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Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
This thread is for silly plots that can't really be placed specifically in another Nexus thread. Or, let's be honest, you needed more plots and you already had one in Random Plots.
Rules (Shamelessly Stolen from Magtok who stole them from Serious Plots):
1:Use [Location] Tags
2: If need be, use a [Plot] Tag as well.
3: Each [Location/Plot] is under the owner's control.
4: Play nice.
5: Keep the Drama Low. Yes, this is a serious Silly Plot thread, so please, as rule 4 says, play nice. Just because the Plot is supposed to be serious silly, it doesn't mean you should be careless or rude or whatever.
If you think your plot is too serious, try Srs Plots, or the Random Places and Plots thread, if it's too crowded.
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
It's a quiet little place, as quiet as the Lotus Gardens can get. Even with the place's residents though, it's still mildly classy with forks and knives.
The expected lady shouldn't have trouble finding her date, as even with the very basic instructions, "large and blue" is fairly hard to forget.
Sam's even harder to miss, at nearing seven feet tall and very wide. Judging from his arms there's lots of muscle in that, but judging from his belly it isn't all muscle. His porcine head and face holds a very nervous expression, fidgeting with his thick three-fingered hands. Two of them, though the good eye might notice his second pair of arms folded under the table. And as mentioned, his skin and coat of bristly hair are a blue-grey, except for a dark red stripe on his head where a mane might be.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
It's a few minutes after the appointed time for the date when someone else walks in. she's a young woman, 19 or 20 years old, and is wearing a stylishly designed red robe. Cinched at the waist by what appears to be a corset, with a section of the chest cut out to show a little of her nice, perky cleavage. A hood hangs back, not put up at the moment, and her walking shows her legs coming out from the front of the robe; seems she chose to wear a thigh length skirt and a pair of knee-high leather boots. She has short red hair done up in a pixie cut, and an emerald green right eye.
This all also shows off a few of the cybernetics in her body. The first and most obvious ones are that parts of her face and neck are replaced; her entire jaw and nose seem to be replaced by some kind of large rebreather contraption, and her left eye is replaced by a trio of green cameras, with a large attached metal band that wraps around the side of her head all the way to the back, her red hair spilling over it. Her right arm has slightly more bulk than the left, and what can be seen of it shows why; her entire right arm is replaced by a metal limb, though it's well designed with every finger present and apparently full range of dexterity. From a pair of holes in the back of her robe, a pair of large mechadendrites protrude; the first is a large clamp with a pneumatic arm, likely meant for crushing or holding things, while the other ends in a large number of tools on a swivel - screwdrivers, a motorized saw, an engraving tool, even a plasma cutter.
And she sits right down right across from Sam, "I'm so sorry I'm late! I got caught up in what I was doing and almost missed when i was supposed to leave." Hmm. When she gets close it's clear she's applied makeup to the small amount of skin on her face she actually can - some mascara applied to one eye, and... hmm, not much else. Maybe a little blush, but it's hard to tell.
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam offers her an awkward smile. His teeth are completely white, devoid of discoloration completely. He extends his big hand as gently as he can.
"It's fine, fine. Evenin'. I'm Sam, they didn't tell me your name beforehand." he tells her. He's a little off-put by her eye, but that's just because he's imagining the process involved in installing it. Cyberware really isn't all that uncommon in Skyside, and an arm isn't anything too bad. He'd be sad for her if her rebreather ruined her voice, but whatever module creates it seems to have fine quality.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
The techpriestess reaches out her cybernetic hand to shake his, "My name is Sherrel. It's nice to meet you, Sam." her voice actually has fairly clear cadence to it; there's a slight metallic ring, but no real distortion or static to it.
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Robert's Bar and Grille
Handshake! Depending on how sensitive her nose is, Sherrel might be able to pick up the smell of the strawberry shampoo he nearly doused himself with to make sure his coat was thoroughly cleaned.
"So, guess you're stuck with me for the night, huh? I can flag a waiter down for you. Do you have any needs for food? I've seen cyberware back home that restricted diet and some that were crazy upper-class enough not to." he asks, trying to start a conversation about something innocuous.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"I appreciate it. Mostly, It has to be something I can drink; any food that can be ground into small enough chunks or liquid to take in through a straw is fine," she says, "I know, not exactly attractive, but... well, it's how I am, at least right now. At least I can still taste." The grimace is clear on her face, even without a mouth, "I've been eating nutrient paste for far too long. What about you? Do you have any sort of special diet needs?"
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"Well, maybe one day you can afford to get a new set of steel that does what yours does and also lets you chew. Nah, my body was custom-made. I can digest almost anything as long as it's, you know, really food." Sam admits, not trying to brag or anything. His body has its positives.
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[Robet's Bar and Grille]
"So, no offense meant, but you chose to look like that? Not complaining, but it's a bit unusual. Most people would only stick with four limbs, and blue is an odd color for flesh." and yet no comment on the warthog features.
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam looks a bit awkward and gives her a very nervous chuckle.
"Eheh, uh, no. I asked them to give me a body that had the proper number of arms 'cause I'd just lost mine, and that wasn't as skinny because I was kind of starving. They kind of uh, went nuts. I don't particularly care, really. I have enough perks with this body that I can deal with my weird looks." he says, trying to downplay it all.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"Alright, if you say so," She says, looking a bit skeptical. then she stares at him, apparently lost in thought. What could be gained from that body that a sybernetic one couldn't achieve? What about a full cybernetic conversion? Of course, he'd lose a few things that only biological bodies can accomplish, but in exchange he'd get quite a bit. It'd even be able to monitor and manipulate his blood sugar and oxygen levels for peak efficiency in mental capacity. No need for food, so no direct need for a mouth...
Same may have to shake her out of her mental tinkering.
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam smiles for real this time.
"I have my system specs if you want to see them sometime." he jokes.
But really. He does.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"You do? I'd love to see them, when possible. I have so many ideas!" the smile is clear in her voice, even if she doesn't have the mouth to express it.
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"Uh, yeah, sure." he takes out his phone and slides it over to Sherrel. It's as big as a tablet for her.
"Yeah. Send the .pdf to yourself if you really want. Uh, there's plenty of diagrams, just warning you."
There's a perfectly reasonable possibility that she wouldn't necessarily want to see drawings of him naked after all.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
She does, indeed, send herself the pdf file of the body's specs, before sliding the phone back over to Sam, "Thanks, that should actually help a lot. I'm, uh, not being too creepy, am I? I've been told that's a bit of a problem."
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam gives a genuine laugh this time.
"No, not really. You're already giving me more of a chance than anyone else has." he tells her before a waiter shows up to take drink orders. Sam only orders a soda, not feeling like drinking on a date.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
Sherrel orders chocolate milk, of all things, "Well, ah, that's good. I have a hard time gauging myself on things like this. Besides, you're giving me a chance too - not many guys go for women that don't even have a mouth."
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"Well, I mean, it's really not so bad. Had I a choice I might have picked something more chrome and blue, but gray looks fine on you." he says with a goofy grin, giving her a nice few of his stubby little tusks.
"Not that I'm one to talk, my gauntlets are pretty much the same color of gray. Was your steel a medical thing or did you just want the enhancements?"
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"Both, actually," she says, "I had a degenerative lung condition, but I was good with technology. The techpriests in my hive took me in and replacement of my lungs, throat, and mouth was one of the first things that got handled. I may not always like the appearance I have with it, but I'd never go back to what it was like before," she shrugs, "The eye, though, that wasn't medical. I just wanted something that could see into ultraviolet, infrared, and scan energy signatures. you'd be amazed how valuable that is, particularly in my line of work."
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
"Well, that's no problem, then. If you don't like how it looks some day you can just have the, what's the word? Chassis? The outer parts replaced with something more advanced that does the same job and looks like you'd want it to. There's companies in Outside that do that. Where do you stay, anyway?" he asks her.
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[Rober's Bar and Grille]
"I have an apartment in Inside. It's got pretty close proximity to a junkyard, which is where I do most of my, uh, shopping. I'll have to look into those companies." Sherrel looks away for a moment, blushing a bit. Seems talking about her appearance is a little embarrassing for her.
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Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam takes the hint.
"So uh, what do you do? I work here as an apprentice chef. I'm sure I'll get my full status soon enough." he tells her as their drinks arrive.
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[Rober's Bar and Grille]
A thin metal tube extends from the bottom of Sherrel's breathing apparatus down into her drink. Interestingly, she can talk at the same time she can drink, "I sell gadgets and knicknacks that I build, as well as do repairs for heavy machinery. Just last week I got called in to a construction company because one of their men drove a forklift into a wall. He was completely out of it, and the best part was he wasn't drunk, or high, but he'd had so many chocolate covered coffee beans that he crashed mid-drive."
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam doesn't really see much reason to comment on the use of an emergency induction port.
"Oh, man. That's kind of the opposite of high, I guess. I haven't been at it long enough to have any crazy work stories. Most of the ones that came out of Skyside I wouldn't really want to talk about."
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[Rober's Bar and Grille]
"You'll get there eventually, I'm sure. Not that you'll want to be there of course, since it means something's gone horribly, horribly wrong, but it still makes for good stories in the long run." Sherrel seems amused by the turn in the conversation, "what sort of food do you like best? since you're an apprentice chef and all."
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Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam goes back to being his awkward self.
"Oh, well, I don't really have a favorite or anything. I uh, know it's a bit of reinforcing a stereotype, but I like all kinds and varieties. Probably 'cause I didn't get all that much of a menu for most of my life, so I'm discovering a lot of it now." he admits.
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[Rober's Bar and Grille]
Sherrel nods, "I get it. Personally, I prefer crab over most things; it's really hard to get into a proper drink for me to taste, but it's absolutely delicious when made properly."
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"Well, if I don't scare you off by the end of the night I'll see if I can't learn a few recipes for you."
Presently the waiter returns for their order. Presumably the restaurant is one that has been scoped out and can provide a liquid meal for Sherrel.
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[Rober's Bar and Grille]
Sherrel will order what is, essentially, a pasta smoothie. "I'd like that. And so far, you haven't done anything to scare me off at all."
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Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam orders soup. Everyone likes soup, right?
"Well, I'll take that as a compliment so far. So, do you want to do anything after dinner? There's a theater somewhere. My TV is big enough if you wanted to watch a film low-key like, but it's not really the most romantic place." he blushes dark blue when he says that, but given his hair Sherrel would only notice if she was using her thermal eye or looking at the exposed skin in his ears.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"I'd prefer your place then, if you don't mind. I prefer big TVs over theaters - too many people, too crowded, and you can do other things while watching without bothering other people. seems a lot more romantic to me."
You know, she said that with a completely straight face. She may have missed the implications in her own voice.
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
"Well, I...Erm, uh, well my place happens to be situated above a, uh, fine local establishment, so that's just it. Bit of an awkward walk up but that's not much of a problem right?" he asks, adding a nervous chuckle for good measure, and pauses to check his "phone" and send a quick message.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"I'm sure it's no problem; I used to live in a city hive. The fact that there's air without smog here is still something of a novelty, so proximity to other people really isn't an issue. as far as homes go." she raises an eyebrow at the rapid text, but is being good natured about it.
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"Sorry, just had to tell my roommate that I'll need the living room later and not to leave any socks lying around."
They would be Alexia's of course, since Sam barely wears the one pair of socks he owns.
And presently their meals arrive. Sam is slurping soup in no time, though he does make an effort to do so in a quiet, mildly refined manner. That is to say, almost like a normal person.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
Sherrel's tube thing continues to make quick work of the drink she's provided, and once she's finished with it, she'll whipe away at the clinging food with a napkin, "So, what movies did you have in mind back at your place?" she asks.
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Robert's Bar and Grill
It's not a tube, it's an emergency induction port!
"Oh, I have no idea. The TV has a service with some free ones already, so I was just going to find something. I owned my first TV a month ago, so I don't really know much about them anyway."
And with their meals done, they just need to decide if they want dessert.
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
[Robert's Bar and Grille]
'Emergency' suggests it's not for casual use!
Sherrel will in fact order some ice cream, "One of the few desserts I can enjoy without it being reduced to slurry." she says.
"Where did you live before coming to the Nexus?"
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Re: Silly Plots 2: Electric Boogaloo
Robert's Bar and Grille
"You should try the gelato down the road sometime.
Oh, me? Nowhere, I was born here. How long ago did you get here?" he asks her.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"About a year ago. How'd you get by in the Nexus without a TV? It's where I get all my news." She seems curious enough.
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"Shop windows, mostly. I never had much money to afford much past food and clothes. This was all a big break for me." he admits, looking a bit down about that whole stage of his life.
And now ice cream is here! Yay!
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
Once again, the induction port comes down, once the ice cream has melted enough to be sucked up, "That doesn't sound good. At least you're on your feet now, right?"
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Robert's Bar and Grille
"I mean, yes. It took several favors and moving to a new city, but I'm finally in a place that's mine. Not everything worked out perfectly, but I'm managing." he says before devouring his plate of ice cream. It's an extra-large plate, as all his meals are. He's twice as large as most large humans, after all.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"Nothing's perfect. Just gotta do your best and keep making it work." she says, a smile in her voice. When she's done, she cleans off her induction port with a napkin, and then sets aside the dessert, "So, split 50/50?"
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Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam ponders this for a moment, and then decides not to bother with chivalry.
"Yeah, sure, that works." he says with a four-armed shrug.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
Sherrel nods and reaches inside her robe, giving Sam a quick view of her skirt and legs before the robe closes in the front again, her wallet in hand. she'll pay for half the meal and leave the other half to him, "Alright, let's head back to your place now."
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Robert's Bar and Grille
Sam nods and will stand up from the table after paying, giving Sherrel a view of his predictably pig-like feet and his not-so-predictably pair of tails.
"Alright then, it's not a very far walk."
And thus begins an extremely awkward tip involving Sam trying to hustle the poor girl through a classy brothel so he can get her to his door before she has to see anything particularly bad. Maybe she'll even let him but an arm around her.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille ==> Sam's Apartment]
As a matter of fact, Sherrel will let sam move his arm around her as he pleases. She doesn't really see what the big deal is; sure, it's a really high class brothel, but all the same it doesn't really matter to her. She's seen much worse.
Still, being that close to him? She says, "... wow, you smell nice."
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Sam's Apartment
Sam blinks as he's fishing his key from a pocket with one of his lower arms.
"Wait, really? I just found a shampoo that worked for someone with this much hair. I didn't think anyone really liked the fruity stuff but that's what they had."
I don't think that's what she's referring to.
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[Robert's Bar and Grille]
"No, no, beneath that. You smell like ozone. It's such a beautiful smell." She takes a nice deep breath, "Yeah, that smells good."
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Sam (And Alexia)'s Apartment
Sam blinks. No one's ever even commented on that before. Then again, she willingly slapped metal all over herself, so he knew he wasn't really dealing with normal here.
"Right, that was one of the things they added without me asking. It's hard to track someone in a city in the clouds when he smells like a thundercloud. No one's ever really brought it up." he says with a shrug, opening the door.
The apartment is modest but as classy as the rest of the building, with a balcony and furniture sized for someone of Sam's proportions. Sam deposits the contents of his pockets onto the dresser, including his phone, wallet, keys, and a small pocket knife, which immediately morphs into a short broadsword upon being set down.
"Thanks, Steve. No action tonight." he says to the blade, and Sherrel might be surprised when it responds.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever Chubby. Just waiting for you to ever get around to getting back into the fun stuff. Enjoy your night."
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[Sam (And Alexia)'s Apartment]
Sherrel looks at it for a moment, then shrugs. She's seen weirder in the year she's been here. She'll drop her wallet on the dresser and then pull off her robe, being careful to take it off around her mechadendrites, bufer using her clamp mechadendrite to deposit it onto the coat rack. Underneath is probably not what sam was expecting - a halter top that shows off her chest, the back exposed for her mechadendrites, a skirt, knee high leather boots. He can see parts of what looks like a metal corset under the halter top; likely an underlying cybernetic structure to support her back, her mechadendrites, and whatever else she has storyed insider her body. In addition, he'll also get to see how her mechanical right arm connects to her shoulder - that is, it appears to connect directly to her ribcage and shoulder bones.
Once the robe is off, she'll flop down onto the couch, using her mechadrendrites to get comfortable. Given she's rather small for a human, she's absolutely tiny compared to the furniture here. that doesn't seem to be stopping her from making herself at home, though.
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Sam (and Alexia)'s Apartment
Sam undoes his top button but otherwise has the sense to keep his shirt on.
Though then he has second thoughts about it. She hasn't seemed to care about much else...
"Uh, do you mind if I get changed for a minute? Dress clothes aren't super comfortable, even when tailored. Help yourself if you need any water or something from the fridge. I don't keep it well stocked with too much stuff 'cause I'd guzzle it if I had it lying around."
Self control comes in all forms.
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[Sam (And Alexia)'s Apartment]
"Go ahead and get changed, then," she says, that same smile in her voice as she stands up to head to the kitchen. "Any ideas what movie we'll watch?"
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Sam and Alexia's Apartment
"Don't know, browse if you want. I've barely gotten my genres sorted out."
Heck, he only learned the word Genre a month ago.
He'll return shortly in a pair of plaid silk pants that he probably shouldn't have bought but screw it, they were on sale and he has money for nice things now. Nice things like fancy pajama pants. Or pajama pants in the first place. Oh, and a vest, because just because he's being ultra-casual doesn't mean he's going as far as shirtless.
Normally he'd never be this daring but she already told him she wanted to look at anatomical diagrams of his body and sniffed him. Lines have already been crossed.
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[Sam (And Alexia)'s Apartment]
As she's drinking her glass of water, Sharrel looks through the movies quickly, and chooses one called Five hundred Days of Summer. Guess she's in the mood for Romcom. She goes to pop it in as Sam sits back down, and the she goes to sit beside him, using his bulk to prop herself up.
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Sam and Alexia's Apartment
"Summer's weird to me. Was it hot where you were from? It was always kind of chilly in Skyside, being high up and me being skinny. It's always sunny and warm here, so while it isn't really uncomfortable I'm not used to it being hot outside. It's still kind of weird to me." he ponders, happy to use his left side arms to make her comfortable if she wants to use him as a prop.
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[Sam (And Alexia)'s Apartment]
"I came from a planet with homogenous seasons, and I was far enough down in the hive that didn't feel it when the weather did shift. So this is sort of what I'm used to, outside of the rare snowy days."
Sherrel does indeed let herself get comfy, enjoying his smell and presence.
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Sam and Alexia's Apartment
Sam decides not to ask about the whole hive world thing because it sounds rather unpleasant to be honest.
"So, you know anything about this movie?" he asks her.
The only thing she might take note of is the lack of a navel he has, or maybe that would be an obvious thing to her since she knows his body was made. Who knows?
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[Sam (And Alexia)'s Apartment]
"Not really. It just looked interesting and there was a man and a woman on the front. Figured it might be good for a date, right?" she shrugs.
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Sam and Alexia's Apartment
Sam nods.
"Sounds fine, yeah. If you ever want a laugh another day we can look through some of the weird public domain listings. I found one website that compiles movies from alternate universes that look just like really famous flicks, but all the actors are dragons or other weird stuff. It's really funny."