So you might have noticed there's a big ol' robot parked out back of the bunker at the Cooper farm. It's large and green and looks very battered
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The tentacle turns its end from side to side as though looking for Pikachu, and then withdraws slowly back to the mech's head, apparently disappointed by the lack of any adorable yellow critters in the vicinity.
Why no, she's not stifling a giggle up there. Not at all. You're just imagining things.
Oliver arrives in his van. He has a few supplies in the back - cold remedies, ibuprofen, muscle relaxants, paper, pencils, some more blankets - which he'll distribute in the morning. He's also got some other cargo in his van which he's determined not to think about.
The giant robot proves a very good distraction. With a small glowing ball of flame above his right hand to light his way, Oliver examines it, puzzled and wary of coming too close to it.
"Hello," he greets, on the perfectly rational assumption that, since the last robot he met talked to him, this one might.
Windows 95 has been waiting for this moment. There is nobody on the thing, and possibly nobody inside the thing. And most everyone has gone inside to warmer pastures.
It is filthy. Surely nobody will mind if she works on that!
Somewhere in the milliseconds between her having her back to him and her having her front to him, the feather duster she was using got replaced by a sword. Fancy that.
He straightens up, taking his hands out of his jacket pockets in the same motion, and offers her a friendly smile. Now that he's a few inches further forward and out of the bunker's shadow, a few distinguishing features become visible: eyepatch, long messy brown hair, gloves.
(There's a pretty good distance between them - ten or fifteen feet. The sword isn't a threat until she's close enough to use it.)
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Sadly, this does not seem to be the case.
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Val turns the page in her copy of Freedom and Necessity.
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FLEEEEEE!
It hides behind an available Mecha Thingy.
And then peeeeeers out, eyes wide.
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Why no, she's not stifling a giggle up there. Not at all. You're just imagining things.
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The giant robot proves a very good distraction. With a small glowing ball of flame above his right hand to light his way, Oliver examines it, puzzled and wary of coming too close to it.
"Hello," he greets, on the perfectly rational assumption that, since the last robot he met talked to him, this one might.
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It's possible the robot is sleeping.
Alternately, it's possible it isn't autonomous.
Was that shadowy figure always leaning against the corner of the bunker like that?
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-- shadow!
Long combat training means Oliver falls into the beginnings of a defensive stance before he stops himself. He holds his right hand closer to the form.
"Hello?"
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"Hello."
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"You've got a giant robot now?" Marley asks, standing at the foot of the robot.
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She extends a tentacle down to Marley's level and makes a little platform on the end of it.
"Hop aboard. I don't suggest climbing this thing. If it gets any brokener than it already is, Neil's gonna kick my ass."
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It is filthy. Surely nobody will mind if she works on that!
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It doesn't look like there's anyone around.
Unless she happens to turn around and glance back at the bunker, in which case there's somebody standing in a convenient shadow. Watching her.
This is not creepy, Neil. Not at all.
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INTRUDER DETECTED
Somewhere in the milliseconds between her having her back to him and her having her front to him, the feather duster she was using got replaced by a sword. Fancy that.
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(There's a pretty good distance between them - ten or fifteen feet. The sword isn't a threat until she's close enough to use it.)
"Sorry, did I startle you?"
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SONIA IS ONTO YOU
She is not sure she approves of its current use as a combo seat/apple holder. It might explode or something.
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She spots Sonia and waves. "Hey there!"
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"You sure that thing's safe?"
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