[video] Checking In

[whyarewehere]

[ It’s that time again, gang! Grif’s broadcasting from scenic his room. You can tell it’s Grif’s room because it is an absolute disaster area. There’s all kinds of empty containers strewn everywhere, a pizza box, his other uniform (it’s rumpled and in serious need of a wash), and scattered bits of an orange suit of armor. Of note to those who’ve born witness to this appalling scene before, the far wall has a shiny little plaque on it. That’s new.

All of this is visible in the frame because Grif’s slouching back in his chair with the comm propped up on his desk. He’s a scruffy, somewhat flabby guy swiveling his chair lazily to and fro with one leg while eating… something as he talks. With his mouth full. Because Grif. ]

Alright guys, it’s come to my attention, as the one who tries to keep track of this shit around here, that we have new people. And when we have new people, that means we have new superpowers to figure out how they work.

[ Because clearly, clearly Grif is the only member of the team to take an interest in others and what they can bring to the table. It’s not that he’s nosy and just wants to know if anyone has eye lasers yet. He just gives and gives for this group, he swears.

Grif deigns to swallow before he continues. ]

So: New people. Lay it on me. Who are you, and can you do anything awesome? If it’s not awesome, make it sound awesome, cause that’s what I’m here for.

I’ll start for you:

[ He thumbpoints at his chest, getting space twinkie crumbs everywhere because he’s using that hand. ]

I’m Grif, Doubletime if you want to be that nerd who uses my code name, and I’m pretty much the fastest thing on this ship. Which is awesome.

[ He pauses for a moment, then adds, ]

…And the rest of you should probably come say hi? Tell them stuff? And tell me about the mission because I was stuck back here babysitting the ship and I mean... I took a lot of good naps, but...

[ He shrugs. Then he finishes off the space twinkie, balls up the wrapper, and throws it over his shoulder where it lands on top of the orange helmet. He is not even remotely concerned by this. ]

((( This is a free for all mingle post! Grif will reply to everyone who responds, but if you want to have a character jump into a thread with anyone you are absolutely welcome and, in fact, encouraged. This is set after the end of Lantern Plot, so characters who've been away on that are able to tag in too. )))

Comments

[leverageintceo]

The Green Lanterns frisked me and took my stuff.

[Aggravated Parker is aggravated. Also kind of twitchy looking.]

I stole it fair and square. It was mine.

[whyarewehere]

I'm pretty sure the people you took it from would beg to differ, Parker.

I mean, they usually do.

[ Simmons always did, anyway. ]

[leverageintceo]

I took it from bad guys. Bad guys don't get a say!

[whyarewehere]

They'd probably beg to differ.

[leverageintceo]

They beg less than you'd think. Mostly they just look surprised and offended that the terrible things they've done have come back to destroy them.

[whyarewehere]

[ He'd make a note to himself not to piss off Parker, because her dedication to retribution kind of frightens him, but he made that note early on when they had that conversation about hitting people. ]

What did they take from you, anyway?

[leverageintceo]

[Her codename is 'Payback', it's kind of a thing.]

All the rings I took off of bad guys. And the orange ring that came to me when the bad guys had me in their creepy fear huts. I didn't even steal that one, I just found it.

[whyarewehere]

That's probably a good thing. You know. Considering I'm pretty sure some of those were making people puke flaming blood.

[leverageintceo]

I wasn't wearing them, except the orange one, and that one didn't make me puke flaming blood. I just had them, and I put some in my pockets.

[whyarewehere]

...I thought orange was one of the bad colors.

[ He's trying to remember, it was all a bunch of rainbow nonsense and he didn't have to go on the mission anyway. ]

[frickingguardian]

So why aren't you stealing it back? Sounds like you want it more.

[leverageintceo]

Because they took it back through their time hole with them and I don't think it's connected anymore.

[frickingguardian]

Nothing good ever comes outta people screwing around with time and space, I swear...

What'd they take?

[leverageintceo]

I'll take your word for it. This is the first time it's happened to me. But on the upside, I got super powers!

[Parker waves her hands around near her face.]

The bad guys had these cool do-anything rings that were powered by rage and fear, respectively. The good guys had similar rings, but they were powered by other stuff. I took a bunch of the bad guy's rings, mostly.

[frickingguardian]

Rings? Probably space rocks. Nothing good ever comes outta space rocks either. Trust me.

Anyway-sounds like you you were helping more than they were. How many rings did they take on their own, huh?

[leverageintceo]

All sorts of cool things come from space rocks. Like science, and maybe aliens.

I don't know how many they took, because if I asked I would have wanted those too. I mean, I already did want them, but it would have been more aggravating.

[frickingguardian]

Genocidal aliens that wanna wipe everybody out, sure. I've had enough problems with space rocks; glad I avoided this ring thing.

Anyway. Next mission, hide the good stuff until after crap's settled down, maybe.

[leverageintceo]

We didn't get genocidal aliens from space rocks. Just worms that died a long time ago. And the rings weren't rocks anyway, they were weird, do-anything technology.

I did hide them. I'm really good at smuggling things past security personnel; it's what I do. They cheated.

[captainbuzzkill]

They took my stuff too! Some of my stuff, not all of my stuff. And then they changed some of my stuff. I'm getting it back, though, Aven said it'll all come back.

[leverageintceo]

[Parker pauses, regarding Dipper solumely. When she speaks, her tone is surprisingly gentle, considering her reputation.]

That's good. I would have stolen it back for you, but it's not a physical thing and the category of non-physical things I can steal is still small.

[captainbuzzkill]

I appreciate the thought, at least. And definitely understand the difficulty in stealing the intangible.

[wherenoonegoes]

Are you feeling okay?

[leverageintceo]

Define 'okay'. My brain is itchy and I want things.

[wherenoonegoes]

You should probably go talk to Dr. Ry'kerr, then. It might wear off on it's own, but better safe than sorry.

[leverageintceo]

No. I don't have to talk to therapists anymore, unless I've been involuntarily committed or it's part of a scam.