Since it's already claimed one "victim"

[x_maker]

Apparently Overfiend One has a subroutine designed to prevent, shall we say, interlopers of the feline persuasion from absconding with the fish it collects. As in, a rather comical compressed-air cannon system that I just witnessed sending a purple furball across the room. Apparently Dr. Wallace had nosy cats, too.

Dr. McCoy, are you sure I can't disassemble it even a little? I've got the documentation that Dr. Wallace provided and -

Wait. Noticed something. More on that later. If this is what I think it is, I won't have to disassemble anything at all...

Comments

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

You may dissassemble it to look, if you wish... but you must put it back *exactly* the way it was. It's a prototype, and should not be altered.

On the other hand, if you wish to build something in a similar vein yourself, you certainly may. Catseye insists she wants a MiniSquid to chase, and it would certainly make swimming in the lake in summer that bit more exciting. (Of course, I don't have quite the same resources, materials-wise, that Wilbur does, but if you ask him nicely, I'm sure he'd let you have one or two of the more esoteric parts)

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

Catseye can have a MiniSquid?!?

MiniSquid!!!

:D

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

If Forge agrees to make one, I certainly have no objection. You must ask him, though.

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

Sure, Catseye gets a minisquid but I can't have any nanoSquids...

Although having a squid in the lake would open us to so many new Harry Potter jokes.

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

The no-nanites in the house rule exists for a reason. They're tricky little devils.

And it really would, wouldn't it? *g*

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

But we could keep a terrerium of them, and they'd stay in their little glass box until we took them out to torment play with.

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's how it *starts*, but they never stay in there. You haven't been watching enough science fiction, young lady. I invite you to think about what would happen if they started working their way through the house, consuming available metals in order to replicate themselves.

Most of the plumbing, for example?

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

Um... well...

At least we'd be safe then from any rampages Lorna decides to go on?

No, probably not. She'd probably just throw the nannites at us.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

And speaking of rampages, imagine what metal-eating nanites would do to her kitchen. :)

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

Dear God, no, never mind. She'd kill us.

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

If you were lucky.

*g*

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

If you build nanites, and they get into Lorna's kitchen and eat up her utensils, I am not going to protect you, I warn you now.

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

Noted, sir. I do, thankfully, have some self preservation instincts.