The Shrimp and the Scientist

by **Blaine Slinger** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:30 pm

Blaine moved a box into his and Vic's room, and quickly jumped onto his bed, hanging up posters of cars with engines and things.

by **Victor Freud** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:12 pm

Victor's body was mostly obscured by the stack of banker boxes he was carrying, as well as a couple of duffel bags slung over either shoulder. It wasn't until he set the boxes onto the floor that he really noticed that he wasn't alone in the room.

"Oh, hey, didn't see ya there. I'm Victor. This... is the right room, right?" He seemed a little unsure of himself, duffel bags slowly slipping off of his shoulders.

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:38 pm

"Well, this is ~A~ room. Victor, was it? That sounds familiar from the sheet...

I'm Blaine."

by **Victor Freud** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:22 pm

Victor let the bags drop to the floor with a pair of dull thuds, offering his hand. "Nice to meetcha Blaine."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:02 pm

"Same! This is gonna be great--finally out from under the ol' parents thumb, right?"

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:13 pm

"Heh, yeah I guess so. It'll take some gettin' used to, 'specially not having to get up at dawn. Now that I'm looking forward to."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:17 pm

"Ugh, dawn? What was that all about?"

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:35 pm

Victor sat down on the edge of his bed. "Well, when you live on a farm, that's just how things work."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:23 pm

"A farm, really? How big was it?"

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:39 pm

Victor thought for a moment. "Pretty big. I can't remember the acreage, but the bison need a lot of land. The chickens not so much. And then the hemp fields, but you can grow a lot in a little space...."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:41 pm

"You have any of those really big threshers?"

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:36 pm

"We just rent one from a neighbour. We've mostly got livestock and regular veggies, so we don't need a thresher of our own."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:11 pm

"Oh," Blaine said, disappointed. "I like huge machines like that."

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:20 pm

"Oh, a bit of a gearhead huh? You'd like my stepbrother then. He's always buying old junker muscle cars so he can fiddle with the engines."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:24 pm

"Definitely. I like putting things together and takin 'em apart again."

by **Victor Freud** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:06 pm

"I think he just likes making things loud and fast. He hardly ever does any body work or anythin'."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:22 pm

"There's nothing wrong with being loud and fast."

by **Victor Freud** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:31 pm

"There is if you shake apart. Or don't want to attract a lot of attention."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:40 pm

"That's just reason to go back to the drawing board."

by **Victor Freud** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:59 pm

Victor rocked a bit as he sat. "... naw. I prefer testin' stuff out first. Tried and true, dependable, subtle. If I'm tuning a car, I want a car that if I go street racin' in it, I can take an off-ramp or pull into a parking lot and blend in completely. Boring I know, 'cause normal cars are boring as hell, but then it's a bit like bein' a secret agent or somethin'."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:01 pm

"Well, as long as it performs when it counts..."

by **Victor Freud** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:05 pm

"Well of course. What use would it be if it didn't?"

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:28 pm

"You'd be surprised what some people count as 'innovation'."

by **Victor Freud** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:53 pm

"That's probably over my head, honestly."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:02 pm

Blaine nodded.

"So, what is it you do?"

by **Victor Freud** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:45 pm

"Well, nothin' really. I'm still in school. I guess I farm, sorta."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:50 pm

"No, no, I meant...what do you do."

by **Victor Freud** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:31 pm

"Oh. Ohhh." Victor drummed his hands on the mattress as he sat.

"I get smaller. Like, really small. So that's good for sneaky recon stuff I guess."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:43 pm

"Woah! How small?"

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:10 am

"As small as I want I guess. Half an inch is the furthest I've done on purpose, I don't wanna go too far."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:14 am

"And you can still breathe? And support your own weight? That's amazing!"

by **Victor Freud** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:33 am

"I guess I shrink the air too. Shrinkin' ain't the right word I guess, it's more... condensing."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:35 am

"That's really cool. How much do you weigh? Can I see?"

by **Victor Freud** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:29 pm

"I get lighter, but... you don't wanna see this. It ain't impressive. Not like what my sister does, she's the real impressive one."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:31 pm

"Why, what does she do?"

by **Victor Freud** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:21 pm

"Well she can get smaller too, but she also gets bigger. Like, really big. Like... footage on the news big."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:24 pm

"And you can't do that?"

by **Victor Freud** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:11 pm

Victor shook his head. "Not an inch."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:47 pm

"Well, that doesn't seem fair," he said, sympathetically.

by **Victor Freud** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:06 pm

"Not really, but she's got troubles too. I mean, no one's takin' pictures of my butt and puttin' them online.

"So, what do you do?"

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