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tyler_marlocke

....FINALLY SOME VACATION

May 19, 2009 22:04

It's Friday morning, and right now...

The bags are packed, the extra money is in a special pocket, there's no one invading anytime soon, he has no real training, so it's a little unusual for Tyler to be in this house.

It's not the usual routine and it's great, and because in a few minutes the 'family' car pulls up into the garage and Ray will be ( Read more... )

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gone_byebye May 20 2009, 03:19:27 UTC

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Ray calls- and there he is. "Sorry, almost got sidetracked there- hi, Tyler."

gone_byebye May 20 2009, 04:24:56 UTC

Ray nods. "All right," he says. "Need me to do anything in the meantime, or should I just start studying?"

tyler_marlocke May 20 2009, 05:12:04 UTC

"Study and maybe see what else Revenant left in the folder, I didn't look at it much last night." Tyler replies with a shrug, pulling on his backpack. "I'll see you at 11:30!"

gone_byebye May 20 2009, 05:18:53 UTC

"Sounds good to me," says Ray. "You take care, Tyler."

He'll see Tyler to the door before settling back to go over that folder. You never know what you're going to find, after all.

tyler_marlocke May 20 2009, 20:58:53 UTC

Indeed, and really the Revenant left Ray quite a little folder, besides the maps there's a debit card with a very high balance on it, more than enough for a few days of vacation...and bail money, should it come to that.

And paper clipped to the various brochures contains a phone number and a single request.

Please get Tyler onto some rollercoasters or something.

gone_byebye June 30 2009, 04:44:50 UTC

Ray has to laugh, just a little bit, at that. Okay, he can pull that off. There's bound to be something. And it's been a long time since he's been a tourist and hasn't had the State Department breathing down his neck.

tyler_marlocke July 6 2009, 01:55:21 UTC

Eventually, the few hours between 8 am and 11 am pass through the research, and the alarm on the kitchen stove goes off at precisely that time.

And if Ray's got a destination set up...well all he has to do is type in the address to the auto-driver.

Which is an impressive looking robot sitting in the driver's seat, in a very classy mid-size car...with a leather interior.

gone_byebye March 7 2010, 19:20:37 UTC

"Oo," says Ray reflexively, more at the robot than anything else. "I realize this is going to come across as potentially embarrassing on my part, but may I ask if you're sapient?"

It's Ray. what did you expect?

tyler_marlocke March 7 2010, 19:42:43 UTC

No less than what one would expect from the father of a robot daughter.

"Thank you for selecting the Clay Industries Mark 5 auto-nav system with satellite and GPS. Would you like to input your destination on the screen?"

gone_byebye March 7 2010, 19:50:02 UTC

"All right," says Ray, since that pretty much answers his question. He leans over to poke... hm. Where were the promising lunch sites...

"Let's try the nearest SuperSonic franchise installation, shall we?"

tyler_marlocke March 7 2010, 20:02:31 UTC

"Please fasten your seatbelt. Would you like to obey current local traffic laws?"

gone_byebye March 7 2010, 20:03:37 UTC

"For the moment, yes," Ray says as he settles back to snap himself in. "I reserve the right to alter or reverse that decision should the necessary conditions arise."

tyler_marlocke March 7 2010, 20:09:55 UTC

"Route selected."

And thus the garage door pulls open to let the packed-up car out onto the road. You have to give whoever built this car and robot credit, not only is it a very good, safe driver, the suspension work is wonder.

Ofcourse, it's only about 10 minutes of driving time to get to the school and pull up along the curb. So Ray's a little early.

"You have arrived at your first destination."

gone_byebye March 7 2010, 20:17:59 UTC

"Excellent," Ray says. "Let's wait until Tyler's joined us before continuing any further, shall we? I'm going to get out of the car and wait, if you don't mind."

npc238 March 7 2010, 20:25:46 UTC

Since the robot in the car doesn't have enough of an AI to respond to that, it stays silent and keeps the motor running. Now that it's outside, it's clear that the windows are tinted so you can't see the inside, or rather the Driver too easily in full sunlight.

And it's a beautiful sunny day today, with the temperature right around 68. Standing in front of the huge old brick school it feels almost idyllic and qui- Nevermind there's a furious five-year-old in a floating egg chair that just appeared to Ray's left.

"-CKBERRIES!! The MONKEYWHIPPED navigation is still STIRRING up!"

gone_byebye March 7 2010, 20:31:23 UTC

Blink. Blink.

He's almost sure he ought to know who this kid is.

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