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[peektuttut]

So that was...Interesting. I think I discovered hackey sack. That was kinda cool? Anyway, I think I've got a third grade gym teacher who'd be proud. I went from juggling scarves to juggling fire. I'd say I traded up, except for the plumbing.

I know things got ugly at the end. How bad was it? [By which he means, if you're a friend, and alive, and haven't been on the network yet, he would like to know.]

[Private to the Seventh Doctor]

Thank you. For keeping me out of trouble. [By which he means, damn it, he could have helped.]

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[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, you aren't gonna go through a hackey sack phase, are you? I thought everyone finished those in middle school.

[peektuttut]

I did finish it in middle school. Apparently the 30s brought out the nostalgia?

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that makes sense in some reality.

[peektuttut]

We're probably sailing through it now.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm a little surprised you didn't know how to juggle fire already.

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[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[Either not catching the implication or ignoring it. :|]

What do you mean, how bad was it? You were there.

[Pause.]

Maybe. My memory gets kind of fuzzy toward the end there.

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[peektuttut]

[Stop being difficult, Shego. :|]

The Doctor kept me out of it. Are you all right?

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[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[Neverrr.]

Yeah, I'm fine.

...

I'm not gonna apologize for how my other self totally molested you in public. By Prohibition-era standards anyways. But if your feelings are hurt then I'm okay with you pretending that I did.

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[peektuttut]

Good.

Uh - I'm cool with pretending it didn't happen.

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[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

That works too.

On a related note? We seriously need to [hnnn not going to say 'date'] spend more time together outside of floods because this is getting fate-temptingly ridiculous.

[Private]

[championoftime]

[Nervous chuckle before response] It's been a while since I've had someone refer to me as their father. Quite a few centuries since even Susan called me "grandfather".

You fared well, then?

[Private]

[peektuttut]

Been a while since I had a father, so I guess it's fitting. [What, there wasn't a trace of stiffness there, no, not at all.]

Yeah, I was fine. You're okay?

[Private]

[championoftime]

Mostly. I believe that man was a little too much like me. It made me uncomfortable. So I've been focusing on building things and what I'm going to be doing with the Joker.

[Private]

[peektuttut]

You're telling me.

What are you building? ...And if you don't mind, what are you going to do with Joker?

[Private]

[championoftime]

Hoverdrones. They're prototypes for a system I've been considering installing in K-9. It's one of several projects, actually. My labs always tend to get littered with half-finished endeavours.

Rehabilitate him, apparently. The Joker is my inmate.

[cisskabob]

I'd like to know if you can still ride a unicycle.

Where were you, at the end?

[peektuttut]

Probably. It's just good balance.

Safe, behind the gates. Were you in town?

[cisskabob]

[Have a laugh. Oh Tim, only you.] Just good balance, right. Are you saying you've never used one before?

Yeah. I guess there are some advantages to having an overprotective mother.

[peektuttut]

I've never used one before. [Then again, who REALLY knows what kind of training Bruce put him through. I mean, he practiced balancing on a giant rolling ball.]

...Yeah, some. [That's not potentially awkward or anything.] The Doctor wouldn't let me go out, either.

[cisskabob]

I think I feel disillusioned. [Yeah, she totally thinks Robin training needed to include unicycles.]

I guess it's nice that we had people who cared about us, but--yeah. [Not at aaaaall. There aren't issues to be had here or anything like that.] Which Doctor?

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

And I didn't acquire any new skills. How disappointing.

[peektuttut]

Just the general desire to call to arms, apparently.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

Well, you can't play Cowboys and Indian's without first electing a team leader.

[peektuttut]

Most kids stop playing that after elementary school.

[championoftime]

....Eddie, speaking of which, where's that other fellow you were arguing with?