second stroke of luck

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

*Milfie has converted her shared room into a small second kitchen, just like her room on the Elsior. From all accounts, she was getting something ready for everyone... something about a picnic.

Anyway, you may be surprised if you're walking around the station. Ants have started to appear, scurrying around the floor. The population concentrates around the residence and grows thickest in Milfie's shared room, where they are practically covering the floor.*

How did we even get an ant problem all the way up here!?

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[big-bang-punch.livejournal.com]

[SOME WEEKS LATER, Kouji realized he had an assigned room! No more crashing in random unused beds, time to check out what his real place is like.]

Hey, is anyone--

[big-bang-punch.livejournal.com]

WHAAAAAAAAAAA

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

How do you get rid of them!?

[big-bang-punch.livejournal.com]

Why are you asking me? What's going on here?!

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

I think they got in here on the last shipment of supplies!

[cleaves-evil.livejournal.com]

[Sanger glances in meaningfully... and continues on his way.


...A few minutes later, he steps into the room uninvited and, with entirely too much purpose, places an ant trap on the counter.]


You're lucky the ship is well-stocked for emergencies.

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry...

[cleaves-evil.livejournal.com]

Don't apologize. Even if you're at fault, learn to be tidier from this.

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

It's my luck...

[saikyocivrobo]

[A tiny robot appears in the door, jumps in surprise like Mario, runs away. Moments later it returns with a bucket of water larger than it is, and starts pouring it on the ants on the floor.]

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

...eh? *blink, stare*

[saikyocivrobo]

[The ants have the misfortune of experiencing a violent flood! Or at least a part of them, because there's not enough water in the bucket to drown the whole room. The robot runs off to fill the bucket again and fix that mistake.]

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

...Mr. Robot, you're making a bigger mess...

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

... Milfeulle, you find new ways to amaze me with your luck every day, it seems...

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

Wah, I'm sorry!

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

... So do you have any idea how we're going to deal with this? We can't just shoot them all...

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

I don't know! Does anybody have ant spray?

[redfckngcomet.livejournal.com]

[ How could Char not hear that racket? He came running, thinking someone was being murdered, only to hear the bit about the ant infestation. ]

Are you alright, ma'am?

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

There are ants everywhere...

[redfckngcomet.livejournal.com]

[ This face forever. Ants? She was worried about ANTS? ]

I see...

[ Char then had a very MacGyver-esque idea. ]

You wouldn't happen to have a lighter, would you?

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

All I have are the burners on the stove!

[phantompilot.livejournal.com]

...

Never realized we got ants up here.

[Going to just. Follow them.]

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

Whyyyyy? *sulk*

[phantompilot.livejournal.com]

Hm...

[Inspecting those ants for a second.]

[but-my-caaake.livejournal.com]

Huh?