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Carlos stiffened. He shut his eyes, cursing himself mentally
before looking over at Hancock with an apologetic smile. “Sorry for the TMI… I
guess I shouldn’t have said that out loud.” He sighed. “Are we okay on water
for me to take one tonight?” He ignored Hancock’s flirting for the moment –
Hancock was always flirting with him. Not that that was a bad thing however…

“Are you apologizing because ya feel like ya overshared or because you didn’t like my response?” He was genuinely curious, even after all this time, after finally getting together, he was still being rejected when he tried to flirt with the scientist and it was just…. damn confusing, honestly. “We’ve got plenty if ya wanna wash up, you don’t have to ask, sunshine.”

Carlos laughed out loud at that. “No, no! I expect those kind of responses from you!”
he explained. “I just… I’m sorry for blurting out something so… natural,
frankly, but still gross.” He smiled over at Hancock again. “I can wash myself,
though, I promise. I’m a big boy. Besides, it’d be a little awkward with me
naked in the tub and you just standing there with a rag, wouldn’t it…?”

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“I haven’t given the bloodstone magic respect?” It was considered black magic in his practice, but desperare times called for desperate measures. The doctor said a silent prayer to his gods, the Vishanti, and rose. “I need at least 5 bloodstones for this to work.” Stephen began to search the lab for some bloodstones that were on hand. “If you say so Carlos, you are the scientist and expert of this town. Whatever illogical methods this place goes by, I have to follow them to survive. At this point I have no other options other than to go MacGyver on this situation.” His voice carried with the opening and closing of drawers and cabinets.

Carlos just watched Dr Strange with mild confusion as he
searched around. The little bamf on his shoulder was clinging to his head to
stay in place. It cooed and waved at Carlos, giving a wide, toothy grin. Carlos
felt compelled to just smile and wave back at the cute little creature.

“Well, I’m not sure if it’s so much about ‘MacGyver-ing’
anything, but more about that using magical doorways already in place,” Carlos
started to explain. “As far as I know, MacGyver was an inventive spy, not a
magician. The town of Night Vale has something going on in it – and not just
the weird portals, though those happen quite often. But I mean something deeper – deep, powerful,
and ancient. Possibly Eldritch, though not as well-known as, say, Dagon or Cthulhu.”

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“I see everything around
here kid,” Max replied with a proud, smug grin. “And I happened to
notice Gwen sneaking around, so I investigated. It just took a few hours
to catch her sneaking off and I just followed her.”

He stopped in
front of a log, half covered with a tarp. “Followed her right to here.”
He added, and lifted the tarp to reveal a small cluster of cola cases.

Angie couldn’t help letting out a little gasp. “Oh, there’s
a lot of them!” She knelt down and reached out to pick up one of the cans. “Oh –
and it’s cool! The surrounding dirt and the log must be acting as a sort of refrigerator,
keeping the sun off and insulating a cool temperature. That’s really nice!”

Max grabbed a can for himself and cracked it open. “Yeah,” he agreed, nonchalantly leaning on the log, “but I don’t think that was intentional. Just convenient.” Grinning, he took a gulp of the soda, and seemed to relax immensely doing it.

Angela stood up, still clutching the soda can, and put the
tarp back in place. She wiped off the top with her sleeve before opening it and
taking a drink. She didn’t usually drink cola, but it was better than the juice
that got served to them. She looked at Max with a smile, holding the can to her
with both hands. “Thank you for showing me this,” she told him. “I felt like I was
never going to have soda again.”

Max nodded with a grin. “No problem; I know how that is.” He took another big gulp from his soda, wincing as his swig was too big and stung a little on the way down.

“Oh, and by the way, I need the can when you’re done. I’m providing Neil with scrap aluminum for some nerd project he’s working on and he promised not to ask questions on my sources. ”

Angie perked up at that. “Oh yeah?” she asked him. “What
project is it – do you know?” Angie was also there for Science Camp, but with
her experience outside of… the ‘real world’, as her Dad once called it, Neil
was incredibly suspicious of her and wouldn’t let her near his projects.

Max shook his head. “Nah, no clue. I don’t understand half of the shit he does to be honest.” He replied, shrugging apathetically. “I’m just his metal dealer, which sounds dope but is actually kinda lame, but hey he’s gonna owe me later. ”

Angela nodded. “Oh, okay,” she said, taking another drink. “Maybe
look in the trash cans around – find the cans Gwen drank as well,” she
suggested, wanting to be helpful. “And we can look in the kitchen too and see
what the Quartermaster threw away while cooking.” Some canned goods were
packaged in aluminum cans, she thought. It’d be fun – doing some recycling. Then maybe Neil wouldn’t be such a butt-head.

“I’m not digging in the trash, but if you can find a way to get into the kitchen without getting shanked by the Quartermaster I’m game.” Max grinned and finished of the last of his soda, tucking the can safely away in his hoodie pocket.

Angela looked at him curiously. “I thought Neil was paying
you back for the cans,” she said. “Why not get some from the trash? It’d be
better than a landfill somewhere.” However, the kitchen stumped her. “Maybe… we
could offer to help with dinner? Or with clean-up or something?”

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Yondu chuckles. “They like you… oh look it’s a baby.”

A tiny smaller then Carlos one floats around pressed against a much larger one obviously it’s Mother.

Carlos gasped softly. “Oh, my goodness,” he said in awe. “That’s
incredible,” he said again, watching the creatures as he tried to memorize
every bit of them.

The baby creature acts much like a whale floating around and spinning around playfully.

“Oh my goodness,” Carlos repeated. “It’s so cute… how old do
you think it is?”

“I’d say given its size….. it’s only a few weeks to a month or two…” the baby does a playful bob and spin then comes up to Carlos and Yondu reaching feelers out to investigate

“Awe…” Carlos cooed. He gently reached out his hand – not to
pet it, but to let the baby feel it and hopefully not bite it.

The baby feels around him even up to his face curious and noses at him and plays with him and rubs against him.

“Hehe. He really likes you.”

Carlos chuckled
softly. “Does he? Wait, how are you able to tell its gender?”

“By the length of the feelers. Males are longer females short. And he likes you and rubbing against you. We see this pod a lot. You can name him.”

“Ah, I see,” Carlos said. But then he looked over at Yondu,
confused. “What? What do you mean ‘name him’?” he asked.

“Give him a name. His moms called serinity… big daddy is big daddy…..”

Carlos laughed at that, without really meaning to. “Who
named him that?” he asked.

“You’re a Terran, right? Greedings ” Licks your face like a dog.

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“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”

The Collector tilted his head to the side looking at Carlos, “Are you sure? I’m not going to try to kill you or anything, I’ll wait for you to die from natural causes before using your body for research. “He said and smile” I can pay you very well .. “

“Credits aren’t really a thing on Earth,” Carlos admitted to
him. “Like I said… I’d rather find a way home. More than anything.”

“Credits are a thing here… Buy I can take you to Earth if you want… But I want your body.”

Carlos just frowned and shook his head. He was getting a little frustrated – this guy must not know how asking someone to give up their body off of their home planet must sound. Maybe Carlos could be convinced to donate his body to science on Earth, but certainly not on some god-forsaken space station lightyears from home.

“I said no,” he stated. “Maybe give Earth a visit – I’m sure there are folks who’d be honored to do it.”

“You’re a Terran, right? Greedings ” Licks your face like a dog.

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“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”

“Abductee? Uhnm… That’s sad.” He smiled, it had been a while since he last saw a human, so he was curious to see how they had evolved. “Can I continue to analyze you? I would like to buy your body for analysis, of course I will wait for you to die before open your boy and I can pay you a fair amount of credit. ”

Carlos’ eyes widened and he just stared at the other man. “Um…?
No, I… I’m not comfortable with that,” he said. “I mean, sure, I can sate some
of your curiosity with medical tests while I’m alive, but… I’m afraid my body is off-limits after death. I’d…
really rather die on Earth, if I can even get back there.”

The Collector tilted his head to the side looking at Carlos, “Are you sure? I’m not going to try to kill you or anything, I’ll wait for you to die from natural causes before using your body for research. “He said and smile” I can pay you very well .. “

“Credits aren’t really a thing on Earth,” Carlos admitted to
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“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”

He listened to the human talking, and then analyzed him again, he nudged the human’s arm, and smiled again, putting a hand on his shoulder and squeezing it a bit, as if analyzing everything.

“I’m Taneleer Tivan. The collector. And you are?”

Carlos got a little nervous with the touchy-feeling going
on, but since it wasn’t anything in appropriate he let it go. Maybe it was in
his culture…

“Um, my name is Carlos Ramon. I… well… Abductee from Earth.”

“Abductee? Uhnm… That’s sad.” He smiled, it had been a while since he last saw a human, so he was curious to see how they had evolved. “Can I continue to analyze you? I would like to buy your body for analysis, of course I will wait for you to die before open your boy and I can pay you a fair amount of credit. ”

Carlos’ eyes widened and he just stared at the other man. “Um…?
No, I… I’m not comfortable with that,” he said. “I mean, sure, I can sate some
of your curiosity with medical tests while I’m alive, but… I’m afraid my body is off-limits after death. I’d…
really rather die on Earth, if I can even get back there.”

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Yondu chuckles. “They like you… oh look it’s a baby.”

A tiny smaller then Carlos one floats around pressed against a much larger one obviously it’s Mother.

Carlos gasped softly. “Oh, my goodness,” he said in awe. “That’s
incredible,” he said again, watching the creatures as he tried to memorize
every bit of them.

The baby creature acts much like a whale floating around and spinning around playfully.

“Oh my goodness,” Carlos repeated. “It’s so cute… how old do
you think it is?”

“I’d say given its size….. it’s only a few weeks to a month or two…” the baby does a playful bob and spin then comes up to Carlos and Yondu reaching feelers out to investigate

“Awe…” Carlos cooed. He gently reached out his hand – not to
pet it, but to let the baby feel it and hopefully not bite it.

The baby feels around him even up to his face curious and noses at him and plays with him and rubs against him.

“Hehe. He really likes you.”

Carlos chuckled
softly. “Does he? Wait, how are you able to tell its gender?”

“By the length of the feelers. Males are longer females short. And he likes you and rubbing against you. We see this pod a lot. You can name him.”

“Ah, I see,” Carlos said. But then he looked over at Yondu,
confused. “What? What do you mean ‘name him’?” he asked.

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Listen. Gwen couldn’t give two shits bur David, he’s like an over protective mom.

Well, that’s kinda cute. I guess I can understand where he’d
be coming from.

I think it’s cus I nearly blew up the camp that one time but who knows.

Ah… I suppose that makes sense, then. *he frowns* Maybe you
shouldn’t be burning these after all…

It’s fiiiiine. I’m just not allowed to light campfires.

Oh. So as long as you don’t touch the fire then I guess we’re
alright. I’ll be the one to work it.

Yeah sure. David usually sets it up around 8 so.

Okay. I’ll be back then to say hi to Angie and the rest and
join you guys.

Cool. See you then I guess.

See you then, kiddo. *he smiles*

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Listen. Gwen couldn’t give two shits bur David, he’s like an over protective mom.

Well, that’s kinda cute. I guess I can understand where he’d
be coming from.

I think it’s cus I nearly blew up the camp that one time but who knows.

Ah… I suppose that makes sense, then. *he frowns* Maybe you
shouldn’t be burning these after all…

It’s fiiiiine. I’m just not allowed to light campfires.

Oh. So as long as you don’t touch the fire then I guess we’re
alright. I’ll be the one to work it.

Yeah sure. David usually sets it up around 8 so.

Okay. I’ll be back then to say hi to Angie and the rest and
join you guys.