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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Aug 4, 2012 21:35:45 GMT -5
M9W2D6, the toy store where Holt works, open
It is a few days before some nondescript future holiday, and the holiday crush is fierce. One mother is currently engaged in a fistfight with a father over the last Tickle-Me-Spy Shot 6 doll. An aunt is taking bets on the fight. Meanwhile, an older sister is crowdsurfing to take a rocking horse (which is actually just a box full of GI Joe toys) down from a tall shelf.
This is madness.
This is shopping.
And there Sharon is.
She is smiling beatifically. Sharon says aloud, "Ah, chaos. Ever a worthy foe. Now to wade back to the back of the store to look at the chess sets."
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 5, 2012 14:36:32 GMT -5
Imp is wearing her very best, 'I am extremely displeased to be here,' face. She's not entirely sure how the blazes she let Sharon talk her into this business. Possibly, she didn't realize what she was getting herself into. How could she has suspected that the humans are so aggressive when it comes to their play things?
She grunts and moves forward, effortlessly pushing her way through the crowd. "I thought we were here to buy..." she hesitates, largely because her mind is having a hard time wrapping itself around the very concept, "toys... based on... us."
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Post by Slingshot on Aug 5, 2012 14:44:27 GMT -5
"I hate you, I hate her, I hate everyone who buys toys, everyone who sells toys, and everyone who makes toys." Slade has taken cover behind one of the registers, a box that has to go out on the shelves in his arms. He's almost scared to open it with the way people are eyeing him.
"We've only been open two hours," one of the cashier says.
"Yeah, I'm surprised it took you this long, Slade." The other tosses him a grin. "Hey, if you're going to be unboxing things, why don't you get the new Bad Romance Emirate Xaarons out and start stocking them?"
Customers near the registers perk up visibly.
"... Thanks for throwing me to the wolves there, Jessica." Slade clutches his box more tightly.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Aug 13, 2012 21:15:45 GMT -5
"Yes, but they've put out a chess set based on us, and I want to see whom they made my queen," Sharon says, grinning widely.
It takes some doing, pushing through the crowds, but she finds the chess sets, and she holds up the Transformers chess set.
The Decepticons consist of Black King Scourge, Queen Starscream, Bishop Onslaught, Bishop Blackarachnia, Rook Rook, Rook Skystrike, Knight Wreckage, Knight Bonecrusher, and assorted pawns, such as Crankcase, Rampage, Needlenose, and Knock Out (and others).
The Autobots consist of White King Emirate Xaaron, Queen Rodimus Prime, Bishop Botanica, Bishop Farlane, Rook Ultra Magnus, Rook Omega Supreme, Knight Optimus Prime, Knight Dinobot, and assorted pawns, such as Pee-Dee, Impactor, Skyblast, Kup, Arcee, Bluestreak, Breakaway, and Mayday (and others).
Sharon looks so smug.
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 14, 2012 17:49:35 GMT -5
Imp tilts her head. She isn't really isn't familiar with human chess. "What's it mean?" she asks.
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Post by Slingshot on Aug 19, 2012 19:26:57 GMT -5
There are a few very interested shoppers following Slade and his box. He does his best to ignore them as he shoulders his way through to the Transformers displays. It's a quick job to open up the boxes and start putting up the double box-sets. As quickly as he puts them up, someone grabs one.
Worse, people keep trying to paw through his box. Slade tries to shoo them with his apron - his manager will get annoyed if he starts threatening people with his boxcutter this early - but it's not working so well.
"You people keep this up, and I won't go get the Twilight Impactors and Romance Hero Farlanes out," he threatens.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Aug 24, 2012 20:10:15 GMT -5
Sharon sees Slade in the crowd from afar and pauses. He looks familiar. Does she know him from church, maybe?
Anyway, she explains, "It vaguely implies that Emirate Xaaron and Rodimus Prime are lovers," king and queen, right? "and that Impactor and the other pawns are disposable soldiers."
This is hilarious to Sharon.
"I think I need to set this up in Rodney's room while he's out. In the most compromising arrangement I can manage."
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 26, 2012 21:34:01 GMT -5
"Like what? With you about to take the game?" Imp asks, not apparently aware of the subtext of what she's saying.
Except that she's perfectly aware of it.
She looks up and frowns as she hears the words, 'Twilight Impactor.' "Twilight what?!" she demands, likely loud enough for Slade to hear.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Sept 2, 2012 19:28:27 GMT -5
"With me about to take something," Sharon replies innocently, "Perhaps about to make a second queen out of my Impactor pawn."
She perks up and explains, "Oh, the Twilight line is all about sparkly vampire figures, so Twilight Impactor probably has glitter embedded in the plastic, claws, and fangs."
"We need at least two."
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Sept 3, 2012 21:07:12 GMT -5
Imp narrows her eyes.
"No. No, we don't." she declares flatly. "Unless being human gave you an insane dependency on plastic trash the same way it gave me... my little problem, we don't need a blasted thing in this store."
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Post by Slingshot on Sept 10, 2012 13:30:42 GMT -5
"You want 'em, you can wait until I put them on the dang pegs." Slade is used to weird conversations. And complete non-sequitors. "Nerf guns are too aisles over," he tells a different couple.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Sept 18, 2012 21:20:53 GMT -5
"Hmm. Actually, I think that getting these might cause me to die," Sharon muses, "Of course, still going to do it anyway."
She squints at the redhead and then asks, "Holt? Slade Holt?"
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Sept 23, 2012 18:47:45 GMT -5
"We don't want them," Imp declares flatly, completely contradicting Sharon's claims.
She lifts an eyebrow as Sharon says the other's name. She looks between the two, frowning. "How d'you know him?" she demands of Sharon.
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Post by Slingshot on Sept 29, 2012 13:37:51 GMT -5
"... Yeah?" The nametag on his apron does say 'Slade'. He squints at Sharon and her... sick? cosplaying? friend. "Who wants to know?"
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Oct 13, 2012 16:49:09 GMT -5
"...don't we attend the same church?" Sharon asks, squinting right back at him.
Also, didn't Skyblast report Slade Holt as Slingshot, or are they at the wrong place in the timeline for that?
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