It's possible that the Cooper household has seen more bizarre processions than the one currently descending from on high upon it. But it's pretty damn unlikely
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"There's also bunkers made out of earth," Marley grins as he wanders over to Steve. "Good to see you didn't get eaten by any squid." No, he hasn't noticed the krakenling yet.
Don't mind Gabriel. He was just taking a nice innocent walk in the lovely... uh, ramshackle field... and now suddenly and without warning he's staring at himself. Or, what's worse, a slightly older him. He's met Eden and Claire. YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING. (Besides 'why didn't Inty see this coming'... she did say the transfers weren't predictable.)
He stands and looks freaked from a safe distance. ...Mainly because the freaked is of too great a volume currently to permit actual movement of the approaching or running variety.
"Yeah," says Val to Marley as she carefully sets down her burden, just as quietly.
Then:
"...Gabe, sweetie? Don't look now, but there's another you over there and he kinda looks like he just swallowed a bee. You got a twin I don't know about?"
"You guys been talking about me behind my back?" asks Stephen, equally quietly, but with a shade of extra amusement. Also, to Mar: "You wouldn't believe how close I came, though." Nod towards Spots.
...other Gabe whut.
"...It might be an alternate you from this dimension," he adds to this Gabriel (helpfully and tactfully!). It takes a few seconds, though. Theory and practice are such different beasts.
"C'mon, Steve," says Val, tugging on her brother's hand. "Let your new buddy get to know himself." And she won't even tack on a masturbation reference there! "You better catch up with me 'n Mar. There's a supervillain on the loose - forgot to mention it."
Both hand-tugging and the resistance therof are made difficult by the sheer volume of kraken currently taking up Stephen's arms. Look out, Val, your hand is within range and you are therefore a squiddy cuddle target. Perhaps it feels a kinship with you.
"...Oh, you're joking." Facepalming is also, tragically, off-limits. "Well, I guess I should be glad that you haven't gone after him yet, at least."
"Right. And you're here, now, so we have you on side, too." Marley would give Steve a playful shoulder-punch, but that would mean putting his hand near the baculite.
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Quietly, to Val: "Told you so."
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Don't mind Gabriel. He was just taking a nice innocent walk in the lovely... uh, ramshackle field... and now suddenly and without warning he's staring at himself. Or, what's worse, a slightly older him. He's met Eden and Claire. YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING. (Besides 'why didn't Inty see this coming'... she did say the transfers weren't predictable.)
He stands and looks freaked from a safe distance. ...Mainly because the freaked is of too great a volume currently to permit actual movement of the approaching or running variety.
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Then:
"...Gabe, sweetie? Don't look now, but there's another you over there and he kinda looks like he just swallowed a bee. You got a twin I don't know about?"
Hey, it's the first thing that springs to mind!
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...other Gabe whut.
"...It might be an alternate you from this dimension," he adds to this Gabriel (helpfully and tactfully!). It takes a few seconds, though. Theory and practice are such different beasts.
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"...Oh, you're joking." Facepalming is also, tragically, off-limits. "Well, I guess I should be glad that you haven't gone after him yet, at least."
...Has she?
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