it? Because she's capricious, arbitrary, and that asshole Ballistics has been nagging her about me. * Jaimie blinks. She still doesn't get it, but she's used to that, after all. Nagging? Why? So are you putting down your family as ornery hermit, rich wierdo, or magical genderbender, Sei buddy? * Farah swallows. "Because it's prolly hard to spy on you through Hants, Sei. I think she had something more along the lines of persuading Sei to trade me up for a newer model in mind. But Spoon has simply taken it as license to annoy me. Also. Even odds that your dad doesn't show up either. * Hantsuki conjures a Spoon out of nothing. Why wouldn't he? He's always delighted to hear about stuff when I remember to call... * Sei winces at a glare from Hantsuki. "Okay, okay, when Hantsuki REMINDS me to call." "Hantsuki, do my taxes! Hantsuki, schedule my laundry! Hantsuki, drag paperwork out of the poor helpless snowflakes!" * Farah snerks. "You know she loves you, Hants." Hey. ...but, you LIKE doing taxes. I saw you cackling over how it would screw with Ballistics's statisticses--er, wow, that's hard to say real fast. Poor? Really? It's a figure of speech. You're a figure of speech. So what is it we have to do? Maybe if we do it Lady Spoon'll leave you alone for a little while. John, darling. YOU are a figure of speech. I'm 5.6 quadrillion lines of code. * Sei peers real closely at Hantsuki, poking at her arm and squinting. You're finally right about something. I am a darling. *grin* And every line has 'smug' slipped in them somewhere, don't they? * Hantsuki smacks Sei on the back of the head. Ow! Hey! * Farah laughs at that. "Nice, now you've got your own nanny. Well, one that can pop you in the noggin." Just be lucky she doesn't have a sense of humor. Then she'd be GLaDOS. Actually, it's not too hard. I need to know what relatives you have coming for Parents' Weekend. We have to fill out papers just for that? * Hantsuki squints at a clipboard. No, I'm the EI - I do the actual paperwork, you just have to tell me. Um, will Aunt Hammer come? Otherwise, it's just gonna be Dad, I think, for me... Still offworld, Sei. Your guess is as good as mine if pops will make it. It's looking marginal. He's been tied up with the conferences in Michiko. Both my parents are coming. That's all for me. Oh, mine'll be here. And I'll put down good money on Pops likely getting in someone's face before the day's done. Maybe both if I'm lucky! Now, don't ask me why it's set up this way, but you can host siblings. But only siblings too young to attend here yet. Buh? * Sei shakes his head. "Oh well. Doesn't' matter; I don't have any." Can I buy some orphans or foster kids to fill in as a sibling? I'll feel less lonely and insecure if someone's there rooting for me. * Jaimie snickers. "I'm sure it'll be easy for you to find someone who'd do it." ... Candace. She'd flip her lid, I gotta have her come. Huh, slavery still illegal. Funny how that didn't change. * Farah pauses. "... maybe try to con her to kick someone in the ankle for me. She'd do it for enough credit." Maybe the RAs? * Farah rubs her chin. The *possibilities*. Funny is the word you're missing, there. So... Sei's mysterious, unnamed father. Rinada? Rinada. Probably is actually an EI. John's dad is probably going to just be west wingy with it and miss. Again. * Hantsuki looks up. "Did you get the feeling he was shagging Masamune? When you called them?" Sei Sho. You know that, Hantsuki! A little bit. But, I don't really want to think about that. That's okay, you need to think about something. I've got enough to think about. Farah's parents... plus one? ... Masamune is kind of brick-like in demeanor. And appearance. And yeah, that's perfect, Hants. How'bout'chu, Jaimie? * Hantsuki giggles. "I spelled Jamie right! Oh, whoops." Just my parents. I don't have any brothers or sisters. ...can EIs get drunk? ...are you feeling okay, Hantsuki? You're...gi--yeah, what Jaimie-san said. And does anyone know what Tasiya has coming? I imagine something can mess with their programming. And of course there's all the stupid peer-to-peer mobile nonsense and all the 'harmless' worms you pick up. Remember zombieplague.rmz? A beatdo- oh, family. Heh, no idea. No, I'm just distracted by what Carter is doing. I remember Hantsuki ranting about it for a month. ...though that was Dad's Hantsuki; I didn't have my own, yet. --what's Carter-san doing? Which iiiiiis? Is it illegal? Not telling. No no no no no. This is a family game. Carter's family is illegal? A bit a voyeur, this one. Sei, your dad made your nanny a pervert. *defensively* She's not as nosey as YOUR EIs... ... wow, you're a dirty EI. Need to remember this. I think she's more nosey than all our EIs combined. I'm a senior citizen. I need distraction from my impending dem- oh, wait. I'd ask how old you are, but Dad says you NEVER ask a woman that. Does it count if she's an EI? 'cause, um, you look not much older'n us... * Hantsuki turns into Lady Turbulence. Gah! And now it's time for the *living* voyeur. * Farah mutters something about peeping thomasinas or somewhere thereabouts. * Sei leans over and stage whispers behind chibi hands, "That's Ballistics-sama, not Turbulence-sama, who's the living voya--voyu-- what-you-said." I'm just a cranky old physicist. Oh well. While you're here, tell Spoon that I want Olly there. ... on second though, with guesses of what's coming up, probably rather not. ... wait. Yeah. Okay, something's in the popcorn. Here, Sei. * Farah passes her popcorn tub to Sei. You tell her that yourself. I don't want to get close to that conversation. * John just eyes Hantsuki, and smirks a little. * Hantsuki finishes scribbling on the clipboard. "Okay! All done. Back to your normally scheduled reality. And don't forget to spay or neuter your silverdart." <@Ked> [end omake] Session Close: Thu May 12 02:14:17 2011