[01] put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out

[trashcubes]

Who: Wall-E and YOU!
When: Sunday of course
Where: Residential District
What: A little robot is doing some important work, but in order to get it done, we need to go knocking on some people's doors here.
Rating/Warning: N/A, will update as necessary?



[It's a nice and quiet Sunday, not a lot going on. However, if you have chosen to spend this day relaxing at home, you might be able to hear some noise--or rather, music, coming from somewhere outside of the door of your residence here:]

Put on your Sunday clothes,
There's lots of world out there!
Get out the brilliantine and dime cigars
We're gonna find adventure in the evening air
Girls in white in a perfumed night
Where the lights are as bright as the stars!

[Soon enough, you'll hear a knock upon your door. Upon opening it, you'll be greeted by Wall-E here, who will offer a small wave and do one of two things:

A. Attempt to roll right on past you and go straight into your house, leaving behind a large garbage bin on wheels out in the hallway. He seems to be a robot on a mission, looking around for something. Hopefully you are someone who keeps their trash somewhere out in a noticeable spot, because that's what Wall-E's here for. Otherwise, you might end up having a nosy robot starting to poke around your things when looking for your garbage can here.

or

B. He'll take a second to turn off the music playing, and then starts digging around in a container that he hoists off his back for a moment. Once he finds what he's looking for, he holds it out for you to look at: it looks like a business card that someone was nice enough to put together for him (probably after too many attempts of Plan A made it quickly apparent that he needed a different approach instead of just going into people's houses without proper explanation), stating that he's a "Door to Door Trash Compactor" and that he's here to take care of your garbage for you today.

He'll give you a moment to look at it before he then speaks.]

Traaash?

[Is it okay if he comes inside for a moment to do some cleaning? Or, barring that, if you could bring it out here and he'll take care of it for you right here outside your door?]

Comments

either one!

[dawnsprincess]

[Of all things, why did she have to get a cold? Yona sniffles miserably and tries to go back to sleep, except someone is knocking on the door. And again.]

HAAAAAAAAAAK! [She waits for her guardian to get the door, but he's either deeply asleep (the lucky jerk) or out running errands (more plausible). Yona blows her nose, throws it into the over-flowing trashcan, and forces herself out of bed to answer the door.

She stares out for a minute before looking down.]

Wally? [What is the robot doing here?]

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Yonaaa! [We remember you! You were the nice woman that told us about "archerrie"!

This should make doing his job a lot easier since this is someone who knows us, which might be why he is now going to attempt to stroll right on in without another word.]

[dawnsprincess]

[Yona steps aside, happy to let the little robot in, albeit still extremely confused.] What are you doing here? Is everything all right?

[Not being an expert in robot body language, Yona can't tell if Wall-e is heading straight in because of confidence ... or if he's hurriedly trying to hide. Between the chaos of the past few weeks and the ick she feels from being sick, she immediately assumes the worst.]

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[It's a shame that Wall-E hadn't run into her during that time spent in the jungle, otherwise he might not have had as hard of a time as he did out there... but really, the less said about the experience, the better.

At her question, he nods in response, taking a second to lower the volume of the music he's been playing. Don't worry, he's alright! He's just here to do his job... but first, he's gotta find where you're keeping your trash, so now the little robot is looking around this living space here, moving over and poking at a few things here and there.

Hopefully, Yona doesn't mind having a robot investigating her stuff here, does she?]

[dawnsprincess]

[Honestly, most of the stuff there is is Hak's. She's not one for collecting knickknacks and trinkets — she has a few sets of clothes that she got because she finally has the freedom and the funds to purchase new clothing, but more often than not she still wears the clothes she arrived in, because they're familiar. She feels self-conscious in the more Cerealia-style clothing. The only other possession she has is the bow & arrow she arrived with, which are sitting in her closet.]

Are you looking for something? [And she sneezes.]

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[He starts to nod, but at the sudden sneeze, Wall-E jolts slightly in surprise.]

Whoa! [What was that just now?]

[dawnsprincess]

[Yona is too muddle-headed to realize the connection between Wall-e's reaction and her sneeze.]

What? What is it? [She looks around, wondering if the robot noticed something she hadn't.]

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[Wall-E stares at her for a moment before edging closer to her, the lenses of his eyes even narrowing slightly as he squints at her. When a sneeze doesn't happen, he tilts his head and lifts a hand to the side of his head, much like how one might when scratching their head. (or in Wall-E's case, imitating a similar action by having his hand tapping the side of his head for a second) Did we... just imagine that?

He then shakes his head, and starts to wheel around towards the hall to peek into different rooms. Let's see where she might be keeping her trash cans at...]

[dawnsprincess]

What are you looking for? Achoo!

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Whoa!

[There it is again! He wheels back around, looking left and right before focusing again on Yona, staring at her. Now he's definitely sure that he's hearing her make that noise, so he starts gesturing towards Yona's face, hoping that she'll understand what's got his attention here.]

[dawnsprincess]

[Sorry, Wall-e. She's not feeling quick on the uptake today.]

What? Is there something on my face? [She scrubs it with her sleeve.]

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[Wall-E shakes his head, and for a moment, he seems stumped on how best to get what he's trying to ask here across.

...That is, until he starts trying to imitate the noise she made before.]

Aaaahhh... Ahhhchooo?

[Does this make things any clearer for you?]

[dawnsprincess]

[Sorry, she's sick and not entirely with it.]

Are you sick? Can robots get sick?

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[Wall-E shakes his head. But he doesn't give up yet on trying to get the question across.]

Ahhchoo? [Pointing a hand at Yona as he imitates the noise again. It's you that he's worried about here!]

[dawnsprincess]

[blink. blink.]

OOOH. You mean my sneezing? It's fine. I'm just a little sick.

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Siiick?

[Wall-E can't help but stare a little, head tilted slightly in concern. Are you sure that's not something that we should be worried about?]

[dawnsprincess]

Yes! It's — [She doesn't actually have any idea how to describe it in terms the little robot would understand. Sick is just sick. She's always known what it meant.]

It's just something that happens to people sometimes. I'll be over it in a few days, don't — ACHOO! [She scrambles to grab a tissue to blow her nose.] Don't worry.

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[The sneezing doesn't exactly help get him to stop being concerned, seeing as he jumps a little at that one.

But, he doesn't really know anything about what you're supposed to do when someone is sick. For now, the only thing that's coming to mind is the fact that he was originally here to come take her trash... maybe if he does that, she'll start to feel a little less sick?

The little robot now begins to gesture his hands around, towards the kitchen, and towards the hall leading to the bedroom--is it okay if we look around here and see if there's anything that needs to be thrown out?]

[dawnsprincess]

[Yona feels bad for startling him, but appreciates his concern. She follows him as he wanders around, not bothered by his exploration of her and Hak's living space, but still puzzled.]

What are you looking for? [He never did answer her question from before, what with the sneezes distracting them both.]