Detention - The Danger Shop (January 27)

[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"You're all here because you're bad, bad little children." He looked at Deadpool. "And bad, bad little masked professors." He looked at the lottery winners. "Or because you have bad luck. Whatever. Shut up and get in the maze." He pointed to the rest of the Danger Shop, which was set up as a giant hedged labyrinth. "Leave any weapons you shouldn't have anyway over there," he looked pointedly at one or two of the detainees. No, just one really. "Take a packed lunch." He pointed to the bags. "You're gonna need it. Get in there, complete the four tasks along the way and get the prize off the thing guarding it. Or you could sit there and look like a girl and get detention again next week."

Dick Casablancas
Professor Deadpool
Molly Hayes
Billy Kessler
Blair Sandburg
Naomi Wildman
Sam Winchester
Zuko

[OOC: Awake again, and running late.]

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Task 2: Deal With the Gods

[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

With the kitten long behind you, you make your way through the maze to a new clearing. The plaque on the ground says 'Shut him up or he'll talk you to death.'

There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary, at least until you hear a voice just behind you. "Whatcha doing?" If you turn, there's nothing there. Then the voice asks again, "Whatcha doing now?" This time, if you turn there's a wiry Greek god fluttering just above you.

"There you are! I'm Apollo. 'Sup?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy thought it was Hermes who rocked the winged shoes, but whatever. "You. Apparently."

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

Hades wasn't up on the names of all of his geeky relatives, and it was just a hologram anyway. "Yeah, really. Who are you?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Billy."

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Is that with a Y or and IE or in a totally different language altogether? Because there's a singer with an IE, but I think she's a girl, and you don't look like a girl, but you probably could be and I'm just seeing things wrong. Nice patch, by the way, very pirate-slash-mercernary. Not that I'm talking about slashing pirates and mercernaries in either the violent or romantic sense. You don't say much, do you Billy?"

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[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

Zuko stared at the blue thing. "What are you?"

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"I'm a god, man. Well, not so much a real god like Hades, but more a Mount Olympus god. We mostly just laze around, laugh at mortals and don't do anything resembling hard work. But it's fun." It wasn't hard to tell this was Hades' interpretation of his family. "What do you do?"

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[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I'm a prince," Zuko replied as he didn't know exactly how else to answer that question. "I don't believe in gods."

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Oh dude, you don't have to believe in us for us to exist. We're just kinda there, you know? Well, okay, so we interfere from time to time, but we figure over the ages people will stop blaming us and start blaming, I don't know, plate tectonics or some jazz like that. Not that plate tectonics don't exist, because they do, but it's mostly the side effect of old Zeus-daddy having a bad day. Or a bad bowling score. You ever bowled before, Your Highness?"

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair dashed into the clearing, happy to not see another giant cute animal to knock him down. Even seeing the sign he was still not prepared to see the god fluttering behind him. Which, of course, didn't stop him from doing what he always did when he met someone new...talk.

"Whoa! Hey there, man! The whole flying thing is wicked awesome. Did you always have that ability or did it just happen one day? How did you learn how to use the wings? Did you have to get a license? Are there other people who can do that with the flying and the glowing? Do you guys hang out and if you do hang out do you need lights or does the glow take care of that for you? What's the glow for exactly anyway? Just for looking cool or does it actually have a use? Are you hot? Do you produce an electrical charge? What sort of wattage are you? What sort of speed do you get with your wings? They look sort of small do you have to go slow or can you just move them really fast like a hummingbird? How hard is that on your legs to keep balanced in the air? Do your feet ever lift up higher then your head and then you're flying all around upside down with your toga in your face and greeting the neighbors with a lot more than just a hello?"

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"...wow."

Blair had rendered the god speechless.

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair bounced for a moment and grinned. "Can I get past ya?"

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Sure bro, but if you're ever near Mount Olympus, look the real me up. We'd have a ball! Or maybe a pot luck."

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[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Hey, I'm Dick!" greets Dick. "And I'm in detention. What's up with you?"

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Hey bro, nothing new on my end. But then I am a god, so I've pretty much seen all there is to see. Except maybe that cat back there. That sure was something, wasn't it? So anyway, what do you do, Dick? When you're not in detention. How'd you end up in detention anyway?"

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[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

Dick wasn't sure if Apollo meant "What do you do?" in a philosophical way or not. He was Greek so that definitely pointed to philosophy. But what did he do? That got him thinking about his life and what his purpose was in it. What did anyone do with their life, really? He pondered this in his head for a few minutes.

Then he got an idea! He opened his mouth to say something. "I-"

And then he forgot what he was thinking about. So he closed his mouth and began to ponder again. And dumb guys can ponder for quite awhile since they keep forgetting what they were thinking about in the first place.

Hope Apollo has patience.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly knew of one way to shut someone up... don't let them get a word in edgewise. She turned toward the voice and started talking.

"So are all the gods blue where you're from because Ares teaches a class here and he isn't blue. That's a cool hat. Are those little wing thingies on your ankles only on your boots or do they stick into your actual ankle? I think that would hurt. Did it hurt? Do gods feel pain? Because I think, as a god, you would just be able to make it go away. Can you do that? I like your little scepter thingy too. Did you win it or was it a gift? Does the top of it symbolize anything? What does it symbolize? Can I try on your hat?"

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I like you." The god wasn't quite as impressed because it had already dealt with Blair, and that was a hard act to follow. "Some are red and pink and yellow and all colors, and Hades isn't so much blue as a twisted cerulean gone wrong. Thanks, love the hat, got it at Hot Topic. The little wing thingies are all me, and they don't hurt so much because I was born with them. We can kinda feel pain, but it depends on what's being thrown at us, and yeah, we can mostly make it go away unless we're in too much pain to concentrate. I've never had to try. My sceptre is the bomb. It's so great. I love it. I carry it everywhere, you know. The top symbolises something that Hades doesn't know, so he didn't program it in, which is a shame, but I think it's pretty. And sure, little girl, you can try on my hat." He handed it over.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Okay, that plan hadn't worked. Oh well.

"Cool," Molly said and accepted the hat, taking her hat off so that she could put the other one on. "Cool," she said again as she adjusted it a bit. "You wanna try mine on?" She held the simple knit hat out to the god.

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[likethegun]

Sam was pretty sure that the warning on the sign could only mean a metaphorical death, but he wasn't taking any chances. "Uh, hi?" he said cautiously, still shaking cat spit off of himself.

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Hey there! Well aren't you tall for your ages? And wow, what happened to your hair? Did the cat get to it? I'll bet it did. It's cute, but it seems to want to keep cleaning everyone. Hygiene is great, but not when it comes from the tongue of a cat that licks its own nether regions, you know what I'm saying?"

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[likethegun]

Sam's eyes widened a little, and not just at the thought of where that cat's tongue had been. "Uh," he started, before realizing that maybe outtalking was the answer.

"Yes, I'm tall for my age, and way taller than my brother, even though he's older, and it really annoys him because I can reach stuff on shelves that he can't, and of course I put stuff on those shelves specifically so that he can't get to it, which is probably kind of mean, but I know he'd do the same thing to me if our situations were reversed. And yes, the cat got to me, which kind of sucks because I have a puppy in my room, and I know he's going to smell cat on me and think I've been cheating on him with someone else's pet, and it really wasn't worth getting licked again just to get out, I think, but hey, now I get to be here with you and your cool hat and shiny scepter so I guess things aren't at a total loss, yeah?"

It's possible that was more than he'd had to talk in a long time.

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[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi stared for several seconds before she managed to say, "um...hello,"

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[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

"Hey there! Love the horns. That's a new look. I'm pretty up with fashion, but that's definitely something new. Is it a trend, or a born trait? Because I think you could turn it into a trend with the right connections."

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[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"It's a born trait," Naomi said slowly.