mercwithamouth:

Wade sits watching the noon-time news in horror. There is nothing he could do, nothing he could say that would change the display on the television. The last time something this terrible had happened, it had been over a year ago and he wasn't been anywhere near a news reel at the time. It had been a shock to find out about that time when he was freed from his shipping container.. but this is so much worse.

By the time Kelly or her lovely girlfriend can find him, he is a weeping soggy mess with his face pressed to the bottom of his bowling ball. In fact, he is so upset that he can't even speak at first, and instead sits there making big, hiccups as he tries to catch his breath.

Rue McClanahan, the actress who played Blanche on the Golden Girls, has died this day.

dont_bug_me:

Sydney leaned over the table, carefully working on the circuits inside the Beetle-suit's right glove.  The circuit linkages had been running a little slow the last few times she'd tested them, so hopefully this would sort that out.  While the suit did employ some cybernetics, it also relied more heavily on simple linkages and feedback responses, allowing for certain movements and muscle responses to trigger certain actions from the suit itself.

It would never be in the same power-class as the Stark armor Anya wore, but in the short term, it could fly rings around it.  Speed and agility prioritized over sheer power.

If she could get the damn linkages fixed.

sydney_ashcroft:

Of course it had to be one of those days where Sydney was running late for everything. Zoey was late getting to school because of some issues finding her sneakers this morning. Then Syd's car had issues and wouldn't start right away. She finally got Zoey to school thirty minutes late.

Which made Syd late for her karate class. She had things to discuss with the instructors after class, which made her late for lunch with her sister. Lunch ran late which meant she was late for a conference call with Mr. Stark and the board. The universe was just out to get her today.

The one thing she was on time for was picking Zoey up from school, but then Bryn was late picking Zoey up, which made her late for dinner with Avery on top of traffic.

Syd walked into the Thai restaurant twenty minutes late.