Robo-slime is just awesome. I will admit that I am biased because this is my favorite scene, and the one that started this fic in my head.
You don't have to love Robo-slime, I probablydo more than is necessary.
Poor confused Tseng.
Robo-Slime
Tseng woke groggily to an unsteady mechanical whirring. His protective instincts forced him out of bed to investigate, and he found Rufus standing at the top of the living room stairs with his arms crossed. Glancing around his young employer, Tseng saw Reeve playing with a remote. And, in front of him, on the living room floor, was what appeared to be a purple-black rubber blob, from which the sounds were coming.
Tseng started as the jiggling blob suddenly whirred louder and turned towards it's audience.
"What is THAT?" Rufus demanded, glaring at his father.
Reeve beamed at them, and gestured at what Tseng could only guess was his own creation, "It's a robotic slime. It responds to this remote, see?"
The slime whirred again before lurching forward. Tseng had to admit he could see the resemblance to the jello-like monsters, and wondered groggily how Reeve had managed to make rubber appear to move like gelatin. Not that he particularly wanted to know, especially not this late at night.
"What do you think?" The overly awake inventor asked his son, sounding like a child with a drawing.
"Get that thing out of here. Now!" Rufus ordered, pointing down the second hallway towards his father's lab, "You should know better than to play with these things while we're trying to sleep."
Reeve slumped slightly at the obvious lack of enthusiasm and nodded apologetically before gesturing for Robo-Slime to proceed him. The little black blob turned with a revv before whirring jerkily back down the hallway.
Rufus shook his head with a groan, "Dad?"
Reeve paused and glanced up at him.
"Next time, make something quieter," The teen finished, rubbing his temples.
Reeve nodded thoughtfully as he followed Robo-Slime into his workshop.
Rufus turned with a sigh of relief as the noise ceased, and nodded to Tseng on the way back to his room, "Good night, Tseng."
Tseng watched Rufus go, and blinked tiredly after Reeve for a moment, before returning to his own room and allowing himself to return to sleep.