No invasion, but there's pie

[jla_extras]

The heroes continue to arrive and partake in the Thanksgiving feast, with varying degrees of relief that the "alien invasion" was merely a ruse.

Comments

[_wondergirl_]

"So, I'm taking a wild little guess here and saying that the only emergency there actually is has to do with an overabundance of food." Cassie raises an eyebrow as she arrives.

[starfire_kory]

"Hello! Tell me, what is a good counteragent for eating turkey?"

[_bird_of_flame_]

"Naps. Or a lot of coffee and lazing in front of a tv for awhile." Bette herself has a cup of coffee in hand.

[starfire_kory]

"That sounds like defeat rather than resistance."

[_bird_of_flame_]

"In this case, I don't mind losing." Bette's mood seems to be lightening up slowly but surely.

[speedy_mia]

"Don't think of it as defeat, think of it as a rightful indulgence in a good meal and of rest well earned." Speedy pipes in.

[starfire_kory]

Kory considers, then shrugs and digs into her slices of turkey.

[_bird_of_flame_]

There is a not to Speedy and Flamebird smiles at Kory, leaning back into her seat.

[damage_granted]

Grant has managed to wolf down one plate and is saving room for dessert. He'd considered seconds, but indigestion isn't high on his list of holiday traditions. Mar'i, meanwhile, seems to be in the mood for chocolate - the more, the better.

Thus, he sits down next to Cassie, across from Mar'i now, his foot bumping against the Tamaranean's under the table. "Well, I think someone managed to get the last slice, but I got you this instead," Grant says, passing a plate of chocolate silk pie to Nightstar, then reaches for his own dessert.

"Happy Thanksgiving," he says, grinning over at Wonder Girl.

[_wondergirl_]

"Happy Thanksgiving," Cassie replies with an amused grin at both Grant and Mar'i.

She knows there's something going on there, and...it's cute.

To put it mildly.

[speedy_mia]

It's so cute and requires a comment about it at least.

"That's the second chocolate dessert you've gotten her." Speedy says causually to Grant, "I seem to remember hearing that chocolate has some of the same chemicals that are similar to those released in the human female during sex." She's fighting to hold back a grin.

[mari_grayson]

"Think it's the same for Tamaraneans?" asks Mar'i.

[_wondergirl_]

Cassie chokes on her cheesecake. "Aren't Tamaraneans already...I mean...do you guys even need chocolate to..."

There is no polite way to put this, is there?

Zeus, she wishes Kon was here. He tended to be better at the blunt stuff.

"I thought you guys were already pretty sexual to being with."

[damage_granted]

"I...she just...she asked and...well..." Grant stammers, looking over at Speedy. The idea that chocolate does, well...that to a female body had been the furthest thing from his mind.

Mar'i's question, the look she exchanges with Speedy, and Cassie's rather halting response don't do anything to calm his surprise. For the moment, Grant just sits there, looking between the three women, a bite of cake balanced on his fork, hovering above his plate.

[mari_grayson]

"We are, Cassie." Mar'i digs into the chocolate pie. "But it's not like I have an orgasm every minute of the day. I'd never get anything else done if I did."

[speedy_mia]

To Grant in a lower voice while patting him on the shoulder. "Just eat your chocolate cake and take some mental notes." Then to Mar'i in a conversational tone, "So you are not opposed to the idea of having an orgasm every minute of the day when you have a day that you don't have anything else to do?"