Video;

[chore_boy]

[Coming on video, Coby wore thick-lined clothes with a hood along with thinner gloves, which looked more like they were inlaid with rubber. His skin, where visible on his arms, had been a bright blue.]

It's swiftly becoming clear to me... [Coby sat, reviewing notes from a pad he had scribbled things in over the course of his studying. Artisan-work wasn't something he put as much time into as he thought he would when he first arrived in Exsilium, but fortunately his ridiculous amount of diligence had paid off.

Somewhat.]

Maybe more of us should get into service-based trades. There are many technicians around, but that involves ... electronics. I think. Would that make them electricians...?

Ah, nevermind. [Flipping through a few marked pages, Coby stopped and started reading again. There were small, scripted spots with basic blueprints and concrete analogies of existing techniques for setting pipes into walls.]

To be as curt as possible, I believe we should institute areas of work in which a number of us may learn a trade. As it stands, our relationship with the people here is flimsy at best. There should be at least a few among us who can manufacture workable plumbing, for example...

[Grumbling, Coby hunched over his notepad and breathed warmth into his gloved hands.] Since no one in the residential area felt like helping me with plumbing, after all.

Comments

[biwinning]

I'll taunt whoever the hell I want. You're no exception.

[chore_boy]

... I see. Direct it elsewhere, then.

[Disconnect.]

[biwinning]

[Even after Coby disconnects, Sollux still replies. Because he has to have the last word, obviously.]

Hey athhole. Don't just hang up. Or maybe you're too coward to actually talk to me.

[chore_boy]

Young man, I don't mind what you think of me.

[Since, well, Coby believed he was already wasting time.

Trying to fish for material-artisans was tough work. This time, he blocked Sollux.]

[biwinning]

[Aaaand, unblocked, because Sollux is a brat like that.]

Don't just block me either! Is this how you deal with problems? Run away from them? Maybe I was going to help you if you just talked to me, you know.

[chore_boy]

[And so, Coby was confused. He could have sworn he blocked Sollux. In fact, it said that right over his status in the window. Figuring it was some sort of mistake, he decided to just turn down the volume as Sollux responded again and move Sollux's window out of frame.]

...I wonder what I said to provoke him. Ehh, maybe someone else'll have a suggestion.

[biwinning]

Whatever fucker, have fun diving in shit since you already stink like it.

[He can tell he's being ignored and blocks Coby in return.]