video; un: rita.farr — aka SUPERHERO CODENAME ASSIGNMENTS

[farr]

[ of course, rita sets up a visual because the starlet always wants to be seen (except when she doesn't). at the present time, she seems rather enthusiastic like she's fighting a proud grin, one that suggests she's ready to give herself a pat on the back at any moment. ]

Good evening, everyone! For those who don't know me, I am Rita Farr, your Team Morale Coordinator.

[ wait, who assigned her that position? ]

As you all well know, we have been joining mission after mission with the intention of collecting orbs to protect the world and save towns from devastation. In a way, you might say we're ... space-travelling superheroes!

And as any superhero would tell you, it's very important to have codenames for our mission. Obviously, we often obtain our very own undercover civilian names. But in the line of duty, when we're in the heat of the fight, we should just as well have assigned titles to continue preserving our identities.

As the Ximilia's Team Morale Coordinator — [ again, who voted her into that position? ] I took it upon myself to select carefully crafted codenames for each and every one of you.

[ she then holds up a sheet of paper, featuring a list of all of the orbers, each with another name printed beside them. ]

You will find this list posted in the Mess Hall. Please take a moment at your best convenience to study the list and memorize each of the names listed for future use. Though I worked very hard to select them — [ she clears her throat, brushing her hair back. ] I suppose that if you have any issue with the name chosen for you, we can discuss making possible changes. Though I don't see why anyone would want to.


XIMILIA'S SUPERHERO CODENAME CHECKLIST:

Clarke — VINCENT VAN GIRL Finn — BEAR BOY Kovacs — BLACK LUNG Dante — PIZZA HUT Rita — ELASTI-WOMAN Chuuta — BEATS Ziggy — STARDUST Dimitri — BREAD MAN Yuri — SIR SECRET Kazuma — SWASHBUCKLER Ryunosuke — SWORDMASTERSITTER Yujin — STACHE DADDY Alina — SUNSHINE Aleksander — SHADOW Mal — GUNSHOW Yzak — SIA Helen — BELLE Marta — LOTUS Joel — TIMESTOPPER Daisy — SHAKE SENORA Natasha — JANE FONDA Shaun — BANGLE BABE Yelena — NIGHT VISION

Gwen — DRUMSTICKS Itachi — PUZZLER DOGSHIT MCGIVENS Andy — ATHENA Joe — ADONIS Sabriel — MYSTIC MAGIC Joric — MR BEAD Newt — MONSTER MASH Felix — ARMORMAN Dr. McCoy — DR SPACE Cassian — INCOGNITO Jyn — CAUTIONETTE Steve — BOMBER KID Dean — KANSAS Lúthien — SIREN Minimus — ROBOFOX Rodimus — ROBOROD Nie Huaising — FAN MAN Wei Wuxian — MR FLUTE Rand — ROBIN HOOD Yennefer — VIOLET Zhao — CHEF BANDIT Viveca — VIXEN Degar — WONDERWALL

( please note that none of the above is to be taken seriously and is in good fun! though rita very much likes to believe she has team leader qualifications and is entirely in her right to make assignments. but she's very bad at selecting names so if some of it seems nonsensical, it's on brand. she went by what she knows or assumes or whatever she likes. )

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[softshoes]

[He does NOT turn the video off fast enough for the whole ship to see that he's turning bright red. WHOOPS!!!]

Oh.

Th-- those implications.

[deaddrop]

[Oh, that's cute. And a relief that he put it together.]

That sort of implications, yes.

You could probably pull it off though. If you're interested in it.

[softshoes]

[Like, it certainly stands to reason that after over a year, people on the ship would be getting close, but this is...]

It isn't, er, a priority of mine. [Pointedly clearing his throat.]

If I'm going to be honest, it has not been in some time. Work, family... it all catches up to you, really...

[deaddrop]

You have to make a little time for yourself, don't you?

Not that I don't get how that gets put on the back burner... [Natasha's done that more often than she'd like, ideally, but she's very good at telling people to do as she says and not as she does.] But no time like the present.

[softshoes]

[He could very well spoil this by reminding Natasha of their circumstances: at any moment, they could all be sent back to their original worlds. Nothing here is really permanent so long as their mission on the Ximilia is what it is.

But Yujin knows how to read a room, so he saves it for another day.]

Yes. I suppose you're right. I'll at least consider.

[deaddrop]

[Probably for the best. They could die at any moment too, but... that wouldn't be in keeping with the vibe.]

It couldn't hurt to even consider.

It'd be a shame to put a Stache Daddy on the shelf.

[softshoes]

[FLATLY:]

That's it. I'm asking Miss Farr to change mine.

[deaddrop]

I don't know if you can take that back after it's out there. It's been seen.

[softshoes]

Damn. You're right.

Surely, not everyone is reading it that way?

audio;

[homeostatic]

Don't let 'em browbeat you, Yujin. That's how it starts.

[softshoes]

[he is already so tired.]

How what starts, pray tell?

[deaddrop]

No, not everyone. Just the adults, and people who were born after 1980.

[softshoes]

Well. This going over my head makes more sense, then. I was born in the 1850s.

[Mental note: be on the lookout for any other future euphemisms.]

[deaddrop]

Maybe you should teach us some of your slang. Fair's fair.

[softshoes]

[For a second, he's prepared to agree... until he remembers that he's 43 and, perhaps, not quite so hip anymore? 😔]

I'll leave that to Naruhodo and Asogi. Anything I teach you might be a few years out of date...

[deaddrop]

I think you've proved being up to date means different things here, but I won't push you on it.