Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth

[tsatoma]

Garrus held his (surprisingly) bruised shin and flipped off the Doctor, his son deciding to try and be like his dad before getting distracted once again by a sip of soda.

"Rather you not try that anymore," Garrus muttered to Renton, the child going back to playing with his toys now that nothing interesting was going on.

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"Such a tease, you're such a tease," Leland sang lightly as he climbed out of the pool and followed Katie into the jacuzzi, "Wow didn't immediately get destroyed by acid, guess the self-cleaning doesn't happen whenever the Doctor leaves the pool or jacuzzi. What a good thing to know."

 

[NeoAC]

"Yeah, I guess that would suck. I mean, if someone came up who had a better shot than me and took my spot, I'd be pretty pissed too," Brian conceded. "All right, let me see this stuff."

He turned around and saw the state of Tyson's legs. "All right, that should be quick." He placed one hand on each of Tyson's shins and closed his eyes for a few seconds as the welts subsided. "Right, one task done. Let's see your head man." As Tyson turned around, Brian saw the cut on his head. He couldn't be sure where in the assault that came from. Probably from Richard. He put his hand over the cut and repeated the process. The blood that had spilled was absorbed back into the cut and sealed up. "And there we go. All done." With that he went back to his beer.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason looked on, snickering at the Doctor's brash jealousness.

"But yeah Roe, like Tyson concluded, that is our doctor. He doesn't talk much (if not, at all), and he's quick to use his sedatives. Before you came along Bri, the doctor was our resident medic. But now that you're here, we have a field medic as well. Unfortunately for you, you might want to sleep with one eye open for the next few weeks or so. Who knows what goes on in that guy's mind..." Jason simultaneously informed Rowan, and warned Brian, watching the Doctor as he stormed out.

 

[RBMidknight]

"Reminds me of the time we watched Star Trek,"

Taryn tilted her head as she paused to recall when her and Levi had watched Star Trek. She remembered both the initial attempts and when they were finally able to finish the film. "That was nice." she replied, settling herself against Levi's side once more. She laughed softly as she realized just how similar this situation was. "I'll try not to fall asleep." she promised, holding her hand up in a pseudo scout salute. Taryn looked up to smile at Levi.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Y'know, I've never really known why the self-cleaning system activates when the last person gets out," Katie mused as she moved over and sat in Leland's lap, one hand resting on his chest while the other arm curled around his neck. "What if someone else wants to get in a few minutes later? It would be so much more efficient when the last person to use the pool just flips a switch or something."

[hr]

"Uh-huh," Rowan answered Jason. "I'll be sure to lock my door tonight then, just in case. Anyways, I think a new topic might be best. Brian, I overheard you mention something about finding yourself a girlfriend. It can work, as long as you discuss the whole superhero thing ahead of time, get everything sorted out before you even consider getting into a relationship with someone. It worked for me and my ex back when we were in college together. Sabrina knew exactly what I could do, and she was fine with my abilities as long as I didn't use them to get her to do anything she didn't want to."

 

[NeoAC]

"Well, I dunno. Like, I had a couple things going at university, right? Like I had a couple girls that I could go to and be like, 'Hey you want to do something right now?' and they'd be all over it. But if they learn what am I actually doing now, I'm not so sure they would be going for it, you know?" Brian explained as best he could. "Although if I told them I literally had healing powers, I don't know how that would go over."

 

[socialtangent]

"You better not". Levi returned the smile and locked eyes with Taryn. As he looked into her brown eyes, the world around him slowly phased out of existence. The sounds of Firefly began to fade into a dull background drone. Even after two years, that familiar feeling of warmth and love always threatened to be overwhelming. Until he met Taryn, Levi never imagined that anyone could make him feel that way. To him, she was quite possibly the most beautiful woman on Earth. Still smiling, Levi leaned in closer to Taryn, resting his forehead gently on hers. Although words failed him, the silence and their proximity spoke volumes.

 

[CounterAttack]

"The thing about my relationship is that I told Sabrina absolutely everything, right from the start," Rowan explained, taking another pull from his drink before he continued speaking. "It did take her a while to come to terms with the fact that I could become her exact doppelganger in about ten seconds, but we got past it. She quickly understood the way I think - brain beats body - and we both applied it to our feelings for one another. Simple as that."

"Of course, your situation is different, 'cause you have different abilities. I dunno what I'd say if I were you when talking to women; maybe just keep your powers on the lowdown until you're actually into a serious thing with them. Or, y'know, if they're smart they could figure it out for themselves." Rowan paused for a moment, thinking over what he had said before adding, "Of course, any advice I give is just suggestions. I'm not saying you should do this or you shouldn't do that."

 

[Captainguy42]

By this time Tommy had swam a few laps and was now hanging on the side of the pool near everyone else.

" Ya, telling girls about your powers before hand is a really good idea. I remember this time in high-school when I forgot to tell this one girl, on our first date some idiot opened up a nether-gate in the diner we where in, and this demon crawls out and I had to chuck him into the ocean. Turns out, throwing a soldier of Zirifron's 2nd legion three miles, is not the turn on I thought it would be. But in the end I guess it worked out after all, we wound up going steadily after she had gotten over the whole thing." Tommy said to Rowan and Brian.

 

[RBMidknight]

Taryn remained still as Levi leaned closer, the side of her mouth twitching in a partial smile. She closed her eyes briefly as Levi's forehead rested against hers. For a moment Taryn reveled in the closeness of Levi. She breathed in the unique mixture his cologne and the soft hint of leather from his vest.

Taryn raised her hand to the side of Levi's face, lightly tracing his clean-shaven cheek. Distantly she was pleased that he'd discarded his moustache. Keeping her gaze locked with Levi's, going by instinct and memory, Taryn slid her hand up to trace the outer edge of Levi's ear. She brushed her fingers through his short hair and finally settled her hand gently on the back of Levi's neck. Slowly, very slowly, Taryn leaned up to press her lips to Levi's in a soft kiss. Which was closely followed by a second kiss that was still slow but held more pressure.

 

[tsatoma]

"I was just making a joke about how toxic the Doctor was, but you do bring up a good point. I thought it just did it at scheduled times since that makes more sense...maybe it just has sensors and cleans itself when there is just too much dirtiness," Leland mused as he took a sip from his soda and offered some to Katie.

 

[blaze96]

"I believe we can easily work something out. The mansion already has plenty of space, but if you want an addition we can." Richard replied.

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Lillian climbed out of the water and walked over to Renton to simply sit next to him and keep an eye on him.

"So what is the plan for the rest of the day dear?" she asked.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Oh... that would explain why I didn't get it," Katie said with a shrug and a smile, taking a sip from the soda when Leland offered it. "And yeah, I dunno how the pool schedules its cleaning. Might have to ask someone about it." She went back to gently running a finger up and down one of his tattoos, occasionally giving him a kiss or resting her head on his shoulder if he moved it above the water level.

 

[Lizmichi]

Alex rolled her eyes. "Not what I mean Richard." Alex said softly splashing him pointed to her stomach and pointed to Renton. "I mean that" she said laughing some. "I mean kids, well not now but we can start talking about it." she added.

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Eric blinked and saw the Doctor storm out. He got out of pool and followed him. "Hey are you ok Doc?" he said softly putting a hand on his back softly. "I'll still come to you for heals." he said.

 

[tsatoma]

"Well Lillian, I'm thinking we'll stay here a little longer than head home. I might have to stop at the restaurant for a bit, but if you want we can just head straight there and I'll make dinner there than once we go home we don't have to worry about eating," Garrus replied, watching as Renton reached out to grab the soda. He quickly grabbed it and moved it behind him, "Plus Joel needs his shots."

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"I think it'd be a good idea for us to find the schedules...in case we want to do any midnight rendezvous. And with our knowing of the schedules it won't end up like that one time we went swimming at night and it turned on...that wasn't fun," Leland muttered, shaking his head as he tried to forget the memory.

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The Doctor moved his shoulder to get Eric's hand off it, not in the mood for nice words. He had one thing on his mind: Revenge. He headed into his office and tried to shoo Eric out, putting on the kill-suit and getting out a bunch of knives as he started to think of what to do.

 

[NeoAC]

"I don't know. I guess we'll have to see if any of those girls are actually interested in a relationship. Or, you know, if they're just in it for the loving, right?" Brian said. "Either way, nothing I can do about that now, so I'm just going to enjoy myself now I think."

 

[CounterAttack]

"Oh yeah... geez, that was a failure," Katie said with a grimace. "Still, we know better now. I'll talk to Taryn, Levi or Richard sometime; they're the techies 'round here, they might know." She paused for a moment, remembering one of the phrases Leland had used.

"Speaking of a midnight rendezvous... what are you doing later tonight?" she flirted. "I'm open to suggestions."

[hr]

"All down to their decision, I guess," Rowan answered, nodding sagely. "And yeah, live it up while everyone else is in the mood to party. Catch you later, maybe." With that he clapped his free hand on Brian's shoulder, tipped him a friendly wink and slid back into the pool, knocking back about half of what was left of his beer in one go.

 

[blaze96]

"I think we can work that in. Though I would think it best if the majority of the pregnancy is in the off season." Richard replied.

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"Sounds like a plan to me Garrus, you can take Joel to get his shots and I'll watch Renton." Lillian replied as she grabbed a water bottle and took a drink.

"We really will need to get Renton over his fear of water eventually." She said as Renton shied away from the water bottle.

 

[tsatoma]

"Well..." Leland started with a smirk forming on his face as he looked at Katie, "I am free tonight; hell the next few months are free for me truthfully. So I think we can fit in a little bit of fun here and there, I have been eying the kitchen table for awhile. And I did notice there was some whipped cream in the fridge too."

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"He'll get over it. He just doesn't like it I guess. Probably scary to him, though it does make bath time a helluva lot harder than it needs to be," Garrus replied as he watched Renton throw a toy into the water.

"Quite a throwing arm. But it's probably a simple thing that he'll get over when he gets older," he said as he got up and fished out the toy so that Renton wouldn't start crying again.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Whoa, cool your jets, sweetie. People use both of those for purposes other than what you'd like us to do with them. As a side note, don't even think about suggesting the couch," Katie said, matching Leland's smirk with her own apart from adding a little more seriousness to it. "Would you settle for some never-before-seen lingerie, a blindfold and the double bed in my room? Or perhaps you'd like to come back here later?"