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[ Reki, today there is a knock at your door, and a to-go box filled with some chicken alfredo pasta outside your office door.

It's still hot. You might want to eat it.

Oh yeah, and there's a Gumi hiding somewhere nearby to watch and make sure you get it. ]

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[Reki opens the door and doesn't see anyone in front of the door. But his foot does hit something on the floor. He picks it up and, feeling the heat through the box, guesses what's inside.]

...

[He has turned and noticed some green hair. Reki smiles and leaves his office door wide open.]

[Did he ever need some pasta after the past few days.]

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[ for a moment, she thinks she got away, but she starts realizing just how much of a failninja she is when he turns.

... and then proceeds to leave his door wide open.

Yep. He saw her. Well, it wasn't like he wouldn't figure out who gave him his gift of pasta anyway. Pasta was their thing, after all. So she comes out from her hiding place and makes her way to his doorway, leaning against the doorframe and smiling. ]

Figured you could use some.

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[Reki takes a seat at his desk and pulls a fork out of a drawer as Gumi leans on the door frame.]

Have you developed mind reading in addition to talking to machines?

[A joke, but for all he knew, it could be possible.]

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My pasta senses were tingling! [ that smile becomes a smirk. she remains in the doorway, content for now with just leaning against the doorframe. ]

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Ah, so a pasta mutation. [And that would be the smell of pasta filling the room]

[Some of that tension Reki has been holding in his body for the past few days eases some. +10 points for Gumi]

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Interesting, don't you think? [ mmm, pasta. she sees him relax a little and steps into the room, heading over to the printer. ]

And how are you? Better since the excessive puking from a while back?

Ahuh~

[ she's a little surprised. ]

Oh, you're so tiny~! Cuuuute~!

Thanks for making Daddy feel better, by the way~

.... [ she grins. ] Excuse me for a moment.

[ she turns to look at Reki. ] Oh Rekiiii~ I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but congratulations! You're a father.

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[Reki has just taken a bite of his pasta as Gumi is chatting with his printer.]

[Chew. Swallow. What.]

I'm a what?!

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[ his reaction makes her laugh a little. but as soon as she calms down, she places a hand on the printer and smiles. ]

She calls you 'Daddy.' She's also super young. She also likes to see you happy.

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My printer's a baby girl... [This is unexpected in more ways than one.]

... And I'm "Daddy"?

[He does smile a little about seeing him happy. At least the baby printer seems nice.]

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Yep! She's a real sweetheart! She seriously needs a name, though. I can't keep calling her 'printer,' and all.

Name? Is Daddy going to name me?

[ this is just waaay too cute. ]

She's asking if you're going to name her.

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[This... this is the same printer he was glaring at earlier for printing constantly. Reki feels so guilty.]

A name? Uh, sure. Of course I'll name her...

[But what does someone name a printer you've just found out is a baby girl?]

[Reki pulls up baby naming sites because he has no idea at all.]

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[ quiet for a few moments before she starts talking again. ]

Soooo, while your dad's working on a name for you, why don't we make sure everything's good on your end? Not to worry, I won't hurt you. Just going to make sure everything's okay.

Nnnn ... o-okay.

Aww, don't be nervous! I promise, I won't hurt you.

[ Gumi worries about baby printer! ]

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[Reki looks up from his holo-screen briefly... worried over his baby printer apparently.]

Do you think the network problem from earlier... [One does not use the word "damaged" when speaking to a baby...] hurt her?

[Oh. There's a name.]

Uh... how's Aiko?

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Is Daddy naming me Aiko?

Yep, seems to be the case, hun.

Hee! Thank you, Daddy!

[ smiles, and after making sure she's okay, she pets the printer a little. ]

She likes her name~

[ leans back in her chair. ] Anyway, I was worried that the events from a while back might have actually affected her, but thankfully Ai seems to be just fine.

[ she already has a nickname for her, yay~ ]

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[Okay, the printer--Aiko likes her name. Oh god, he's going to have to refer to her as this from now on. Everyone is going to think he's so weird.]

[... This is like one of Balmung's events. Perhaps that's why he's just going with it even if he can't tell if the prin--Aiko is actually reacting to him.]

I... am glad Aiko is okay. I've been double check all the code and records trying to locate the changes. It shouldn't happen again.

[Hopefully.]

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Good! If anything does, though, she's got a couple of technopaths who can help her out. I'm not too worried about the little one here~

Daddy takes good care of me!