Guardians -Welcome to the Wild Wild West

[Synchronicity]

Lightspeed, 4/4, 0S/0L

Lightspeed/Carbon:
“Who needs to come up with an idea? The paparazzi do their job well enough for me. Come on Kev, just playin around with you.” Throwing his arm over Carbon’s shoulder, Mason gives the opposite side a squeeze.

”Yeah, I can find it quick if you don’t want to make a lightshow for us.” The same humor that found its way into Chris’s voice is mirrored in Steve’s reply.

"What, you don't like it? Too flashy, right? I'm crushed. It's better than playing with sparklers, though I admit I haven't won a game of Hide and Seek since my powers manifested. Well, unless I hide in another country. But some people consider that cheating." Chris's tone is still light as he enjoys the banter. Then, a competitive gleam shines in his eyes.

"Tell you what. We could see which of us can find the food first. I'd kind of like to know if luck's really enough when you're up against my speed. What'd you say?" Chris's tone isn't at all malicious - he seems to be curious about the outcome of such a contest...though there is the slightest feeling that he thinks he'd win.

 

[tyrlaan]

Carbon, 4/4, 0S/0L, 0

Kevin, who has been flushed pretty much consistently since Mason has been joking/teasing with him, suddenly gets a devilish grin.

"Sounds like a good challenge, Chris. I'm game."

Kevin gives Chris a friendly slap on his shoulder.

 

[Keia]

Phoenix:
Boy’s Locker Room -15 min in the future:

As the man saluted, Brandon turned his head to see if someone important was coming up behind him. When he realized it was for him, Brandon gave an ironic grin. “That’s not necessary, sir. I don’t see anyone around at the moment that cares about it, though I do appreciate it. I’m definitely new to all of the protocol and that stuff.”

“You shower in that thing?” The man is obviously looking at the armor.

“No, but I gotta keep it close,” Brandon explained. “Can’t take the chance on hurting anyone . . . .” ‘else’, he finished in thought. Shaking off the dark thoughts, Brandon added, “I’m Brandon Laine, codename Phoenix. You part of the Wildcats?”

 

[Calinon]

Longhorn

Linda lets out a bit of a sigh to find Lindsey back in her dream world, still having not moved. She dries off, pulls her hair back into a ponytail and gets dressed again in her street clothes. Grabbing her hat, she checks the time.

"Meh, I got time," she says outloud, then straddles the bench where Lindsey is sitting. "Earth to Lindsey. Come in Lindsey," she says. Not eliciting a response, she drops her cowboy hat onto the girls head.

"Alright there, buckeroo. What's goin' on in that noggin' of yours, 'cause you still aint cleaned up. Heck, you're still wearin' the spandex demon-fabric," she says, pulling at the fabric on Lindsey's arm and letting it go with a little snap. "So if ya want to talk 'bout whatever's buggin' ya, I am good at listenin'."

 

[Super Girl]

Lucy leaves Linda and Lindsy to their showers and their meetings, feeling slightly put out that Linda didn't want her along when she talked with the Lt. Col., Lucy had offered, and wasn't used to having her company turned down. She and Sandra made their way outside and across the Base, exploring the new posting with interest. The starlet grins when the pair spot the relaxing Wildcats. Lucy laughs at Sandra's comment and heads over to the Wild Cats that were watching the game, but not too close, she was not a fan of the smell of smoke.

"So what do you boys have around here for fun?" Lucy asks the soldiers, turning a dazzling, mischeivious smile on them.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Tornado, 4/4 4/4 0/S 0/L wind shield +8

Travis rolls up his sleeves and says "Guess it's time to save the day." He kisses his wife and storms to the back of the house. "Lindsey! Sandy! What in tarnation is happenin' back here? Open this door now!"

 

[Gideon]

Boy’s Locker Room:
”People accuse you of cheating just because you hide in a different country…the nerve. Let me finish up and then we’ll play your game. Lets go teams. You take…whomever is on your left (Kevin) and I’ll take the other one(Mason).

“Oh boy a race. Does a story about a turtle and hare come to mind for anybody else?” Mason says while maintaining his easy lean against Kevin.

A short minute or two later Steve is out and dry and dressed with a big smile on his face.

”Alright, ready?....go!

Karma:

”What do you boys have around here for fun?

“You.” Is muttered from one of the group of three guys smoking.

A whole bunch of stares greet you from the various groups lying around. It seems the b-ball game just ended with skins winning. Grapping a shirt a really good looking man comes trotting up 2 of his buddies in tow. “Hey ladies, what can we help you with.” His smile is full of charm and boyish mischief.

Lucy hears Sandra whisper under her breath “Taking off your pants would be a good start.” But the only audible thing is her giggle.

Phoenix:
Boy’s Locker Room-15 minutes

“Yeah, most of you guys aren’t, I’d guess. Not my game.” The man gives a shrug.

“You can’t make no sweet sweet lovin without a fire extinguisher or mutant fire absorber or something…sucks.” Shaking his head with a sad mournful face he goes on “Oh, I’m Sgt. Eduardo Brano, codename Ed. I’m a Wildcat you’re a Guardian. Did you guys pick that name? You need something more ferocious, like the Tax collectors or something.”

Longhorn:
Jumping back into the world again, Lindsey gives a big start

Um…hey, I’ll get out of the suit alright.

You can feel fear, and strength, and love like they were bricks that just dropped 10 feet onto your head. And then the mason stops throwing bricks and you suddenly feel a hole, size enough for a tractor to pull through.

LINDA, LINDA ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!

You feel a hot wet tear rolling down your face and hear the thump of the droplet into your jeans. Looking down at the puddle your tears have made in your jeans you catch the face of your watch, it’s 1539, you have a minute until your meeting.

Tornado:
The loud base thumping continues to pound. There is no response from behind the door as some ancient voice calls out “Wild night is callin...”

You feel the soft hand of your wife on your shoulder as she comes up to help. Parenting for the Harold’s has always been a joint adventure.

 

[Super Girl]

Lucy smiles at the guys that were paying attention to her and Sandra, at the 'you' comment by the one guy, the starlet winks at him, not disagreeing, she certainly knew how to have a good time, but most likely not in the way the soldier was hoping for. She shakes her head softly, and her long black hair turns into a curtain, until she gathers it up again, putting it into a pony tail. "We're new to the base, we just got assigned here as part of the gaurdians, and we were wondering if there isn't some brave souls who wouldn't mind showing us around, not the official stuff, but the actual stuff, the places to have fun, where we can spend our off duty time, that type of stuff." the girl says grinning at the man. "You up for the challenge of showing us all that?" she asks.

When Sandra made the comment, Lucy couldn't help but agree, though she wouldn't have said it, and a brief tinge of color in her cheeks, and her eyes going wide as she turned to the girl said clearly that she hadn't expected Sandra to say it either. "Sandra, your so bad," she whispers, low enough that the soldier might not hear it.

 

[Calinon]

Longhorn

"I..." Linda starts, looking at the clock and her watch with no clue where the time went. For the first time around the other Guardians, she couldn't find her smile. Looking at Lindey in confusion, then down at her jeans, she wipes the remnants of the tears from her face and tries to shake the feeling like the wind had just got knocked out of her.

"I'm.... gonna be late," she says, forcing herself to her feet on stiff legs. Turning towards the door, she nearly ends up on the floor when her boot catches the bench, banging into the lockers before regaining her balance. She manages to make a stable walk towards the exit of the locker room from there.

She stops in the doorway and looks back at Lindsey. "Get cleaned up," she says in a wavering and tired voice. "Barbeque is soon. I'm gonna be late," she says again, walking out of the room still unsure of what just happened.

Heading towards the War Room, she stares at the ground infront of her feet, chewing her lower lip as she tries to figure out what she just experienced. She wipes her face of a few more unbidden tears before turning the handle to the War Room and looks back the way she came.

"Daaaamn," she says with a low whistle, figuring out Lindsey had just done some sort of mental assault on her by accident, and feeling a little better thinking that's what had happened. She pushes the door open and reaches up to remove her hat. "Damn," she says, realizing her hat was still with Lindsey and she was a few minutes late to her meeting.

 

[Keia]

Phoenix [Brandon Laine] HP: 4/4, 0S / 0L Armor +8

Phoenix:
Boy’s Locker Room - 15 minutes

“You can’t make no sweet sweet lovin without a fire extinguisher or mutant fire absorber or something…sucks.” Shaking his head with a sad mournful face he goes on “Oh, I’m Sgt. Eduardo Brano, codename Ed. I’m a Wildcat you’re a Guardian. Did you guys pick that name? You need something more ferocious, like the Tax collectors or something.”

"Oh, I don't know, I just went from the Trojans to the Guardians," Brandon replied goodnaturedly. "I'm thinking that's gotta be a step up in the name department . . . but no - I'm not aware that the choice was ours. Probably just issued to us."