Sam Fury (sammyfury) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-06-18 12:04:00

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Something happened on the way to Comic Con...
Sammy made good on her promise. She flew out to Arizona to meet Tim and go with him to San Diego. She even allowed him to pick out her costume. What she didn't sign up for was the long drive across the desert to get there. For some weird reason she expected them to fly.

She fell asleep immediately when they left before dawn, only to wake up when she sensed the car wasn't moving any longer. It was hot already when she opened one eye to see where they were. Which was nowhere. All she could see was the highway shimmering in the distance and lots of flat land covered with scrub.

Sitting up, she covered a yawn and shook her head awake. "Are we stopping for breakfast? Is there coffee?"

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	sammyfury 2012-06-26 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	"It's not healthy. If I can't get you out for field work, you can at least look like you have a nodding acquaintance with sunshine." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-06-26 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't like getting acquainted with sunshine. I only have two colors. Labrat pale and lobster red. Lobster red hurts and no one rubs lotion on me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-06-26 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Didn't I hear you were having lunch with one of the other labrats?" she teased. She handed him a bottle of water. "And there are spray on sunscreens out there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-06-26 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	"The scuttlebutt is blowing things out of proportion. It was lunch and it was a working lunch. We were going over designs." He accepted the bottle of water. "Thanks. Besides, she's not my type and where's the fun in spray on sunscreens?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-06-26 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Scuttlebutt is the only way to hear anything interesting. It helps me keep up with you when you're busy on a project. And the fun in spray on is that you don't turn into a lobster. You're about as much Irish as I am, and you turn well-done in the sun." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_legacy
2012-06-26 09:09 pm UTC (link)

"If you want to know what's going on with me all you have to do is ask," he said as he shut the hood. He had no idea what was wrong with the car and wouldn't without diagnostic equipment.

"The only fun part about sun burns is having a pretty girl rub the lotion on you." Not that Tim ever had a pretty girl ever rub anything on him. He didn't do too well dealing with girls he didn't know.

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	sammyfury 2012-06-27 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	"I do ask you. You talk about the lab. What you do is pretty incredible and I don't get a word of it." Sammy opened the back door and sat down with her feet outside. It wasn't any cooler, but the shade was nice. "Makes me feel like the slow kid sometimes, but we're just good at different things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-06-27 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"What else would I talk about? You don't like the sci-fi stuff. I thought it'd be helpful if you knew how the tech worked." He scratched his head. "Has to be the fuel pump." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2012-06-28 01:50 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not complaining. You're smart and you're interesting to listen to, and you're right, I need to know how the tech works. There will be plenty of times I'll have to repair or rig my own equipment in the field. It's just...our lives are sci-fi. I /stop/ time, Tim. Long enough to be a kickass assassin or spy, or to pants my best friend. I bet you go to these cons just to see what other next imaginary thing you can turn into reality. I bet you have working models of the Terminator's gun and Luke Skywalker's lightsaber under your bed."

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shield_legacy
2012-06-28 02:47 pm UTC (link)

He tilted his head. "I like sci-fi," he said. "I don't go to the conventions just to get ideas. I genuinely like that stuff. I like the stories." The women in tight uniforms or lack there of didn't hurt any either. "Yes, I do get ideas from the stuff, but that's not the only reason why I go."

He was so not going to comment on the Terminator gun and the lightsaber. He did have a plasma rifle in the 40 watt range and a working lightsaber, but they were his little secrets.

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	sammyfury 2012-06-28 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	"It can be a lot of fun," she admitted. "And it's a life outside your lab," she added with a smirk. "I knew you had one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-06-28 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	"I have a life outside the lab, thank you very much. I go rock climbing, kayaking, skiing, etc." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-06-28 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	"And sci-fi conventions. Been working on that list of panels you want to see?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-06-28 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	"The list is done," he said. "There's even going to be a Firefly 10th anniversary reunion. I'm hoping to score Jewel Staite, Gina Torres and Morean Baccarin's autographs and pictures with them." Even though Tim had someone he was interested in, he could still fanboy with the best of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-06-28 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	"You got it. I'll even take the pictures for you." She was whiz at jumping lines. Her best friend should reap the benefits of her ability whenever possible. "And how nice you won't be a lobster in those pictures." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-06-28 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Now see, if I were a lobster, those pretty women may take pity on me. I wouldn't mind that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-06-29 12:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Pity for a minute, then you're stuck with the sunburn, Timmy. Would it be worth it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-07-02 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	Tim just gave her a look. "Of course it'd be worth it. Pretty girls taking pity on me? Hell yes. You don't take pity on me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-07-02 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	That sounded vaguely argumentative to her and she was at a loss to understand why. Maybe that lunch date she'd heard about went sour. Maybe it was because he couldn't fix the rental. Hell, he was a guy and Irish. It could be anything. "All right, the very next time you get a sunburn, I'll take pity on you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-07-04 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"No you won't," he teased. "You've never taken pity on me for as long as I've known you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-07-04 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	"But I'd try," she protested. "I'd try hard but yeah, I probably won't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-07-04 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	"See? I knew it. This is why I need pity from pretty girls." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-07-04 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, you need pity from pretty girls because your best friend won't pity you? That's not my job. My job is to make sure you never go to jail alone and get you drunk on important occasions." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_legacy 2012-07-04 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	"That's part of the best friend job description as well," he said. "The fine print." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2012-07-05 12:30 am UTC (link)
	"Now you're just making stuff up. The next thing you'll say is that we have an official best friend agreement." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)