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Tweak says, "Let's dance in style..."

Betty McRae (bombsheller) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-06-10 17:55:00

Entry tags:

betty mcrae, dirk strider, elena gilbert, eric northman, helen magnus, martha jones, nikola tesla, piter de vries, rose tyler, spike, xander harris

Day 223 | video - open
[ the feed clicks on, showing a very consternated young woman. and then off. and then on! off! on! off! betty has no idea what she's doing, but there's a switch and she's flipping it back and forth angrily because she can't tell whether it's on or off and didn't pay as close attention to her welcome speech as she should have. ]

Stupid, bloody -- [ off. on. ] -- piece of -- [ off. on. ] -- even is this -- [ off. on, steadily now that she's taken the damn thing off and looked at what she was doing. that helps! but now she looks like she's about to cry and is trying very hard to be stiff upper lip about it. ]

What kind of prison gives you some comic book gadget, anyway? [ she takes some deep breaths now that the battle of the weird head thing is over. deep and calming, leading to an awkward pause as she realizes just what was on that list of crimes. now she's afraid and offended. ]

You know, that list of crimes is a bunch of bunk. If they think building bombs to stop Hitler is a crime then they're a bunch of Nazis!

[ probably (most assuredly) not the best first impression, but the feed clicks off again before she has a chance to fix it. ]

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-13 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Last I checked, it was 1999. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-13 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Well, bully for you, Mister Future. You got a name to go with the date? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-13 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	[ What is up with him and sassy blondes? Like peanuts, you can't have just one. ] Spike. How about you, love? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-13 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	[ that's a dog's name... not that she's rude enough to say that out loud. ] Betty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-14 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	[ He could argue that her name would suit a bitch just as well, but doesn't. Not for lack of rudeness, of course. ] Isn't that awfully wholesome... a regular poster girl for the war effort, aren't you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-14 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	[ she bristles at that, mostly because she actually was a poster girl for the war effort with less poster more actual moving picture, and even then it was a complete and utter embarrassment. ] Seeing as how I'm stuck in some prison, I don't think they'll be lining up to take my picture for a war bonds ad any time soon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-16 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	A shame, that... you're better off though, love. It was a lousy time, th' 40's. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-16 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yeah? And why's that? [ the war has given her a good paying job and a lot of independence she wouldn't have had otherwise, so aside from the everything else it's been peachy. plus, there's an automatic suspicion that there'll be more backlash since so many men seem to think women working is an affront to decency. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-16 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	...you really need to ask? If you're not fighting the good fight for a better world, then why are you doing it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-16 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	Depends on what you think a better world includes, I guess. Just because we win doesn't mean I want to lose my job. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-16 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	[ Shrug. ] Maybe you will... but if you do, that just proves my point. Not to go all suffragette on you here, but in 1999 no one would even blink at a working lady. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-16 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	[ that's... very good to hear, though she has to fight the urge to argue that they must have a lot of teachers and nurses and nuns by then. ] Well, guess I don't have to worry about it now that I'm here, huh? Or do they let us go home on parole? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-17 11:39 am UTC (link)
	[ And car mechanics and physics professors and rocket scientists and police officers and firemen and soldiers. Never thought he'd be able to use that to mess with someone, but here they are. ] Nope. Afraid it's bottom of the ocean from here on out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-18 02:08 am UTC (link)
	Too bad I never liked the water much, or it might be a real treat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-18 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	It's not too bad, 's long as we don't get any more tentacly visitors. [ Spike, stop. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-19 03:36 am UTC (link)
	[ oh, he means that king kong of the sea elena told her about. ] Doesn't look like we could do much if we did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-19 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	[ He makes a noise of doubtfulness. ] Some people can. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-20 01:29 am UTC (link)
	Oh? You fight a lot of squid where you come from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-20 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	I've fought a lot of big uglies, if that's what you're asking. [ No squid. Not yet, anyway but who knows what Sunnydale will throw his way. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-21 02:21 am UTC (link)
	I don't think ugly people add up to a squid, no matter how many of them there are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-22 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	Not people, love. Demons. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-23 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Uh-huh. [ this dude is crazy. she's also going to leap to the fun conclusion that spike is some kind of priest who specializes in exorcisms or something. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-23 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	You don't believe me? [ Oh wow this part is so much fun. Hang on, he's just going to all too casually slip into vamp face... ] How about now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bombsheller 2013-06-24 07:39 am UTC (link)
	[ the bad luck here is, she is still having trouble seeing the tiny screen. her eyes cross, and she squints as she attempts to figure out what the heck he just did. ] Did you just make yourself ugly? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)