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[insect_kickback]

*Kickback's back in the nexus after his rather long absence and stretched out  on one of the nexus couches; happily taking up most of the room.  He looks a little troubled; the reason for this?  Simple his team mate has had yet another potentially dangerous idea that he can't stop going on about it.  Whomever said having a mad scientist on the team

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[liquid_thief]

"Not a clue. The closest any of us have had to a pet would be Pluto, or maybe Wingnut. And neither of them are really 'pets'. Pluto's a Stardroid and just acts like a cat, and Wingnut's a Sewercon. Fire lizards take a lot of responsibility. I've heard Crash keeps some little drone birds for pets. Pipis." Mercury shrugs. "It depends on what kind of pet she wants. I mean, you can't play fetch with a goldfish."

"Well, that's what makes the trope fun. That and anyone you run into doesn't know. So if someone's bugging you you can say 'Stuff it or I'll sic Fluffy on you'. And they end up picturing this tiny little ball of fur, probably with a bow on, and laughing. And then while they're laughing you call Fluffy, but instead of a tiny furball there's this huge two-story-tall and probably fire breathing abomination named Fluffy."

"Or for a less vicious version you can just get people with the 'Want to see my cute pet? His name's Fluffy...' and then watch them scream and panic when they see. Because, again, they're probably expecting an adorable little furball."

[insect_kickback]

Yeah? Hmm I've never actually had a pet myself so I can't really comment on that part.

*he nods* True...and I don't think a goldfish would be a particularly good idea. We're not exactly size compatible; we'd likely loose the poor thing.

*That mental picture appeals to Kickback's sadistic and bizarre sense of humour and thus he snickers* Oh you do have a good point there. Sadly the people who pop round our place are larger than me and are not likely to be intimidated by an organic...they'd probably kill the poor thing. *because seriously that's what decepticons do; but sic-ing it on Starscream might be worth it...*

[liquid_thief]

"Maybe some kind of Nexus Thing like those Pokemon? I'm not sure where you'd get one, though. The Vending Machine hasn't been around in a while, but I'm sure they have to come from somewhere other than that. Some universe or other that they come from. They're supposed to be smarter than most pets, and a lot of them aren't too small."

"Yeah, dead Fluffy kind of ruins the fun of it."

[insect_kickback]

Oh yeah; I remember that thing! Hmm a pokemon might be a good start for her; especially if it's about the right size so she can cuddle and not crush it. *because he really wouldn't want to deal with the fallout from that*

No kidding. It'd be a real dampener.

[liquid_thief]

"Yeah, I've heard some of them are made of metal or rock and wouldn't be as squishy. Most of the ones I've actually seen though are just weird animals, or plants in the case of the Oddish."

[insect_kickback]

Yeah...I think she'd want something a little more cuddly than something made out of rock. Metal might not be a bad idea though. Yeah....plants wouldn't be a good idea; it might get eaten. *because they're insecticons they eat plants; often not bothering to discriminate*

[liquid_thief]

"Or if she wants something organic you could try something like a dinosaur. I think some of those lived in swamps, but I'm not sure."

[insect_kickback]

*Kickback blinks* I don't think a dinosaur would be a good idea. The last time she saw the dinobots wasn't exactly a pleasant memory for her.

[liquid_thief]

"Yeah, ok, dinos are a bad idea then. But prehistoric universes have other giant stuff. Woolly mammoths or giant ground sloths and things. Or there's alien animals like banthas. Crash and Quick have a bantha, they get really big."

[insect_kickback]

*Kickback's antennae perk up* I never thought about the alien animals...probably should have actually. What's a bantha?

[liquid_thief]

"It's sort of like a giant mutant musk ox that produces blue milk and sometimes headbutts things. They're from universes like the 'Star Wars' films."

[insect_kickback]

*Kickback hmms for a moment* Sounds different *he's not sure about the head butting thing though* ...I've never actually seen Star Wars yet I'll have to add it to my to-do list. *because in his universe the films have yet to be shown on TV...that and he can't exactly rent them*

[liquid_thief]

"Yeah, and when you have a probably infinitely huge Nexus with maybe an infinite number to different universes full of different worlds... you could probably find just about anything imaginable for a pet."

[insect_kickback]

Hmm yeah I'll have to bring her around sometime to see if she's interested in any of them. The last thing I want is to pick something she would find frightening. *because then he'd have to find somewhere else to put it...and he's not too fond of that*

[liquid_thief]

And re-homing giant alien monsters is so difficult. Mercury nods. "Yeah, she should be the one to pick it out, if it's going to be hers. Lucky us the closest Nyxie seems to want for pets are her 'Dollies'. We keep finding them hiding all over the ship, but at least they don't make messes like squishy things would."

[insect_kickback]

*No kidding; Kickback might be slightly lazy but can anyone really blame him* Heh yeah not looking forward to the messy part so much; I hope she picks something we can train to keep that at a minimum.