{Unified Universe Project} [Video]

[adstring_npc]

[The PCD comes on, focused on a rather orderly desk. The 'inbox' on the desk is full and Donna is standing next to it. Chairman Springsteen leans into the shot, reaching to grab and open one of the files.]

No, they all say the same thing. Reasonless panic. [He shrugs and moves it to the 'outbox.']

It's not their fault that you have them looking for anything that changes. Or that they're stupid mice, the most of them. How big is the change? [Donna's smirking and leaning over the desk, toward him. It can be noted that her blouse is low-cut, and her heels are perhaps a bit higher than are professional.]

Less than .002%. Nothing to panic over. Though the chemists are bothered. Some substance they were messing with turned into cola. [Springsteen is smirking as he rests his elbows on the desk.]

Well. This world is... [Donna shrugs.] ...predictable in its unpredictability. If they're so bothered, send some of them out. Bao wants out of her cage.

[The Chairman shakes his head.] No. I have her busy with other things.

[Donna straightens, clearly pissed off. Her lips tighten.] Another side project that you didn't tell me about?

[He snorts.] Hardly. It got approved by all of us months ago. It's just taken time to get her to head down that road. She's hardly as biddable as Morimoto was. He was useful, you know.

To a point. [She no longer looks quite as angry.] Send some of the mice out to look around, then. Ones that the snakes won't bite.

Snakes don't bite mice. They swallow them whole. [Another file gets opened; he's not paying so much attention to Donna anymore.] But some of ours should be safe. Send Andrew in on your way out. We'll pick a few.

[Slowly, very slowly, Donna adjusts her blouse. Her voice is frosty.] On my way out. There were several other things on the agenda, as you--

[The PCD times out.]

Comments

[Voice]

[other-sights.livejournal.com]

[It takes him several minutes to respond to this, because he's watched it several times. The voice is measured, calm.]

When all you have is mice, perhaps you should look into employing the snakes.

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Oh, we have a witty one here.

She calls them mice. Some of them are. But better the weakling you know than the snakes that will bite when you're not paying attention.

[Voice]

[other-sights.livejournal.com]

Only if you confuse wit and logistics.

I should think it would be worth the added danger, considering the potential payoff of a stronger hand.

[cornered-circle.livejournal.com]

[Completely missing the point]

Snakes can bite mice, can't they? Got t'keep the mouseys from running off while eating them, yes?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

[The Chairman blinks at her.]

They're swallowed whole. There's no need to bite if they're already inside.

[cornered-circle.livejournal.com]

'Course if they're already inside, it'd be pretty 'ard to bite them without biting yourself. And I was never much into that kinda scene.

But how d'you get them inside without a little biting?

[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Do I get to be the snake?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

You're already one.

[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty sweet thing to be able to add to your resume.

But I didn't say "a snake." I said "the snake."

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[dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com]

[Ignoring the potentially more important things? Why not?]

Oh, is it an office romance~? Scandalous~&hearts

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[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

The position has its uses.

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[dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com]

[If she lived in the right era and were male you can expect this is where the "that's what she said" would go.]

A lady doesn't look like that for just anyone.

[neodaiyoukai.livejournal.com]

Mice?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Rodents. They scamper.

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[al_truism]

Wouldn't it be much simpler to just ask us if we've seen anything? Cooperation isn't impossible.

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[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

You don't know what you're looking for. Why take the time to inform you? You can cooperate with anyone we send out there if you care so much.

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[immortalservant.livejournal.com]

You should turn the Animal Planet channel on for once. [he chuckles] snakes bite their victims, whether its to inject venom, suffocate, or break their neck, and then swallow them whole.

Its rather bothersome to try and swallow something that won't stop moving.

The term you're looking for is chew. Which snakes cannot do.

Personally I'd rather be further up the food chain and be the mongoose.

But enough of that.

Care to elaborate on the part of "outsiders" and "insiders"?

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[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Yes. Because there's satellite here.

Outsider isn't obvious?

[siriuslymagical.livejournal.com]

I never knew we had a mouse problem here in Adstringendum. Unless, of course, you're talking about the ill-tempered rabbits running around. Reminds me of that Muggle film with the killer bunny. You guys ever see that one?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Where, in all of that, did you get rabbits? And movies?

[dualwielded.livejournal.com]

Wrong. Snakes kill the mice before they eat them.

Use better analogies for your employees.

[Someone's been reading. He's not as ignorant as he used to be.]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Tell her.

[bunny_flower]

... What are you plannign to have Colonel Bao do ?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

She has her tasks.

[ff_red_turk]