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Housework

Apr 07, 2006 15:30

Now that the rain had more or less stopped, Ollie was doing minor repairwork to his hut. It leaked in the rain and fell apart quite easily and often, but he liked it better than sleeping in the creepy compound. He'd spent more than enough time there when the unknown jackass had left him as a dino-snack ( Read more... )

jim halpert, william de worde, oliver queen

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jim_halpert April 7 2006, 21:06:11 UTC

Why hadn't he known about this place when he first came?

Walking into the Green Estates area slowly, he glances about, admiring the few huts he could see. Truly, had he not had one already, he certainly would have went to try and get one of these spots. Shrugging the thought off, he focuses himself on the task at hand.

He didn't know which one Ollie was, to be honest. He had heard the name dropped at the club and after a little investigation had found out he lived in this general area. He couldn't see anyone around, though he did hear whistling which he figured was a good start in his search.

Walking over, he shaded his eyes, glancing up and there someone was. He recognized him from the club, though they hadn't met personally.

"Uh, excuse me?" Jim calls out. "I'm looking for someone. Do you know an Ollie that lives here?"

olliegreenjeans April 7 2006, 21:13:55 UTC

"Depends," Ollie says, looking down from the roof, "if it's something bad, he's tall has long hair, a stupid knit cap, and looks like a gigantic stoner."

Ollie drops athletically to the ground right in front of the new guy. "Of course, if it's not, you're looking at him. Oliver Queen," he says, sticking out his hand.

jim_halpert April 7 2006, 21:25:56 UTC

Jim steps back a bit, startled as the guy lands next to him. He glances between the spot he had jumped from and then back at the man, unable to figure out how he didn't just break his legs. Deciding not to ask, he clears his throat, taking his hand and shaking it.

"Jim Halpert. Nice to meet you," he says, grins. "Were you referring to Jay? I'm pretty sure he is a gigantic stoner."

Jim had to wonder what the guy was doing now, though. Probably giving out badly drawn pamplets still.

"I'm from the archery club. Heard your name dropped as someone who makes bows. Figured I'd attempt to persuade you to make me one. So...can you make me one? Please? I can uh...do...something...for you? I'm not sure what that something is, but..."

olliegreenjeans April 7 2006, 21:31:29 UTC

"Pleasure to meet you, Jim. I had the unfortunate luck to wind up in Jay's head not too long ago. I was not impressed." The fat guy had given Ollie a pamphlet. It had a caricature of Jay making out with, of course, Apollo, and it hadn't brightened Ollie's day. He was keeping it, however, for the look on Jay's face when Apollo gave it to him.

"Sure thing. I don't have any just now, but I can make you up one pretty quick. What do you normally benchpress?" Ollie, having worked out for hours every day for nearly 30 years now, cannot imagine someone not doing so. "And as for payment, don't worry about it. I'm a communist. Which is probably a good thing for this island, considering I'm a land developer and arms dealer."

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dogbitesman April 7 2006, 21:21:13 UTC

William felt a little bad that he'd gotten sidetracked and forgotten to follow up on investigating the hut situation. Although it was entirely Sacharissa was ahead of him and had already done it, although he thought she might have told him had that been the case.

Still, even if she had, looking at them he was rather inclined to think he'd like one of his own; it certainly beat sleeping in the compound, trying to beat the fuzzy green-haired laconic man to his favourite couch so he didn't have to sleep on the floor and being woken up whenever the jukebox decided it was time for some mood music.

"Excuse me," he said, craning his neck at the man working on the roof. "You wouldn't happen to be Oliver Queen of Green Arrow Estates, would you?"

olliegreenjeans April 7 2006, 21:25:52 UTC

"Owner and sole proprietor," Ollie says in his best TV commercial voice. "Please come in and see what we're all about. Enjoy our beautiful ocean view and the added security of a live in superhero and IPD officer. Convenient to the waterfall, the crashed Spaceship, and probably the Island school, if we ever get that set up."

Getting a little carried away, Ollie flips off of the roof and lands behind De Worde. "All yours for the low, low price of corvee labor and some string, if you've got it."

dogbitesman April 7 2006, 21:34:59 UTC

William stared at him a moment. "...right. Superhero? As in, a level above a regular hero? How does that ... no, never mind, it's not so important right now."

He paused, and fished through his pockets in case he had some string. "I don't have any string on me, but I know there's some in the compound; I used it to make nametags when the body-switching was going on. Er. It wasn't very thick or strong string, though. Aside from that, I'm hardly the world's best labourer, but I'll do my utmost to help out; how much labour would you need for two huts? I have a colleague from home who also needs one, and she's hardly the sort for manual labour."

olliegreenjeans April 7 2006, 21:40:31 UTC

It's probably for the best that William doesn't want to hear about the superhero thing. Ollie has to talk fast to get around his no powers thing, and he doesn't like to talk about it.

"Don't worry about it," Ollie says, waving off the string. "I was just thinking that hammocks might raise proerty values. Suprisingly little work goes into one of these puppies," he says, kicking the strut lightly, "the one condition for moving in is that you have to help out anyone who wants to build a new one. We've got a pretty good group of people around, so we can throw one or two of these up a day, unless you want some sort of special package on them."

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b_for_bastard April 7 2006, 22:14:42 UTC

"Hey. They say you can make bows. You want anything in trade?"

Richard believed in getting straight to the point.

olliegreenjeans April 7 2006, 22:28:02 UTC

Ollie looks up a bit to look the guy in the eye, after looking him over for a second. "Yeah. Don't do anything stupid with it and make me come after you." Ollie is pretty sure he could take Riddick. But not 100%.

He's joking, anyway. Ollie kind of wants to fight him now because of that uncertainty.

b_for_bastard April 7 2006, 22:29:50 UTC

"...I'm not stupid with weapons. I need something to practice with." He crossed his arms. "I do brute labor, I can hunt and carv bone. Whatcha want for a bow, same draw as Faramir's?"

olliegreenjeans April 7 2006, 22:39:28 UTC

"Stupid would be using it on someone so I have to hunt you down." Ollie crosses his arms back at the guy and stares at him in an intimidating manner.

"Don't worry about payment. I've got two or three to make anyway, it's not a hassle and it gives me something to do. If you're adamant about payment, though, some bone arrowheads could be useful, if you're good at carving them."

Ollie's been saving his metal points, but he figures that other people might like some arrowheads, too.

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