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[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[the sound of Billy's front door closing, and a short sigh]

...Well.
I guess it lasted longer than I thought it would, at least.

[fridge door sound, hiss and pop of a can opening]

--Speaking of things that last longer than I thought it would...are we ever going back to the Castle?
Not that I'm eager to or anything, of course.

It's just that... well.

[staring forlornly at where a certain mad-scientist laboratory should be]

...Anyone else end up somewhere that is juuuust different enough from home to be really unsettling?

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[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

We're still in a cage. Though, I guess I do have to admit that it's better than the Castle-shaped one.

[encryptedlock]

Bigger, too. And more ways to pass the time.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Without the tech, and without a job, I'm pretty bored.

[encryptedlock]

Oh, come on. There are a million things to do here. You're probably not trying hard enough.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[Billy, your curmudgeon is showing...]

Like what?

[encryptedlock]

Go watch Blue Planet on the IMAX, go surfing in Malibu, visit one of the ten different major theme parks or fifty museums, go bug homeless people in the park, steal some cars, hell, you name it!

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

...Guess I could hit up a few more of those museums.

[...and maybe the stealing cars thing]

[encryptedlock]

And don't forget the clubbing!

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Uh...I think I can live with forgetting that.

[encryptedlock]

Well, suit yourself. But the nightlife at the castle is nothing to write home about.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm just more of a, um...day-life person. Or something.

[yes, he's aware of how little sense that made, thank you]

[encryptedlock]

Well, and I'm more of a city person than a castle person, I guess.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Cities are great. I've always lived in a city.

...I'm just used to having, uh, projects to work on all time.

[encryptedlock]

You know what "occupation" the castle gave me?

Fugitive from the government. Now that's nostalgia.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

...Wow.

That's...poignant.

[encryptedlock]

[He sounds awfully proud of himself.]

Never had that as my official job before. I like it. Straightforward.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[he can appreciate that. And...might be a little jealous]

Yeah. Sounds like they should have supplied you with an official 'fugitive from the government' uniform or something.

[encryptedlock]

Well, I did get my own "stolen military property".

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

...Really?

[okay, yeah. Sounds a little jealous there]

[encryptedlock]

Well, he's usually my AI.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Your AI?

[encryptedlock]

Got turned human once we got here, and apparently he's the military property I'm supposed to have stolen.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

AI turned human? That's pretty cool.

[like a kid hearing about am awesome new toy]

[encryptedlock]

Happened to at least three of them so far - think the Weighted Companion Cube got turned into a dog, though. Then again, I'm not really sure it counts as an AI.

Better than the time he got turned into a Tamagotchi, anyway.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Is that that...magic-8-ball...cube...thing?

[thinks] How many AIs do we have here, anyway?