47 - Action

[ceasetoexist]

[Well, Pokey certainly hadn't been expecting to get anything in the mail today, especially since he hadn't gotten anything for the last event. So seeing the child-sized crate on his lawn took him slightly by surprise.

Which didn't stop him at all from opening it. And just staring, dully, at its contents.]

A. Action; Locked to 502 Ricardo Street

[Hey housemate(s?). Feel free to notice the fact that there's a child-sized, humanoid robot currently busy cleaning the kitchen. Exactly how much progress it's making is somewhat debatable, considering it's working on cleaning the dishes and has a 1-1 record on successfully cleaning a dish, and accidentally breaking on.]

B. On the front porch of 502 Ricardo Street

[Well, it's lunch time, and for most kids, that means sandwiches. So nothing odd to see here. It's just a blue-skinned boy and his robot, having some sandwiches.

Or, uh, the robot is. Pokey finished his and is currently staring at the bologna sandwich the robot seems to be eating. It isn't long before his hand goes for it, trying to take it away from the robot. The robot doesn't seem very eager to let him have it.]

Let go! You're a robot! You don't need it as much as I do!

C. Grocery Shopping

[If you're at the grocery today, feel free to notice the kid sitting in a shopping cart as it's being pushed by a robot. They can first be found just tearing around the parking lot, the kid standing up in the cart as the robot pushes it, laughing his ass off and demanding for the robot to go faster. Of course, this ends relatively quickly when the robot accidentally runs the cart into something, knocking Pokey back on his ass into the cart.

When they actually do go into the store, it doesn't go much better. Pokey's at least realized it's a good idea to be out of the cart by this point. Which was a smart move. Considering there's so much more to possibly ram into, the robot is having a harder time maneuvering the cart, and ends up ramming it into something, be it an aisle, or a display, or another cart, every few seconds. Pokey, of course, decides to help the robot the best way he knows how.]

Oh wow, amazing. Yeah. You can't even work a shopping cart right. I'm really glad I got you back.

Comments

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I don't see why people aren't getting that.

[He's quiet for a moment.]

I mean, they did something else to get Olney to take the position, but they'll probably break the new person down like they did him. And-

[He falters for a moment, before going on.]

Yeah. We will. ....It'll be real bad for the Legion, too.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[His gaze shifts momentarily toward you when you cut yourself off. He imagines the next words to follow would have been along the lines of Edward already being vulnerable to breakdowns.]

The Legion is whole list of suspects he could turn in.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I know.

[And he isn't particularly thrilled about it. There's not really such a thing as honor amongst thieves, not in most cases, and he wouldn't be surprised if Eddie took advantage of them.]

We've gotta find a way to head him off before he turns in all of us.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

Prevent him from mailing it. Failing that, contact the Mayor anonymously and sabotage Edward's credibility.

[Yes, he's been thinking about this for some time. However, he's also considered the other candidates likely to jump at the opportunity of a position of power.]

Even if Edward isn't chosen, what if someone worse is?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

The prevention is going to have to fall to you. You're the main one in the house with him.

[Pokey thinks about that for a moment before shaking his head.]

We'll deal with that when we have to. We can't sabotage everyone trying to run, since we don't even know all of who is trying to run.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

I'll do what I can.

[Perhaps it could be something as simple as offering to mail the application for Edward and hiding it instead. For the moment, Slugger continues to be lost in thought.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Pokey lets the silence hang for a moment, before deciding it might be a good idea to switch topics.]



We should try and organize a meeting soon.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

Legion?

[He's assuming that's what you meant. Although maybe it wouldn't hurt to organize meetings for both their groups.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Pokey shakes his head simply at that, leaning against the doorframe.]

KND.

We're disjointed. We have to see who's still in and isn't, and see about getting more recruits in if we can.