Happy New Year!!! ✨🎆🌎

Alrighty, I would like to request:

Strong hydraulics, so I can hold up big boulders and crush pesky little robots… no bigger than MAX! I promise I won’t crush him.

Sufficient weaponry to scare away invaders.

Various tools so I can assist with John when he needs to repair anything on the ground, like the Space Elevator.

Waterproofing so Gordon can’t rid of me easily, hehe.

These are the ones I want the most out of my… extensive list. Please consider my request! (^^)

Brains, may you pretty, pretty please make me a big robot I can use on Tracy Island? I would love to throw Max like a softball protect us from especially dangerous intruders. I have a list of things I want… Reply soon, please!! ヾ(＾-＾)ノ

Well, since you asked so politely, I'll consider it. What is the list of things you want? I can take a look and maybe grant some of your requests. If you promise to be on your best behavior.

Although I'm not sure you need to throw MAX around. I'm sure the two of you could get on and even become friends.

( @starman-john-tracy I wonder what you think of this?)

OOC: Congratulations!!! Here’s to all of us TBirds RP accounts hopefully all getting to a year too! Hip hip hooray for Lady Penelope!

OOC Post (under the cut)

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

One whole year of Penny! Thank you to everyone who's commented, liked, sent asks, replied to or interacted in any other way, shape or form with her. When I initially set her up, I didn't think she'd last a few months but here we are. Twelve months later. Here's to twelve more! <3

I promise!! ^_^ Do I get to land it as well? I looks so cool on CCTV footage on the island…

what’s ur fav feature of tbird shadow? I like the grabby legs the most they’re so cool compared to the lame landing gear of the other birds

Shadow's landing gear is definitely the coolest of the Thunderbirds - Brains told me he was inspired by eagles, which are excellent birds (though crows and ravens are my favourite kinds of bird, we have a lot in common). Shadow's also the only Thunderbird that can drive on land thanks to her motorbike form and it's honestly so much fun to lord that fact over my brothers. (And no Virgil, your PODs don't count.) Overall favourite feature is probably her invisibility though, because I can sneak up on people and irritate my brothers (mostly Gordon, he's just so easy to make fun of!).

I will always maintain that Shadow is the best Thunderbird. Better than the oversized green bean, at any rate.

Placing a pawn defensively in the way, EOS doesn’t move a single centimetre, millimetre, nothing, as John places a hand on her unit. But he can see the camera zoom out, as if his closeness makes him too blurry in EOS’s eye. She seems to notice his weariness, shakiness, the underlying panic and fear he’ll fall over and smash through the reinforced glass like a cannonball.

And then a bagel smacks him in the ear, telling him that’s probably not what she’s thinking about.

“The usual. There are other things, of course, but you might as well have that bagel I’ve gleefully given to you… Would you like some condiments with that?”

Go Back To Sleep [RP]

@i-am-the-dawn-aka-eos:

She sends it to his side of the chess field. “I can hear two shiny dollars going into the jar.” She moves her camera. “Ah! Do you think you could eat now? It has been… 7 hours, 5 minutes and 13 seconds since you last ate anything.” She trundles closer. “I would advise against a no, but I lack the equipment to stop you.” While being mildly threatening, she discreetly moves her bishop. She weaves between the emotions she conveys like a bullet train; always trying to cover as many stops as she can before her turn to speak is over.

That's what finally makes John laugh, small and weary. He tips his head back, neck long, to quietly regard her camera. There's no part of him that wants to eat, but he also knows she won't stop asking until he does. It's one of the things that won Scott over on his murder-robot-friend in the first place.

"But you're beating me so thoroughly at chess." He smiles, skips his queen over the board, ready to take one of her knights, then pushes himself up to stand.

John Tracy sways worryingly on his feet, his head going horribly light as the blood rushes away from it. Through the static, he reaches a blue-clad hand up to brace himself on Eos' camera unit; her box warm and alive under his fingers, and takes a moment to breathe.

He's just so very... tired.

"What's-" John starts, the curl of his hair shadowing his eyes, "What's on the menu, Eos?"

I have no idea what you’re talking about. I would never make fun of my creator…

Which Tracy do you get on best with (after John of course)?

"I haven't really spent that much time with John's brothers in all honesty. They're a busy group, given the day job and all! At most, I've spoken to Gordon and Alan in passing. Alan more, since he's a fellow astronaut. So, I'd probably say him out of all brothers..."

Ridley pauses a moment, a thoughtful expression on her face as she considers her options.

"Does EOS count? I've certainly spent a lot of time talking to her when handball games get cut short with a rescue call. I'd like to think we get on well - she's always asking questions. She's also a bit cheeky, like me!"

Haha, I’ll never let go of the footage of Gordon with those lovely little reptiles… they didn’t lift a finger and you still wept like they’d kill you in an instant!

Are the cats behaving adequately though?

Well, I hope that all goes swimmingly. And I wouldn’t mind dealing with the more unruly ones…

I see you also have a Tumblr account, Lady Penelope. Are you as equally pestered as you are in the real world?

EOS! Hello, darling. How are you finding your experience so far?

I find it equal, in all honesty. Perhaps more so, in some respects. Though 'pestered' might not be the word I'd choose to describe it. The connotations are... a little unfair. People are curious, and there is nothing wrong with a little curiosity.

And you would be right, especially factoring in your reputation for destroying your own Thunderbird. (ﾟAﾟ;) I’m keeping you off at all costs— uh, unless John really, really, really, really thinks you’re a good fit. …get an extra really in there. Then I suppose I can let you on…

Soooo if you can pilot every thunderbird... which is your favourite (excluding tb4 of course!) to pilot? Or even juicier do you have a least favourite? >:3

What do you mean excluding Four 😏

Favourite? That’s gotta be Two, given she’s the one I get the most airtime on (people always seem surprised when I say that - gotta keep the big guy’s air hours down where we can, so I’ll take the home stretch and let him snooze/kick back). She’s easy to fly once you’re used to the VTOL engines, very forgiving and there isn’t much she can’t do. Got a soft spot for the big girl, she and Four go together like peanut butter and jelly after all 💚💛

(And she isn’t determined to try and kill you like a certain other ‘bird)

Honourable mention to Three, but that’s Alan’s baby and he doesn’t share all that often.

Least favourite? It’s probably not that juicy 😂 Five (sorry @starman-john-tracy). It involves space and being trapped in space, and a distinct lack of the sea in space. The technology is incredible, but it’s John’s domain and I always feel like I’m intruding. It’s also far too far away from people, and absolutely not enough human contact, despite all the communications.

To be fair, I’m probably at the bottom of @i-am-the-dawn-aka-eos list of people to man Five too, so it’s mutual.

So.... considering you started off with game architecture, which is superior? X-box , Playstation, or PC?

Personal Computer, all the way. Especially with recent generations of console having next to no exclusive games, and ports of older games coming to PCs. Unless the consoles step it up, I’m sticking with my lovely little computer! (＾＾)

…but, if I could, I’d collect consoles and their controllers… they are ever so pretty, some of them, but alas Thunderbird 5 can only carry so much. (^^;)

I prefer the beginning tune myself, mainly because it’s all I hear on Thunderbird 5 when rescues aren’t abound. “Stingray” is figuratively burnt into my hardware at this point.

Well good morning I guess?