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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:14 pm
"Look," he said, sitting down so he could open the case delicately. There was a face on the cd that looked like his, only larger and more dangerous looking. That of an adult. "Uncle Shade gave it to me."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:21 pm
That made sense: Uncle Shade was pretty awesome. "Hellspawn?" she said. "Never heard of them. -- Hey, the guy on the cover kind of looks like you."
Which meant they were definitely a band that did not originate in heaven nor earth, whichever. "I wonder where Shade got it from."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:23 pm
"He didn't tell me, but I didn't want to show my parents, so I came here to get a cd player, or something," he admitted, putting it back in his bag. "Wanna go with me?" he offered.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:30 pm
"Okay." She didn't have anything better to do; and hanging with Christian wasn't that pain-inducing. He seemed pretty okay. He was the only one other than herself allowed to bash Wisp, though; family honour was involved. "Why didn't you want to show your 'rents? They too Catholic for the hard rock revolution?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:36 pm
"No," he admitted. "I read the lyrics and even if I didn't understand them all, I'm pretty sure they won't want me listening to them." He was slightly purple from blushing.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:40 pm
Now she really wanted a copy. "Gimme a listen after you're done with it," she said, "I'm cool with rock. Maybe'll give M.B. a coronary. She wants me and Wisp to listen to classical s**t -- I'm learning the guitar, did you know? 'Smoke On The Water' is like the coolest sounding song ever."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:44 pm
He shrugged, heading through the mall for the Target store. "I just want something cheap," he admitted. "Granny promised me a computer for my first birthday, so I can download music." He stopped at the doorway of the dollar store and walked in. Maybe they'd have something.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:55 pm
Huh. Grandparents. Must be nice to have grandparents who were willing to buy you stuff; she didn't think she had any at all. "It's the dollar store. They'll have something, if you're willing to get something retarded that'll break after three goes."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:57 pm
He nodded, heading through the racks and coming upon the cheap looking cd players in the back. "We've got... pink... neon pink... more pink... and Superman," he said dryly. "I think I'll go with pink."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:26 pm
"Sexy," said Jace, "and gay. C'mon, squeeze out the quarters and let's get out of here. Then again, Superman's also pretty homo if you think about it -- all that spandex -- so one's as bad as the other."
Jace was the arbiter of what was gay or not. Never mind her first recent kiss had been Irelia.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:43 pm
"You know why Superman is the stupidest superhero out there?" he asked, picking up the red and blue cd player. "It's because he's invulnerable. You can't be very super if you're going into everything knowing it won't hurt you. Then you're just doing the same as a desk job."
He paused, finding a Batman CD player underneath. "I'll take this one, instead," he said, grabbing it.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:45 pm
Batman was acceptable, even if -- as she and Wisp had argued -- he had been getting it on with Robin. "I thought you would've liked him for that," she said, "since you could be hit by a dump truck and I don't think you'd even feel it. I could whale on you for ages with my legs, even, and you'd only get pissed after a while."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:47 pm
He snorted. "Which is why I'd suck as a superhero too," he said, grabbing some batteries as well and heading for the counter. He paused. "Let's get some speakers, too," he said, looking around for a cheap set.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:48 pm
Jace gave him a pair of raised eyebrows, crossing her arms as she tapped one foot impatiently, encased in sneakers but still making a fairly loud sound. "Do you WANT your parents to hear this s**t? What about headphones?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:50 pm
"Yeah, yeah," he muttered, sighing and getting back in line. "But this comes with headphones," he told her as he paid for his things. "The cheap over the head ones that will break on my horns."
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