IC: Through the looking glass...

[thekingsgambit]

[So I guess it's still Halloween night and if you're leaving the mess hall after all that partying, you might now find yourself mysteriously situated around a loooong table in the center of the cornfield. Said table is decked out in a variety of tea cups in all designs and sizes, hundreds of little confections and cookies (each shaped like one of the four card suits) and equally creative pots of self-boiling tea. Oh, and Arthur is also sleeping in the center of the table, mysteriously wearing a striped collar of various shades of purple.

Each of our guests might also notice the intricately labeled name card in front of them and of course the new themed outfit they're suddenly wearing (or in some cases still wearing).]

Comments

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

A great sage I was qoutin' just now.

Regardless, I still think you're undervaluin' a sense of humor.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of him.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

He's only one of the greatest philosophers in the galaxy.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

In the galaxy?

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

Well, not this galaxy. Another galaxy, far, far away.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I think you're making things up again.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

I am definitely not makin' this up.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Then you're referring to something untrue.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

...

"Untrue" is kinda stretchin' it.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Fictional.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

...

...

... okay, fair enough.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Rico likes a lot of that sort of thing. Just like Suzaku.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

[Hence why we became friends in the first place.]

... there's a lot of weird stuff out in the world--this one, mine, yours... Take your pick. "That sort of thing" takes weird stuff an' lets it operate in a world where it makes sense, and the good guys usually win.

It's a nice diversion.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Diversions only distract you from what matters.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

Only if you let them. Watchin' a movie instead of goin' on patrol makes me a bad superhero. Watchin' a movie after goin' on patrol keeps me sane.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Thinking. :|a]

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

It also gives me the, y'know, tactical advantage of bein' able to quote movie lines to confuse an' irritate my opponents to the point where they make mistakes I can exploit.

So there's that, too.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Light snort of laughter.]

That's useful.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

An' here you thought I was just another pretty face.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I think Rico is a lot more than he seems.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

Man of hidden depths, that's me.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Mm, something like that.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

... why? What were you thinkin'?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I wonder.

[2nd-slinger.livejournal.com]

... typical.