I recently saw a TikTok edit with J and N and that “you are Athena” song playing, and now I love it. I love the idea of N being accepted into J and V’s squadron and the two somewhat teaching him things. They don’t bully him, but tough love is pretty common with them.
On a side note, I think this would go well with the storyline of J and V having a more peaceful meeting with Uzi and becoming her friends as well. Or maybe they’d just bring her to the spire and be like “We can’t have you being scared just to say what you want or being lonely when we’re not here, so we brought you a friend” and N jumps up and goes “UZI!!!” And snatches her away in a hug. Then he explains that this angry worker drone saved him once and he saved her in return and ended up becoming best friends before he was accepted into their squadron. They’re a bit surprised, but hey, they hit the bullseye.
“Are there any other worker drones that are your friends we should know about?”
“Well, there’s Thad. He’s great! Very good company, and a good sport. He loves racing with me, even if he knows he’ll loose. And there’s this guard drone named “Ron”, and I think he’s starting to like me? He just gives me stuff to draw with if I’m waiting on Uzi or Thad. And I don’t think Uzi would appreciate any of us killing her dad, so I crossed him off my list, even though he hates me and all.”
I suppose what I’m trying to say here is when I think of a more peaceful timeline where J wasn’t shot, I think of “Badass lesbian power couple trying to make their traumatized, self-blaming son/little brother happy”. Things like J having a word with Khan when N returned to the spire thinking he might one day actually hurt Uzi after what Khan said to him, V giving him dating advice with Uzi, the two of them having their first sparring session with him and being really impressed considering N talked down on himself a lot, and sometimes N being the only murder drone who can actually fly and can’t handle sunlight so the two make sure he gets back to the spire before sunrise like a pair of passive aggressive mothers or sisters or checking on him if he crashes into something while flying.
“Hang on, I got a call from J. Hello?”
“Where are you?! It’s almost sunrise!“
“Sorry! Sorry, sorry, Uzi and Thad were telling me about this thing called “sleepovers” and lost track of time! I’ll head back home-- I mean the spire!”
“...How much oil do they have there?”
“Huh?”
“How much oil do they have there?”
“Hang on... Uzi said each worker drone has around 3 gallons of oil incase of an emergency situation. Why?”
“....Congratulations, N, you’re getting your first sleep over. Don’t talk to strangers, stab anyone who tries to hurt you, and call me or V if you get into any trouble.”
“Really?! Thank you so much!!”
“Don’t mention it. And make sure you get some sleep, young man!”
“Yes, ma’am!”
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J: Why would they send us a drone if he’s not even fully grown?!
V: I don’t know. They did say he was fresh off the line, one of the newest, so I suppose we should’ve expected this.
Child N: Miss V? Miss J? There’s a worker drone a few blocks away. Can I go kill it? I’m hungry.
V: ...I call dibs on being “Momma”.
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