#agent darkbootie

Zimtober day 4 - eye and Zimtober day 5 - machine.

A Dib-centric father-son relationship fic featuring Professor Membrane & Agent Darkbootie

Professor Membrane is pleased when Dib wants to visit NASAPlace with him—even if it’s a ruse to get past a restraining order—although he’s a bit puzzled that Dib wants to hang out with the janitor.

This one of two fics I wrote for @invaderzine​, an Invader Zim zine. I’ll post the second one, starring the Tallest, sometime soon.

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"You want to come with me to work?"

Professor Membrane tried not to get his hopes up. This wouldn't be the first time Dib had expressed some slight fleeting interest in real science; and every time before, he'd lapsed back into horrible madness. How did Membrane know this time wouldn't be any different?

"Y... Yeah! Totally!" Dib gave him an eager grin. (Almost too eager. Whatever Dib might think, Membrane wasn't completely oblivious when Dib was up to something secret.) "You're going to NASAPlace tomorrow, right?"

Aha. Dib had a goal. Membrane would like to think it was a budding interest in astronomy—or maybe he was looking for an opportunity to advance his already impressive knowledge of rocket science—but he feared there was some ulterior motive Dib wasn't sharing. Knowing his son like he did, there was as good a chance as not that this sudden interest in NASAPlace was going to have something to do with aliens.

But what kind of a father would he be if he didn't keep trying to guide his son's impressionable, malleable young mind toward the hard sciences? And how much material could Dib really find to support his crazy fantasies of vampires and werewolves at a reputable institution like NASAPlace? Why, a stronger bastion of pure, undiluted facts had never been constructed! Dib would spend the day surrounded by astronauts, physicists, engineers, and a bunch of security guards and cafeteria workers who'd wanted to be astronauts but had thrown up in the astronaut spinny thing. Membrane had even heard apocryphal rumors that some employees at NASAPlace had been inspired as children by science fiction to become involved in science fact. They could only be a positive influence on Dib!

"Son," Membrane knelt and placed a hand on Dib's shoulder, "you don't know how thrilled I am that you want to spend the day engaged in real science with your father. Of course you can come along!"

Dib's somewhat strained smile immediately relaxed. "Thanks, Dad!"

((Read the rest on AO3!))

Endy “taking one for the team” and?? Idk asking about crucial information or something. They just think Sol is fine as hell and wanna get into their personal space

Sol belongs to @agent-darkbootie as does the fun mob au idea!

“Let’s go get some McD’s!”

The amazingly talented @agent-darkbootie drew my disasters being sweet together, and LOOK AT THEM.

I’m in love. This is amazing.