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Ice Cream Cures All Ills

Feb 17, 2006 13:57

It was Billy's idea that they should meet up somewhere outside the Avengers Tower to talk. Some place where they wouldn't have God only knew who listening in on their conversations. Some place where they could relax ( Read more... )

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notahawkingbird February 20 2006, 23:17:00 UTC

Catering to necessity and the hope that superheroes having their costumes worked in the same way that people forgetting their umbrellas did--that is, if she didn't have it she wouldn't need it--Kate arrived at The Devil's Due armed only with a strategically-filled purse on her arm. Her cell phone, some tampons, a tazer, a slingshot her mom had given her for her fifth birthday and a small bag of marbles took up most of the space. Better safe than sorry, after all ( ... )

rowenamox February 21 2006, 00:32:12 UTC

"Only for Halloween."

Rowena straightened to her full and not umimpressive height, straightening her frilly black apron and looking over the crowd of teenagers who had just entered her establishment. A real smile spread over her face as she caught sight of a familiar head of dark hair. She swept forward and caught Billy in a hug that did not enterily catch the boy by surprise.

"William! I was starting to fear that you had found someone else to feed you, child!" She pulled away, looking him over with a practiced eye. "I heard about what happened. The twins where here when your parents called. Are you alright, my boy?"

"I'm fine, Mrs. X." Billy said, holding up both hands. "Honest. Just here for some food and quiet."

"Which I shall happily provide you. And you've brought friends!" She looked over the group, still smiling... though now her smile did not quite reach her eyes. "Is the world ending?"

magnetlips February 21 2006, 21:03:40 UTC

Cassie smiled. “Not yet.”

She tugged on the oversize sleeve of her shirt. After school when she returned home, her mother and step father had yelled and grounded her, but of course that didn’t stop someone who could change size. She did have to drop by Kate’s to borrow some clothes, though. And at the moment she wished she could change only select features of her body to fit the clothes, especially the loose chest region.

“Are you going to introduce us, Billy?” She asked, now tugging at the hem of her borrowed shirt, hoping there was some way to flatten out the empty bulge in the material.

billykaplan February 21 2006, 21:23:27 UTC

"Yes, William. Are you going to introduce us?" Rowena asked, her hands on her hips and her head cocked to one side.

Billy sighed with mock-drama, throwing his hands in the air. "Will it get me a little peace and quiet? Everyone, this is Mrs. Xanathos, grand high poo-bah and queen of all she surveys, owner of this wonderful establishment, renown across the city for her generosity-"

"And remarkable patience..." Rowena added in a clearly amused tone.

"And remarkable patience." Billy agreed. "The ladies are Cassie and Kate, my aparent double is Tommy, and...um..." He looked at the Vision and shrugged. His face grew a touch more serious, and he put a hand on Teddy's arm. "And this is Teddy."

At the counter, Eliza let out a crow of triumph. "Called it!"

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teddyaltman February 23 2006, 19:48:58 UTC

"And hopefully not piss them off enough in the process that they leave us hanging out to dry," Teddy inserted, wry tone echoing his smile. "Assuming they haven't sent a spy after us or bugged us." He didn't like not having Eli with them to discuss this, but it couldn’t be helped. Grandma guilt and his job at the library were things that had to be taken into account.

"I'm not sure we have that many options for what we can do without the Avengers, anyway," he said, reaching across Billy to pull several packets of sugar from the small ceramic holder. Tearing one open, he poured the contents onto his tongue -- don't give me that look, Billy -- then made a brief grimace before swallowing and continuing.

"Between Kl'rt and the Kree after me, and the government," he flipped the second, unopened packet of sugar across the table at Tommy, "after him -- you really think we're ready to take anyone on after yesterday?"

tommyshepard February 23 2006, 21:02:14 UTC

Tommy had to agree with Teddy, he was all for not pissing off the Avengers. Much. Unless it was unavoidable in which case he’d get over it pretty quickly.

Billy had asked a valid question, what did they want to do. Hell, what did he want to do? Other than the general urge to be elsewhere and not get hauled back in he hadn’t put much thought into that whole ‘what next’ line of thought. Well…he really didn’t want to get his butt kicked or shot at by the Skree.

“Like it’s my fault they want me. I can’t help how desirable I am. People flock.” Tommy said as he caught the sugar packet. He stared at it for a moment before making a face and tossing it back. “So, if we’re all in agreement about not wanting anyone to go vanishing in a black helicopter or space ship, I’m guessing figuring out how not to get trashed is our first priority. ”

magnetlips February 23 2006, 21:17:19 UTC

Cassie held her hand to her mouth to cover her audible giggle at the "desirable" comment Tommy made. She coughed, and tried to stifle her smile.

"I don't know what we can do without relying on the Avengers. At least for a while. Even they don't know what's going on with the Kree and the Skrull, though that's not really that odd considering those two races." She glanced at Teddy. She hoped he didn't take that the wrong way. "And their war." Cassie added just in case. "Uhm... why do you think they want you Teddy?"

(God damn it brain, start functioning when it comes to alien races. *blames mono*)

notahawkingbird February 23 2006, 22:10:21 UTC

Kate rolled her eyes at the way Cassie was innocently feeding Tommy's ego. It wasn't like he needed it, obviously.

"Maybe they have a space princess in dire need of rescuing? Although if that were really the case we'd have to let them know they missed a few memos." Kate pulled a tube of lipstick out of her purse, took a napkin out of the dispenser, and wrote "taken" on it in the dark purpley color she wore only for superheroing. Satisfied with her work, she unfolded the napkin, leaned over the table, and tucked it into Teddy's shirt collar like a bib.

"How do you feel about dying your hair?" she asked next, looking back at Tommy. "Practically speaking it's a quick and effective disguise, especially considering your current color. Maybe a shade of red, since if you go too dark your sparkling personality will be the only way we could tell you and Billy apart without, er..." Kate looked around the store, then decided to play it safe anyway and wiggled her fingers in a way that was supposed to indicate powers, "you know."

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Time to Get Back Into This Thing ya_metalhead February 25 2006, 15:25:54 UTC

Zack ran into the Devil's Due, looking a but frazzled. He did a quick pan of the room, looking for his missing bassist. Upon realizing that yet another location yielded fruitless, he hopped up onto a stool at the counter. 'Dammit, where the hell could he be?' he thought to himself.

"Hey, Eliza," Zack called to the back room. "Steve hasn't been in here today, has he? We were supposed to meet up for band practice and I can't find him anywhere."

His simple request was met with a glare that would have made Bobby Drake feel a little chilly. "Oooo-kay, you must be the OTHER Eliza. Can I get a Blended Brains? Awesome."

As Zack peered around the room again, he noticed Mrs. X serving lunch to... nah, that couldn't be him. He walked over to see if it... it is! "Holy sh*t, Billy! Billy Kaplan!"

Re: Time to Get Back Into This Thing rowenamox February 25 2006, 16:01:20 UTC

Rowena's head jerked up sharply as the sound of Zack's voice. She altered her course from the very back to the front, put a hand on Zack's shoulder, and hissed, "Don't. He's rather busy, it's rather important, and I will give you something for free if you just keep quiet until they're finished, alright?"

Billy, meanwhile, had raised his hand in a halfhearted wave and shook his head, mouthing, 'Not now, okay?'

Re: Time to Get Back Into This Thing ya_metalhead February 25 2006, 16:12:40 UTC

Zack winced, seeing that he had once again made a social faux pas. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "No, no, it's okay, Mrs. X. I actually have money this time." He hopped back up onto his reinforced stool where his Blended Brains awaited.

He placed a considerably-sized check on the counter. "Oh yeah, this is for the table yesterday. My folks say they're really, REALLY sorry. I am too."

Re: Time to Get Back Into This Thing rowenamox February 25 2006, 16:18:03 UTC

"You always are. Which is why I keep letting you back in." Rowena said, tucking the check into a pocket on her apron without looking at it. "Sit tight, we have some things to talk about ourselves."

She walked over to Diana, notepad in hand and an almost smile on her face. "What can I get for you today?"

lookoverthemoon February 25 2006, 15:40:16 UTC

Diana Reyes walked slowly into the Parlour. She let out a deep breath when she felt the wave of heat hitting her. It was so cold outside and it had been snowing before, as the snowflakes on her hat proved ( ... )

rowenamox February 25 2006, 16:16:22 UTC

((OOC: You're doing just fine, don't worry. Can I convince you to blend into the Zack thread for the sake of my sanity?))

vision_ya February 25 2006, 20:29:51 UTC

((OOC: No worries, you're doing fine. Besides, considering my inability to speak/write coherently in Japanese after four years, I couldn't cast any stones if I wanted to ;) ))

(how did this get so long?) teddyaltman February 26 2006, 01:18:05 UTC

Finish talking, then eat, Teddy told himself as he glanced down at the food and felt his stomach threaten to tear its way out through his abdomen while in pursuit of its prey. He'd almost managed to figure out what to say when the new customers arrived ( ... )

Re: (how did this get so long?) billykaplan February 26 2006, 03:25:39 UTC

Billy slowly, thoughtfully masticated his food as he processed what Teddy had just said. Ignoring the joke about him being a space princess.

Process. Consider. Think.

Now would be an incredibly bad time to leap up on top of the table and announce that he loved Teddy, and would love him even if he was biologically a Denubian Slime Devil, because Teddy was Teddy, dammit! And it didn't matter who Teddy's biological parents were because Mrs. Altman had loved him, and that was what made someone a real mom, not just giving birth. Or hatching. He'd heard somewhere that Skrulls laid eggs.

Right. Focus. Talk to Teddy privately later, just them, even if it meant cornering him and pinning him to the ground (mustnotthinkdirtythoughts. mustnotthinkdirtythoughts.).

Re: (how did this get so long?) vision_ya February 26 2006, 04:07:15 UTC

The Vision had done some research over the month or so he'd been in the Avenger's Tower. He recalled reading about how Captain Mar-Vell, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch had been kidnapped by the Skrull. He'd had to go and beat the hell out of a punching bag, imagining what it must have been like for the other Vision. If Cassie were to get kidnapped, he didn't know what he'd do, but it would undoubtedly not be pretty.

He didn't remember reading anything about a half-Skrull, half-Kree hatchling. So the Avengers probably didn't know about it. Especially since the Vision had gone through all their records, including the ones that they had tried to hide from him. The Vision got along well with computers.

But Teddy as the Skrull emperor?

"[Are you sure?]" he asked, leaning forward. "[I thought that the Kree and the Skrull were still at war. Do they want you to unite them or something?]"

Because, really that's just what Teddy needed right now - to have more responsibilites dumped on him right now. Jerks, the Vision thought.

Re: (how did this get so long?) teddyaltman February 26 2006, 05:47:31 UTC

Teddy was halfway through swallowing when the Vision spoke, and it was only a well-placed cough that kept him from choking any worse than he did. Sandwich forgotten, he simply stared at the Vision for a moment before finding his voice. Maybe it was the way that the Vision was so inhuman beneath his illusions that set him off, or the artificial, official-sounding qualities of his voice, so like Iron Lad and somehow so very different -- he couldn't have said.

"This is what I was told, yesterday, by the alien terrorist murderer super-soldier whose race has been attacking and trying to take over Earth for longer than we've been alive, who keeps pulling the Avengers and everybody else into an intergalactic war that's been going on for millions of years, who attacked us twice yesterday and wrecked Billy's house and killed my mom.Halfway through the low, hissed list, he'd begun to half-stand, fingers tight on the edge of the table. By the time he'd finished, he was leaning over the table, claws digging into the polished surface with a flat ( ... )

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