Video...ish-thing;

[lostsymmetry]

[The MID post comes in as "video", but there's nothing moving on the screen. Just a static blue shape that calls to mind mangled geometry-- or an extremely corrupted logo of some kind. It comes with some cheerful male answering-machine speech...]

<Welcome to Domesticon warranty and recycling depot #127. This is the automated system ad-->

[...which cuts off mid-sentence. The words that continue are in recognizably the same voice, but have a much broader range of inflection and no hint of the mechanical echo from before.]

Sorry about that. Still, ah, working out a few bugs. But hey, it's nice to see this place up and running again! Within, you know, standard deviations.

As we're proceeding with our latest pit stop, I thought I'd advertise my local functions-- to our new department heads or anyone else who can make use of them. I've been installed as the ship's Workshift Coordinator and given access to adjust crew scheduling at need. Since I'm sure the changes made by our new management caught a few people by surprise [*cough*, the half of the crew now on cleaning duty]... well, feel free to call if you need anything. Or just chat up your nearest terminal.

...

While I'm on the line--any thoughts about a name? [There's an odd note to the mainframe's voice. Hopeful? Hesitant? Embarrassed that the pod crab got there first? He should be. Dork.] Current options include Hank, Blue... maybe Morely.

Open to suggestions.


[[ooc: For those who missed the memo, he's talking about the job changes made here and here. The mainframe's isn't in charge of the actual assignments (though people are welcome to complain!), but he can alter your character's shift times and other handwavy goodness.]]

Comments

[lostsymmetry]

Ah, but that presumes they're looking to communicate.

[Enjoy more snark than he's offered to the human population, Fi. Mutual, individual interaction wasn't exactly the goal back home. Therefore all those cheery scripts. Still, if human nature doesn't change, the rules they play by here are looking very different.]

You could say that. What do you think of Ret? Or Atti?

[dancingblade]

[alas, it appears that sass is lost on the poor sword, who simply tilts her head to one side at the tone]

Was communication unnecessary? Even the Ancient Robots were able to speak with my Master, though they did not always have attention to spare to passerbys.

... I am not the best judge of names. 'Domesticon System Administrator' has not been difficult to remember.

[#notmydepartment]

[lostsymmetry]

There's communicating, and communicating. Where I'm from, things weren't intended as a two-way street.

[And it doesn't sound like her home was much different. Not that he feels much need to point that out now-- he's busy nudging on another topic.]

It's not about what you can remember. Come on, work with me.

Hank and Morely are still on the table, if you prefer.

[dancingblade]

[and making her focus on a different topic is wonderfully easy. Fi accepts the conversation shift without a second thought]

Neither seem to suit you. Your personality can be considered 'cheerful' and both names evoke a different sensation all together.

[...]

Perhaps Morely.