Issue 1 Downtime

Posted: **Wed May 28, 2014 12:13 am**

Roland, in his hidden underground ~~love nest~~ bunker, was sauteeing some mushrooms up with his garlic pasta, with some red wine sitting, waiting.

He hadn't spent most of the past few hours tidying up the mess that was the bunker, no sir. He hadn't re-arranged the various trophies and artifacts to be less intimidating, certainly. And he DEFINITELY hadn't taken steps to make the sarcophagus less prominent. Why would you think that?

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:51 pm**

Haley walked in without a knock and set her small purse on a chair. She was dressed nicely in a pair of jeans and a cute black top.

"Hi," she said quietly.

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:25 pm**

"Haley," Roland smiled. "I was beginning to wonder if you hadn't decided to skip this."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:36 pm**

"An amazing meal with a friend? Never." she smiled wearily.

"I....kinda had a long week."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:44 pm**

"Want to talk about it?" Roland asked, beginning to spoon out the pasta.

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:15 pm**

"Have you ever been to Limbo?

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:25 pm**

"Limbo? Not exactly."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:20 pm**

"Shitty place. Don't add it to your bucket list. So. Got tricked into going there, had to get rescued, got shit from Weaver about it when it was all her fault to begin with anyway."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:42 pm**

"Professor Weaver sent you to limbo?" Roland asked, puzzled.

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:18 pm**

"No. This evil snake elder god or some shit. But when I tried to tell her about it, she ripped my head off for even asking about it and that like totally played into the thing's story about how she was lying to me about everything."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:27 pm**

"Typical. Thought you couldn't handle it, did she?"

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:56 pm**

"Some bullshit about knowing too much making things notice me more. Well how am I supposed to protect myself if I don't even know this shit exists. She's a bitch and I hate her."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:11 pm**

"You shouldn't hate her, though precogs always make me nervous. Old family troubles.

But she's treating you like a child, and you're not. You can make your own decisions, but only if you have all the information."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:38 pm**

"Well at least someone freaking thinks I'm not a little girl around here. Thank you."

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:32 pm**

"They're supposed to be there to catch you if you screw up, not to prevent you from making your own decisions. Honestly, I don't even think the safety net is a great idea, but I may be old-fashioned that way."

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:50 am**

"I think the safety net is fine...especially with some of the shit we seem to get into. But Jesus, I hate getting screamed at for even asking a question, and then getting told that the bitch was all lying and secretive just to "protect" me."

Haley finally sat down at the table and looked hungrily at the pasta. "This smells fucking amazing."

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:10 pm**

"Eat up, there's plenty more," Roland laughed. "I've learned a thing or two about cooking in my time.

"If you want, I can yell at Nailah for you. I have some experience in that area."

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:18 pm**

"That would probably just make things worse. It's nice just having someone listen," she said after swallowing a big bite of pasta.

"Holy fuck. This is even better than last time."

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:21 pm**

"Try it with the wine, too."

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:46 am**

Haley took a sip of the wine and grinned. "Wow. This is amazing. It like...makes the food taste better...or the wine makes the food taste better."

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:31 am**

"I've picked up a thing or two about matching things. Plenty of trial and error, let me assure you.

So, other than all the hell stuff, how was your day?" Roland asked, hiding a small grin.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:19 am**

Haley smirked. "Smartass. That's about all I've got."

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:01 pm**

"Nothing...out of the ordinary? No randomly bursting into Ancient Egyptian?"

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:35 pm**

"Nope. My parents are coming to visit me soon, so I hope not."

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:38 pm**

"Oh dear, your parents are coming? I feel for you."

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:10 pm**

"...why? I get along great with them. Well. Unless I'm in trouble."

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:19 pm**

"Oh. I just assumed...

Well, I'm glad you get along with them, then."

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:03 pm**

"We fight, sure, but they love me and I love them. Did you get along with your parents?"

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:07 pm**

"My father was so ashamed of me he sold me into slavery to an Egyptian pharaoh who wanted the company of young boys."

Posted: **Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:59 am**

After a moment's awkward silence, Roland coughed.

"So. Yes, parents. I'll assume you'll want me scarce when they are around."

Posted: **Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:30 am**

Haley chewed and stared down at her plate for much of the silence. Relieved once there was a change of subject, she looked back up and shook her head. "No. They want to meet all my teachers and friends."

Posted: **Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:16 am**

"You don't think that would be....awkward?"

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:05 pm**

"How about we leave out the part where you think I'm you're long dead wife?"

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:06 pm**

"Alright, I could talk about your grades, instead," Roland joked.

Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:19 pm**

"....that depends on how well I did on last week's test," she smirked.

Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:30 pm**

"You don't care much for history, do you?"

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:06 am**

"Motherfucker..." she grumbled.

"Your tests are hard as shit. I studied like all night for that!"

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:16 am**

"Relax, you did fine. Well, you did alright. Or something, I don't know. I'm new at this teaching thing."

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:22 am**

maybe you could just get an A if you made out with him she thought to herself briefly.

"We're high schoolers...I think you treat us and your university students the same."

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:23 am**

"So I have high standards. You're capable of some amazing things, Haley."

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