{I updated as soon as I got back. Sorry for the wait, everyone. How about the author showed off some of his own dad jokes and gave everyone a laugh?}
Welcome, dear Stellaron Hunters, to the Party Car. Would you like something to eat, a drink, or perhaps... time to start the party? The homophone between "line up" and "party" was rather amusing, wasn't it?
The platinum-colored Bartender Robot delivered that dad joke in a witty, Otto-like tone.
"Shut up!"*4
Himeko, March 7th, Stelle, and Bronya shouted in unison. The moment Bronya finished speaking, she hurriedly covered her mouth! Oh no! She had shouted it entirely on reflex.
"I never expected Passenger Bronya to be so in sync with everyone, pom."
Pam looked up in surprise at the slightly flushed and flustered Bronya.
"Uh, sorry for making a fool of myself. This Bartender Robot's dad jokes are simply too embarrassing. Bronya just said it naturally."
Bronya awkwardly explained to Pam while imitating Duck Duck's manner of speaking.
"Let me introduce everyone to it. It's the Bartender Robot made and modified by that fellow Void Archive. It can do quite a lot. It would be even better if it didn't tell those unbearably embarrassing dad jokes, pom."
Pam complained as Himeko picked him up and seated him on a barstool.
No, no, Conductor Pom-Pom, I must disagree.
Appropriate jokes can bring people closer together—or farther apart in fear. "Distance" and "fear distance" sound alike. Isn't that amusing?
The Bartender Robot slipped in another dad joke without missing a beat.
"Uh, so this really used to be a meeting room?"
Stelle asked Shut Up, the Bartender Robot, while looking around at the elegant and tranquil surroundings.
This train car used to be called the Meeting Car. My former master said, "There are