Library, Monday

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It was a slow day in the library today. All the books were behaving -- well, like actual books, instead of like semi-sentient little monsters -- and Tip got her morning shelving duties out of the way pretty quickly.

Which was good, because today was the day that Bill had decided to debut his one-bot show: "Billboard: how an unlikely friendship brought a bot to life and saved the Boov race, a water ballet".

It was an epic production, full of bubbles and intrigue, that Tip could only really follow because she'd actually been there for most of it. She made sure to "ooo" and "ahhh" in all the right places, even as she eyeballed the bubbles to make sure they wouldn't get anything wet that couldn't handle it, then gave Bill a wild round of applause when he was all done.

"That was beautiful," she told him. "I especially liked the way you choreographed it all to songs that have become internet memes."

Bill zipped around in excited circles, then came back to hover in front of her, letting off another questioning bubble.

"Well, I would say maybe figure out a way to include subtitles for your non-Boov audiences. Like they do on operas. Also: when did we meet an octopus? I don't remember that part."

And that's how Tip ended up spending a good chunk of her library shift hearing a billboard's opinions on artistic license.

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[white_oleander]

"Yeah," Astrid grinned a little, albeit sheepishly. "Have you ever been in one of Capain Rogers and Mr. Stark's classes where they play those PSAs with 'Captain America,'" you could practically hear the quote marks, "and remember that one summer activity where we had to make sock puppet PSAs? Well, of course I had to make a Captain America one. And when I brought it to class, Mr. Stark suggested the YouTube thing."

She shrugged a little, but a proud little smile lingered. "So, obviously, it's got to be something really patriotic, because it's all the shots of my Captain America puppet in D.C."

Captain Rogers was going to love it. But probably not half as much as Mr. Stark.

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"Check out Astrid, with a devious side," Tip said approvingly. "Okay, there have been some really trashy patriotic songs in the last couple decades. I'm sure we can find something truly awful."

[WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT I TOTALLY HIT POST ON THIS AGES AGO]

[white_oleander]

Astrid ducked her head to hide the faint blush that sprung up at that, as well as the slightly uncomfortable expression. Devious? This? ...Yeah, sure.

"I was sort of thinking just an old classic standard," she admitted, "but now you have me intrigued."

[intotheout]

"The trick will be finding one without earworming myself. They got kind of inescapable back home around the 4th, at least before the invasion."

Something about aliens taking over the entire planet had made her America somewhat less nationalistic, thankfully.