Bridge & Xander's Quarters [Newtech City, 2023]

[bridge_carson]

So, the Carson household (to use the term loosely, since it's definitely not a house and not really even an apartment to be honest) is now officially one with dual-income, no kids. Well, unless the new-and-improved, now-in-more-locations-than-ever-before Fandom weirdness struck again the way it did a couple of days ago.

Part of Bridge is actually kind of disappointed it skipped him. Not that he's gonna admit that.

"I miss having space," he comments randomly. Of course, his dorm room hadn't been bigger than their present quarters... but then, he'd practically moved out of the dorms in all but name only long before he'd actually left Fandom.

[ooc: also open for phone calls/teammates/what have you]

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"I could build us a deck, but it'd look funny sticking out of the side of the HQ," Xander says, swinging one foot over the arm of the -- well, it's sort of a couch. "...I'd have to build us a window first, but pfft, details."

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At least it *has* arms, unlike the couches in the common room. "I miss windows too," Bridge adds. The common room has those, at least.

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Xander snorts. "Can't say I do." That might have something to do with his first repair job for SPD being the replacement of 176 panes of busted safety glass. "What was the point of putting windows on the parts of the building most likely to get attacked, again? The science lab needs a great view why?"

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"Maybe it's conductive to thought processes?" Bridge tries. "Like the way that I stand on my head."

[needsaparrot]

"I guess you don't want your weapons designers getting whatitsface. Seasonal affective sad thingy."

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"But it's okay for living quarters, apparently," Bridge comments. Really, it's a building shaped like a *giant dog*. Sometimes logic just doesn't work to explain things.

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"Windows are a liability," Xander says, thinking of the number of times he'd repaired Buffy's. "Protecting where we sleep actually makes sense, believe it or not."

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"Well, a lack of windows isn't going to do much to protect against being stomped on by a giant robot," Bridge points out.

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"Makes the walls more structurally sound. But yeah, won't help much if we're talking holycrapthatshuge as opposed to just 'whoa, big-ass robot.' "

The scary thing is he had conversations like this back in Sunnydale with Oz, before he ever heard of Fandom. They were just a little more theoretical.

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"Robots that *aren't* made of furniture. That's not typical, as I hope you've noticed." Yeah, getting to fight in a Zord had been cool, but... IKEAZord. It just wasn't quite the same.

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"Robots that aren't made of furniture suck," Xander answers, semi-reflexively, then adds with a cough, "...and by that I mean the ones the bad guys are driving."

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"Thank you for not insinuating that my Delta Runner sucks," Bridge says pointedly.

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"It's not really a robot though," Xander argues. "It's a vehicle. It's not self-powered."

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"Well, they *can* be piloted or otherwise controlled remotely if the need arises," Bridge says. "But if we're going to get into semantics then no, technically they're Zords."

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"What exactly does 'zord' mean, anyway," Xander asks.

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"Giant mechanical vehicle, pretty much," Bridge admits with a shrug. "Ninjor made the first ones for Zordon, and I guess he wasn't feeling too creative when it came time to figure out what to call them."

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Xander snorts. "Really? They were named after Dean Head-in-a-Tube?"

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"He's- was- a ten-thousand-year-old interdimensional being pretty much singlehandedly- singleheadedly? responsible for making sure the universe didn't get destroyed several times over long before he worked at Fandom High."

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"...And he let four year olds play ring around the rosie with his tube." The snort is one of impressedness at least, this time. "I know like... nothing about this place, besides what you and Z and the others have mentioned," he realizes.

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"Well it's a good thing you married me and not Sky then," Bridge says. "Because unlike some people, history is one of my best subjects." Though really, anything involving research could be counted as one of Bridge's best subjects.

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Anything involving long rambly explanations could be counted as one of Bridge's best subject. Luckily, Xander likes to hear him talk.

"Wow, I really dodged a bullet there. I thought about it too, 'cause 'Sky' is less letters than 'Bridge' so the tattoo would've hurt less."

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"You did *not*," Bridge retorts. Maybe, once, a long time ago, he might've added a "...Did you?" But even if he doesn't understand sarcasm most of the time, he *does* know Xander.

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"Would I lie?" Xander lobs a pillow in his direction.

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"...Yes?"

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"Just checking. If you'd said no I'd have to drag you to sickbay."