video; a work in progress

[whatsupcroc]

( Audio picks up the sound of industrial construction, either things familiar in woodshop, car garages, or anywhere of a similar sort. When the feed goes live, Collette is framed to one side, looking forward and away from the camera.  She's clearly resting on her arms, and given the angle of the ground on the screen, she's probably lying on her stomach in order to do this.  She glances over her shoulder, eyes going to something behind the tablet being used for recording, then smiles as her eyes drop down to the tablet itself.  For all intents and purposes, the camera is positioned to make the viewing audience seem like they're side by side with Collette, wherever it is she is, keeping a low profile in this industrialized looking area.  Concrete floor that she's resting on, packing boxes ahead of her, bundles of cables and chains glimpsed somewhere past her head. )

Guys!  ( She keeps her voice low, not a whisper (they carry further, and can't be heard about the ambient noise), but low to avoid excessive attention. )  Anyone else catch where they dragged the ship off to with that giant crane after the crash? I wondered about that. But I've got news!

( She makes a waving motion at the camera, and it shifts, jarringly, to leave Collette off screen and show something covered in plastic and wiring and cables, a few Initiative workers using welding guns, others wheeling parts away or calling out shouts of questions over the sounds of construction. )

They say the spaceship's salvageable!

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[whatsupcroc]

( She laughs, dancing around his legs and giving her head a shake. Both ears flop along with the movement of her head. )

< You mean the dog's cute! I forget who knows or who doesn't. Marco said it on network once! >

[aceordisgraced]

Aaah I might've missed it. Or if I heard it I didn't realize what it meant. But wow.

[Don't mind him, he's just ruffling your fur now.]

[whatsupcroc]

( She leans in to the ruffles. Feels nice, man! )

< Pretty neat, huh? Can't do this longer than two hours at a time, though. >

[aceordisgraced]

[He's never had pets, but a dog that doesn't bite him is a dog he likes. He grins.]

Even for two hours, this is pretty cool. Can you turn into other things too?

[whatsupcroc]

< Anything I've touched! Well, touched and acquired. It's not like magic, you know, I can't think of something and then presto! That is what I am! Oh how cool would that be, though? >

[aceordisgraced]

Sooo, in other words. It's not like if I asked you to become a velociraptor right now, you can. But while I'm not sure what you mean by acquired, if it's a common animal or something that you could've had contact with pretty easily, it's mostly fair game?

[whatsupcroc]

< Basically, yep! Or if I don't have it, I can see about running into one and adding them to my, um... what's a good word for that? Arsenal? >

( She tilts her head to the side as she asks. )

[aceordisgraced]

Arsenal makes it sound cool, why not?

So, what is the likelihood that I've seen you around when you're doing one of these things anyway? From now on I've gotta start wondering if the birds I see are you or not.

[whatsupcroc]

< Oh, it's pretty likely! I'm not much of a stalker, though, so you don't have to worry about pigeons on your windowsill or anything. >

( She laughs again, tail wagging once more in her amusement. She would, actually: she'd stalk him if she had a reason to, but casually, she doesn't keep quiet when looking after her friends. )

[aceordisgraced]

Good to know! We don't get enough sun in the first place, so it would suck if I had to close my curtains you know?

[whatsupcroc]

< Now you make me wonder what you're doing at home, Big Bird! But yeah, don't worry. You're not on my stalk list. >

( She dances forward toward the ship. )

< Did you ever want to be an astronaut? >

[aceordisgraced]

Nope. Scared of heights since I was a kid. I know a guy who said he wanted to be a wizard, though.

[whatsupcroc]

Haha, a wizard? Why?

[aceordisgraced]

He was a kid full of dreams. Still a great guy. One of the best cops I've ever met.

[whatsupcroc]

What's his name?

[aceordisgraced]

His name was Gumshoe! Some people called him Gummy. He was Edgeworth's best pal.

[whatsupcroc]

Woah! Was that his first name?

( Hearing that Miles had a proper best pal just makes her look happy. )

Way to go, Big Red!

[aceordisgraced]

Oh, no no! That's his last name, but he didn't like it when people called him by his first so we're going to keep that a secret.

[whatsupcroc]

I bet it can't be that bad. Anyway, this means he gets to be a Gummy Bear!

[aceordisgraced]

I'll tell you sometime. But you bet! I think you could say he was kind of a big teddy bear.

[whatsupcroc]

Did you ever hug him, Big Bird?

[aceordisgraced]

Me? No. But I think that's what he would've been like.