Clara Morgenstern (keepstargazing) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-04-03 20:39:00

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clara morgenstern, janie drake, mikal harper

Bendytimed: Easter (substantially after Starro attack and YJ formation)
Easter was awesome. The service -- the family-and-co-religionists service, not the larger, ecumenical service the chaplain did for a wider audience for the holiday -- had included a reading of 'Being the Resurrection,' which often had the author's desired effect of whipping Team Morgenstern into a Let's Do Some Good frenzy. Delivering Easter baskets and games to the Children's hospital. Serving dinner at the local shelter and helping clean up. It was a busy day for the whole family.

Clara, later, stopped by where she hoped some of her new teammates might be.

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	apollos_bow 2013-04-03 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Mikel is pretty easy to find for those who know him. He's hanging out playing video games. Easter isn't really a thing for at least half of his family, and kind of a lapsed thing for the other half, but it means dinner and things mostly being quiet. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-03 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Clara comes cheerfully into the room. "Happy Easter! Or possibly happy festival of Aphrodite if that's still a thing. I have come bearing fair-trade, shade-grown chocolate and cage-free boiled eggs for everyone!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-03 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Ooohhh, hard boiled eggs, one of my favorites. And yes, its still a thing. Granted, I can't go to Paradise Island to celebrate it, and my parents are ok with me not being all that into celebrating Aphrodite just yet... but yeah... rambling. Happy Easter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-03 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Glad to hear it. Help yourself." She grins and hands over a few blue eggs. Of course they're blue. She's got a schtick now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 12:06 am UTC (link)
	He grins at the color choice, setting in to juggling the eggs he's handed. "Don't say that. They'll all be gone before anyone else gets any." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 12:09 am UTC (link)
	She laughs. "I think most people are probably going to raid the chocolate first. Call it a hunch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 12:12 am UTC (link)
	"Hmmm, probably right. You and the killjoy can split my share. She could use some sugar to counter the sour expressions and patented bat-bitterness." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Clara blinks, then, "Well, perhaps we will. And for the record, I think it's great that the different branches of your family have different, useful approaches to things. You're both great people." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 12:26 am UTC (link)
	He grins. "She will more than forgive me when she finds out I ceded my portion of the chocolate to her, don't worry. At least right after she brings up my irresponsibility and asks if I hit on you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"Fortunately, you're a gentleman." Or unfortunately, but that was a thought best kept private, and Clara was pretty sure he had a girlfriend, so back to 'fortunately' territory. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 12:41 am UTC (link)
	He's clearly being playful by his tone, rather than genuinely offended. "A gentleman? Me? You clearly don't know me well enough. But I do appreciate your kind, mistaken impressions." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 12:57 am UTC (link)
	"Oh he's being 'gentlemanly' now?" Janie walked in with a teasing smile at her cousin. "Hi Clara, how's it going?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"That's me; optimistic to a fault." She smiles when Janie comes in. "Wonderful, thank you! Happy Easter! Or Festival of Aphrodite. Chocolate? We apparently get Mikal's share." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 01:14 am UTC (link)
	"Far too optimistic. But I did feel that maybe a little chocolate might brighten up that drab bat-existence you've consigned yourself to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"Well I was going to take the majority of your share anyway, so this all works out," she smirked and took a chocolate. "Thanks Clara! Aphrodite, Easter, reasons for chocolate whatever they may be are always welcome. Busy Easter this year?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"Super-busy. Dad got us all riled up for volunteer work, and we made a whole day of it, and it was awesome." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"I'm somehow not surprised at all. Either about the busy day, or that my beloved cousin would steal all my chocolate. See how she repays my boundless generosity?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Your boundless generosity which has a tendency of suspiciously popping up when you want me to look the other way for something," she pointed out. "So are we the final stop on the tour or just a short break for chocolate eating? I like this chocolate break so far." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Paradoxically, listening to this exchange, Clara wished she had a bigger extended family. "Last stop today, until it's obviously bedtime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 02:14 am UTC (link)
	Mikal goes back to juggling the hard boiled eggs. "Nothing to do with me. You're just overly suspicious. Glad you're here to hang out though, Clara." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thegirlwonder
2013-04-04 02:25 am UTC (link)

"With you I have to be." Janie takes an extra hard boiled egg from Clara's basket with a wink to the other girl and tosses it into Mikal's juggling eggs, adding another one for him to juggle and amping up the difficulty. "So what's bedtime with your family?" She was curious, after all her family was pretty nocturnal, at least the part she lived with, so bedtime wasn't really a concrete concept.

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	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"Ten o'clock. Nothing that unusual." Clara smiles at the egg antics. She suspects this is just going to be more opportunity for Mikal to show off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 03:14 am UTC (link)
	The 'terrible prank' does, indeed, turn into more chance to show off. He has plenty of hand-eye coordination and Amazonian speed if he needed it. "Hear that, Janie? She's just like me. Always to bed by ten, sharp." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 04:02 am UTC (link)
	They both knew it wasn't meant to be a terrible prank, there'd be no point in throwing an extra egg in if she thought he couldn't handle it. After all, it'd be rude to waste Clara's eggs. "You crazy early birds, how do you sleep so early? There's so much to do to waste all that time sleeping." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 04:04 am UTC (link)
	"That's what dawn is for. And sleep is healthy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 04:29 am UTC (link)
	"Exactly. Up with the dawn, plenty of sleep, nothing to excess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Mikal is the early bird in the family. Never goes out at night you know, and never does anything in excess. Whitest black sheep ever." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 04:42 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, one can get into plenty of trouble in mostly-daylight. But that reminds me of a joke. There was a..." Clara trailed off and frowned. "I forgot how it went. It was a pretty good joke, though. About a sheep that was two colors at the same time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 04:53 am UTC (link)
	"Its true. I've even been known to get into a little trouble during daylight hours, every now and then. I'm sure Clara is much more of a heck raiser than me though. Especially with all these sheep jokes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Well if you ever remember it just shoot it our way," Janie smiled at Clara before turning to Mikal. "She could teach us a thing or two I'm sure. Especially about daylight trouble making." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	Clara laughed. "I'd be happy to. Um, you two would know a little more about the others than I do. Do you know if Kh'ym has any physiological problem with eggs?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Not as far as I know, anyway. Trying to remember what the Martian issues were. Fire, Oreos..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Eggs? I don't think so, always good to ask in case she knows herself. But what Mikal said mainly, fire in a negative way, and oreos in a...very positive bordering on addictive way?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-04 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Good to know, thanks!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-04 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd have sworn there was something else, but can't remember. Pretty sure its nothing to do with eggs though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-04 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	Janie nodded her agreement. "No egg problems that I've heard of. I should find out what the something elses could be though," she said thoughtfully, after all it was good to have an idea of the strengths and weaknesses of your teammates. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keepstargazing 2013-04-05 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Clara just nodded a little. "Allergies are always important to keep track of." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apollos_bow 2013-04-05 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"I'm surprised Janie doesn't know off the top of her head... or hasn't disappeared mysteriously to go look it up in the Batcave so she can return and pretend she knew it all along." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-04-07 06:44 am UTC (link)
	She just wrinkled her nose at him. "Well there's no Batcave here or nearby." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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