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Tweak says, "Boys have cooties."

Celeste, Esme, Mindee and Phoebe Cuckoo (fiveinone) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2011-08-03 07:30:00

Entry tags:

henry stillman, stepford cuckoos

Who: Henry and the Stepford Cuckoos
Where: Beach
Warnings: Nah

There were few things the Cuckoos enjoyed more than messing with people's minds. One of those things was the beach. The four girls wore matching silver bikinis that had men all over the beach staring. Fortunately, most of them were too intimidated to make a move.

The girls had casually mentioned to Henry where they would be. He was interesting enough, but not the sort of person they would actually invite to anything remotely date-like.

The Cuckoos were spread out on the sand, soaking up some sun. A nearby man who had been contemplating saying Hello suddenly found himself compelled to go buy four daiquiris.

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	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-10 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"Yep, that's the place." He nodded to the firepit behind the stand, driftwood benches around it, no fire there currently, though there probably would be come evening, "Have a seat, you like spicy or just lemon and butter?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-10 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"Lemon and butter's good." She sat on one of the benches, perfectly content to have him pay. He did have a few extra hundred dollars lying around, after all. So what if the Cuckoos had said it wasn't a date? That didn't mean he couldn't be polite. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

henri_with_a_y
2011-08-10 04:25 am UTC (link)

That he did, or at least a couple hundred, the rest had been turned into matching spa baskets and gift certificates that would be delivered to the Cuckoos' ~~palace~~ abode by overnight delivery sometime that weekend, as a thank-you.

He settled beside her not long after, with a stack of cushy paper towels and a basket of assorted crab legs for each of them, "Your luncheon madame." He said, handing hers over.

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fiveinone
2011-08-10 03:40 pm UTC (link)

If the other girls were jealous, they only had themselves to blame. They would never admit such a thing, of course. Mindee smiled to Henry when he came back. "Thank you." She was a happy Cuckoo. Crab legs were messy, but less so when you could have diamond fingernails.

"Our eyes don't freak you out, do they?" Most people found the white glow a little creepy, but Henry hadn't given any sign of being disturbed.

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henri_with_a_y
2011-08-10 03:55 pm UTC (link)

He arched a brow at her, tilting his head down so that he could look at her over his sunglasses, just a reminder that his own eyes weren't all that normal either, "They don't bother me at all." He said before nudging his sunglasses back up his nose with the back of his hand.

There was a crooked little smile then, picking up one of the claws and digging around for the fan of tendon, making it pinch at her, "Rawr."

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	fiveinone 2011-08-10 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	"But yours do," she pointed out, reaching a finger to stop his sunglasses from being pushed back into place. "We like your eyes. Lots of girls probably do." The look had worked for Remy, after all. She sat back, smiling at the claw trick. "Do you always play with your food?" it wasn't nearly as condescending as it would have been if Esme had asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

henri_with_a_y
2011-08-10 06:10 pm UTC (link)

"Maybe. Boys too, if Sor and Cass are to be belived, and sometimes they're not total liars. I don't like 'em though." But he still kept them, even when he knew people who could change them. Though that was more due to the fact that they were something of a family legacy and he wasn't just going to throw that away since there were other family legacies that he had.

The question, however, gave him pause, head tilting as he thought it over, having to calculate, "More often than not." He said with a nod, "You're lucky we didn't go for sushi." He had a tendency to play with the tentacles too.

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fiveinone
2011-08-10 10:32 pm UTC (link)

Mindee's brows furrowed a bit, but she was still smiling. It was a little sad that he didn't like his eyes. Mutants should be proud of themselves. "But you like your hair, right? Even if it tries to embarrass you sometimes?"

She wrinkled her nose, imagining the mess he would make with sushi. At least the shells were relatively in tact when he played with them. "Or ice cream." Though, funnel cakes had powdered sugar, and that could get pretty messy, too.

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henri_with_a_y
2011-08-11 12:37 am UTC (link)

He shook his head, "Ice cream's not for playing with. Well, not unless it's the stackable kind, or like, making one of Gir's ice cream burritos. He invented those not too long ago, they're pretty awesome."

A shrug then, "And I don't mind the hair, it's kind of like a pet I'll never lose." There was an indignant-sounding chirp from somewhere in the vacinity of his head, and Sparky, his Shadow, climbed into view atop his head, feelers waving.

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fiveinone
2011-08-11 06:54 pm UTC (link)

Mindee wrinkled her nose at the mention of the ice cream burrito. "That sounds awful." The Cuckoos weren't especially adventurous when it came to food, unless it was some new gourmet French creation. They were snobs when it came to just about every area.

She blinked then at the creature that appeared, wondering where it came from. Had it been in his hair when she was playing with it? Did it bite? "What is that?" she asked. If one of the other Cuckoos had been asking, there would have been more contempt and disgust in the question. As it was, Mindee hoped she didn't sound too rude, and that she hadn't offended... whatever it was.

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henri_with_a_y
2011-08-11 08:13 pm UTC (link)

He blinked, then smiled, setting his crab legs down so that he could pick the critter up carefully. It looked mostly like a pillbug, only the size of a softball, and somehow had way too many legs, and its angular faceplate was bigger than it should have been to be proportionate. That and the whole thing seemed to be made completely out of dark, "This? This is Sparky. He's my Shadow, and he disagrees on the pet front. Or maybe the never-getting-lost front."

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	fiveinone 2011-08-11 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	Mindee wasn't quite sure what to think of that. "It.. He," she corrected herself. "He's your Shadow?" She hadn't heard of people having funny bug shadows. She was awfully confused at this point. "He disagrees that your hair is a pet? Or that he is? Is he your hair?" Those had to be some of the dumbest questions she had ever asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

henri_with_a_y
2011-08-11 08:25 pm UTC (link)

"He, yeah, and capital-S Shadow, not like the one cast by having a light nearby, think of him as sort of like ... uh... some combination totem animal and mood ring. He pretty much disagrees about anything being a pet, and he's definitely not my hair, but he's made out of the same stuff. I think. He comes from the place I was born in, and mum's always said that's why my hair is the way it is, because of where I was born."

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fiveinone
2011-08-12 08:17 pm UTC (link)

"...Oh." That was about all she could come up with. His totem animal was a bug thing? At least Henry seemed open to her questions, and didn't sound like he thought they were dumb. "You were born in a Shadow place?" It would be much easier if she could peek inside his head. She could get all this information much quicker, and wouldn't feel so silly asking questions.

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	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-12 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded, "Mum calls it the Backstage, I've always called it the Behind-The-Scenes, same thing, really. It's like..." His head tilted, squinting skyward, picking the shell off another crab leg while he thought, "Kind of like a pocket dimension, only backwards? It's bigger than our dimension is, so sort of more like we're the pocket dimension for there." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-12 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Mindee furrowed a brow. The Cuckoos didn't know much about other dimensions beyond their home one and the one here. Time apparently seemed to be relative, though, given Sophie's age and theirs. "Do you go there often?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-12 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded, "Pretty much every day, I kind of use it to get from one place to another. Things here take up less space back there, so it's not as quick as the portkeys, but it's still faster than public transportation." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-15 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh! I don't suppose you've ever run into a blue man named Kurt there, have you?" It didn't sound too much like what Kurt talked about, and his hair didn't smell like sulfur, so it probably wasn't the same place. "Is it frightening?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-15 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	He shook his head, "Can't say as I have. Most people can't get back there." He shrugged, picking Sparky up and re-situating the critter on his shoulder, "These guys live there. Mom and me can get back there, and these guys can usually bring someone along with them. But I haven't met anyone else who can do it themselves." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-15 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Someone back home--Nightcrawler.. He can go into a place like that. But his seems.. different." She shrugged and peered at Sparky. He was sort of cute, in an unnerving way. "He seems friendly.." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-15 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh he is." Henry said, talking around another bite of crab leg, "Most of them are, these guys are the Herd, there's others back there that aren't as friendly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-16 05:13 am UTC (link)
	Mindee seemed a bit nervous. She wasn't entirely sure what to do. She knew the other girls would be totally grossed out at what she was about to ask. "Can I touch him?" She was curious. She liked playing with his hair, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

henri_with_a_y
2011-08-16 05:25 am UTC (link)

"Sure." He said, and she got another actual smile for it. He jostled his shoulder a little to shake Sparky loose, "Go on, go say hi, I know you want to." There was a rusty-hinge chirp from the critter as it scrambled down Henry's arm, moving quickly, finally launching himself in an apparent death-defying leap from Henry's arm to Mindee's, just clinging to her elbow, almost cooing.

He didn't seem to really weigh anything, and he was cool, as if something had just cast a shadow on her arm. Sparky's legs tickled, a little, sort of like having a stray hair on bare skin, invisible, tolerable, but still kind of annoying.

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fiveinone
2011-08-16 05:53 am UTC (link)

Mindee looked worried by the jump, bracing herself for the thing to tumble into her with a bit of a jostle. She could barely feel it, though. Like a tiny bug--which, she supposed, was what he was. He just seemed like he should be more heavy and solid. She looked down at her clinging to her and smiled. "Aww." He was adorable!

"You wanted to come say Hi?" She was surprised, really. She figured something like Sparky would be more shy.

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	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-16 05:59 am UTC (link)
	Sparky chirped again and Henry shrugged, "They feed off of emotions, and ... stuff. Like, basically everything we generate, electrical impulses and heat and even stray random bits of thought that don't go anywhere, those synapses firing for no reason." Another shrug, "I think he likes you though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)