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[evowhisperer]

"Each of your Eggbabies has a built in computer which registers the amount of care-- or lack of care-- it's given. These readings will determine your grade. As you can see the babies exhibit a wide range of emotions and expressions in need. It's your job to fill those needs."   How to: ✦ Leave a comment with your character's name and fandom. Others will reply ✦ Congratulations, the two of you are now in charge of an Eggbaby. You can pretend it's for class or, for those who aren't in school, you can assume the baby is some sort of important mission. It is your job to take care of and keep the baby happy. If you drop the baby, you fail. You can not turn it off. Remember, this is a joint effort. This is a very important assignment that determines if you pass/fail the class or save the world. ✦ You can RNG a number between 1 and 8 to find out what kind of situation you're in. ✦ Good luck! Options: 1. Other plans. You had other plans but now you aren't sure if you can do them because of this baby. Try to convince your partner to do you a favor or else you'll have to drag the baby along with you. 2. Broke baby. Something is seriously wrong with this baby. It won't stop crying no matter what you do and you really wish this thing had an off switch. 3. Lost baby. What do you mean where's the baby? Don't you have it? Wait, you mean, you don't? FU-- WHERE'S THE BABY?! 4. Perfect baby. Your baby never cries. In fact, it doesn't really do much of anything. Wow, this project sure is easy! . . . Dude, it keeps staring at me. 5. Not my baby. This isn't your baby but you're watching it for a friend until they get back from that super important meeting. They've been gone all day and you hope they'll get back soon. 6. Twins. You're taking care of your baby and someone else's baby. (bonus option: you're taking care of another baby and another and another and another. . .) 7. MY BABYYYY! What the hell did you do? Your baby is broken. You've failed your assignment. Maybe you can put it together and no one will ever notice or try to steal someone else's baby. 8. Crack baby. Roll again, combine prompts, or make up your own scenario. ( code。)

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[evowhisperer]

Agh--I think so.

*Cesar gingerly picks his way to his feet, taking it slow in case he really isn't. A strong ache in his ribs and back, but no pains that might indicate cracked ribs. Bruises here, bruises there--his elbow is throbbing, but he's pretty sure the damage isn't lasting.*

Wow. You really weren't kidding when you warned me about this. I hadn't realized its range was so sensitive.

[pineapplesalmon]

[Caesar manages to get the baby calm enough to cradle it in one arm so that he can offer his hand to Cesar.]

It can get you from anywhere in Nautilus. Teleports you instantly.

[evowhisperer]

Anywhere? *Cesar takes the offered arm, pulling himself the rest of the way up.*

That sounds dangerous. And also inconvenient.

*The baby gets a quick glance over (just to be sure), before Cesar starts unzipping his sopping-wet jacket-vest. That prompts some shivering, but if he can wring out at least one of his layers, then that'd be a little more dry than not.*

[pineapplesalmon]

Yes. I found that out the hard way myself.

[Caesar watches him. He'd bend out the water, but... he set something on fire the last time he tried that. It's best to get some more practice in.

And he goes back to rocking the baby, who's now cooing.]

[evowhisperer]

Then you've been hit by it, too? *Wringing the jacket out, sdklfj that wind was cold...*

What was your dunking about?

[pineapplesalmon]

I was worried about something, but was in denial about it.

[He rubs the back of his neck.]

With what happened with Circe, actually. She... punched me in the face. I didn't know about half of what she told me... not until you did.

[evowhisperer]

I see...

*He really shouldn't be surprised; if there were anything that this moat would get the brothers for, it would be about something serious, like that. Apparently deciding that his jacket is dry enough, he puts the garment back on, frowning slightly. More shivers keep coming--it's just too cold.*

Circe is one of Rex's EVO friends, from back home. *This is a question.*

Is she alright now?

[pineapplesalmon]

[Caesar pauses for a moment, and then lifts a hand. A moment later, a very fluffy blanket has settled around Cesar's shoulders. That should help a bit.]

... She is. And--she's doing better.

[evowhisperer]

*The insubstantial weight comes as a surprise: he still hasn't gotten used to thinking in terms of bending. Even so, as soon as he figures out what happened he pulls the blanket more securely around himself, shivering gratefully.*

I'm glad.

From the start I was hoping that the situation back home would be temporary. Unfortunately, things immediately got complicated.

[pineapplesalmon]

[Caesar lets out a sigh and starts walking back towards the house.]

... Everything gets complicated when the Consortium is involved.

[evowhisperer]

That it does.

*The words are neat, all lined up like pall-bearers at a funeral. Considering their collective history with the Consortium, it's no wonder the subject is so grim.*

*His distant expression melts seamlessly into a dispassionate inspection of the blanket wrapped snugly around his shoulders. Before they can delve any further into darker subjects, he holds up a handfull of fluffy cloth.*

Caesar. How long did it take you to bend chemically stable objects?

[pineapplesalmon]

[The change in subject is gratefully taken. He'd rather not consider what he can't change here. It's best to focus more on Nautilus while in Nautilus.]

None of my first objects where chemically unstable, but like I showed you, I started with tortillas. I had a capacitor or two blow up on me, but nothing major. Why? Are you still having issues?

[evowhisperer]

I've been having some.

... I tried to bend up a fire extinguisher for the third try, but there was a flaw in the casing's thickness. You may have noticed that I cleaned that side of the lab while you were out.

[pineapplesalmon]

[Caesar pauses for a moment, thinking.]

I was wondering about that. [The cleaned part of the lab. He had noticed, but didn't see why he would bring it up.] A fire extinguisher is rather complex to be Bending up before you're more advanced. What else were you attempting?

[evowhisperer]

A pizza.

[pineapplesalmon]

[A bit of a grin.]

With pineapple and salmon?

1/2

[evowhisperer]

What else?

[evowhisperer]

Unfortunately, it didn't exactly go the way I'd planned.

*And that, for someone used to C(a)esar speak, has 'roaring understatement' written all over it. He even looks the tiniest bit sheepish.*

[pineapplesalmon]

[Oh, he knows that speak very, very well.]

So it got a little more baked and crispy than you had planned?

[He's definitely amused.]

[evowhisperer]

That, and it tried to walk away.

1/2

[pineapplesalmon]

[Caesar opens his mouth to say something, then closes it, then opens it again.]

2/2

[pineapplesalmon]

[After a moment, he regains the ability to talk.]

Hmm. That's new. ... ... ... Perhaps you should start with something less complicated. I found that starting off with complicated items right off the bat only caused problems.

... did you manage to capture it?

[evowhisperer]

I did, in fact. That's when the fire started.

What would you suggest in the way of some simple bending exercises?

1/2

[pineapplesalmon]

Oh. ... that's too bad. [He would've liked to see that. Anyways, onto Cesar's question!]

Starting out with simple parts. Such as--

[AND SUDDENLY THERE IS A LOUD CRY FROM HIS ARM THAT MAKES HIM JUMP.]

[pineapplesalmon]

[Oh. Right. He had a baby in his arms. Caesar laughed a bit weakly, then started rocking the wailing child, apologizing to it even if it only has the most rudimentary of programs. Such is the way it was designed to be treated.]

... Oops. Sorry about that, little guy....

[WAIL WAIL WAIL. APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED.]