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Who: Tadashi Hamada (

bropane) & Levi (

dirtdevil)
When: 7 February; 20 July OOC
Where: Tech and Auto shop
What: Cleaning and nerdery
Rating/Warning: Warning for Levi's language!

[ "Come over to the tech shop, and I'll show you something cool," and Tadashi totally meant it! He was pretty busy making some CYbuddies and making some HoloGMs for work, but he can take a break every now and then to entertain his friends.

Yes, Levi is his friend. He sees him as somebody similar to Go Go with how standoffish he is, but he seems actually like a very nice person. And it looks like this guy has a lot to learn, so Tadashi is more than willing to teach him anything and everything he knows about technology and the future.

This "something cool" is a vacuum cleaner! Which he conveniently borrowed from the auto shop's broom closet. And now, he's just working on a poodle CYbuddy in his workshop at the garage of the Tech and Auto shop. If Levi decides to drop by today, then no problem!

Hopefully the guy can send him a message, though, beforehand.

Wait. Can Levi even use his CereVice yet- of course he can, of course he can. Stop worrying, Tadashi! ]

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[ excuse you, he totally knows how to use the CereVice. sometimes it makes a noise. sometimes he hears people talking in it, and sometimes he even sees people in it. nine times out of ten he ignores it, though, because he generally avoids chatting with people whenever possible. which means that, no, he admittedly doesn't know how to use it very well. technology is amazing and all, but it's also frustrating as fuck to go from basically nothing to... well. this. it's a long road littered with errors and muttered obscenities, but maybe he doesn't need to walk it alone? that guy with the hat had offered to show him his robot dog factory or whatever, with the promise of something that would make his job a lot easier.

if you ask him, he's already pretty damn good at his job as a glorified maid, but if there's any advancement in technology he can really get behind, it's one that will make him even better at it. not that he likes what he does or anything...

in any case, fortunately for Tadashi, he will get a brief warning that his new "friend" will be arriving soon (is he really sure he wants this guy to be his friend?). whether or not it's decipherable is another story, but Tadashi's a smart guy, so he can probably figure it out. Levi hasn't done much in the way of text messaging with this thing. by which I mean that was probably his first one. truly a momentous occasion, and the honor is Tadashi's. congratulations?

not long after the (possibly gibberish) message, there's a knock at the shop's door. golly, who could it be?? ]

[ Whatever, Levi. Your fake German??? Asian language is probably immediately translated by the CereVice, so Tadashi. Gets. It.

And as said, he's got a chunk of metal on one of his desks, and that's where he's working! So the door, upon hearing that there's a knock, immediately slides open. Ok, maybe not immediately, but Tadashi does check the cctv to see who it might be first, before pushing a button and let it slide open.

So welcome to Tadashi's workshop, please excuse the horrible quality because that's all I can get from the artbooks. The big window gets you a view of the marketplace, so it's not as beautiful as one would imagine, but Tadashi's configured it with a Holo. The window display is now a spring with sakura trees everywhere. Really, it's a breathtaking fake view. There are cranes on the ceiling doing their work on the CYbuddies, as well. And of course, since he is working on some things, there are parts of the room which are a mess (as shown in photo). But he fixes that stuff up before he leaves to make sure everything is spic and span. ]

Hey, man. Welcome to my shop, I guess. It's pretty messy, but I hope it's not as bad as what you've seen in other places.

[ He rolls his wheelie chair towards the door and gets up, greeting Levi with a handshake. And yes, his hat is on backwards like he's a Backstreet Boy. ]

[ it's not so much that it's in a foreign language, it's more like... well, it looks like a text from someone who can't type for shit. because it is. fortunately it seems to have served its purpose well enough somehow. sorry, Tadashi—you may be just as over your head with him as he is with you.

as for the handshake, you're gonna have to give him a minute. upon stepping inside, he's entirely too dumbfounded by his surroundings to even notice. yeah, he saw the shop in the background over the network, but that clearly did not do it justice. he's been here a little while now, but he's still very easily amazed by things like these. the Holo, especially, seems to have grabbed his attention; he knows it isn't real, but that's part of what makes it awesome. the other part is that he's never seen trees like that before. maybe they're not real, either. or maybe he should stop thinking about it too hard and killing the magic? let's go with that one.

eventually he'll realize (with a bit of a start) that Tadashi's been standing in front of him with a hand outstretched and awkwardly shake it. real smooth. ]

It's fine. I've seen much worse.

[ trust him, he definitely has. plus, if you're gonna have shit strewn around everywhere, it might as well be cool shit. ]

[ he'll leave you to be amazed even more sooner or later, levi, just you wait. ]

Anyway, have a seat, [ and he gestures to the wheelie he was previously sitting on. but he doubts levi would sit down anyway. ] or you can have a look around. The Holo's great, huh? It's similar to the view outside my own lab in my old school, so... working here kind of makes me feel like home.

[ there's a pause, and a hint of a frown, but he quickly gets back up and smiles. ]

So, you ready for your mind to be blown away?

[ how could he possibly sit down after hearing something like that? even if he did, he'd only need the edge of it, am I right??

which is to say, yeah, he'll pass on sitting for now. instead, he'll give the shop another pointed once-over before turning back to Tadashi. ]

As long as you don't mean it literally.

[ his tone suggest he might be joking. he's very good at jokes, you see. ]

Definitely not, [ he says. His back is turned against Levi, though, as he's looking around his shop for something like a manual. The cleaning robot passes by Levi's feet, hopefully, it doesn't scare him. Sadly, it's not a roomba, but Tadashi can make a roomba for you if you want him to, Levi!

And once he's found the manual, he tosses it at Levi's way. ]

You'll definitely need this.

[ And then he walks around his shop again, and pulls out a vacuum cleaner. ]

This is a vacuum cleaner. it has an air pump which sucks up dust and other dirt.

[ a moooment like this, some people waaait a liiifetime~

nah, unfortunately the amazement will have to wait until the confusion subsides. he catches the manual and looks at it, frowning. what the hell kind of cleaning tool requires a manual, anyway? you know what doesn't need a manual? a broom. step one: grab broom. step two: push dirt into desired location. step three: done. fucking amazing. but his frown goes away after flipping through a few pages and glancing up at the actual device. it's so weird-looking, and yet... did he just say it sucks up dirt?

mother of god.

he closes the manual again and moves over to crouch down in front of the vacuum, examining it closely. ]

An air pump, huh?

[ this could be the start of a beautiful relationship. ]

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More or less. This thing's got a limit, though, with its compartment here. [ he knocks on it. ] If it's full, you gotta take it out and clean it, but this one's brand new, so don't worry about that yet.

Wanna test it out?

[ oh, no, another thing he has to clean. whatever will he do?

anyway, of course he wants to test it out. but he can't look too eager, because it's just not his style. plus, he doesn't know this guy that well yet. at this point, Tadashi probably just assumes this is a big deal because it's his job.

nope. ]

Sure.

[ he takes out the wire to plug the cleaner into a socket, and gestures to the floor. ]

Well, the floor is yours. [ hahaha he's so funny. ] You can switch it on; directions are in the manual I gave you.

[ do your work so you learn. he won't spoon feed you, dear one. ]

[ wow, are you saying this vacuum doesn't run on like, Bluetooth or some shit? what the fuck, Tadashi. disappointing.

anyway, he can see the 'on' switch, so let's just test that out. who needs manuals? he frowns a bit again when it switches on and starts making noise, but hey, sometimes efficiency comes at the price of loud noises. or something. he'll be the judge of how efficient it is, though—the floor probably isn't in too bad shape thanks to the cleaning robot, but there's a speck of something or other over there, so he'll take this strange noisy machine by the handle and push it over in that direction. he stops for a few seconds in front of whatever's on the floor, focusing, and then pushes the vacuum over it.

...he stops again, and looks back at where it was. and it's gone. and for a moment, it's like it's gone forever, sucked into some super gross pocket dimension of dust and trash, somewhere he never has to look at it again. wouldn't that be nice? but no, even though it's simply been moved into a receptacle of some sort, it's still fucking awesome.

he's going to switch it back off before he winds up vacuuming the entire shop. ]

[ Tadashi's started going back to work, often glancing back at Levi when he starts with the vacuum. Though had he invented a vacuum cleaner? Yes, it would run on bluetooth, and you'd probably just even have to just route a map for it using a tablet - convenient stuff! Too bad this one's just a regular old vacuum cleaner.

Once the noise stops, he looks back at Levi. ]

How was it?

[ do you find it helpful? was it great? do you think you'd be using this again? ]

Edited 2015-07-27 00:25 (UTC)

[ yes, yes, and hell yes. he's gonna have to get him one of these. which begs the question... ]

Did you make this?

[ look, he doesn't know. ]

Nah, the guys at who clean up the place own it. I just borrowed it.

[ "Borrowed". ]

I'd make you one, if you'd like, though it'd cost you. [ he smiles sheepishly after that, because, well. he'd hate having to charge for something he made for his friends. but he's gotta live, you know. rent is expensive! ]

Or you can check out the shop. They've got better models there.

[ stealing is bad, Tadashi.

but yes, rent is expensive. he wouldn't expect anything for free, much less this divine instrument of dirt-sucking splendor. and it probably would be easier for him to just go buy one from this other shop (even though it probably costs at least ten billion credits, right, because it's so amazing), but wouldn't it be cooler to have one made for him? plus, if he's paying for it, he'd also be helping out a fr—uh, an acquaintance. yeah, that one.

psh. ]

Would you be able to make one that's a little easier to haul around?

Sure thing.

[ he pulls up a legal pad with some designs already. ]

I was thinking of maybe making it like a backpack. [ he flips through some of the pages– ] No, wait. Have you ever heard of a roomba?

[ ...well, that was fast. you're kind of a nerd, aren't you, Tadashi?

he peeks curiously at the designs (not that they make any real sense to him) before he's prompted by the question. surely Tadashi's just making up nonsense words by now to fuck with him, right? it's probably funny. ]

What? No.

What?

Okay, okay— [ he pulls out his cerevice and opens up the ceres version of youtube and searches for roomba videos. and he shows them to levi. ]

It's basically like a vacuum cleaner, but it's smaller. Of course, it only cleans flat surfaces, so if you want one, I can also make you a mini-vacuum cleaner for other kinds of surfaces.

[ he peers at the video, watching the little robot roam around on the floor, and he looks almost... troubled. ]

So you just... set it down and it does all the work?

[ no way it does it as well as he does. no way.

...oh god, he's not going to get replaced by a much cuter robot, is he?? ]

[ ???
what's wrong, little guy. ]

Are you okay?

[ let's get this out of the way first before he talks more about a roomba's features. ]

—What? I'm fine. It just seems... too easy.

[ then again, so does practically everything, in comparison to home. but on second thought, if he had something like this, he could get the easy shit done and work on the more involved parts of his job at the same time. kill two birds with one clean, shiny stone.

...and he could also let it run at his apartment while he's out, letting it catch any rogue specks of dust that might have the audacity to accumulate on his floor in his absence.

hmm. ]

And you could make both?

[ the stone would truly be shiny, just like how mr. clean likes it. and this is why he and levi are married. wait, what? ]

The vacuum and the roomba? [ man, tadashi is impressed. this guy must really be either excited about all this new technology, or he's a neat freak. ] Sure, I could do that. Though it'll take longer than expected.

[ shut your mouth, you can't prove anything. ]

I've gone this long without the help, so I wouldn't mind waiting. As long as you've got the time to do it.

[ he doesn't know. Tadashi might have a lot of dogs to make right now. ]

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[ there's a lot more people who can work on cybuddies, and his other job is a mechanic/repairman, so it totally works out! ]

Don't worry about it. I've got the time.

[ he takes one last quick look at the designs (even though he's really already decided) and then nods. ]

Fine, then. Name your price.

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[ hmmm he hums in thought for a moment. he doesn't want to charge for anything too expensive, but a roomba's... pretty expensive on its own. so are vacuum cleaners. ]

How's 450 credits for both sound? That's just for the roomba. I can throw in the vacuum cleaner for free. Otherwise, it'd get pricier.

[ whoa. sweet deal, there... he looks up and considers Tadashi for a moment, a bit taken aback by the offer. ]

No, you don't need to do anything for free. I'll pay whatever you need for both.

Let's just talk about it when it's done, then.

Is that fine with you?

...Yeah. That'll work.

[ is this the real life?? ]

Thanks.

Don't worry about it.

[ how many times has he said this by now? ]

Anyway, do you have other plans for the day, or are you free? I was just thinking about grabbing some lunch.

[ whoa. whoa. did he just get... invited to go somewhere? this guy is going to hand-craft not one, but two magic dirt-sucking machines for him and now he wants to hang out?

this really is a whole new world. ]

No, I'm free.

[ he's asking you out on a date, ok. and tadashi's glad he said yes. woohoo! it kind of sucks being alone sometimes and just doing things on your own. it's a different story were his brother around, though.

he grabs his jacket hanging on by the door. ]

Cool. You ever tried burgers before?

[ one of the messiest foods, beware. ]

[ whoa there, let's not get ahead of ourselves. that's poor decision-making along the same lines as running into a burning building. you know, for example. ]

No.

[ burgers are just one of the many, many wonders of the modern world that he's not yet familiar with. being able to pick what he eats at all is still a new concept for him. how the hell do people make these kinds of decisions on a daily basis?? ]

[ he's not very good decision maker, let's make that known to everybody ]

Alright. [ tadashi seems pleased that one of levi's firsts is with him - NOT IN THE LEWD WAY, jesus christ. but he's pretty excited to see what levi's reaction to burgers might be. ]

Follow me, then.

[ it's okay. this one isn't the best at it, either, but at least it hasn't gotten him killed (yet). fuck dying, though, let's go get burgers. whatever those are.

which is to say he will follow Tadashi pretty much wherever. congratulations on your new crabby little shadow. ]

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