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[quigonejinn]

Daghlian had died after twenty-one days of agony the year before, fucking with the same piece of plutonium, and Slotin had spent days at his bedside, Howard remembers. More than the rest of them.

They'd called it the Demon Core after that. Blew it up in the Marshall Islands less than two months later.

Prompt Critical by anvil_of_wrong. Tony, Howard, Obadiah, and Maria. It's the whole gang. Los Alamos stories on Howard's knee, Obadiah babysitting, and Richard Feynmann juggling open beer bottles at Tony's birthday party. I mean. Demon cores, the walking dead, and the characterizations. Tiny Tony building things on the floor while his father is away being an industrialist! Tiny Tony falling asleep in his scale model suit!

And have I mentioned the Los Alamos stories? And Howard being FAIL at parenting?

Also, if you read between the lines or go back for a second reading? Holy shit.

Comments

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

wow. Seriously, I think besyd and I were talking just last night about the kinds of things Howard and his buddies probably talked about within Tony's hearing, the cold war, all that jazz. I mean, I had nightmares about it, and I'm younger than Tony and wasn't the son of a weapons manufacturer!

sorry for off topic!

[cleverthylacine]

I have some LW ideas for you if you're still interested. But if you are you need to put lw_ooc back on your flist and join lightningwatch because communication is a big part of the game. If not, no big, just let me know?

Re: sorry for off topic!

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

Alas things are just way too insane in my life. It's why I took lw_ooc off. Thanks for the invitation, though. :D

Re: sorry for off topic!

[cleverthylacine]

Okay :) In that case I've removed you from the comm, because it really is for players and prospectives only. We're getting ready for some big changes so I am trying to figure out who's really in and who's really not--thanks!

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

... wow. That is haunting in both imagery and tone, and scarily apt.