The Science of Sexuality, Monday

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After there was a so damn handwavey announcement for that Ethics class of Skywalker’s to join them today, there might have been a few new faces. This could only bode well for all the students. Really now.

Really.

“Hello, all,” John began, as jovially as he could, “We... have been speaking to professor Skywalker about our efforts here, and we thought it might be a good idea to, er, team up. To teach you all about childcare.”

“As he is the expert,” Sherlock chimed in dryly. Because that was helpful today.

Anakin glared at Sherlock. “Ethics class has traditionally worked with droid babies to teach you the downside of lust combined with ineffective birth control. Pairing up our classes seemed logical.” Until he remembered he’d be working with Sherlock.

John discretely maneuvered himself between Anakin and Sherlock. Discretely. “Right. So we’ve talked about pregnancy, and about everything that happens when you’re pregnant. As well as birth control,” he continued. “This is just the next step. We want you to take care of these babies until next Monday.” He smiled. Or tried to. “I... hope you all kept the folders we gave you.”

“And if you neglected to prepare,” Sherlock began with a faint smile. “Well. I suppose now would be the time to research. Wouldn’t you?”

“As well as you can, at least,” Anakin grumbled. “Children don’t come with owner’s manuals.” He’d checked. “The droid babies will react like any other child: you can’t leave them alone for even a minute, they’ll demand food, dry bottoms, naps and to be held and babbled at. If they don’t get what they want, they’ll cry.”

Loudly. For hours.

“And no one wants that,” said John. Who didn’t have any kids. And never really expected to have any. “So take good care of them. We’ll know if you don’t.”

… And he suspected that between his two co-conspirators, that was kind of terrifyingly true.

[[ ocd up and open! don't worry - we have plans to make sure the robobabies are Not An Issue over the weekend. ]]

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Baby Time!

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Anduin Wrynn/Proto

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Congratulations, it's a girl!

Re: Anduin Wrynn/Proto

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Anduin had started blushing as soon as he'd found out where their class was meeting today. Listening to the teachers hadn't helped matters, and now he was almost afraid to touch the droid baby, worried he'd flunk himself and his partner before they'd barely started.

The fact that he was paired up with a boy would hit him eventually.

"Perhaps this won't be as difficult as they've made it seem?" he said, trying to sound hopeful.

Nathan Young/Peter Bishop

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Re: Nathan Young/Peter Bishop

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"Fucking hell," Nathan muttered, staring at the...thing that he and this other bloke were supposed to take care of. "I hate my life sometimes."

Re: Nathan Young/Peter Bishop

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"Huh," Peter said, not exactly thrilled with this arrangement himself. "Well, this could have ended up worse, actually."

It could have been twins.

Helen Haras-Uquara/Spock

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Congratulations, it's a boy!

Re: Helen Haras-Uquara/Spock

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Helen sighed. She'd done this before. Still it hadn't been that difficult. She looked at the baby and then looked over at her partner. "So... have you done this before?"

Re: Helen Haras-Uquara/Spock

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"I am not certain previous experiences will be relevant," Spock said. "Like human children, not all robots are alike."

((Which is to say, I've had a really long day and can't remember, but I've made him take sex ed a bunch of times, so possibly.))

Claudia Donovan/Jack McCallister

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Re: Claudia Donovan/Jack McCallister

[notmyownage]

Oh, so not only did she have to parent a droid baby for a week, she had to work with someone else to do it?

Claudia was over here, looking grumpily at the droid baby girl.

Ariel of Atlantica/Blackagar Boltagon

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Bruce Wayne/Emma Frost

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[icecoldfrost]

Emma sighed and picked-up their little bundle of joy. "Fabulous," she sighed. "I already did this lesson once."

Dolf Wega/Karla

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And to think, two years ago Dolf might have looked nonplussed by the baby.

Now, he just sighed, picked it up, and held it until it stopped crying. "This is going to be a busy week."

Cally/Warren Worthington III

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... Oh god. Warren stared at the little droid baby, fidgeting just a bit.

"Um."

He was kind of afraid to pick it up, actually.

Jason Todd/Momoko Akatsutsumi

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Jason took the robobaby and held it carefully at arms length. "I can't believe they're making us do this," he said. "Wouldn't it be enough to just tell us not to have sex?"

Katniss Everdeen/Lindsay Weir

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Katniss stared at the robot child in something akin to horror crossed with bemusement. "...no."

Lion-o/Rinoa Heartilly

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William Murdoch/Quinn Fabray

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"What do you want to call her?" Quinn asked. She was poking at the baby with a disinterested forefinger; for the moment, at least, the fake child still seemed to be asleep.

Honestly, she'd had sex once and ended up with a daughter the next day. There was no need to terrify her with a doll.