Early Sunday Morning
Jamie woke up early in a very good mood. Amazing what a small conversation can do to lift your spirits. He turned on his laptop and checked for e-mails from his friends in New York and to see if the duplicate at Xavier's had been able to track down any information on the possible mutant that was running around FH. Unfortunately there was no news from either front.
He shoved himself back from his desk and thought about the last few months. Recently he's had duplicates in Vegas, California, Gotham City and some country called Florin. He now knows police procedures, forensics, advance martial arts and how to fence with a sword.
The dupes weren't as compliant as they could be -- last time, one had even resisted being reabsorbed -- but the results of sending them out into the world to learn more skills has been worth the effort.
And it was time to try again.
Jamie stood up from his desk and knocked several times creating a group of duplicates in the room. He turned and gave them a look. "Do I really need to tell you what to do?"
All the duplicates rolled their eyes at Jamie and headed for the door.
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah."
"See you in a couple of months."
"I sure hope to God that wherever I end up there's a working toilet."
"I just hope we don't have to deal with Don and Rob again."
And the room emptied out...
Except for one nervous looking duplicate. "Um... I'm not so sure I can do this."
Jamie groaned. "What? You're just going out there to learn something. It doesn't have to be dangerous."
"It's just that... You never know where you'll end up," the duplicate whined. "I mean what if I end up in some weird hell dimension?"
"You're not going to end up in a hell dimension," Jamie said calmly. "Would you feel better if I walked you down to the causeway?
"Would you do that for me?" the duplicate asked looking slightly relieved.
Jamie did his best not to roll his eyes. "Yeah. Come on," he said as he grabbed his coat. "Let's go."
The duplicate followed Jamie down the hallway and through the school with a fretful expression on his face. "Are you sure that I'll be okay? This is a pretty scary place. There might be some of those gremlin things running around."
Jamie just gave his duplicate a look. "Yeah, I think the only thing you need to worry about is right over there," he said pointing at Locker 327.
The locker... looked like a locker. That small vibration? There must be some rattling pipes in the wall behind it.
The duplicate jumped back at the noise. "Oh my God! It's going to eat us!"
Jamie just glared at his duplicate. "You'd have to do more than that to make this sucker open up," Jamie said and then went over and knocked on the locker door very loudly. "Open up you bucket of bolts!"
When nothing happened immediately, Jamie turned back to his duplicate with a knowing look. "See? Nothing to be afraid of."
On the contrary...
The door swung open and a vortex started to pull anything not tied down into the locker.
Jamie fell over and scrambled on the floor to get a handhold of something to keep him from getting sucked in.
He looked over at his duplicate who had grabbed on to nearby door handle. "Little help here?!" Jamie shouted.
The duplicate reached over and grabbed Jamie's hand, preventing him from sliding into Locker 327. "It's a good thing I was with you. You might have disappeared forever."
A sly grin crossed the duplicate's face.
"Then again? That might be a good thing."
The duplicate then let go of Jamie's hand and shoved him towards the locker.
Jamie looked at his duplicate with a mixture of horror and disbelief as he was pulled into the locker. "You mother-"
And then he was gone.
Satisfied, the locker door slammed shut and was quiet again.
The duplicate smiled, gave the locker a satisfied pat and walked away whistling a jaunty tune.
[ooc: Preplayed with the fabulous fh_anonymous and not open for interaction. That Jamie sent duplicates out into the world is okay for broadcast. The rest is NFB.]
He shoved himself back from his desk and thought about the last few months. Recently he's had duplicates in Vegas, California, Gotham City and some country called Florin. He now knows police procedures, forensics, advance martial arts and how to fence with a sword.
The dupes weren't as compliant as they could be -- last time, one had even resisted being reabsorbed -- but the results of sending them out into the world to learn more skills has been worth the effort.
And it was time to try again.
Jamie stood up from his desk and knocked several times creating a group of duplicates in the room. He turned and gave them a look. "Do I really need to tell you what to do?"
All the duplicates rolled their eyes at Jamie and headed for the door.
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah."
"See you in a couple of months."
"I sure hope to God that wherever I end up there's a working toilet."
"I just hope we don't have to deal with Don and Rob again."
And the room emptied out...
Except for one nervous looking duplicate. "Um... I'm not so sure I can do this."
Jamie groaned. "What? You're just going out there to learn something. It doesn't have to be dangerous."
"It's just that... You never know where you'll end up," the duplicate whined. "I mean what if I end up in some weird hell dimension?"
"You're not going to end up in a hell dimension," Jamie said calmly. "Would you feel better if I walked you down to the causeway?
"Would you do that for me?" the duplicate asked looking slightly relieved.
Jamie did his best not to roll his eyes. "Yeah. Come on," he said as he grabbed his coat. "Let's go."
The duplicate followed Jamie down the hallway and through the school with a fretful expression on his face. "Are you sure that I'll be okay? This is a pretty scary place. There might be some of those gremlin things running around."
Jamie just gave his duplicate a look. "Yeah, I think the only thing you need to worry about is right over there," he said pointing at Locker 327.
The locker... looked like a locker. That small vibration? There must be some rattling pipes in the wall behind it.
The duplicate jumped back at the noise. "Oh my God! It's going to eat us!"
Jamie just glared at his duplicate. "You'd have to do more than that to make this sucker open up," Jamie said and then went over and knocked on the locker door very loudly. "Open up you bucket of bolts!"
When nothing happened immediately, Jamie turned back to his duplicate with a knowing look. "See? Nothing to be afraid of."
On the contrary...
The door swung open and a vortex started to pull anything not tied down into the locker.
Jamie fell over and scrambled on the floor to get a handhold of something to keep him from getting sucked in.
He looked over at his duplicate who had grabbed on to nearby door handle. "Little help here?!" Jamie shouted.
The duplicate reached over and grabbed Jamie's hand, preventing him from sliding into Locker 327. "It's a good thing I was with you. You might have disappeared forever."
A sly grin crossed the duplicate's face.
"Then again? That might be a good thing."
The duplicate then let go of Jamie's hand and shoved him towards the locker.
Jamie looked at his duplicate with a mixture of horror and disbelief as he was pulled into the locker. "You mother-"
And then he was gone.
Satisfied, the locker door slammed shut and was quiet again.
The duplicate smiled, gave the locker a satisfied pat and walked away whistling a jaunty tune.
[ooc: Preplayed with the fabulous fh_anonymous and not open for interaction. That Jamie sent duplicates out into the world is okay for broadcast. The rest is NFB.]