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[mustloverex]

[ Abby's kept clear of the network despite having been on Tranquility for a month - partly because being social on a death ship wasn't her first priority, partly because most of her questions could be easily answered by Connor.

But if there's anything that can make her come out of her shell, it's animals. Animals and dinosaurs, which apparently exist here (at least the one does). The feed opens on her face, but the gardens are easily visible behind her. ]

This is Abby Maitland with the theoretical zoology department. [ She sounds only mildly aggrieved, mostly friendly. ]

Is there an official system for tracking the animals loose in the gardens? The ecosystem has managed fine thus far, but we might want to be more careful about interfering with it unchecked. I'm not even sure what some of these animals are eating. [ Hello, Myfanwy. ]

Enclosures might not be a bad idea either. I hate to lock anything up, but it would be in everyone's best interest if we can easily find them during emergencies - theirs included.

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[unparental]

...have you met Tony Stark, yet? Or Chapel.

[ she has a point, honest. ]

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[mustloverex]

I haven't.

[ Sounding slightly suspicious - good natured, but suspicious. ]

Dare I ask?

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[unparental]

They're... well. When someone builds robots and they kill us all before the anonymous creep can, I can tell you right now who the three people standing at ground zero will be.

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[tarheel]

Hey, I resent that. I don't build ro—okay, I don't build robots that are big enough to go on a homicidal rampage. Nanoscale work only.

[ chapel, bb, now may not be the best time to be scrupulously honest. ]

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[unparental]

Right, tiny robots no one can see are way less horrifying.

voice »

[tarheel]

[ wait for it.

waaaaaaaaait for it... ]

... should've just left it at "I don't build robots," huh.

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[unparental]

It might have been more convincing, yeah.

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[tarheel]

Welp. Note to self: do not make people think about Michael-Crichton-gray-goo scenarios when trying to tell them you're probably not going to cause the robot apocalypse.

[ NO MATTER HOW UNREALISTIC THEY MAY BE.

god that book was awful.

aren't you proud of him for not saying that out loud this time. ]

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[unparental]

That's the really realistic one, right?

[ no idea what series you mean, chapel, but she loves those choking noises you make when she pretends to believe junk science. ]

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[mustloverex]

So homicidal rampages invisible to the naked eye, then - much better.

Are you Stark or Chapel?

[ Haven't you ever seen termites, man. Size means nothing. ]

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[tarheel]

Technically, if there are enough of them to commit homicide, they're probably gonna be visible to the naked eye. [ beat ] ... that's not helping, is it.

Chapel. By the way, sorry I never called you back during the, uh, minor emergency. Things got a little hectic.

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[mustloverex]

[ Oh. And that's funny, she knows it is, but it brings up memories of apocalyptic futures and Connor with his finger on the metaphorical trigger; she ignores it, but there's no pretending her response doesn't ring a bit hollow. ]

Thank you - now I know who to chastise for letting him go days without proper food. You'd think brains that large would have a better sense of self-preservation.

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[unparental]

[ jenna can see she touched a nerve, but not which one. still, note to self: maybe less death by robot joking. ]

Oh, no. They get together and "make science"-- [ she's doing fingerquotes on her end, lbr. ] and forget human needs.

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[mustloverex]

Sometimes I think I might prefer it if he told me he was cheating. At least then I'd be competing with something with a heartbeat - slightly less pathetic that way.

[ She's bounced back quickly; her tone is all good humor now. ]

Not that I'm one to judge someone for being married to their work. Do you do anything for any of the ship's departments?

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[unparental]

My boyfriend's lust is for books way, way older than I am. Trust me, I get it.

[ she makes a quiet 'ehhhhhh' noise. ]

I used to help out with the Psych corner of medbay, but that all got a little confusing-- and I don't have my degree, so technically I really shouldn't be practicing.

voice » you asked for it really

[starked]

You're besmirching my good name before I even have a chance to say hello to her.

[ tony that's not a denial. ]

voice » tony you dick don't go out into the ship in the future which is now actually the past

[unparental]

I'm a speaker of great truths, don't even try.

voice » see epitome of too late. oops

[starked]

I will try whenever I want to thank you very much. You didn't have to phrase it that way.

voice » :|

[unparental]

Did too.

voice » .)

[starked]

Did not. You just wanted to make everything seem way worse than it is. Drama queen.

voice » HAEEEET

[unparental]

...pot or-- no actually, you know what? Nope. I'm not the pot or the kettle, you are too much drama for one kitchen appliance to hold.

voice » tony do you have google alerts set up for your name

[mustloverex]

Can't be that good a name if it's so easily besmirched.

[ You can hear the smile in her voice, though - don't worry, Tony, she doesn't hate you yet. ]

voice » ...maybe

[starked]

Tell that to Robb. Chapel already spilled his beans, but in case it wasn't obvious, I'm the Stark part of the equation.

[ Well see, that's good. He likes that. He likes having Connor around too, so please don't take him away, Abby. :C ]

We haven't blown anything up, and really they're the ones who built the particle accelerator without talking to me about it first. [ tony why do you sound like you're pouting about that. why are you even. ]

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[mustloverex]

Stark? You wouldn't happen to own a direwolf, would you?

[ Starks come with wolves, it's what she's been told. ]

And I'm glad to hear you haven't blown anything up - [ there's an unsaid yet there- ] But please try to exercise caution in the future.

It's difficult to run away from explosions when there are no emergency exits. [ Still good-natured, but there's a serious implication there. You guys screw up, you take us all down with you. Abby's slightly wary of the mad science - she's got her reasons. ]

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[starked]

Nah, I am regrettably one of two Starks who don't get to have a direwolf. I asked for one a few jumps back, but apparently no one wants to let me have one. Despite the status.

[ No, really, he's lying about being a "Stark" Stark but can't he have one too? :( ]

At most I may accidentally create a small explosion that I can control one hundred percent. [ The longest pause ever. ] I'm not dumb enough to have huge explosions in a confined space. Or even to really want them.