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[she's sitting in one of the quiet rooms, up to her elbows in glitter, probably best not to ask]

Hallo! I'm the Doctor. [she scrunches her nose] Sorry if that's awkward for some people. [she'd deal with that later]

But! Well! That was a bit of a question, wasn't it? What will make us happy. I mean, avoiding the existentiality of it because that is a broad spectrum requiring much deep thought and lots of poor decision making skills--

There are a lot of choices, and I don't know how to choose.

A lab would be nice. More labs. All the labs. A pool. Love a good pool. Good for barbeques and catching your falling wife from a fifty foot drop. ... er... that might be awkward too. Sorry. Plants. Could always use more of those. Double rooms well-- I'd rather be able to stay up as late as I like.

But clocks! Now, clocks are intriguing. What does that mean? Does it mean a room with clocks? Does it mean clocks throughout the train? And what kind of clocks? Wall clocks? Grandfather Clocks? Kicksey-Winseys? I had a Kicksey-Winsey once made by ...Bloody Stupid Johnson, I think is name was. Never did tell the time but every hour on the hour it would hunt you down and give you a boot in the rear. A great way to get things done if you get settled in one particular task.

Oh but I like art, and I love games.

D'you think I can choose all of them?

I think we deserve all of them.

What do you think?

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I picked the lab. It sounded the most useful of the options and wasn't something we already had something similar. It did pain me to not select art though.

The clocks option though, I was curious about that. The music carriage is basically a giant music classroom so I can't help but admit I'm curious what clocks would be.

Yeah I like the lab too. Though that depends on what they mean by lab. Is it fully stocked or just table space? Is there a place for experiments that explode? All good labs need blast shielding. Just saying.

But clocks, yeah, that's what I'm curious about too. What does it mean? What does it entail? Even if it's just a boatload of clocks its-- [she gestures broadly with her hands] A boatload of clocks! A trainload of clocks? A carful? Anyway a lot of them maybe! Ticking away in their dance of time.... A sort of endless waltz.

[she considers this a moment]

I need to write that down. I know I left a marker somewhere. [don't mind her as she disappears under the table]

Yeah, that is true. The library unfortunately is very understocked so it hardly seems worth it at the moment. But we're working on it.

[He chuckled]

Yeah, would it basically be like a clock museum? Would they be useful in some way other than knowing the time? And what happens if they all end up off by one minute?

[Making a joke at that last part]

Yeah that needs to be worked on. [she might have to start borrowing books from places they land. Or go on scavenger hunts for them]

Then we'll either always know what time it is or never. Either way time is subjective. Ohh what if it let us time travel? Dangerous stuff to be mucking about with but fun.

Yeah. I think we can request them, but that costs points. Some people are writing things to put there, like things they know about their homeworld.

Oh, that would be fun! But like you said, dangerous.

Points... Not sure if I like the sound of those. I never was good at getting them, only stealing them. [she wrinkles her nose] I suppose they could be useful. Could you ask for anything? To get with points? Even something...with complex technology?

It's kind of the currency of the train. You seem to get more at certain times, usually around when arriving at the platforms. Not sure what prompts getting certain amounts though.

As far I know you can ask for anything. I'm sure the train will stop you if you try to get something that's too much. Like, I doubt the train would allow my request for my Gundam... but given its sense of humor, it might allow me a tiny version as a statue. Also, be careful requesting a random set of clothes. It's a preset option. Mine aren't that bad, but I've seen some strange ones.

Gundam? What's a Gundam? Sounds Dutch. Well, New New New Amsterdam Revisited. It was the name of a root vegetable, but I'm sure its not the same thing. Though you do have a New New New Amsterdamnian-R look about you.

Right, though. Got you. Take care while ordering. I definitely don't want a miniature version of that again. Not pleasant to get stuck in for one.

Certainly not a root vegetable. A Gundam is a large robot that we piloted. I'm not sure where the name came from original, but they got their name from being built with a type of alloy called Gundanium.

I'm sure if you had a specific request you might not have an issue.

Oh! Oh! I love large robots that you can pilot! Well I love large robots anyway. What were they used for?

Unfortunately, they were used for war. We were trying to create peace in our world and fighting was the only way that we were able to do that. They did help to save a lot of people as well.

I take it back, I don't like them at all. [she wrinkles her nose] I don't ever think fighting is the only way, though sometimes it's the easiest way... But I am sick of war. I am sick of what it produces and what people do in the name of so-called justice.

[she doesn't want to get into this, or berate the other since he looked too young to shave let alone pilot a war machine]

Still-- I suppose you do what you have to. [when you were young and with very limited options]

[Quatre smiled] No, it's fine. They were very nice machines even if their purpose was for fighting. You get kind of attached to them because they are yours.

I am as well. That's why we fought because the ruling power of Earth was trying to take control of the colonies, at least at first.

[It got complicated of who was on what side sometimes, especially near the end]

We were ultimately successful. Our world doesn't need the Gundams anymore.

[she snorted]

Once a weapon exists, it never goes away, it's always improved. Don't think you've seen the last of them. Don't think you've run out of 'need'. There's always going to be a need for one side to dominate the other.

Unfortunately, that is true. We had that problem with the Gundams. They started out stronger than what our enemies had and then our enemies tried to make something better than them. At the very least, they would have a harder time with it. We destroyed all the remaining mobile suits in the world, including the Gundams.

Let's hope it stays that way.

[though she doubts it will]

In the meantime, no offense, but I hope you can get along here without it.

I hope so as well.

[Quatre chuckled]

I certainly hope so. It would rather too large to bring to the train. Though knowing the train's sense of humor, it might allow me to have a smaller one.

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