{Unified Universe Project}

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[There’s a clicking noise, then a burst of static, before a moment of silence. A male voice speaks first, recognizable as Greg’s.] Did it work?

[A female speaks up.] Is it a plant? No. How should I know if it works? Mine got eaten by the Hungry Vine.

[A third voice speaks up, a new male.] He was asking in general, not you, Abbot. And yeah, I think it’s going. But not video. You’re the codemonkey, fix it.

[Greg snorts.] Fixing, fixing, bug boy. You go play with your beetles, I’ll get this… there.

[The video flickers on, showing Greg, Caroline Abbot, and another young man who resembles Greg slightly. ]

[Greg nods happily.] Guess what? We have blankets! [He holds up stiffer-looking greenish-white blankets.] We’re going to share! Abbot can explain!

[Caroline sighs.] They’re plant fiber. I modified the Hungry Vine to have stronger limbs, and—

[The other guy shakes his head.] She’ll talk for hours. Look. Plants became blankets. It’s not good weather for them, but you’ll have them. Anyone wants to pick them up, we already dropped off a load at [x,y]. Outreach and shit, since our PR department is fuc—

Matthew! [Greg’s voice is sharp.] There’s a lady present.

[Caroline blinks, staring at Greg.]

[Matthew snorts.] Fine. Since our PR department is sleeping around instead of making sweet, sweet love to all of y—

[Greg reaches over and shuts the sound of the PCD off. He and Matthew talk for a moment, while Caroline looks very awkward. She plays with a vine that’s crawling up her arm, smiling at it. The boys stop talking, and Greg rolls his eyes and turns the sound back on.]

[Matthew sighs.] The PR department isn’t doing its job. So we’re doing what we can. Better?

[Greg nods, then looks off to the side.] We’ve got to stop transmitting for now. Guard cycles. But we’ll answer questions in a few minutes. It should be safe.

[He smiles, and with a quick wave, he shuts off the PCD.]

[[ooc: There are twenty-five plant-fiber blankets at the location listed.]]

Comments

[Video]

[bestworstdad.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that blankets are somehow hard to make?

[Video]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

[Matthew shrugs.]

I don't know. I didn't make them. I'm just helping out by letting them use my lab for this. My lab doesn't get watched so much. But there weren't a lot out there last winter, from what I heard.

[Video]

[bestworstdad.livejournal.com]

Might as well appreciate what you can get, right?

[Video]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

That was the thinking behind it.

You seem a pretty cool dude. Who're you?

[Video]

[bestworstdad.livejournal.com]

You don't know me? It's Nagi Springfield, the great Thousand Master.

I guess that's fair since I don't know you guys or what's goin' on but anyone who's doin' anythin' they can to help doesn't need to be laughed at, you know?

[Video]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I haven't heard of you before, Nagi. I'm Matthew. Matthew Finklen. I don't have any title yet, but I'm working on it.

Thanks for not laughing. Maybe you all aren't so bad.