Virginia "Pepper" Potts (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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outer_divide2013-01-12 10:46 am
pepperspray) wrote in outer_divide2013-01-12 10:46 am
[VIDEO: Seeking Sailors]
[Pepper's feed has her at a bit of an odd angle, the communicator knocked askew by something after she's turned it on. One hand reaches down, adjusting it and blocking the camera's field of vision for a moment with a close-up of the knit sleeve of Pepper's sweater.]
...There. Stay down now.
[The order delivered to something off screen (There's a skittering sort of scrabbling noise that transmits), she smooths her hair, sets her chin and begins again.]
With the plague dealt with for the Old City, I've made arrangements to try and help spread the treatment beyond our immediate surroundings. As a result, I need a small group of people who are willing to take a minimum six week round trip, largely by sea, to work on distribution.
You should be willing, able and safe to work your passage on a sailing vessel, so either knowledge or a certain level of basic fitness is a must. I've been advised that having some skill at arms would be good, and if one of our researchers or someone with enough basic knowledge of science and biology to parse and explain their notes could volunteer, that would be perfect.
In addition to the humanitarian aspect, this is also a chance to explore areas beyond the Old City. I'm of almost no use on a sailboat myself, have actually sunburned on a cloudy day before, and I don't really want to be gone from here so long, but I'll accompany any group as far as the port town. You'll be leaving as soon as I have word from my con--
[The source of the skittering reveals itself to be a flash of silvery tabby fur as a paw looms huge in the field of view and knocks the smartphone flat. There's a view of Pepper's apartment's ceiling before her hand appears and straightens the camera back to a view of Ms. Potts, now with a smug and wriggling half-grown kitten in the crook of her arm.]
Well, I'll get word to you when I have it. I'm available for questions.
[The feed ends.]
...There. Stay down now.
[The order delivered to something off screen (There's a skittering sort of scrabbling noise that transmits), she smooths her hair, sets her chin and begins again.]
With the plague dealt with for the Old City, I've made arrangements to try and help spread the treatment beyond our immediate surroundings. As a result, I need a small group of people who are willing to take a minimum six week round trip, largely by sea, to work on distribution.
You should be willing, able and safe to work your passage on a sailing vessel, so either knowledge or a certain level of basic fitness is a must. I've been advised that having some skill at arms would be good, and if one of our researchers or someone with enough basic knowledge of science and biology to parse and explain their notes could volunteer, that would be perfect.
In addition to the humanitarian aspect, this is also a chance to explore areas beyond the Old City. I'm of almost no use on a sailboat myself, have actually sunburned on a cloudy day before, and I don't really want to be gone from here so long, but I'll accompany any group as far as the port town. You'll be leaving as soon as I have word from my con--
[The source of the skittering reveals itself to be a flash of silvery tabby fur as a paw looms huge in the field of view and knocks the smartphone flat. There's a view of Pepper's apartment's ceiling before her hand appears and straightens the camera back to a view of Ms. Potts, now with a smug and wriggling half-grown kitten in the crook of her arm.]
Well, I'll get word to you when I have it. I'm available for questions.
[The feed ends.]
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[He pauses, then adds,]
I mean literally didn't believe in them. He decided they were a fictional construct sometime in the sixties, and just ran with it.
[This is probably a lie.]
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Clearly Robert Heinlein has much to answer for. If you didn't have cats of your own, Pixel would seem completely impossible for a living creature.
Are you planning another dinner date with the ship, or should I expect to see you testing out whether or not you're allergic?
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You know, I think we should run some tests. For science.
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[Pepper's reply is terribly solemn.]
Preliminary studies suggest that she's both amenable to and skilled at soliciting bribes. Clint's been using the old shop downstairs as an abattoir for various creatures he's hunted, and she's already let me know she's happy to assist with any leftover steak.
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[He pauses briefly, considering.]
Maybe I'll find the local equivalent to catnip before I head over.
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I'll attempt to keep the nameless new arrival from destroying too much of the place before you can get here and help.
[Whether Pepper means help prevent or help encourage such destruction is left open-ended with a twinkle in her eyes.]