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Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:34 pmby Nailah Weaver
Still feeling kind of bad about having let Will - no, her now-nameless friend - down, Nailah knocks on his dormroom.
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:45 pmby Null
"It's open," the boy called from inside.
He was sitting half-in the mixing vat Tosh had made, resting his arms on the sides as everything below his torso was gently tossed and kneaded.
"Heya, Nailah. What brings you 'round?"
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:48 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Hey... you. Just checking in, I guess. After the fight everyone kinda split pretty fast and I didn't really get a chance to apologize."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:50 pmby Null
"Eh," the boy said, waiving his hand. "No need to apologize. It didn't work out, and that falls on me, as the leader, to take the blame. I needed a better strategy, clearly."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:00 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Still though, I shoulda seen this coming and changed it, ya know? Feels bad."
"You come up with a new name yet?"
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:02 pmby Null
"I quite liked the old one, but it looks like they're not keen for a rematch," the boy frowned. "So no, not quite yet."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:04 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Beans. You got any ideas? Directions? Like, another doubya name or something fresh and new?" she asks, plopping her butt down on the bed.
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:06 pmby Null
"I don't really know yet," he sighed, craning his neck back to look at Nailah. "I'm shit with names, in general.
Went by Willow for a while, but that just brings up bad memories, so I'm binning that."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:23 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Hmm. Man, I never thought about it, but coming up with a new name for yourself's gotta be hard, yeah."
"Maybe something completely different? Distance yourself?"
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:26 pmby Null
"That's probably better, though anything I pick is going to feel fake for a long time, I'd bet."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:34 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Prolly no way around that, huh. But hey, we excluded one starting letter already, right? Just gotta keep going! X, probably good to discard as well there unless you wanna go with something out there?"
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:34 pmby Null
"...You're going to go through the entire alphabet, here?" the boy asked, raising an eyebrow.
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:35 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Sure, why not? You got a better idea?"
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:40 pmby Null
The boy sighed. "I mean, we could go punch Will in the face repeatedly; that sounds fun.
Other than that, no, I don't."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:45 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Hhm, actually... maybe we should start by figuring out of you want a regular name-last name kinda deal or something like Cher or just straight up mutant code-name."
Re: Null-Space
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:48 pmby Null
"Let's pass on the mutant code-name thing; I'm not trying to be the Dark Lord of Edginess or something over here.
I suppose it doesn't matter what we do for the other ones, but coming up with one name is probably easier than two, and as it's not like I have any IDs to change, it doesn't matter if it works as a 'real' name or not."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:05 amby Nailah Weaver
"Pff, sure, you could avoid naming yourself anything cool then and instead go with a boring ol' name like Dave or Hank."
"You should see this as an opportunity! Sure, Will's an alright name, but what about 'Max Powers' or 'Elasti-Man'?" she says, moving her hands in a sweeping semi-circle above her head.
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:36 amby Null
"You watch too much of the Simpsons.
And 'Elasti-Man'? Really? That's rather...limiting, don't you think?"
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:12 amby Nailah Weaver
"And you watch not enough too much of the Simpsons. It's more the general idea. Claymotion! Clay for short. Claymo to friends."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:19 amby Null
"Claymo? I'll refer you back to the Simpsons references, and note that 'Claymo' could rhyme with 'Lame-o', and therefore should be ignored," he laughed.
"Clay might be a bit closer, but aimed at the wrong guy. If I had won, I might have suggested Clay for the other guy; that's all he basically is at the end of the day. I like to think I'm a little more impressive than all this," he said, gesturing down at the gently churning vat.
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:08 amby Nailah Weaver
"Yeah, you're mo' than clay. But fine, make this difficult." she chuckles.
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:09 amby Null
"Your code name is kind of on the nose, isn't it?"
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:12 amby Nailah Weaver
"So? Not like I can hide what I am, might as well lean into it, Claymo."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:14 amby Null
The boy reached down, grabbed a lump of clay, and threw it at Nailah.
"Yet a bit of a brat in this universe, aint cha?"
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:12 pmby Nailah Weaver
Nailah laughs and tries to catch the lump which ends up just hitting her forearms. "Man, I dunno what the me from your world is like, but she sounds booooring."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:09 pmby Null
"Devious, more like.
She once tricked me into serving as a vessel for her soul; she knew she was going to die and made arrangements so that would only be a temporary setback.
She did this under the guise of teaching me magic, so, you know. Devious," he grinned.
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:37 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Daaaang. That is clever as heck. Tricksy, but clever!"
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:46 pmby Null
"Wasn't the only time she did things like that, too. She'd do all sorts of crazy things in order to prevent and/or reduce future problems, and didn't particularly like sharing with us mere mortals her thinking.
I like to think I straightened her out a little bit in the end, but she's a wild one."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:54 pmby Nailah Weaver
"I bet it's hard to out-trick the future. I oughta know. I don't, but I probably should." she chuckles.
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:56 pmby Null
"SHE certainly made it seem easy, though maybe that's just something that comes with practice -- she was an adult; a teacher at the school when I first showed up. She only got younger later."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:06 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Hey, I'm an adult! I'm just not old and busted."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:12 pmby Null
"You're a college student. There's a difference, unless you think the professors here would put you in their own category."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:24 pmby Nailah Weaver
"I'm just saying... I'm not a kid anymore."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:25 pmby Null
"I mean, this is true. I've seen Nailah Weaver as a kid, and you're, like, 10% less bratty.
Maybe. I'm rounding up," the boy teased.
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:34 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Hardiharhar. You better watch your mouth or I'll toss some old socks in that tub of yours."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:39 pmby Null
"If you're thinking that would make me all smelly or something; you've got the wrong clayboy. I have a sense of self and can avoid such shenanigans," the boy laughed.
"If you want some clay you can mold, you need to track down the other guy."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:49 pmby Nailah Weaver
"A pocket full of infinity clay would be super useful..."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:50 pmby Null
"And the two brain cells he has left together do love being useful. Man, the stories I could tell you..."
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:56 pmby Nailah Weaver
"You don't think he's gonna be mad at me about siding with you on the whole name thing?"
Re: Null-Space
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:00 pmby Null
"Nah, I don't think he could hold a grudge if he tried. I mean, he won, right? What's he got to be mad about?
Now, he might be hesitant to do anything, but if you just walk in there all authoritative-like and go 'right, this is what you're doing now', he might protest a little tiny bit, but he'll go along with it. I mean, he's basically got a computer for a brain now, right? Just need to push the right buttons."