It's another from my plot line surrounding Thorn and upgrading things! This is more of a tame one, I would say, though.
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Prompt: "You are all remarkably well behaved tonight. What did you do?"
Jacoba walked into the Hub (Thorn's "playroom," as Doc called it, at the hanger) to see the backs of four heads facing her. Luna, Mars, and Smilee were all crowded around Thorn, who was sitting at the work bench they all had installed after they'd cleared all the junk that had been in the room out. It appeared that he was showing them something on the computer, but, from where she wa currently, Jacoba could not tell what exactly they were looking at.
Shaking her head, Jacoba cleared her throat, smirking at the younger adults' reactions. The three who were standing all jumped slightly and turned, scrambling to hide Thorn from view. Thorn himself had nearly jumped out of his skin. Jacoba could only assume that Thorn was quickly attempting to save and close whatever they had been looking at/working on, since it only took him about a minute before he had bounced up behind the others.
"Hey, big sis, what's up?"
Jacoba furrowed her brow before putting her hands on her hips and giving them a stern look. "I came to check on you lot. All of you have been remarkably well-behaved tonight. So, what did you do?"
Instead of all caving right away (like she thought they might), the four young men and woman kept quiet. If it were any other situation, she might have commended them on how they all just kept looking at her and not at each other.
Luna spoke up. "Are we not normally well-behaved?"
She may have been attempting to look innocent, but Jacoba knew better. And so did her cohorts, since all three of them started to chuckle, most of them covering their mouths to hide that they were doing so. Jacoba rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, just waiting got one of them to crack. Surprisingly, it was Smilee who spoke up first.
"Come on, Jacoba. Don't make us say anything." When Jacoba furrowed her brow, he sighed and looked at his co-conspirators. The four of them shared a look before Thorn sighed.
"Sis, you got to believe us. We can't speak anything about this. If you want to know more, you've got to go and talk to your man. He's the reason we're gathered here."
Jacoba squinted then sighed, throwing her hands in the air. "Fine, but you all keep behaving." Then she turned and walked out of the Hub, probably to find Gunnar. The rest just sighed. They'd definitely dodged a bullet on that one.
