Mary's Weekend Project:
ILM was not a place for children. Well, small children who were unable to comprehend what they were doing. Which was normal.
However, when it came to Mary and Wally, there was almost nothing that those two children couldn't do. Wally was truly George's son when it came to movies, and he had an eye for not only detail but for just the sheer fun of making something for film.
After all, Wally seemed to know where everything was, and what everything did, and he seemed to be slowly gaining the respect of the VFX guys that were working on the numerous films. He even had ideas that some of them didn't think of, and they worked.
Yet it was also where Mary went to. The Entire props and modeling department loved your little girl, mostly for the simple fact she just managed to help them with problems they didn't even think about. And they let her play with the models and help her build things.
So when you said that both of them were coming so that you could begin planning the effects and battles for Star Wars, the entire damn team were excited, because they knew that those two were a blast to work with, and they had extra time.
Honestly, you didn't know what they meant by that, seeing as most of ILM was working on other films.
But hey, you knew that it was going to be okay, and maybe they would make a model or something.
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Or something indeed. Why was your entire staff filled with people who had too much free time on their hands?
"Hey Daddy, watch this!" Mary screamed as she called out from below, and then you saw it.
It was one of the Robot models… and then you realized that it was something else entirely, it had six wheels and it was moving, connected to a very large extension cord. Riding it like a moon Rover were Mary and Wally, both giggling and cheering as it moved, slowly, across the floor.
Your daughter had built a rover… well at least it wasn't-"
You then saw that she was not controlling it at all. She was riding a robot that was moving by itself.
You facepalmed as George walked over with a mug of coffee. "I told you this would happen."
"It's a robot! How are they even controlling it!"
"Computer controls!" One of the techies shouted, hearing your scream of confusion. "We programmed it to have several movement commands, we type them in, and it executes it. Her designs were brilliant, she seemed to understand the power-"
You wanted to feel pride in the fact your people did it, but you were in anguish. You wanted to have a normal weekend here at ILM. But none of these people were normal, after all, thats why you hired them, they were the best.
But with Mary, and Wally, and the people who you worked with, it seems that nothing else could be done. You had given them two children who were just as gifted as them, who understood things and it made them work even harder and better.
It was inspiring even. But it was going to give you a headache.
Reward: Mary Wally and ILM made a computer-controlled rover. How they did it in two days, no one knows, but hey, they were… able to do it.
You think that someone is going to be making some phone calls about this.
AN: Enjoy.
