Third Floor Common Room, Saturday Morning

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It was with great seriousness that Zachary Uriah Addy made his way to the common room, dragging a cart piled almost as high as he was with books and pieces of lab equipment behind him.

While most kids believed the weekend was a time for cartoons, he knew it was also a time for SCIENCE!

After turning on the television, Zack sat next to his cart, opened a book and began to assemble...something...

[Open as common rooms are.]

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I'm an only child," Willow said. "My mom says that means I'll have a dilemna."

Willow didn't know what that meant, but she knew her mom said it.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"A what?" Turtle asked, head tilting, braid flopping on the floor. "Is that like....a fruit?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I dunno," Willow admitted. "I think it has something to do with couches and cigars."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle's nose wrinkled. "Cigars are gross. But you have to smoke them when you play poker."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I don't wanna smoke," Willow agreed, making an ick face. "It gives you cancer and means you've got a moral tick station."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle giggled. "Willow, I think you make up words that aren't words. What the heck's a moral tick station?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I dunno," Willow said. "Maybe it's like an ant farm?"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Ooooh, ant farms can be cool. They're very 'fficient workers."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I bet they take lots of notes," Willow said. "In tiny notebooks that they can write in with little pencils."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Don't be a dork, Willow," Turtle crossed her arms over her chest. "Ev'ry one knows ants can't have pencils 'cause they're 'lergic to lead."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Willow hadn't thought of that. "Maybe pens? I don't want the ants to die!"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Pens maybe," Turtle said, looking thoughtful about possibly taking the lead on the revolutionary ant-pen market.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Or chalk," Willow said. "But they'd get all dusty and white."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"They'd need slate instead of notebooks, then," Turtle pointed out. "Pen'n'paper's much more 'fficient, 'les we get 'em computers..."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"L'il ones!" Willow agreed. "But they could be dense 'cause ants can lift that."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"That's true!" Turtle gushed excitedly, and started bouncing slightly. "Willow, Willow, Willow! We gotta do this! We will totally rock the ant computer market together!"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow bounced with excitement. "I could program them!"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"I call parts and distr'bution!"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Can we have signs?" Willow asked. "I can make signs."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Signs for what? Our bus'ness?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"An' our jobs," Willow said with a nod. "So people know what we do."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle nodded. "Advertising! Very important! So's everyone knows that Turtle & Willow, Inc. is the bestest for all your ant-computer needs!"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Can we make computers for worms?" Willow asked. She didn't want worms to feel excluded.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"A'course!" Turtle would never look down on expandig their market. "Would have to be different, though, I think, 'cause they don't got legs or arms or even antennae."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"They could use a mouse!" Willow said.