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Tweak says, "But I'm MUCH better now."

ѕooĸιe ѕтacĸнouѕe (thoughts) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-06-27 22:26:00

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:mingle, aidan reilly, asami sato, betty mcrae, calliope-caliborn, caroline forbes, damon salvatore, duo maxwell, elena gilbert, euphemia li britannia, helen magnus, ianto jones, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), lacus clyne, laura kinney, matt donovan, miranda lotto, nikola tesla, penelope garcia, phoebe halliwell, piper halliwell, rebekah mikealson, richie foley, shining armor, sookie stackhouse, stefan salvatore, yuuki kuran, yvaine, zatanna zatara, zelgadis greywars, zero kiryuu

day 225 | xiii ❧ potluck mingle!

[ this is her first time doing one of these without gran, and something she thought was going to be difficult for those very reasons is actually rather therapeutic, heartwarming -- a glance back at her roots, back when she was just adele stackhouse's weird granddaughter and not that fae who mingles with vampires. sookie contributes a few dishes from her gran's old recipes, along with something lafayette taught her to make. she's got all the tables in this part of trois park covered with checkered table clothes of varying colors, lots of plastic silverware, paper plates, cups, and napkins at the ready, and a stack of picnic blankets folded up on one of the benches for those who wish to sit on the grass instead of at a table. sookie even brought a long a mesh bag full of sports equipment -- or rather, a couple frisbees, a football, soccer ball, basketball, and even some hacky sacks. (she's not the sports type, but jason would always be off playing something with the other guys.)

hopefully she didn't leave anything out. hopefully this will help cheer everyone up some, both the new arrivals and those still dealing with the days they spent in that other prison. ]

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	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 12:31 am UTC (link)
	[Ianto is a huge nerd.] Does your family know what you do in your free time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 12:34 am UTC (link)
	It was just me and my dad, actually. But, yeah, he knew. [Mostly] He was the one who trained me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 12:44 am UTC (link)
	It must mean a lot to both of you to be able to share something like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 12:49 am UTC (link)
	It did. Yeah. [There is a noticeable sadness to her tone. As if implying the past tense meant more than just a separation by imprisonment....] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 12:55 am UTC (link)
	[Ianto is perceptive enough to pick up on that tone immediately an quickly apologizes.] I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bring up a painful subject. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 12:58 am UTC (link)
	It's alright. You didn't know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Well then I mean what I said even more; it must have meant a great deal to be able to share something so special with him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 01:01 am UTC (link)
	[She smiles again. It's weak, but it's there.] Yeah. Thanksgiving was always one of our favorites. We always made more food than either of us could eat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 01:05 am UTC (link)
	We don't have that one in Whales, but I always thought it sounded nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 01:10 am UTC (link)
	It was. When I was little, and dad used to take me on the road with him, he always made sure that we celebrated together. Even if we had to cook over a portable stove in his dressing room. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 02:05 am UTC (link)
	Did he fight off evil as well, or was that a career path you chose on your own? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 02:09 am UTC (link)
	Since before I was born. Dad was one of the founding members of the Justice League, even. Ahh--[Oh, yeah, there are people who don't know what that is]--that's a group of superheroes from our world. Very popular. The tabloids love them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 02:17 am UTC (link)
	You don't keep why you do a secret from people? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Kind of hard to keep it a secret when their names and faces are plastered everywhere. Besides, dad was already famous before. As a stage magician. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-01 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	We take rather the opposite approach at Torchwood. The world isn't exactly ready for most of the things we see every day. And I wouldn't trust any governments with the kind of technology we scavenge. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-01 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	[Torchwood. She figured that was their equivalent of the League. Only less Superpowers and even more Secrecy.] I'm not sure we could've hid most of the things that go on from anybody. The fights tend to get pretty public. And destructive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-02 02:00 am UTC (link)
	Ours do, too. Which is why we have retcon. Its a memory altering drug. Comes in quite handy, I might add. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-02 02:05 am UTC (link)
	Memory...altering...? Okay, that just sounds creepy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-02 02:19 am UTC (link)
	[It probably says a lot about what his job does to a person that he's never even considered it that way.] Its effective, that's all I care about. It keeps people from finding out what we do and that makes our job easier. The less people know the better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-02 02:41 am UTC (link)
	And you're not worried about messing with memories that some people might--oh, I don't know--need? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2013-07-02 10:59 am UTC (link)
	Not really, we've got the formula pretty refined. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-07-02 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	Even still. [She glances down at the coffee, suddenly more than a little warily.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2013-07-02 11:21 pm UTC (link)

Don't worry; one of the side effects is unconsciousness and I don't particularly feel like dealing with that at a picnic. [A teasing smile.]

Anyway, its essentially harmless. I'm fairly sure I've been dosed with it a few times, but obviously its hard to be certain. [The whole team had that missing two day gap, for example, and for all he knew there could have been other times as well.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-07-03 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, that makes me feel so much better. [Though she manages to smile back, despite herself.] You'll forgive me if I don't accept any more food or drink from you from now on, though. No offense. I just happen to like my brain the way it is. Memories and all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Sorry for the slow tags, busy week at work! :) readystopwatch 2013-07-04 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	Frankly since we're all trapped in an underwater prison by robots after all being kidnapped from different worlds and universes I don't really see the point in trying to keep what I do for a living particularly secret. If I had to try and erase all the strange things everyone sees here I think we'd all end up with no memories left at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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