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Enver Gortash ([personal profile] closeyourfist) wrote in [community profile] lastvoyageslogs2024-09-22 03:34 pm
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I Would Rather Be Working (Just Keep Swimming Port)

Who: Gortash, OTA
What: Just Keep Swimming Port
When: Sept 22-Oct 1st
Where: Various Locations, places for threads will be indicated in boldface.
Warnings: Will update, warnings will appear in the subject headings of threads

Enver Gortash has nearly no reason to trust a port. There is also something a little backward in thinking about calling it a "vacation" to send them from the ship to...another ship. Leave alone that the thing looks like a death-trap to him. The fact that they as Inmates have a good deal more freedom and private baths in their cabins? (His own is ocean-view.)  Could just be a trick. So he will spend much of the event quietly waiting for things to get worse.

But there is at least much to do while waiting for things to get worse. He is firstly likely to be spied in various parts of the ship studying the solar panels (he would need to be granted access by a keyholder), the chorebots, the elevators, and the glass-bottom lower deck. In these situations he has his journal on him but is also likely taking notes by hand. For quiet reflection, he will likely vanish to the library to seek to either further the studies he was doing back on the Barge or to see if there is any information on the tech, flora, and fauna specific to this location.  The latter studies are futhered during excursions, where he swims and dives with relative ease, but people might notice that he doesn't wear trunks or anything particularly revealing. He is likely to join others he knows in search for samples and the like.

Listen, he is fascinated by the chorebots and can be seen observing them at a distance and up close and may be responsible for escalating obstacles appearing in their path in order to see what they do, what happens if they sustain damage, etc. This may eventually lead to him trying to break one open to see how it works or at the very least capture one.

He will attend meals in the Dining Area with the same attitude as he does on the Barge, and though he seems to enjoy the formal vibe in the dining room on Deck 14 to the one on Deck 13, he can be found at both. Unless invited, he picks a place to sit and is open to being approached.

I invite anyone to make him attend a movie (Deck 15) or a play (Decks 5-6), the latter of which he has zero experience in.

He will explore all accessible corridors, walkways, and other social areas (Wildcard!) on the ship but likely not linger long unless invited.
bhaallistic: (Almost innocent)

Chorebots;

[personal profile] bhaallistic 2024-09-23 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
The Chorebots have been a boon. They're single-minded and ready to fulfil almost any request you make, provided you arrange a suitable context for some of the more dubious ones, and Durge has spent most of his first day here testing their boundaries. Enver seems to have had a... somewhat similar idea, and he watches with some amusement as one of the Chorebots attempts to overcome an obstacle he's arranged.

"Testing the capability of the AI, I see." That's the right word, right? He's done some light reading on the subject, thanks to Tendi.

He glances over at some nearby railing. It's a nice, long drop to the floors below.

"Perhaps you could test how sturdy they are next?"

He's curious himself. They look difficult to pull apart without the right tools, but dropping them from a great height might make that possible.
bhaallistic: (Hmn)

[personal profile] bhaallistic 2024-09-23 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
What it can't dismantle, it simply flies around. They'd need to figure out how to disable that before tossing it anywhere.

They aren't far from empty cabins, so he steps into one, takes a blanket, and simply bundles up the Chorebot. It, amusingly, seems a little disorientated by this, swaying from side to side as it struggles to get itself untangled. It's gentle struggling, though: it's taking care not to rip the blanket, its extended arms manoeuvring instead of tearing.

"It has its priorities." He leans against the wall to observe as it awkwardly frees itself from the blanket. "That might just work. To disorientate the robot long enough to damage it, that is."

It'd also make it difficult for it to lash out with any defensive measures, should it have any.
bhaallistic: (x to doubt)

[personal profile] bhaallistic 2024-09-23 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The blanket slowly falls away from the Chorebot, which resumes it's path down the hallway.

"That's entirely possible. I've been testing the extent of its compliance all morning; it's very accommodating." He steps into the path of the Chorebot and gestures it back toward Enver. "Just tell it to stay still to give you time to think of how to word a request and it will. It won't understand that's not what you're doing."

He's not even lowering his voice; it's not the most intelligently built little robot. It doesn't seem to listen at all unless directly addressed.

"If there's any chance we'll lose access to the Chorebots by damaging one, it might be wise to give that step a few more days. I still have use for them."

But he does want to wreck one eventually. He just wants to get as much milage out of them as he can before he risks losing access.
bhaallistic: (Small smile)

[personal profile] bhaallistic 2024-09-24 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"There is that little... cleaning droid. But it was considerably less impressive."

He attempted to dispose of it and it didn't go according to plan, but it would have been no great loss. As far as he could tell, the droid couldn't do much; just rolled around deck scrubbing as much floor as it could reach. Nowhere near as versatile as these Chorebots.

"These are good at fulfilling requests wardens wouldn't, given the right instructions and context."

That's a hint - Enver should take advantage of that while he can.
bhaallistic: (Grinning monster)

[personal profile] bhaallistic 2024-09-24 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
With a toothy sort of smile, Durge hitches up his pant leg, unveiling a slither of silver sharpened on one side. A nice, thick blade to keep him company during these uncertain times.

"Better than the Admiral wants them to be, I suspect."

He shoots off a quick instruction for the Chorebot to reassemble Enver's barrier. Something to keep it busy until it's needed.

"Get your hands on supplies while you can. Between the folly of the Admiral and the unpredictability of the other residents, you never know when next we'll descend into disaster."

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notthatkindoforion: Tendi holds a glowing science doohickey, smiling happily at it (Science!)

Outside the Cabins

[personal profile] notthatkindoforion 2024-09-23 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Tendi - predictably also staying in an ocean-view cabin on the lowest deck - has been on the lookout for Gortash specifically. So when she spots him in the hall, she's quick to wave him down. "Hey! Gortash, over here for a minute?"

She's wearing, at the moment, a much more casual-than-usual v-neck tee, cargo pants, and a belt. Don't get her wrong, she loves her uniform, but this setting does seem to call for something a little more laid-back, and easier to wear her swimsuit under.
notthatkindoforion: (Content)

[personal profile] notthatkindoforion 2024-09-23 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
She gives him a friendly bump against his arm as she reaches him, though her smile is a little more restrained than usual. "Well, it's an update about the thing we discussed a bit ago. The, um, stun phaser thing." And it's not the news she'd hoped to bring him, though it's also not totally hopeless.
notthatkindoforion: Tendi standing in a dimly lit hall, brows knit with a small frown, clearly worried but trying to hold it together (Anxious)

[personal profile] notthatkindoforion 2024-09-23 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily for him, she's put a lot of work into not hugging everyone she remotely likes on sight - she tries to save that for people she's confirmed are okay with it. But the temptation is always there.

"I've talked to the Admiral. He won't let anyone request weapons for inmates unless it's their direct warden. Even stun-only weapons that only activate during an emergency." She tried. She really did. "Which means, well- I can have a conversation with your temporary warden? Put in a good word? Or you can, if you prefer. Otherwise it's going to take a few weeks of R&D work before I have anything for you, and I don't have the facilities to do much more than brainstorm, here."
notthatkindoforion: (Chagrined)

[personal profile] notthatkindoforion 2024-09-23 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
She's done more than that. Like use the warden network channel to encourage everyone to request stun phasers for their inmates if they didn't have other means to protect themselves. But she didn't do that to win points with Gortash, or any other inmate - she did it because it felt like the right thing to do, and announcing it would just feel like bragging at best, or manipulation at worst.

"I haven't met them yet, so I don't know if they'll listen to me - I am pretty new. So no promises. The other option is that the Admiral can apparently make it so you just... become incorporeal if attacked, apparently? And he might fulfill that request even if I'm not your warden? But I haven't tried yet, because that feels... like something I want permission before doing."

Something about the lack of agency there bugs her. She doesn't want inmates to be in danger, but there's also something empowering about being able to defend yourself, and something disempowering about being passively protected. But she doesn't want to deny anyone their safety, so it's Gortash's choice.
notthatkindoforion: (Content)

[personal profile] notthatkindoforion 2024-09-23 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I... I don't really like it either." Although D'Vana 'knew how to hold a saber before she could read' Tendi might have a bit of a skewed perspective on that one. "But I didn't want to, you know, not give you the option. I mean, you saw how bad things got here a few weeks back, not me."

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artistinexile: (Default)

[personal profile] artistinexile 2024-09-28 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Good evening, Gortash."

Thrawn announces himself from the shadow of one of the walkways, eyes eerily aglow.
artistinexile: (art!)

[personal profile] artistinexile 2024-09-29 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Very much so." Thrawn's voice contains hints of excitement and delight, though his expression does not change.

"I discovered the art museum early on, and have been spending most of my days there. But I felt I should investigate the rest of the ship and tore myself away."
artistinexile: (eyebrow raise)

[personal profile] artistinexile 2024-09-29 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Talking about his favorite niche subject? Thrawn's voice picks up a little with delight.

"I will be returning there this afternoon. It would be my pleasure to escort you."
artistinexile: (art!)

[personal profile] artistinexile 2024-09-29 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Until then." He turns to allow Gortash passage through the walkway.