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[doihavetoexplainmath]

[There's no greeting or anything, just some changing and scraping sounds and a shot of a shadowy, faintly purple ceiling, and it cuts off four seconds later.]

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[thebubblyone]

Hello, love. We've been paired up for good, now - I wonder if you might want to see your file?

[doihavetoexplainmath]

[The reply takes a little time. Entrapta rarely actually thinks about things she's going to say and how.]

I can't see how that'd be informative.

[thebubblyone]

Maybe not for you, but for me? I'd like to make sure it gives me the right idea about you. And it might be interesting for you to know if the Admiral has his facts right.

[doihavetoexplainmath]

I'm assuming based on flood evidence he should. I mean, if we see each other's memories and such. But fine.

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[tetractys]

LOOK, I CARE ABOUT THIS PROJECT! US BEING SNIPPY AT EACH OTHER IS IMPRACTICAL!

BUT WHY DID YOU - HOOK ME UP TO A THING IF YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO? WE BOTH COULD HAVE DIED, AND I DON'T LIKE DYING!

[doihavetoexplainmath]

[Of, for--]

I didn't do that, and even if I had, it was an accident! He didn't have any information about my First Ones tech, and even I wouldn't have predicted it'd effect you!

[tetractys]

BUT YOU DON'T EVEN SEEM TO CARE THAT IT HAPPENED.

[He's just. Frustrated!]

[thebubblyone]

Hello, love.

Do you want to talk about this recruitment drive of the Admiral's?

[doihavetoexplainmath]

Gee, I guess you'll have to put me on custodial duties.

[The sounds of Entrapta's chaotic tinkering are in full swing.]

[thebubblyone]

Why?

redwall port!

[tetractys]

HEY, FORDSY AND I ARE GOING TO TRY TO LAUNCH A SATELLITE. WANT TO HELP? OR WATCH?

OH WAIT, DO YOU HAVE THUMBS RIGHT NOW? YOU'RE GOING TO WANT THUMBS FOR THIS ONE!

[doihavetoexplainmath]

[Radio silence. Someone's overboard and thinks she's always been a shrew specializing in siege engines.]

[tetractys]

HMMMM.

I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER ON!

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[worthallthis]

It takes some time to find Entrapta's cabin, even with the help of the little sweeping bot he's got cradled in both hands who seems to know where they should be going (and probably could have gotten there itself, if it wasn't busted) but keeps getting confused. The purple door when he finds it somehow seems like it should've been a dead giveaway, though. Goes with the purple hair. Of course.

He stands outside for a long couple of minutes before bringing the metal hand up to tap on it.

[doihavetoexplainmath]

After a pause of a few seconds, the metal door swings open, apparently on its own. Inside is a chaos of blinking lights and bursts of steam, crackling electricity and inscrutable screens glimmering as robots in various stages of functionality zip back and forth. There are also paintings of cute animals on the walls, and while there's no longer a bed (she repurposed the frame for parts long ago), there is a sort of nest surrounded by works in progress and piled with handmade stuffed animals.

Entrapta herself is bent over some fiddly bit of work at a bench and absolutely part of the artificial, mad ecosystem, but she looks up after a moment with a flash from her goggles and shoves herself back with her hair, her rolly chair skittering haphazardly into the middle of the floow. It doesn't dump her on her face, but it's a near thing. "Hiiii! What do you want?" It should be a rude question, but she asks it in quite her usual tone.

[worthallthis]

The combination of horrifying things and straight-up cute things makes the cabin kind of incomprehensible. He peers in and looks around without actually stepping inside, flinching a little at one of those electricity crackles, before Entrapta slides into view. He blinks at her mask a moment.

"Found one of your bots." He can tell it's hers because it has clear personality, and a lot of the joins look like they're made by the same person as the little mouse-sized cat bot. "It's hurt and I don't have any tools to try and fix it with."

He figures she must, since she made it. And looking around this room, he's pretty sure he's right.

[voice]

[heyidiedtwice]

Hey, I'm your warden for the month, so thought I'd check in and see if you were needing anything.

[voice]

[doihavetoexplainmath]

No thanks, the whole edifice is a meaningless sham.

[Two months in a row of them bothering her. Boo. She misses negligent temps.]

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[heyidiedtwice]

Right. Well, if you're sure, I'll be easy to contact if you need me.

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[sears]

What did you think of Ty Lee?

[JUST WONDERING NO REASON]

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Oh, she was fun!

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[sears]

What did you do?

[shamebat]

You are Entrapta? I am called Nadja. The Admiral has given you to me for the month.

[doihavetoexplainmath]

[The response is a little while in coming, and is not any better from a visual perspective than the "message" on the inbox, but she's talking even if the communicator is aimed so you can just see the top of her head.]

Hello!

[Being polite to temporary wardens instead of telling them to jump in a lake. Just another way to be pro-social and good at graduating!]

[shamebat]

...Oh, you are a cute one.

[she gives a slight grin despite her most recent bad mood]

You are the little science girl, aren't you?