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[Monday 6/11/12 semi-action]

[theshortestbird]

[Lee said Tim should take a little bit of a break. Not that he had a lot of stuff going on, but their new toys were enough to handle right now, and they couldn't get many more done.

Which made this the perfect time for Tim to unleash his newest toy. Unleash was the correct word for it; it wasn't so much a toy as it was a joke. While Lee was in his office, he would hear a sort of mechanical whirring noise near the door. If he looked for the source of the sound, he would see a little ladybug walking into his office.

Once the bug was safely inside the office, Lee could go pick it up if he wanted to. But once it was a foot inside the office, more mechanical whirring noises would be heard; this was an army of ladybugs walking into the office. Enough to cover the floor, anyway.]

[excellentviolet]

[At first, Lee was amused, finding the ladybug he picked up rather cute... and then...]

... what in the world-- TIM DRAKE!! SEPHIROTH!!

[theshortestbird]

[Whoa, hold up there, Lee. Why would you think it was them? There were other people in the office who could have done it, you know. They had some pretty smart cookies working for you, it could be anyone.

With that in mind, Tim came to the office and peeked in. That was a lot of ladybugs, he'd forgotten how many he had made.]

Having a party?

[excellentviolet]

[But the office is actually pretty small... well, relative to other SERO facilities, and there aren't a lot of people involved in the heavy tech things, or have access to all the tools and stuff at the developer's room and the testing lab.]

No. Do you have any idea where all this came from?

[theshortestbird]

From the trail, it looks like somewhere near the testing area. They must have walked a long way. [Serious nod.]

[soldierfirst]

[And a moment later, Sephiroth comes running, sword in hand... Only to stop, in disbelief, at the door to Lee's office.]

When I heard the yell, I thought it was a more serious concern.

[excellentviolet]

Tim said that the trail came from somewhere near the testing area. Would you have any idea to why they came over here to, well, bug me?

[Lee's office floor is completely covered in ladybugs now. What the hell.]

[theshortestbird]

[That was a terrible, terrible pun. No, seriously. That was almost worse then any of Dick's puns, and his were pretty bad.]

Bugs like sugar, right? Maybe they smelled it in your coffee.

[Maybe he should stay quiet.]

[soldierfirst]

I've never seen bugs like these before.

[He stoops to pick one of the mechanical creations up, turning it about in his hand, peering at the workings. It seems to be just a simple little prank -- especially as he remembers Tim's tendency to tinker every now and then -- but it's his job to consider all the angles, even the ones least likely.] It appears innocent enough, but we should probably test them for spy equipment, explosives, or other threats.

[A pause, and a small admission:] And there's extensive damage to one of the prototype fighting units. I had to extract myself a bit quicker than it could handle.

[Hey, he'd heard the yell and his mind had kicked into 'serious threat' mode. Lee is a capable fighter, after all; if he had been in trouble enough to call for help, it would have to be serious. A sword through the unit had been much more efficient than attempting to abort the test sequence.]

[excellentviolet]

Ah. We can fix that easily enough. Just... how am I supposed to get all these bugs out of my office? They're practically all over the whole room now!

[And Lee's office was a pretty big space!]

And I'm pretty certain it's not my coffee, Tim. I like mine black.