Video Broadcast - OTA (Post Storm)

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[Hey guys, look who it is. The bright and cheerful and constantly snarky kid. Who is smiling wide, though it looks a bit strained. Good news, his arm has healed since getting back. Bad news, Tommy looks nervous and maybe a hint of stressed as the video starts. But hey, he's in the greenhouse, which is obvious from the greenery around him. And his communication device is propped up against something, because his hands are in the shot, working at the soil around a lush Cyanana plant, clearly working fertilizer into the soil with care.]

So, like... Just because we've got the ships and stuff doesn't mean it's not important for us to maintain the greenhouse, right? We were gone for a while and not all the places in here did well while we were gone. And then I was walking around and realized that we're sorta scattered, the people working here. So maybe people with the skill should, like, coordinate? Because fresh food on the ships is good too. We can preserve shit and put it on the ships for variation.

I also wanna do, like, hydroponics on some of the ships. So if we gets spaced again for a while, we can have fresh stuff.

Guess...

[He sighs and his hand cards through his hair. Which means some dirt is now there in the perfect white strands.]

Guess I mean I'm willing to help organize. Map out the greenhouse, help us figure out schedules and when to work on different plants and that shit. Or not. Someone else can take that charge. I don't much care. It just needs done. Might also need an engineer to help with the ship part. And maybe people to okay adding it to other ships and to take care of the plants.

Anyway uh...

[Let him be useful. He failed as a hero in the storm. Disappointment and frustration flash across his face in the video and then it's gone.]

Thoughts?

Comments

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[As good as him? Tommy's on his feet and he looks offended.]

You're the BEST person I fucking know! Don't you dare fucking insult Billy Kaplan. I fucking punch people who insult Billy Kaplan!

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...

[Billy blinks, surprised by that passion and sincerity, and he pushes up abruptly after him to catch Tommy in a hug.]

Then you stop insulting Tommy.

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[Of course he's passionate. Billy is... one of the few people in the world that he loves. But he's definitely shocked at the embrace and he lets himself be hugged. And after a moment he relents and wraps his arms around Billy, holding him.]

Tommy is a piece of trash. But Billy is a good man who apparently, from what David said, you're sorta god. And kind and gentle. And make everything. You definitely win.

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If I don't get to talk bad about Billy then you don't get to talk bad about Tommy. That's the deal.

[Because it hurts Billy to hear Tommy talk that way about himself as much as it offends Tommy to hear Billy do the same.]

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[Tommy knows who he is. What he is. He knows he's definitely a mess. But he sighs and nods. Fine. He'll agree.]

Fine. I'll agree. For now.