And then there's this, which is the half-story/half-outline of my next few contributions to "Virtue Is Its Own Reward" 2.0 from a few years back (including material brainstormed here in the Legendary board):
Monday, July 6, 7:54 PM EDT
Raye had suspected that Peggy Schroeck hadn't quite grasped (or
believed) what had happened when Bob had tried to explain it
before they'd taken her to work that morning. Demonstrating
what had happened after she came back home that evening had
made it clear she hadn't.
The next thing she knew, Peggy had spun off into a whirlwind of
activity, plucking towels and sheets out of the long linen closet
that lined one side of the hallway which extended down the center
of the bedroom wing of the house before vanishing into a doorway
on the wall opposite it.
Momentarily stunned at the reaction, Raye simply stared after her.
Hey, kiddo, Bob murmured in her head. Earth to Raye.
Raye shook herself. What is she...?
She "felt" Bob shrug. I guess she's setting you up as a
"guest". There was the briefest pause. Don't worry if
she's kind of... brusque. She's not angry or anything... just
not good with strangers.
"Okay..." Raye murmured, before following.
By the time Raye had trotted down the ten or fifteen feet to
catch up with her, Peggy had already begun setting up the room to
handle a semi-permanent guest. "I'm sorry, but it would be just
too strange to have you in our bed so if you have to sleep while
you're..." Peggy looked up and made a vague gesture at Raye's
5'2" form. "...Like that, you'll do it in here. And here are
towels for when you need to wash up and... oh, you're going to
need clothes, too, aren't you?"
Raye nodded glumly. "But I don't have any money to pay for
things."
Shopping with Peggy
*So glad I don't have to carry what you're buying.*
"You kidding? I'll just change back to you and let you tote
it all while I get to ride back to your house in comfort."
*Evil child, you.*
...You realize that Raye's coming to LBI with us next week?...
Peggy blinks, then whirls. "Bathing suits, beach togs,
beach towel..."
Raye apologizes for how much they're spending on her
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
July 7
Evangelia's pronouncement, and her appearance at the grease
trucks, makes the Home News Tribune. Dani swings by briefly
and they talk about it.
After a comment by Bob, Raye tries all her teleporter settings.
Mish porter goes nowhere (right now -- it might work later during
first villain appearance). Assemble the team is skipped, as she
has no team to assemble. Base porter goes nowhere. Pocket D
takes her to an empty shadow shard (the truck is there, though),
and she tries Oro in a panic, and finds the abandoned complex --
complete with med tubes. The Oro gate out front brings her back
to New Brunswick
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
Thursday, July 9, 6:18 PM EDT
The knob on the front door rattled, and Raye paused the DVD
player. A moment later
Peggy comes upon Raye watching "Sailor Moon" and "Evangelion".
re: Usagi, "I wasn't much better when I started out. I had
a penguin, a sword, and a strange outfit halfway between a
cheerleader uniform and a suit of armor. And I was out on the
street trying to beat up Skulls and Hellions. For a fifteen-
year-old who's just gotten a hero license, they were scary!
At least I didn't start to cry until I got home, though."
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
Tuesday, July 14, 8:24 PM EDT
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Hi people
[The Legendary] Valles: Bob!
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: Hey bossman
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Um, no, not Bob. Raye here. I
thought I'd try playing the game and see what it's like, so Bob
set things up, gave me the body, and... well, here I am.
[The Legendary] Valles: ...
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Dare I ask what toon you're using?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Me, of course.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I think it'd be a little creepy to
play anyone else. At least the people I know.
[The Legendary] Valles: I don't know... I think you'd do a great
job on X-Ray Ted.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Oh god I can't believe you said
that.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: That's just gross.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: You haven't met him. I *have*.
He's just... ick.
Looney Toons mimes throwing up
....
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Does anyone know if Adrienne made
it over?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: She was kind of my best friend,
both in school and in the Legendary, and I could kinda use some
friend time right now.
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: Adrienne?
[The Legendary] Valles: Space Mage.
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: ty
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I mean, I've made friends with the
girl who lives across the street from Bob and Peggy, but it's not
the same. I can't talk to her about hero stuff. At least not
yet.
....
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: One good thing about this so far.
[The Legendary] Drenivian: What's that?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I finally know why Miranda seems to
hate my guts.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Miranda?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Oh. Sailor Null. Miranda Prentice.
I read her bio at the Handbook of the Virtue Universe just now.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: It's kinda sad, actually. Not just
because of the whole darkness-light thing and all the anger she's
carrying around, but because
[The Legendary] Sweno: Because?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: It's really strange how so many
people in the Legendary think I'm this pure, innocent little girl.
But I'm not. I'm not really the good girl everyone thinks I am.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: How so?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I've changed a lot since Alistair
found me, but... I lost my virginity when I was 12 -- because I
jumped the guy. I was well on my way to being the school slut
by the time I got into AP Regional.
[The Legendary] valles: ...
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I smoked like crazy. I took
advantage of my folks never being home to drink almost every
night. I was already getting bored with pot and starting to look
for something stronger.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: The first time Alistair came to me
and told me I was Evangelia, I was pretty sure someone had spiked
my weed with LSD or something.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I was actually kind of disappointed
that he was real, because I thought I'd found some really primo
shit.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: But the thing is, Miranda thinks
I'm some kind of saint because of my powers, and it makes her mad
and sad about her own. But I'm *not* a saint.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: If I can ever get back home, or
even just talk to the "real" me, I've got to do something about
that.
Eva discovers how fun it is to play herself on COH...
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
7/18: Raye goes to the beach house.
*I've only ever swum at the beach at Spanky's Boardwalk! And
it doesn't even have real surf.*
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Monday, July 6, 7:54 PM EDT
Raye had suspected that Peggy Schroeck hadn't quite grasped (or
believed) what had happened when Bob had tried to explain it
before they'd taken her to work that morning. Demonstrating
what had happened after she came back home that evening had
made it clear she hadn't.
The next thing she knew, Peggy had spun off into a whirlwind of
activity, plucking towels and sheets out of the long linen closet
that lined one side of the hallway which extended down the center
of the bedroom wing of the house before vanishing into a doorway
on the wall opposite it.
Momentarily stunned at the reaction, Raye simply stared after her.
Hey, kiddo, Bob murmured in her head. Earth to Raye.
Raye shook herself. What is she...?
She "felt" Bob shrug. I guess she's setting you up as a
"guest". There was the briefest pause. Don't worry if
she's kind of... brusque. She's not angry or anything... just
not good with strangers.
"Okay..." Raye murmured, before following.
By the time Raye had trotted down the ten or fifteen feet to
catch up with her, Peggy had already begun setting up the room to
handle a semi-permanent guest. "I'm sorry, but it would be just
too strange to have you in our bed so if you have to sleep while
you're..." Peggy looked up and made a vague gesture at Raye's
5'2" form. "...Like that, you'll do it in here. And here are
towels for when you need to wash up and... oh, you're going to
need clothes, too, aren't you?"
Raye nodded glumly. "But I don't have any money to pay for
things."
Shopping with Peggy
*So glad I don't have to carry what you're buying.*
"You kidding? I'll just change back to you and let you tote
it all while I get to ride back to your house in comfort."
*Evil child, you.*
...You realize that Raye's coming to LBI with us next week?...
Peggy blinks, then whirls. "Bathing suits, beach togs,
beach towel..."
Raye apologizes for how much they're spending on her
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
July 7
Evangelia's pronouncement, and her appearance at the grease
trucks, makes the Home News Tribune. Dani swings by briefly
and they talk about it.
After a comment by Bob, Raye tries all her teleporter settings.
Mish porter goes nowhere (right now -- it might work later during
first villain appearance). Assemble the team is skipped, as she
has no team to assemble. Base porter goes nowhere. Pocket D
takes her to an empty shadow shard (the truck is there, though),
and she tries Oro in a panic, and finds the abandoned complex --
complete with med tubes. The Oro gate out front brings her back
to New Brunswick
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
Thursday, July 9, 6:18 PM EDT
The knob on the front door rattled, and Raye paused the DVD
player. A moment later
Peggy comes upon Raye watching "Sailor Moon" and "Evangelion".
re: Usagi, "I wasn't much better when I started out. I had
a penguin, a sword, and a strange outfit halfway between a
cheerleader uniform and a suit of armor. And I was out on the
street trying to beat up Skulls and Hellions. For a fifteen-
year-old who's just gotten a hero license, they were scary!
At least I didn't start to cry until I got home, though."
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
Tuesday, July 14, 8:24 PM EDT
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Hi people
[The Legendary] Valles: Bob!
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: Hey bossman
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Um, no, not Bob. Raye here. I
thought I'd try playing the game and see what it's like, so Bob
set things up, gave me the body, and... well, here I am.
[The Legendary] Valles: ...
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Dare I ask what toon you're using?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Me, of course.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I think it'd be a little creepy to
play anyone else. At least the people I know.
[The Legendary] Valles: I don't know... I think you'd do a great
job on X-Ray Ted.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Oh god I can't believe you said
that.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: That's just gross.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: You haven't met him. I *have*.
He's just... ick.
Looney Toons mimes throwing up
....
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Does anyone know if Adrienne made
it over?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: She was kind of my best friend,
both in school and in the Legendary, and I could kinda use some
friend time right now.
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: Adrienne?
[The Legendary] Valles: Space Mage.
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: ty
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I mean, I've made friends with the
girl who lives across the street from Bob and Peggy, but it's not
the same. I can't talk to her about hero stuff. At least not
yet.
....
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: One good thing about this so far.
[The Legendary] Drenivian: What's that?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I finally know why Miranda seems to
hate my guts.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Miranda?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: Oh. Sailor Null. Miranda Prentice.
I read her bio at the Handbook of the Virtue Universe just now.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: It's kinda sad, actually. Not just
because of the whole darkness-light thing and all the anger she's
carrying around, but because
[The Legendary] Sweno: Because?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: It's really strange how so many
people in the Legendary think I'm this pure, innocent little girl.
But I'm not. I'm not really the good girl everyone thinks I am.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: How so?
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I've changed a lot since Alistair
found me, but... I lost my virginity when I was 12 -- because I
jumped the guy. I was well on my way to being the school slut
by the time I got into AP Regional.
[The Legendary] valles: ...
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I smoked like crazy. I took
advantage of my folks never being home to drink almost every
night. I was already getting bored with pot and starting to look
for something stronger.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: The first time Alistair came to me
and told me I was Evangelia, I was pretty sure someone had spiked
my weed with LSD or something.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: I was actually kind of disappointed
that he was real, because I thought I'd found some really primo
shit.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: But the thing is, Miranda thinks
I'm some kind of saint because of my powers, and it makes her mad
and sad about her own. But I'm *not* a saint.
[The Legendary] Looney Toons: If I can ever get back home, or
even just talk to the "real" me, I've got to do something about
that.
Eva discovers how fun it is to play herself on COH...
(---- BREAK HERE ------)
7/18: Raye goes to the beach house.
*I've only ever swum at the beach at Spanky's Boardwalk! And
it doesn't even have real surf.*
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.