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Beaker ([personal profile] flowersonthewall) wrote in [community profile] progresscity2018-06-15 04:56 pm

Beaker Is Trying To Be Useful

Who: Beaker and whoever else joins him
What: trying to establish some sort of communication network in this place
Where: Ellen's lab, his apartment, or Joffrey's
When: throughout June
Warnings: none currently



[So, it's been a few months now. A lot has happened since everyone showed up in this place- a robot mayor fell to pieces, a evil dumbass became mayor in his place, unleashed an army of gremlins, and immediately got impeached. Also Beaker nearly killed a man in cold blood, but that's not important.

What is important is that it's been several months and they still don't even have, like, phones. Like they're barbarians.

Listen, don't get him wrong- Beaker's been around since before computers were even a thing. But he's still a very computer-oriented person, and by god if he doesn't get a hold of actual communicative technology soon he might go mad. As sad and pathetic as it sounds, he misses the internet. Even if he just got thousands of comments every week asking him invasive personal questions or telling him to die.

Which is why he's now hard at work in his spare time trying to like. Figure that out. He'll be spending even more time than usual at Ellen's Lab, trying out prototypes, testing out new ideas, and occasionally blowing himself up. God, he wishes Bunsen were here. It'd be really nice if Bunsen had like, somehow showed up here within the last few weeks and Beaker just hadn't noticed yet because Bunsen had found the other Beaker first.

During these next few weeks, you might find some posters around the city, with fairly simple messages[he's no graphic designer, that's for sure]. Most of them can be boiled down to: "Want to help establish communication in this town? Contact Beaker at Ellen's Lab!" The posters also list the apartment he lives in at Vista Way, so you can always drop in and visit. Though there's no guarantee he'll actually be there at any normal time.

On the rare occasions Beaker actually takes a break and not passed out from exhaustion in his apartment, he'll usually be found at Joffrey's Coffee Shop, trying to stave off exhaustion with around ten cups of coffee- the tried and true method to keeping him physically incapable of falling asleep [and also being absurdly gay in the process, but that's another story].

Of course, it also makes him even more danger prone, so maybe don't let him near anything flammable or combustable right now. He's already spilled three cups of coffee in the past 10 minutes.]

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joffrey’s

[personal profile] encino 2018-06-15 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
MERCHANDISE! GET YER PIRATED SPONGEBOB MERCHANDISE ‘ERE!

[yells patchy three inches from beaker’s face as he carts a wheelbarrow of flammable spongebob merch through this coffee shop]
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[personal profile] encino 2018-06-15 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Not me! I’m talkin about Spongebob!
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ellen's lab

[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-15 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[if there's one thing Jed is it's A Fan Of The Internet so you can bet as soon as he bothers reading one of the posters (this takes much longer than expected) he's going to get involved. or at least bother whoever is involved even if he doesn't necessarily do anything to help. as one does.

which is why today he's right up on one of the lab tables-- who knows where he even found the time or effort to bother climbing up there-- though all he does is judgmentally watch the proceedings in silence for a good while.]


Hey carrot stick, you're doin' it wrong.

[how much does he know about science, much less whatever Beaker's specifically working on at the moment? abso-fucking-lutely nothing. how much does he enjoy being contrary and not minding his own business? a lot.]
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-15 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[well frankly he wasn't expecting to get this far because Larry would have called him out already but. hey, he's willing to fake it if Beaker's gonna let him run with it.]

What'd I see that was wrong? Hell, what'd I see that was right?

[he wanders close enough to reach over and point at a specific bunch of wires, although he has no idea what they're even connecting to or what purpose they're serving or... well, anything.]

Uh... there.

[and then he takes a couple steps back to look at Beaker expectantly, like 'you know what you've done'.]
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-16 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[maybe it's just because he's incredibly impressed that nothing actually blew up thanks to completely random guessing, but he looks decidedly smug as he leans back.]

Yep. Knew it.

[why does no one ever let him get away with overseeing things like this, he's clearly great at it

Beaker gets a bit of an odd look from him at the question, though. Jed squints at him for a second or two as if trying to determine if he's being serious but... he seems sincere enough, for some reason? which is slightly odd, but maybe he's just forgetful.]


Wha'd'ya mean? We just went over this, Laredo. [like. literally a week ago.] It's Jedediah. Remember? Musta fried your head a few times too many workin' on all'a that technical stuff.
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-16 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[on one hand Jed can more or less relate to having complicated memory issues. on the other hand, he doesn't know how to deal with it without having an existential crisis, so he kind of just shrugs it off rather than offering any useful advice.]

That's just how memory is sometimes, Laredo. Easier not to think about it. That's how I manage.

[you're welcome :)

the question gets a nod in response, albeit an absent-minded one as Jed's currently looking more closely over whatever Beaker was working on (even if he has no idea what any of it is supposed to do).]


Sure did. Any sorta communication's easier than havin' to walk around to talk to anybody. Figured I'd take a look.
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joffrey's

[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-06-16 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. One moment, he was checking his mail for any new court summons, the next, he was in some sort of weird Disney-land looking hub. It was just unfamiliar enough for Pete to get completely lost in the maze of buildings while making his way from the transport center.

So, here comes a huge anthropomorphic cat, barreling into the coffee shop. Given the fact that the fur on his back is all puffed up, it's clear he's not really having the best of days. Pete zeroes in on the orange twink surrounded by coffee cups and immediately goes to grab him by the collar.]


YOU! [He snarls viciously as he speaks.] YOUSE GONNA TELL ME WHERE THE HECK I AM, OR I'M GONNA POUND YOU INTO THE PAVEMENT, SEE?
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-16 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He may not really be able to follow any of the process, but Beaker's enthusiasm about the project is pretty contagious and he finds himself nodding along with all of it anyway. Whatever it involves, it seems like Beaker's figured out how to piece it all together pretty well.]

Hell, looks like you know where you're goin'. Sounds to me like you're coverin' all the bases. [Or at least the ones that matter? Which is pretty much just video, if you ask him, but.]

...How're you gonna pay for all of that? Handin' out devices and all. Whole lotta folks work here. [Well not a LOT a lot but. Still. Enough. Though he guesses not everyone might want one but, really, who wouldn't.] Unless you blackmail the mayor into payin' for it.

[or like. ask him. but Jed is use to mayors who don't actually do anything and leave him to run the exhibit instead so he's never had to actually go through any sort of process when dealing with the government.]
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-16 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Jed shrugs casually in response.]

Seemed like plain ol' common sense to me, puttin' something like this together. How long've you folks gone without it, anyhow?

[like. computers and phones would've been high priority if you asked just about anyone else but maybe the project just took a while to actually get started or something.]

And, y'know, it's just an option. The blackmail thing. Somethin' to keep in mind. [he has met. approximately two actually decent authority figures in his lifetime.] Guess he sounds better than most folks who get put in charge, though.
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-16 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Least that ain't too long. Though I guess it might seem longer if they told you they were workin' to get you back home right quick.

[The makeshift orientation rundown he'd been given once he'd arrived was slightly less optimistic about getting the portals to work right.

He furrows his brows at that, not entirely sure who Beaker's talking about (Rod had certainly explained the previous mayor situation after it had come to a close but quite frankly Jed doesn't pay a lot of mind to Rod) although he knows enough to wager a guess.]


What, you mean the gremlin man? [He sure as hell doesn't care to know all the details but he'd been around for that little bit. The gremlin-fighting bit.] Well, it ain't like that's a very high bar.
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[personal profile] midnightcowboy 2018-06-16 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Tried to take over? I thought he was already mayor. [He shakes his head.] Still, reckon that oughta earn him more than just a slap on the wrist.

[And boy does he have a solution for you!]

So tie him to the train tracks, then. [Jedediah, who has absolutely zero qualms with murder,] You want justice you gotta go out and get it yourself, Laredo.
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-06-16 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Progress City?!

[Pete scowls, loosening his grip a little on Beaker's shirt. The name sounds familiar, but he can't quite place it...wasn't that the model thing from Tomorrowland or something? Ah, cripes. He scratches his chin and glancing down at the MagicBand on his wrist. Since he hasn't been able to get this stupid thing off...this obviously must be all Mickey's fault. A devious plot to keep him confined to this weird fake city.

Well, Pete's not going to sit idly by while that mouse is in charge! He clenches his fist and pounds it into his other hand.]


Ooh, when I get my hands on that mouse... [He pauses, glancing sideways towards Beaker.] You! Tell me who's in charge of this place!
Edited 2018-06-16 22:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] stinkypete 2018-06-17 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pete's brow furrows as he tries to follow Beaker. Forget Donald, this guy's accent is even more difficult to understand. Not to mention the fact that half of the stuff this noodle is saying sounds like absolute nonsense.]

Rod Serling? You've gotta be kiddin' me. I thought he got the boot for those newfangled Marvels or whatever. And ain't you ever heard of Mickey Mouse? "The Most Famous Mouse in the World?"

[He says his last sentence rather sarcastically, crossing his arms.]

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