Bender 17 - Tree House Blues (Action)

[heartstar_blues]

[The Captain is...

BUILDING A TREE HOUSE!Well, he's trying. He has boards. He has a shovel for some apparent reason. He is trying to hit screws through boards with a hammer. He started painting some of the boards before putting them up. It's probably dangerous to stand on any of the boards stuck between branches

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[heartstar_blues]

[Notices her and tries to seem proud.]

I'll be done before tomorrow night.

[heartstar_blues]

The kids... I've kinda had a bad run in with most of them so I figured I'd do something nice.

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . Hiya, Mr. Captain. It's been a while.

[Lucas has seen the Captain's work as he walks by. He stands, however, a good distance away from the thing that looks like it might kill someone at any time.]

Um. Are you making a . . . weapon?

[heartstar_blues]

Hey kid, nice to see you doing okay...

[Last time he saw Lucas he was dieing...

The Captain would then look at his creation and look a little disappointed.]

It's supposed to be a tree house... for kids.

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . O-Oh! It's a. A very nice -- Well. I mean. It could be a very nice . . . Um. It has the shape of a very nice tree house.

. . . M-Maybe you should. Take out some of the nails.

[heartstar_blues]

[He looked at it... and frowned.]

Maybe...

[Taking the hammer he'd fly up a bit and look for the most obvious nails, tearing them out.

And collapsing half of what he managed to put up there! Anyone underneath this would be in serious trouble. A stiff breeze would have brought the same result though...]

[followyouthere]

[Margot is taking a run in the park -- her own piece to her daily training -- and just has to stop and STARE.]

What the fuck are you doing?

[heartstar_blues]

I'm building a tree house. It needs some work but I think I can finish by tomorrow night.

[followyouthere]

That doesn't look like a treehouse; it looks like a death trap.

[heartstar_blues]

...

Well it's not done yet.

lol! Tossing Key and Hughes your way, just cuz

[metal_idol_key]

[A wooden board falls from the tree and you hear a nice thunk from below. It's Key, your favorite not-robot stalker! She's looks up at where it fell from, blank-faced as usual, and then looks at the board on the ground. Hey, she's got a nice glass of lemonade for you, Captain!

Don't worry about her--just a bump on the head. Not like she'd notice, being semi-autistic and sort of dense.]

Key sees that you were working, so she brought you something to drink.

Because The Captain needs someone to lecture and someone to ruin.

[heartstar_blues]

[He blinked at her.... walking over to take the drink. Looking at her funny, making sure she wasn't bleeding.]

... Thanks kid...

You okay? That sounded like it hurt.

[Could robots bleed. The Captain didn't really know she wasn't really a robot, he was gullible and stupid.]

[metal_idol_key]

[Key shakes her head. You're lucky she's so emotionless and not a normal kid, or she'd be uber-complaining.]

Key is fine.

[She looked up at the tree house.]

What are you making? A house for yourself?

[Why on earth would he be making his house in a tree? You're so funny, Mr. Captain.]

[heartstar_blues]

[He was about to shake his head but... That was such a great idea! Of course this thing wasn't coming along well so he doubted he'd do better at making his own house.]

Do, it's just a tree house for kids to play in... It's not finished yet.

[best_papa_everr]

[Staaaaaare from the sidewalk. Jesus is that even safe?]

Are you sure that should be jutting out like that?

[He waves to a board nailed horribly onto the side.]

[heartstar_blues]

[He looks to the man, then back at the board... thinking... thinking... wait for it... wait for it...]

You think I should pull that one out and try again?

[best_papa_ever]

[Hughes grins and rolls up his sleeves.]

Hang on, I'm coming up! I'll give ya' a hand!

[Sure, it was beyond dangerous, but he was a trooper.]

[heartstar_blues]

[The Captain could fly so if he needed it, The Captain would help haul him up. Handing the man a hammer. He had already dinged it up pretty bad.]

Thanks, I was hoping to get it done for the kids by tomorrow night but now I don't know.