So take up your aim and raise your rifles

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WHO: Tabby and Metabee
WHERE: somewhere in the city center
WHEN: September 5th (tomorrow) in the afternoon
WARNINGS: Idiots
SUMMARY: Tabby and Metabee bond over popsicles then get attacked by seagulls.
FORMAT: Quicklog or paragraph? That's a good question

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Tabby fistpumps in victory at practically the same time and she manages to snag her prize. She looks over and her eyes meet with those of the blond who snagged the other popsicle. A wide grin spreads across her face.

"Aw yeah. Who rocks?"

She points between the two of them.

"Uh-huh. That's us."

In the meanwhile, the six-year-old who'd been snatching for a popsicle too is staring up at them with a look of horror on his face.

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"They were pretty goddamn snappy, they were!"

She smacks his hand with her own, then spins toward the counter.

"Woo-ha! Let's go pay for these suckers! I'll treat. Good taste should be rewarded!"

At this point, the six-year-old decides that he's had enough of this gloating in front of his face and screaming.

"Mom! Mom, I wanna popsicle too! Mom! Mom!"

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Tabby snorts.

"God, that was pretty awful, dude. I dunno if you still deserve popsicle goodness."

Of course, then the kid tips himself over and starts beating the ground with his fists.

Tabby looks over, then back.

"One sec."

Poker-faced, she slides money over to the cashier, then ambles over the the kid and leans down with a smile on her face that is slightly too wide to be normal.

"Hey kid."

The kid blinks and falls silent with a hiccup, staring at the lady in front of him. Maybe she is going to give him a popsicle?

Tabby pops him in the nose with a finger.

"Suck it up."

There's a beat of calm as the mother starts turning red. Before she manages to start huffing, Tabby's dashing out the door. She laughs and hollers back at Bee.

"Run or the lady'll eat you!"

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Tabby sprints off, laughing all the while. She's wearing heeled bots, though, so she slows down a little once they get about a block away.... although she tells herself it's totally so that the other guy can catch up. She did have a head start, after all.

When she's down to a walk, she unwraps her popsicle and holds it up in a toasting gesture.

"To watermelon goodness."

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Tabby flips her hair, then starts nibbling on the end of her popsicle. Mmm, cold.

"So, like, I just realize? I never got your name, dude."

She looks over at him and grins without a hint of embarrassment at her oversight.

"I'm Tabby, though. Nice to meetcha!"

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"Heh totes... Wait, Metabee? That's a weird name."

Tabby cocked her head to the side.

"You- Are you one of the ported-in kids?"

Geez, what a coincidence to run into a fellow hero.

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Tabby takes this all in stride. Hey, she spent her teenage years travelling through Asgard and saving kids from sentient radios. Compared to that, a human robot's nothing.

"Medabot, huh? Cool. So, what, you're some kind of robot healer dude?"

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"Nah, y'look like the crazy blond type, actually."

She considers this, then slowly ventures a question.

"So you, like, ran around eating other people's awards an' stuff? What, did you wait at track meets to snatch the ribbons offa little kids' chests or somethin'?"

Her question is actually serious.

No really, it is.