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[dontpatr0nizeme]

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[inmylight_comdr]

"Insane" would be throwing it out a window.

[dontpatr0nizeme]

No, instead you want to give the kid away to some random person.

[Going to try to actually comfort the kid because of failmother's inability to be useful.]

[inmylight_comdr]

Better them than me. [She crosses her arms, watching him. SO ENTIRELY OUT OF HER ELEMENT RIGHT NOW.]

[dontpatr0nizeme]

[Finally figuring out the problem and trying to change a dirty diaper, in spite of his horrible inexperience.] No. We are not giving the kid away, Kat. Besides, can you see the castle letting us off that easy?

Adapt, Spartan.

[alabaster_blood]

You too, huh?

[Meanwhile, there will be the sound of bouncing on a bed, and the excited giggles of what sounds like a 5 year old boy in the background.]

[dontpatr0nizeme]

It's not just the castle ruining our foreseeable future?

[alabaster_blood]

Whatever this is, it looks like there's a few rugrats running around. This's happened before, I assume?

[dontpatr0nizeme]

... Yes.

Just not while I was here.

[encryptedlock]

[This just gets a laugh for the longest time.]

Sorry, sorry. Should have guessed. Did you get a boy or a girl?

[inmylight_comdr]

I don't know. Whatever it is, it won't shut up.

[encryptedlock]

[Real maternal, Kat.]

So give him or her some attention. Like me! Laura, say hi to to the Lieutenant Commander.

Hi lady!

[inmylight_comdr]

I'll let Washington handle that. [See? She's not just pissed about having to deal with a kid.]

[She goes silent at that a moment. So, York has one too.]

[Sounding hesitant] Hello Laura.

[odst_mute]

[There's going to be a very light yawn before Rookie finally takes the time to reply into the journal. The crying being the very first thing he catches, which only causes a mixture of confusion and inquiry to be directed at the two familiar voices coming from the pages.]

Adoption?

[dontpatr0nizeme]

The castle has a strange sense of humor, and Kat is not taking it well.

And no, the kid is not being given away for adoption in spite of her offer. She just needs to adjust for a week.

[odst_mute]

The castle gave you a kid. [Just the deadpaniest deadpan. Wasn't really a question, since he heard the child's cries from earlier, but there was an obvious flurry of motion from his end as Rookie made sure there wasn't one hiding in his room or something.]

Sounds like you're pretty calm about this, sir. Happen to you before?

[dontpatr0nizeme]

It's a yearly event, it seems.

And after how long I've been here? A kid isn't a big deal. If I can handle the biggest retard of the simulation soldiers, I can handle a kid.

Better this than being an AI or turned into wildlife again.

[slicesanddices]

[SO AMUSED FOREVER] What, all those mothering instincts not kickin' in?

[dontpatr0nizeme]

Apparently not.

[slicesanddices]

I'm shocked. Really.

[dontpatr0nizeme]

This is going to be a long week.