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| Batguy | Jun 20 2009, 11:34 AM Post #1 |
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Not too shabby
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"Ding!" Splortch opened the door on his stomach and removed the cake, setting it on the counter and sucking up frosting with one pseudopod before expertly slathering it over the confection. With at least five arms working in concert, Splortch had the cake decorated in less than five minutes. "That's perhaps the strangest thing I've ever seen you do," Adam said, scratching his head. "It's beautiful Splortch, but..." "But what?" Splortch's face, or what constituted his face, twisted in sad confusion. "How are we supposed to get a two-meter-wide cake through a door that's only three feet wide?" "Uh-oh." Meanwhile... "Ugh, this is taking too long," Arthur said, carrying in a box of decorations. "I told you we should have done this last night. She's going to be here any minute." "I have this covered," Spider said. "Twitch! Action!" Spider grabbed the box and threw the contents into the air as the door slammed open and in a whirlwind of colored streamers and glitter the room was decorated before their eyes. Twitch stopped in front of Spider, saluted, and zoomed out of the room again. "Do you think he knows he's covered in glitter?" Arthur asked. "Meh." Elsewhere... "Come on, Lucy," Garrett said. "I know it's a pain, but everyone has to attend these briefings. Besides, if your boss gives you a hard time about missing work on short notice let me know and I'll take care of it." "I know," Lucy said. "It's just bad enough that my parents had to go out of town on my birthday, and I was actually looking forward to my new job." Garrett smiled and patted Lucy's shoulder. "Don't worry," he told her. "There's always an upside to every bad day." |
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| The Royall J | Jul 12 2009, 02:13 PM Post #2 |
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The Last Cool White Guy
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"Jeremy, they're having trouble with the cake" Legion said while he put up decorations across the common room and fixed the miss matched decorations Twitch had done while in the hurry he's always in. "Huh?" Jeremy said walking into the kitchen to see how large the cake was. "Ok I have a solution but Archer's not going to like it" Jeremy drew Excalibur and cut around the doorway making it large enough for the cake to go through. Giant placed the large pile of gifts in the corner and reverted to his normal form to help his brother clean. "Why did you want to be here anyway?" "Because Thor rocks!" his brother John replied. "She could take you on" "Only because you go easy on girls" ________________________________________________________________ Legion sent a himself a text message to alert himself that Lucy was approaching ahead of schedule. His phone vibrated again. "Distract her" the message said. "Everyone know the drill?" Legion said to the thirty or so copies all dressed differently but still completely covered. "Ok let's go rob a bank" |
| Do not walk in front of me I may not follow. Do not walk behind me I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. | |
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| daioni | Jul 12 2009, 09:10 PM Post #3 |
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Almost Badassical
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There was a sudden knock on the door. A few moments passed in silence before Mouses voice rang out from behind the door, "You guys going to help me out or what!?" A few moments later, the door was opened, revealing Mouse with the orderves for the party. Working in a family restauraunt meant great discounts when the team felt in the mood for Chinese. Of course this was a special order considering the occation, and rather then the same old dishes they were used to, the smell told the others that the Aichu's had gone all out for the occation. "How much more time do we have?" he asked, unpacking the boxes, which gave of the scent of freshly backed goods. |
| Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. | |
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| Batguy | Jul 17 2009, 07:55 PM Post #4 |
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Not too shabby
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"More than enough," Kiernan said, stepping in after Ray and enveloping everyone working on the setup in fast time bubbles and Twitch in a slow one to even things out. In minutes the room was decorated, the food set up, and the cake in the middle of it all. "They should be here any minute, right?" "Umm..." Scanner said over the P.A., "Garrett's going to be a little late. Seems a large group decided to go on a stealing spree on the block of storefronts he's approaching. Really weird how well everything's coordinated; almost like they had this planned out in advance. What's weird is they seem to be stealing just enough to get attention, but nothing easily broken or damaged." And everyone gathered turned to look at Legion. "It could be worse," Splortch added helpfully. "Someone might actually try to take advantage of the situation." "You had to say it, didn't you?" Spider replied. "What?" ---------- I am going to have to have a serious talk with Legion after this is all over... Garrett thought to himself as he and Lucy picked up the 'stolen' merchandise and returned it to the various shopkeepers. To his surprise, Taurus had been in a nearby shop and had lent them a hand in chasing the 'thieves' off. When confronted about it, Taurus had sheepishly admitted that he was hoping to swipe some of the stolen items when no one was looking and hoping that the good deed would make people not suspect him. "Matt, I think you need to have another session with your counselor," Garrett said. "We're on our way there now and I know she's on duty today; why don't you come with us? If you cooperate I'll make sure you get a cafeteria pass." "Oh kay," Taurus said sullenly, stuffing his hands in his pockets and slouching as he walked alongside the two. "You aren't really a bad guy," Lucy said to Taurus. "Why keep stealing things?" "Can't help it sometimes..." |
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| The Royall J | Aug 16 2009, 09:55 AM Post #5 |
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The Last Cool White Guy
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Legion opened the door as Legion walked in dressed in the outfit the thieves were said to be wearing. After absorbing his copy he got back to work on the decorations. Jeremy and Savant had disappeared at some point but that had gotten pretty normal at this point. Legion knew they were in the observation deck and would return before Lucy got here. "Lucy could not take me!" Giant yelled at his younger brother. "Dude she's the goddess of thunder! God-dess! You're just a big strong guy!" his younger brother yelled enunciating goddess to get his point across. "I think you're brother is stronger than you give him credit for" Arron said eating some of the chips on the table. "So when does the birthday girl get here?" "Who are you?" Legion asked multiplying by five. "El Hombre Indestructible!" Arron said striking a pose. "Call me Botella. I read there was going to be cake" "Read where?" Legion asked absorbing his dupes. "On the site. Don't worry about it" he replied. "Don't worry I left my weapons in the kitchen" |
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| daioni | Aug 17 2009, 12:45 AM Post #6 |
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Almost Badassical
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"Don't ask me," said Mouse, covering up the steaming pot that contained the pot stickers, "I'm just the delivery boy." He wondered to when Lucy would arrive as well, all the prep work they had done for this, and he still didn't know when she would show. He hoped Legion wouldn't take his time bringing her in, pot stickers had a tendency to dry out if left alone for too long. |
| Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. | |
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| Batguy | Aug 25 2009, 03:11 PM Post #7 |
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Not too shabby
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"All right, Matt," Garrett said. "I've paged Dr. Mansfeld. Go see her; after you're done ask her to escort you to the 5th floor break room and I'll take you to the cafeteria." "The break room?" Lucy asked. "Wow, it really is informal." "Someone finally figured out that giving presentations to small groups worked better if they could be comfortable," Garrett said. He hadn't thought about it before, but from here on in it would be a little hard to keep the secret. He just hoped Lucy didn't figure it out before they got to the party. They got into the elevator, silent as they rode up to the 5th floor. When the elevator doors opened Lucy spoke up again. "What did you say this briefing was about?" she asked. "Because I just remembered signing an accountability roster for a block of briefings last week and they said I would be good for at least six months." "It's something new they just tacked onto the safety briefing," Garrett said, his brain working feverishly to keep ahead of Lucy. "You aren't the only one annoyed by it. Blame the bureaucrats for that. Don't worry; you won't be the only one there anyway. They pulled most of the team as well as a few others." --- "They'll start calling you El Hombre Immortale in a few hundred years," Kiernan said, not looking over at Botella. "I'd ask how you got in here but I'm not sure I'd understand the answer." "Who IS this guy?" Adam asked. "And why aren't we tossing him out the window if he's indestructible?" Arthur added. "And won't someone please think of the children!" Splortch chimed in, taking the form of the reverend's wife from the Simpsons. "Quiet!" Spider hissed. "I can hear them..." --- "Seriously, Lucy," Garrett said, timing his words as he opened the door, "I've already had a look over the slides. You're in for a..." "SURPRISE!" |
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| The Royall J | Aug 26 2009, 12:51 PM Post #8 |
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The Last Cool White Guy
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"Mrghphmer" Arron exclaimed after stuffing a handful of chips into his mouth. He chewed and swallowed as he made his way to Lucy. "Hi you don't know me but I'm El Hombre Indestructible and this is for your birthday" He handed her a small box and moved back towards the table with all the food. "We're not sure where Savant and Jeremy ran off to but knowing those two we probably don't want to know" Giant said. "Oh and this is my little brother Micky, he has a crush on you" "Shut up dude!" Mickey yelled pushing his brother. "Hi" "Garrett that Botella guy left a lot of weapons on the table in the kitchen. I'm not even sure how he would have gotten them all in here let alone how he carried them" Legion said to Garrett while also wishing Lucy a happy birthday. "We're back, sorry it took so long but this stuff is really delicate and we had to move slowly" Jeremy said carrying a very large box with Savant on the other end. "Yeah I'm sure that's what you were doing" Giant commented. "Shut up" Savant said glaring at him as they carried the box over to the table with the other presents making sure nothing was put on top of it. |
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| Batguy | Sep 11 2009, 12:39 PM Post #9 |
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Not too shabby
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"Um, thanks?" Lucy said, eying Botella uneasily. She opened the box and immediately 'ooh'-ed at the necklace inside. "Wow..." She pulled the necklace out and looked at it closely, then unclasped it and put it around her neck. "This is really cool." "All right, see what Jeremy and Savant have for you," Garrett suggested. Lucy began to delicately tear at the box, and her jaw dropped when she saw the suit of armor inside. She gingerly removed the rest of the box, trying not to jostle the armor too much as she did so. "It even looks like it would fit me!" she exclaimed, grinning widely. "Dude!" Adam said in exasperation. "We had a spending limit! How are the rest of us supposed to compete with that?" "We had a spending limit?" Twitch asked, looking back as he held out his present to Lucy. "Told you he wouldn't remember," Arthur said aside to Spider, who elbowed him in the gut. Lucy took Twitch's present and began unwrapping it. She shrieked in surprise when she got the box open and grabbed the speedster in a bear hug after setting it down on the table. "A leather-bound second print set of the Lord of the Rings!" she squealed, picking Twitch up off the ground. "I thought somebody had bought this!" "Yeah..." Twitch gasped when Lucy finally let him go. "I bought it... after you said you wanted it..." "Well, it's not as impressive as the other presents so far, but me and Jackie pitched together and got you a family pass to the amusement park,"Adam said, handing Lucy a card envelope. "And a card." "I baked the cake!" Splortch said happily, melting into his natural form when Lucy thanked him and patted him on the head. "I figured that At least one of us would forget the spending limit," Arthur said, "so my present is actually from all of us." Arthur reached into his pocket and handed Lucy a set of keys. "You got me a car?!" "A motorcycle," Arthur corrected, waving down the protests from the others. "I got it at government auction, and divided out among all of us it was just at our spending limit a piece. Please." |
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| The Royall J | Sep 13 2009, 12:06 PM Post #10 |
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The Last Cool White Guy
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"Well I remembered the spending limit" Giant said taking an envelope out of his pocket and handing it to Lucy. "It's a one year membership to the gym I learned to box at. Figured you might be interested in going a few rounds with some professionals and maybe learning a thing or two" "Dude that couldn't have covered the spending limit" Micky said to his brother. "I'm friends with everyone there remember? They got me a discount" He said triumphantly. "I didn't go over the spending limit!" Jeremy protested. "Most of these pieces are from my personal collection. The rest were so damaged that the guys at the antiques stores I got them from had no problem letting them go. They didn't even know what they had" |
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