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"Will you at least let me wrap up your hand?"

"No. I want to be able to bang it against something if I need another dose."

Jenni shook her head. She wasn't sure if he was quoting House on purpose or not, but it didn't matter. She contented herself with fending him off from running into anyone on the way back and detouring to the drinks table for a big cup of water. "Here. I heard your voice cracking."

Derik glanced down at the cup and gave her a skeptical look. "You'd have a harper wet his throat with plain water? The Master would be appalled."

She flinched. "Hey! Invoking Robinton is below the belt. And you'd better start hydrating anyway, or you'll be a worse mess tomorrow. Unless you want the hangover."

He sighed, resigned. "No."

And so they made their way back.

"Why're you hiding? That's nothing to be ashamed of." He paused. "Rather charming, really."

Ix raised a shaking hand and pushed her upper lip away from her teeth. They were perfectly normal, if a little large in the front.

She dropped her hand and tugged her cloak tighter around her shoulders. "Happy now?"

"Why? Are they pointy? Or just horrible? Come on, now I have to see!"

(( Gall, neither. She does not care about other people's insecurities. It's part of her... charm. {= )

(( Just to clarify, Thoth is sitting at this point? ))

Dax tapped her chin and looked around. "I think if I knew more about the holiday, I'd have better ideas, but my idea of a prank is pantsing a city guard and then stealing his keys when he's not looking. Should we just get some food instead? Those apples covered with the sticky brown substance look rather tempting."

"People get upset with me when I show my teeth," she added, fiddling with her rose. "They think I'm going to hurt them when I do."

Welcome, have a hatchet that returns to your hand when thrown, and leaves a stream of particle effects in its wake with a color of your choice.

So half an hour later than the 3rd... perhaps the armies of foul Doc Kalson clones are growing tired?

We also got what I think was a repeat IP address, which says it might be possible to block them all after all. We shall see.

hS

Will Delta be able to even up the score, or will hS secure his win?

"I really stopped believing you about your abilities a while back, Ix. You have a nasty habit of selling yourself short." He grabbed a sip of Coke. "Go on, give it a go. I'm sure you're good at it."

((You can try for an angst off, but Tom may not cooperate.))

"Why don't you suggest something to do? Way I see it, we're getting nowhere."

"Yes, we're supposed to have fun there, and that won't be working if we can't find something agreeing with you," Richard said. "Besides, not thinking too much through thing isn't necessarily bad. Heck, this is an halloween party, that's the moment or that."

"We really don't have the same view on Halloween..."

So, yeah. Closer to eight times in the last week. Probably something running daily somewhere?

"Now, give me a sailing ship, and I can do amazing things with her, but anything more complicated than a word processor and I'm totally lost." Dax cracked her knuckles. "Man, I really didn't think this costume through at all, did I? At least Mystique can morph clothes..."

Ix swallowed. "I'm not very good at scary grins... or any grins..."

((Can we start an angst-off? Please? Pleeease? I promise I'll behave myself.))

I came from a rather spiritual family, so while I wouldn't necessarily call myself superstitious, I do find myself hesitating before making definitive statements. Especially things along the lines of, "I will never do this thing! Ever!" Because that's just asking for life to prove me wrong. And I swear, some days I can just feel the Ironic Overpower looming over me. Just waiting for me to make some dumb comment and make it all go horridly wrong.

I saw it when the bot first popped up. Was half tempted to turn it into a story, actually. About some rouge Medical staff member trying (and failing) to establish a black market. Still might do that, actually. We'll see.

Anyway, thanks hS for the diligence. We really do appreciate it.

I loved death parade! It isn't really that dark in my opinion, but I guess I am a bit desensitized.

Now that I am beginning to see your preferences, I would also recommend Darker than Black, Ajin, Black Lagoon, Serial Experiments Lain, Canaan, and Psycho-pass.

"That's cool. Did he tell you to do the scary grin at people who are bugging you? That's always hilarious. C'mon, give us a scary grin!"

Meanwhile...

Derik managed to weave his way out of the crowd with a minimum of awkward collisions. After relieving himself, he felt a bit better; a full bladder could wreck even a sane and sober man's mental coherence. He washed up, splashed his face, and stood staring at the mirror above the sink. The symbol of the Green Lanterns stood out on his chest.

"Willpower," he muttered. "You're a disgrace to that uniform."

Leaning against the wall outside, Jenni started at a crunch of glass and a muffled yelp. She spun around, quite prepared to barge in, but the door opened before she could get her hand on it and she almost ran into Derik coming out. Startled in turn, he reared back, flailing, and they grabbed onto each other's arms.

"What are you doing?" he demanded, scowling. He'd restored the green domino mask over his eyes.

"What are you doing?" she retorted. She turned over his right hand, took in the freshly reddened knuckles, and looked up in expectant concern.

"Restoring a measure of clarity," he answered. "Don't look so panicked, it's not a habit. But it is effective."

A thousand protests were on her tongue, but she swallowed them. "All right. Now what?"

"Now I go back and apologize like a man, tell the story I promised, and go home before anything else ironic happens. Coming?"

Jenni sighed. "You bet."

(( Aaaaaaangst angst angst angst. Sorry if that was a bit on the darker side, but once the image got in my head, it wouldn't go away. Building Maintenance is going to be ticked off about that mirror. {= P ))

"Eh, when they showed the first trailer for Persona 5, the protagonist 'stole' the show for that. Killing the lights, Life Will Change playing, a perfect introduction for a Phantom Thief. You have a better idea?"

"Well, I'm out of tricking with technology, and frankly not that interested in participating," Marina said. "Still, I heard worst ideas."

Dax looked down at herself. "Normally my idea of tricking people is pretending to be their doppleganger, but I don't really have any clothes on right now..."