AN: Sorry that this is a short one and if it seems like the story is going too slowly. I promise it gets more exciting. I just recently wrote a more intense scene that'll be coming up so just look forward to that.
Toby wanted to eat lunch with Wheatley and Amelia, but Mikey couldn't muster up the courage to sit at the same table as her. Instead, he sat with Stevie so they could chat about Nora's body. As Stevie tried to explain everything that they had to change to make a more feminine body, Mikey was distracted by Doug sitting down with Amelia. After a few seconds, Toby and Wheatley stood up and left the cafeteria. Stevie followed Mikey's gaze and grimaced slightly when he saw Amelia and Doug talking.
"I wonder why Toby and Wheatley left when Doug showed up," Mikey murmured. "And why are Doug and Amelia leaning so close to each other?"
"Who knows?" Stevie said nonchalantly. "Maybe Doug is talking about his schizophrenia and he doesn't want anyone else to hear."
"Maybe…"
"So did you run into any AIs in Aperture?" Stevie asked, desperate to change the subject. "Any like Wheatley?"
"Surprisingly, we didn't," Mikey said. "Which is kind of too bad because I'm curious to see if the others are similar."
"It doesn't sound like Nora is as, uh…thoughtless as Wheatley can be," Stevie pointed out.
"I hope she's not," Mikey said. "I just can't stand how whiney Wheatley can be sometimes."
"I get what you mean," Stevie said. "But I think I'm a little more tolerant of it."
Mikey just shrugged and stared at Amelia's table again.
"Do you think the templates for the Aperture Personality Constructs are similar to Black Mesa's?" Stevie asked, continuing on his mission to distract Mikey.
Mikey looked at Stevie with a pensive expression. "I don't know," he said. "I haven't really thought about it. I mean, I guess Wheatley's coding was different to Toby's, but I didn't really take the time to pick out the differences. Toby's original script was kinda complicated when I started off with it."
"Yeah, I've taken a look at the Black Mesa script before," Stevie said. "I wonder what GLaDOS' code looks like. It must be super complicated."
"Man, it would be so cool if I could just take a look at it," Mikey said. "But it's really risky."
"I guess you shouldn't take unnecessary risks."
They spoke about the AIs at Black Mesa and how they might compare to Aperture's for a little while longer. Stevie knew that he should tell Mikey about Amelia and Doug, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it.