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Summer Gift Exchange - CONCLUSION
Hello everyone!
THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUMMER GIFT EXCHANGE.
The 18th is coming by and that means all 26 Summer Gift Exchange participants will have to give their gifts away.
Considering the eventuality that not everyone may be available on the 18th, I'm opening the 'Give Your Gift' post right now so you can give it in advance.
You still have until August 18th to give your gift, no worries.
How this is going to work:
1) Every participant has to answer that entry with their personal journal.
2) When August 18th comes by, find your giftee's comment and answer with your own personal journal, giving them their gift. You can do that in advance if you wish to.
A few days after the 18th, I will look at who didn't get a gift and start harassing their gifters. You are being warned.
THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUMMER GIFT EXCHANGE.
The 18th is coming by and that means all 26 Summer Gift Exchange participants will have to give their gifts away.
Considering the eventuality that not everyone may be available on the 18th, I'm opening the 'Give Your Gift' post right now so you can give it in advance.
You still have until August 18th to give your gift, no worries.
How this is going to work:
1) Every participant has to answer that entry with their personal journal.
2) When August 18th comes by, find your giftee's comment and answer with your own personal journal, giving them their gift. You can do that in advance if you wish to.
A few days after the 18th, I will look at who didn't get a gift and start harassing their gifters. You are being warned.
Sophie
IT'S NOT LATE 8D
Layla stood in front of him with her hands on her hips.
"I said come up to the roof with me."
Dick groaned and wondered if he could mentally root himself to the sofa if he wished hard enough.
"But it's cold and wet outside."
"Come with me anyway. There's something I want to show you."
He could be more stubborn about this... but since his wish for roots wasn't coming true, it'd be more troublesome to resist than it would be to get this over with. Plus, Layla usually had a reason for doing the things she did.
Dick sighed and slowly got to his feet.
"Okay. Just lemme get a blanket."
"No need."
Layla raised her arm so that Dick could see what she was carrying over the back of the sofa. It was a picnic basket.
"I already packed everything."
"Everything? That implies more than just a blanket."
"Well." Layla smiled that knowing smile of hers. "We're going to be up there for a while. We need provisions."
Dick raised an eyebrow, so she continued.
"If we don't go up now, the toast will get cold and mushy and that's no good at all."
Taking Layla's words as a goad to hurry up, Dick smiled wryly and started walking toward the stairs.
"I'm not even going to ask if you packed the strawberry jam."
"Of course not. You know I did."
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Dick stared at the toast in his hands. On one hand, it had definitely been toasted. On the other it was way too toasted.
He held up the blackend bread.
"You're not a very good cook, are you?"
Layla looked up from the picnic basket and smiled.
"Oh, I'm a good cook. That one's mine."
She took his bread and handed him a different slice. It was a much more appetizing shade of golden brown.
"You have really weird food preferences, by the way."
Dick sputtered as he watched her slathering her piece of charcoal with ... was that relish?
"Me? But you're eating-" He waved wordlessly at her food. "That."
Dryly, Layla gestured at Dick's toast, which he'd drowned in jam and folded in half to keep from dripping on himself.
"And you're eating a jam taco."
"It's toast with jam! What's wrong with that? Everyone eats it!
Layla rolled her eyes.
"Just because the majority of the population does something doesn't mean it's not weird, Dick. Just look at the hula hoop phenomenon of the eighties."
Dick was without anything to say. Layla just nibbled delicately at her food and smiled. Finally, he harrumphed and hunched into a ball, defensively.
"Well I like it this way."
As if to underline his statement, he took a large, exuberant bite of his toast. He regretted it immediately after when jam squished out the sides and onto his hands.
"Goddamnit."
"Here."
By the time he looked up, Layla had pulled wet-wipes out of the basket.
"These'll work better than your shirt."
PART TWO
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Happy August!
This is the first time I've drawn either of them, s-so sorry if it's fail. I tried, but you deserved something wonderful.
ALSO, it's done in markers and stuff, so if you want the original copy I can send it to you or something, I suppose.
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NO, ELLE, NO!!
I'm not actually a part of this, but, I just wanted to say...
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Manda
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ICON
OH MY GOD
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KERGIFTED
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ZERO
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What should I do?
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tussah.
You know you're a Star Wars geek when... (1/5)
NOTE 2: I am not a Star Wars geek, forgive me if I said atrocious things in there.
NOTE 3: I... am sorry?
FINAL NOTE: You know... when you asked me to join in late? Well... there was no way to fit you in, actually. So I gave you my giftee and took you as mine instead >> And then proceeded to write something hideous :)
Rating: R?
Length: 3000 words
You know you're a Star Wars geek when...
Teddy is proud of himself when he comes back home with a copy of The Empire Strikes Back in his bag. Neither him or Billy have watched or read or been in contact with anything Star Wars or Star Trek related for months. Except, well... watching the Star Trek crew posting on the forum which is, okay, really incredible. Slightly weird, but mainly totally awesome. So when Teddy found that DVD, it was an instant buy. He didn't even think about it for a second.
Who cares about being sure you have enough money to eat and pay the rent when you can watch Star Wars again? No one, that's who.
And that is so over-dramatic. He's still going to have plenty of money and one DVD is not going to ruin anyone. No, really, that was the smartest move of his week. Maybe even of the month.
He has a big dorky grin plastered on his face when he walks into the house, and looks 1around for a bit before finding Billy in their room. He's reading; it doesn't stop him from looking up at Teddy and raising an eyebrow.
"What did you do?" He asks, amused, just knowing that something's going on.
"Something awesome. I spent money --"
"We don’t have money for a new X-Box 360."
"No, you dork." Teddy fumbles through his bag slowly before pulling the DVD out and holding it in front of him, his arms extended for a dramatic showing of its case. "I spent money on this."
Billy stares, gaping a little. "I thought they had all vanished."
"I thought so too, but clearly I am a master hunter and I can still smell Star Wars DVDs from afar."
Billy stands up from his bed and abandons the book he was reading behind. He tugs on Teddy's shirt, bringing him in for a short, teasing kiss. He's smirking through it. "You're definitely a pretty good boyfriend. Quite a catch."
"'Pretty good'? How come I don't deserve a 'best' or at least an 'awesome' for that?"
Billy doesn't stop holding onto Teddy's shirt. "Because an awesome boyfriend would have found Return of the Jedi and the best one, at least the original trilogy."
"You're speaking nonsense. Empire Strikes Back is way better than Return of the Jedi."
Billy throws him quite an impressive offended look, letting his arms fall on his sides. "It is not!"
"Yes it is, and you totally know it."
"What does Empire Strikes Back have that Return doesn't?"
Teddy's look becomes very serious as he answers solemnly, "The 'I am your father' scene."
Billy rolls his eyes and sighs, "One scene doesn't make a whole movie."
A beat. Teddy raises his eyebrows. "I'd just like to point out you still know that movie by heart."
"It totally doesn't count, I know all of them by heart!"
"Uh uh. Well, I guess you'll have to wait for your other boyfriends to find Return so you can watch it with them. Meanwhile, I am going to watch this," he shakes the DVD case in his hand, "movie right now."
He smiles.
Billy squints. "You better not watch it without me."
Teddy's smile broadens. "Of course not."
*
You know you're a Star Wars geek when... (2/5)
You know you're a Star Wars geek when... (3/5)
You know you're a Star Wars geek when... (4/5)
You know you're a Star Wars geek when... (5/5)
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Lyndon
SUP
aslkajfkha I HOPE THESE ARE OKAY /scream.
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AY
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A Tale of Six Chopsticks (OR, "Well, at least it isn't Huitlacoche")
Nine times out of ten, when faced with bizarre food from the other side of the planet, Melee would smile politely and man-up. Plan soba with tsuyu sauce, she decided, was definitely the exception to this.
The thing is, she really wanted to enjoy it. Saitou had spoken so fondly of soba – which, quite frankly, it was odd to hear Saitou speak outright fondly of pretty much anything, let alone food – she’d been very keen on this evening out. Kiryu had even agreed to go and Hiruma was, thankfully, doing something or another with that annoying football team. Hellblazers? Hellpounds? Anyway. It was good to have the team, the non-destructive members anyway, assembled for once to enjoy each other’s company.
But, try though she may, Melee did not agree with this particular form of Japanese cuisine. The noodles were served slimey and warm on an elevated wooden dish. The steamed up and sort of jiggled when poked with a random chop stick. The sauce, she discovered after a rather surprising nibble, was cold. That’s right, hot noodles, cold sauce. Makes total sense.
Saitou seemed to be enjoying it, at least. Actually, the man looked as pleased as she’d ever seen him, and that included some particularly vigorous sparring sessions. Well, if nothing else, this trip would provide some interesting conversation material. Kiryu didn’t appear to have a noticeable opinion either way, though that wasn’t out and out shocking. He simply sat and munched contentedly. Both seemed rather unaware of her current dilemma. That was probably for the best.
It wasn’t until the waitress showed up with whatever side dish Saitou had ordered that Melee really questioned her presence at the restaurant.
“Here.” Saitou said, handing her a small bowl with rice and something decidedly sticky in it. Even Kiryu was giving her nugatory faces. This just didn’t bode well. “It’s Natto. You’ll like it.”
That, she replied mentally, has yet to be determined. Still. Saitou seemed too enthusiastic to just refuse. Oh well, Melee told herself, time to man-up.
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I also have an illustration to go along with this, but man oh man my scanner hates me. It will get delivered. Just... Maybe when I can use the parental computer.
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Yes you do.
Stop speaking nonsense.
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BECK
sdofiua SORRY
I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY GIFT YET but I didn't want you to think you'd been forgotten, so .a,sdmsf here's a WIP. I hope you like it so far, I WILL ANNOY YOU AGAIN WHEN IT IS DONE.
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Yami
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I like Square, too :D
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LATTTTE
.............. :o?
Kitty
Icy, she of Too Many Bees
Amy
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RYUNE (is terrible)
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Pretzels
:D
I've never seen Wall-E or played Okami but I went with the human!Amaterasu art option, which I am linking (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/tenshiamanda/Art/ammy.jpg) because it's kind of big.
ufgyaiusy I don't know if it's exactly what you had in mind but I looked at other art and worked with that 8D; ♥?
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Y HELLO.
I have something for you :3
It is not as finished as i would like as IRL went "nom nom ur free time!" but. Here it is, I hope you like it
behold (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/Invader_Rei/chyancoffee.jpg)
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Noodles
the invasion of the body snatchers; pt. 1
“For the record, I’d just like to say pre-emptively that this is totally not my fault,” Tommy says from the foot of the bed – and Teddy has to catch himself mid-thought and correct himself: Billy. Not Tommy, Billy. It is, in all honesty, a valid mistake to make (today, more than usual). Because unlike every other day – when Tommy is looking stubbornly like Billy and Billy is looking disturbingly like Tommy – Billy is Tommy, and Tommy…well, you do the math. The logistics of it – just like everything else that has to do with Billy’s powers – are vague and elusive and kind of confusing. And instead of trying to wrap his head around them, Teddy glosses over most of it as quickly and painlessly as possible, and decides that this is simply just a new and exciting way that Billy has discovered to be completely impossible.
“Uh,” Teddy says and raises his eyebrow, his face having a difficult time not scrunching up into a tiny, unimpressed scowl (a facial expression he saves just for Tommy and his never-ending Tommy-ness). “Last I checked you were the only one in the room able to make this kind of completely insane crazy and very wrong kind of thing happen, To-…uh, Bill.”
“Porter!” Tommy – no Billy – exclaims loudly and throws both of his hands in the air. He flails them about in a particularly Tommy-like fashion, which doesn’t really help Teddy’s brain at the moment so he just makes a face and stares at the ceiling instead. “Hello? Town full of newbie metahumans that like to go around daily and turn boys into girls and girls into boys and—remember that one time Nico was all unicorn-y? Pretty sure that wasn’t me!” Now out of steam, the flailing stops and sort of crumples into a worn-down heap, which Teddy immediately recognizes as Billy’s patented ‘the world hates me’ posture. Muttering under his breath, he flops uselessly back onto the bed like a fish out of water. “…Least I don’t think it was me,” he says.
Teddy watches this final display of self-pity and it’s enough to get him to actually feel bad for Billy in a particularly boyfriendly way – despite whatever optical illusions the world feels like playing on the both of them right now. Slowly, he eases himself onto the edge of the bed beside where Billy has sprawled himself, twisted around now to bury his face in the mattress, in futile attempt to smother himself. Blindly he searches for a pillow and when Teddy places one in his aimless hands, Billy immediately pulls it over his head, obscuring the mess of bright white hair that’s making this whole situation so weird to begin with. Thankfully, it knocks the weirdness factor down a couple of rungs; Teddy sighs.
“It could be worse, you know,” he says, trying to sound encouraging. “You could be a unicorn. Think about it. Unicorn.” Carefully, Teddy reaches over and pats the top of Billy’s knee – albeit a bit awkwardly. “And it’s not like Tommy’s running around everywhere with your face giving you a bad—“
Billy bolts upright in bed as soon as Teddy cuts himself off, the pillow falling away to reveal Tommy’s face, like the punchline to a really bad joke.
“Oh, eff my life.”
the invasion of the body snatchers; pt. 2
the invasion of the body snatchers; pt. 3 - finis.
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GABBIE
OH HEY GABBIE.
Yes, Little Norm and his Spider-Man t-shirt. (Because I could, idk.)
Little Norm's Little Smirk.
Little Norm's crazy hairline.
Unfortunately, I forgot about giving Little Norm's pant-seat any... Seat. So he's kinda' got the plumber thing going on.
BUT YES. I will be mailing him this afternoon.
I hope you enjoyed this short presentation.
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TALI
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Audi
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I'm really, really sorry it's so late, life's been crazy.
Hopefully this looks enough like them! If there's anything off, let me know and I'll make you something else to make up for it!
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