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5; [Location: Dexter's room], with 100% more accidental [visual]

Dexter just doesn't pay attention sometimes. He's pretty darn observant when he does, but that's not always the case. That's how a falling picture frame sprained his shoulder last year, how everybody but him saw Kelly Preston's limo drive past the Commons last summer, and how he'd almost washed Roy with his laundry. More than twice.

So his tablet is on and recording and he hasn't noticed. Some kind of upbeat song is playing in the background, the words unintelligible from here, and Dexter is kind of grooving and mouthing along with them as he cleans Roy's tank. Nothing too theatrical. Next to the tank, Roy is hanging out on top of some palm leaves.

Squirt, squirt, squirt, wipe.

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... Dexter. Your tablet is on. [Billy is helping! And also trying not to laugh.]

Edited 2009-09-26 02:32 (UTC)

Squirt, squirt -- drop. For a second he thinks the voice is just a sound in the song, but then, y'know, it registers. It's Billy, and it's definitely coming from that thing over there. So Dexter, realising that all this has been recording, drops the squirty bottle in the tank and turns around suddenly to face the tablet.

"Ghh -- crap!" There is a moment's flail, then, "Did you - see? All that?" Oh man.

Yeah, dude, I saw it. I don't know if anybody else did. [If that makes you feel better, which it probably doesn't. Billy is trying SO HARD not to laugh but there's some snerks escaping.]

Dexter, once he can brain properly again, leans over and turns the music down to a more acceptable level. He fidgets for a second before going to pick the bottle up off the botom of the tank. All the while, Roy's watching him.

"Well, that's... really embarrassing."

Most people in this situation would notice and comment on the silly grooving that guy's doing.

"Hey. Nice gecko."

Obviously not Codex.

Insert surprised keysmashing here! Dexter drops the squirt bottle, looking around for the source of the voice -- oh. Of course it's on.

"Whuh -- oh! Oh. Uhh, thanks?" He glances at the lizard. "Roy. Is his name."

Man, Roy gets all the ladies around here. Where is the love?

"Oh! Sorry." Embarassing. She didn't mean to scare the guy. Though randomly speaking to him was pretty much going to cause that. Insert awkward Codex here.

"Nice name. Simple. Most people would go overboard with names but why would a gecko like that need a really fancy name? He makes up for it with his colors." Babble babble awkward babble sorry she startled you guy babble.

"Yeah! That's -" uh. "Actually why that's his name. The colours, I mean. 'Cause, y'know, rainbow... Roy G. Biv... uh, yeah."

Awkward smile is awkward!

Cue pause as Codex gets that together in her brain and has a lovely 'oh ... oh' moment. It's very awkward. Though that seems to be working with the theme here.

"Nice." See Codex try some people skills here. "So what's your name?" She can't exactly ask the gecko to tell her like how the guy told her the gecko's name.

He's in the middle of retrieving the squirt bottle when she asks.

"Dexter! It's Dexter. What's your name...? You're - new here, right?"

"Yea, really new. Still waiting to go home." She smiles awkwardly. "Uh ... my real home. Okay so this IS my real home here but there's no internet!. I'm Codex."

Er. Well as if there wasn't enough awkward. Good going Codex, using your gamer name.

[Kaylee had been bopping along to a song as she worked for a bit before realizing it wasn't exactly the music she had picked out. oh look, a tablet that's on]

's that the kinda music ya got back home?

Repeat flail! Vaguely humiliated, Dexter stares at the tablet warily for a moment, not recognising the voice, before answering.

"Yyyyyyes?"

I haven't heard nuthin' like it 'fore. Where are ya from?

[oh. he looked at the tablet a bit funny. well um ... belated]

I'm Kaylee.

... Where is she from, he wonders. She sounds like someone from the States. Then again, he spent a day chained to the captain of a spaceship, so...

"Canada...?" Dexter awkwardly clears his throat. "Uhh, hey, Kaylee. I'm Dexter."

Nice to meet ya Dexter. [you can just hear the cheer in her voice with that]

Canada? Shiny! [pause] 's that a planet?

Have a long, bemused silence. He can't tell whether she's joking.

"You're joking, right...? Ha ha, let's all laugh at the Canadian? Eh?"

[wat. this doesn't compute]

Why would I go doin' somethin' like that?

It's good to see properly cleaned tanks are still important even after being picked up by aliens.

Did you get that little one here or is he from home?

Flail, ack, et cetera! Again, Roy gets everyone's attention... which is okay, but seriously. This is like, wingman betrayal. Harsh, Roy. Harsh.

"Yeaaah -- he's. From home. Had him since I was... six?" He glances at Roy.

Since you were six? Really?

Well he looks quite good for his age then. [amused!voice Rose is amused X3]

"I take good care of him." Smile! "Some geckos actually have pretty long lifespans. I mean, for geckos."

Oh it really shows! His colors are quite gorgeous. Nice and bright.

"Yeeeep, there's Roy for you..." With a finger, he pets the little lizard on the head.

So have you got a name too or should I just call you 'Roy's tank cleaner'? 'Roy's sidekick' maybe? [pffft]

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