It took a second for his words to register, but when they did, Black Hat reared back in disgust. So he was one of THOSE scientists, was he? Wanted to dissect him for science, did he? He’d find another thing coming if he tried, and Black Hat hissed, sudden rage tearing through him.
“Scientifically inter–”
“YOU THINK I’M SOME SORT OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENT? IS THAT IT? THINK YOU CAN FURTHER YOUR CAREER BY STUDYING ME?”
“TRY IT – I’LL FUCKINGKILL YOU!”
Carlos was taken by surprise and he curled away in terror. However, he had another feeling that started to battle it – offense.
“What? I’m not some mad scientist I assure you! I understand that you’re a living being and I wouldn’t want to do anything to you against your will. I was merely expressing that I do find your attributes interesting. Science is very important to me and I really think that it’s only worth doing if doing right. And that’s with the full consent of any subjects involved.”
There are better ways to ward off boredom. When we find that gun, you’re not getting it back.
what?! that’s insane! *he crossed his arms*
Max, guns aren’t toys. They’re dangerous weapons that, frankly, children shouldn’t be playing with or even touching.
*he mumbles something, glancing around the firepit*
What was that, Max?
i said i think i left it over there
*Carlos looks to the firepit. With a frown he goes closer to investigate.*
*he followed close behind* it’s either here or by the firewood.. or in a tree
In a tree? Why? *Carlos gently moved at some of the foliage dropped from nearby trees with his foot*
i like to climb and the twins can’t climb, it was the perfect spot for me *he wanders towards the firewood*
Doesn’t look like it’s over here by the fire pit… *he gets down on his hands and knees to peer under the benches to make double-sure*
*there’s a couple water balloons? but not much else* one less place to check i guess.. *looking through the pile of wood*
*confused carlos noises* Water balloons? I thought you were using guns?
*he shrugs* war has many weapons, Carlos, you never know what to expect
How are water balloons weapons? What kind of gunfight was this?
it was- oh i found it! *he smiled widely, moving logs out of the way*
*sighs* Thank god… *he gets up and walks over toward Max*
*he picked it up, it looked.. abit big to by a pistol but also too small to be anything else*
Okay. Lemme see it. *holds out his hand* You shouldn’t just leave these lying around – you need to be responsible for your weapons if you’re going to have them, Max.
Fuck if I know. I asked him just about the same question.
What did he say?
He said “he was never fired just took a hiatus.” Or something like that.
Wow… that’s… I don’t even know what that is.
*max shrugged again and leaned back* I dunno..
Well, we’ll keep our eyes open and just watch him. Though… I don’t think he should be near any of you at all.
You could take it up with David. *max crossed his arms and muttered* Doubt he’ll listen though.
You said David didn’t quite grasp what happened, didn’t you?
That’s an understatement.
Yeah, yeah. But he needs to know what’s going on… so I’ll see about talking to him.
*Max shrugged* alright.
*Carlos finally took off another break of his bar and ate it noisily* We’re almosh to the campf.
Oh, cool.
*they drove on, Carlos chewing more loudly than preferred, and soon they were coming up the dirt road back to camp.*
*max was a little irritated with Carlos’ loud cheekng but he decided just to keep quiet*
*Carlos finally stopped the car as he munched on the last break of his Kit-Kat. He shut it off and got out, grabbing the other candy and the bottle of soda.*
*max pushed open the car door and hopped out.*
Where should we set up? By the fire pit? THere’s benches there. Or maybe at Science Camp?
The Perfect Scientist 