Treehouse! (Open in case anyone wanders across it ;) )

[hacker_twins]

Somewhere in the Nexus is a patch of random forest, mostly pine but with a few other trees interspersed.

In that forest is a small clearing with a very large, old, and sturdy oak tree.

In that oak tree is now a treehouse made mostly of metal and polymer panels that one familiar with a variant on the world might recognize as having come from Gemini's area on the moon.

And in that treehouse, if one happens across it at the right time, one just might find two child-sized reploids...

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[hacker_twins]

Oh, it's not something they think. More of an irritating legal matter in their world. If anything, Techno sounded a bit annoyed about it himself. But then, he sounds annoyed about such a lot of things.

"They'd still send us to Doppler and have us reprogrammed, just in case we'd attack a human next." Techno rolls his eyes at this and takes another drink of soda.

"It's not allowed," Middy says. "Robots and Reploids aren't supposed to ever hurt humans."

[terrabrat.livejournal.com]

Well, Kuja has no way of knowing that~.

"Yeah, but that's what Garland was for! The person we killed." Who is this 'we'? He wasn't even there. :D

More annoyance at that. "That's stupid. Humans aren't better than other people." :|

[hacker_twins]

Snerk! "Try telling that to our world's humans," Techno replies.

"Techno, please... You should be careful what you say." Middy goes to get himself a soda as well.

[terrabrat.livejournal.com]

"I'm telling it to you." More :|.

[hacker_twins]

Ok, that's all Techno can take. It doesn't do any good to tell us. We already know.We just can't do anything about it if we don't want reprogrammed or scrapped. Legally, we're property, and we have about as much rights as a toaster. If we get out of line, we're dead. End of story.

"Techno, please..." a now scared Middy tries to calm his angry twin. "You shouldn't say such things.

"Why not, Middy? Doppler and Weil aren't here to overhear."

[terrabrat.livejournal.com]

"Then you're stupid for staying!" No, he does not like the way Techno is acting at all. Fuzzy tail is lashing around~. "You don't even need food! You can go anywhere!"

[hacker_twins]

Middy gets between them, trying to break up the argument. He shakes his head. "We can't go just anywhere. We can find some food here, but you have to pay for the non-loled stuff. It's hard to find that much change in the couches. And we need other things, too, like routine maintenance. We don't know how to take care of ourselves. Not yet."

Techno just glares at Kuja.

[terrabrat.livejournal.com]

"Then you should learn. Or maybe you don't want to!" Glare back, at both of them.

[hacker_twins]

"Get out." Techno says.

Middy just fidgets for half a second and then nods. "I think you should leave."

[terrabrat.livejournal.com]

And he does! But not without one last comment. "Stupid robots."

[hacker_twins]

Middy just starts to cry. Techno hugs his twin and glares at the exit until he's absolutely certain Kuja isn't coming back.

Door locks. They definitely needed door locks.