Video Upload + Video + Possible Action. un: p.parker (guest starring Pam)

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PAM — TEST VIDEO ONE

There is a sooort of human-y shaped... robot... in the screen? No, well, it has an apron on. That's literally the only remotely human-y thing about it, with it's multiple arms and little cute wheels and the pans and interesting funnels and — oh, that's a spatula in one hand! Cool. Peter has adjusted the camera feed to record it, clapping his hands together and backing away in the screen. He's got a dope shirt on and his signature hoodie and cuffed pants, and he's ready to LIGHT SHIT UP.

"Okay, here it goes — Hey Pam?"

"Yes, Petey Parker?"

"Wait, wait, I said Peter, Peter is the — did I screw up the voice recogn—"

The video stops for a second.

"Hey Pam?"

"Yes, Sweety Parker?"

"Oh my god no no no, Peter, it's—"

The video stops for a second.

"Hey Pam, can you make some pancakes?"

"Of course, Sweety Parker," she says, and then whirs to life. Peter has apparently given up on trying to make her get the name right, but that's — you know, that can be fixed later. Batter from the fixture on her back moves through a tube and into a funnel and — proceeds to overfill the pan underneath it, getting batter all over the kitchen stove.

"Oh crap!"

PAM — TEST VIDEO TWO

"Hey Pam, can you make some pancakes?"

She gets through the batter funneling thing okay, but then when it's time to FLIP the pancake, it ends up flying up and sticking to the ceiling. Peter stares up with a slack jaw for a moment, and then rubs his face with a groan. Don't worry, he'll crawl up the wall to get that off, but only when the video's off and nobody's around. Cool.

PAM — TEST VIDEO FIVE

This time will be different! Pamela's been fitted with a new arm, and the idea is she flips the pancake from one pan to the other, so both sides can be heated. Peter is much more covered in flour and pancake mix than the last few failures. The only problem is that the piston is too overpowered the first time, so when she flips the pancake onto the other pan, the two pans just VIOLENTLY SMASH TOGETHER AND THE WHOLE ARM COMES OFF.

"Oh my god Pam, are you oka—"

"The pancakes are complete—"

PAM — TEST VIDEO SEVEN

The pancake is thrown unceremoniously at Peter's head. 

PAM — TEST VIDEO NINE

Peter hides behind a table he has flipped over for protection. Pamela starts speed-making pancakes. There are too many pancakes. TOO MANY PANCAKES OH MY GOD THEY'RE FLYING NOW—Also note to self, Pam's ability to process the human language is way worse than Siri, because 'Stop making pancakes" apparently sounds like "Top the pancakes", so she shoots blueberries into the mix from the secondary container on her back. It's terrible. But Peter does eat the berries off the counter.

PAM — TEST VIDEO TEN

Pam wheels around in a circle to move towards Peter at the table.

"The pancakes are complete."

Her wheel gets caught on something and she topples completely over, sending pancakes flopping across the surface of the table. Peter winces, looking over the edge and at the fallen machine.

"... Thanks, Pam."

From the floor: "You're welcome, Sweety."]

[Live VIDEO.]



[Peter sits at the table, red in the face with his hands on his temples.]

... That supposed to be a video invitation thing about Bad Movie Night.

Those're — um. Just. Ignore those. Those're just a, a thing for robotics, um. I'm just ironing out the kinks with the AI programming and the... anyway. Since things have been so stressful lately in Riverview, I thought maybe... you guys would like to rent out a school room and watch awful movies next weekend? Just let me know if you wanna hang out there with us, I'm kinda just leaving it an open invitation kind of deal. 

I've got Plan 9 From Outer Space? And Birdemic. And you can bring whatever bad movies you want, too. No pressure, though. I've never really done one of these, I usually just watch them with my friend back home, but I figure... spread the love, right? Because man, we can all just take a little break—

[There's something whirring to life off-screen. "Processing command...! Yes, Sweety Parker, I will make the pancakes."

VrOOM SHE'S WHEELING OFF IN THE BACKGROUND, and Peter nearly knocks his chair over to follow her. He slaps for the network device, mostly-offscreen.]

Nononono, Pam, I didn't say—

[End feed.]

((OOC: Action for Communal Kitchen Floor 2 is also totally fine, if you wanna drop in on Pam and Peter, maybe try to get some free pancakes.

Bad movie night might have a log this Saturday, so stay tuned for that possibility.))

Comments

video # un: skyenet

[evite]

( skye is having an incredibly hard time restraining her own laughter. it comes out in fits and spurts, bubbling over her hand pressed over her mouth. )

Sure thing, Sweety Parker. Should we set up a GoFundMe for syrup too, or does your robot come prepared?

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[madeupnames]

Oh come on...

[This is the worst day of my whole liFE.

(Not remotely but I can be dramatic.)]

It — uh, it actually does! She just hasn't had the chance to use it yet, because...

Well, once she can put pancakes on a plate on a table, we're in business.

[evite]

( don't worry, sweety. it'll get better. )

Listen, I'm not the one who programmed the robot to call you pet names. Don't blame me for this.

( not that he was, technically, but. logic and reasoning! )

Can she put pancakes directly into my mouth? Because I'd be into that.

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[indigobird]

[Of course Hawke saw the video first, but since it all took place in a rather familiar looking kitchen, well, she had to investigate and see for herself. So in she strolls, just in time to see Pam start making those pancakes again in earnest. Thanks to Thedas being technologically on par with early medieval Earth, the concept of a robot baffles her a fair bit. Nonetheless, she can at least suss out what's going on, and she watches with no shortage of amusement.]

Ah, it's so hard to hire good help these days. [And there's no small amount of said amusement in her tone. Though, this really does explain why there's been so many messes in the kitchen lately, and the shortages of flour. But it doesn't concern her enough to mention it.] Or... make it, in your case.

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[madeupnames]

[Oh hello, fellow community housemate, how are you this fine evening?

He looks up with a wince, picking pancake mix out of his hair.]

She's doing her best, so I guess I can't fault her for that.

Besides, she only does a good job if I do a good job. So really, I'm the bad help.

[indigobird]

[Very, very entertained in fact. How are you, silly adolescent?]

Which begs the next question: what exactly is the point of... her? It? Whatever this thing is?

video; @falcon

[wingedman]

...suddenly I feel like I'm being replaced.

[except not really, judging by the way he's laughing at all of this]

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[madeupnames]

Are you sure about that? Because I don't know if I trust anything she's made so far.

[Oh my lord, he's whispering it like he doesn't want her to hear his sick burn.]

What animals can you give pancakes to?

[wingedman]

Oh, man, have I got some disposal guys for you. They will literally worship you for bringing them endless pancakes.

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[dothelokimotion]

What . . . is that mechanical monstrosity.

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[madeupnames]

Oh, that—that's Pam.

She's nice.

[... What, that's a perfectly fine answer.]

[dothelokimotion]

She's disturbing.

Or a sign of deeper issues at play.

video; un: t.altman

[analienprince]

Sure, I'd be game for it... Sweety.

[Sorry, but that's hilarious, okay.]

I got a stack of bad movies I could bring.

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[madeupnames]

[Kill me, this is terrible, I am the uncoolest, I am 'Sweety Parker'.]

You do? That's — that'd be a great start! You're definitely invited, 100%. Yeah.

[s w e e t y p a r k e r]

... What movies do you have?

Video; Recording

[whatarethose]

Do you need some help with your robot? [That is the cutest thing Shuri has seen in a very long time.]

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[madeupnames]

[He rubs a hand across his face, flustered.]

... She might be a little unsteady. I should, um.

Probably figure out better collision sensors.

[She's bumping into the counter now and then, in the background.]

[dothelokimotion]

A lot of help, I would think.

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[breqintopieces]

[As luck would have it, Breq is walking toward the kitchen at this point, a small bag of groceries in her hand, only to stop short at the sight of Pam mid-pancake by the stove, and Peter hovering nearby. She pauses for 1.5 seconds to look the both of them over. Truly sentient robots have been introduced to hers since she arrived in the form of one of the Dorians, but she can't say whether this is one.

Instead of guessing yet, she inclines her head toward both Peter and the robot.]

Hello. What are you making?

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[madeupnames]

[:I Don't look at us, we're ashamed.

Pam wheelies around and can actually answer, because this is one of the few question prompts that Peter has installed in her system. "Pancakes!"]

Aaaah... T-trying to make pancakes. Just doing some... test runs...

[don't look left there is a pancake on the wall don't look ok]

video; un: iron.man

[buildsomething]

Seems like you're off to a good start.

[Guess who's not going to cast aspersions, it's the guy with the robotic arm currently flailing around in the background.]

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[madeupnames]

[He stops mid-chasing of Pam to wave eagerly at the screen.

..................... Not at Tony, of course.]

Hey, Dum-E! How's it going, man?

... Hi, Mr. Stark.

video; un: yakyuu.luvr

[yakyuuman]

[ That sure was some funny shit. Jyushimatsu laughed his ass off the whole time and then tried to calm down because he's a good buddy and he totally wasn't amused seeing Peter struggle with the bot, not at all!

He's... still covered in bandages, but he nonetheless looks too energetic for his own good. ]

I'm totally down for movie night! Dunno what those movies are but I like surprises!

Pam-chan sure needs a bit of disciplining though!

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[madeupnames]

[God, everyone's so beat up... He kind feels bad that he was accelerated healing.]

They'll definitely be surprising, that's for sure.

Pam just needs a little re-calibrating... I'm not really a very good robot dad yet...

un: TheStrandInstitute

[nobasisinfact]

I feel there's probably a better way to get pancakes.

[It takes a few moments before there's another text. Look, this is hard for him. He's not used to trying to look after someone.]

While neither of us will be attending, would you be interested in watching some of your bad movies with my, with Alex. She is currently confined to bed and very unhappy about it. Visitors would probably be welcome. Especially those with distracting movies.

[madeupnames]

But is the better way more fun or interesting?

And yeah, I heard she was stuck in a bed. :( I can totally stop by sometime this week and bring some flicks if you want!! I heard they're great at helping with recovery.