It's been a little while, but here's what some of us have been up to...
"Bleh," said Benjamin all the sudden.
"I dunno about you guys, but I need to take a little safety break. I'll be over here in this restaurant for the next few
minutes."
Everyone gave Gina and the Jess's confused
looks. The Jess closest to Gina shrugged at her and said, "Might as well tell them what's going on. He never said it was classified or
anything."
Gina sighed in annoyance. "Yeah, right.
You guys know that Ben's been using his Shell Bullet attacks a lot recently, right? Well, thing is that while his transformation is fueled by whatever
non-living matter is available in the area, the attacks are fueled directly by him."
"Wait, you mean..."
"Yep," chimed in Jess, casting a
worried look in the direction of the restaurant. "He's probably running dangerously low on blood sugar right now."
"The dumkopf," grumbled Gina.
"He knows he's supposed to replenish his blood sugar after every round of attacks but he gets hyper-focused on things to the point of exclusion of all
else. Especially himself."
While they waited, Chris was getting hungry as
well. Using the 'trixie transformation cost some personal energy, too. "He reminds me a lot of me," to which Rei nodded in
agreement.
"I, too, am growing hungry," Rei
added, quietly. As always for her.
Amy grinned and nudged Chris/Asuka in the ribs.
"Well? You heard her."
"Oh, alright," and a cellphone was
produced. "Who's up for NinjaBurger? And what does Ben like on his?"
"He likes the Bacon Ranch Deluxe,"
said Gina. "And I'll have the Mushroom Swiss Special."
Then, a Jess approached with a slip of paper
with a large order on it. "I'll have this," she said as she handed it to Asuka/Chris. "Tell them to put it on my tab. They'll know it
was me."
Chris eyed the suddenly hungry looking troop of
Jesses. "Somehow, I don't doubt it."
Amy's and Rei's orders were dutifully
taken (teriyaki-swiss and the tofuburger, respectively), requests were taken from Lufy's troops and the Jason, and the group retired to a convenient lounge
nearby.
With NinjaBurger's usual aplomb, the meals
were already laid out and waiting for the crowd when they arrived.
Benjamin finally exited the restaurant at that
point. When he did, he was carrying a two-and-a-half gallon bag-in-box of 7-Up syrup. He had it fitted with a tube that was mated to the BIB's fitting
and was sucking away at it like a kid with his favorite juice-drink.
"You gonna be long with that, dumkopf?" said Gina without much
rancor in her voice.
"I'm already half-way done with it," he replied around the
tube. That statement took everyone else by surprise.
"That thing's two-and-a-half gallons! How can you drink all that
and still stand?"
Benjamin shrugged. "I think it's a quirk. Makes sense that the
Wave would make it so I could rapidly recharge this way. The other alternative would be something like Espresso."
"Which he is never touching if I'm around to stop him," said
Gina suddenly in a tone that made it clear that she meant it.
Benjamin shrugged again and added, "We have no idea what it'll do
to me since I'm prone to hyperactivity anyways."
"You? Hyperactive?" said Gina
sarcastically.
"Yeah. You should have seen me when I was a kid. You'd never get
me out of the trees."
The Jason looked over at Ben and Gina, and snickered softly. "You
sound like my daughters, Gina. They HAVE seen me on an Expresso high once. They described me as being worse than a two-year-old that had been force-fed Pixie
sticks and twice-brewed coffee for three days." He pulled a tiny vial out of his beltpouch, one that had just a few drops of dark brown fluid in the
bottom. "Brought this along for an emergency boost. I'd been considering it recently, but they talked me out of it." He chuckled wryly.
"For SOME reason...."
Gina snorted at that. Finally, Benjamin sucked
the bag-in-box dry and went to stuff it into garbage can. "All done! And I'm feeling much better!"
"You sure you can handle another go at this?" said Gina. Her
voice held the tone of challenge, but the look on her face was laced with concern.
"I'll need a few days off after this, but I'll be
alright."
Jess rolled her eyes. "More work for us to
do," she said, referring to Gina and herself. "At least the War is over. Stick around, Boss. We ordered Ninja Burger for you,
too."
"Bacon Ranch?" asked Ben with a hopeful look in his
eyes.
"Psshht!" scoffed Gina. "As if we, your ever dependable
assistants, would forget something as simple as that!"
"My Lady has my gratitude," said Ben as he bowed, taking her hand
and laying a kiss on it. The odd part was that Ben did not seem one bit sarcastic at all.
Gina went pink. "Dumkopf! Knock it off with the Romeo act!"
Any other person she would have pummeled (with restraint, of course, since there was no need to kill anyone), but not Ben. This only added fuel to the
debate (sometimes flame war) on the Senshi networks of whether or not the two were an item.
Ben said nothing, but his eyes twinkled with mischievous delight as he
stood back up.
Meanwhile, The Jason practically inhaled his own
food - three large teriyaki burgers with grilled onions and swiss - and sat back with a sigh. He was still staying as far away from the females in the group as
possible.
"Guys? If we're going to be going up against a base, I might want
to up the flexibility of what I can do. While we're here, let me charge something up." He was already fumbling in the pouch on his belt, pulling out
a small... jeweler's box? It appeared to be so, since he opened it and slipped a ring onto his good hand. He glanced around the room, and then gave a
small grin, holding his fist out in front of him just above the table.
"In brightest day... in blackest night..." The air seemed to
thicken in front of his fist, revealing a large glowing emerald lantern. "...no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might,
beware my power: Green Lantern's light!" There was a flare of green light, and the lantern vanished, leaving the ring on the Jason's hand
shining with a bright green aura. The front of his orange gi, which had been plain before, now bore a green-bordered white circle with a stylized green
lantern on it in the place where Son Goku wore the mark of his master.
He turned a shit-eating grin on the others, and a beam came out of the
ring, turning into a hand giving a huge thumb's up. "You like?"
Benjamin only blinked for a moment, then said,
"Okay, we're putting you on frontal assault."
"Bleh," said Benjamin all the sudden.
"I dunno about you guys, but I need to take a little safety break. I'll be over here in this restaurant for the next few
minutes."
Everyone gave Gina and the Jess's confused
looks. The Jess closest to Gina shrugged at her and said, "Might as well tell them what's going on. He never said it was classified or
anything."
Gina sighed in annoyance. "Yeah, right.
You guys know that Ben's been using his Shell Bullet attacks a lot recently, right? Well, thing is that while his transformation is fueled by whatever
non-living matter is available in the area, the attacks are fueled directly by him."
"Wait, you mean..."
"Yep," chimed in Jess, casting a
worried look in the direction of the restaurant. "He's probably running dangerously low on blood sugar right now."
"The dumkopf," grumbled Gina.
"He knows he's supposed to replenish his blood sugar after every round of attacks but he gets hyper-focused on things to the point of exclusion of all
else. Especially himself."
While they waited, Chris was getting hungry as
well. Using the 'trixie transformation cost some personal energy, too. "He reminds me a lot of me," to which Rei nodded in
agreement.
"I, too, am growing hungry," Rei
added, quietly. As always for her.
Amy grinned and nudged Chris/Asuka in the ribs.
"Well? You heard her."
"Oh, alright," and a cellphone was
produced. "Who's up for NinjaBurger? And what does Ben like on his?"
"He likes the Bacon Ranch Deluxe,"
said Gina. "And I'll have the Mushroom Swiss Special."
Then, a Jess approached with a slip of paper
with a large order on it. "I'll have this," she said as she handed it to Asuka/Chris. "Tell them to put it on my tab. They'll know it
was me."
Chris eyed the suddenly hungry looking troop of
Jesses. "Somehow, I don't doubt it."
Amy's and Rei's orders were dutifully
taken (teriyaki-swiss and the tofuburger, respectively), requests were taken from Lufy's troops and the Jason, and the group retired to a convenient lounge
nearby.
With NinjaBurger's usual aplomb, the meals
were already laid out and waiting for the crowd when they arrived.
Benjamin finally exited the restaurant at that
point. When he did, he was carrying a two-and-a-half gallon bag-in-box of 7-Up syrup. He had it fitted with a tube that was mated to the BIB's fitting
and was sucking away at it like a kid with his favorite juice-drink.
"You gonna be long with that, dumkopf?" said Gina without much
rancor in her voice.
"I'm already half-way done with it," he replied around the
tube. That statement took everyone else by surprise.
"That thing's two-and-a-half gallons! How can you drink all that
and still stand?"
Benjamin shrugged. "I think it's a quirk. Makes sense that the
Wave would make it so I could rapidly recharge this way. The other alternative would be something like Espresso."
"Which he is never touching if I'm around to stop him," said
Gina suddenly in a tone that made it clear that she meant it.
Benjamin shrugged again and added, "We have no idea what it'll do
to me since I'm prone to hyperactivity anyways."
"You? Hyperactive?" said Gina
sarcastically.
"Yeah. You should have seen me when I was a kid. You'd never get
me out of the trees."
The Jason looked over at Ben and Gina, and snickered softly. "You
sound like my daughters, Gina. They HAVE seen me on an Expresso high once. They described me as being worse than a two-year-old that had been force-fed Pixie
sticks and twice-brewed coffee for three days." He pulled a tiny vial out of his beltpouch, one that had just a few drops of dark brown fluid in the
bottom. "Brought this along for an emergency boost. I'd been considering it recently, but they talked me out of it." He chuckled wryly.
"For SOME reason...."
Gina snorted at that. Finally, Benjamin sucked
the bag-in-box dry and went to stuff it into garbage can. "All done! And I'm feeling much better!"
"You sure you can handle another go at this?" said Gina. Her
voice held the tone of challenge, but the look on her face was laced with concern.
"I'll need a few days off after this, but I'll be
alright."
Jess rolled her eyes. "More work for us to
do," she said, referring to Gina and herself. "At least the War is over. Stick around, Boss. We ordered Ninja Burger for you,
too."
"Bacon Ranch?" asked Ben with a hopeful look in his
eyes.
"Psshht!" scoffed Gina. "As if we, your ever dependable
assistants, would forget something as simple as that!"
"My Lady has my gratitude," said Ben as he bowed, taking her hand
and laying a kiss on it. The odd part was that Ben did not seem one bit sarcastic at all.
Gina went pink. "Dumkopf! Knock it off with the Romeo act!"
Any other person she would have pummeled (with restraint, of course, since there was no need to kill anyone), but not Ben. This only added fuel to the
debate (sometimes flame war) on the Senshi networks of whether or not the two were an item.
Ben said nothing, but his eyes twinkled with mischievous delight as he
stood back up.
Meanwhile, The Jason practically inhaled his own
food - three large teriyaki burgers with grilled onions and swiss - and sat back with a sigh. He was still staying as far away from the females in the group as
possible.
"Guys? If we're going to be going up against a base, I might want
to up the flexibility of what I can do. While we're here, let me charge something up." He was already fumbling in the pouch on his belt, pulling out
a small... jeweler's box? It appeared to be so, since he opened it and slipped a ring onto his good hand. He glanced around the room, and then gave a
small grin, holding his fist out in front of him just above the table.
"In brightest day... in blackest night..." The air seemed to
thicken in front of his fist, revealing a large glowing emerald lantern. "...no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might,
beware my power: Green Lantern's light!" There was a flare of green light, and the lantern vanished, leaving the ring on the Jason's hand
shining with a bright green aura. The front of his orange gi, which had been plain before, now bore a green-bordered white circle with a stylized green
lantern on it in the place where Son Goku wore the mark of his master.
He turned a shit-eating grin on the others, and a beam came out of the
ring, turning into a hand giving a huge thumb's up. "You like?"
Benjamin only blinked for a moment, then said,
"Okay, we're putting you on frontal assault."