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]

[Doc gives him a look that's like 'thank you for the paranoia'] I hope not.

[Alice shakes her head] It's been years -- if it did, it's DEFINITELY worn off by now.

[Dee] Yeah, none of the stuff that directly affected people was permanent. Lucky us.

[palmerthing]

Yeah, if it did something like make you glow when you stand on your head for a week . . . how often do you stand on your head?

[dee_lorean81]

[Doc, now more thoughtful] I'm -- certainly not since I was a lot younger. I don't even know if I could now.

[Dee immediately tries, and immediately falls over] Oof!

[palmerthing]

Well there you are, then. There are a million things it could have done.

[dee_lorean81]

[Doc, helping Dee up] I'm going to try not to think about that.

[Dee] I'm just gonna try and figure out how to do a handstand. Gotta be a trick to it. . .

[palmerthing]

Can't help you there, kid. Palmer was never any good at it.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] Guess I just gotta practice then.

[Victor, a little concerned] Perhaps against a wall so you have some support?

[palmerthing]

Up against a wall is definitely a good idea. Or just learn something more useful, one or the other.

[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.