Harry Reesen (in_reserve) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-08-26 19:22:00

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Awkward Bonding Time
Sure he may have been pretty much the only team member to not live at the HQ but it didn't mean that Harry didn't spend a lot of time there. There was never much to do at home and he rather liked his teammates. While he get along with everyone at work and school, he didn't really have many close friends. Which was understandable, Harry didn't really open up much.

But more than anything he wanted everyone on the team to get along at the very least. Ideal scenario would be that they were all good friends and Harry was trying very hard to make sure they hit the minimum 'getting along' level. Though he was having a tough time with Lenny. Although he understood why.

Still, he had to try. So Harry goes to find Lenny to see if the guy was free to do anything.

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"It's been awhile. Not sure I'd even remember all the rules," Lenny admitted, but he wasn't saying no. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 12:17 am UTC (link)
	"Same but we can figure it out. The rules are probably in the box." He did his best welcome-looking smile in hopes of trying to get that not no into actual participation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 12:23 am UTC (link)
	Lenny thought on that for a moment. "..okay, Harry. You're on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 12:29 am UTC (link)
	This time he does beam. Success! "Nice! I'll go get the stuff and we can meet in the living room? It'll be a fun break." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Lenny didn't share Harry's exuberance, but he had a point. It could be fun. "That works." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Harry was overcompensating here just a bit, he knew he wasn't exactly Lenny's favourite person and he hadn't had too much success before with Lenny and team bonding so he'd take minor victories where he could. A few minutes later Harry comes back with his arms full, juggling Clue along with two cokes and some snacks he found in the kitchen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 12:48 am UTC (link)
	Lenny waited patiently. He could at least try and get along with harry. It wasn't as if the guy deliberately did anything wrong. ...okay, he didn't do ANYTHING wrong, deliberately or otherwise. "Here, I can take a couple things," Lenny offered. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 01:17 am UTC (link)
	"I'm alright," he smiles. It's nothing personal, Harry is just used to being the helper and one carrying everything, not the one being helped. "So what have you been up to?" Small talk, that must be a good start. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 01:27 am UTC (link)
	He lets Harry go about his business. "Starting the archive, looking over my old doctor's manuals..just trying to keep busy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Harry puts the game and snacks on the coffee table and goes about unpacking them. "Well it sounds interesting. The archive was a good idea. When you're done it...could I umm...get a list? With pictures?" He wanted to know what might attack and be absolutely sure it wasn't some hero he'd never heard of. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 01:51 am UTC (link)
	"I guess you could. I'll probably have to ask Cindy if she can get some of her bigwig friends to loan us some information." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks. Yeah, Cindy has all the connections. But you kind of expect it since she was a superhero before all this and all. She's much more suited to this that we are." Once set up he holds out the pieces to let Lenny pick his first. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Lenny almost bit back that he wasn't a superhero, but decided he didn't want to argue the point. He goes ahead and takes the green one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-08-27 02:10 am UTC (link)

Truth be told, Harry didn't consider himself one either. He certainly didn't expect anyone to mistake him for one either, this whole situation was so odd.

Harry picks the blue piece and shuffles the card piles before putting the three 'answer' ones aside in the mini envelope.

While he had noticed that Lenny seemed to be holding back from saying something, Harry didn't want to push that point. Instead he tries a different topic. "The HQ is real nice."

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Lenny knew a diversionary topic-change when he heard it, but as he didn't want to argue, he went with it. "It is, looks enough like a real home to not overdue things." The dice are rolled and Miss Scarlett moves three steps. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-08-27 02:21 am UTC (link)

Harry rolls and Mrs. Peacock moves forward two steps. He'd really only chosen her because he preferred blue as a colour and was a little sick of indigo shades. Professor Plum would have been too much.

"Must be nice living here," he comments. "Cindy had it well done." While he did spend most of his free time here, Harry did work, sleep and go to school in Keystone still. Though the room that counted as 'his' here was much nicer than his tiny apartment.

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:25 am UTC (link)
	They finally get to his piece as Mr. green moves five steps. "It's just as well. My parents aren't reacting to the whole turning blue thing well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Sometimes you need some distance from your parents," he says absentmindedly as he rolls a five. While Harry hadn't told his mother about these powers, and he certainly had no intention of doing so, he very much believed in his statement about needing some space. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Yours don't know yet." It was more of a statement thatn a question. The bird-lady gave him some level of empathy beyond the human known. "Okay, Miss White in the Billiard Room with the Wrench?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"My mother doesn't know. I won't tell her," he confirmed but didn't elaborate much beyond that as he picks out the Miss White card to show Lenny. "Colonel Mustard in the Lounge with the...Rope?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Lenny didn't press, they all had issues with this whole thing. He shows Harry the Rope card. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 02:43 am UTC (link)
	"This whole experience is weird," he confided. Powers were enough to handle but all this press attention? That he didn't do well at all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:47 am UTC (link)
	"No argument there." Lenny looks at his cards. "What about Colonel Mustard in the Lounge with the Revolver?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-08-27 02:49 am UTC (link)
	"Think the press will ever stop with all the cameras?" He didn't expect it but personally hoped so. Shaking his head, Harry shows the Lounge card. "Umm...Ballroom, Mr. Green and the dagger?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-27 02:51 am UTC (link)
	"Until they find the next shiny thing that catches their attention," Lenny replied. He raises an eyebrow. "Sure accuse my guy," he jokes lightly. He reveals a Mr. Green card. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)