dc_holiday (dc_holiday) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-05 19:10:00

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dr fate, holiday, inactive - hope free, inactive - mickey rayner, inactive - mikey dugan, inactive - nicolette hall, inactive - warhawk, inactive - wendi tyler, steven garrick, team - jsa, will freeman

Labor Day - JSA
The weather was absolutely perfect for holding a cookout.

Tables had been placed on the roof of headquarters and the large grill fired up to get nice and hot. Burgers, hot dogs, sausage, ribs, corn on the cob, pasta salad, salad and fruit salad were just some of the food available to eat. Soda, water, fruit juice and other beverages were on ice.

The JSA worked as a team to prepare the food. When they were ready, they carried it all outside and started their celebration.

It was a day of rest and relaxations for those who put their lives on the line for others.

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	handofnabu 2010-09-08 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Six actually," Mark replies and peers up from it. "You seem.... Cranky." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-09 12:03 am UTC (link)
	"I am. You're not participating. You're doing that librarian hidey thing and it's no bueno dude." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

handofnabu
2010-09-09 01:15 am UTC (link)

"It's not a librarian thing," he squawks. Then sighs loudly.

"I've had this book for a long time Nic. I'm just not very comfortable around all these people. They knew the other guy. They knew Kent. And here I come ten years after he disappeared." He looks uncomfortable. "I don't want to be compared to anyone. Hell. I'm afraid to meet your parents even though I've pretty much taken up the post of keeping an eye on this generation of the JSA."

He doesn't really think he's good enough. Which should be a laugh really. Nabu picked him for some reason. Mark just refuses to see it. Go ahead Nic. Verbally kick his ass.

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hawkgirl
2010-09-09 01:40 am UTC (link)

She arched one brow.

"You're being a whiny ass pussy." With one quick swipe, she confiscated his book. "In case you haven't noticed or somehow failed to read JSA 101, lots of us who have certain mantles have capes to fill and people who 'knew the other guy' before some monster ate him or he disappeared or he got a sex change or whatever. Some of those 'other guys' have even gone evil or gone mild or something other than being here and doin' what we do. So your dude in the hat number 2 or whatevs. I'm chick with a mace number eleventy or some shit but you don't see me cowering in a corner worrying about people thinkin' I'm not my mom or my dad or whatever winged thing to carry a mace was. Fuck, Rex even has it worse. You didn't get born into this crazy, you got picked. And instead of doing something with that you're sitting here being a girl about the fact you aren't the other dude--who I don't even know, by the way, when the truth is no one here expects you to be the other dude."

She shook her head.

"And I've got news for you, Cap. You're not keeping an eye on us if you're too busy comparing yourself to some nonexistent yardstick and finding yourself lacking. Only way you can be a role mode and a guardian is to suck it up and realize that the only person you can possibly be is you. Or in this case, you in a hat. Now, get off your ass, stop being a girl, or I'll mace you."

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handofnabu
2010-09-09 01:52 am UTC (link)

He blinks at Nic. She was both smart for her age and scary. There was wisdom in her words that was totally unexpected.

And she was right. "It's a little different you know. With you and Rex. They know what to expect from you. Me? I'm an unknown." He shrugs setting the book aside.

"And I suppose I am acting like a girl. 'Boo-hoo'," he mocks himself just a bit."Are you still on that Captain Unconscious bit? I couldn't help it. Magic."

At least he isn't sulking. "And I worry you know. After all of you. There's so much that could go wrong."

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hawkgirl
2010-09-09 02:07 am UTC (link)

"Duh, you were unconscious and thus your nickname was born. Deal, Princess." She offered him a hand to get his ass up. "Doesn't matter who we all are, everyone's got an expectation. Even from known people. The trick is to know which ones matter and frankly? Any comparison to anyone else who might have worn your particular tights before ain't the one that matters. You're a grown up, you're supposed to be the one telling me that. Ugh. I want an allowance raise for this."

She smiled at him.

"And of COURSE so much could go wrong. And you have to multily that by ten when dealing with me. But how can you worry when you're thinking about expectations. Bah. C'mon. Only way to not be in someone else's shadow is to cast your own and you can't do that over here in snooze corner. THERE IS FOOD TO EAT. You should get some. You're too skinny."

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	handofnabu 2010-09-09 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"I'll buy you shoes," he deadpans. Then he rolls his eyes. "Lord knows I never buy anything brand new for myself unless I must." Uh-huh. Clearly Nic is insane and he is along for the ride. "I do eat. just don't really put on weight no matter how much I scarf down. It's like having a magic stomach." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hawkgirl
2010-09-09 02:24 am UTC (link)

"Dude, enough with the martyr bit. Geez. Hasn't anyone ever told you to put some value in yourself? Trust me man, getting Hawknapped is a bad way of learning some self esteem but I'm pretty sure we could get some aliens to kidnap you if you don't grow a set and start respecting yourself. I don't need shoes. You could use some self-spoiling, though."

Nic ignored the magic stomach bit and dragged him tot he food...and immediately started loading things onto a plate for him.

"Beer and stale Cheerios don't count as eating. This. THIS is eating."

And for once it wasn't all bacon. Though to be certain there was a a LOT of pork products going onto that plate.

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	handofnabu 2010-09-11 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"That was just the other day. I had waffles earlier. Six of them. There may also have been coffee and bacon involved too," he says with a dismissive air. But his stomach rumbles almost ominously. "Nic? The only pork I actually enjoy is bacon. Couldn't there be some beef involved?" That much pork made him cringe. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Nic looked at Mark like he had kicked her puppy. "You...don't like ribs?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 12:42 am UTC (link)
	"I prefer beef ribs," he mutters with an embarrassed clearing of his throat. "My favorite foster Mother was Jewish, you see. Reformed, yes. But she only ever let us kids have bacon.... Too much pork just feels weird to me, you know." He had pleasant memories of that place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hawkgirl
2010-09-11 12:45 am UTC (link)

"Oh my god you're insane. You've spent too much time in books and in the clutches of the Anti Pig Authorities. Pigs are a magical animal, Mark! Rexdaddy taught me that from the time I was a tiny bird with no wings!" Indeed it was one of the only memories she had of him, the long explanation of why pigs were magic.

"You should at least TRY a pig rib. I can wrap it in bacon?"

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	handofnabu 2010-09-11 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"She let me have bacon? She just didn't want to stray too far into ignoring the culture she grew up in," Mark defends in a soft even tone. It is obvious though he isn't offended at all. The corner of his mouth won't stop twitching after all. "I think that sounds..... Tasty. And at least I don't insist on kosher hot dogs. Though beef hot dogs can be amazing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 12:52 am UTC (link)
	"I'll give you the kosher hot dogs. Those don't suck. Especially with baconnaise." Nic sat down the plate and started sheathing ribs in bacon. "The answer is not 42. It's bacon. Honest. Here." She presented him a very baconated rib. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 01:00 am UTC (link)
	She really is obsessed with bacon, isn't she? He takes a bite. Then. Well. The sound he makes it not for public use really. "Oh my god." Om nom nom. That rib is very quickly stripped bare. Nic should be careful to not wave her fingers in the face of a hungry tall skinny guy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"Hee! Have another. Maybe a dozen." She hands him more, mindful of her fingers. She understands bacongasm. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 01:04 am UTC (link)
	More like he just realized he hasn't eaten since about six am. He tears into them with gusto. "Thanks Nic." There is furious chewing. "Didn't realize I was hungry." Much more chewing. "It takes me a while to notice when I'm hungry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 01:05 am UTC (link)
	"Is because you don't pay any attention to yourself, Princess. Really. You should trust me more. I know what's good for you. Like bacon-wrapped ribs. Oh, there's potato salad, too. Just it has no bacon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 01:14 am UTC (link)
	"I just got caught up in that book." He shrugs. "Books distract me. It's... one of the reasons I don't date. Women hate it when you like books more than them, or some strange reason," he says with an amused twist of his lips. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"Then you need to work on finding women who you like more than books. Dude, really. I'm jailbait and I have a better sex life than you do and there is NOTHING wrong with you. Even your nerdfactor isn't that bad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 01:33 am UTC (link)
	He shouldn't say that's impossible because then Nic might go behind his back and put up a personal ad. He wouldn't put it past her. "It's because I also like beer, hmm?" He smirks lightly. "I suppose I could do with.... getting out more." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 01:36 am UTC (link)
	The personal ad was in fact something Nic would do. It was something she was already working on. "Beer's a start! And they serve beer in BARS! Hell, there's even some Irish bar thing around here where you could take a book and NO ONE would look at you funny. Except for the Hawk with a mace staring at you from the window." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 01:44 am UTC (link)
	"Well so long as I don't end up a lush in an attempt to meet people," Mark says with a shrug. "Ah! I know the place you're talking about. It's nice. Good crowd. More my style than Warrior's, really. I don't like superhero groupies. They tend to not be very bright." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2010-09-11 02:12 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, they're a little on the dumb side. And you can't handle dumb. That's why we'll do an IQ test." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	handofnabu 2010-09-11 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"If they recognize Tennyson, I'd be pleased., They don't need to be geniuses you know. But I like discussing literature with people I like if they show an interest." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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