Null-Space

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:34 pm

Still feeling kind of bad about having let Will - no, her now-nameless friend - down, Nailah knocks on his dormroom.

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:45 pm

"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?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:48 pm

"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."

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:50 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:00 pm

"Still though, I shoulda seen this coming and changed it, ya know? Feels bad."

"You come up with a new name yet?"

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:02 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:04 pm

"Beans. You got any ideas? Directions? Like, another doubya name or something fresh and new?" she asks, plopping her butt down on the bed.

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:06 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:23 pm

"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?"

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:26 pm

"That's probably better, though anything I pick is going to feel fake for a long time, I'd bet."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:34 pm

"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?"

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:34 pm

"...You're going to go through the entire alphabet, here?" the boy asked, raising an eyebrow.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:35 pm

"Sure, why not? You got a better idea?"

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:40 pm

The boy sighed. "I mean, we could go punch Will in the face repeatedly; that sounds fun.

Other than that, no, I don't."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:45 pm

"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."

by **Null** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:48 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:05 am

"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.

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:36 am

"You watch too much of the Simpsons.

And 'Elasti-Man'? Really? That's rather...limiting, don't you think?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:12 am

"And you watch not enough too much of the Simpsons. It's more the general idea. Claymotion! Clay for short. Claymo to friends."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:19 am

"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.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:08 am

"Yeah, you're mo' than clay. But fine, make this difficult." she chuckles.

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:09 am

"Your code name is kind of on the nose, isn't it?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:12 am

"So? Not like I can hide what I am, might as well lean into it, Claymo."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:14 am

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?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:12 pm

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."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:09 pm

"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.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:37 pm

"Daaaang. That is clever as heck. Tricksy, but clever!"

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:46 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:54 pm

"I bet it's hard to out-trick the future. I oughta know. I don't, but I probably should." she chuckles.

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:56 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:06 pm

"Hey, I'm an adult! I'm just not old and busted."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:12 pm

"You're a college student. There's a difference, unless you think the professors here would put you in their own category."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:24 pm

"I'm just saying... I'm not a kid anymore."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:25 pm

"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.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:34 pm

"Hardiharhar. You better watch your mouth or I'll toss some old socks in that tub of yours."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:39 pm

"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."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:49 pm

"A pocket full of infinity clay would be super useful..."

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:50 pm

"And the two brain cells he has left together do love being useful. Man, the stories I could tell you..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:56 pm

"You don't think he's gonna be mad at me about siding with you on the whole name thing?"

by **Null** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:00 pm

"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."

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