First Joke

[hazardtomyself]

[Cambot shows a newcomer frowning suspiciously at him. It's pretty obvious he's new since he's in a mostly blue outfit at the moment that is definitely not camp gear. That and he's just new.

Without changing his expression, he taps on Cambot a few times.]

How are you flying, anyway? You seem too metal-y to Earthbend.

[He tries hitting him a bit harder, only to recoil and grab his fist.]

Owwwwww!

[He looks away after shooting a glare for good measure, seeming to be taking in the deck for a few seconds.]

All right, I need to figure out where I am and what happened first.

[And he starts walking in what he's deemed to be a good direction. Cambot follows. A few seconds later his target pauses and glances over his shoulder. He starts walking faster. Cambot still follows. Suddenly he turns to fully face the robot.]

Did you need something?!

Comments

[eyeofwildtiger]

Oooh, a newcomer!

[hazardtomyself]

Whaa-?!

[And suddenly he has a million questions, let's see which ones he can get out.]

Where did you come from?! And how did you even get there?! What's going on here?! Who are you working with?!

[...Wow, he did better than he thought.]

[eyeofwildtiger]

Originally, Sernbild City, recently, the nature deck, that's how Cambot works, that's a complicated story, and that also depends on where you mean.

[Grin~]

[hazardtomyself]

...Okay, most of those answers made no sense. And the others didn't tell my anything. Just tell me why I'm here!

[eyeofwildtiger]

Well, nobody really knows why anyone specific is brought up here. Buuut there's these mad scientists trying to make everyone crazy.

[hazardtomyself]

Oh, that explains everything. [Did you catch the dripping sarcasm?] Why would people that use science try to make people crazy on purpose?

[eyeofwildtiger]

Probably world domination. I've never really asked.

[virtualunknown]

[MakubeX is not fond of the camp gear, so he's wrapped in a blanket.]

Careful. They can be temperamental.

[hazardtomyself]

[Different people, okay... Let's go with it, this is weird enough as it is.]

The flying rock thing? What, is it gonna float at me to death?

[virtualunknown]

[Judging by the reactions, MakubeX figures this guy isn't from someplace terribly technically advanced.]

Perhaps not that, but they do seem to have minds of their own. It's called Cambot. It lets other people on the ship see what you're doing.

[hazardtomyself]

How can it do that? And whose ship is this? It's the Fire Nation, isn't it?

[virtualunknown]

It's quite a technical marvel. And no, it belongs to the Mads.

[hazardtomyself]

I don't care what mood they're in! Who are they?!

[virtualunknown]

...crazy people.

[sailorlaughter]

Oh, that's Cambot! He just wants to be your friend! [Suddenly pony]

Welcome to the Satellite! I'm Pinkie Pie, and I made this cupcake just for you!

[hazardtomyself]

[Okay woah, this is a new animal to him. Even with the talking.]

What are you?! Some sort of...parrothorse?

Oh, I guess that's not so bad. Unless you want me to think that to catch me off guard! [Oh yeah, he knows your game, Parrothorse.]

[sailorlaughter]

...parrothorse? Is that like a pony? With a beak? I don't have a beak, silly!

[hazardtomyself]

Hey, you're the first one I've ever seen, too. Y'know, kinda like a sparrowkeet and an ostrich horse. Except mixed together.

[sailorlaughter]

I'm not a parrothorse! I'm just a pony!

...you have some pretty weird animals where you come from, huh? Ooh, ooh! You should draw us pictures so we can all see!

[hazardtomyself]

How can you just be a pony? That's the weirdest animal I've heard of.

[Suddenly pleased by what he's thinking.] If you really wanna see any of them, yeah, I can do that! I just need some paper and a brush and ink.

[sailorlaughter]

Really? I think the weirdest animal I've ever heard of is probably a nuckelavee!

Ooooh! Okay! [She reaches into hammerspace and pulls out a paper and pen.] Here you go!

[optimistickey]

You probably don't wanna hit Cambot...he is tougher than he looks!

[hazardtomyself]

Yeah, I was just startin' to notice that. [Just gonna shake out his hand for an unrelated reason, yep...] What's a "Cambot" anyway?

[optimistickey]

[Uh-huh, totally unrelated!] He's a robot! And he's also a camera, so he's kinda both at the same time.

[hazardtomyself]

...Considering how I've never heard of either of those, I'm not really seein' it.

[optimistickey]

Oh. [Huh, another person who doesn't know either of those...]

Well, a robot is like a person that's also a machine. And a camera's a tool you can use to take pictures or video with.

[hazardtomyself]

[Blink blink, suddenly interested.]

I still don't really get that robot thing, but it sounds pretty awesome! And where are those camera things supposed to take them?

[optimistickey]

I think robots are pretty cool!

Um...it's not supposed to take them anywhere. It just makes pictures for you.

[fatedcircle]

You're in space.

[hazardtomyself]

Sure, because we can totally fly in a giant metal thing.

[fatedcircle]

We can.

[hazardtomyself]

How is that even possible?! Did all the Airbenders secretly come here on vacation and just stay?

[fatedcircle]

...Airbenders?

[colorbymemory]

He's probably trying to let everyone know you're here.

[Because that's one of Cambot's jobs.]

[hazardtomyself]

Uhh, I think that's pretty obvious. Couldn't whoever brought me here just make an announcement instead of leaving it to a floating metal rock that can't talk?

[colorbymemory]

[She looks as if she's seriously considering her response while Cambot makes indignant noises.]

Well, Joel--he made the machine that's bringing everyone here--isn't on the satellite anymore, so he can't make an announcement. The Mads--they run the experiments--don't call very often, either. So Cambot lets us know when someone knew arrives so we can help them. He's not a rock, he's a robot.

[Then she remembers her manners]

Oh! My name is Namine.

[hazardtomyself]

[He obviously doesn't quite get it, but he is attempting to piece it together so he can understand. May as well focus on the stuff he has a chance of following.]

Wait, experiments? What are they doing those on?

Uh, hey there. I'm Sokka.

[colorbymemory]

[That's usually a good idea. Nami tries to explain things as best she can, but she doesn't understand it all herself.]

They're trying to see if they can drive everyone here crazy with bad literature. Usually the people who have to read the story that week end up making fun of it.

Nice to meet you.

[sailorgenerous]

Is there a reason you're hitting poor Cambot? He's only trying to help, you know.

[hazardtomyself]

Another parrothorse?

Uhh, yeah. I'm trying to figure out what he is.