PlatyPost #1

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[Cambot has found something strange! He flies past the media deck, picking up the sounds of what could be a soap opera given the cheesy music and dialogue. He turns back to see who or what he can make fun of, however when he arrives on the deck he instead finds a small, teal animal lying on the couch. Shouldn't a platypus be on the nature deck?

The platypus looks up and makes a chittering noise, his eyes going in both directions so he's not looking directly at Cambot. Cambot zooms in on the platypus as if testing this. There have been talking ponies and birds and what not, surely the platypus wasn't...just a platypus.

But, nope, Perry just keeps lying there on the couch with his eyes pointing in two different directions. A subtitle pops up on the screen]

"JUST A PLATYPUS!"

[Cambot then spins around to leave, not seeing Perry let out a sigh of relief and getting comfy on the couch to enjoy his soaps. Perry makes a mental note to do something about that camera floating around otherwise he might be in trouble.]

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[Perry picked up on the fact that Ammy could relate to his troubles with this. Apparently she had someone she missed or would have to part from as well. He gave her a sympathetic look, knowing there was nothing either of them could really do about it.

He's getting a little bit better at understanding Ammy's questions. He shrugs. Honestly he just got here a short bit ago and doesn't know who all is on board or where he really is other than on a satellite in space. As far as whether or not other humans can know, well, he'd rather err on the side of caution for now, especially until he knows more about the situation. His body language and facial expressions convey the question he hasn't asked yet: where are we and what's going on?

He wants to help but he can't exactly help if he doesn't know the situation and Major Monogram hadn't briefed him as usual so this was either unrelated or a surprise to even the Major.]

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[So, he doesn't know if any of his friends are here yet. At least the people she has met so far are quite nice, so she offers him a small encouraging smile. Maybe he'll make new friends here as she has, too.]

[As to his other question...well, that's rather hard to explain, especially since Ammy doesn't quite get it all herself. She saw one of the experiments and has seen the Mads talk, but it's still all pretty weird. Finally, she pulls out several sheets of paper and starts painting. Once done, she shows three sheets to Perry:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=23i89x4)

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2yuwmtv)

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2ypgadu)

[They are in a ship up in space, there are two mean scientists down in the earth below, and they must read bad stories at the scientists' insistence.]

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[Perry takes the sheets and studies them. Well, this is new. Those don't look anything like HIS nemesis but it's also not Phineas. That's good to know since it means Phineas hasn't gotten in over his head and that Doof is out of the picture too.

He can't help but wonder who THESE guys are though and what sort of plan involves bad literature? No, actually, he takes that second question back. He can just imagine Doof pulling off a scheme like that with something like the Badbookinator or something. He sighs, yeah, totally used to this sort of thing and he hands the drawings back to Ammy. He's thankful she explained it at least.]

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[Funny, Perry looks like he's seen something like this before. Perhaps his country has stuff like this? That's a weird thought. She gives a bit of a shrug.]

[Oh, there is something else she needs to mention...she nods in the direction that the Cambots left, and then gives Perry a big wolfy grin, which could look either happy or a bit threatening. The idea being: they need to be happy and positive, especially for the camera robots. She then paws the drawing of the Mads again, like stomping on them. Them staying positive will be bad for the scientists.]

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[Well, not EVERYONE is like that but since he has to deal with someone like this on a daily basis it's not exactly the best news ever.

Perry looks from the robot down to the drawing of the Mads. Well, he's pretty good about not letting these things get him down. He nods, letting her know that shouldn't be a problem...but then pauses and reiterates the whole 'I'm supposed to be a pet on camera, someone might see me.' He does this by indicating the cambot and then switching back into his 'just a platypus' mode]

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[Ammy understands his thoughts, and offers another small smile...whether he's using his normal pet look or his other identity, being happy seems to be the key. Or at least, a lot better than being unhappy.]

[Speaking of making people happy, Ammy has one other question, and draws it for Perry:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=14l4xus)

[What does he like to eat?]

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[Perry looks at the picture. He's not hungry but he figures out she's just asking what he likes to eat. Perry draws a little shrimp image and also a can of "platypus" food. Don't ask where Phineas gets platypus food, although Perry imagines it might be secretly provided by OWCA.

He taps Ammy's drawing, directing the same question back to her. He's fine with this kind of small talk.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[The shrimp she recognizes, but the can of 'platypus food' sounds like something she'd only be able to find on this ship. Well, at least she'll know this for future reference, if she ever runs into a different platypus again and wants to gain some praise from it.]

[In response to Perry's question, she draws a few of the foods she's had and liked:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=11awun7)

[Turnips, beef and chicken dumplings, rice stew, roasted fish, and best of all...cherry cakes!]

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[Perry gives Ammy a thumbs up. Those all look pretty delicious, though he's never had beef and chicken dumplings before.

He looks from the drawing back to Ammy and points to the drawing. Where did she learn to paint like that anyway?]

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[That's a bit more of a difficult question to answer...she knows how to paint because that's just how the gods affect the world. So she's sort of always been able to.]

[She's not sure if Perry will understand it or not (not that many recognized her name, after all,) but she paints for him the symbol for the gods:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=np03cz)

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[Nope, Perry doesn't get it. He looks very confused in fact, making the swirl in the air with a questioning look. Sorry Ammy, Perry isn't up to date on his mythology or anything like that. He gives her an apologetic look.]

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[Hmm, that doesn't work at all. Godhood can be difficult to explain without seeing it firsthand. Ammy pulls out another old drawing: showing her with her divine instrument, and the fact that it's now missing.]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2s80cah) (http://tinypic.com?ref=abh4bc)

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[Well, she's not an agent. Maybe she was a superhero, although that thing on her back looks more like flames than a cape.

Perry draws a superhero and taps the picture, asking if that's what she is and if she lost her powers or something like that?]

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[Lost her powers, yes, but not a superhero. Gods have rather different jobs than superheroes. She shakes her head no, and tries to draw another picture, of the astral plain. Maybe this will help out more:]

(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/ammy7.jpg/)

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[The first thing that pops into Perry's head is Heaven, although this isn't quite what he pictured Heaven to be...if platypus considered such things. He shook his head again, still not quite sure he understood but drew and angel anyway]

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[Was this working more? Ammy waited while Perry drew a response...and as it so happened, angels as they were understood by the western world looked an awful lot like Celestials! Ammy nodded...yes, those sorts of people were there!]

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[Perry blinked, trying to take that in for a moment. So Ammy was some kind of Angel or something? He wasn't sure how that was even possible! Besides, how did that even answer where she learned how to paint? He couldn't help but give her a skeptical look as if to say 'No, really, where did you learn to paint?']

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[Hmm, Perry looked a bit skeptical. Perhaps the gods did not get involved that much where he was from...which, to be fair, they hadn't much in her country for a long time, either.]

[But how else to explain it? She has to paint because she's a god, and that's what you do to bring up the sun or make the trees grow. So she tries another drawing, more to show directly that she paints things like water, fire, thunder, day and night:]

(http://imgur.com/C6TD9)

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[Perry still wasn't quite sure he understood. Was she saying she was some kind of god then? It had never really come up in any of his missions, Perry wasn't well-versed in mythology unfortunately. His confusion was still pretty apparent.

Mystical powers then? Was that it? He waggled his paws to signify this but, unforunately, still looked pretty skeptical. Sorry Ammy, it's just hard for a platypus to buy that you paint the sun or something]

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[Well, he's certainly not the first skeptic Ammy has ever come across. Unfortunately, without her brushes here, she can't really demonstrate otherwise to Perry. She nods once to his paw-waggling about mystic powers, but doesn't try to convince him any further. Faith isn't something you can force on anyone, after all. Him not believing her is not going to upset her much or anything.]

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[Perry pats her head. Sorry he can't understand better but honestly what did you expect from a semi-silent conversation. He hops off the couch and onto all fours, tilting his head to the side he makes a chattering noise. How about you show him around instead, Angel.* That might help him out]


*Angel is Perry's decided nickname for Ammy since, well, they can't really exchange names since Perry couldn't read Japanese

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[Silent conversations can only go so far, after all. That's a new nickname, too; but a nice one at least!]

[She smiles, nods, and trots back out of the room, expecting Perry to follow. Hmm, where to show him around first...well, there's probably the sleeping areas to show him, plus the cafeteria is also important. She also wants to show him the nature deck, since that's definitely a nice thing to have around here! But first, to the upper decks...]

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[Perry follows, keeping an eye out for others but mostly reasserting his disguise. Surely it's not TOO suspicious if he follows Angel.

He doesn't need much of a space to sleep and he's sort of used to sleeping with others. He IS a pet after all. He wonders if the cafeteria even serves what he likes to eat.]

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[It shouldn't be too more suspicious...no more than anything else around here, anyway. She leads Perry up to decks two and three, showing rows of rooms. She also turns around once and lies down to show that this is where everyone sleeps, and anything that's open is good for him.]

[Next, it's down aways to show the cafeteria deck, with all the tables and chairs, and most of all the food synthesizer. Ammy is a little afraid to mess with it considering what happened the first time she used it, but she nods to the buttons to show that you press these to make the food you want come out.]

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[Perry peers at everything, also making note of janitor closets and empty rooms into which he might be able to duck into and get his hat on or do things normal platypi don't. It's good to know a location after all, especially one as strange as this.

A tour was just what he needed]