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basic_powers ([personal profile] basic_powers) wrote2009-05-19 10:04 pm

....FINALLY SOME VACATION

It's Friday morning, and right now...

The bags are packed, the extra money is in a special pocket, there's no one invading anytime soon, he has no real training, so it's a little unusual for Tyler to be in this house.

It's not the usual routine and it's great, and because in a few minutes the 'family' car pulls up into the garage and Ray will be coming to visit.

"...6:56..." The hard part was not bouncing off the walls while staring down the clock. Ray had to come exactly at 7 am.

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"Ray! it's 7!!" Tyler called through the open doorway, which had formerly been the broom closet. "Come on!"
gone_byebye: (oh no)

[personal profile] gone_byebye 2009-05-20 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Gnh. And me without a legal identity in this world..."
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2009-05-20 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ray nods. "All right," he says. "Need me to do anything in the meantime, or should I just start studying?"
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2009-05-20 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds good to me," says Ray. "You take care, Tyler."

He'll see Tyler to the door before settling back to go over that folder. You never know what you're going to find, after all.
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2009-06-30 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ray has to laugh, just a little bit, at that. Okay, he can pull that off. There's bound to be something. And it's been a long time since he's been a tourist and hasn't had the State Department breathing down his neck.
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oo," says Ray reflexively, more at the robot than anything else. "I realize this is going to come across as potentially embarrassing on my part, but may I ask if you're sapient?"

It's Ray. what did you expect?
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right," says Ray, since that pretty much answers his question. He leans over to poke... hm. Where were the promising lunch sites...

"Let's try the nearest SuperSonic franchise installation, shall we?"
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"For the moment, yes," Ray says as he settles back to snap himself in. "I reserve the right to alter or reverse that decision should the necessary conditions arise."
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Excellent," Ray says. "Let's wait until Tyler's joined us before continuing any further, shall we? I'm going to get out of the car and wait, if you don't mind."

[identity profile] npc238.livejournal.com 2010-03-07 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Since the robot in the car doesn't have enough of an AI to respond to that, it stays silent and keeps the motor running. Now that it's outside, it's clear that the windows are tinted so you can't see the inside, or rather the Driver too easily in full sunlight.

And it's a beautiful sunny day today, with the temperature right around 68. Standing in front of the huge old brick school it feels almost idyllic and qui- Nevermind there's a furious five-year-old in a floating egg chair that just appeared to Ray's left.

"-CKBERRIES!! The MONKEYWHIPPED navigation is still STIRRING up!"
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Blink. Blink.

He's almost sure he ought to know who this kid is.

[identity profile] npc238.livejournal.com 2010-03-07 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Doesn't look like the kid has noticed him yet.

"Why the SKITTLES do I keep getting pulled back here...alright. Resetting travel paradgrim and vortex size...initiating.."

...maybe Ray should have stepped back another foot or so, because it looks like that school and car is melting away in a swirling vortex. It's replaced with rocky uneven ground, a swirling purple not-sky-or-space filled with glowing stars and galaxies, and a castle that looks like the future revisited the past, and mixed the architecture with their current level of building plastics.

"FRUITLOOP TWIRLING ROSARYBEARERS! Not here again!"
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The first thought through Ray's head is oh, God, Romana is going to KILL me. He shakes himself before a second can arise and says, "This happens often around here?"

It looks kind of like the Netherworld, but only kind of. Best to start off with small questions.

[identity profile] npc238.livejournal.com 2010-03-07 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Small questions nothing. Doesn't look like Zodon noticed Ray until he spoke, and judging from the sharp glance and the sneer...

"Only for you."

And he's hovering away and disappearing in a portal faster than Ray could probably catch up to.
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, for the love of cookies-"

Yep. Romana's so going to kill him. Ray shakes his head ruefully and reaches for his PKE meter. It went kind of buggy in the Netherworld, from what he remembers, but it was a buggy he'd recognize if he saw it again.
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I suppose it's bad form to say it, but honestly, it could be worse," Ray mutters as he puts the meter away. It's not as if he's dropped his lightsaber, after all. And the castle implies at least some measure of humanlike intelligence being present, since unspeakable things with brain-melting comprehensions of geometry usually screw up the architecture a lot more than that.

In fact, he'll be checking out the castle shortly. He's just going to go and take a careful look over the edge first.

And then he's going to head for the castle because it is LARGE and it is SOLID and they will probably have a NICE SAFE PLACE where he can put his HEAD between his KNEES and hyperventilate for a while.
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[personal profile] gone_byebye 2010-03-07 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah," Ray calls out at the threshold, looking around, "hello? Is there an owner or a representative of the ownership present? Anyone to whom I ought to be reporting before proceeding any further?"

Mysterious castles with no people in them have a tendency to turn into fairy tales, and fairy tales are a lot less nice than people give them credit for.

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