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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[dee_lorean81]

[Alice, shaking her head] You can do things just for fun, you know.

[Dee] And you never know if a weird skill is gonna come in handy. The Marty from the movies saved Doc's life by knowing how to throw a Frisbee.

[palmerthing]

And how exactly did he manage that?

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee, animatedly] Okay, so -- this was in the third movie, so we were all stuck in 1885, and Doc was gonna be shot by this guy named Buford Tannen, right? Right in the middle of the town festival! Marty saw what was happening and grabbed a Frisbie's pie tin and just FLUNG it right at Buford, and he knocked his hand off JUST ENOUGH that the bullet went through Doc's hat instead of his head. Sent the hat flying, but way better than the alternative, right?

[Doc] I certainly think so!

[palmerthing]

I'm surprised it threw off his aim that much.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] Well, there was probably some "movie magic" involved, but it was a really small gun, and he'd only just aimed, so. . .

[Marty, smirking] Look, I'm just that awesome.

[palmerthing]

We seem to be a lot of awesome people.

[dee_lorean81]

[Victor] I don't think I'm all that awesome?

[Alice] Victor, what have I told you about not having any self-esteem?

[Dee, hugging his leg] You're plenty awesome.

[Chester, patting his arm] Da!

[palmerthing]

See? The baby thinks you're the best. *Not the most reassuring thing ever, but hey. Babies at least don't lie.*

[dee_lorean81]

[Victor, with a little smile] To be fair, he doesn't know any better.

[Alice pokes him] Accept that you're loved, darn it.

[Dee, shaking her head] Yeah, bro! We all love you lots!

[palmerthing]

You're lucky, man, accept it.

[dee_lorean81]

[Victor, pulling Chester a little closer to him, nodding] Trust me, I do.

[Dee] Even if we have to remind him a lot sometimes. [then, a little more seriously] You're lucky too, you know.

[palmerthing]

You think so?

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] You ended up here instead of staying on that base were -- well. How did you think that was gonna end?

[palmerthing]

Death, death and more death?

[dee_lorean81]

[Marty, grimacing] That's uh, pretty much how the movie version went, yeah.

[Dee, nodding] And instead you got to escape here and get a thing that lets you actually touch people and make a go at -- well. Not a NORMAL life, but a life!

[palmerthing]

*A chuckle.* Alright, point. Although the real Palmer wasn't so lucky.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] No, he wasn't, but -- there's not really anything you can do about that now.

[Marty] Other than hope an uninfected one doesn't show up here from another universe, because that would be awkward.

[palmerthing]

That would be incredibly awkward. *A wince.* Not sure what I'd do about that, honestly.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] Run and hide so you didn't have to deal with it?

[palmerthing]

I mean . . . yeah, probably. It would be a fairly reasonable response.

[dee_lorean81]

[Marty] Yeah -- and I get the feeling it might be original Palmer's response too, because meeting yourself, or something that looks that much like you? Weird.

[Dee] I mean, the movies make it pretty clear encountering yourself through time travel is a pretty decent shock to the system, and that's seeing yourself at a different age and all. Exact copy? Very weird.

[palmerthing]

If he saw me, yeah. Especially since we were in a situation where the humans didn't know if they could trust themselves, much less a lookalike. Actually a lookalike would probably be extra terrifying . . .

[dee_lorean81]

[Alice] I would think so, yes -- you'd immediately wonder if you were about to be disintegrated or absorbed or just plain murdered, I bet.

[Dee] Cheery.

[Marty] It is a world that matches a pretty well-known horror movie. Horror's gonna happen.

[palmerthing]

I wonder how the story will end without me . . . but luckily that's not my problem.

[dee_lorean81]

[Marty] I'm guessing pretty messily. I mean, tensions were ALREADY running super high, and you just disappearing? Oh, I bet that got a lot of people pretty scared.

[Dee] Think it's gonna be another case of everybody dead except two guys sitting in the snow waiting to freeze?

[Marty] Maybe. Or maybe they're just gonna keep looking for that missing Thing. . .