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Yuki Sato shared a photo.
4/30/2017 near Maple Valley

SOmeone please tell me I can move this through a door. I can't take it apart.

[ooc: Guess whose niece is coming tomorrow? His. Guess who puts off shopping and redecorating to the last possible moment? This guy. Also don't let him at things that are basically giant model kits.]

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But

But I already built it and everything...
I even used a level and made sure all the joints were secure

[He doesn't want to take it apart is the real problem here. Not just plain laziness but the fact that he's proud of the way it looks and isn't sure he'd be able to keep it looking this good if he takes it apart.]

[She feels a little bad for him! But mostly she's questioning his foresight.]

is there a way it can stay where it is?

I built it in the living room so

I'm guessing no

why
did you build it in the living room?
oh my god.

I

I don't know
It seemed like a good idea when I was doing it
I was just putting it together to see if all the parts were there and then I kind of got carried away

no kidding.
this is the way i see it. you have two choices:
either she sleeps in the living room, or you dismantle the bed. it won't fit through a standard door, and even if it could, it'd be so difficult to carry that whoever was moving it would be risking serious injury.

I'll dismantle it.

I don't want Yuri to spend her first day here sleeping in the living room...it's not fair to her. Not when she's already having to go so far.

hey, don't be so glum.
it's a pain in the ass, but it'll work out. i'm sure she'll appreciate it.

Yeah
I know it will
I really wanted her to like it and it's more important that she's happy, right?

it's more important that you don't kill yourself trying to move a loft bed.
but her happiness is important too.

I'm kind of supposed to be taking care of her so
yeah
I probably shouldn't get hurt. That makes sense.

Thanks, by the way.

you're welcome. and good luck.
it won't be as difficult to reassemble it a second time around,
since you've got experience under your belt.

It wasn't hard to assemble the first time. A bit bigger than the kits I'm used to, but it was pretty fun.
Now I'm almost wondering if they make miniature kits for beds.

you build miniatures? what kinds?

Mostly cars and dioramas. They're a lot of fun!

it sounds like it. you have to have a lot of patience for it. that virtue was never my strong suit.

It's worth it at the end though. Just looking at what I've made makes me happy.

What kind of hobbies do you have then?

i hike. my dad and i go fishing...
and um, i used to build robots. don't know if i'd call that a "hobby," though.

Hiking? That sounds really
healthy?? Do you really like nature then?

AND DID YOU SAY ROBOTS
That's cool! Did you build fighting robots?!

ha. i guess you could say that.
i never built fighting robots. practical things...for the most part. once i programmed an rc car to operate itself.

Edited 2017-05-15 02:16 (UTC)

Oh

That's still cool though! It sounds like it must have been difficult.

ah, it wasn't too bad. nothing compared to making a bigger rig. just a matter of creating a neural network and...

uh. ok maybe it was kind of difficult
a fighting robot would be a little easier if it were radio controlled.
i don't know about an autonomous one. it's possible, of course. sticking to toys for something like that is safer. a giant, self-thinking combat machine would be a bad idea on all sides.

now i'm thinking about trying this. the smaller, kid-friendly version,
that is

Edited 2017-05-16 05:02 (UTC)

Well they have made movies about how bad an idea that would be. The giant ones, especially if they fall in with a villain of some sort.

A tiny one would be nice though. And fighting robots are always pretty popular with kids right? I liked them back when I was a kid too.

i'd never considered being a toymaker...
but i'll give it a shot. it should be fun to try, at least. i need to practice anyway.
i've gotten rusty.

Really? Why not?

Show me when you're done, okay?

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Yuki Sato shared a photo. 4/30/2017 near Maple Valley
SOmeone please tell me I can move this through a door. I can't take it apart.