progresscity | 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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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]

[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.]

[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?

Beakie! I saw your flyer earlier and-- Well, I was headed to your apartment and Miss Ellen's Lab, but got lost somewhere along the way.

[Honestly the moment he sighted Beaker's head from afar he hauled ass in his direction. Bunsen's trying and failing not to sound too excited but- It's been a while now and he's planning on bothering his dear lab partner for eternity after being separated. He's brought some blueprints with him and is now settling down across the table from Beaker.]

I redrew some blueprints of our past inventions- cloud connector, an intentionally slow internet router, and some unrelated plans for future innovations for muppet labs. Well, Muppet Mobile Labs, now!

[The doctor points to one of the vehicles parked outside the coffee shop with a thumb. It's....a pretty small vehicle, but snug enough for two muppets scientists.]

So, what are your thoughts my fine friend?

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