Vroom Vroom

[dee_lorean81]

[There is a DeLorean, heavily modified, doing laps in an empty, paved part of the Nexus. One might wonder what the driver is doing -- practicing for a race? Working on their turning? Just burning rubber because they're bored?

And then one might get a little closer -- and see that there IS no driver.

. . .perhaps it might be fairer to say that the car is bored.]

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[palmerthing]

*Palmer wanders over curiously, then notices the lack of driver and grins.* Okay, that is cool.

[dee_lorean81]

[the DeLorean honks in greeting, then a voice crackles out from over the radio -- one that sounds surprisingly like a young girl] Hi! I'm Dee!

[palmerthing]

Uh, hi! I'm Palmer. Er, nice to meet you? *He's a bit confused by the talking car thing, but knows he's not one to talk. Or it's not one to talk? Whatever.*

[dee_lorean81]

Nice to meet you too! [and if he thought the talking car was weird, wait until it transforms into what looks like an entirely organic child in front of him, grinning] Though I think you've met the rest of my family.

[palmerthing]

Oh! Yes, I think you were mentioned. The vehicle girl that I should probably avoid riding in for obvious reasons. Or at least obvious if you saw the movie, you might be a bit too young for that . . . *He probably shouldn't be talking about what he is to little girls, even ones who have lived lives as weird as hers must be.*

[dee_lorean81]

[to be fair, she's not exactly a little girl -- it's just the form she ended up in first when she got the sudden human mode, and it's what she's defaulted to ever since] I didn't see the actual movie, but they did tell me about you. And yeah, probably. I mean, I dunno how vulnerable me as a DeLorean is, but this me? [nods seriously] Yeah. Better not take the risk.

[palmerthing]

*He's still going to think of her as one, if only because it's easier. He has enough trouble with himself.* Nice to meet someone else who isn't strictly human.

[dee_lorean81]

[that is entirely fair -- Dee considers both her human and car selves equally 'herself' too] Heh, same! I mean, I've met some robots before, in the past, but that's not really the same thing as me. Though I don't think there's a lot that's the same thing as me.

[palmerthing]

Yeah, me neither. If there are then they're dangerous to know, which itself makes them unlike me.

[dee_lorean81]

Yeah, exactly. I don't know if anyone else like me would be dangerous. . .guess it depends on the car, and what kind of person they turn into.

[palmerthing]

Yeah, a little girl is a lot safer than the average person. At least most of the time. *She seems like a smart enough girl that she could be dangerous if she wanted, but also like she doesn't want.*

[dee_lorean81]

[she laughs a little] I didn't really have a choice, at least when I came through the portal that brought me to Dad's world. Just -- woke up one night in this human shape. That was -- really confusing.

[palmerthing]

Yeah, I know. Probably catapulted into sapience, too, am I right?

[dee_lorean81]

Preeeetty much, yeah. I ended up wandering off into here trying to just figure out what happened! And then Dad came in here trying to figure out what had happened to his new DeLorean. . . [smiles] Poor guy hit the deck when I proved I was the DeLorean.

[palmerthing]

At least you didn't first wake up to a literal firefight.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee winces] That's a good point. I lucked out in finding lots of nice people who wanted to help! And once Dad got used to the idea, he was only too happy to keep me around.

[palmerthing]

Somehow I can't imagine my old self's parents being as okay with it.

[dee_lorean81]

Yeaaaah. . .you kinda got the shit end of this, didn't you? I woke up and found out I was suddenly human -- you woke up and found out you suddenly weren't.

[palmerthing]

Yeah. Not human and not really me. It's fuckin' weird--sorry. *No swearing at the kid. Even if she was swearing too.*

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee chuckles at the apology] Hey, trust me, Dad's said a LOT worse when he's frustrated in the lab. But yeah, I bet it is. Just being human was weird for me.

[palmerthing]

Well I probably shouldn't confuse you with a bunch of half-ass philosophy about identity and stuff, so what do you want to talk about?

[dee_lorean81]

Why not whole-ass philosophy? [she giggles] But I dunno. I just came here 'cause I wanted to do SOMETHING, but I also didn't wanna disturb Chester 'cause he's napping and I know that's sort of a rare treat for Victor and Alice these days.

[palmerthing]

Cuz I ain't a philosopher? Just a mechanic, sorry.

Ugh, yeah, I bet. No idea how humans cope with babies.

[dee_lorean81]

Hey, mechanics are important people! And I'm not just sayin' that because I'm a car.

It looks to be hard and messy. Makes me glad I skipped that part of being human.

[palmerthing]

Only partly because you're a car?

Yeah, me too. Or at least kind of skipped it?