00001010 [video] - BRUNO THE NETWORK IS NOT CRAIGSLIST

[donttasemebro]

[Well lookie here, it’s everyone’s favorite blue-haired robot pointing the camera up at his face and smiling awkwardly. He’s got a bunch of grease smudges on his face, plus a generally rumpled sort of “has been sleeping in his clothes and also probably on a couch for two weeks” look about him, but he seems cheerful enough.]

Hi! Uh, I’m not sure if this kind of thing gets posted here much, but... well, I figured some of you out there might be interested, and I thought I’d give you guys the first pick, you know?

[And with that needlessly vague lead-in, Bruno holds the camera out and pans it side to side a bit to show a wider angle of—oh, that’s what he’s talking about.]

[So he’s standing in the middle of… uh… well, it sort of looks like the general layout of a MAC apartment, except for the fact that it… appears to be a small mechanic’s garage. Filled with motorcycles. ALL KINDS of motorcycles. Seriously if it can fit through the front door then there is totally at least one bike like it in here. A bunch of them are clearly only half-built or very very rough around the edges, but a just as many of them you could easily imagine lined up on a dealership sales floor. Turning the camera back up to his face now:]

So… since I’m living in here again, I kind of need to free up some more space. [... UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY. Bruno rubs the back of his neck a little.] So I think I need to sell a few of these. Er, pretty soon.

[And now he flips the camera around wholesale and starts walking up and down the few little rows of bikes, stopping to get a few good angles each on the nice finished-looking ones. You can still hear him talking in the background.] They’re all road legal—with taillights and license plate holders and everything, I mean—and I won’t charge a whole lot or anything. This is pretty much just something I do in my spare time.

[And back to the face! Bruno’s smiling again, brighter this time.] I know there are at least a few other motorcyclists out there on the Network. If you see something you like, go ahead and reply!

[(Oh, by the way, the very sharp may have noticed that the walls have some kind of soundproofing material on them. But if you other MAC denizens ever happen to have heard some strange engine revving noises that seemed to somehow be coming from a few units away... um. Well, I guess that’s one mystery solved?)]


[Filtered to CASSANDRA CAIN (in VOICE ONLY hmmmm)]

[Trying to keep the giddy self-satisfaction out of his voice. Only halfway succeeding.] Have you got some free time later today? There’s something I wanna show you.

[And while he’s speaking it kinda sounds like he’s... walking across the apartment and opening a door?]


[Filtered to KIRYU and ALASTAIR also now in VIDEO AGAIN]

[And now we have Bruno stepping into what looks like it was the bedroom once (judging by the carefully disassembled bed components and mattress leaning flat against the wall) but is now mostly filled with various tools and, parked in the center of the floor, two more bikes: this one in the background, and the one camera is pointing at. Not even bothering to hide the giddy self-satisfaction anymore.]

It’s almost done. The saddle came in the mail today, I just need to let my guy at the shop know which parts of the faring design I want him to go ahead and punch out. Should we go for full faring or a more streetfighter-y kind of look?

... Also, what’s Bakura’s favorite color?


[ooc: If you wanna buy a motorbike, gimme a heads up here! :3 ]

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[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

Looks like you've been busy!

When did you start being out on your own again?

[ALSO VOICE ohoho]

[donttasemebro]

[Awkward chuckle.] Well, I have been tinkering around in here for nearly a year now.

And, since Ruka and Lupin moved out of the old house. James is living there with his wife and kid now I think, and I thought it'd be good for it to be mostly his family and friends from his world there.

[shiromadoushi]

[[Huh]] I hadn't realized that...

[[someone's been kinda outta touch. Whoops.]]

You know you can always get an apartment here, if you'd like. Since it looks like you're a little cramped to live in your workshop.

[and back to VIDEO again now that he's out of the Room of Secrets(tm)]

[donttasemebro]

[Rubbing the back of his neck again with a derpy expression!] Yeah, that's really all I ever used this apartment for before now. Which is... why I've never really invited people over much. Um. [Glances around at this DISASTER AREA yeahhh Bruno is kind of regretting not keeping it tidy now that he has to live in here, whoops.]

[And back to the camera with a gentle smile.] Nah, thanks, but I'm okay for now. I'd been planning to move back into the Mac ever since Ruka and Lupin mentioned leaving. I'd just... figured I'd be living with Yuusei again, before... y'know.

[The smallest forlorn little beat goes here and he glances away from the camera.]

A-anyway, I'll definitely think about it, but... I think I'll stay here for a while.

[I thought he left Potter house? ;)]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura totally understands. I mean, have you seen his studio? Granted it's tidy, but it's also stuffed to the gills!]]

Yuusei never really has much luck sticking around, does he? [[a soft, almost rueful smile]]

[filtered to Kiryu and Bruno, encrypted]

[hackeralastair]

Hang on, is that a Ninja frame? Sweet. It's just his size.

Man I don't think Ryou would know what to do with something too crazy. Just getting a bike like this will be a shock enough, I don't wanna scare him.

[filtered to this conspiracy trio forever, same encryptions]

[donttasemebro]

Yep! I picked it up a while back with a shot crankshaft and electrical system, but the frame was just fine and I was able to re-use a lot of the rest when I rebuilt the engine. And... it seemed kinda appropriate.

[Also, tiniest snerrrk goes here.] Yeah, you're right. I'll go ahead and put all the faring on, it should make it look a little less, uh...

[indeed]

[hackeralastair]

The Katanas aren't bad either but they're a little large for someone so, uh. Short and skinny. That'll do nicely.

Right now it kinda looks like my Ducati did when Starscream turned it into a robot. [harrumph]

[donttasemebro]

Yeah, it should be fine. The original had about a 200 kilogram wet-weight off the production line, but when I'm done with this one it shouldn't turn out to weigh more than about 160, even with full faring. That sounds pretty good for him, right?


[... AWKWARD PAUSE.] Your Ducati was one of the machines caught up in that robot thing last year? [beat] What, uh... happened to it?

[voice; private]

[batghoul.livejournal.com]

[Suspiciously, because she can hear that giddiness, mister:] Um... sure. Finish last class in... an hour.

[voice; private]

[donttasemebro]

[Excellent that will give him time to SECRETLY PARK THE-- I-I mean.]

Great! I'll come by the dojo in about an hour then?

[voice; private]

[batghoul.livejournal.com]

Okay. See you.

[ACTIONTIEMS]

[donttasemebro]

[Aaand about an hour later Bruno makes his way up to the entrance of the dojo! Heralded a couple minutes prior by the sound of a motorcycle pulling up and parking outside, but that is pretty much the opposite of unusual when it comes to Bruno.]

[He is still fighting a loosing battle against that grin.]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

[a vehicle... could be useful... and she could finally look all awesome riding a motorcycle like she does in the opening credits]

Uh... how much do you charge? I only just got here so I don't really have much money. [not that she ever will have much money]

[donttasemebro]

Well... it depends on the bike, I guess, since I don't really plan on charging much more than just the price of the materials, but...

[--! ] Oh, hey! It's you!

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer maneuverable over powerful.

[nod] I just got back. We subdued some brainwash victims together, right? [oh, happy memories...]

[donttasemebro]

[Proudly.] I do both! But I can adjust most of these for even tighter handling pretty easily, if you need.

Yeah, I remember. It was my boss. [... derp] Ah, Seto Kaiba, that is. I'm really glad you were there, I don't think I'd have been able to help him with just myself.

[ks-city-shuffle.livejournal.com]

Do you offer payment plans?

[donttasemebro]

Sure, I could do something like that!

[ks-city-shuffle.livejournal.com]

Good. The starting pay of arriving here isn't the great yet, but that's some nice work.

[donttasemebro]

[BEAMING NOW yay people who appreciate his motorbikes ; u; ] Thank you!

Do you wanna come over sometime and check them out?

[filtered to Alastair and Bruno]

[satisfiedsigner]

That looks awesome! Gotta agree with Alastair though; it can't be too crazy. He'll be overwhelmed with just that.

...I think he likes blue? Not my blue, just blue in general. Pretty sure he doesn't hate it, anyway.

[on dat filter]

[hackeralastair]

Yeah, his scooter is blue. Maybe we should make the bike match.

[it's only the best filter]

[satisfiedsigner]

Oh yeah, it is, isn't it? Yeah, then he'd definitely know it's for him.

[awww yeah]

[hackeralastair]

Heh! How nerdy is that, matching bikes.

Well, at least the Ninja will be a lot less nerdy than the scooter.