[OOMs left over from Christmas:

12/21: Tommy pays a visit to his brother David, ostensibly to wish him a Merry Christmas but more to drop the J-bomb in the guy's lap. Unfortunately for Tommy, David manages to give as good as he gets in terms of surprises.

12/22: Back in Angel Grove, Dr. O follows through on the advice that David gave him and ends ( Read more... )

There's a Ranger in the bar this evening, or at least the civilian alter ego of one. Dr. Tommy Oliver may be found sprawled across his customary sofa, countering the heat from the fireplace with a glass of iced tea (lightly sweetened, twist of lemon). For once he seems to be taking a break from everything work-related, and is instead absorbed in a ( Read more... )

After yesterday's little event Dot's mood went from mildly annoying to seriously pissed, and has remained relatively constant since then. During work most of the staff were treated today to a visage of a side of her they thought had been left behind during the cycles of Megabyte's reign ( Read more... )

Don't feel bad, Milliways patrons, but... well, you make being in the squarely average category of "smart enough to know you're not that smart" hard. Harder even than it usually is.

In other words: imagine an older and dubiously more mature version of the most painfully gawky and self-effacing kid you knew in school, sitting (in a somewhat awkward, ( Read more... )

Tommy's never been very good at that little thing called punctuality, but he does try. Which is why the first thing he does when he arrives in Milliways, and he hasn't managed to get in since before Christmas, is run to the bar proper and set down a pile of packages, containing digitized gifts for Dot Matrix (a selection of flavourful but potent ( Read more... )

From the look on his face and the large vidwindow he's carrying, it looks like Bob's finally figured out his gift list. "Bar?" he says, setting the window down on the countertop. Could you order these things for me and give 'em to the people indicated on the list? Put it all on my tab ( Read more... )

There's a Ranger in the bar, and if he looks a little haggard, that's because he is. He's also feeling terribly apologetic to every teacher and professor that he's ever had from high school onward, because he's just discovered that as bad as taking final exams can be, dealing with them from a teacher's standpoint is one hundred times worse. He's ( Read more... )

There may still be ten days until Christmas, but Tommy Oliver is bound and determined to get things done in a timely fashion this year. This is especially true since he's going to be spending more time out of town than he usually does, and therefore has to get everything that he's taking with him dealt with before he leaves ( Read more... )

Aloud, in the relative privacy of the Dino Lair, Tommy often remarks to his teammates that the longer they wear the uniforms, the more second-nature things will become. It's often a comment that's merely the first part of a statement, one that concludes with, "So please, stop letting your guard down so often." It's a lesson that Ethan could stand ( Read more... )

Being digitized does not, Tommy has discovered, grow any easier with repetition. It is still a wholly unnatural and unsettling experience, though one that he'll voluntarily subject himself to in order to help his friends ( Read more... )