Stark Industries, Tuesday, Jan. 22

[ultron_junior]

It was freezing out. Victor taunted himself by checking LA forecasts on his phone and wished he hadn't; the 50-degree temperature gap was enough to make him want to cry. It was the rare day when he wished he was there and not here.

But he couldn't change the weather, so he turned the shop space heater up to high and settled in to sort electrical components. He was glad Surreal was coming by as part of their ethics assignment -- company would make the day, and the extremely boring task, go faster.

[OOC: Open repair shop.]

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[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal even showed up with lunches, to make the day go faster. Two boxes, one for each of them, with hot stew and thick bread, kept warm with Craft.

"So, do I get to set anything on fire here?"

[ultron_junior]

"You didn't let me light anything in the magic shop on fire," Victor pointed out, sniffing the air. "...wait, did you cook for us? That is awesome."

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal gave an awkward shrug. "I was making lunch for myself, and it's easier to cook for two than one," she answered. "...you aren't one of those people who doesn't eat meat, right?"

[ultron_junior]

"I eat everything," Victor told her. "I don't even have a tiny bit of vegetarian guilt."

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Good, because nothing against plants, but it's beef stew," Surreal said. "My Craft will keep it warm until we're ready to eat."

She leaned over to poke at some of the bits on the counter. "Do these all add up to make something?"

[ultron_junior]

"They could if I wanted them to?" Victor said, looking over the array of pieces. "This is mostly just wiring and scrap metal. Circuits. We kinda let this stuff pile up, I'm trying to figure out whats worth keeping and what's just trash."

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Some of it is very tiny," she observed, being very careful not to break anything. "How do you make it that small in the first place?"

[ultron_junior]

Victor launched into a technical explanation of nanoparticles, cyber-engineering, and the physics of miniaturized circuits.

"-- and in like five years, this'll all seem quaint," he finished. "Retro. Science is amazing."