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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	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)

in_reserve
2012-08-27 02:57 am UTC (link)

"Yeah...I guess. I don't like this newspaper stuff." It was actually the tabloids that bothered him more but both seemed to have the impression he was the quiet brooding bad boy of the group. Nothing could be further from the truth but with his goggles on the cameras could never see his shy or worried expression, which usually just came across as frowning without a view of his eyes.

"He was staring at my piece suspiciously," Harry smiles back.

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-28 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"Ca't say I'm much for the limelight myself. They seem to have their own theories as to why I'm in the chair instead of walking all the time. One accused me of insulting the handicapped." "It's green. How can you be suspicious of green. Now blue, blue is shifty." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-08-28 02:47 am UTC (link)

"I'm really...not for the attention," he admits though that is obvious. "Wait...what? They thought you were making fun of...that's the stupidest thing." He looked appalled that they'd say such things. Had they not looked into his background? Oh dear, the newspapers were worse than he thought.

"Hey!" But he's smiling since things seem a bit less strained. "Mrs. Peacock is a murder suspect. I wouldn't get those people mad."

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-08-28 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"It was a tabloid for the most part," Lenny said, trying to appear like it didn't bother him. "Speaking of suspects, Miss Peacock in the Observatory with the Candelstick?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-08-28 03:21 am UTC (link)

"I don't even like seeing what they put about us on the covers of those," he frowns.

Truth be told, he admired that Lenny could deal with things and face them much better than he ever could. Not to mention that he could talk or argue his point, something that Harry would never dare do. He'd likely just cave.

Which is why he'd been worried that if earlier, Jess had figured out Lenny liked her too...well, the quiet guy who couldn't stop blushing or getting nervous long enough to make the first move certainly would have less of a chance. But he'd quietly been glad she hadn't noticed. And he'd always be ashamed for even having that thought for a moment. It was selfish. Selfishness had no place for him. It'd only make you lose things.

"Okay, accuse mine now," he smiled and showed Lenny the Candlestick card.

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hope_on_wheels
2012-08-28 03:27 am UTC (link)

"My advice would be to leave them be. Most people are smart enough to recognize it as garbage."

He takes a sip of his soda. "Turnabout and all that jazz," he replied by way of explanation. Huh, they were actually getting along. Maybe it was for the better Jess never knew, it would only complicate things for the team more. Besides, she seemed so happy. Then of course there was the growing attraction he was having for Heather, though he honestly didn't know if it was some warped kind of rebound thing.

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	in_reserve 2012-08-28 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"I guess..." But he didn't sound to sure. "The only thing I can say is that the attention is probably helping Cindy's business stuff and all. And Heather got her art show. It was nice to see her happy." Harry reaches over for a snack and seems a bit happier. Less awkwardness in the air for sure, and more than that he was happy Lenny had given him a chance. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)