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Jul 17, 2008 17:59

Michael had the urge to bake. Now that he'd perfected a sort of pineapple bar recipe, he only kept it for special occasions so it wouldn't get old and kept it's special quality. But there really hadn't been a special occasion for a while and he'd been itching to make them for a few days. So today, he gave into the urge and headed to the kitchen ( Read more... )

guy burgess, kim philby, tim mcgee, lex luthor, michael novotny

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elflordmcgee July 17 2008, 22:32:36 UTC

"Hey...Michael?" Tim glanced elbowed Michael a little, hoping to get him out of the stupor he seemed to be in. "Hey, are you okay? You look as if you've seen a ghost."

Although wasn't that...? No. His luck couldn't be that bad. Even if every person he seemed to be running into was someone he knew from TV. It had to be some other Michael Rosenbaum character, right? Or maybe Michael Rosenbaum himself.

always_zephyr July 17 2008, 22:44:43 UTC

Michael blinked and shook his head before turning to Tim. He hadn't even noticed the other man come in, his concentration completely on the now confused looking super villain in front of him and the Brit, who was once again ignoring everyone in the room. "I...uh..." He waved at Lex. He couldn't put voice too it, it was too disturbing.

capable_of July 17 2008, 22:49:01 UTC

Lex just looked between the two of them, not quite sure what was going on. "I just introduced myself. While I'm used to cold receptions, I'm afraid the one's I've been getting on this island have just been confusing." Bart had confirmed there was another version of him, but that was all. Not what this other version had done. He look to the other man and raised an eyebrow slightly before extending his hand, "What will you do when I tell you my name is Lex Luthor?"

elflordmcgee July 18 2008, 02:29:14 UTC

"Pat Michael on the shoulder," which he did, "and introduce myself." Okay, and maybe stare for just a minute. It was Lex Luthor after all. After a brief minute, he held out a hand. "Tim McGee." And now he understood what Michael was flabbergasted over. Not only was this Lex Luthor, this was a young Lex. From the television show, if he remembered right."

always_zephyr July 19 2008, 01:28:25 UTC

Michael had heard about the show, had even seen an episode or two, but with all the excitement of the shop and Ben and the lack of cable tv to watch a show half way into it's first season, he hadn't paid that much attention. So this young Luthor was very much a surprise to him. He was tempted to ask Tim if he thought this was maybe a clone, but he had more manners then that. Even when it was super villains. "I...uh...sorry?" He finally stammered out weakly, taking strength from Tim's presence. At least he wasn't alone with the two of them anymore.

capable_of July 19 2008, 01:32:48 UTC

The staring and the stammering caused Lex to raise a skeptical and slightly unamused eyebrow. Once again he was faced with this unknown thing and he was determined to find out what it was. But it would have to be done delicately.

Still, he took Tim's hand with a polite smile. "It's my pleasure. As Michael and I were discussing before he seemed to loose his tongue, I've only been here a few days and his baking reminded me of home in Smallville." He graciously dropped details, hoping to gauge reactions from the two. He ignored the man at the table, who seemed to be doing the same to them.

elflordmcgee July 19 2008, 04:48:17 UTC

Tim pressed a hand to Michael's arm. "He's just...shy." Yes, shy seemed the right word. Or at least the word not likely to get them both in trouble. "And really, who hasn't heard of the Luthors of Metropolis?" Yes, that was probably the safest thing to commit to. No use telling the guy that not only was he fictional, but that he was to become an evil genius sometime in the future.

always_zephyr July 21 2008, 01:18:55 UTC

Michael gave Tim a look of thanks before looking back to Lex. "I uh...yeah. I'm not very good at meeting famous people. That was always more my friend Brian's thing, hob-nobing with the social elite." Wow, that was pathetic but he could only hope Lex bought it.

capable_of July 21 2008, 01:25:50 UTC

Lex just looked between the two of them, a bored look on his face while his brain was ticking away. Again, there was something they weren't telling him, something more then nerves at meeting a Luthor. It was almost like...meeting someone who they were trying not to be afraid of. Lex has sat in on many of his father's meetings, he knew the reactions well. But it still didn't help him."

"Of course. But here, I'm just like everyone else. It's...a relief to be honest." There was no harm in continuing the conversation. There was still more he might learn.

elflordmcgee July 21 2008, 06:24:51 UTC

"Really?" Tim said, turning to Michael for a minute. "Sounds like my friend Tony. He always seems to want to relive his childhood as rich poster-boy." Of course, his attention was inevitably drawn back to Lex. Honest. Huh. While there were many things one could say about Lex Luthor, honest wasn't one of them. He didn't think.

He'd never been a big fan of the show.

"They do call it Tabula Rasa for a reason."

always_zephyr July 21 2008, 19:53:19 UTC

"Brian just likes to think he grew up a rich poster-boy." Michael agreed for lack of anything better to add. Talking about Brian was much safer then the young man looking at them.

The oven timer dinged and Michael excused himself for a moment to remove his bars from the oven, glad for the distraction.

capable_of July 21 2008, 19:59:56 UTC

Honestly was a loose subject with Lex. While he never lied, he just never told the whole truth. Honesty he reserved for people who earned it, like Clark. Much like his trust.

"So I've heard. An appropriate name."

elflordmcgee July 21 2008, 22:51:57 UTC

And now Tim was alone with Lex Luthor. He barely refrained from sending Michael a dirty look. "I suppose so. I guess there are some of us that were happy with the way things were, though. I kind of wish I were still back home, even though I've been here...well, a long time. Almost a year."

Which was a decent landmark in a place like this.

He glanced at Michael again, hoping he was coming back soon.

capable_of July 22 2008, 00:40:14 UTC

A year. Lex hadn't put much thought to the amount of time he'd heard people had spent here. He'd spent two years exiled in Smallville and his father could still get to him. Here, he was safe from his father and that was more then enough to make up for the lack of power and resources that he was used too. For now.

"It doesn't surprise me that not everyone would be happy here. I'm sure there are some people who had good lives at home which they would rather return too. Myself? This is an improvement." He watched the other man, Michael, move off to check what was baking out of the corner of his eye. "Your friend. I seem to make him nervous. Is he really that shy or is it something else?" While he had had reactions along those lines from people who had been hurt by his father, this was strangely different.

elflordmcgee July 22 2008, 01:01:03 UTC

Tim glanced almost desperately at Michael again. "It has to be that, right? I mean, what else can it be? Maybe a little bit of starstruck because, well, Luthor." In many more ways than one. Lex Luthor and he couldn't have been older than Tim.

"But what did you do, back home?" Get the topic away from their nerves. "Back home, I mean? You're, what? 28? 29?" Younger, maybe, although it was a little doubtful."

capable_of July 22 2008, 22:58:53 UTC

"22." said Lex as he bit back a laugh. "And I was exiled to Smallville to run a crap factory by my father, which I eventually took over to form my company." Everyone in his world knew the story, the Luthor play boy who had blossomed rather then floundered in the small town, but he had a feeling this man didn't. It only proved his own theory that something was off.

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