You and I in a little toy shop by a bag of balloons... [Party Thread]

[thewalkin_dude]

((OOC: Enjoy the parade! Comment on the floats, band, politicians, whatever. Mingle! ^^ Also, Flagg gives off normal human psychic-ness to anyone who might be poking around

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[clockwork_doc]

Doc has no idea why anyone in Chicago would want to hold a parade in January, especially with the cold weather they've been experiencing. Still, it's a distraction and a chance to get a little fresh air. So he's out there with the rest, black coat on and holding a cup of coffee. He's again using his weather powers to warm the air around him a tad, but he's making sure it's not all that noticeable. Too many of the regular population squeezed in around him to risk more.

He's not sure what to make of Flagg, honestly. Politics has never been his thing. Still, if the guy really thinks he can help out Chicago, more power to him. Doc sips his coffee, and idly scans the crowd for any familiar faces.

[sensi_doctor]

"Doc! Hey!" JD grins, practically skipping in his glee as he weaves through the crowd with his red balloon to reach Doc.

There may be a few peeved people left in his wake. People often have a difficult time understanding why a grown man would act like he was twelve years old.

"How's it going," he asks, holding out a fistful of candy for Doc. "Aren't parades awesome?"

[clockwork_doc]

Doc brightens immediately. "JD! Hello!" He doesn't mind JD acting like a twelve-year-old -- he's never exactly acted his age either. And it's nice to see a cheerful JD.

"I'm all right," Doc says, accepting the candy with a nod. "Wondering why they chose to have this in January, of all months, but. . . ." He shrugs. It's Chicago. "It is a pretty nice parade. They've had some truly excellent floats." Doc appreciates craftmanship, and it appears a couple of the organizations who did floats do too. "How are you?"

[sensi_doctor]

"Yeah, that seems weird. Maybe they were trying to cheer everyone up? Warm them up with an exciting parade! Or something. I don't know. I love it, anyway, but I love parades," JD says as if this wasn't beyond obvious at this point.

He scuffs his shoes against the pavement.

"I'm good. I'm really good. The last couple of months have been so good that it's... hard to believe. I mean, from all of the crazy to this."

[clockwork_doc]

Doc grins. "Well, to be fair, all these people packed in so closely together, sharing body heat -- it does warm everyone up," he agrees. "And with everything else that tends to happen in this city. . . ." He nods. "Yes, a parade is good for cheering people up."

Doc smiles and pats JD on the shoulder. "I'm glad to hear it. I'm relieved things have quieted down myself." Not that he isn't keeping an eye out for the next disaster -- they seem overdue -- but he'll happily enjoy the quiet times. He unwraps a thing of Smarties and starts popping them in his mouth. "What do you think of this Flagg fellow?" he asks, gesturing to their candidate.

[sensi_doctor]

"Yeah, their timing kind of sucks, but maybe if this one is successful enough there will be another when it's warmer. Say July or something, that might be nice," JD says and tilts his head to the side. There will be women in bikinis and water spraying on them to keep them cool. Yes, it will be great.

He smiles back at him. It's nice that things have gotten quiet. He is starting to take comfort in it.

JD blinks at the question and looks over at the man.

"... I don't know. He seems sincere and like he could totally kick ass as a mayor. Plus he looks a lot like Kevin Costner. Kevin Costner rocks. I like him! But I'm not usually into the whole political scene, y'know? Politics wasn't my best subject in school." He reminds himself to pick up Politics for Dummies at some point and have a good read through.

[clockwork_doc]

"July would be perfect," Doc says, finishing off his Smarties. "They should have a parade for the Fourth. Or perhaps some sort of barbecue event." Doc realizes he kind of wants a hamburger. He'll have to pick one up once the parade's over and people have dispersed a bit.

"Not familiar with Kevin Costner," Doc admits with a shrug. "He seems all right to me, though. If he can really do something about the craziness that infests this city, well, more power to him." He chuckles. "Politics isn't really my area of interest either. I vote when elections come up, of course, and I have some firm beliefs on a few issues, but other than that. . . ." He shrugs again. "My experiments take up most of my time."

[sensi_doctor]

"Oooh or <>both. I'd be completely cool with a parade followed by a barbeque. I miss barbeques and pools and warm places," JD says with a frown and a head tilt to the right as he runs through his memory of all of these places.

He raises his eyebrow at Doc.

"We need to watch Waterworld together." JD turns from the Costner-look-alike so he doesn't have to think about the resemblance anymore. At least not much. "I'm lucky if I get out to vote. Which makes me a bad American, I know, but I'm never informed enough! How're the experiments going by the way?"

[clockwork_doc]

"That would be cool," Doc agrees with a grin. "And yes, I miss it the temperatures regularly being above freezing too. Though it's not so bad for me, thanks to what the Rift gave me." He demonstrates by bumping up the temperature a little more briefly. "Sometimes having weather powers comes in very handy."

Doc chuckles. "All right then." He has no objections to seeing a new movie. "I tend to vote for whichever candidate seems to be in favor of the most scientific research. And they're going pretty well. Been working on a design for the time circuit control panels. I'm also planning on giving my new glider a test run soon." His grin widens a lot at that last part -- he still loves the fact he's able to fly.

[cyfor]

And lo! There was a Cy. And it was questionable. She peers into his coffee cup, enjoying the little nimbus of warmth surrounding him. Don't ask from whence she appeared, Doc, you won't get a straight answer. Or even a crooked one. She likes throwing loopdiloops in her responses.

[clockwork_doc]

Doc looks down at Cy with a quirked eyebrow. He didn't even hear her come up. She doesn't look like anyone he knows -- seems quite interested in his drink, though. "You seem a bit young to enjoy coffee," he comments. His own personal experience has been that younger people tend to find it a bit bitter. "Enjoying the parade?"

[cyfor]

"I'm old as the hills, Einstein." She peers up at him, her weird goldenrod eyes glittering with curiosity. The glittering may or may not be figurative. "What parade? The people one or the noise one?"

[clockwork_doc]

Luckily Doc's been around long enough to figure Cy is just part of the usual Chicago weirdness. "If you say so," he nods. With the various wanderers, angels, demons, and supernaturals, age is hard to pin down. "And the people one, I suppose." He gestures toward the road, where the floats are slowly but surely making their way down.

[cyfor]

"Bing, wrong. That's the noise one." She takes his coffee cup and balances it on her head. "This is the people one. The noise one's just the jewel thrown at the thief's feet. The merchant went the other way."

[clockwork_doc]

Doc blinks when she takes his coffee and puts it on her head. "Careful there, that's still got some liquid in it," he warns, eying it. The coffee has cooled off some, at least. "I guess you and I were thinking of different variables," he continues. He can do strange conversations. "I like the 'noise' one, as you put it. They made some nice floats." He shrugs.

[cyfor]

"But if floats don't float they're just land-bound boats. Why do you not make it warmer? I like it warmer." And the attempts to put the cup on his head, instead.