[open] i make a penny, the train makes a dime

[blitzcheer]

Who: Tidus & You! (Open!)
Where: Kitchen car, around, where pets can be petted (or bite him)
When: Grasshopper 16 onwards (can include a few days before)
What: Tidus has a 'bet' that's less of a bet now and more 'see what doing chores consistently does for your points', but also just generally around the train too!
Warnings: should be nothing!

1. aid // for purple team CR:

Tidus has an objective, first coming from a bet of 'who can get the most points!' to 'okay, but do you get anything out of doing chores than the sense of self-satisfaction of helping out the community (pffft, boriiing)'? That's what Tidus wants to do, and suuure, he really has no reason to think that chores gives you anything when he hasn't...been the best at them, but.

That's not stopping his little inner nag from wanting him to find out, and what better way to run experiments with a friendly face? Perhaps an unsuspecting one, when he comes to a Purple-clothed team and starts, with a bright and familiar face on him.

"Heyyy. You free?"

2. cleaning:

( a. kitchen ) Or maybe he's already recruited your character, they were already there to do chores, or they just happen to be in the kitchen at the time, which great! Tidus is easy with conversation, piping up with a "Hey!" to anyone that comes into the kitchen, and for those he's already with, ask, "You meet anyone interesting on the platform?", "You order anything in?", "So, what'd you think about that last mission?"

Despite this, he is trying to do as much he can think of to do: Put the plates and cutlery through the dishwashers, set them aside to be put away again; mopping the floor (and even saying to those he's partnered with beforehand, 'I'll do the floor', like it's his personal mission). And he's fine with clearing up some of the trays and bowls by hand in the sink, but he's...rather awkward about it. Minding how deep his left hand goes in, his SCA still strapped around his wrist, and doing what he can to make sure it doesn't hit the water. And maybe even looking around and seeing if there's anything he can put around it. Can he tuck kitchen roll around it...? ...he does try...

( b. bathrooms ) lol no he won't and YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM.

3. around

Otherwise, Tidus can be found around normally on the train. He's often trying out the sports in the gynasium, from badminton, tennis, to volleyball, and if your character happens to like to join there too, he won't be afraid to ask, "Hey, mind if I join in?"; he's on the lookout to see who's into sports, or who might be checking out the room with interest.

He also takes part in the training gym, whether in one of the group sessions or taking time in it setting up obstacles with the balancing beams, ropes, and so forth. The floor is lava and you need to run across the beams, jumping onto the climbing set and swing across the next lot! He's a monkey with too much energy. Or maybe your character is already up to something in there?

Tidus does know how to do chill however. Find him in the cinema car watching what's already playing or some dumb comedy, or even in the music car to see what tunes are available for his SCA. There's a also a chance of finding him on the upper quiet car floor, the doors closed and...he's sitting cross-legged on the floor between the couches, his eyes closed and head slightly hanging. What. Knock on the door, or leave him be?

Also, maybe he'll be checking out a random pet wandering around. Heyy there little guuuyy how friendly are you? Insert your pal [here].

( ooc: Tidus will easily approach others so if you want to set up a thread where he'd need to be the one to say hi, go for it! above is some areas where he'd be to do such or even for your character to do it first. o7 )

Comments

[blitzcheer]

"So you gotta find ways to keep from getting bored, even if it is joining a guy washing other people's mess." He looks at Webmind with a fun smirk there.

"Hey, we've all gotta find ways to keep busy here. Some people find their niche, us others are still figuring it out." Though that does make him want to ask, pulling out the steel tray out finally to dry off to the side, reaching in for another: "What's a guy like you like to do day to day?"

[iamnotgod]

"I am still working on creating an effective text-chat program for all passengers. It is annoyingly slow-going," he adds, with a pointed frowny emoticon for good measure!

"But I can appreciate a challenge. One could describe the inner workings of this Network as akin to a children's picture book, which was not something I ever expected to find on any internal network."

Webmind is halfway through a stack of cups, himself; someone appears to have made hot chocolate earlier.

[blitzcheer]

"How're you doing that?" Tidus asks, doing the switcheroo with his hands before holding the tray as he wants. The cooking trays always take a good scrub to get the burnt marks off. "You're messing with the ICPs?"

Was it possible? With difficulty if that's what Webmind was talking about, but Tidus didn't realise anything like that would've been possible in the first place.

[iamnotgod]

"I am a digital being, Tidus," Webmind gently reminds him.

"I can interact with the Network more directly than most beings on the train. But I cannot alter the foundations, only learn how to create new programs. Building in new features on top of that is taking time - hence why we have not discovered how to let everyone on the train send texts."

clink, clink, clink go the bowls; nothing breaks, not a speck of mess is missed.

[blitzcheer]

"Uhh...oh." There's a pause. "I don't really know what you can do with machine and...digital stuff, to be real with you."

So. Yeah. He doesn't even know certain individuals can send texts in the first place other than the train itself.

[iamnotgod]

"It is not what everyone is best at, I know. That is not a problem to me, I assure you."

Just in case Tidus thought he was offending Webmind or something; he's rather difficult to truly annoy!

"But I have learned quite an amount of coding in my life, enough to build a language with which I can make new programs, even if ironing out the 'bugs' is slow-going."

[blitzcheer]

"Well, good luck with that! I guess you can't mess around with these things and get the calls to stay online too, can you?"

There's a note of probably not in the end of that, as Tidus raises his wrist to show the SCA he wears. Now wouldn't that be a treat?

Hmm - think this is heading towards wrap?

[iamnotgod]

The last of the cups are washed and set aside to air-dry by this point in the conversation.

"Unfortunately no; the SCAs appear to run on their own systems. Ones that don't appreciate tampering, I've found; mine beeped at me when I attempted to ascertain its memory limitations."

Other than that, though, their relationship's been fine! Nothing to indicate it's been suffering... He apologized to it, as well. Only seemed polite!

that works! :) ty for helping with CHORES metal friend

[blitzcheer]

"Worth a try," Tidus sighs, as if he'd been the one to do it!--but not really. He'd love that though, just so he could contact someone without the hassle of looking for them or using the ICP...

"Thanks for that though." Tidus nods to the cups, and the trays and now collected to the side, his hand in the water to find anything he's left in there. But nope, all the ladles are out too, and so he pulls the plug. "Hey, you should see if the train'll let you buy a book on hacking it." He grins with his joke. "Or you already tried?"

\o/ Yay teamwork! And wrap~

[iamnotgod]

Webmind shakes his head.

"Unfortunately, that's not an option. I do have a book on the types of ICP networks, however, if I can interest you in that..."