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Room 307, Monday Evening

So Topher's room was what one might call 'aggressively unclean' at this point, and the extremely hyper and curious robot puppy running around was probably not helping matters. However, Topher had a very good cleaning strategy to prepare for coding funtimes with Victor: kicking the majority of his stuff under his desk, into the closet, or over towards the other side of the room. It was such a great strategy, he couldn't believe no one had ever thought of it before!

Once that was taken care of, he removed his drawer of inappropriate starches from his closet and placed it beside his desk for optimal snacking, set Broca II the robot puppy on his bed to "nap," and then settled at his desk and began looking up ELIZA applications to play with. Whee, coding!

[[open, expecting one!]]
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Victor wandered in a little later, prepared something intelligent to say and ... pretty much immediately got distracted by Broca II.

"Dude, is that a robot dog?" he asked, tentatively reaching to touch it.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, compliments on his work. Possibly the only thing Topher preferred to coding funtimes!

"It is!" he confirmed brightly. "His name's Broca II. I made him... yesterday? Yes. Yesterday. He's sort of awesome."

Broca II, for his part, was waking up from his nap and happily greeting Victor by trying to climb into his hand, so, yes. He was awesome.
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
"He's trying to sit on my lap," Victor noted, a strange note of delight in his tone. On the one hand: impressive. On the other: uncanny. "Okay, wow, this is a way cooler project than anything we can do with ELIZA."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
With that, a thought struck Topher. A thought that was so earth-shattering, it was kind of awe-inspiring in its brilliance.

Or maybe just a normal thought that was most likely going to be rejected. Probably that one.

"Ohhh, dude, do you want one?" he asked. "I mean, I'm telling you right now, there has never been anything more awesome than an android with a robot puppy sidekick. Supervillains would, like, line up around the block to get their asses kicked by you."

This was unlikely.
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
"..."

Give Victor a second. Sometimes there just weren't words.

"I think I'm fine without one?" he said. "I mean, he's awesome, but I'm not sure I'd want to drag a dog into fights, you know? Kind of not fair to the dog."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
"But don't you guys have a--" Okay, no, even he had to acknowledge that that was a flawed argument. "I guess dinosaurs and dogs, not really the same thing."
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Plus it's not like the dinosaur was my idea," Victor added, a bit defensively. "Kind of came as a package deal with this one girl, way before I joined the team."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Also a valid point," Topher conceded. Sigh. It seemed poor Broca II would have to be friendless for a bit longer.

"Does that mean you wouldn't have okayed it if you'd been around?" What, he was curious.
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Victor took a moment with that question. "If I were time traveling and looking for animals to genetically engineer into protecting my kid, I probably wouldn't have picked a dinosaur?" he tried. "But it's not like you could take Old Lace away from Gert, so."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Topher seemed to accept that answer. "Well, if you were time-traveling and looking for animals to genetically-engineer into protecting your kid, obviously the only choice would be a shark," he decided. "Or a penguin, maybe. If you gave it fangs."
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Not a shark, it has to be in water," Victor pointed out. "A penguin with fangs would be pretty cool. You could, like, engineer one to be okay with the heat."

Because that's what would totally strike fear into the hearts of evildoers. An attack penguin.

"Maybe a goat."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"You could engineer a shark to have feet or something?" That was probably stretching it, Topher. "And just be okay with living anywhere near an ocean with decent enough moisture in the air. So... here or LA." How convenient for him! "But you're right, if it's you, then it would definitely have to be a goat."

Cabrón had made an impression, it seemed.
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Name it chupacabra and feed it on the blood of my enemies," Victor said, and shook his head. "Sorry. Weird mood tonight."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Topher held up a hand at that. "Weird thing to plan for your birthday present?" he checked.

Jokingly. That should be very clear.
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Little bit," Victor said, also joking. "But if you could get an attack goat together in five months, I'd be impressed."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
"...I did make Tony a coffee robot for Christmas last year in, like, a month..."

The main lesson here was that Topher needed to expand his universe of potential gift-giving options.
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[personal profile] ultron_junior 2012-09-18 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
"What exactly does a coffee robot do?" Victor asked, lazily playing with Broca.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Broca was a very big fan of this arrangement, if all the happy panting and attempting to climb up Victor's chest were anything to go by. Topher might have overshot just slightly when he decided to make him perky and hyper.

"Serves coffee, mostly," Topher said. "Also breakfast. Which was a thing because otherwise Tony eats, like, twice a week. And I think it had a sprinker system?"

He shrugged.

"An attack goat would take way more time."

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Before returning to the room for the evening, Dave - naturally - made a stop for coffee. And that was fortunate because it gave him something to hold onto when he saw the state of the room.

"Topher?" Dave asked, holding the cup by his mouth just in case he felt the need to unleash a spit-take, apparently. "Is that a robot dog?"
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
"That is a very astute observation!" Topher, that was rude. "Yes, it is. This is Broca II. He's a baby."

Broca II wagged his mechanical tail at Dave happily.

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
"More importantly than that, he's here. Why is there a robot dog?" Dave asked, his coffee continuing to hover right by his mouth in case he needed it. "I figure I can skip the who and how and just skip to why."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I wasn't just going to abandon him, Dave," Topher said, assuming a (...less than genuine) scandalized tone. "He's just a puppy. He needs... support. And guidance. And wires to chew on. Jeez."

Maybe he could pull this off? Even he wasn't sure.

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"What do you mean abandon him?" Dave asked. "You built him, right?"
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"...Strictly speaking, yes."

Damn Dave's above-average human intelligence.

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"If you don't mind, I kind of want to go back to 'why?'" Dave requested.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, everyone else got pets," Topher began. "But mine left."

...

Oh, Dave, did you think he was going to go on? Nope. That was the end of the story.

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"So did mine, but I didn't make a bunch of robot cats," Dave pointed out. "... Not that I could."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Nooo, you really couldn't," Topher agreed. That was sweet, Topher. "But it's so cute that you'd try."

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't say I'd try. I don't know the first thing about building a robot anything," Dave pointed out.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"True again!" Not that Topher actually knew this for a fact. He was a judgmental, judgmental guy. Many might even say 'obnoxious ass.' "So we can chalk this up to a difference in skill sets! I made a robot dog, you sat sadly and longed for canine companionship."

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Not really. I'm a cat person, really," Dave pointed out.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
"So you... don't think Broca II is adorable?"

JUST LOOK AT HIM, DAVE. LOOK AT HOW MUCH HE WANTED TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not saying that," Dave said before finally taking a sip of his coffee. "I mean, I guess I'm kind of implying it...."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Topher boggled at this.

"You know he's made out of metal, right?"

GASP, DAVE. GASP.

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
"That's part of the issue. I don't usually find metal adorable," Dave pointed out.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Topher despaired of you, Dave. Which he expressed by throwing up his hands in astonishment.

"It's like you're an alien!" he declared. It was not like that at all. "But a human-looking one without any powers."

[identity profile] iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, well just make sure your dog doesn't make a mess out of any of my stuff or I'll call in the mothership to take him away," Dave warned.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2012-09-18 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
"...Don't tease me like that, David." OOOH. FULL FIRST NAME. POSSIBLY. TOPHER WASN'T ACTUALLY SURE. "But that sounds like a fair deal."
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