hey, what's up?? is this the sky thing or am i lost -
<< Uh, well, this is a sky thing! Welcome to the ABMIS! Who, uh. Who are you? >>
i'm Defunkt, or Funky to my friends! i was scouting out a new party location, it was starting to look like next thursday's rager wouldn't fit on my bus and i wanted to try somewhere new!
<< Ah, then. Hello there Defunkt! I, uh. How did you get up here?? See, you could hold your party here, but. I think I'd be contractually obliged to capture you or some shit? Details are hazy but that's the gist. [Alex scratches her head.] Also, this is technically a private military vehicle. So. Like you're technically trespassing but it's not a huge deal. >>
hey, you're not contractually obligated if you don't tell your boss!
you seem chill, so i'll be nice enough to warn you: attempting to capture me won't end well for you. maybe you'll win! but damn if i can't make that victory pyrrhic, y'know?
....anyways, if this is a private military base, technically, i bet there's a bunch of stuff you're not allowed to do, right? i bet you probably can't have, like, any soda here.
tell you what: you let me host a party here, i make you guests of honor, i smuggle you some comforts and luxuries from the ground world!
do you have real food here, or just rations? 'cause i have plenty of snacks to go around and it wouldn't take long to go get, like, some pasta or wings or whatever!
<< Eh... inbuilt hardware, only just coming off the tail end of an exploitative working situation, probably could be trashed if I didn't uh. Comply. So, uh. Yeah. And, as for the capturing thing, it's. Likely that it'll go off without a hitch. Watch out. For uh. That. >>
<< On a less, er, really anxiety-inducing note, though, we do actually have a lot of amenities here! Like, soda. It's technically GBI-brand but realistically it's chemically identical to anything you can get on like, ground-level shops. And I'm, uh. Also the only one here? And technically don't need to eat? Also I have a partner who may or may not be able to synthesize it from thin air? It's a complicated situation like, I dunno. Would love to be your friend, just. Job duty and all. It'd be a sort of weird cat and mouse situation unless you gave me like. A reason to not want to capture and study you. I mean that in the least "I want to capture and study you" way, by the way, it's just. Contractual duties. >>
ah, i see. well, in terms of a reason other than manners, i have music and good company to offer, or - oh! a way to leave whenever you want without GBI knowing. is that anything?
<< Oh, ha. I actually figured that out a while ago? With help of a friend. Managed to get that in the contract too, so break times are un-observed. >>
