nebulochaotic

I don't know who needs to hear it, and I know it's probably a little late and everything, but these wishes - whoa.

[Sally holds her face, happy but still obviously floored.]

[Roommates/Friends Filter]

Um....guys...I got a house. Like...a free house. As in...

[She holds up the paperwork, waving it a little mixed between excitement and shock - maybe floored is the better way to put it.]

It's mine, it's all done, all the paperwork and everything.

[She feels shocked, blinking not sure what to say even though there's happiness there.]

rumores

WHO: Allison Hargreeves and OPEN TO ALL
WHAT: Christmas Party
WHEN: Saturday, 12/19
WHERE: Club Ares
WARNINGS/NOTES: Feel free to add a toplevel, tag out, have fun!

Club Ares has been transformed for the night. Equipment has been stored away, or sectioned off with lights or decorations so that it wouldn’t get in the way. And, with Tony finding out on Friday about his new account balance, he had insisted on splurging on a few things for the party. Remus had helped her to enchant the ceiling, to give the illusion of snow falling throughout the place, for the winter wonderland that Allison had been wanting to more or less create. In one section of the gym, there is a sitting area where people can sit down and eat, hang out, or enjoy a drink from the bar. If anyone feels like dancing, there is a dance floor, along with a DJ to help keep the music going.

For those that feel like doing something more tame (and for the kiddos), there is a corner of the gym that has been set up as a mini movie area where family friendly Christmas movies will play. There is also a hot cocoa bar, along with chocolate and truffles provided by Remus from the shop he works at, and a tall Christmas tree where Santa will stop by to give the kids a present.

The Hargreeves may not have grown up really celebrating Christmas, but between her life in Hollywood, and how much her daughter loves the holidays...Allison may have gone all out. Considering the last few months they've all had, though, they all deserve a fun night, so why not?

klebrige

[ When the video begins, Peter looks like he might well be hanging upside down, and he looks incredibly thoughtful. He also appears to be in a lab, a desk behind him, the H.E.R.O Labs logo on the wall. And while someone might think he’s just messing around, he starts to talk. ]

Uh, hi everyone. Peter Parker here. Thought I'd give some updates since the last time. The labs have finally asked for our help with the portals.

[ There's a little one shouldered shrug. He definitely doesn't realize he's still hanging upside down. ] Me and Tony Stark and Number Five. I know it's been a long time since this place has really talked about the portals, but I'm hoping we can change that. We'll definitely need everyone's help.

[ A grin, but he turns briefly when his name is called off screen. He colors and gives a little wave to one of the junior programmers who walks by. ] Has anyone experienced anything weird lately? If not, that's great. Like, really great.

Just... if things start to come up, we're gonna be the ones to tell. Hopefully with the three of us here we can get some real work done. I mean, not that there wasn't before, but I don't know. Someone looking out for all of us now, you know? Hopefully we can get all the math worked out sooner rather than later.

rumores

Guys. Claire is here.

She’s okay. Confused how she showed up here, but she’s okay. And she’s here, she’s really here.

~~Yes, I wished for my daughter. If any of you are shocked, then I don’t know what to tell you.~~

offtheboard

[Stan's got a tumbler of what is obviously alcohol in hand and he takes a big swing before he actually says anything, and he opens his mouth and pauses several times before he actually speaks.]

So, about these wishes - has anybody else had anything come from them? Is this all some big joke or....?

[Stan puts his glass down, rubs his eyes and nose underneath his glasses, and then takes them off completely before picking it up again.]

I don't... like is this real?

LOSERS FILTER.

I'm freaking out.

[Stan, in a little bit of a surprise move polishes off what's leftover in his glass before clonking it down on the table and raking a hand through his hair.]

What did I do? I think I did something stupid, I didn't take it seriously but also it's what I wanted and now this....

[Stan picks up the paperwork and waves it around, certainly worked up.]

~~PARENTS; text.~~

rumores

Hey, everyone. You are all invited to a Christmas party (or winter celebration, if that’s more your thing) next Saturday, December 19, at 7pm.

The gym will be converted to a winter wonderland for the event so we’ll be closed starting on Friday evening and re-opening on Monday morning.

All Supers are invited. Feel free to dress up, or wear ugly Christmas sweaters, or whatever you want. It’s intended to have a fun night, and kickstart the holiday week on a good note.

Hope to see you there!

nebulochaoticmod

FROM: Sanchez, Jessica
TO: Hargreeves, Five (Displaced Supers); Parker, Peter (Displaced Supers); Stark, Tony (Displaced Supers);
SUBJECT: H.E.R.O. Labs

Hello Messrs. Hargreeves, Parker, and Stark,

I wanted to reach out to you because an official in the Department of Displaced Supers gave me your names as potentially interested parties. In the wake of the Eglaf Police investigation at H.E.R.O. Labs, we have recently found ourselves with three vacated positions in the Portal Research and Development Department here at the lab.

Your areas of expertise being varied as they are have made us especially interested in acquiring your skillsets for our team in an effort to repair the portals once and for all.

The positions (Algorithmic Specialist, Senior Programmer, and Senior Mechanical Engineer, respectively) are yours if you'd like them, pending a fairly simple drug screen.

I look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Thank You,

Jessica Sanchez
Director of Talent Acquisition
Hidden Enigmas Research and Observation Labs
T: +1 (386) 626-9361
F: +1 (386) 626-9362
sanchez.jessica@herolabs.org

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hotoffthepresses

The Eglaf Appeal - 12/1/2020

imprudency

[ The text comes impossibly late at night, just shy of 1 AM. Someone can't sleep, and when Klaus is awake, the world should be awake. Though it's unclear whether he actually meant to hit send or not in his sleep-deprived haze.

Or maybe this is just run-of-the-mill Klaus. Anyone's guess, really. ]

well hoorah hoorah 🥳
is it safe to assume we're all tucked in and happily returned to our regularly scheduled powers programming?
really hate to be the helicopter soccer mom with the speak to the manager hair but really inquiring minds wanna know
i mean i personally enjoyed all the gilligan's island technicolor reruns but maybe that's just me
though all of your delightfully awkward confessions of love and lust were truly riveting
sort of like candid camera but much more awkward and chock full of sexual frustration
what will happen next
who will leave the portal island absolutely mortified by their wayward text messages
who will have a mid-life crisis next?
will that one kid ever get his bootycall?
tune in folks

in other news i'll be asking everyone to recommend your favorite sleep aids
and maybe for your vote for town mayor because i would look excellent in a suit and sash 💁‍♂

fateless

Do you guys want to do anything on Thursday? Personally I was just thinking takeout and movies, but if you guys want to do something more formal/traditional, I can help out.

riskanalyst

[ It's been a long week between worrying about Richie and Bev, all the bullshit with the networks, and the whole...thing that happened with Sally that they're, he supposes, figuring out. Needless to say, Eddie's kind of looking forward to have a perfectly good excuse to get the Losers together and he's grateful that Stanley suggested it. ]

Hey guys, so...Richie and I are offering to host on Thursday. Who's doing what? I know Stan said he'd handle the bird and I said I'd do the desserts. What else? Also, if nobody minds, I think I'm going to extend an invitation to Sally and her roommates. She hosted us for taco night, after all.

TEXT TO PRIM;

Hey Prim, I just wanted to check...do you have somewhere to go for Thanksgiving? Let me know, if not, okay?

totalmilf

( It's no small favor that Darcy's got her own powers back and doesn't have to worry about hurting one of the boys accidentally by not knowing her own strength. Needless to say, she's feeling quite a bit more cheerful today than she had the past couple of days. Hence, charitable. )

So, my boys and I were thinking that, since we're already having a little mini Thanksgiving of our own with my friend Cindy, we wondered if anyone else, new here or not, might not have plans and may want somewhere to go for the afternoon for a meal. Just thought I'd toss the offer out.

( Back in Lawrence, there were always people offering for "strays" to join their families for the holidays and she'd never really bothered with that. Maybe it's time. )

CINDY & PETER;

Cindy, you don't get to choose, you have to come, so you're on wine, desserts, and distraction duty for the twins. I'll handle the food.

Peter, on the other hand, totally gets to choose, but I just thought I'd see if you'd like to join us. I know the boys would love to have you. And, if so, what are some of your favorite sides? I'll make sure I've got at least one of them on the table.

rumores

text, locked to Hargreeves, Prim, Remus, Sirius;

I know celebrating Thanksgiving may seem stupid, but Remus and I are going to be making dinner on Thursday. We’ll be at his apartment, so if you’re free and want to partake, swing by. It’s nothing traditional, and honestly it’s more of a ‘let’s share a meal and hang out’ situation, but figured it’d be nice if we did something together.

passedthedoor

DELETED POST RESTORED; FILTERED TO DARCY - REROUTED TO FRIENDS & GIRLS (INCLUDING EDDIE)
So, it's been a while for me - since I've dated anybody, asked anybody out, the whole nine. It's kind of a little bit of a long story, truth be told but very complicated past over here.

Still.

Advice on the best way to ask out someone who you have a really good friendship with? Because the consensus is to feel it out and to me, that means think it out a little too.

EDDIE;
I saw Richie's back - I'm glad that he's all good. You doing all right after that scare?

INNER THOUGHT MATRIX ACTIVATED:

I was a little worried about you there for a second.

And I was just thinking that I was kind of missing hanging out with you, but it really was the worst timing so I held back in saying anything. But now that he's back can't hurt, assuming you're settling back down, anyway.

ROOMMIE FILTER;
Movie and Chinese food or something tomorrow, boys?

longoverdue

Hey, is there anyone here who’s usually got the ability to travel through time and shit? ‘Cause I think there might’ve been a mix-up. [You think, Richie?] Five minutes ago it was Wednesday for me. I didn’t go home and I didn’t get kidnapped either, I was just walking down the fucking street. Thought I’d speed it up a notch, did not count on accidentally popping into Friday.

[He runs a hand through his hair.]

I sure as shit won’t be doing that again. Christ, this is way more trouble than it’s worth.

[fail!locked to the Losers]

I’m okay. Fuck. I’m sorry about freaking you guys out, I swear, I didn’t mean to. Eddie, if you donated any of my suits to Goodwill, I’ll stretch out your fanciest jacket.

klebrige

Jeez, this thing's tiny!

[ He taps on the screen curiously. He really should open on a more positive note, but there's definitely a level of admiration in his voice as he activate the mirror Lydia brought him. He's not really had a reason to use it yet, but for once, he's glad he has it. ]

Oh, sorry. Hey there. I'm Peter. I'm not really sure how many people have these things, but I know it's safer to use than the networks.

[ Settled at a desk, the edges of papers and things encroach the picture, and if anyone squints behind him, there's a school bag and a chemistry text book askew on the bed behind him. ]

I think most of us probably saw Caleb's post, but I wanted to see who here had their powers affected this week? You see, I've been working with Tony, and were looking to see if the data from the portal monitoring systems can be used to help us figure out why this happened. If we can pinpoint when people's powers started switching, we might be able to reverse engineer it. If there's any indication of electrical abnormalities, then we can— [ Editing. This is proof that he's self-editing. A little huff. ]

Anyway.

[ He taps his pencil against his lips, thoughtful, before he looks back to the compact. ] There's no telling if this stuff is gonna be temporary or not, but a head start could help. Even if it all goes away and we don't have to do anything at all, it might help us actually fix the portals. Or at least understand why they're acting totally crazy.

...Though I guess they've been acting pretty crazy from the start, since we're here and all. And with the network acting up, this seemed like a safe bet. [ A one shouldered shrug. ] If you don't want to talk here, I'm around at apartment 302. Thanks, everyone. I really hope I can help.

riskanalyst

[ Eddie's pacing and he looks pretty freaked out when the feed kicks in, his body language a tense mess of fists opening and closing, hands flailing as he speaks with them, shoulders tensed and expression scrunched with worry.

Most importantly, he's clutching the aspirator again like his life depends on it and sucking on it between breathless sentences.

He'd intended to filter this just to the Losers but that's mostly out of habit than anything else. He'd probably have made more of an effort not to look so freaked out if he knew it was broadcasting to everyone, but the content would've largely remained the same. ]

Richie's gone. He never came home from work last night, but, like, his shit's still here, so I don't even fucking know what that means, you guys.

He doesn't do shit like this. He doesn't just fuck off and not say anything. Something bad's happened, I know it. I fucking know it...

atypically

[ Caleb figures since he's not trying to filter this to anyone in particular, he doesn't have to worry about all the issues Steve had with his failed booty call attempt. Therefore, please note that he is completely unaware of the fact that the network has altered his video to make him look like a cartoon version of himself and that it keeps glitching between his real self and the cartoon iteration that it appears he's voicing.

When the video opens, the cartoon Caleb is sitting on his hands and looking mildly uncomfortable. Part of that is just that it's weird not being able to feel whatever emotions Sally might be feeling this morning while she's in the shower in the bathroom a few yards behind him. Most of it is because he one hundred percent broke the coffee machine this morning making a grab for a coffee cup he'd fumbled taking down from the cupboard and the reason that's got him spooked is that his flailing for the cup seemed to have been the cause for the whole damn coffee machine to go flying into the wall. ]

Uh, so...quick question.

[ Video flips back to his normal self. ]

Is anybody else, like, suddenly in possession of a superpower that isn't their normal shit?

[ Glitches back and forth between the two iterations every few seconds as Caleb's brow creases and he frowns. The image settles on him as his real self at the end of his statement. ]

And missing their own normal shit? Like, I'm not fucking complaining and shit because my thing is exhausting but it's, like...kind of a big part of who I am and it feels really fucking weird not having it...

offtheboard

How do you figure out what the hell to do with yourself here?

Working at a bank isn't bad, of course, but it's boring. There's no challenge to it and it's driving me nuts. Plus, they've got some really bad habits at this bank and it's driving me nuts.

INNER THOUGHT MATRIX ACTIVATED- ADDED:

And I'm making a surplus to what I'm putting out anyway considering the stipend - they really have made a mistake in how they're doing this from a money management point of view. I'm going to have more than enough saved over the course of a period of time that it's going to be me probably more ahead than I should be.

Which makes it really easy to hate my job considering I have a cushion to be picky, which doesn't really help keep my mind from wandering and from struggling to think about Patty at home and the fact that I can never go back to that and I have to figure out how to settle in here.

DARCY (text generated on your behalf);

How are you settling in, I've been thinking about you and your boys wondering if you were doing all right?

LOSERS (ADDED FILTER TO DARCY, LYDIA, AND OTHER ACQUAINTANCES -if you have talked to San you can see);

So Thanksgiving is coming up, has anybody talked any plans yet? We could do something, potentially, thoughts?

[OOC: TRIGGER WARNING: SELF HARM/DEATH WITHIN]

sanguinescry

( She's grinning from ear to ear, okay, because today? Today is a really good day. )

Sweetie, check it out...look what I can do!

( Lydia has a glass of water in front of her and she uses a hand in a gentle, sweeping sort of motion, drawing the water up out of the cup in little ball-like globs before putting most of them back into the cup with another gesture and finally popping the last one into her mouth with a self-satisfied grin and raising her arms victoriously. )

I thought it was nice enough to wake up without the voices for once but this is so cool, I love this! I don't know what's happening, but I am so here for it.

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