#nerdists

[widespot]

Nerdists

Cliff and Hugh aren't looking for anything fancy when they head to the General Store to buy clothes. They're a bit surprised that the place deliberately leaves enough room for kickybag. Bigg City this is not!

"But do the recycling trucks come all the way out here?"

"There's a lot more people in Widespot than I anticipated." "Good. That means they need doctors!"

"Wow, you look great in that shirt." "I kinda do, don't I?"

[lasudio]

StrangeSpot, Round Nineteen: Nerdists (Uni)

After having their first date, Tycho and Cliff bid farewell to La Fiesta Tech (graduating and getting expelled, respectively). They move in together at the Curious home on Cover Up Road - after Pascal’s death, Tycho wants to be close to his family for a bit.

Sara and Hugh also graduate, taking Phyllis the cowplant with them (campus faculty breathed a sigh of relief). They’ve both grown very fond of her. Hopefully whoever they move in with in Strangetown allows pets..!

[ellupelluellu]

Nerdists

Hugh.. Hugh.. Hugh.. you are really starting to annoy me.. 

Okay, you have 3 3bolters! and 1 2bolter! 

3 bolters:

- Sara (No!)

-Penny (NO!)

-Dixie (NOOO!)

the 2 bolter:

-Daytona (Have I mentioned word “no” before? If not... NOOOOOO!!!!!)

-So I sent him out, check out every female there is (guys wont do as he is very straight indeed when I looked the settings) , including 3 new students who just started to study here, got the puke animation.. rude, Hugh.

-YAY, I watch 2 simhours you to play chess with your sister!

[penig]

Sara has better luck at the library. she's still ambivalent about the sorority. But Ginger seems perfect for it to her. She's cute and earnest and friendly and, and probably straight.

"Honestly, I expected to be engaged to River - he was my boyfriend in high school - I expected us to pick up where we left off and get engaged and move in together and the whole nine yards. That's what my brother and his girlfriend are doing. That's what Scot and his girlfriend did. But now we're both here, and - I don't know - it's not happening." Yup. Straight.

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Sara, having gone to bed early, is able to get up in the middle of the night and break in the telescope.

"Cliff! We're in! You work days and I work swings."

Can't stay here too long, he's got work in the morning. What a concept! He's going to be dealing with actual patients in only a few hours!

"Careful you don't get abducted, there." "No life is risk-free. Maybe I want to get abducted. You don't know."

"Wow, I'm gonna marry a doctor! That should make Mom happy." "I don't care if your mom's happy. I care if you are." "Oh, I will be."

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Once the beautifying is done, it's time to hit the dance floor. Hugh would never have dared to sing karaoke, once upon a time; but he has a lot more confidence these days.

"Wow, there's a lot of myths about sharks incorporated into this machine." "It's all flippers and balls and gravity, however inaccurate the decoration."

"We like drama in Widespot, but since there's no community theater we have to make our own. The name to remember is Hart. Though I grant you they've settled down lately."

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"Really? That's mighty nice of you, ma'am." Hugh barely knows Mrs Gavigan - Mary G, she says to call her; apparently there's another Mary in town who's kind of a big deal - but she invites them out anyhow. Sara's tired, but Cliff can come along.

Cliff knows he needs a more professional cut, so the first stop is a salon.

"There you go. Nice and hireable." "Yeah, that and the GPA should do it."

"Two, please - just a shake of cinnamon for me, please. Mary, what'll you have?" Mary G may not be the big-deal Mary in town, but she has friends, and is enthusiastic about having local doctors, so quite apart from liking her, schmoozing is a good idea.

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Cliff makes sure his and Sara's resumes and other paperwork are suitably deployed for maximum employment opportunity.

And if they don't get a practice right away, he and Hugh both have other skills they can use to supplement Sara's trust fund. Her family won't have any grounds for saying that they're spongers!

Stephen is settling in nicely.

"Wow, why does this feel different than cooking for the sorority?"

"We've even got a little bit of backyard. Room for a telescope." "Ooh, and a garden!" "Sure, the sky's the limit."

"Wow, we didn't even have to save up for it."

"Hungry, kid?" "Always, lately." "Yeah, growing up'll do that to you." Cliff's never been great at other people's families - he sure isn't great at Sara's! - but he's going to work hard to at least not be enemies with anybody in Hugh's.

"I sure hope Mom and I can keep the peace. It was so hard to do that when I left."