Shenanigans!

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[nostalgiabomb]

[ That grimace returns in full force. ]

I want the record to show that I will object to it every day until my dying breath.

[ He sighs again, looking around the room, and he lets his annoyance slip away. ]

I didn't think you'd get so much done this soon.

[isaymechro]

Hey, come on. I'm the greatest engineer alive, remember? Welding bookshelves is kid stuff.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He runs a hand along the edge of one of the shelves, giving it an appraising look. ]

If it's just kid stuff, that means we don't gotta pay you, right?

[isaymechro]

All right then, hot shot. You do it.

[ she holds her welding tool out to him, eyebrows arched and expression expectant ]

[nostalgiabomb]

[ Aaaand his hands go up. ]

Nope, alright, you're the expert.

[isaymechro]

Yeah, I thought so.

[ She sets the welder down and finally opts to take a swig of her water, inspecting her handiwork. ]

After I get these puppies all welded into place, I'm gonna put some plexiglass doors on 'em so books don't go flying everywhere in whatever epic space battles you all get yourselves into.

[nostalgiabomb]

Thank God for that. I seriously wasn't looking forward to playing fifty-two card pickup with Maya's books every time we hit an ion storm.

Well, it'd probably be more like a bajillion card pickup. Have you seen her collection?

[isaymechro]

Not since she started rolling with you. I dunno if you remember, but we didn't exactly have our own rooms back in the HQ.

Why, has it, like, freakin' exploded?

[nostalgiabomb]

Yes. [ Well, by Peter's standards, anyway. ]

I mean, I still don't get the appeal, but it's like, I know she's not gonna give 'em up, so better to get them shelved than have them flying around the place and beaming Drax in the head, you know?

[isaymechro]

[ She's got a hand on her mask, almost ready to pull it back down over her face, but his remark makes her pause. ]

Man oh man, have you got it bad.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He's eyeing another shelf when she speaks, and he blinks at her words. ]

Huh? Got what bad?

[isaymechro]

You ever think in a million years that you'd be putting a library in your ship?

[nostalgiabomb]

Well... no, but we had the space, and Gamora and Drax seemed to like the idea.

[isaymechro]

Yeah, but what's the real reason you're putting a library in your ship?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He doesn't dignify that question with an answer. ]

What's your point, Short Round?

[isaymechro]

Hold on to your potatoes, Doctor Jones. I'm gettin' there. Answer my question, first.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He pulls a face, but after a second of glowering, he finally answers reluctantly. ]

Maya. You and I both already know that.

[isaymechro]

Yeah, and when I say "you got it bad", I mean you got a bad case of "I'm gonna let this lady do whatever she wants as long as it makes her happy".

[nostalgiabomb]

I do not let her do whatever she wants.

[ Yeah, he totally does. But Gaige doesn't need to know that. ]

And I already said Drax 'n' Gamora were in favor, so I got outvoted anyway.

[isaymechro]

Uh-huh. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, dude.

... So hey, you ever see Beauty and the Beast? Or was that like, after your time?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He opens his mouth to argue again, but the topic change catches him off guard. ]

Uh-- Beauty and the what?

[isaymechro]

Well, there's my answer.

It's a movie about this dude- a prince- who's kind of a little shit, and this lady turns him into a monster because he needs to learn that beauty is on the inside, blah blah. Anyway, this girl ends up in his castle, and she hates him, he hates her, but then they kinda start falling in love and stuff, and he's all "I need to give her something so she knows how much I care!!" And he ends up giving her the castle's entiiiiire library because she's a total bookworm. He tells her to close her eyes and opens the curtains all dramatic-like and she's like "OMG" and it totally works and they, like, get married at the end of the movie and happily ever afters all around.

Dunno why that came to mind, really.

[nostalgiabomb]

-- Is this a roundabout way for you to sneak in a jab to call me a monster? 'Cause that's kind of a low blow, and I have access to an airlock.

[isaymechro]

What? No! Also don't be a dumbass. I have welding tool and a killer robot.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He wags a finger at her. ]

Did I or did I not say no unleashing killer robots on the Milano?