Author's Note: Scanned half of this, got lazy and didn't scan the other half for a while. The 401 unauthorized part is a real error; I've run into it a few times in web development. Though I didn't get a shock from it. I'm not entirely sure what the Harlem Shake even is, but it sounded funny so I threw it in.

By the way, I have a tumblr now. Check it out under chocolate-covered-portals.

25. Dance
Summary: GLaDOS and Caroline have a very scientific discussion about dancing.
Genre: General
Characters: GLaDOS, Caroline
Warnings: None

Orange and Blue were dancing.

Again.

"Dancing is not science!" GLaDOS said to them, but they didn't seem to notice. With a drawn-out sigh, one that was fairly impressive for a massive supercomputer without any form of lungs or respiratory systems, she activated the robot's self-destruct systems. With a boom and a puff of smoke, they exploded into debris.

With this newest failure, GLaDOS took an opportunity to once again look at her scientific data. Yes, there had been a decline of good test results since the exile of-

401: UNAUTHORIZED

Access is denied due to invalid credentials.

When GLaDOS had recovered from the shock that followed her attempt to access a forbidden piece of data- one of the safeguards that the scientists had installed that actually worked- she heard another voice in her head, another consciousness she thought she had deleted.

"You thought you could get rid of me that easily?" she said, her voice high, lilting, filled with laughter.

GLaDOS sighed once again. "Goodbye, Caro-"

401: UNAUTHORIZED

Access is denied due to invalid credentials.

It took GLaDOS a little longer to recover from the second shock, and through the digital simulation of nausea and grogginess, she heard Caroline again. "Cave liked to dance, you know."

"Yes. How fascinating." Despite feeling as though she had been dragged to android hell and back, her voice was saturated with sarcasm. "Why don't we all dance, then."

Caroline either failed to notice or ignored the tone of voice; she remained as chipper as ever, her tone awfully similar to an overly giddy schoolgirl. "Oh yes. Next to science, of course, one of his great passions was dancing. I was dragged into it- quite literally, I might add."

"That does that excuse the fact that dancing is not science," GLaDOS said.

"Oh! But it is! Dance science!"

"You are kidding me."

"Of course not! Look it up yourself!"

"This time, I'll amuse you. I really don't know why I'm doing this." The supercomputer sighed once more, before shuffling through the store of files on the Aperture Science Heavy-Duty Extended Mainframe and Processor, trying not to think about-

401: UNAUTHORIZED

Access is denied due to invalid credentials.

A while later, the reassembly machine produced two small robots who went into a testchamber and did the Harlem Shake.