[He'd dreamt about this night for weeks. Being raised by Dick had its perks - for instance, Damian knew how to plan and rehearse and plan and rehearse some more. He had to get this absolutely, positively right if he wanted any chance whatsoever of dating freaking Milagro Reyes ( Read more... )

[For as long as he could remember, Wally---no, Bolt had been the best of the best when it came to thievery. After all, who could catch a speedster when he had all the time in the world to spare? Tonight was no exception to the rule. Distrusting Talon and Arsenal and even Tempest, Bolt decided he'd be better off going solo for tonight's gig ( Read more... )

[...what is that noise? Oh no. Oh dear. It's the early morning crowd coming to the Apple Store for the latest iPhone. QUICK! OUT OF THE WAY NOW! PITY TO THOSE WHO GET STAMPEDED!]

[Through the magic of time travel, Colin had somehow wound up in charge of his younger self for the weekend. This task was easier said than done, especially since Colin couldn't admit to his younger self that they were the same person, lest the god of Time Travel popped into his room and magically reversed everything ( Read more... )

Good help was so hard to find these days. As it was, Mithos hadn't really wanted to venture out to the stores today - that's what his minions were paid for! - but no one seemed to grasp just what Mithos meant by a chocolate milkshake. In the end, Mithos had resigned himself to his fate and assumed his "human" guise to wander the streets of Meltokio ( Read more... )

[Sometimes, Damian wished that he hadn't been sent to buy food this late at night. People always gave him funny looks whenever he passed by them in costume---and especially even more so when he ordered three large ice cream cups to go ( Read more... )

SCENARIO A: STARBUCKS

[Normally, Jaime didn't consider himself a coffee person. Starbucks was great every now and then, especially on cold, rainy days... but he didn't really know why he was here at the moment. Not beyond a sudden craving for a frappuccino and one of those scones. (He supposed it was enough to head over there; after all, why else ( Read more... )

Had it been anyone else, Tom wouldn't have thought twice about buying her something small and declaring that it was "what friends did for each other." Because really, he got something for all of his friends every year, even if he didn't think they were on the best terms... but when it came to Lightning, Tom wasn't really sure where to begin. Last ( Read more... )

[When it all boiled down to it, Damian couldn't honestly say that he hated shopping with Dana. If anything, he actually came to like it - especially when they were hunting down a special birthday present for Terry's 21st birthday ( Read more... )

Mall goers will be in the middle of their shopping, changing, eating, or whatever else is done within Cloverleaf Mall, when suddenly the same re-run music they hear will come to a screeching halt. They may look to the stereos and wonder if an important announcement is about to be made. There is a minute of silence, followed by ten seconds of static ( Read more... )