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MARS (upgradeyou) wrote in x_fluff_x,
@ 2008-10-15 23:56:00

Entry tags:

mars, matrix

Who: Mars, Matrix
When: Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 (afternoon-ish)
Where: Xavier's; workshop
What: chatting
Status: in progress
Rating: PG-13 Just in case.

"Damn..." Mars grumbled under his breath. He'd been fiddling with his current invention (a new and improved flamethrower for Pyro)for a while now and he had just gotten the part he needed to finish it. He set his tools down to take a break, intent on sitting his ass down in his office chair for a smoke break, when he glanced over at Eva who was (as usual) working diligently on something. He liked that about her. She was always on task. "Oi, Eva," he said to her, while he took a seat in said chair (minus cigarette). "Wanna hear a joke?"

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cyberpathy
2008-10-17 09:50 am UTC (link)

Eva Garza: Workaholic. That was her. Matrix wasn't big on taking breaks... or sleeping, for that matter. On the off chance if she did decide to take a little downtime for herself, she would most likely hole herself up in her bedroom with a good romantic-comedy movie and fall asleep halfway through it. But that didn't happen as often. There were always things to be done around the mansion and Eva liked to keep busy. Idle hands and all that - or in her case, it would be an 'idle mind.'

Mars had been working on something for Pyro for a while now and Matrix had her full attention on upgrading the PC before her. The light of the screen was reflecting off of her glasses (which had already slipped halfway down the bridge of her nose), while she worked on the machine. However, when she heard movement beside her and someone take a seat in a chair that was closest to her, she spared a glance in that general direction.

"A joke?" she repeated and despite herself she looked amused already. By the time she asked this, she had abandoned her task-at-hand and swiveled around to face him. "Sure, why not." It wasn't everyday that Mars had something funny to say, at least to her, anyway. Not that they had never shared amusing anecdotes in the past, but with the current state of things, not many people felt in a very jokey mood.

"And please tell me it doesn't included the word 'Nantucket' anywhere in it."

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upgradeyou
2008-10-20 11:20 pm UTC (link)

Mars snorted a little at the Nantucket reference. "Nah," he said, waving his hand dismissively, sitting up in his chair. "This one's better." He leaned forward (forearms on knees). He flashed Eva another smile before he began speaking.

"So, a man goes to the doctor for his wife's test results. When he gets there, he says, 'I'm here for Mrs. Smith's test results.' The receptionist looks up and tells him, 'Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Smith, there's been a problem. We have two sets of test results for a 'Mrs. Smith' and we don't know which belongs to your wife... I'm afraid it's bad news or terrible news. One test shows Alzheimer's Disease, the other shows AIDS!' Flabbergasted, Mr. Smith says, 'That's awful! What should I do?'. Without skippin' a beat, she answers, 'The doctor suggests you drop her off in the middle of town. If she finds her way home, don't shag her'."

He fought a smile as he surveyed Eva's face for her reaction. Ronan knew she had a sense of humor under all that bright hair. It probably wasn't the best of jokes, but he thought it was pretty damned funny.

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cyberpathy
2008-10-22 10:54 am UTC (link)

Thank goodness; she really hated those "There once was a girl/man from Nantucket..." jokes - or were they poems? She supposed it didn't matter either way, because she'd heard a couple variations before and she had been left thoroughly unimpressed.

"Good," she said satisfied, just before Mars began telling his joke. She leaned in a little further, trying to make sense of it. At first, she thought it was just as bad (if not worse) than any of those Nantucket jokes (poems?) she had heard a while back. But after a few moments of dissecting the joke in her mind, she found the humor in it.

"Oh God," Matrix said as she leaned back in her chair, laughing some. "That's awful." But despite the sick humor in it, she found herself amused, anyway. "Where'd you learn this one?" Troy came to mind instantly, but he wasn't the only one that possessed a twisted sense of humor around there.

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