"Hey, Rick" said Morty as he held Junior in a baby bundle strapped to him "i have to make a project for the science fair this weekend, think you can help me out?"
"Whatever" replied Rick as he worked on a small robot on the dining table
"Well, um, traditionally science fairs are a father-son thing" commented Jerry with a frown
The Smith family, save for Morty and Summer, was currently eating breakfast together and Lorimer, who was eating in peace, felt like he knew where this is going
"Well, scientifically, traditions are an idiot thing" replied Rick calmly with a frown
Beth saw this scene and pulled out her phone and spoke as she started typing "Morty, I think it will be fun for you to work on a science project with your dad." Not a moment after, she sent Morty a text saying 'your father is insecure about his intelligence'
"Yeah, dad. Why don't we do it together?" Asked Morty in a monotone voice
"Yes! You backed the right horse!" Jerry exclaimed happily
"This is gonna end in a disaster" deadpanned Lorimer with a frown
"Lorimer!" Said Beth angrily as she glared at Lorimer
"Hey, you think I'm not smart enough? I helped you with YOUR science fair project, remember?" Said Jerry in disappointment as he crossed his arms
"No, i knocked you out and finished the project while your body layed lifeless on my room's floor. Why do you think you don't remember anything about making the project itself?" replied Lorimer calmly, causing a horrified look to appear on Jerry's face "face it, Je-Dad, you're not science material."
"Well, I'll show you how wrong you are." Lorimer's words seemed to only fan the flames as Jerry stood up and headed to the living room, taking Morty with him "c'mon, Morty. Let's get the crayons, brew some coffee and knock this thing out in a day or two."
"Wait!" Yelled Lorimer causing Jerry to stop mid-way
"What? Regretting your words already?" Said Jerry with a smug smile
"No" deadpanned Lorimer before heading to Morty and taking Junior from him before giving Junior to Beth "now, the baby won't die from your shenanigans. Bye"
Jerry grumbled in frustration as he walked away with Morty in hand before Summer met him on the way "Dad, i need a ride to work."
"Maybe Rick can give you a ride. I'm helping Morty with science" said Jerry with a smug smile
"I'm busy" deadpanned Rick
"Doing what?" Asked Summer with a scowl
"Uh, anything else?" Said Rick causing Summer at glare at him. He retaliated with a glare of his own
"What is my purpose?" Asked a small robot that Rick was working on a minute ago
"You pass butter"
"Oh my god" said the robot as he stared at his hands
"Yeah, welcome to the club, pal"
"Well, i had enough. I'm going to ma room" said Lorimer as he stood up, but before he could take two steps away from his chair Jerry spoke
"Hey, Lulu. Why don't you go with them? It might be fun." Said Beth with a forced smile before she approached Lorimer and whispered in his ear "and i need you to stay away from your father for a bit; i don't want him to do something stupid because of his insecurity"
"Fffffffffiiiiine" Lorimer agreed reluctantly
"Thanks, Lulu" said Beth before turning to the baby in her hands "now, let's take care of this widdle guy"
Lorimer groaned as he headed to Rick's ship
Lorimer didn't remember everything from the show, he was a baby when he made it into this world after all. But there are some moment that make a person say 'oh yeah, that happened'. Summer working for the devil was one of them...and man was he ugly
"Is that Mr Goldenfold?" Asked Lorimer he raising a brow as he entered the store after seeing his teacher from school
"Deal with it" replied Summer with a frown as she entered the store before turning to the devil "sorry I'm late, Mr Needful. This is my grandpa Rick and my little brother Lorimer, they were just leaving"
Rick and Lorimer looked around the store and inspected some items
"Tell me Rick, Lorimer" said Mr Needful as he approached the duo "what do you two desire?"
"Eh, we make our own stuff. So what are you, like, the devil?" Asked Rick nonchalantly
"What? Sorry?" said Mr Needful in confusion
"i dunno, store comes out of nowhere, all the shit's old and creepy; are you the devil? A demon? Leprechaun?"
"That's the devil? Wow, I'm disappointed." Said Lorimer with a deep frown "and I'm the type of scientist that's supposed to be interested in new never before seen life forms"
"Not impressed? Then perhaps you can make use of this." Said Needful as he handed Lorimer a golden microscope.
Lorimer took the microscope and put it on the floor before pulling out a white rose from his pocket and setting it on the microscope. The flower then grew it's roots all over the microscope. It soon changed colors to red, then became pink, then white again. Lorimer approached the flower and pricked his finger with the flower's thorns, injecting himself with whatever was inside "this microscope is no longer cursed."
"What?" Asked Needful in confusion
"And not just that, i also made an anti-curse that is so strong that i only need to spit on your items for the petty curses to be removed. Watch." Said Lorimer as he grabbed a flute from a shelf and spat on it, causing a screaming skull shaped cloud of smoke to come off the flute "that's how pathetic you are, a spit can defeat you. Also, the skull is there only because i wanted it to look cool"
"Hey! You can't just-" said Needful before Lorimer cut him off
"And who's gonna stop me? You?" Said Lorimer angrily as he spat on another cursed object
"Lorimer!" Yelled Summer angrily
"Stop or I'm calling the police!" Threatened Needful
"Oh! I can't believe it! The devil's gonna call the police on me! A 15 year old! What ever will i do?" Yelled Lorimer sarcastically as he approached Needful "is this really the guy that defied God? Where's the devil that'll make me question my sexuality? The one who'd woo me to sin with words as sweet as honey then watch me burn in the fires of my own mistakes?!" Said Lorimer genuinely undermining Needful's confidence
"He's got a point, the TV shows really overhyped you" added Rick with a neutral expression and Lorimer continued
"You're not even good enough to be used a comedy gag for people who are evil or selling their souls! You're that ugly and useless!"
"Geez, he's really crying." Said Rick in surprise when he saw that Needful was indeed crying a bit "i think you hit a sore spot"
"You two, get out now!" Said Summer angrily as she stood between them and Needful
"You're boss is the devil! And a shitty iteration at that." said Lorimer with a scowl as he crossed his arms
"At least he's active in the community, unlike you two"
"His business doesn't even use money! He's just cursing people. If that counts as being active in the community then our dad is a scientist, I'm a wizard and Rick's a proper role model" said Lorimer angrily before turning to Rick "no offense"
"None taken" replied Rick
"Just leave already!" Yelled Summer angrily
Only then did Lorimer and Rick leave the store with deep frowns
"Wanna go analyze this curse thing over some noodles?" Asked Lorimer as he held the white flower from before
"Eh, why not" shrugged Rick before pulling out his portal gun "should take up the next 21 minutes."
The two then hopped into the portal
"So, why did you attack your sister's boss so hard anyways?" Asked Rick calmly as he slurped his noodles
"Oh, i just think he's an insult to some of my favorite stereotypes" said Lorimer nonchalantly as he slurped some noodles "the hot demon who encourages sin and the old mysterious trader. He does both roles poorly"
"That's it?"
"Don't act like you haven't done worse for pettier reasons" replied Lorimer glaring at Rick
"Doesn't change how petty it is" commented Rick with noodles in his mouth "welcome to the club"
*beep*
"Oh, it's done" said Lorimer, getting up as he held his bow of noodles. After putting his bowl on the table, Rick approached a machine that looked like a giant container holding the white flower that undid the curse.
"All right, I've analyzed the anti-evil in the flower i can now make a safe to use curse gun"
"Neat. What are the chances we use it on Summer's boss?" Asked Lorimer with a smile
"Practically inevitable" replied Rick with a smile
"Hey do you suddenly hear 90's music?" Said Lorimer before the garage door was opened by none other than Summer and...Needful who was wearing overly fancy clothes for some reason. The just stood there...(menacingly)dramatically
"Are you gonna say something or are you just gonna stand there?" Said Rick before he had to cover his eyes a little "geez, those clothes are bright."
"Hello, Rick, Lorimer" said Needful as he posed dramatically "guess what?'
"You started wearing make up?" Asked Rick as he raised a brow
"Can you please turn off that awful music?!" Asked Lorimer with a deep frown "why is he even here?!"
Summer turned the music off with a smirk before speaking as she held up a magazine in Lorimer's face "oh, we're just here to tell you about the newest celebrity in town"
"Did you become a model AND an actor...just to try and prove me wrong?" Said Lorimer as Needful continued posing "you completely missed the point of my insults"
"Actually, i must thank you for those insults. You've made me realize my true potential!"
"Ugh, how bad is people's taste for them to actually like...this" said Rick, gesturing at all of Needful
"Aww, are you perhaps...jealous?" Asked Needful mockingly as he leaned towards Rick
"No" deadpanned Rick "can you leave now?"
"Perhaps you're mad that your granddaughter prefers me over you?"
"Can't you see we're eating?" Asked Rick as he picked up his now cold bowl of noodles before Needful knocked it out of Rick's hands "that's it!"
"What are you gonna do? Kill me?"
"I WAS gonna knock you out then turn you to bread before feeding you to a duck at some random pond, but all right" said Rick as he pulled a gun from his pocket and pointed it at Needful's head
"How about we make a bet instead? Show me my place at my own game? A modeling contest!"
"Or i could just kill you, which would save me a headache and a lot of time" replied Rick angrily
"Are you scared of a little competition?" Asked Needful with an evil smile
Rick was about to speak before Lorimer cut him and whispered something in his ear, causing him to accept the match
There was no prize except bragging rights. Lorimer and Summer were managers for Rick and Needful who were models
It was as dumb as you imagine
In the end Needful won in front of a large crowd. He also threw away Summer like a broken heater after winning, only needing her to assert his dominance on Rick and Lorimer.
And now, Rick and Lorimer were sitting on the couch at home as they watched an interview with Needful on TV. But suddenly, Summer entered the room sobbing
"Summerrrrr, how are you doing?" Asked Lorimer feeling a bit bad about her being betrayed by Needful
"Shut up!"
"How about you come watch TV instead?" Asked Rick calmly "your boss is on it"
"He ditched me and continued his stupid celebrity life! I don't want to see him again!"
"But you might wanna see this" said Rick as he pointed at the TV with the remote
Summer rolled her eyes and watched. "Needful, do you want to say anything to your fans at home?" Said the lady who was interviewing Needful
"Yes, I'd like to say..." said Needful in TV. Summer was about turn around to leave before she heard him speak again "I f*king hate babies!"
""What?"" Asked Summer and Needful at the same time
"We cursed him to only say things that'd make people hate him" said Rick with a smile "and once the curse kicks in, he'll talk whether he wants to or not, and if he stays away from people he'll experience agonizing pain"
"Now, we just have to wait for the internet to cancel him and voila! He's gone" added Lorimer cheerfully
"Wow, is it permanent?" Asked Summer curiously
"Nah, it'll last a week. But that should be enough for him to decide to move to another country" replied Lorimer "don't want him to decide to go all vengeance mode on us"
And with that, Summer became happy and watched TV with Rick and Lorimer...until...
"Uhh, Rick. Can you help me with my science fair project?" Asked Morty who looked miserable
"Oh, uh, yeah whatever" said Rick, trying to hide how bad he felt for Morty "what happened to you while we were gone anyways?"
"I don't wanna talk about it" said Morty dejectedly
"Well, do you wanna turn it into a group project?" Asked Lorimer "we can all help."
"Hey, i never-" Summer was about to retort bef Lorimer cut her off
"I'll give you money" deadpanned Lorimer
"...fine, but you can't use your science" said Summer
"Do you agree to the rules, Rick?" Asked Lorimer
"Eh, why not" shrugged Rick before turning to Morty "that okay with you?"
"I...guess?"
And so, two idiots and two geniuses worked together, without science, to make a horrendous project for Morty's science fair. It was so horrifying that the narrator can not speak of it's description or he'll get fired and replaced immediately
But it in the end...it was fun...i think?
It was something, okay?