One squishy and eight robots walk into a cafe...

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Megan looks around the room as they enter, her adoptive 'brothers' - in this case the full eight-member set of Alpha Squadron - not far away. It was late afternoon at home, since they didn't want her staying up too late or to be late for school when it started up again. But they had little idea what time it would be here.

But Time and Oil were spending the night, which made it a perfect opportunity for a little 'welcome to the family' evening out with their new little sister.

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[random_xtras]

Logan chuckles and heads for the kitchen.

"Now yer in fer it," comments her twin, sipping his coffee.

[time_for_time]

This gets him a large assortment of puzzled looks.

"Why?" asks Time.

"Did we do something wrong?" adds Oil.

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"Naw, but she'll try feedin' ya till none 'o ya kin walk."

[slippery_hope]

"That's possible?" asks Oil.

"Eh, not all of us turn stuff into oil like you do, kiddo," Cut says.

"And even then, I'm sure your systems have some kind of finite capacity," adds Elec. Out of all of them, Oil seemed to have the biggest appetite at times. Oddly enough, he seemed like he could eat more than Guts could. Elec wondered at the sheer physics of just where the food went in the tiny little Alpha.

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Logan chuckles and leans his elbow on the table. "So what brings ya t' New Haven?"

[runwithscissorz]

"Ice moved back in with us, and he brought Megan with him," Elec says. "Adding a little sister to the family seemed like a good excuse to go out and celebrate."

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"We woulda been here sooner," Cut adds, "if it wasn't for learning what to do with all the livestock they also brought with them."

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"So where'd ya hear about the place?" He sips coffee and absently listens to the star song.

[hothead_alpha]

"Our oldest brother's been here before. His name's Blues."

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"The guy with the little gal with the livin' squeaky toy?" He lifts an eyebrow.

[slippery_hope]

They don't quite catch on for half a second, trying to figure out what the 'living squeaky toy' is. But it's not really that hard to guess.

"Do you mean Ciel's stress worm? The blue caterpillar thing?"

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"Yup." He drinks coffee and takes the basket of buns that Ben brings over, then sets it on the table for them to get.

[slippery_hope]

Ooo, buns! Oil grabs one while they wait for the pizza.