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Tweak says, "BANANANANANA"

after_burners (after_burners) wrote in tensor,
@ 2011-05-03 21:08:00

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emma_frost, sam_guthrie

Emma
The door was unlocked like Sam had promised, and partially open as well, and he was sitting on his bed with the 'baby' lying in his lap, cooing quietly while he read his physics text aloud to her in a quiet singsong.

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	prima_frost 2011-05-04 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Emma rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Of course. That's just fantastic. I'm not taking physics." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-04 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I bet she'll like other things just as well," he assured Emma. "Physics might just be borin' her t'sleep." Because her eyes had been drooping as he'd read. "Babies mostly just like hearin' a voice." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-04 11:39 am UTC (link)
	"Fab for them," Emma muttered as she walked over. "So, here's the thing: I really don't want to do this. At all. It's nothing to do with you. It's the assignment." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

after_burners
2011-05-04 03:45 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, I kinda got that feelin'," Sam admitted. He tucked Claire absently into the crook of one arm as she started to fuss a bit and rocked her gently without so much as missing a beat. "For what it's worth, I don't think you're anywhere near th'only one who'd rather be doin' just about anything else than takin' care of a fake baby. 'Specially one you can just about pass off as the real thing."

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	prima_frost 2011-05-04 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Feels like everyone else is excited but me," Emma sighed. "I just don't want to have anyone expect me to be maternal. I don't exactly have the best of role models." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-04 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, that don't hafta matter, y'know," he pointed out, voice still quiet out of deference to not wanting to have to deal with Claire starting up with the crying again. "I mean, it's fine if you just don't like it an' all, an' you don't hafta be any kind of maternal if you don't want, but-" He shrugged. "Role models ain't everything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-04 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"They're enough," Emma said, looking down at the doll. And it was a doll. It wasn't real. It was a diagnostic instrument. "I'll do what I have to do. I know it's supposed to bond and all. I read the instructions. But I'm not good with bonding." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-04 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	"If it really bugs you so much, I don't mind takin' her most of the time," Sam offered. And, yeah, he'd pretty much started thinking of it as a her. "You just gotta cover the minimum hours an' then I'll do the rest." He wasn't exactly devoted or anything, but he could also do most of what was required half asleep without batting an eyelash. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-04 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	"It does," Emma admitted. "I can't... Okay, not that I read people's minds or anything, but I get a sort of whisper from people. I know they're there. Like, you can see me and hear me if I'm talking across a room. And that?" she said, gesturing to the doll. "It's not on my radar. It's never going to be realistic enough." And she didn't want it to be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-04 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Huh." He hadn't really thought of that, what with her telepathy and all. "Okay, that's prob'ly kinda creepy," he conceded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-04 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, it is," she agreed. "So let's just do what we have to do and get it over with?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

after_burners
2011-05-04 08:38 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, okay." He agreed. "We can just...do homework together for a couple hours in the afternoon or evening to cover that two hours together a day bit?" he offered. "An' you can take her for whatever other two hours works for you?" He shrugged. "Doesn't really bother me t'cart her 'round otherwise. She's close enough to the real thing, an' I'm pretty much used to it."

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	prima_frost 2011-05-04 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	"I just don't get why we all have to do this," she sighed. "What if we never have children?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-04 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Honestly," Sam answered, taking one tiny hand automatically in his as it flailed slightly. "I'm pretty sure the point is t'make sure no one wants t'have kids any time soon. Not practice so much as sneaky birth control." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 12:01 am UTC (link)
	"Some of us don't need it," Emma said primly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"Join the club. But I guess they can't very well go 'round tryin' t'pick out the idiots an' such," he pointed out mildly. "So the whole lot of us get stuck with it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Emma shrugged. "I won't tank our grade, I promise." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 01:35 am UTC (link)
	"Didn't figure y'would. An' I really don't mind takin' everything but what you hafta do to meet the requirements," he assured her again. "So don't worry 'bout that, just do what you gotta do an' forget about it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Sam," Emma said, smiling. "And, please let me know if you need me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 01:56 am UTC (link)
	"I will," he promised. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"You're very understanding about all of this." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 02:38 am UTC (link)
	Sam shrugged and smiled. "No point bein' a jerk about it, is there? An' it's not like I ain't mostly used to it, think I can pretty much change diapers half asleep." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 02:56 am UTC (link)
	"Still." She shrugged. "I'll owe you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 03:03 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure we'll figure out some way to even it out eventually, then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"I won't forget," she assured him. "I never do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"I prob'ly will," he admitted, grinning. "So I'll leave rememberin' t'you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"Is there anything I can do now?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"She's 'bout due for a bottle, if you don't mind that?" he offered. Besides, if she didn't do some of that sort of thing her grade would probably really suck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Emma nodded and found the bottle, then went to go warm it up. "I can handle feeding," she called. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Sam jounced Claire, who was beginning to fuss quietly and flail her little fists a bit, and resisted the urge to talk to her like she was a real baby in deference to Emma's discomfort with the whole affair. "She'll probably suck it down, need a burpin', fill her diaper, an' be out for a good few hours," he called after her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"Well, at least it's a routine," Emma replied as she returned with the warmed bottle. "Not that I'm planning on having any, but if I were to have children I'd probably have to try and not use telepathy on them anyhow. Wouldn't want to warp their little minds." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 04:30 am UTC (link)
	"Guess it'd be awful tempting t'just zap 'em t'sleep an' such, wouldn't it?" he asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 04:33 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, or make them stop crying. With my luck I'd end up with creepy little silent children who'd stare at me until I fed them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"Little Stepford kids, huh? That would be pretty creepy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 05:04 am UTC (link)
	"My mother would be so proud," she sighed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 05:25 am UTC (link)
	"Well, y'know you wouldn't actually do it," he pointed out. "Not when you're worried about it an' all." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 05:36 am UTC (link)
	"Sometimes you can't help but do what you worry most about." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 10:30 am UTC (link)
	"An' sometimes you can," he answered gently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, but there's still the risk." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, yeah," he conceded quietly as he shifted Claire and checked to make sure she didn't need a diaper change before Emma got back with her bottle. "But I figure there's a risk of come kind with everything, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Of course there is. But I can pick the risks I take," Emma told him as she sat down with the bottle in hand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

after_burners
2011-05-05 06:17 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah. Definitely." He wasn't trying to talk her into kids, he just doubted she'd do anywhere near as bad as she seemed to think if she did decide she wanted them someday. He handed Claire over, supporting her head carefully as he settled her in Emma's arms, watching in something like awe as he tiny fists flailed almost exactly like a real baby and her face puckered up.

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	prima_frost 2011-05-05 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	Emma watched and shook her head slowly as she 'fed' Claire. "She looks so realistic. But she's just not there. It's bizarre." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

after_burners
2011-05-05 06:58 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, pretty much the fanciest baby doll ever," Sam agreed, watching as the baby took the bottle and her tiny hands slowed then came to rest on it. "If she didn't keep track of who had her all the time I could prob'ly leave her with my little sisters an' they'd think they'd won a prize, gettin' t'take care of her pretty much every wakin' moment. Think they'd prob'ly be plenty happy with givin' her back at bed time, though."

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	prima_frost 2011-05-05 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Think they'd want some not-really-used dolls?" Emma asked. "I'm sure my aunt will never notice I gave them away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	after_burners 2011-05-05 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Sam hesitated for a moment. "If you're sure you don't want 'em an' she won't notice," he finally answered. "They'd prob'ly think that was 'bout the best thing ever." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prima_frost 2011-05-05 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	"They take up an entire wall of my bedroom at home and she never visits," Emma assured him. "I'd rather someone enjoy them than have them sit there, staring at me." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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