06-07-2005 17:52:14
Lady Blur has been taking down thugs in dark corners of Paragon, searching for her husband ever since the Champions encountered Blur on a rooftop in Atlas Park.
Lady Blur has defeated Sorcerer
Lady Blur has defeated Eagle Enforcer
[NPC}Tiger Yellow Ink Man: Who do you think you're dealing with?
[NPC]Shakedown Victim: They would have taken every cent from me!
Lady Blur chases a Tsoo sorcerer over a cliff edge across the street from Future Dynamics, twisting in mid-air to lacerate him with an electric blast.
As she surveys the un-questionable fallen, a voice comes out of nowhere.
06-07-2005 17:52:55 [Team]
Rush 2.0: You do realize, love, you could break your legs doing that.
Lady Blur: Eric?!?!?!
Lady Blur: Blasted Tsoo! Now my hearing's playing tricks on me.
Rush 2.0: Yes, Carolly, it's me.
Lady Blur:
Rush 2.0 whistles.
Keying on his pattern in the speed force, Lady Blur rushes to his side.
Rush 2.0 has defeated Tiger Yellow Ink Man
Rush 2.0: Hi, lover.
Lady Blur: Blur said...
Rush 2.0: I said what?
Lady Blur: Hello, love.
Lady Blur: To ask myself where you were.
Rush 2.0: That I did.
Lady Blur: Blur
In disappointment, she backs away.
Rush 2.0: Oh, no. Not this cat and mouse again, please. Carolly, do you not understand that I know where you are, every minute of every day?
Lady Blur: Then -- why does my husband -- leave me alone?
Rush 2.0 kisses Lady Blur very tenderly. Lady Blur tries not to start crying.
Rush 2.0: Because, unfortunately, I must keep you apart from him...for the moment.
Lady Blur: I'm going to keep hunting for him, you know.
Rush 2.0 hugs Lady Blur and holds her close.
Lady Blur: If I have to arrest every thug in Paragon to do it.
Rush 2.0: You shouldn't worry about him. You know I won't let any harm come to him. Or, should I say, to me.
Lady Blur: You are so like -- and so unlike him.
Rush 2.0: I am him, dearest.
Lady Blur: You -- don't feel the same.
Rush 2.0: That's because you don't have the strong connection, right now.
Lady Blur: And -- he has not been home for two weeks.
Rush 2.0: Tell you what...I'll make you a deal.
Lady Blur: Connection?!? I want him more NOW than ever! What sort of connection must I have?
Rush 2.0: One that's been strengthened by millenia.
A battle with Tsoo intervenes, Lady Blur taking serious damage until Blur manages to defeat 10 Green Ink Men and their Sorcerer.
Rush 2.0: Always saving your ass, darlin’.
They take on another group of Tsoo.
Lady Blur: Remind me to return the favour someday, love.
06-07-2005 18:09:10 Rush 2.0 has defeated Dragon Enforcer
06-07-2005 18:09:33 Shock Tart has joined the team
[NPC]Sorcerer: Did you set me up?
[NPC]Sorcerer: This is indeed bad luck.
06-07-2005 18:10:40 Lady Blur has defeated Sorcerer
[NPC]Serpent Enforcer: You fool! You've led the hero right to us!
[NPC]Sorcerer: Speed is of the essence.
Lady Blur thinks, wryly: Tell me about it.
06-07-2005 18:13:11 Rush 2.0 has defeated Ice Wind
06-07-2005 18:14:13 Lady Blur has defeated Serpent Enforcer
06-07-2005 18:14:42 Lady Blur has defeated Sorcerer
The enemy retreats and the Champions find an observation point on one of the huge granite boulders dotting Talos, using their com patches to keep the conversation relatively private.
Lady Blur: Blur, Eric... I don't have millenia, I have now.
Shock Tart: Hey, Lee.
Rush 2.0: You do realize, Carolly, that you're wrong?
Shock Tart: Good to see you.
Lady Blur: <ignoring Blur’s question> Hello, Jocelyn.
Rush 2.0: Hi, again, Joss.
Shock Tart: <looking askance at Blur, mumbles> Bitch!
Rush 2.0: Stop calling my wife names. I'll have to hurt you. <pauses, then adds> Joke! Funny! Laugh!
Shock Tart: <laughs> Like I would ever call Lee that! Sarah would have me for breakfast and her thorns hurt.
Lady Blur: Oh, I've been TRYING to terrorize the underworld, Shock. I bet they're calling me much worse.
Rush 2.0: So, Carolly, want to make a deal?
Lady Blur: What sort of deal am I supposed to make -- with my husband?
Shock Tart: Angel plays hell healing me when Sarah gets mad.
Rush 2.0: Well, the kind that puts you and your husband together.
Shock Tart: <puts her complaint on hold and looks at Blur> Now you’re going to help her?
Lady Blur: <turning away from Blur> Shock, Sarah is a good kid, why is she mad with you?
Rush 2.0: Joss keeps stealing her "blankie". Joss thinks Sarah should grow up and not need "blankie".
Shock Tart: Cause I like to get her goat, of course.
Rush 2.0: What Joss doesn't know is, "blankie" is not the same one. It's a present from Chris.
Lady Blur: <looks back at Blur> I wish for little more than to live and fight next to my husband, Blur
Rush 2.0: What little more, then?
Shock Tart: Well, she wouldn’t need it if he stayed home more.
Lady Blur: <looks at Shock warily> Do all --sisters tease each other so.
Shock Tart: <laughs> Oh yes.
Rush 2.0: And you're not supposed to share the knowledge that he's alive.
Lady Blur: <looks relieved> Shock knows.
Rush 2.0: I know she knows, but she mentioned it too casually. A slip up like that, in public, turns this whole situation back into a disaster.
Shock Tart: You’re right. I'll be more careful.
Lady Blur looks around.
Rush 2.0: Eyes and ears are everywhere, love.
Lady Blur: With luck, this was private enough. But I hate to depend on luck.
Shock Tart: Then let’s go somewhere else.
Rush 2.0: The Champions' coms are the most secure on the planet.
Lady Blur: Staying in com-speak is probably good enough, Shock.
Shock Tart: Will do then
Lady Blur: It's awfully hard to know who knows and who doesn't.. I find it's best, Shock, just not to say anything at all.
Rush 2.0: So, what's keeping you from making a deal, Carolly?
Lady Blur: Tell me the deal, Blur.
Rush 2.0: I can take you to Rush, right now.
Lady Blur: Of course you can. <tries to keep the eagerness and sarcasm out of her voice>
Rush 2.0: The drawback is that you'll have to spend the remainder of the time with him. You'll be able to have no other interaction with anyone until this mess blows over and is settled.
Lady Blur: <wryly> Won't the Paragon underworld be pleased to hear that!
Rush 2.0 chuckles.
Shock Tart: Uh, how long is that?
Rush 2.0: Could be as little as a week or could be as long as a year or so.
Shock Tart ponders that.
Rush 2.0: My best projection, currently, places one month and one week.
Lady Blur: Dr. Davis will miss me -- but I doubt that anyone else will.
Shock Tart: That’s not true. Lee!
Rush 2.0: Bubba will miss you. <laughs>
Lady Blur: Shock, the sub team I was working with has pretty much broken up. And I've not been all that social lately.
Shock Tart: But what’s important is what do you want? Sarah is still here for you, Lee. But I think I would prob want to be with my husband.
Lady Blur: Sarah -- has her own secrets to keep, Jocelyn. I'm more a temptation for her to slip up talking to than anything else. Medika needs more help than I'm able to give; I checked on her when Ningal told me about her -- encounter with you, Blur.
Rush 2.0: Oh, good grief!
Shock Tart: You should do what’s best for you, Lee.
Lady Blur: <continuing> But if Angel will check on her now and again, I'm perfectly willing to go make sure my husband is in good hands.
Shock Tart: You know Angel will, Lee.
Lady Blur: Yes, I know. But I wanted her to know that I care too.
Shock Tart: I’m sure she does.
Lady Blur: If I go, Blur, does that mean my future self -- like you -- will come here?
Rush 2.0: She's been here and been watching things.
Lady Blur: No exclusion principle? No time paradox?
Rush 2.0: How so? I'm here, aren't I?
Lady Blur: Are you saying that my Rush is in the present?
Shock Tart: He's said that all along.
Rush 2.0: He's been here all along.
Lady Blur: Has he? I'd assumed when you said that he was with me, that he was in the future somewhere.
Rush 2.0: Nope.
Lady Blur: Then continuing the shake down of the underworld might actually net me something.
Rush 2.0: Not likely.
Shock Tart: Oh, Lee, just go to him.
Lady Blur: If the heroes don't know where he is and the villains don't know either, you're a bigger mage than Fate, Blur.
Shock Tart smiles.
Rush 2.0: That's because I've been hiding him in the open.
Shock Tart: He's prob in Oranbega. Hate that place.
Lady Blur glares at Blur.
Rush 2.0: No. Those mages would tear us apart to make contact to the speed force.
Lady Blur: <resignedly> I'm tired of games. I haven't taken time to upgrade my skills. And I haven't found my husband. I give.
Rush 2.0: Want to be with him, then?
Lady Blur: The worst that can happen is that my husband will say I made the wrong choice... and I end up as I am now.
Rush 2.0: He misses you, terribly, Carolly.
Lady Blur: I'll go. <She turns to Shock.> Tell Med I'm sorry, Jocelyn. I'll be back when I can.
Shock Tart: I will give her your regards, Lee, but not your apology; she won’t need it. Shock smiles at Lee.
Blur smiles tenderly at Lady Blur. Lady Blur is not looking particularly happy.
Shock Tart: Be safe, Lee.
Rush 2.0: Come with me, love. <He looks back at Shock.> Joss?
Shock Tart: Yes?
Rush 2.0: I'm proud of you. I didn't expect this of you. You've made the right decision.
Rush 2.0: <to Carolly> Follow me, dearest.
Shock Tart: I didn’t make any decision. You won’t hurt her.
Rush 2.0: You're right.
Shock Tart: God speed, Lee.
06-07-2005 19:11:27
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