DT1: Refueling

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:47 am

"Not at all. I'm just you know, trying to do things the right way..."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:55 am

"Whatever that means."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:57 am

"Yes, whatever that means!"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:05 am

"Well, let me know how that works out for you."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:05 am

"It was going great! Thanks for asking," he said, without sarcasm.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:06 am

"Until you turned into half a car."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:07 am

"Well, I turned into a full car, and that still works. Everything else works, just not being a boy or a girl."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:19 am

"And everything else isn't good enough anymore, because Sam says so."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:36 am

"That's not what she said at all!" Will said, missing the point.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:37 am

Miriam shakes her head and sighs. "Then what did she say that convinced you so thoroughly?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:44 am

"I dunno. It as just...nice. We talked. She treated me like...like a person, I guess? Like we were the same. It made me feel good. She...

...she promised me I wouldn't be lonely here. She stood up for me when people treated me badly. She smells nice."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:47 am

"So I was right. You have a crush on her."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:51 am

"I...

...I don't know. I don't...I don't think I do..." he said, carefully.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:00 am

"Do you even know what a crush is?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:04 am

"Onyx and I talked about it, when she was training me to fight as her uniform."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:07 am

"I suppose you know best then." she rolls her eyes. It felt kind of refreshing to be able to say what she wants to without having to worry about Will catching on to the sarcasm.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:08 am

"I don't know...I'm still quite new at this."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:03 am

"No no, you talked it over and came to a conclusion. Clearly Sam's just a good friend." she says, resisting the urge to give that sentence a mental nudge to push it into Will's subconsciousness.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:21 am

"I don't know WHAT Sam is. I'm still getting used to having friends I, you know, talk to. Like you. I don't know what the baseline is there, so how can I know if someone is different?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:45 am

"Fair enough." she sighs. "Sorry, I don't mean to be so grumpy. You're just experimenting. That's good."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:48 am

"It is?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:58 pm

"Of course. It's how you figure out who or what you are. It's better than just letting Sam make a biased call about what she thinks is right."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:26 pm

"What do you mean, biased?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:59 pm

"She's a shapeshifter, but she was a human -- a person -- first. So of course she thinks that's what everyone should be."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:30 pm

"That....makes some sense..." Will said, hesitantly.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:47 pm

"So she just projects her issues onto you. She thinks because she is afraid of not being seen as a person the same should be true for you. Don't let that destroy the peace you have when you're shifted into things."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:23 pm

Will frowned. "You think that's what she's doing?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:32 pm

"Not intentionally."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:36 pm

"Well, that's something, at least..." Will mused.

"But still. I mean, the world's...kind of designed for people, isn't it?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:04 pm

"That's true." she's forced to admit. "People kind of run the place."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:44 pm

"And I'm kind of liking, you know, people acknowledging me. I guess I didn't know what I was missing?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:45 pm

"And they can't acknowledge you as an object?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:01 pm

"Well, people haven't, generally, in the past."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:28 pm

"Because you weren't making your presence known. People don't acknowledge objects because they don't expect them to respond."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:07 am

"Well, I usually can't respond, except to telepaths."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:38 am

"Well, have you tried to figure out a way to do it?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:51 am

"What do you mean?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:26 am

"Well, if you could add a speaker or some other way to produce sound..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:39 am

"Speakers require electricity to work."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:49 am

"That's kind of a moot point when you presumably have no trouble turning into a battery."

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