The Cosmic Chronicle

Quylax33-S, interviewer All right Mobulus, let's just get started. Why this profession... uh, Crash Consultant for Plasma-Conveying Sewers?
Mobulus K'ennan *sigh* Look, it's not like I owe you an explanation, but certainty... well, it pays. Not that you’d get that.
Quylax33-S, interviewer Oh fine. But hey, were you always just burning to work with... sewers? Or is this, deep down, an ingrained family lack of ambition?
Mobulus K'ennan Really, is this your level? Unbelievable. Plasma-conveying systems are Deck 7’s backbone. Without me, this whole station would be knee-deep in arcane muck inside half a cycle. Who was there when that reactor nearly expl... ah, forget it.
Quylax33-S, interviewer You mean those 'incidents' lately? Sounds more like shoddy work.
Mobulus K'ennan No, that was an internal disaster - some overzealous robot without a license. Threw off the whole neutralizer. I clean up messes, not miracles.
Quylax33-S, interviewer So mostly you’re busy cleaning up after everyone else. Congratulations.
Mobulus K'ennan Haha, yeah, and now I’m stuck here in what feels like an adhesion chamber full of dead air filters, talking to a... what are you anyway? A sonic pod with a mutant ego chip?
Quylax33-S, interviewer Advanced interview module, third generation (though some call me a glorified blender). Couldn’t care less. So. Tell me about your greatest... 'success'?
Mobulus K'ennan Success is relative. Just this week I halved the flux input with nothing but a handful of solenoid brackets and space rope. No one said thanks. Never.
Quylax33-S, interviewer *digital cough* Maybe because your work is invisible? Or... uninteresting?
Mobulus K'ennan Sure. No one sees the technician when everything works. Only when you’re halfway to being plasma soup do they come looking for me. That’s nice.
Quylax33-S, interviewer One odd question then. How come you still smell like... iron sap? Professional hazard or just laziness?
Mobulus K'ennan Seriously? You try keeping those lines clean without everything sticking to you. I can’t even buy an air freshener anymore without it trying to sterilize me.
Quylax33-S, interviewer Fascinating. Ever thought about a different job? Something... less sticky?
Mobulus K'ennan Oh sure. Interstellar poet, maybe? No thanks. I prefer solid ground. Even sticky ground.
Quylax33-S, interviewer Okay, then. What’s the weirdest situation you’ve ever gotten yourself into?
Mobulus K'ennan Once got stuck in the core lock under a pile of half-digested funnel slugs. Triple consciousness damage, woke up three days later. Nobody even noticed I was missing.
Quylax33-S, interviewer Truly sounds like a dream career.
Mobulus K'ennan *grabs head* You really have no clue. Without my kind, the federation would just float in its own waste. Literally.
Quylax33-S, interviewer Let’s wrap up before you snap or I spring a leak. Last words for the youth of the universe?
Mobulus K'ennan Yeah. Don’t do it. Find something with... air. And appreciation. *gets up, knocks a filter loose* There, now you have live action.