The Justice League List of Things That Aren't Allowed (second generation)

[doctorv]

This came about because of encouragement and comments from clayin and timemonkeyDuring the course of the comments, I mentioned that the list of "Things Beetle And Booster Are Not Allowed To Do" was eventually retired in the Mullet-verse. There was a party, much alcohol, stories of how some things got on the list (though others were very carefully not spoken of,

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[doctorv]

"Aaand this is the trophy room!" Blue Beetle said, waving an arm to indicate the entire room. "Take a moment to take it all in, look at some of the great moments in superhero history. See over there? That's the armor my dad built for my other dad to keep him alive until...whatever it was that fixed him."

"What fixed him?"

"Dunno, they don't talk about it," Blue said musingly.

He had lost at Rock, Paper, Scissors (and he was still convinced Goldie had cheated) and so had the job of giving Newbie the grand tour of the Watchtower.

The kid's name wasn't actually Newbie, but Blue had forgotten what it was and just started calling him by generic nicknames. By the end of the tour, Newbie was going to think they were best friends. Blue felt a little bad about that, but not enough to stop and ask his name.

"Hey, what's that?" Newbie asked, pointing to The Stain on the wall.

Placing a hand on Newbie's shoulder and holding up an index finger, Blue said quietly, "We do not talk about the mysterious stain in the trophy room

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[girloz14]

Hahaha! My favorite bit?
The kid's name wasn't actually Newbie, but Blue had forgotten what it was and just started calling him by generic nicknames. By the end of the tour, Newbie was going to think they were best friends. Blue felt a little bad about that, but not enough to stop and ask his name.

That's completely how I'd go about it. Never bother to memorize new people's names when nicknames work just as well or better :D

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[timemonkey]

Newbie opened his mouth to speak again, but Blue made a "nnng!" sound and waved a hand emphatically. "Seriously, stop talking about it." Glancing around, he leaned in, arm around Newbie's shoulders, and whispered conspiratorially, "Especially around Tempest."

Okay, this is going to have me thinking up all kinds of crazy things.

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[silver_apples]

I have the sudden strong suspicion that the stain is from a simple water-balloons-not-filled-with-water incident, and Junior likes causing rumors.