Science Never Rests

[Danielle Messick]

Danny walked on, watching curiously as the scientist before her appeared untouched in his state of mind by the scanning red lights of which he set up himself. Of course she figured that there would obviously more to these red lights other than the fact that they lit up, most likely searching for some sort of signal, identification, perhaps weaponry, though she herself wouldn't overall know. Only allowed to imagine what purpose was behind them or entirely about what they were meant for, their purpose. Of course, at least they had one, their existence meant something, perhaps safety. Though she tried to stray from the thought and suck it up, sometimes she wished she wasn't s socially awkward, and how she saw herself a lot of the time, such a disappointment. Perhaps while home, she would try to stay out of trouble. She wasn't going on anymore trips as she referred to them, promising it would be her last before she left her home once more. Rather than talk about the troubles on her mind, one found that she acted like they weren't there, or just entirely strayed from others.

Finally, came here turn. She stepped forward to allow the slightly blinding light to dance about her frame. Moving on, she nodded to Perceptor with a smile in thanks for his warm welcome of her return.

When he was kind enough to allow her in first with her gesture, she chuckled. She found him rather amusing, and so far, it didn't seem hard at all to talk to Perceptor. Well, apart from his vocabulary here and there of course, but she was getting by without sounding stupid, eh, hopefully. Stepping in, nodding int hanks to his welcoming back, she took in the details. She loved it, along with how comforting it appeared, it looked like if she was ever allowed, to could fill a couple of the lonelier looking locations in the room. She made her way inside, far enough to give the mech space. "Please tell me, is this place paranoid security staff member proof?"

[Perceptor]

As Daniel walked through the hallway, Perceptor sent an immediate response to the security system, ordering it to allow the visitor through, watching Danielle enter the room before entering it himself. The plain room was one that he himself was quite content with, and when Danielle chuckled, he wasn't sure whatever at - and so ignored the sound, deeming it another human eccentricity that he failed to understand.

So he chose, instead, to respond to Danielle. "'Paranoid security staff member proof'?" He quoted her in question, before shaking his head in amusement, continuing. "I suppose it would be derived in distinction to the situation, but for the more copious precedences... Experimentation of armaments as appropriate, sound frequencies and volumes, and potentially hazardous experimentation can be done, following the applicable guidelines, such as time of day, or, if necessary, the location, but I suppose, compared to other bots, I can get away with a quite a bit more." For a moment, he wondered why she was asking, but didn't pose his query.

Instead, he walked over the the storage unit in the back left corner of the room, opening a panel to adjust the menus, before a new couple of panels shifted into place on the front, human sized doors that could be assumed to be the food supplies that Perceptor had mentioned before this point. He pressed a small button on the side of the machine, after which a surface popped out, a table of sorts. "And here it is." With a gesture to the now-accessible portions of the machine, he smiled a small, pleasant grin, as much pleasant as he could.

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[Jade Bolton]

Having just got done with a little exercise, Jade walked briskly towards Perceptor’s lab. She had followed their voices and footsteps to his familiar location. Curious as always, she wanted to visit and see what was going on. She liked observing Perceptor working on his projects. She also liked learning from him AND Danielle. That was the best of both worlds since Danielle was more into weapons.

It looked like they were starting to set up shop, possibly. She hadn’t interacted with the other female techno organic in a while, so she figured it wouldn’t hurt to say hi. Wanting to learn whatever it was they were up to, she hoped she wasn’t intervening.

”Hey guys, whatcha up to?” she greeted, standing near the currently open entry/exit door to the lab.

[Danielle Messick]

In viewing Perceptor, she definitely knew she could get along with this guy. Well, as long as she didn't prank him with USHC. She wondered how that might go, at the same time, she was unsure if she wanted to know what he would do when under that kind of influence.

As for him being able to get away with more, she merely thought {"SWEET!"} which meant perhaps if he allowed her to work in here, she could get away with more mainly due to the argument of being taught under the watchful eye of Perceptor himself. Though during all of this, her expression remained as it was. Somewhat curious though overall stable. When he made his way over tonight's topic, she waited for a moment before following. Her hands swung casually at her sides, eying the impressive contraption as it continued to unfold in front of her. "Okay, I have to say, I need to visit more often."

Though her late night thoughts were already being interrupted once more by another face that she was happy to see. She turned with a partially raised right brow, viewing the fellow teen that stepped into the light of the room. Yep, it was good to be back. "Hey Jade, Perceptor is showing me his.." She turned around, wanting to put the contraption in her words in a form that would amuse herself. "Mini fridge." Jade had gotten a friendly smile out of her and had gotten it to stay. Danielle had completely forgotten about Jade being here.

[Perceptor]

With a light chuckle, Perceptor nodded toward Danielle at her comment. "You will most certainly be welcome at most times you wish to visit, Danielle." A distracting warning was sent by his system, alerting him that Jade was approaching the lab, and that it was letting her in - as he'd programmed it to automatically do. Perceptor made a gentle smile to the door at the alert, spotting Jade before waving her in.

It seemed that the girls knew each other, so most introductions would not be necessary. He didn't know how well they knew each other, but at least they were acquainted. As it was, it was pretty late at night, and his daughter was either still awake, or had woken up, at a relatively odd hour. A short wave of concern washed over him, but he pushed it back. He'd ask her about it later, if she didn't explain herself.

"I don't suppose you would also be interested in a bit of a midnight snack, would you, Jade?" Out of his few visitors, she, being his daughter, was one of the most common. She was welcome any time, and welcomed fondly. Of course, with more sensitive experiments it could be a bit awkward, but he welcomed her none the less.

(ooc: Sorry, I didn't have time to re-do his speech, so you'll have to deal with a normal-speech Perceptor. Just pretend he's talking all Percy-like, Okay? 8) )

[Jade Bolton]

((xD tis fine, it'll be fun getting to know Percy regardless))

Jade grinned. "Mini fridge? That's quite convenient! As a matter of fact I would, just got done working out." Jade was routinely up late and her appetite was growing significantly because of recently unlocking her senses and then her abilities shortly thereafter. She was going through a lot of physical changes and all though all the changes were good ones, when she exerted a lot of energy, it made her appetite and metabolism increase drastically, though it would fluctuate when her workloads with school got worse. Such habits were quite typical of Jade, she worked out daily after all her school work was complete. Sometimes she'd hang out with the humans or Danny as well, as she frequently enjoyed their company.

[Danielle Messick]

Danny herself was quite fine with letting Jade take first and testing out the intense contraption. Her bright eyes followed Jade as she made her way in to join the red head and the scientist. Now the amusing thought of Ambosine digging into the food supply crossed her mind. Finally beginning to grow a bit tired allowed her to hold the chuckle at bay from the audio receptors and ears of others. The image of the fluffy, goofy pup filled her mind for the time being, wanting to lean against a wall and let sleep slap at her for the next three hours before she finally gave in and killed over.

[Perceptor]

It was nice to see the two girls in his lab, and not in a creepy kind of way. He rarely had one visitor at a time, and usually it was Jade. To have two visitors, including a new one who had stated intentions to pop in every now and then, was a rarity, and the kind of companionship that he could treasure.

The girls were both open to his food supply, but it mostly consisted of frozen foods and junk foods, separated by a shelf in the middle, behind the same door, the door designed to seal both parts separately to create the same storage compartment, with different temperatures on either side of the seal. The other compartment was essentially a microwave - just a very high quality one.

"You are welcome to stay as long as you'd like. I was planning on taking a trip to California soon, if either of you two would like to go with." It seemed like an abrupt conversation turn, but that's where he'd been going when he ran into Danielle and her dog, Ambosine, outside. Now it was just a bit delayed. Not that he minded, of course.

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[Jade Bolton]

"Oh, I would love to get out of the base! Danny, you should go with! When are you going, Dad?" Being pretty hungry because of her increasing metabolism, Jade helped herself to some water, a soda, and a microwavable meal from the their respective locations. Having seen this "device" before, Jade liked to call it the "ultimate refrigerator".

She wasn't a health nut and she merely craved hearty things like meats and cheeses. Jade usually preferred to get various other vitamins found in vegetables through supplements. She hated vegetables, and generally refused to eat them. She popped the meal in the microwave after opening the seal half way, wondering if she would need to get another if this wasn't enough. She was curious as to why Perceptor might need to go into town. Maybe for more supplies of some kind?

[Danielle Messick]

"Well.. I dunno.." The red head seemed a bit unsure, taking her turn at the 'ultimate refrigerator' and deciding upon a carrot stick with some water. While Jade didn't seem to mind, she did. That happened when you grew up with Ratchet as your father of course. Danny stayed away from harmful and illegal substances all alike whilst making sure to maintain a well balanced diet. She would allow something like pizza or ice cream now and then, but seem pretty well satisfied with her eating habits and choices.

Leaning against a bald spot on the wall, one ankle crossed over the other with the fresh sound of a crunching carrot filling their ears/audio receptors. She had just gotten back, she wanted to spend time with her dad, she wanted to see who these new people were, she wanted to settle back in. It's not like she couldn't after the trip, but she didn't want Ratchet feeling like he was second banana. "Hmn.. I could come, how long do you think the trip will be? Aaand can I bring Ambosine?" Her olive eyes finally lifted back up at the mech, figuring he would be calling the shots for this.

[Perceptor]

With a small grin, Perceptor moved to lean against the bare wall that hid the entrance to the underground bomb-testing room and his computer office, thinking for a moment before responding. "I had initially intended to leave fairly momentarily to the point at which there was no longer company, however... I believe that the trip can allow an impediment to the initial date, to allow time for the gathering of personal possessions necessary, and perhaps allow Daniel some time to speak with her father." With a seemingly thoughtful, amused hum of sorts, he continued. "Ambosine will be allowed, naturally, and I intend to stay for at least one night. Unless you wish to stay longer, of course. I find observation of the tidal patterns on earth fascinating, so a foray to the beach is in mind."

Standing up, he walked over to his personal area, grabbing something off of the shelf and messing with it a moment, before projecting a very colorful holographic map of the area, his intended route plotted out. "If there is any extra stretch in mind for peregrination, now would be the moment for expression, of course." He was aware that Danielle hadn't given a definitive answer yet, however, a small, admittedly childish, part of him believed that if he kept talking, the answer would be automatic. So far he was thinking of a three day delay, or something around that range.

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[Jade Bolton]

"This is going to be fun!" Jade replied, her excitement not yet fading between her bites of the warm microwavable meal. Nothing like good warm food, even if it was high in calories, as it didn't matter for the metabolism she had. Even though she couldn't run fast like Danny, it was still quite high. "I'm definitely bringing my camera and enjoying the sites. Maybe I can find a secluded area to practice my abilities too, that would be nice..."

Jade didn't have much to work with in the base, so she often had to go outside to practice. Manipulating less natural composites and metals were extremely difficult, but not impossible. She tended to work with more natural minerals for now, as it didn't push her energy so much. If she got a chance to work with sand or the desert ground somewhere in a new environment, she'd feel like her time out there was even more productive. Furthermore, she wasn't sure she'd been out in the beach or out on a trip in general for a while with Perceptor, it would be good to have some fun with him and one of her only best friends.

[Danielle Messick]

Her eyes fluttered over the map with deep interest, thought, and curiosity. She could picture herself and the others scaling a beach with Ambosine who would likely be chasing the waves. Now that she thought about it, she hadn't really been to a beach to play, enjoy, or just relax and study before. She had on an island for weapon testing, but that was it. She hadn't been allowed to explore it, to touch the tropical plants, or to look over the colors that flourished there. She nibbled at the carrot some more, no,w growing excited for this trip.

At the same time, she wanted to see the Bots that would of wanted to see her as well. She wanted to go spend time with Ratchet, she had grown horribly home sick without him around.

With a wave of her pony tail, looking back towards Perceptor's new location, she gave a nod. "Okay, I'm comin. Count me in. It'll be nice being at a beach I'm not being told to blow up." That island had been horribly scarred, and she had helped them do it. Today, she felt bad for doing such things. Testing, more like killing beautiful organic life. Life only native to such a cut off location.

[Perceptor]

With a wicked grin, Perceptor stood up a bit straighter, watching the two girls in his lab. It had been a very long time since he'd been on a trip with somebody else; usually he went solitary. "Wonderful! So our current plan to endeavor consists of a few days delay to prepare before the trip, before leaving for the California coastline." With a light chuckle, he tilted his head up for a moment becore continuing. "I, of course, will provide transportation. However, I find I'm lacking a traveling stash of sustenance, which will need to be come up with. I can take care of that as well, but some input would be appreciated, lest my choices displease."

With another minute motion, he shifted his left arm backwards a bit, propping himself up almost stiffly, though still comfortably, waiting for a response.

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[Jade Bolton]

Jade glanced at Danny then, wondering what she had for input. "I don't have anything particular in mind, though anything with a LOT of meat is good. And sodas! I've been eating high calories and high protein things for a long while now, guess I'm still growing." Jade knew she had a high metabolism, and when she worked out or worked with her abilities, her metabolism was even faster. Jade was extremely fit cardio wise for a girl her age, and being a hybrid likely had something to do with that. "Other wise, it's whatever Danny wants, never was that picky honestly. As long as I have a lot of iron and protein I'm good. I'll bring along my supplements."