(mingle/open) happy new years!

[forethinking]

Who: Void Citizens
What: New Years Mingle!
Where: Heavenly Blanc
When: January 1st
Content Warnings: None!!

HEAVENLY BLANC

THE VOID, ON JANUARY 1ST

Ren
Food & Organization

Blue
Food & Organization

Eevee
Moral Support

Pidgeot&Arcanine
Lifting

YOSHIZAWA
Food & Organization

We hereby start the Void Calendar! All over the Void since yesterday, several handwritten notes have been taped or stapled to the Void's most populated areas in the hopes to drive the people to the popular bar/cafe. Heavenly Blanc's exterior has been protected from any upcoming storms by a large awning, and more tables and chairs have been temporarily set to settle any issues of overcrowding on the inside. Upon entering, one will be able greeted by the aroma of curry, although the spices vary from pot to pot, and coffee and alcohol will be served throughout the evening.

Within the interior of the bar, a small space has been divided and cleared out -- next to the jukebox. There, one will find a few microphones resting on their stands, waiting for whoever is brave enough to sing on them to whatever is playing in Heavenly Blanc when the storm hits. Last, but not least, a whiteboard has been visibly placed next to the entrance. It reads: "Names of the Months", and you may either write your own or add sticks to vote on your favorites.

CODING BY

Comments

Legion - Never have we ever taken a bath

[forwearemany]

Never have we ever taken a bath.

(Yes, really. They may not need hygiene like an organic would, but they look so, so shabby and beat up and dirty someone really ought to make them take one.

Tbh they probably need blasted with a power washer.)

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[Wrinkling his nose at this little confession and taking a big swig of his drink of choice because he's super fastidious and does bathe, tyvm.]

Why would you... ever want to admit that openly?

[Yes- you are a robot, but..]

Consider it apart of regular maintenance, letting that filth build up can't be good for your circuitry or functions.

[forwearemany]

It is the goal of the game to mention activities you have not engaged in but others have.

(In some ways, Legion will go even further to win than you will.)

Our circuitry is sealed. Exposed mechanical parts are limited: bathing is not required.

(Cant really have circuitry exposed to open air at all-too delicate. In addition to outer casings, parts also have additional protections inside.

They'll just pick and scratch the gunk out of their headflaps, which are really the only super vulnerable bits they have. Everything else is all wrapped up in tubes and synthetic muscle.)

[blue_eyed_obsession]

I know what the premise is.

[That much was becoming obvious within the confines of this game.]

Dust can work it's way in to the tiniest of openings, and I would argue that it's still necessary. [Though he wasn't making the best case for it] If microscopic organisms are ever introduced you'll be a walking petri dish, and you'll endanger those around you.

Besides- cleanliness presents a better personal image, and makes you more approachable. [Perception is everything]

[forwearemany]

(While mostly true, if dust truly couldn't be blocked, computers beyond a certain level of advancement couldn't work at all: even nowadays the circuitry inside a processor chip is so small that a single fleck of dust would be like the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs.

The rest of it though, is worth considering.)

We have not previously brought illness to others.

(Part of this is probably because of spaceship decontamination procedures back in their universe.

After that ... well, on Enso most people were filthy all the time, opportunities to have a decent bath were rare. And yet, illness remained uncommon.)

[bridge_princess]

....

Cheaaaaaater. [She drank.] Fiiiiine. Fair cop.

[forwearemany]

It is within established acceptable parameters.

(It's something they haven't done.)

[bridge_princess]

Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm just groussing. Pretty sure there's a few things I can do like that, where I know most of them haven't done it. Ya know, since I don't really do modern technology as a rule.

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

[indigloaming]

"What about when ya get dirty from yer environment? Don't ya clean yerself then?" She's in the same boat as far as not producing filth or dirt herself goes; no oil, no sweat, only plasma. Still, she takes a sip.

"Even if ya don't need it, a hot bath can feel real nice." Despite not having blood or muscles, the usual things a hot bath targets when it comes to relaxation.

[forwearemany]

"Bathing has not been previously required."

Decontamination occurred every time one entered or left the Normandy. On Enso, bathing opportunities were limited regardless of need.

"We were not capable of feeling a 'hot bath'." That has probably changed, since being brought here, they think. After all, now they experience the sensations of taste and pain. That never used to be possible.

[indigloaming]

"Ya don't got any kind of temperature sensors? Then how do ya know when it's too hot for ya?"

Yes, he's clearly some kind of robot, but even robots can get too hot. Like if they try to take a swim in lava.

[forwearemany]

They have made an error in communication, they realize.

"A clarification: we are capable of experiencing heat, but not the pleasure associated with a hot bath."

Robots can overheat quite readily if their cooling system is sufficiently overtaxed or otherwise compromised, she's absolutely right there.

"As with taste, pain, and exhaustion, it is possible this has changed with our arrival in this location."

Perhaps they shall test it.

[indigloaming]

"From what I hear, hot baths feelin' good has somethin' to do with blood an' muscles. I guess it makes sense that it doesn't do anythin' for ya."

But if the robot were to try it... what side of the bath house would they go into?

[forwearemany]

"Yes. However, we are now able to experience the sensations of pain and taste, both of which require physical traits we do not have."

So it could easily be different now, even if it made no sense.

As for the gender question, the answer is apparently either one! They'll probably just pick at random, barring factors like one being overcrowded or going with a friend.

[indigloaming]

"Right. So if I may ask... just what kind of robot are ya?"

The only kind of humanoid, talking robots Indigo is familiar with are the Glitch, and he doesn't really look or sound like one. It's got her curious.

[forwearemany]

"We are Geth."

Which explains nothing, really, because she probably doesn't know what Geth are. Still, they don't immediately elaborate.