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metaheroes2022-05-26 10:46 pm
slowmotionbuscrash) wrote in metaheroes2022-05-26 10:46 pm
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Display Name: speed
Profile Photo: Shiny
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[ A tired young man who looks exactly like Billy Kaplan, colouring aside, is broadcasting from one of them Diadem rooms. ]
Anyone else fall out of the sky and run down the side of a building today? I might’ve missed seeing someone worthwhile because I didn’t read the nonexistent sign telling me to stay put the entire time.
So. Guilds, flash hotel rooms, superhero social media for public outreach or whatever. Consider yourselves reached. Name’s Speed. Should I give the tour now, or wait until I hit ten thousand followers? Nah. I know.
[ There’s a jumble of frames that are barely in focus. Anyone who pauses at the right spots will catch moments of a superspeed tour of the room: Tommy dressed but in repose on the bed, pretending to drink from the minibar, showing off the full ice bucket, and of course a bathroom mirror selfie before returning to where he’s been sitting. ]
I’ll redo it every time I get a cool number of follows, a little slower each time. I get bored. I’m already bored. There’s nothing to do in this hotel except watch tv. I’m going out. In a world where you could go anywhere you want at any minute, where would you go that’s not lame?
And don’t say Paris - I’ve been there, and it’s French. Good carbs. Bad music.
speedProfile Photo: Shiny
Notes: N/A
[ A tired young man who looks exactly like Billy Kaplan, colouring aside, is broadcasting from one of them Diadem rooms. ]
Anyone else fall out of the sky and run down the side of a building today? I might’ve missed seeing someone worthwhile because I didn’t read the nonexistent sign telling me to stay put the entire time.
So. Guilds, flash hotel rooms, superhero social media for public outreach or whatever. Consider yourselves reached. Name’s Speed. Should I give the tour now, or wait until I hit ten thousand followers? Nah. I know.
[ There’s a jumble of frames that are barely in focus. Anyone who pauses at the right spots will catch moments of a superspeed tour of the room: Tommy dressed but in repose on the bed, pretending to drink from the minibar, showing off the full ice bucket, and of course a bathroom mirror selfie before returning to where he’s been sitting. ]
I’ll redo it every time I get a cool number of follows, a little slower each time. I get bored. I’m already bored. There’s nothing to do in this hotel except watch tv. I’m going out. In a world where you could go anywhere you want at any minute, where would you go that’s not lame?
And don’t say Paris - I’ve been there, and it’s French. Good carbs. Bad music.
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[ and he's not bringing up how furious he'd been about tommy having to see her like that. he has a feeling his twin's already struggled enough with it.
he pulls back enough to peer at him, though, brows arching in surprise. ] David doesn't live with us. It was just Loki and I until Kate got here.
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She didn’t mean to hurt anyone - she helped them at her own expense. Things got out of hand, and I wasn’t supposed to be there - I only got invited at the last minute…
[ To cheer David up. Feels like forever ago, but no. It really was just a few days ago. He should’ve said no and avoided the whole thing. Maybe even escaped the way Billy’s looking at him now, like he’s wrong for thinking something so stupid. ]
I - maybe I lost my temper a little. [ A lot . ] And told him to go fuck himself before he could explain anything, but with a lot more words in a lot less time. He told me to go find the Alliance and you. So I did.
[ Tommy flops back onto the bed, feeling worse for saying more. ]
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[ he props himself up his elbow to look down at tommy, lips quirking up tiredly. ] Tommy, you had every reason to be angry. I mean, it's not like this was discussed with you before it happened. You didn't get a chance to say yes or no. One minute you're dating him, the next he's dating someone else.
[ he hesitates, then drops back down, expression shifting into anxious uncertainty. ]
It scares me, the idea of being stuck here for years.
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[ That's how Tommy would do it, if it were him. With Billy off in space and Tommy generally transient, there's a decent chance that she could've pulled the whole thing off before anyone was able to find them and let them know. Especially if Tommy forgot to charge his phone. ]
If we missed it, I bet nobody would've told us. To "spare" us.
[ More like to not piss them off in any direction. Teleportation, healing, reality warping, superspeed - they pretty much are the shortlist of who to take out before a fight. Tommy would've tried to intervene with the plan, no matter what promises their mother made. ]
Speaking of sparing people... we weren't dating. We had fun, and that's it. It doesn't mean anything bad's coming for you and Teddy, 'cause you two actually have something real. Clear?
[ If history's written by the victors, Tommy's getting out ahead of this one. He told David, and now he's telling Billy. This isn't the story of how Tommy's heart got broken. ]