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by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:19 am

"I never said I hated my parents," he pointed out. "I mean, yes, they're douchebags, but that's more a statement of fact than anything hateful. And yeah, I'm angry at them, but I kind of think I have a right to be angry after they badgered me into being a lab rat, took all the money I got from that, and then were more worried about the lawsuit money than their son after I got my brain ruined by those doctors."

by **Aisha Khan** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:23 am

"Yeah." Aisha said "Its a sucky situation. I just...you still shouldn't have stolen from them."

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:28 am

"Stole back from them," he pointed out.

by **Aisha Khan** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:34 pm

"Maybe."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:00 am

"This is because computers don't need money, isn't it," Cal said, something in his demeanor shifting as he climbed the stairs with the boxes.

by **Aisha Khan** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:52 pm

"This is because teenagers don't need thousands of dollars."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:23 pm

Cal opened his mouth to correct this "thousands" idea, then shut it again and kept carrying. "Everyone needs money sooner or later," he reasoned.

by **Aisha Khan** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:50 pm

"Yeah, but how much do you need right now?" Aisha asked "I mean, most of us are getting some kind of scholarship, I know I am."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:55 pm

"And I'm getting exactly jack and shit. My family has too much money to qualify for it," he said, giving her a look.

by **Aisha Khan** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:39 pm

"And your parents aren't paying for your school?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:46 pm

"Why would they do that? There's a perfectly good public school back home," he said.

by **Aisha Khan** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:54 pm

"There are plenty of kids here who get their school paid for after their parents kicked them out." Aisha pointed out. "I'm just saying, you do have a few options."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:02 am

"I really don't see what the big deal is," Cal said. "If someone took something from anyone else, you wouldn't be batting an eye when they took it back."

by **Aisha Khan** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:14 am

"That depends on what it was and how it happened."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:15 am

"Why," he challenged. "Tell me exactly how it would've been better for me to screw them over and leave them swimming in debt."

by **Aisha Khan** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:49 pm

"You could have paid everything off." Aisha pointed out.

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:24 pm

"So I should've screwed them over and dragged them through the mud," he said. "Got it. No, y'see, that's what I would have done if I did hate my parents, because that would've just been mean. If not evil."

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:10 am

"Then why not just let it all go entirely. They'd have the money, you'd still be here, and you could make money fixing up iPhones and stuff."

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:18 am

"Because why the hell do they get to win!" Cal shot back angrily. "For fuck' fucking sake, is there anything that I get to have go my way without being some horrible person for it?"

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:29 am

"Its a sucky situation." Aisha said "I just don't understand why you're setting yourself up to be the bad guy."

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:34 am

Cal gritted his teeth, swallowing... and abruptly turned away.

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"Fine. There. I sent it all back. Happy?"

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:56 am

"I think you did the right thing." Aisha replied.

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:11 am

"Yeah, the right thing," Cal said, his voice hoarse. "Always doing the right thing."

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by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:27 am

"I'm sorry." Aisha said "its a sucky situation."

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:36 am

"Yeah, well, nothing new there," he said, nodding at the door that was his that he obviously couldn't get with his hands full. "Kind of used to sucky situations. If you know of any other kind, let me know."

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:16 am

"The set up we have here is pretty sweet."

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:32 am

"Yeah, I guess," he said. "If you're into strutting celebrities and hearing how 'special' you are five times a day." Least when I had money I could have side projects.

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:45 am

"I was talking about living in a freakng mansion, and having people around who actually get it."

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:37 am

"Yeah, people get it," he said, noncommitally. He nodded at a bedroom door, which when opened seemed to obviously be his. One wall seemed to be filled with computer towers, most of them appearing either homemade or heavily modified, with a cooling system running through them that actually made the entire room chilly (leading one to wonder what it did to the computers. Only one monitor sat over there, and it didn't appear to be plugged in, and there were no input devices at all. If anyone had noticed any lag on the school network, this was now explained away, at least to Aisha. A few car batteries sat nearby, fresh and unused, with cables ready to be hooked up suggesting that they were emergency power.

The other side of the room seemed to be the work area, with various projects spread out over it, suggesting that the tablets and other gadgets he had on him were the most promising, easy, or complete projects he was working on. The desk contained the less promising, from outright broken or smashed parts to unrecognizable devices in various states of assembly or disassembly. All in all, from how cluttered the room seeed, Cal had to crawl onto his bed from the foot of it every night, if he even slept.

Cal started dumping the boxes next to the desk, separating them into piles, but not so specifically that he seemed to have a hard system.

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:30 pm

"Is the new stuff going to fit?" Aisha asked.

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:33 pm

Cal looked around, a little doubtful of that himself. "It'll probably be smaller out of the boxes," he reasoned.

by **Aisha Khan** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:42 pm

"Okaaay." Aisha said, still dubious.

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:46 pm

"I can make it work!" Cal insisted. Not like I have any choice...

by **Aisha Khan** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:14 pm

"I'm sure you can." Aisha said, followed by "You do sleep, right?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:16 pm

He looked at the bed, then shrugged. "Sometimes. If I remember to. Stuff comes up," he said.

by **Aisha Khan** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:36 am

"Maybe...move the bed out?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:11 am

He shrugged. "It's good for putting stuff on. I'm going to have to be working my ass off, so I need the surfaces."

by **Aisha Khan** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:28 pm

"What about replacing it with a table?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:41 pm

He shrugged. "School doesn't like that idea. 'Computers don't need to sleep' doesn't really keep them from child endangerment lawsuits. Not that anyone would sue them for something happening to me."

by **Aisha Khan** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:47 pm

"Do you need to sleep?" Aisha asked.

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