Consider though, this substitute...

[theytookmypants]

Where: Crmsn's House
When: About a day after this conversation
Who: Mordecai, Legato, and Crmsn
What: Making a costume, possibly with lasers.
Warnings: None yet.

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[theytookmypants]

[The front door opens up into a rather spacious foyer with a dark hardwood floor which takes no time to lead up into the living room, just past a half wall that leads into a hallway on the left, changing up to a soft off white carpet. A green couch sits in front of some drapes that are half-way drawn over the back wall, almost hiding the sliding glass door there that leads out into the backyard and the pool, which takes up a good portion of the yard. The living room itself is comfortable looking, though it almost feels too empty, several lazy boys sit around along with a second love seat in front of a large TV and a coffee table that has coasters set out. A partition on the other side of the room separates into the kitchen and an island where several stools sit along with an actual kitchen table. The fridge, which can be seen over the island, looks like it's sitting precariously on top a sheet of metal that doesn't match up with the linoleum flooring, and almost looks like something had been burrowed under it before hand. Another hallway splits off from the kitchen leading to a rather rustic looking pair of double doors at the end with curling gold handles polished to a sheen.]

Hah....yeah. I'll be honest with you, she was the robotocist, I was just...well...she did the body work and I did the internal circuitry and electronics part of it. She did the hydraulics and working limbs part. Quite the team.

[regularbird]

[Mordecai stands in awe, looking around and taking the whole scene in.] Duuude... this place is swanky.

Oh, man. You two sound like quite the pair. Sucks that she's not around...

[sarajevo_rose]

No kidding. [Legato is leaning against the partition-- was he even there a second ago?? --and tilting back a bottle of strawberry milk. Manly. He pats the top back on and glances up at Mordecai with a slight, distant smile.]

Except for the whole "trapped with no way out," I wouldn't mind her being here at all. I honestly think she'd get a huge kick out of this place.

[regularbird]

[AUGH. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP SNEAKING UP ON HIM. He nearly falls over in surprise, catching his breath for a second.] Seriously! Stop being a ninja, Legato!

... Yeah, well... she's the kinda person for adventure and crap like that?

[theytookmypants]

[Don't mind him laughing a bit too hard he falls into a bit of coughing. Wait coughing. That's weird, a few pounds on his chest and a deep breath he shakes his head.]

Hah! Gato, stop sneaking up on the guests, it's not polite son. [He turned back Mordecai and nodded.] Oh yeah. She is a pip, hahah. And we both had a lot of adventures together, from dimension hopping to time travel, to fighting off evil. Yeah Classic Sci-fi-Fantasy dealie, Blue.

[sarajevo_rose]

[Crmsn gets a brief nervous look from Legato, before he blushes and gives Mordecai an apologetic smile.] Sorry. I'm not used to being around people that aren't used to that, yet.

[He nods and pushes up from the partition, standing upright.] Yes, and half of them these two caused themselves. [A gesture at Crmsn with a wry, albeit fond, smile.]

[regularbird]

Dude, it's fine. Just, uh, give me some warning. [He chuckles a bit.]

That sounds a lot like Rigby and I... you wouldn't believe half the things we get into by accident. Which, uh, does involve all those things you mentioned. Sorta.

[theytookmypants]

Hahah, little Rigs? You know'im? Good guy, he promised to teach me a thing or two about pranks later. Claimed he was the Master Prankster.

[He chuckled and rubbed at his chest a little. Shaking his head after a moment.]

Well come along the two of you, Legato I'll need your help anyways, we gotta set this bird up with one kick-ass costume.

[sarajevo_rose]

[He nodded and smiled, taking a brief moment to drain the rest of the bottle.] Yeah. I promised I'd help Mordecai with it too actually, with a "special effect" or two.

[regularbird]

Yeah, little Rigs. He's from my world, actually. We held the same job, working under Benson as groundskeepers. And he totally isn't, he sucks at pranking. So hard.

[Mordi nods at both of them.] Cool! So, uh, where is it?

[theytookmypants]

Hahah, you too Legato?

Duly noted, Blue. His hearts in the right place it seems though.

[Crmsn motioned to the hallway on the left and started walking.]

"Step into my parlor," said the spider to the fly.

[He laughed softly and opened the second door on the right, just past a staircase leading up to the next floor.]

It's right down the stairs here. She kinda took over the basement when I wasn't looking, and turned it into her personal workstation, along with the help of a computer genius friend of ours. I still blame them for some of the oil stains on the carpet.

[sarajevo_rose]

[Legato followed along behind them, tossing the bottle away in a trashcan on the way past. If one were looking the bottle's path seemed to curve a little to the left before sinking in, but that was a trick of the eyes, right?

Sticking his hands in his coat pockets as he walked, he looked up curiously with a chuckle.] I think I remember that story. It was because of Rock's first body, wasn't it?

[regularbird]

[Mordecai followed as well, not paying attention to the bottle but the surroundings, taking in the setting as well as the conversation. Interesting what people will talk about with people outside the know around. He'd make a point to ask about the rest of the "family" after the businees with the costume was done.]

[theytookmypants]

Heh, yeah during one of my cleaning sprees no less h-[He paused and shook his head. There were some things, Mordecai, that you didn't need to know, and that almost slip up was one of them.]

Yeah he was leaking oil all over the place! Hahah!

[The stairway into the basement was relatively narrow, but once you reached the bottom landing it opened up into a slightly dimly lit work space, a table sat in the middle of the room and several dusty old computers sat along one side of the room. Another bench along with several wracks of tools and various bits-and-bobs that may have been mechanical arms and the like, that didn't seem to have been moved in a long time. The center table was currently littered with bits of the armor, the welding torch, and a soldering iron. In their current stat they almost completely fit the original design though the "boots" looked like they hadn't been finished just quite yet, and one of the wings was still in three pieces lying against the side of the table.]

Well there it is in the rough Mordecai. I had a question about the boots actually, did you want me to add the talons? I dunno how comfortable they're gonna be, and I wasn't too sure if they'd be too heavy for you.

[sarajevo_rose]

[Legato hung back on the stairs, letting the other two move in ahead of them. He glanced around the basement and smiled slightly. Though in his memory this room had always been locked, there had been enough family stories about it that he knew what it looked like exactly. And, like everything else he was passing, this was hitting him with a wave of nostalgia that he just wanted to pause on, for the moment.]

[regularbird]

[Mordi stopped in his tracks when he saw the rough draft, his beak hanging open in... well, a mix emotions. Awe, surprise, joy... it was all there as he saw what was just a sketch nearly come to life. He walks forward, running a hand over the finished wing, taking it all in. It takes a moment for him to register Crmsn's question.] ... wow... wh? Oh. Uh, no, I, uh, don't think I actually need that. Kinda redundant, yeah? Woooow.... and you made this out of scrap?! Dude, this is insane!