just a simple question | voice

[ordinarily]

Where are the burgers?

[ This is the voice of a very distressed teenager. Very distressed. ]

I get that it's the space future, but the nurse was lying when she said they don't serve meat. Right?

[ Silence. ]

... Right?

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[unrecovered]

Yeah, but Victor can get away with it, like Dave can get away with Justin Time. Yuuri knows Mr. Ice Guy isn't a good name.

[Screened]

Yeah, because they're both terrible.

...Legal Eagle isn't official?

[legionnpcs]

Give him time to realize that 'ironic' bad names are still bad names. Might take him a while, the man's a slow learner. He still insists on calling me a robot.

[ Still no Ghost Boys allowed ]

Invisi-Bill is entertainingly terrible, though. It's not lame and it makes people laugh.

Nah. Officially she's just 'Judge Beeny'. I'd say 'no imagination', but I'm talking to the man who named himself after his organization.

Screened to EXCUSE YOU

[unrecovered]

[Wash has nothing for that. He can't really defend taking naming advice for Dave.]

Yeah, but Danny's also been here for what, all of two days? Give him a few days to get used to things and come up with a better one.

[Excuse you what]

That's great, coming from the guy using his name as his code name.

STILL SCREENING!

[legionnpcs]

Changing one's heroic identity is a time-honored tradition! He'll fit in just fine.

[Excuse you.]

What? No. My name's I-45ENG/Nth Series. I called myself Babbage because it's the practice of superheroes to take the names of mythological heroes, god, and demigods. The Father of Computing sounded like a good idea.

Also, I-45ENG/Nth Series doesn't roll off the human tongue very well.

SO MUCH SCREENING

[unrecovered]

Just...no press releases with Invisi-Bill. At least he's actually trying.

[Actually, Danny is mostly just bitching about burgers, but having gotten the cliffs notes of his life story, Wash can't really blame him.]

[He files that name away for further use.]

Okay, point. Still, with or without context, Freelancer is a solid name, and saying it doesn't make other people sound like idiots. I'm above the bar here.

NO NON-WASHES ALLOWED

[legionnpcs]

Don't worry, I'll keep everything internal. No need to make him a laughingstock.

[Shame he couldn't convince Cortana to call herself Lovelace.]

There's absolutely nothing to argue about with that. It sounds nice and punchy and it carries well in a conversation or in a fight.

if there are no non-Washes allowed then how is Babbage here

[unrecovered]

Good.

Then why are you getting on my case about it?

Oh, Babbage said before disappearing in a puff of logic.

[legionnpcs]

I was trying for a tone of camaraderie and jocularity.

Missed the mark?

o no where did he go

[unrecovered]

Kind of. You can either give me shit for something or talk about it logically, but you need to pick a side and stick with it.

[Advice in shade. He should set up a booth: "The Smartass Is In."]

[katsudork]

I didn't actually think it was a good name. I made a joke and they wrote it down.

[And he's too uncomfortable with making waves to try to have it changed, and not sure of something better to change it to.]

Also robot person. I know you're a person and that "person" is the important part.

[unrecovered]

[Wash, on the other hand, makes waves on purpose and sees no reason to stay with a name everyone knows is terrible.]

So pick something new and get it changed.

[Oh, no. Oh, Yuuri. Oh, no. Wash just sighs.]

Yuuri, that's like someone calling you a monkey person. It doesn't matter how important the person part is - it still sucks.

Robotican. It's not that hard.

[katsudork]

Sorry sorry.

[He waves a hand frantically.]

Robotican.

[unrecovered]

[...they'll work on the Mr. Ice Guy thing later. This is more important.]

I'm not the one that needs the apology.