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Bart Allen | Impulse (killerspeed) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-03 15:21:00

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aidan reilly, artemis crock, bart allen, mgann morzz, richie foley, seven of nine, zatanna zatara

Day 226 | voice + closed action
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope y'all are enjoying the snow and the amazing hot cocoa they've put out for us today, 'cause I certainly am.

So I know this is super last-minute, but we should do a "Secret Santa" gift exchange too. For those of you not from planet Earth, Secret Santa is this thing where we gather a group of people, randomly give each one a name, and y'all then have to buy that person a present. If that sounds like something y'all would be up for, let me know! The more people we can get for this, the better.

I'm still working on the logistics, so I can't exactly answer every question. I can, however, promise a ton of fun.

[action / closed to Wally, M'gann, Artemis, and Zatanna]
[Sometime later, Bart heads over to Wally's apartment with a couple of large gifts in tow. Family should stick together on Christmas, right? Even if he's not technically family yet. He doesn't know if he'll run into Wally's roommates, but he still felt kind of responsible for them. Sure, they could handle themselves. He didn't doubt that, but it was Christmas! Who was going to help them make dinner? Or decorate the tree? Or sing cheesy Christmas carols at the top of their lungs? They needed a cool uncle for some of that, didn't they?

Bart takes a deep breath before knocking on their door. It's funny, how he's so nervous about something this simple, but he can't help it. For the first time in years, he'll get to celebrate Christmas with family, and that's kind of fantastic.]

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	action killerspeed 2013-08-11 01:31 am UTC (link)
	[He flashes her a grateful grin, before putting on the first movie in the DVD player. It's not exactly a classic, given that it's all about a guy who accidentally killed Santa Claus and thus has to take his place... At least it's entertaining?] You don't have to just watch the movie. I know that some years, I usually put them on as background noise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-12 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	[Santa fell off a roof. Not exactly the most horrifying crime of the Century.] I used to do the same thing while doing homework. Makes it easier to concentrate somehow, y'know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-15 04:02 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, it's kind of soothing in its own way. Like if there's TV in the background, you don't really feel alone. [Except he thinks he's said too much already, so he zooms off to grab some Christmas cookies from the kitchen.] Something like that, anyways. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-15 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	[Possibly. Because, by the time he's halfway to the kitchen, she's already looking after him funny.] You're not alone here, Bart. You do know that, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-16 02:47 am UTC (link)
	Huh? Of course I do. I've never really been alone... Not in that sense. [He shrugs, bringing back a few cookies for Zee (specifically, the ones he didn't inhale whole).] Like you said, it helps you concentrate, right? I focus best when there's a ton of noise around me - but when you live alone, it's kinda hard to replicate that without TV. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-16 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	[She got that; her dad was away so often, it sometimes felt like she lived alone, too.] Or the radio. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-21 03:08 am UTC (link)
	That too. [It's been a while since he'd consciously sought out a radio station - not that looking for one now would help him out much.] When I lived overseas, noise wasn't the problem - if anything, it was harder to find peace and quiet. It was kinda like living here, except nowhere near as nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-21 11:19 am UTC (link)
	Where was that, exactly? Which country? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-22 02:55 pm UTC (link)
	Mexico... India... I wanna say Malaysia but I don't actually remember... Vietnam, Canada, France... [Now he's counting them on his fingers.] You name it, I've probably been there at some point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-22 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. You're like a real-life Carmen Sandiego. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-23 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Hey now, Superman actually caught me in Las Vegas once. And Metropolis, but that doesn't technically count. [Since that time, he actually wanted to be caught.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-23 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Caught you what? Gambling? Aren't you old enough for that already? I mean, I know Superman can be a bit of a spoilsport sometimes, but that's going a little bit too far. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-23 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Ha, I wish! [He shakes his head, focusing intently on his hands as he rolls them and unrolls them into fists.] Nah, it... was a lot more serious than that. CK practically yelled about how I just can't save the world by myself an' all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-23 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	Who's CK? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-08-25 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, uh... that's one of my nicknames for Superman. [One that involves his secret identity, now that Bart thinks about it.] I must have at least half a dozen for him by now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-08-25 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Interesting nickname. Considering I'm pretty sure neither of those letters are in his name. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-09-04 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	They're not. It stands for uh... Captain Klutzilla? [If he sounds hesitant, it's because he's making it up on the spot.] Yeah, that was it. I remember, he used to be head-over-heels for this girl, to the point where he'd trip over empty air in her presence. I started calling him that, and then... it just kind of went to CK? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-09-05 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Captain. Klutzilla. [That's all she's got. That, and judgement so loud, Bart can almost hear it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-09-05 12:47 am UTC (link)
	[He cringes. Please don't turn him into a frog...] Okay, fine, it's more like it's got to do with his secret identity. I kinda promised him I wouldn't tell anyone, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-09-05 12:59 am UTC (link)
	[No frogs here. She thinks Bart's doing a fantastic job of humiliating himself without her help.] Why didn't you just say that in the first place? I know a thing or two about secret identities. I did date a Robin, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-09-05 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I guess you did. [The codename doesn't mean much to him - Batman's not exactly a huge hero in his world yet, and Green Arrow's identity is public knowledge. Bart flops onto the couch, careful not to jostle his stuff, before sinking in his seat further.] Most of us are still working on actually keeping it a secret. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-09-07 02:08 am UTC (link)
	So I see. Waste of time, if you ask me. [Actually, she did understand the reasons why some people chose to. But considering her father spent his life 'hiding' in the spotlight, it was hard not to think the rest more than a little paranoid.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-09-07 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	For you, maybe. You're freaking Zatanna Zatara, no one'd ever think twice about you and magic. [It's weird, seeing Zee and thinking of the one he knew from back home, but it's not an unwelcome change.] I can run away really fast, yeah, but the law's caught up to me before. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action notbabymagic 2013-09-07 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	I know my name, Bart, thanks. And it's my dad who's in the public eye, remember? Not me. But I guess the point remains the same. [Although, about that line with the law...] You and me both, right? You mentioned something about having a record. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action killerspeed 2013-09-07 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Right. [He actually hadn't remembered - not until she reminded him. Not that he'd admit to it out loud.] I did, yeah. Yours is non-existent, since Chloe erased it, but me... [He sighs, tensing up a bit.] I've done some stuff I'm definitely not proud of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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