Shenanigans!

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[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?

[isaymechro]

[ She rolls her eyes and gives an exaggerated, ] But daaaaaaad.

[nostalgiabomb]

You can play with your toys outside. Inside is no place for floating metal death machines. Got it, young lady?

[isaymechro]

But all my friends get to play with their floating metal death machines in the house!

[nostalgiabomb]

And if all of your friends decided to jump into a black hole, does that mean you'd do it too?

[isaymechro]

Fuck no, I got better sense than that.

Which means I should be allowed to play with my robot in the house.

[nostalgiabomb]

Nope, but nice try. Sorry kiddo.

[ GOIN' IN FOR THE NOOGIE. ]

[isaymechro]

[ OH SHIT she was not expecting that, and it makes her mask fall back down over her face as he does it. She flails, trying to shove him off. (She's mindful of her robot arm, though. That thing can smash concrete and the last thing she wants to do is flail it into something vital or easily broken. Like his nose or something.) ]

Aaah! I give already!! Knock it off!

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He's got an arm hooked around her neck and is merciless. ]

Not till you say "Star-Lord is the greatest and I won't summon screaming metal murder machines on his ship."

[isaymechro]

In your dreams, asshole!