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[k2so]

[The sound starts before anything can be seen clearly in the video, the screen partially blocked by the fingers holding the device. There's yelling. Lots of it in fact, and very creative insults.]

Let me go you rust bucket! I’m gonna shove your pistons up your fuel port when I get free! Frigging rusting Imp clanker!

I told you, you smell.

[Kay’s voice is that of a parent who had this argument too many times to count before and has reached the point of giving fucks in negative digits. There's more yelling, some frantic noise and then the sound of water splashing followed by an angry shriek.

The screen shifts until Kay comes to view. He's covered head to toe in different colorful graffiti. Anarchist slogans, symbols, crude caricatures, complaints against the Republic and Empire, and bright stains are scattered all over his black frame.

He's in the bathroom of his shared house with Cassian, who had been turned a kid after eating one of these strange eggs. Next to him, inside the bathtub and still fully clothed, teenage Cassian is still yelling at him and even throwing the occasional shampoo bottle at his head. The droid pays him no mind.]

Does anybody know how to wash off spraypaint from durasteel?

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[firstrebel]

[ Oh no. Hera has been aware of some of the shenanigans going on lately, but she's been trying to avoid it as best she can - she's got enough on her plate without all this aging and de-aging nonsense added into it. But Cassian - ohhhhh nooo. ]

Industrial-grade cleaners is all that will work. We've painted up my astromech as an Imperial infiltrator several times, and it's gotta be the industrial-grade stuff to get it off.

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[k2so]

[Heraaaa you have practice with unruly rebel children, give him a hand please.]

Ah, kriff...I'll have to go to Nova to get it then. Thank you, General Syndulla.

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[firstrebel]

Do you need any help? I've got some experience dealing with teenagers. They can be... pretty moody.

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[k2so]

I'm used to babysitting Cassian but even at his most difficult he doesn't throw things at me...or takes advantage of the fact I need to recharge to use me as his canvas.

Any help would be really welcome.

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[firstrebel]

Yeah, don't worry, I'll be right over.

[ Fortunately, she already knows their address. ]

[polyandrist]

Oh my gawd, that's so rude!

[Have one angry child with her arms crossed in front of her.]

[k2so]

[Perfect, exactly what Kay needs right now. More moody teens.]

Yes, well...Cassian wasn't the best behaved as a kid. I think it's because he's hungry but when I offered him food he yelled that I was trying to poison him.

[polyandrist]

[Not quite a teen, but still moody as hell.]

Do people try and poison him?

[Mels gets it.]

[k2so]

[She's still being more reasonable than most.]

No that I'm aware, no. But he's had a difficult uprising.

I'm K2SO, and you are...?

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[aketianrunaway]

Oh boy.

[That's...all she can say really.]

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[k2so]

I share the sentiment but that answer doesn't help me much.

Action for Cassian Andor

[k2so]

[Kay puts the decide down and away from the bathtub. It woudl be a tragedy if it got dropped in the water and electrocuted someone.]

Stop throwing bottles at me and wash your hair with them.

[captain_by_the_book]

I'm not!

[ And there comes another bottle, well-aimed and with extra strength since he's running out of ammunition.

Oh, Cassian knows he's just being bratty by now, not to mention acting half his age, but... Well, he's upset. And the droid keeps being nice. He must snap and show his true intentions sooner or later! ]

You can't tell me what to do!

[k2so]

[It hits Kay right in the middle of the forehead and then is falls to the floor, bouncing twice before stopping. Kay lets otu and annoyed growl.]

Fine. You asked for it. [He sounds menacing for half a second and then:] BESPIIIIIIIIIIIN! MIRIIIIII!

[Have fun dealing with a pokemon that loves to keep things clean and with another that throws water everywhere, Cassian. They come running into the bathroom after five seconds or so.]

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Now it's happening! The droid is attacking!

...and Cassian is sopping wet and stuck in the tub. Maybe he didn't think this through???

Before he can puff himself up again, the bird with the cotton wings comes swooping into the room, followed by the blue amphibian come running. Suddenly he finds himself with the bird pokemon on his head while the blue one - Miri, that was her name, Miri - leaps into the tub and starts enthusiastically splashing water everywhere, but mostly into Cassian's face. ]

Hey... hmpf! [ Aaand there's a cotton wing scrubbing his face. ]

HMPF!!! [ Cue helpless arm waving. ]

Help me!

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[democratically]

Oh. I have cleaned up R2, but it wasn't exactly paint...

[Damage from the fight that they had endured, but.]

There should be cleaners at some of the stores. Shall I go take a look for you? You... seem to have your hands full.

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[k2so]

I didn't know that you and R2 were friends. Was is mud? I often ended covered in it during missions. Or sand. But sand is the worst.

Ah, thank you for the offer but don't worry. I'll do it myself, I already got some suggestions that might help.

Have you been spared of the ongoing madness?

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[democratically]

We are. He was one of the droids that survived the attack on my ship and allowed us to escape the Trade Federation.

[A warmth in her voice, as Naboo owes that little astromech much.]

Mm. No. We were in transit, when the ship was attacked. He very valiantly completed the repairs to keep us going, but he suffered a little damage in the process.

[And the sand comment reminds her more of Anakin, or Threepio.]

I believe so? If there is something, I am not aware of it.

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[k2so]

Then he must be a really old droid, like chopper. He never mentioned it before, I wonder why. I woudl have liked hearing more about your stories, ma'am.

[Kay notices and it's very sweet to him when humans appreciate their droids. And Kay hates sand since Scarif, he can't help it.]

Good to know. If you find a strange eggs, or any egg in general, don't eat it or touch it. They seem to be causing all this.

[quick_clean_pure]

Oh...wow. That's a lot of, uh, well, a whole lot of everything you've gotten covered in there.

Don't know if I know about durasteel, but I've heard oven cleaner helps.

[k2so]

I've been blessed by a kid with a lot of creativity, you see. Lucy me. [And be blessed he means exactly the opposite.]

Durasteel is one of the hardest metals in the whole galaxy, I am made of that. Oven cleaners...I didn't consider that. It's worth a try.

[quick_clean_pure]

Sure seems like it. Is this a real kid-kid, or someone changed by one of those egg things?

Ahh, well, at least you won't be getting dinged by the paint or anything. Oven cleaner probably can't hurt the damage, anyhow.

[k2so]

The second option. It's actually my boyfriend and the Guardian of Attleton.

I'm supposed to withstand high temperatures, cold ones like those in space and all sort of chemicals...let's hope you are right. Honestly you never knwo when it comes to the things here in Genessia.

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[rulerofme]

You might want to hit a hardware store for something to remove paint from metal.

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[k2so]

I've been informed that maybe in Nova they have what I need, so I'll have to go there.

Any advice on how to deal with unruly children?