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[Nepeta stands behind a brightly decorated stall in one of the main areas of Freyr, looking bright and chipper and even more excited than usual.

"Black and Blue" is the name announced across the front of the stall, with lots of not-completely-professionally drawn pictures of the services offered at Equius’ and her shop.

She has a smile on her face as she cheerfully accosts passers-by, offering them a tray of cupcakes, and she seems to have enlisted Aurthour to do the same, while Pounce carries an open bag of sweets in her mouth to draw people in.

Nepeta and Pounce both have a cute black and blue ribbon tied above one ear, and Aurthour seems to have acquired the same as a bowtie. Oh! And it looks like a certain glowering moirail of Nepeta’s has been talked into wearing the same as he presides behind the stall.]

Come visit us at Black and Blue! The best service station in Asgard!

[The only one, actually, but shh. She’s having too much fun with this.]

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Servicing what, exactly?

[ He only just barely resists making a lewd comment. On the one hand, he wants to piss off Equius. On the other hand, he likes Nepeta enough to control himself at least a little. Nepeta wins out by virtue of being cuter. ]

These biwheel monstrosities that some people elect to operate.

[Guess who's lurking there in the background as she sets up the ad?]

Compressed and liquified animal corpses and detritus refined into a filthy smelling fluid they use as combustable fuel mostly.

Yeah, try saying that again, but in actual Alternian.

[He let out a long suffering sigh.]

Fuel. To power their backwater combustion devices that power these cycles. It's comprised of pressurized, liquified and decomposed animal flesh.

If you hate them that much, why not just make something better?

Limits of the working technology in this city. Proper robotics simply do not function. I have one of my 'bots that I was given. It will not so much as move one of its perfect fingers.

What? Why not?

[ Probably, Sollux, for the same reason you can't get a working computer. ]

Edited 2014-02-13 07:25 (UTC)

Everything in this world appears to be forcibly backwater, as if the technological capacities are limited to very specific levels. It's deeply infuriating, but only in Utgard do things work as we expect, or closer to at least.

What the hell is-- you know what, no, never mind. If this is keeping you from bothering anyone else, go nuts.

It is more than enough to keep me occupied most days, yes. However insanity will help nothing.

You sure? Have you ever tried it? For you, it might balance out and you might turn out kind of normal.

I was under the impression you already thought I was insane, Sollux.

Two-wheeled motorized vehicles, of course! Though Equius fixes lots of other things too. Come ofur, Sollux, we have cupcakes!

[See, Sollux, the rewards of being nice! Sweets!]