Dr Nemesis was sleeping off another insomnia-induced rampage so lab intern Zel Driscoll was assisting head scientist Dr Science instead.

And luckily for his safety, the squirrel did not have any active experiments she could throw him at. Instead, she was spending the day catching up on paperwork and reading lab reports.

So Zel spent his intern shift sitting on the couch in her office and doing nothing. His eyes wandered over the various things mounted on the walls... Various degrees. An evacuation map in case of fire, giant robot attack, or singularity. Pictures of Dr Science shaking hands with various people. Pictures of her two crazy kids. A picture of Dr Science... huh, that was interesting.

A picture of Dr Science in a white dress, holding a gun, and posing in front of a speech bubble saying "May the 4th Be With You."

"Hey, doc, what's this picture from?"

Dr Science paused mid-mumble about how Xavier never files his damn lab reports and followed Zel's line of sight.

The squirrel laughed. "That silly thing? When I was in college, I entered a cosplay contest at a convention. I even built a fully functional R2! I was sure I was a shoo-in for first place... but some cheetah - or was she a leopard? - went for cheap sex appeal with the slave bikini costume and won instead."

Dr Science sighed wistfully. "Good times."

"Oh," said Zel. The dress looked great on younger Dr Science. "What retro sci-fi was your costume from?"

"Retro?" sputtered the squirrel. "Shut up, you zygote!"

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I would have posted this on Monday if FA had been up. But now FA is up so now I'm posting it! Better belated bthen bnever!

It's no secret that Dr Science is also a big nerd. And we already knew that she went to conventions when she was younger.

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Dr Science owned by me
Star Wars owned by Disney
Art by  temporarywizard