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[bliptech]

Uhm, hello-- wait, no, it's crooked...

[Indeed it is, the scene showing Pidge at an angle. There's already a scattering of tools on the desk in whatever room she and Keith got assigned to, a mess indicative of someone who tends to think "what can I tinker with" long before "I should clean this mess".

In fact...

Where did Pidge get those tools from?

Do some of them look... familiar to any of you?

And what exactly has Pidge been making with all those spare parts, anyway?

In any case, she goes to the trouble of righting the camera angle, showing that part of the armor of her Paladin suit has been removed to a longsleeve black turtleneck underneath. That's actually what this post is about, not the random parts and tools on the table.]

Right, there. Anyway, uh. I'm Pidge Gunderson. I came in with the others at the beginning of this month, along with my teammate Keith. I know there's some... weird stuff going on with memories and whatever but--

I mean, look, I know that's probably important and everyone is focused on that rather than what your newbies are up to, but seriously... is there any way we could get some new clothes? Keith and I have been in our Paladin suits for way too long and. Yeah. No amount of showers are going to make these things smell right again if we don't have anything else to wear.

[Unfortunately due to the issue of Ozuma still being out of commission, even if someone had told her about getting favors there's really no way to go about that right now.

And that was a bit of a ramble because what is dealing with new people over a social media-like network in a strange castle that they've all be consigned to.

She can't think of anything more to say, so she reaches forward and turns the feed off to put the message up.]

(ooc: So I asked it on Plurk, but if anyone is okay with having Pidge pilfering random tools and whatnot during the first couple of weeks here, you're more than welcome to call her out on all the crap she has on her desk. :D)

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Video Response

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

[... Rita is glaring at something. One of the tools on the desk.]

... First, you can return the Blastiatech equipment you grabbed from me and Estelle's room. That won't even do anything for you without cores that we can't get right now... And it won't even work with the other tools.

Video Response

[bliptech]

Blastiatech... ?

[That's a new phrase. Which one--

Oh.

Pidge holds one of the tools up. She had pilfered it but Rita was right, it hadn't done her much good.]

This one?

Re: Video Response

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Yeah. That one. Wait, were you walking into people's rooms for parts?! [... Rita, if the thing was in your room...]

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[bliptech]

... just the ones where the door was open?

[LOOK SHE REALLY NEEDED SOMETHING AND SHE CAN'T ASK OZUMA FOR A LAPTOP RIGHT NOW, OK.]

Re: Video Response

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... Wait, when did I leave my door open.

[... Rita totally left the door open.]

Either way, yeah, that's blastiatech, and I'm the only one who can do anything with it here. You probably want electrical tech, which is... A lot of the rest of what you've acquired.

[Hopefully she didn't grab enough stuff to actually seriously annoy somebody. Rita seems at least a little forgiving maybe? She's learning.]

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[bliptech]

[Pidge shrugs visibly with a grunt of "I'unno!". The door was open, that's all she knows. She was intending on returning stuff later when she could actually ask for her own things.]

I wanted something to do. I don't even have access to a laptop here, and my suit can only do so much without me modding it to heck and back.

[And she can only go so far with that before Allura would tell Pidge to knock it the hell off.]

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[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Eh. Fair en-

Wait, your suit's modifiable? How does that work?

[The idea of clothing doing things is something new to Rita.]

[Video]

[freedom_engineer]

You've got yourself some laundry issues, huh?

Well, I can offer you some advice. Miss Arachne is a weaver here, and she is always eager to make new outfits. Never needed one myself, but she made some nice stuff for the party last month.

I can probably spare a couple of pairs of shorts and a t-shirt myself, but first...

You been working hard there?

[Video]

[bliptech]

[Oh hey it's that guy.

Colin? Right. Colin.]

Busy? Oh. Yeah. I gotta do something to keep my mind off... [she waves a hand] all of this.

Anyway, if you've got something we could borrow-- well, maybe Keith could borrow...

[Pidge is tiny.]

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin isn't exactly tall, but he's probably bigger than Pidge by a decent margin.]

If you want help taking it in, I can do that. Sewing isn't hard.

Certainly not compared to whatever you're making over there... With some of my tools.

[How does he manage to sound SMUG saying that?]

[bliptech]

[Everyone is bigger than Pidge.]

Oh... yeah, that would be nice.

[Pidge blinks and looks down at the mess, letting out a nervous laugh and pushing them gently to the side.]

Uhmmm...

[freedom_engineer]

So what ARE you working on over there, hmm?

[He smiles. And maybe he's putting her on the spot. He's been doing the chief engineer thing for a long time, after all...]

[bliptech]

[Welp. Busted is busted. Might as well answer the question.]

... long distance radio scanner?

[justribbing]

[ Sure is a skeleton. ]

Sure. While back someone asked Ozuma for a whole heap of clothes. Pretty picked over by now, but maybe you'll find something that fits.

[ Sans has his own trunk full of mostly humorous t-shirts and assorted other clothes, most of which end up on his floor until a kid sneaks into his room to clean up after him, but he's not about to offer when he recognizes a few tools (and possibly parts) there. ]

[bliptech]

[THAT SURE IS A SKELETON.

Uh.

Give her a second she needs to reset mentally to deal with this.

...

RIGHT. So. Talking skeleton.]

I'll... look for that. Thanks.

[Hey she's not going to make a habit of pilfering parts and tools, okay? As soon as Ozuma can grant favors again she's getting her own belongings back.

Also this wouldn't be an issue if she had her goddamn Lion here.]

[justribbing]

And kid. Little word of advice.

[ He winks an eye socket at his cellphone's camera. ]

Stay outta people's stuff. Ok? Whaddya need with all'a that, anyway?

[bliptech]

[Erp.

Right.

She'll... be returning that stuff later today.

Cough.

Just gonna... push some of those tools to the side now.]

I was trying to build a long distance radio scanner...

[justribbing]

How long distance are we talking?

[ Because for one, that generator isn't designed to put out the energy needed for a sweep larger than the area around the castle.

And, uh, wouldn't they need something like a really big dish? Like those he saw in movies, or magazines. ]

[bliptech]

That's the problem, I don't really know. Last thing I remember before getting here was my entire time getting hurled through a corrupted wormhole, and Keith and I waking up here

There's three more Paladins out there, probably in trouble, not to mention Allura and Coran.

I can't spend every waking second fighting shadows but I can spend my spare time trying to find out if my friends are anywhere near whatever planet this is!

[Pidge can get a little... one track mind about certain things.

Especially about people she cares about.]

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[timeninja]

Uhh ... maybe I can let you borrow some of mine? If you don't mind being hipster trash for a little bit until you can get your own clothes, anyway. I think we might be around the same size.

I'd say ask Ozuma about it, but he's kind of down and out right now.

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[bliptech]

I noticed. Colin made it pretty obvious that something big was up when we arrived and I'm guessing this Ozuma guy still isn't up to helping us right now.

Anyway... I uh... don't think anything you've got would work for Keith, but I don't mind it so long as it's comfortable.

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[timeninja]

How tall is he? My girlfriend's clothes might fit him. She's taller than I am, in any case.

... I think I might be hanging around Chloe a bit too much, I literally just voluntold her clothes for someone she doesn't even know.

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[bliptech]

Uh. Hang on.

["Voluntold her clothes" gets a snicker even as Pidge leans back, calling out to Keith from across the room.

He gives Pidge an answer, which she repeats to Max.]

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[timeninja]

I get the feeling he's not a huge help.

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[bliptech]

He's being a jerk is what he's doing.

[Pidge gets up and grabs a pillow from her bed, throwing it at Keith's head while demanding an answer along with the threat "I will make you go naked if you don't give me the right answer!"

Not that she really would. The last thing she wants right now is to see Keith naked.

But it's effective and he hurls the pillow back at her with his reply, which she takes back to the phone.]

He's 'like 5'8" or something'. Great answer, huh?