4th floor common room, Late Sunday night

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair stomped down the hall from his room, carrying Tributary and shaking popcorn from his hair. "I'm so sorry, Trib. She's just a very strange lady."

Tributary just shrugged sleepily and nodded. "Mommy said that you had a crush on her once. Said you must have a thing for girls who can beat you up."

"Shhhh." Blair said, lying on the couch and settling Tributary next to him. "Let's not talk about that where the radio squirrels can hear us."

[Follows this post, for a certain kidlet, but open like common rooms are]

Comments

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah. Dad busted her out when the second Terminator came."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy's mun does not remember what John told him when he thought that duke was the T-1000, so I'm just gonna guess

"Those are the killer robots right?"

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

John's mun had kinda forgotten about that whole Duke/T1000 thing and needs to go back and bookmark/tag it for future reference and snarking.

"Yeah. The one we sent was like the one that tried to kill Mom the first time, and the one they sent was like a liquid metal or something. Wierd."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah why can't killers just be your normal super-spy assasins?"

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Zactly! Wait. What?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Nothing. Just a regular robot would make more sense than liquid metal anyway."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Right! But that's what they did, sent back some damn sentient goo robot thing. Dad ended up smelting him."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I like it." Billy grinned.

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"YEah, they smashed the first one in a machinery press." He grinned.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"That's good too. Like the Warner Bros. Cartoons."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Not so much the cartoony as it's the only thing that finally stopped it. Dad said that someone picked up the brain chip and the arm and used it at Cyberdine, before they decided to destroy 'em."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy facepalmed. "Playing Frankenstein never works out well."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"That's one of Dad's favorite books."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I quite enjoyed it too. How much more of a lesson do you need when even the Monster objects to it?"

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but do you think they get it? No, they're all I can do it better! and crap."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"It wouldn't be so bad if it would only bite them in the ass, but no the darn things gotta go after everyone else too."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"We gotta invent the ass biters!"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"It's the first rule of Science Fiction. If you give something a brain, it will kill you."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Dammit. That's true. So how do we stop people from inventing the next thing that'll bite all our asses?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Urg, I don't know. As long as there's money to be made, or nutjobs getting PhD's, we might just have to keep on the lookout so we can kill the monster before it can cause too much damage."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"yeah! Ever vigilant or something!"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"And maybe try to instigate a background check requirement for anyone going into certain scientific fields."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Right. But that won't exactly work, because who's to say it's not some maverick working in his basement that triggers the next whatever?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Damn. Good point."

[apocalypticson.livejournal.com]

"Thanks! Dad doesn't like it when I make good points." He grins.