>(2/2)

“Well, I won’t be going anywhere near the nurse’s office today.” You say, leaning back against the bench behind you. “I’m just here to drop off a sample.”

You tap the bench beside him. His eyes dart down to the jar of noxious muck you’ve left there.

“Wow.” He wrinkles his nose slightly. “That looks appetizing.”

“Yeah…” He has no idea.

Scooping it up, he eyes its contents, shaking it slightly.

“Hmm. Mind if I show this to a friend of mine?”

>Present Time: 12:35 PM
>Hunger Level: 3
>Current Funds: $1,108

>[ ] You’d rather this stays between the two of you.
>[ ] No problemo.
>[ ] If he thinks it’s necessary.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37775282
>[ ] No problemo.
You do some science, buddy.

>>37775282
>[ ] If he thinks it’s necessary.
is your friend a scientist?

>>37775282
>[ ] If he thinks it’s necessary.

Morning CJ

>>37775282
>No problemo.

He has connections, and hes discrete about the mutant stuff.

>>37775282
>>[ ] If he thinks it’s necessary.
Just don't tell him where you got it.

>>37775282
>[ ] If he thinks it’s necessary.

>>37775282
>[ ] No problemo.
If he needs any more info, well, he has our number.

>Captcha: Green
heh.

>>37775282
>] No problemo.
Ask who the friend is

>>37775282
>No problemo.

>>37775282
>>[X] No problemo.

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Shit I'm busy today and need to leave. Kind of disappointed I wont be here for the power sperging. Does liking the power sperging make me a bad person?

>>37775282
>[ ] Write in.

"Depends. Who's your friend?"

>>37775282
>>[ ] No problemo.

>[X] If he thinks it’s necessary.

What the hell. You trust Peter, might as well put some trust in his friends. None of them have been shitty so far.

“If you think it’s necessary.”

“I might be.” He says, stowing the jar away in his backpack. “I mean, I might not have all the equipment I need to take a proper look. Science stuff is expensive.”

Money trouble. You and your thrift shop jeans can definitely relate.

“There anything else?” His eyes scan the bleachers for some sign of you. You thought that maybe he had some kind of enhanced senses packaged in with that strength of his, but you guess not. “I’m meeting a friend out here for a study session, and she’ll probably be here soon.”

Down by the school building, you spy a figure moving toward the bleachers at a determined pace, her slender outline crowned by a head of fiery red hair. Her eyes stick to Peter in a manner you’d generally associate with various birds of prey.

Yes, you’re sure she wants to study.

>[ ] Yes. Write in.
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.

>>37775557
>>[X] Nah. Be good, Peter.

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.

"Just make sure to wear a rubber, alright?"

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.
"And thank you"

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.

>>37775557
>Nah. Be good, Peter.

"Keep it safe"

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.

>>37775557
>[x] Nah. Be good, Peter.

"Assembling a harem I see, best of luck"

>>37775557
>>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.
We got shit to do, man.

>>37775557
>Don't let Chat know, she has eyes everywhere.

>>37775699
>>37775756

Something along these lines, yeah.

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.
>>37775699
>>37775756
Please no.

>>37775779
its just teasing anon, chillax

>>37775779

Why not? It's funny teasing.

>>37775812
>>37775825
>funny

>>37775843
get the stick out of your ass.

>>37775557
>[ ] Nah. Be good, Peter.

>>37775948
>>37775992
Ok, you disagree with each other, thanks for sharing, now please stop? This could drag on otherwise.

>[X] Nah.

Oh, hey, there’s more than one of them. You wouldn’t have caught it had you looked back a second later, but there’s a younger girl standing by the fence that separates the field from the front yard, arms stocked up on books and eyes glaring daggers into the redhead’s back. Cute little brunette. Kinda flat, but still cute.

You glance down at Peter, your expression thankfully concealed from sight. Dude has far too many attractive women in his life, it’s not natural.

“Nah, I’ll on my way.” You lift yourself up. “Be good, Peter.”

You leave him looking a little flustered, and head down long the length of the football pitch, toward the front of the school. All around you, students revel in their youth, chatting and laughing and, in the case of one very bald boy with the typical stocky build of a class clown, behaving extremely thoughtlessly. You and Laura move through them like ghosts, untouched and unseen.

It’s an… isolating experience.

You glance down at Laura. She watches a pair of students exchanging notes on the grass, her eyes focused and unblinking. By all rights, this is where she should be, isn’t it? Kevin, too, and Lucas. You suppose Layla as well, technically, though New York Zoo might be more her speed.

“What’re you thinking about?” You say, before even really turning it over.

Laura snaps her eyes away from the pair, as if you’ve caught her out somehow.

“It’s… a lot like the school I went to.” She says, eventually. “With my cousin.”

Huh.

>[ ] Go shopping.
>[ ] Visit the Tabbycat.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37775948
>>37775992
Just fuck already.

>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.
Tabbycat next, but Laura needs more shirts and stuff.

>>37775992
I never implied you weren't free to (dis)like something, or insulted you for disagreeing with me.
>>37776022
Of course. This is the last post, promise.

>>37776042
They did.
>>37776040
>Go shopping.

>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.
Laura needs more shirts, and boots.
We also need to pick up more food since we decimated the groups supplies.

>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.

owe her some shirts and boots

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>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.

Get some disguise clothes for Gabby.

>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.

>>37776080
Thank you.

>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.

>>37776080
>the last post

keep it that way

>>37776040
>[ ] Go shopping.

>[X] Go shopping.

“I didn’t know you went to school.”

You don’t bring up the cousin thing. You sorta get the feeling that that’s a particularly tender point.

She nods slowly. “Yes. It was only very briefly, before the Facility tracked my location.”

She flinches minutely, and you hold her hand a little tighter. As the two of you move out onto the street, you let your power dwindle away, popping back into the visible universe.

“Did you enjoy it?” You ask, in a quiet, careful tone. “School, I mean.”

Laura thinks about that for a while. You get the impression that, whatever her experience there was, the way it ended – you can’t know how it did for sure, but you can guess – has left it tainted, the memories of one thing emerging through the lens of another. You know the feeling.

Eventually, she looks back up at you, and smiles just very slightly.

“Yes, I did.”

>[ ] Get supplies first.
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

I know one of the girls is Mary Jane but who is the other girl?

>>37776413
>>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.
Boots

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

Boots, shirts, etc.

>>37776421

Kitty Pryde. It was said in thread #96 that she was in Harry's class.

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.
Then head for the Tabbycat. Groceries on the way home

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

>>37776413
>>[X] Get stuff for Laura first.

Would be nice if we could get Laura back in school but with the situation like it is, shits not happening.

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

>>37776413
>[ ] Get stuff for Laura first.

>>37776475
This, we don't know how long we'll take and we're not going to take bags of chicken livers while we check out the Tabbycat.

How much does JJ know about the Facility? Has Laura told him about their capabilities, and what places/property they own?

>>37776413
>>[ ] Get supplies first.

>>37776589
>and what places/property they own?

Read the archives.

She has done this.

>>37776626
I don't remember which thread it was. Can you tell me?

Bitches really do love spider-man

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>>37776657
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/27347899/#p27353084

teach Laura about french kissing

>>37776697
Thanks.
>idiot
You overestimate my memory.

>>37776762
I could post the PDFs I made of the first 50 threads

Okay, sorry about the wait guys, had to get food quickly.

>>37776441
>>37776456
>>37776463
>>37776475
>>37776510
>>37776511
>>37776517
>>37776530
>>37776574

>[ ] Get cheap stuff.
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
>[ ] Suggest some stuff you like.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.

JJ the sugar daddy

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
She knows what she needs better than us.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
Pretty sure we can trust her to be aware of our money issues.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
>[ ] But she has to model the clothes for you before you buy it.

>>37776931
>>[ ] Get cheap stuff.
>>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
Let her pick, just make sure things don't get too expensive.

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
SHOP TILL YOU DROP

>>37776931
>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
Laura's good about practicality and she knows about The Hobo Clan's resource limitations.

>>37776931
>[ x] Let Laura choose where you shop.

Also we should get some clean and nice clothes for ourselves. We have the dosh now, no need to keep the smelly and unappealing jacket.

>>37776931

>[ ] Let Laura choose where you shop.
The greatest gift you can give to a woman!

>>37777180
The D?

>>37777207
No, a shopping trip with our money!

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>>37776931
>[x] Suggest some stuff you like.
Hot Cocoa is always amazeballs but coffeshops are expensive; get some beans, leaves and cocoa powder and a french press/teapot. Maybe some mugs too if you feel like going the extra mile.

>(1/2)

>[X] Let Laura choose

Laura talks a lot on your way down to the neatest high street. More than you’ve ever heard her say at once. She has a habit of boiling things down to their most simplistic forms – “Yes”, “No”, “Affirmative” – but you find yourself having to do very little talking besides asking the occasional small question. She tells you about her cousin, Megan, and her aunt, Deborah, and the brief taste they gave her of a normal life.

“It was stupid.” She says, her brow furrowing. “Going to them. But I was… I didn’t know what to do, after I escaped the Facility. They were all I had.”

Her eyes adrift in recollection, she recounts how she just turned up one day, and how strange it felt to sleep in a room with windows for the first time.

“Everything was different. I had never slept in a bed before then. I had never chosen my own clothes, or what to eat, or anything. I think…” She smiles, but it pushes back a lump in her throat. “…I became complacent, and lazy, and I stopped thinking properly. I was learning… a lot of things. Much of what people were saying, or doing, I did not understand. I was sent outside often at school, and I did not form any kind of relationship with anyone beyond Megan.”

For a moment, there is real anger in her eyes. Not some muted echo of it, but true, genuine resentment.

“But she was enough.”

You walk in silence for a little while, quite thoroughly overwhelmed. The things she tells you make you feel helpless – you’re glad she’s opening up, but it’s stuff you can’t fix, or sweep away, or even really approach without being bombarded by the distinct sensation of being a colossal idiot. Even thinking about a response, about anything to say, makes your stomach churn.

So, you don’t say anything. You wrap your arm over her shoulders, drawing her closer, as if to say that you’re not going anywhere. She flinches at the unexpected contact, but stays by your side.

>>37777280
This, french press is best.

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>>37777377
2moe4me

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Did..did the Queen get Crusty?

>>37777590
Let's go with yes?

Rip in piece Crusty Jones, we hardly knew ye

>>37777590
No, he got decapitated.

>>37777590
He has been chosen by her royal majesty's government for a project of utmost importance.

>>37777699
He is now the royal concubine

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>>37777590

Dammit, why do you people keep posting? I see the new reply icon and I'm hopeful maybe CJ is back.
My only solace is knowing I made other people look with this post.

Sooooo....who's everyone got in the Super Bowl?

>>37777837
I kinda just want the Seahawks to lose since they beat the Packers.

>(2/2)

When you hit the high street, you can’t help but cringle a little. All these big, fancy shops, all of them after your wallet. You get the very definite feeling that when you leave this place, your stride will be quite significantly lighter. There’s a few places that stick out to your finely-honed hobo eyes as spots to hit in search of the cheapest and rattiest essentials, but you remind yourself that this isn’t really about that.

It’s about the girl standing next to you.

“So.” You glance to and fro, probably looking a little dazed. “Where d’you wanna go?”

Lots of places, apparently.

You flitter through a procession of clothes shops, your contribution to the search being mostly to stand around looking consistently out-of-place.

Watching Laura shop is kinda weird – she’s not like Victoria at all. She doesn’t turn around and press the items under consideration up against her and strike that little pose you’d slowly grown accustomed to. She barely ever even seems to measure anything up against her. She picks things up, turns them around, and puts them back. You can’t even imagine what she’s looking for when her eyes pass up and down an item of clothing.

Though, that said, you didn’t really get how Vicky chose this stuff either. Mostly, what you learned from her is that, no matter what she says, you have very little input here.

>>37777837
Seahawks, since I loathe Tom Brady and the Patriots with every inch of my soul

>>37777837
I'm from New England (southern New Hampshire in the house!) soo...

>(3/3)

She tries on a succession of heavy, thick boots for a while, before choosing a pair that honestly might be aircraft carriers in disguise. You cringe your way through the exchange of cash, the girl behind the counter smirking knowingly.

When she’s done with footwear, she drags you into a suspiciously dim little place where the staff all have piercings and excessive makeup. She picks up a bunch of dark tee-shirts that, you can’t help but note, will show off her midsection pretty well, before moving on to… the corset section.

Ah, right. Blaring music. Low lighting. Everyone's got tattoos. This is exactly the kind of store with a corset section.

You remain silent while she goes through them, getting that distinct feeling that there’s nowhere you can put your eyes without feeling a little skeevy. There’s just so much leather in here. Illegal quantities of leather, possibly.

She turns around, holding up a dark, finely studded corset, that will almost certainly bare a great deal of skin, and for the first time since you this little adventure began she asks you what you think.

>[ ] Three thumbs up.
>[ ] Ehhhhhhhhhh…
>[ ] Absolutely haram.
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?
>[ ] Write in.

>>37777924
>and for the first time since you this little adventure began

Fuck everything.

I blame the Tories for this, it must be their fault somehow.

>>37777924
>>[ ] Three thumbs up.
though
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?

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>>37777873
>she’s not like Victoria
So she doesn't have Victoria's secret

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.

encourage her to develop her own tastes

>>37777955
This, maybe she should wear something under it to keep warm?

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>>37777959

>>37777924
>>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?

>>37777924
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?
>[ ] Three thumbs up.

"It'll look great on your frostbitten corpse. Seriously though, it'll look great on you, but it'd also be too cold to wear, y'know?"

>>37777924
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?
But if you like it, go with it.

>>37777924
>[X] Ehhhhhhhhhh…
We can't expect her to be swanky if we can't be swanky. And we can't be swanky, we live in a tent so practical clothing.

>>37777924
>[ ] Absolutely haram.

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.
I may or may not have a corset fetish

>>37777924
>>[ ] Three thumbs up.
when did JJ grow an extra thumb
But really
>[x] Absolutely haram.
Not my style. Or the style of anyone from the last 20 years with a shred of style really.

>>37777924
>[ ] Ehhhhhhhhhh…

>>37777924
>>37777955
This

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?

>>37778001
Speak for yourself.

>>37777924
>>[X] Three thumbs up.

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.
I mean, we did tell her to pick out what she wanted

>>37777924
>[x] Won’t it be a little cold?
>[x] Three thumbs up.

>>37777924
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?
Also, corsets are a bad choice for moving around

>>37777873
>She doesn’t turn around and press the items under consideration up against her and strike that little pose you’d slowly grown accustomed to. She barely ever even seems to measure anything up against her. She picks things up, turns them around, and puts them back. You can’t even imagine what she’s looking for when her eyes pass up and down an item of clothing.
mfw she shops like a guy

>>37777837
I hate them both.
Marshawn Lynch is ah pretty cool guy though.

A suggestion for a new song in the playlist
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IfM6HM2rRs

Joyce's theme song.

>>37777924
>[ ] Ehhhhhhhhhh…

>>37777924
>>[ ] Three thumbs up.
>>[ ] Hngg.

>>37777924
>Write in.
Raise eyebrow, "Why don't you try it on?"

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?

>>37778072
sure why not?

added

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?

Should we get you a jacket as well?

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>>37778098
Thanks.

get her a sweater

a nice tight sweater

>>37778101
This

I hate corsets. But if she likes the thing...

>>37777924
> ask if she'd like help trying it on.

>>37777924
>[ ] Three thumbs up.
>[ ] Won’t it be a little cold?
Good thing we have money.

>>37778134
Good idea. Though any we find in here would undoubtedly be black and have skulls on....
Does the punisher shop here?

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>>37778134
>>37778134

>>37778134
This pls

>>37778159
How does it feel to be a fucking faggot?

>>37778098
where is this playlist?

>>37778101
>>37778134
These.

>>37778248
I'm pretty sure that we're going to be tapped out after the corset.

>>37778217
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybatITnX4UI48qc-L2Hu0GzeEIbkrF_2

haven't touched it in like months til today.

tell me if any of the vids got taken down

>>37778276
>a corset some boots and some shitty skank clothes cost 1000$
Where the fuck are we shopping, Chanel?

>>37778303
Hot topic more likely.

>>37778287
Ah cool
What do you think about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZfGa5t4e8
?

I figured Crusty might like it since it fits in with that crazy dream stuff he likes to do.

>>37778303
NYC. There's a mark up.

>>37777892
Northern mass here, looking forward to monday?

>>37778206
i imagine they're a little butthurt from time to time

>>37778345
Bruh I'm in NY and we're supposed to get like 14 inches of snow. Sure as hell not looking forward to shoveling thst bullshit.

>>37778345
>>37778392
I'm in Atlanta. We may get one inch of snow. I fear for my life.

>>37778392
Will you be shoveling it in a corset?

>>37778333
Odd, not once did I think music for the weird dreams..

added

maybe I should start perusing Silent OSTs for some more ideas...

>[X] Three thumbs up.
>[X] Won’t it be a little cold?

Well, you don’t dislike it. It’s not really your style, exactly, but you can see the appeal. You see the curvy, slender, tightly-laced appeal…

“It won’t be a little cold…?” You venture, dipping your figurative toe in the figurative waters.

“I can handle the cold.” She states, an insistent tone underlying her voice.

“Okay, then.” You grin, giving it the thumbs up. “Sure, it’s nice. I’m sure it’ll look great in you.”

She stares in silence, apparently frozen. For a moment, you wonder if you’ve said something wrong, and you’re just about to stutter something out when she looks down, grips the item to her chest, and promptly rushes toward the changing booths on the opposite end of the store, leaving you alone amidst the leathery undergrowth.

Huh.

When she returns, her hair mussed up slightly from all the changing clothes, she seems to float along beside you on your way to the cashier. You pay (oh lawd do you pay) and make your way out. As Laura zips up her jacket, you feel a strange, possessive sense of assurance. It’s cold as balls right now, so when she goes out she’ll be wrapped up in two or three layers. You and the gang will be the only ones that'll see her in that corset, at least for a while.

It might be shallow or selfish or something, but you like that.

As you make your way out into the street, Laura looks up at you, tugging lightly at your wrist.

“Is…” She looks away slightly. “…What… what kind of things do you like?”

>[ ] Nothing in particular.
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.
>[ ] Well, since we’re being totally winter-inappropriate, summer dresses.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37778439
Shieet nigga I got you covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdXCsXcs6nA

>>37778435
Well I have to impress my husbando some how

>>37778432
May God have mercy on your soul

>>37778439
>maybe I should start perusing Silent OSTs for some more ideas...

Crusty did say on his Ask.fm that a Silent Hill 2 type of experience (facing your fears and inner demons) would happen.

>>37778460
>it’ll look great in you
JJ talking about himself?

>>37778460
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.
my fetish is dressing appropriately for the seasons

>[ ] Write in
What do I like? I like you.smooch her cheek

>>37778494
God dammit.

>>37778460
>[ ] Sweaters. snug fit sweaters.
Their warm and good for cuddles. Whats not to like?

>>37778460
>[ ] Write in.

"Whatever you're wearing at the time."

>>37778460
>You?
Oh.. clothes..
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.

>>37778516
that's not a typo, it's a Freudian slip

>>37778460
>[x] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.

>>37778460
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.

>>37778432
What?

>>37778460
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.
>[ ] Well, since we’re being totally winter-inappropriate, summer dresses.

Oh god summer dresses are the best.

>>37778554
Everything shuts down in the south because they can't handle the snow

>>37778460
>[ ] Nothing in particular.

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>>37778460
>>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.
>>[ ] Well, since we’re being totally winter-inappropriate, summer dresses.

They are both pretty damn good

>>37778594
Probably more the ice on the roads, scary if your not used to driving on it. Usually what shuts down Britain when we get it.

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>>37778460
>>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.

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>>37778554
Last year we shut down because of one inch of snow. All major road ways in the metro area where totally gridlock.

Long story short Governor didn't salt the roads or do any prep. Top that with no one down here knows how to drive on ice because we never get it.

Everyone went to school/work. Snows/ices over. Governor declares state of emergency has all the kids sent home on icy roads. Parents around the state say fuck rush to pick up kids or get home.

Icy/snow covered roads with all unexperienced drivers.

In short pic

>>37778460
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.

>>37778460
>[ ] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.
>[ ] Well, since we’re being totally winter-inappropriate, summer dresses.
Y not both?

>>37778594
Just like Vancouver. It's fucking snow and ice. Shift gear, drive really slow, be careful, don't turn quickly.

>>37778638
>declares state of emergency
You have to be joking.

>>37778682
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/atlanta-snow-storm-102839.html#.VM6jHmjF_mc

>>37778638
TWD went to shit but that picture will forever remain cool.

>>37778460
>>[ ] Write in.
"You."
Honestly, I like the Laura in leather jacket look.

>>37778638
A governor worthy of the title McSpaghetti-Pockets.

>>37778697
They filmed the first season outside of my office building. I got to watch the scene with Rick and the Abrams tank from my desk. I was in one of the building nearby.

>>37778690
Jesus Christ.

>[X] Sweaters. Tight sweaters.

Hmm.

You scratch your chin, deep in thought.

What do you like? Well, you like summer dresses, but it’s not summer or anything approaching summer. You doubt they’ll even be on sale anywhere. And they’re expensive, too. You like tight jeans (everyone likes tight jeans), but Laura has those pretty well covered. Skirts? Skirts are nice. Again, though, same problem as the dresses. Not really weather-appropriate, and as much as you’d like to see Laura in stockings, four years of horrific, street-sleeping winters have made you a relentlessly practical kinda guy.

Now, there are a few things Victoria occasionally wore, but none of them are publicly acceptable.

“…Sweaters, I guess?” Sweaters are nice. They’re warm, they’re soft, they don’t tend to be too expensive – unless you’re really going out of your way to get your ass ripped off. Plus, there’s no rule that says sweaters have to be baggy.

You nod to yourself. “Yeah, sweaters are nice.”

So, you buy sweaters. Sweater, actually – it’s not exactly hard to keep them clean. Stopping quickly in one of the more conventional stores lining the high street, you pick out a nice, snug turtleneck. For once, you don’t bother to check the price. It can’t possibly be too bad.

When you’re back out on the street, Laura stops to put it on, pulling it down over her shoulders. It’s totally different from the kind of things you’ve seen her wear so far, but it looks good on her. Great, actually.

You don’t do much to hide your approval, a big, happy grin lighting up your face, and Laura doesn’t miss it. She blushes all the way to the coffee shop at the corner.

Buying a hot cocoa for her and a black hole of pure caffeine for yourself, you asses the damage.

>Current Funds: $1,004

Ye gods.

You’ve still got to pick up supplies.

>What do you guys want to get for general supplies?

>>37778333
Side note.

I'm really enjoying this.

>>37778974
canned goods are cheap and last forever.

buy like you're stocking up a bomb shelter.

and meat for JJ the carnosaur

>>37778974
>What do you guys want to get for general supplies?

Lots of food, some flashlights, water bottles, more burners, scarves & blankets.

Soap, too, and general toiletries.

>>37778974
Typo, right?
We'll need coffee, LOTS of coffee. Tea too, improves quality life a lot.

>>37778974
Cheap canned food, and some meat. We can preserve that shit with the snow, so eat up while we can.
Coffee (Apparently New Yorkers love that shizzle).
Oh, and by far the most important part.
CONDOMS.
You know, just in case.

>>37778974
Rice, pasta or potatoes are a solid carb source that are easy as hell to cook and really damn cheap. They also last in dry storage easily without needing to be chilled.

>>37779041
>CONDOMS.

Dear lord yes.

We really don't wanna deal with a pregnancy or potential miscarriage due to Laura's super healing.

>>37778974
>Boots, corset, sweater and beverages cost $104 in NYC.

On the one hand, ere goes my suspension of disbelief. On the other, holy shit we got the deal of the century!

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>>37778974
>She blushes all the way to the coffee shop at the corner.
Very cute.
>What to get
A large amount of food.
Condoms
Bottled water
Other stuff I can't think of
And ask Laura if she has any ideas. She'd probably know of good survivalist kind of stuff to grab.

>>37779041
Condoms, definitely. Might not happen for a while, but at this rate it's almost a certainty

>>37779057
Super healing has no effect on pregnancy viability. The Fetus is separated from the mother by the placenta which stops white blood cells passing over and thus immune reactions. Which is also why diseases that can pass the placenta or an infection getting in another way is a huge deal.

>>37778333
Those are some creepy damn cats singing.

>>37779089
I haven't been to NY since I was very young, anon.

I will get these prices wrong on occasion.

Sweaters for all of the Tunnel Snakes(Gaby too)

>>37778974
Some anasthetics might be useful in the future. For a variety of reasons which may or may not include injuries as well as hostage situations.

>>37778983
Creeps me right the fuck out.

>>37779041
>>37779057
>>37779114

IIRC Crusty said JJ's baby goo isn't up to snuff for baby making.

and I don't recall JJ or Laura having any STDs...

sooo I don't see the point in condoms at this time

>>37779128

Who says they aren't right in HMQverse?

You've got aliens, super science shit and everything, so why can't there be cheap but good clothes?

>>37778974
>What do you guys want to get for general supplies?

Tons of food & lots of medicine.

>>37778974
Canned food, a can opener - we're not always going to be there to do it - dried meat, pasta, bottled water, blankets, condoms, soap, toiletries, basic first aid kit. Maybe a spare coat.

>>37779128
$80,000 a year job in Iowa is akin to $30,000 in NYC

gallon of milk is like $5 IIRC in NYC

>>37779179
>JJ's baby goo isn't up to snuff for baby making
Wait what? How many x-points to fix that?

>>37779179
JJ doesn't know that. He's just being responsible is all.

>>37779179
correction: he said it may cause complications. He is not yet totally infertile, if he ever will be depending if we get too many instability points (personally ide only get 1 at most).

Baby's are still a possibility at this time.

>>37779179
And JJ doesn't know any of that. So it means nothing.

>>37779179
Neither JJ nor Laura know that though

>>37779221
>(personally ide only get 1 at most).

Let's just aim to not get any, okay?

>>37779134
Agreed! Modest sweaters for all!
Especially that fairy hussy.
And Rogue. she is an honorary tunnel snake

>>37779121
Pretty sure the woman's immune system attacks sperm on its way to the egg. So depending on how Crusty interprets super healing, she could just be immune to getting pregnant naturally.

>>37775282
>>Hunger Level: 3

Why is our hunger level always at 3? Why don't we eat enough to lower it to 1 or 0?
You guys know that to build muscle you need to eat a lot? Especially with the level of exercise we do.
We have enough money, no reason not to buy chicken breasts in bulk and eat them. Buying chicken breasts in bulk is one of the cheapest sources of protein.

>no happy family ending for JJ and Laura

>>37779221
Let's see. Laura's snikt with JJ's lizard hands. Both of their healing factors and sensory abilities.

Fucking terrifying if it works out like that.

>>37779128
You live in London, right?
Take the inner city London prices (2 quid for a bottle of coke), double it to get it in terms of dollarydoos, then double it again to get NYC costs.
Shit is cray.

>>37779246
Yes, but its also a natural (and scientifically proven) response for a woman to become tolerant of their partners sperm. Healing just makes it really good at what it does, but the natural control mechanisms still work, so if they kept at it for long enough, there is a solid chance she would become tolerant and it be viable.

>>37779262
It can still happen, CJ said that once JJs genes settle down and stop mutating its possible.

>>37779261
In case you missed the last few threads we have a slight problem with our appetite, as in it doesnt stop no matter how much JJ shoves into himselve.

>>37779262
You don't need children to be happy.

>>37779207
Think you got that backwards anon. $30,000 in Iowa has the same spending power as $80,000 in NYC.

>>37779285

I archive binged the last 40 threads or so. I might have become less attentive and missed that. Thanks, I was wondering whats up.

>>37779246
Would JJ's goo be super powered super healing super mutant sperm?

Also comic book science, I've been told the reason why wolverine looks like a Neanderthal instead of a healthy human being is because that's how he pictures himself, and that's the version his mutant powers reconstruct. So if Laura sees herself as being pregnant(or has the subconcious desire to be pregnant) she's gonna get preggers yo

>>37779285
Which is why we need photosynthesis probably.

>>37778974
Tons of food (more for JJ especially, we don't want to ransack others' food anymore, we need stuff w/ high energy/high-quality energy too)
French press & some cocoa powder for Laura
Condoms
Stuff for each Tunnel Snake (comics for our newly discovered nerd, get him the good shit)
Sweaters are apparently our uniform, so one for everyone and Rogue.

Maybe lets try higher quality fruits, veggies, and staples? Maybe that'll help hunger?
Batteries.

>>37779350
What the fuck does Photosynthesis have to do with his sperm?

>>37779335
yes, but because they are just singular cells that don't naturally divide on their own, the effect is rather muted. They are probably more resistant to the normal spermicide's used on condoms though.

>>37779376
supercharge it so it shoots out like that one scene in Scary movie 1

>>37779376
Nothing? I was talking about the unfathomable hunger.

Unless we want to go to the woods and just straight up start eating deer.

>>37779400
>supercharge it so it shoots out like that one scene in Scary movie 1

If we kept DB and got the Radiation Pulse, would JJ be able to shoot lasers out of his crotch?

>>37779367
>fruits, veggies

Shits actually pretty cheap compared to anything except maybe red beans and rice and it is cold enough to be kept with out it wilting right now.

Also possibly get big ass bag of beans, a big ass bag of rice, and a pressure cooker. Bout as cheap as food gets.

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>used to argue about powers and gloves
>now we argue about sperm

we've come so far

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>>37779581

>>37779581
I'd take a nibble.

You spend the next hour assembling everything you might possibly need for the near future.

First on the agenda: food. Lots of food. You’re a hungry hungry hippo these days, and, shameful as it is to admit, you’re not always entirely in control of when, what, and how you take your meals. Previously, you’d splurged out a little and bought some nice red meats, spiced up your culinary life with some variety, but, recent events taken into account, you’re shopping for quantity today. Which means chicken. Tons of chicken. Cheap, easily cooked protein.

It’ll get boring, but you’d rather be bored than starving.

You pick up some snacks, too, and some vegetables to go with your poultry feast. You make sure to stock up on water (man it is really great to be able to lift like a ton or more), pick up some burners and batteries, and find some relatively cheap flashlights. You cap your shopping spree off with various caffeinated products, as well as some milk and cocoa powder.

The one thing you kinda dread picking up is, uh, condoms. You put it off till the end, mostly because you’re not sure how Laura will react. Will she remain silent? Ask for an explanation? What would you even say to that? In the end, when you finally work up the gumption to pick out a pack, she simply gives the box a brief, mystified stare before looking elsewhere.

You guess the Facility wasn’t all that concerned about sex-ed.

Not that you needed reminding.

Cringing at the state of your wallet, you tell yourself that you’ve still got the second half of that last job’s payment, and everything seems a little better.

>Current Funds: $850
>Present Time: 14:45

>[ ] Hang out at home a bit.
>[ ] Go straight to the Tabbycat after dropping the shopping.
>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37779800
>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.

wallet hungry need feed.

give Laura Kamar's address in case we go missing

>>37779800
>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.

>>37779800
>>[ ] Hang out at home a bit.

>>37779800
>>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.
Work, then extracurriculars.

>>37779800
>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.

>[x] Hang out at home a bit.

>>37779829
This.

>>37779800
>>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.

>>37779829
>give Laura Kamar's address in case we go missing

Seconded.

Peter too.

>>37779829
This.

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Chillax muggas, the meet isn't up for at least two hours.

>>37780021
I want to touch it.

>>37780021
well i guess we'll just grab some hot chocolate and head back.

>>37780021

It might take us a while to get there.

Plus I'd rather be early than late.

>>37779800
>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.

>>37779800
>[ ] Go straight to the Kamar meet after dropping the shopping.
Did we get any info on whether we are allowed to take Remy?
Anyway, tell the gang where we are going just in case.

>>37779800
>[ ] Ask Laura about the Kamar meet before we go there, get her suggestions and try to have the Phantom

So who do y'all think Laura will ask what condoms are and do they do?

>>37780307
They're balloons!

blow one up and draw a face on it

>>37780307
Noriko

>>37780307
Layla or JJ.

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>>37780330
>look JJ!
>balloon animals!

>>37780307
JJ. Nothing else would cause enough pasta.

>>37780307
Layla wont, she's been shipping LauraxJJ since she met us. She'll just smile.

>>37780362
And of course I can't into reading comprehension. She'll ask JJ or someone she feels is rational. Layla will chime in.

>>37780307
>Why are these balloons named after a popular firearm cartridge?

>>37779800
Surprised JJ isn't all about the pig if he is being budget conscious. There is a reason it is a staple of cheap cuisine world-wide.

>>37779829
This works.

>>37780496
>Why do they feel slightly slimy?

>setting up countermeasures in the event of his own kidnapping
JJ's been through some shit. He's learning from it though.

>>37780607
Because the US is weird.

>>37779800
>>[x] Write in.

How about we don't go to Kamar? We have been reminded a few times this guy is acting sketchy as hell.

>>37780607
pig cost more in 'murica than chicken.
don't ask why. we dont' know.

Fun fact: in the United States, it's cheaper in most supermarkets to buy an entire roasted chicken (seasoned and all) than a raw chicken.

>>37780790
because we can have the meet on neutral terms and not even turn visible for it. Not to mention $$$ is being offered.

>>37780790
>sketchy
Just the usual, then?

>(1/2or3)

>[X] Kamar

You trail your way back to the station, laden down under a mountain of supplies.

When you arrive back, you find the platform utterly silent and utterly still, nobody around to appreciate the sacrifice your wallet has made for them. Still with the Young X-Men, you guess. They’re probably enjoying talking to some people that aren’t each other for once – you know Kevin keeps in touch with a few folks among the X-Kids, but the rest of you must come off as pretty isolationist to the majority of the Scar.

Not without reason, of course. You’re here because there’s a horrible crime man out there who wants at least three of you hung, drawn and quartered.

You set the supplies down at the mouth of the station and, with a heavy sigh, glance down at your watch.

>15:30 PM

You don’t like it, but you should probably be making your way out. Bummer – you were looking forward to just kicking back and relaxing for an hour or so.

Brady just threw a pick lel

>(2/2)

“Looks like I’ve gotta go.” You say, a bitter tone entering your voice. “Got that meeting to make.”

Already sitting down beside the stove, Laura simply nods in acknowledgement. You notice that she looks a little disappointed, though.

“Khepri Avenue is where it’s at, by the way.” You smile weakly. “Just so you know.”

Not that that’ll be of much help if time happens to be short. You’re a little hazy on exactly where you’re going yourself, and you know the city a great deal better than Laura does.

As you head up the stairs, Laura follows you partway, grabbing you by the wrist. You turn around, staring down at her. She’s close, her chest pressed up against your stomach, her breath mingling with yours. She swallows heavily, and lifts herself up on her tiptoes, a nervous, expectant look in her eyes. She’s not nearly tall enough to reach you, but the message is clear.

You lift her up by her midsection, eliciting a small gasp of surprise, and press your lips to hers. You stay there, sharing in each other’s warmth, for what feels like hours and moments all at once. Too long and nowhere near long enough.

You don’t feel the cold until you’re some ways out of the Scar.

Hey, maybe we should split our earnings among our gang? Not that they deserve it or anything but it beats the risk of losing it all at once due to some event or another.

We probably shouldn't trust Layla with money though

>>37780763
>>37780809

I must live in an odd part of it then because pork roasts are damn cheap and the only whole chickens that are costlier than the rotisserie ones cooked in store are organic free range birds.

>(3/3)

You were right to leave early. Khepri Avenue is way out toward the river, where Queens verges upon Brooklyn. You turn yourself around a few times before finally arriving at your destination, the sun dipping down under the horizon as you make your way up the length of the street, glancing to and fro for any sign of your (The Blonde Phantom’s, technically) mystery employer.

It’s not a good neighborhood. It may have been, at some point – most of the houses are the kind you associate with the early, gold-paved infancy of New York, all hard stone and looming edges. Today, they’re crumbling derelicts, the rows of crudely boarded doors and windows giving you the unsettling impression of patients strapped down and etherized for their own protection, their mouths gagged and eyes screwed shut, mad, insistent dreams echoing through their skulls. Few people pace the sidewalk at this hour, and none of them live here.

That said, you could make a place like this home, if you had to. Just for a little while.

You check your watch.

>17:27

You glance both ways.

Nothing. Nobody.

You wait, counting the seconds under your breath.

It’s almost uncanny, the immediacy with which it appears. Not a moment too late and not a moment too soon, it emerges out of the night, seeming to slide out from under some great, black curtain. A long, stark white limo – the chassis, the windows, the wheels, all of it bright white – comes drifting down the street, its engine dulled to a low, almost inaudible purr. The way it unfurls itself out of the night is almost unreal. It seems like something stepped straight from a dream, fundamentally unsuited to the world around it. A shadow cast in white.

A ghost.

It glides to a stop in front of you. You hear the door unlock.

>[ ] Nope.jpg
>[ ] Get in.
>[ ] Go up to the driver, tell him this is bananas.
>[ ] Write in.

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>>37781015
>She swallows heavily, and lifts herself up on her tiptoes, a nervous, expectant look in her eyes.

>>37781046
>[ ] Get in.

>>37781046
>>[ ] Get in.
>>[ ] Go up to the driver, tell him this is bananas.
"Could you be less ominous!?"

>>37781046
>[ ] Get in.
Get in the limo, JJ.

>>37781046
>[ ] Get in.

>>37781046
>>[ ] Get in.

>>37781046
>[ ] Get in.

>>37781032
Might be a good idea. We should probably keep most of it though, considering how we shop the most.

>>37781015
Well that was cute.

>>37781015
I've waited over a hundred threads to see Laura acting more dere, and by God it was worth it.

>>37781046
>>[X] Get in.

This will end well.

I have a feeling this is going to be a lot of cash.

>>37781015
Damn that's cute.

>>37781046
>[ ] Get in.
Unless the limo has a reinforced carbondanium frame, we can get out whenever we want.

>>37781046
>[ ] Get in.

>>37781046
>>[x] Write in.
"I'd prefer it if you just gave me the money here."

>>37781151
>I have a feeling this is going to be a lot of cash.
"Mr Green, how would you like 200k a year, an apartment and a company car? All you would have to do is help us find this one girl, goes by the codename X-23."

SMELL FOR PRINT RESIDUE
if negative, >[x] get in
If positive, >[X]NOPE.JPEG.TIFF.BMP

>>37781042
Do you live in Iowa, Nebraska, or Oklahoma?

>>37781239
Just make sure we ask for some money in advance.

>>37781046
>>[ ] Get in.
What could possibly go wrong...?

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>>37781179
Ghost limo anon. Ghost limo.

>>37781179
Or if the guy drugs us, shoots us, has a mutie, is a mutie,etc....

>>37781241

Seconded.

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103 is a good number, hell most quests don't even get to the three digits.

>>37781288
Number 7 always freaks me out. I can't figure out how it is alive.

>>37781042
I live in central california. Chicken is cheap in the big cities.

>>37781370
Are you implying there's a way to kill, let alone stop, Radical Larry?

Keep dreaming, man.

>>37781352
>Here lies JJ
>He scored

>>37781384
Where I live it's 4 dollars for a kilo of chicken breasts.

>>37781241
Thirded.

>>37781435
switch those round:
stop, let alone kill.

>>37781241

Oh god this

>>37781370
Who wouldn't be freaked out at something that can vibrate through walls, and burrow underground? No matter where you go, he'll find you.

>>37781241
This, but get in either way.

I'm thinking Kamar is either works for SHIELD or Mr. Negative

>>37781524

I keep thinking it's that guy who works for Namor.

>>37781524
Moon Knight has a white limo

>>37781524
But shield dose not exist anymore! Didn't you watch Captain America?

>>37781543
Also, he would have the cash

>>37781543

And he would be the type to watch over mob shit.

>>37781570
And a reason to spy on the mob.

>[X] Get in.

Carefully, paying close attention for that telltale spike of lightning in your spine, you inch the door open.

Well. At least it’s not white on the inside, too.

It is, however, like no limo you’ve ever been in (and, yes, you have been in a limo before). It’s got all the standard plushness, sure, but it’s… got other things, too. Everything’s shades of black or grey, save for the pulsing, white computer displays worked into the sides of the interior. As far as you can tell, they’re showing a black-and-white, sonar-like image of several spots in New York, generally from the top down. As you watch, one of them shifts, veering out across the ghostly vista of the city, tracking in onto a single street. It stops above the image of a limo with some guy leaning into it, resolving into a fully coloured camera view.

You think you know who that guy is.

Two other oddities: the driver’s compartment is sequestered away behind a blacked out screen (not all that odd, other limos do that sometimes), and… there are no seats.

Instead, there are two thrones. Black, severe, and equipped with extremely comfortably-looking armrests, one sits at either end of the passenger compartment.

You sniff the air. Smells sterile, clean. No trace of anything that’d lead you any particular way.

“Well, this couldn’t possibly be a bad idea.”

You venture in and, briefly looking around for some alternative that won’t make you feel so awkward, sit down on one of the Star Wars-y looking thrones.

The door clicks shut. By itself.

You feel your heart creep up your throat.

The engine starts, and, with the ease of a waking dream, the vehicle begins to move.

>[ ] Look around. Nobody here, might as well prod some stuff.
>[ ] Panic, get out.
>[ ] Start talking, someone’s gotta be listening. Or watching.
>[ ] Wait politely.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37781635
>[ ] Look around. Nobody here, might as well prod some stuff.
echolocation time

smell for people, blood, drugs, semen, gunpowder, artichokes etc

>>37781635
>Wait politely.

>>37781635
>>[ ] Look around. Nobody here, might as well prod some stuff.