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Beaker walked into the lab, his arms full of coffee cups and paperwork from the day before. He had a bit of a clumsy walk about him, but he managed to carry everything carefully. He placed his things down on a side table in the lab and drank one of the coffees to calm his nerves as Bunsen entered.
"Beaker! there you are!” Bunsen spotted him and walked over
“Meep!” Beaker, startled by the sound of his name, almost spits out his coffee as he turns around, seeing Bunsen he relaxes a bit.
“Beakie I just wanted to compliment you on your work yesterday, you were such a good assistant!” Bunsen gave Beaker a few pats on the shoulder
“Mee meee..!” Beaker shyly looked away, rolling his eyes and waving his hand sarcastically
“speaking of which... Beakie, you wouldn't mind stopping by the lab later after work would you? I have something I’ve been working on I want to show you!”
Beaker didn’t like the over enthusiasm in Bunsen’s voice. He couldn't help but think of all the horrible outcomes of Bunsen’s side projects, no to mention dangerous... still, Beaker didn’t want to disappoint Bunsen by refusing. Looking away, Beaker swallowed and managed to squeak out a hesitant meep in response.
Bunsen patted beakers cheek “Attaboy! see you later Beakie!”
Bunsen left the lab leaving beaker alone.
Meep... Beaker was flustered to say the least. Feeling his cheek he let out a quiet meep. He still couldn't believe that bunsen had convinced him to stay after work, he already spends enough time in the lab as is... *Beaker sighed* He was just grateful the other muppets weren't here to make a comment or tease him about his obvious blushing.
It was now later in the evening, some people had already left the office for the day, but Beaker remained in the lab waiting. Bunsen entered quietly and made his way over to where Beaker was sitting, startling him
"ohh Beakie...~"
“MEEP!” Beaker nearly jumped out of his seat. He hadn't been expecting bunsen to be so... quiet. He slowly looked down at his boss, his boss who was currently very very close to him. "MEEP meep..."
"Yes, apologies for startling you Beaker but- Er.. wait... were you waiting here the whole time?..."
Beaker nodded, not trusting his voice at the moment. He was really nervous and he could tell that his face was red so he looked away to try to hide it. He could still feel bunsen very close behind him, he meeped in embarrassment.
Bunsen laughed “tststs... What were you even doing here for that long?”
Beaker meeped at the question. He blushed harder feeling very embarrassed now. He'd practically done nothing since Bunsen left, how unproductive... He was hoping that Bunsen wouldn't notice how red he currently was. He meeped softly and shrugged, having a hard time thinking in the moment.
“Well, I guess I should show you what I’ve been working on now yes?”
Bunsen quickly went into one of the back rooms of the lab to grab his experiment, and soon he strolled back to Beaker with a test tube in his hand, along with something behind his back. The test tube was filled with some sort of Green and Pink liquid, god knows what it was. “Look at this !” Bunsen revealed what was behind his back and held up what looked to be a small doll of himself
“Meep meep meep MEEP meep?" (What is that? Is that...you as a bobblehead?)
“A bobble head? No, not quite. You see, I've created a sort of voo-doo doll of myself!!!” he wiggled the doll towards Beaker
“Meep meep... MEEP meep?" (Are you sure that's a good idea? Like, does it...have your SOUL in it...or is it just made of...cotton?)
“Well it's made of cotton of course, I just invented a way for me to feel exactly what the doll feels with this liquid here!” he shows Beaker the tube with liquid in it
“Meep mee meep meep!?" (Are you CRAZY!? What if you stab it with a pin!? You'll feel that too you know!)
“Yes !! But oh that's the fuN!! what a scientific breakthrough that would be!!” Bunsen sounded excited.
“MEEP MEEP!!" (NO! That's it, I'm taking your voodoo doll away from you. You are NOT poking it with pins for science!)
Beaker snatched the doll away from him before he could do any physical harm to himself
Bunsen scoffed as Beaker grabbed the voodoo doll. “It’s really not that much of a danger I assure you, but if you feel it's safer in your possession, so be it. At least let me test my invention will you?”
Beaker was hesitant, but he took a deep breath and nodded. "meep mee..." (Fine... How do you want to test this?)
“well I'll use my special serum here...” Bunsen poured a singular drop of the liquid on himself and then onto the doll “annnnd...” he waited a few seconds “It should work now!”
“Meep?! Meep meep moo!!" ("Should"? You didn't test this first!?” Beaker looked terrified. “Are you sure that's a good idea?”)
“Well, Beaker, this IS the test!! Here, poke the doll's shoulder, will you?”
Beaker swallowed nervously, and poked the voodoo doll on the shoulder.
Bunsen flinched “Oh!! I felt it!! tstststs!!" he let out a giggle "IT WORKS!!!” he said happily
Beaker looked horrified. He grabbed the doll and held onto it. "meep meep!!!" (Well, I'm keeping it then. I'm not letting you hurt yourself!)
“ohh Beaker you're too worried, honestly!! I wouldn't do anything too rash!!” he smiled at his tube filled with green and pink liquid
Beaker still held tightly onto the doll as he let out a sigh. "meep meep..." (I'm still concerned... I can see this invention going very bad very fast...)
Bunsen let out a wheeze "Uh.. Beakie.. Your holding the doll kinda tight- ow-"
Beaker suddenly loosened his grip on the doll upon seeing that it hurt Bunsen.
"MEEP! meep.." (OH! Sorry!!, I'm just... worried...)
A wave of guilt washed over him, this invention of Bunsen's was extremely dangerous (not that his inventions usually weren't) but the thought of Bunsen getting seriously hurt physically made Beaker sick to his stomach. he almost just squeezed him to death for goodness sake!
Bunsen laughed it off “it's okay! I understand your worry Beakie (not really haha) but I assure you, this is completely safe so long as the doll is safe!!”
Beaker placed the doll gently in his lab coat pocket. "meep meep moo..." (Well...I still don't trust it. And I'm still keeping the doll.)
“Fine by me,” Busen tisked “But just bring it back to the lab tomorrow okay? I need to see how long the effect lasts”
Beaker nodded in agreement, still a little nervous. "meep meep, meep?" (..okay... just be careful!)
“uh-huh yeah...” Bunsen nodded as he looked back down at his work, not completely listening. Beaker figured it'd be useless to try and reason with him so he dismissed himself for the evening and left the lab, heading home
Beaker arrived at his apartment and set the voodoo doll down on the counter before changing into more comfortable clothes and plopping down on the couch. He was worried about what could happen if Bunsen used more of that stuff on himself, but for now he just tried to relax and not think about it. He decided to put on a movie to take his mind off the matter.