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]

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. . .

[palmerthing]

*Palmer snorts.* Good fuckin' luck to them, then.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] Well, we do gotta account for the possibility that one of them could find the same door you did.

[palmerthing]

In which case this place dislikes violence *and* I have a force field up now, so with any luck I'll be okay. *He still looks a bit upset by the idea, but that's probably understandable.*

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] Two things in your favor, yeah!

[Marty] Plus this place is pretty big -- no guarantee they'll even find you in here.

[palmerthing]

How long might they keep searching, though?