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Beaker ([personal profile] flowersonthewall) wrote in [community profile] progresscity2018-08-06 12:46 pm

Communication Central

Who: Beaker and you!
What: Mingle log + mini-event giving away the brand new communicators
Where: Ellen's lab!
When: August 6th
Warnings: None



[Throughout the first few days of August, Beaker can be found plastering posters all around Progress City. If you happen to see him, he'll look absolutely exhausted, but it's fine- it won't be long before he can finally rest without this project looming over his head. Like the ones from June, the posters aren't particularly well designed or glamorous, but they get the job done. They all have the same message: on the 6th of August, there'll be a booth outside Ellen's lab giving away the newly finished communicators that Beaker has been working on for the past month and a half! And they're completely free of charge!

Sounds like a good deal.

Early Monday morning, while it's still fairly dark outside, Beaker gets to work. Ellen, bless her, helps set up the booth itself and carry the boxes of communicators outside. She even sets out an extra table for drinks and snacks- which, to be honest, is probably more for Beaker's sake than anything else. Not only has he been neglecting sleep, but he's been too busy finalizing the devices to remember to eat or drink. The last thing she needs is for her puppet assistant to keel over from dehydration.

Once the booths are set up, anyone can come by and pick up their communicator! There's even two miniature devices set aside- one for Basil, and one for Jedidiah. They're still a bit too over-sized, but hey- it's the thought that counts, right? And Beaker has plans to design smaller ones in the future, once he gets the hang of making stuff on such a tiny scale.

Beaker's also available for any questions people might have; though bear in mind, as the day goes on, he'll be getting more and more tired. By late Monday afternoon, he has his head on the table, and Ellen might have to take over for a bit.

Eventually, once it gets dark outside, and the remaining stragglers around the booth head home, Beaker'll start packing things up and bringing it all back inside. The remaining communicators will be available in Ellen's lab, for anyone who couldn't make the Monday giveaway. But unfortunately, if you're late, you probably won't be seeing Beaker for a while. As soon as he gets home to Vista Way, Beaker collapses onto his bed, and probably isn't waking up again until Wednesday afternoon.

It's finally time for this Muppet to rest.]
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-06 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pete's not exactly thrilled at the prospect of new technology, especially since he doesn't know how to use it. He picks a communicator up and squints at it, which looks absolutely minuscule in his paws.]

So, these are basically cell-phones? Can I get to my e-mail or something?

[He tries pressing a few buttons, exploring the various features it has to offer. Sometime later, you might see some posts on the online bulletin board, written by a user named "NOTPETE"]

rod stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we need more toons

peg-leg pete is 100% trustworthy and reliable and you should go to him for advice
Edited 2018-08-06 20:42 (UTC)
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-06 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm....

[Pete stares at the communicator in his hand, scratching his chin. He tries peering over the stack of posters currently blocking Beaker's station.]

You sound familiar. Do I know you?
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-06 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm.

[Pete's too enraptured by the tiny communicator to pursue this line of thinking any future. He manages to open up the bulletin board and immediately lights up.]

Ooh! Now this is interestin'! How d'you work this post thing?
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Despite being well aware of Beaker's project in advance, Jed still manages to be slightly caught off-guard when he actually turns up to take a look at the finished product. It's one of the only times in his memory that anyone's even attempted making something slightly more accessible, and he spends a couple seconds just kind of staring at it before giving it a go, sitting to the side on the booth and testing out the features.]

Doesn't even have Youtube on it.

[But he guesses that's not as important as the whole communication thing. It takes him a while to work it-- he's not great with technology to begin with, and it's even more of an adjustment to figure out how to use a keyboard when it's close to properly scaled. All he actually manages to post on the bulletin board after the first few minutes is:]

h

[But at least there was an attempt.]
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
look at this clown. can't even use a keyboard right
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm! I see.

[Pete starts typing out a message before he pauses.]

Are you allowed to change the name you post under? Like...what's it called. A knob. A...uh...handle! Yeah, that's it. I knew it had somethin' to do with doors.
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes him like. Half an hour to respond.]

now listen i usually have people around to handle this, i aint got time to type shit

[And then an addendum slightly later:]

also, not a clown but i guess theres nothing wrong with being a clown
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmmm.] Somebody in this universe is gonna have to find a whole lotta cats to make up for the content we'll be missin' out on.

[He has priorities!!! But he does at least intend to give thanks where thanks is due, even if it takes him a while to get around to it.]

It's good work, carrot stick. Appreciate it. [He won't even mention that the scale's not quite right, though he does supply:] You need a pair of smaller hands to help out in the future, gimme a holler. I can follow a direction or two.
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Jed quite frankly doesn't know what to say to that for a moment, though after a while he just shrugs it off as dismissively as he can manage. It's not like Beaker's being patronizing, not really, but he feels the need to argue in favor of doing his own work regardless. Even if he doesn't know a single thing about making tech like this.]

Build my own stuff all the time, I wouldn't mind. [He gives the communicator another look over.] Sides, it's pretty damn close. Good enough as is.

[More than he was expecting but his expectations tend to be. Extremely low when it comes to things like this. Rather than voice that, he gives Beaker a critical glance.]

Don't you ever do anything but work?
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[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-08-07 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Here comes a reply from one certain "~sHoOtInG~sTaR~"]

can confirm rod smells like mothballs and pinesol
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[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-08-07 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Star is there, like, immediately, because shiny things.]

...It's the internet.

[And she wastes no time spamming the board:]

OMG its the internet i missed u sooooo much (。♥‿♥。) never leave me again!!
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
SEE. THE PEOPLE AGREE WITH ME
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
there's a lot wrong with clowns actually. theyre supposed to make you laugh but none of them do

YOU make me laugh tho. see:

HAH. HAH. HAH. HAH. HAH.
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pete's eyes light up as a grin spreads across his face.]

Uh-huh. That's very helpful. In the future, try to add more helpful things like that, alright?

[He starts to wander off somewhere, now typing fervently on his communicator. You may have just unleashed a monster, Beaker.]
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
laugh at me to my face instead of online and see what happens

you’re toast, buddy
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
name the time and place buster. youre going down
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
park at noon. gonna have us a stand-off
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-08-07 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
enjoy your legs while they're still not broken
Edited 2018-08-07 20:47 (UTC)
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-08-07 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
you just worry about yourself, compadre

[True to his word, for better or worse Jed turns up at the park around noon, situated on a low-hanging branch of a tree. As one does. It took him A While to lasso his way up there but. It’s fine.]

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