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[itsjustamike]

[Mike and the Bots are all gathered up on the top deck, all dressed up in their pirate gear. But it looks like there's some big to-do going on...something is coming in on the Hexfield viewscreen! What's more, it doesn't look like the usual strange visitors. The screen first shows an odd, somewhat rickety spaceship, shaped a little bit like a large bolt.]

Mike: Well hey, it looks like someone is trying to hail us! But the transmission's coming in a bit fuzzy. Cambot, put it up on the viewscreen!

[Cambot does so. There's a lot of static, but behind it is none other than Joel Robinson!]

Joel: Hey everyone! It's Joel again. Looks like I finally raised enough funds to get myself a ship up here.

Crow: Woooooow COOOL, it's Joel!

Tom: Joel Joel Joel! He's coming back here again!

Mike: Oh wow, it does look like it!

Joel: Yeah, um, I’ll do my best, but mostly I’m just gonna try and get up there to fix the Twin-Screw Universal Controller. So just hang tight, okay everyone?

[The Bots begin to dance around, singing and making a whole lot of noise. Even Cambot seems to be bopping along.]

Mike: Uhh, yeah, I guess we will!

Joel: Yeah, so-- [The static takes over, and the feed from Joel cuts out. Mike looks pretty pleased.]

[Joel’s small little spaceship is steadily approaching the SOL. The question is...will it get here okay?]

Comments

[itsjustthebots]

Ohhhhhh! Well...now we do!

Still gotta find the dang thing, though.

[thirteenth_brat]

[There is a face palm here. Why does he even bother when it comes to the Bots?]

[itsjustthebots]

Still, cheer up! Finally getting some rescue! Because it's JOOOOEL!

[thirteenth_brat]

Somehow, I get the feeling it's not going to be that easy...

[itsjustthebots]

Oh, come on! It's Joel coming to us in a rickety, likely-untested homemade rocket through the unforgiving void of space! What could possibly go wrong?

[thirteenth_brat]

... EVERYTHING.

[itsjustthebots]

...Oh! Huuuh.

I guess that is possible, ain't it?

[thirteenth_brat]

You just got done describing how that ship he's flying is a piece of junk and you didn't think anything would go wrong?

[itsjustthebots]

Well, it is Joel! Things tend to work out for the guy!

Except for the getting shot into space part, of course.