video--morning, probably sometime mid-Achtom?

[twistedempathy]

[Sometime relatively early in the squeaking problem, once it starts getting hard to sleep, Will finally makes his presence known on the network. He's still laying in bed as he flips the video on, hair a fluffy mess but mask firmly in place; the bedhead isn't helped in the slightest by the Flareon cuddled up against his chest, who seems quite intent on sleepily grooming him.]

Hi, everyone! I'm sure my household isn't the only one with a Rattata problem lately. Don't you all think they're getting louder at night?

Anyway, I noticed something! It actually seems quieter when I'm not trying to sleep alone--it's almost like they're avoiding my room when I've got a napping buddy?

[The camera pans as he turns it away from himself and the Flareon. Now, it's showing a Chansey curled up in a blanket nest; a Xatu is brooding over her like a mother bird, head tucked under her wing.]

I don't know, it could be just my imagination. But why not test it out and share our results here, if it's going to be hard to sleep anyway? If anyone wants to try sleeping together, with me or your roommate or whoever else you want, let's hear if you start feeling better!

[It's not even an innuendo. Unless you want it to be, of course. Shocking, right? He's just going to offer his services as a bedwarmer if people want them. For Science!11 Also for Cuddles.]

Comments

[the_tailor]

Keep me posted. And if anything, we'll have to schedule a sleepover.

[He snorts.]

Oh maaaaaaan. I am definitely not going for some weird robo avant garde look.

[twistedempathy]

A sleepover sounds like fun! Are you sure about that avant-garde look, though? I bet we could find a nice local who'd just love to give you a makeover and let you model their products~ ♥

[the_tailor]

Nooooo, don't you even! And even if makeovers can totally be part of sleepovers, we are not doing it with makeup like that.

Plz teach this poor guy alllllll about sleepovers, Lance, he is Deprived.

[twistedempathy]

[Just laughing out loud at the protests. He honestly has no earthly idea what you're supposed to do at sleepovers, being raised in the Pokémafia kind of makes opportunities for that sort of thing scarce, who'd have ever guessed?but he's having fun teasing him, at least.]

What other makeup are we supposed to use, then? Nobody's had a normal skin tone around here in ages!

All the teaching!

[the_tailor]

Uhhhhh... Nail polish? Do robots even use nail polish?

[Lance isn't going to lie, he doesn't mind using nail polish. Veronica and Rachel used to drag him into their little beauty sessions sometimes when he was little, and after he got over his initial protests, it really wasn't so bad. Veronica especially helped him get into all his beauty habits. Despite getting made fun of by classmates, he never saw making yourself look good as a girly thing, damnit.]

[twistedempathy]

I don't think they have nails, so maybe not..... Then again, that's probably easier to make stick to metal than anything loose and powdery, so who knows?

[the_tailor]

It's worth a shot. We'll go shopping sometime, how about that?

[twistedempathy]

Sounds perfect.

[Have a hand held up in an okay sign, a shopping date will be interesting..... And who knows what they'll manage to find? What do robots use as beauty products, anyway?]