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[famtastic]

[she's sitting in one of the quiet rooms, up to her elbows in glitter, probably best not to ask]

Hallo! I'm the Doctor. [she scrunches her nose] Sorry if that's awkward for some people. [she'd deal with that later]

But! Well! That was a bit of a question, wasn't it? What will make us happy. I mean, avoiding the existentiality of it because that is a broad spectrum requiring much deep thought and lots of poor decision making skills--

There are a lot of choices, and I don't know how to choose.

A lab would be nice. More labs. All the labs. A pool. Love a good pool. Good for barbeques and catching your falling wife from a fifty foot drop. ... er... that might be awkward too. Sorry. Plants. Could always use more of those. Double rooms well-- I'd rather be able to stay up as late as I like.

But clocks! Now, clocks are intriguing. What does that mean? Does it mean a room with clocks? Does it mean clocks throughout the train? And what kind of clocks? Wall clocks? Grandfather Clocks? Kicksey-Winseys? I had a Kicksey-Winsey once made by ...Bloody Stupid Johnson, I think is name was. Never did tell the time but every hour on the hour it would hunt you down and give you a boot in the rear. A great way to get things done if you get settled in one particular task.

Oh but I like art, and I love games.

D'you think I can choose all of them?

I think we deserve all of them.

What do you think?

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[sciencegirl]

I'm building a robot under climbing equipment in the gym. So I know which one I chose. I really need that lab space to work.

It would have been nice to put a second favorite.

[famtastic]

Ohh brilliant. I love a good robot. What are you using? What is its purpose? Is it something simple like a roomba or an android? Do you need a second? Can I come see it? I won't touch I promise.

[sciencegirl]

Yeah! Sure. She's going to be a training and protection robot. Her name is Claudette.

She's not going to be an android-type, though. I've only just finished some of her structure. But I have a plan for her personality! Plus I ordered some equipment.

I built a chores bot as soon as I got here. [Because she's a Princess, and not very good at chores.]

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeah, there's a lot of good stuff there. For me, it was more of a question of picking the thing I really wanted most, or something I figured was more likely to win out. I ended up picking art, because that's what I really wanted out of the various options, but as I understand it, 'art' has come up as an option every single time the train has done one of these polls, and it hasn't won yet. And it looks like that'll probably happen again; it seems like a toss up between a lab and double rooms at this point, but these polls tend to stick around for a few days, so we'll see.

[He shrugs. Really any of them would be nice, so he won't complain no matter what ultimately wins out.]

Also? I'd like to thank you for the mental image of a clock that kicks you in the butt every hour, because that's kind of hilarious and awesome.

[famtastic]

Art is never a bad idea. I enjoy it myself. [she shows her blue, glittery hands to the camera.] I will be shining for decades. Isn't it great?

And you think it's hilarious until you have to wear pillows in your trousers, and my trousers at the time were not made for them. A bit foppish in my appearance at that point but I got over it mostly.

Maybe I can build one here...

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea laughs a bit at the glitter.]

You probably won't be the only one. Glitter doesn't have the nickname 'craft herpes' for nothing. Though at least now I know why the some of the seats in the standard car looked unusually sparkly today.

As for the butt-kicking clock, since it presumably only goes after its owner, the answer to that is to give it as a gag-gift to somebody you don't like. Or to one of your friends, if you think they'll appreciate the humor in it.

[gundamofthedesert]

I picked the lab. It sounded the most useful of the options and wasn't something we already had something similar. It did pain me to not select art though.

The clocks option though, I was curious about that. The music carriage is basically a giant music classroom so I can't help but admit I'm curious what clocks would be.

[famtastic]

Yeah I like the lab too. Though that depends on what they mean by lab. Is it fully stocked or just table space? Is there a place for experiments that explode? All good labs need blast shielding. Just saying.

But clocks, yeah, that's what I'm curious about too. What does it mean? What does it entail? Even if it's just a boatload of clocks its-- [she gestures broadly with her hands] A boatload of clocks! A trainload of clocks? A carful? Anyway a lot of them maybe! Ticking away in their dance of time.... A sort of endless waltz.

[she considers this a moment]

I need to write that down. I know I left a marker somewhere. [don't mind her as she disappears under the table]

[gundamofthedesert]

Yeah, that is true. The library unfortunately is very understocked so it hardly seems worth it at the moment. But we're working on it.

[He chuckled]

Yeah, would it basically be like a clock museum? Would they be useful in some way other than knowing the time? And what happens if they all end up off by one minute?

[Making a joke at that last part]

[wisdominshadows]

I think that giving all of them at once might dull the novelty of each singular addition. And also that the ability to choose gives us a certain feeling of control over our environment.

[famtastic]

It's all psychological innit? Have to keep them entertained. Something to look forward to. It's a ploy to keep everyone complacent. Whether or not there's good intentions behind it or bad if they can and they won't then there's something behind it.

[a shrug]

Not really sure what to make of them or it yet. But you never can be really sure, can you?

[renegadeprince]

They didn't mention barbeques on the list. [Trust him, if it had something to do with food, Vegeta would had noticed it on the list.]

[famtastic]

Then maybe we make our own list. Also your hair is incredible. [she's not going to say it reminds her of a troll doll, but it reminds her of a troll doll. She still has a collection of those somewhere]

[voice]

[jeopardyfriendly]

[It couldn't be, could it? Countless universes, what are the chances? It would certainly explain a few things, though...

Shoving all that aside, questions were asked and should be answered.]

Don't think 'all of the above' was an option. Seems a bit greedy, anyway.

[voice]

[famtastic]

You know me [apparently she didn't] I'll get it all if I can, and then ask for more.

[not a muscle twitches in her expression except round the eyes]

[lanxichen]

I think... some of the questions are repeating from the previous time there was such questioning. Perhaps if you do not choose something now, you will yet have the chance to choose it later.

Of course, I might be wrong.

[famtastic]

Oh that's a thought. Didn't know about that. Are these just philosophical questions or does what we vote on appear?

[agoodsoul]

Would've been better if we got all of it. I picked double rooms. Dunno if that's more like couples and stuff, but figured if it is that could still make the regular cabins rooms uh... roomier.

Lotta folks seem to be tied up.

[About that glitter...]

You got a magic way to get all that off ya?

[famtastic]

Nice hot shower. [she grins] And you got someone you want to share a double with eh? [she bounces her eyebrows] Who is it?

[dyingpro]

I said we needed more plants. Always need some more food to grow and some more space to grow it, right? And it's great to see all the different types there are from everyone's worlds.

[Says the deity who spent his whole life underground.]

[famtastic]

That's fair. Wouldn't want to run out of food. Or get scurvy. That will do you in and put you in a foul mood. Half the crew had scurvy when I was a prisoner of Blackbeard once and it was not a great time. Fortunately I had my recorder with me so it only lasted a day and a half.

[secondconflict]

Glad you said to stop thinkin' about that question existentialism 'cause I was 'bout to have a full-on crisis. [He mostly means that as a joke]

Idea of a pool ani't half bad though. Once I did promise myself I was gonna swim more.

[famtastic]

Want to avoid that. Good way to ruin your weekend an existential crises. I've made a point to avoid them. [she's had too many as is]

Oh yeah, pools are always a good time. Especially if we get inflatables or one of those pool noodles.

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[hashtagparkerluck]

I went for the lab. It'd be nice to have an actual lab and then maybe I won't have to worry so much about having points to refill my webshooters.

Audio.

[famtastic]

Well if we don't get one, I vote we make one. Can't be too difficult to wrangle an unused car and get it up to specs.