Match Made?
Kim: Did it seem to you like Cousin Larry and Jaime might be a good match?
Monique: What? Kim are you kidding me? All they said all night was hello, goodbye, and ehh I'm choking.
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I was going to make a post like "Being an AA script writer must rule, just making up names like Seymour Butts all day." And then I remembered we already have a prominent character named Butz.
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I started thinking about the Elite Four doing something for Poppy’s birthday. And then I started thinking about Poppy dragging them to a haunted house. So here are some headcanons about that. Sometimes a family is just a girl and her coworkers.
- Initially, Rika is prepared to hold Poppy’s hand to ensure the poor girl doesn’t get frightened. Her laid-back personality mixed with Poppy’s fondness for her makes Rika the best candidate to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn’t get overwhelmed. While this may have been Poppy’s idea, she is still quite young, and no one wants her special day ruined.
- Hassel isn’t even considered for this position. His screaming would probably end up scaring Poppy more than the haunted house itself. And while Larry isn’t the most expressive and unlikely to have any dramatic reactions, his plain aura would attract every scare actor like flies to honey. So Rika is assigned to watch Poppy duty. Which she is more than happy to fulfill.
- Geeta is originally supposed to go, but having all of the Elite Four and the Top Champion off work on the same day is easier said than done. So, she stays at the office and even picks up some of Larry’s paperwork and Rika’s secretarial duties. She’s frighteningly efficient. Rika returns to work pleasantly surprised at her empty inbox, and Larry returns mildly frustrated at his now-organized cubicle.
- Rika and Hassel are immediately on board with the idea. They both had plans to throw Poppy a party of some kind, and honestly still do so she can actually hang out with kids her own age, but the fact that her first choice is to spend the day with them tugs at their heartstrings. Rika affectionately ruffles her hair and Hassel has to excuse himself for a quick cry. As per usual. Larry is harder to convince, though not by much. Poppy attaching herself to his leg like a Komala until he agreed would have worked fine. His coworker's intense - and unnecessary, he already said yes - expressions solidified his answer. Rika and Hassel would probably kill him with hammers if he said no.
- Rika and Poppy are wearing matching outfits. While Poppy’s is an adorable dress, Rika opted for a similar colored t-shirt. It’s more her style. When Hassel arrives wearing his usual ensemble of a sweater vest and tie, Rika jumps at the opportunity to rib him about it. It isn’t until Larry shows up in full work attire that she finds a new target. He steps out of the flying taxi, and Rika doubles over with a sharp bark of a laugh. Instead of clouds, his tie is decorated with balloons. Festive!
- Things go great for the first few minutes. Until the first scare and Rika lets out a startled “Fucking hell!” As Poppy laughs and Rika deflates, Hassel opens his mouth, armed and ready, to give one of his infamous lectures.
- Said lecture is over in record time! Only fifteen minutes, half of which was said while continuing through the attraction and punctuated with several shrieks. Which Poppy finds particularly hilarious.
- Rika reacts to scares by clapping a hand over her mouth before she’s able to let out another crude exclamation. Hassel, despite his deep voice, hits a glass-shattering octave when he gets startled. Larry doesn’t give much of a reaction outside of a full body jolt and a quiet ‘wuh!’. And Poppy doesn’t scream once. She just laughs at the other three, skipping along without a care in the world.
- The day ends with Larry taking the group to a nearby bakery he’s particularly fond of. He happily pays for Poppy and himself, he knows he eats a lot and his bill will be significantly more expensive because of it. Poppy almost beats him. He gets up to get them thirds before Hassel puts a stop to it. She’s still a growing girl and doesn’t need so many sweets. Larry brings her extra the next day.
- While Geeta couldn’t make it, she is sure to present Poppy with a gift of her own. A small cake pop and a commemorative photo she requested from the haunted house. It’s Poppy’s favorite photo and the other three pray one day it’ll get destroyed in a freak accident so she’ll stop showing people.
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I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday, I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm In Love
Heavy Metal Valentines Day Five: First Date
July 1st, 1985
To Say Eddie Was About To Implode From Excitement Would Be An Understatement. It Was Finally Happening, Billy And Them Were Finally Have A Date. A Real One.
Not Just A Quick Chat And Peck In The Woods After A Deal, Not Just Glances In The Hallways Of Doom, Not Just A Nod As They Went Into Their Respective Vehicles To Head To School. A Real, Bonafide, Genuine Date.
They Were Practically Bursting At The Seams. They Had Already Had A Good Solid Thirty Minute Screaming Into Their Pillow Session, And Moshing Around Their Room For A Good Hour In An Attempt To Release Some Of Their Pent Up Energy. It.... Hasn't Really Worked, But That's Fine! It's Just Means They'll Be Super In The Moment During The Date Portion.
They Really Hoped They Didn't Overwhelm Billy, They Were Still Figuring Out New Things That Overwhelmed Them Due To Their Early-Onset Psychosis (Read: Autism), And They Saw A Lot Of Similarities Between Billy And Them. So They Went Over The Plan Another Few Times In Their Head To Make Sure That They Remembered How The Day Was Supposed To Go Down, So As Not To Cause A Sudden Schedule Shift And Upset The Both Of Them.
Eddie Ran Over Their List Of Store Bought Items, Mostly Patches, And One Kill 'Em All T-Shirt(Donated By Rick, Bless Him), And Some Snacks For The Both Of Them. They Checked Over The Snacks Again, Red Hot Cinnamon Candies And A Dr. Pepper For Billy, And A Bag Of Rolos With A Vanilla Ramune For Them.
They Glanced In The Mirror, Checking Out Their Outfit For What Had To Be The Hundredth Time Since They Put It On. They Were Wearing Their Queen Shirt-Turned Tank Top And Their Only Pair Of Holeless Jeans. It Was A Fine Outfit, But That Wasn't The Part Eddie Was Worried About. Their Chest Was Out.
They Had Grown Interested In 1920s Fashion Thanks To Their Auntie Lisa, And In Doing That, They Stumbled Upon Some Chest Flattening Corset Patterns From That Era. They Were Originally Made To Flatten The Chests Of The Flappers Who Wore Them, But With The Start Of Puberty Hitting Eddie Like A Freight Train In All The Worst Ways, They Had Different Reasons For Using Them.
Billy Had Wanted This To Be A Casual Thing, Since They Weren't Going Anywhere. Billy Knew About, It Wasn't Like They Didn't Tell Him Or Anything(Plus It Really Wouldn't Have Matter Since Billy Was From California And Had A Merry Band Of Transvestites As His Closest Companions Over There, And As A Result He Clocked Them Almost Immediately), But Billy Hadn't Ever Seen Eddie Without Their Binder On. And It Wasn't Like Eddie Thought Billy Would Be Cruel Or Anything, But The Little Voice In The Back Of Their Head Was Always More Persistent When They Had Tits.
Shaking Off The Minor Existential Dread From Their Bones, They Took A Deep Breath And Put On Their "Boys Don't Cry" Vinyl (Another Gift From Their Auntie Lisa) And Did Some Final Clean Up Around The Trailer While They Waited For Billy To Get Off Work.
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Eddie Has No Idea What They Were Worried About. The Date Was Going Great, They Had Danced A Bit, They Watched TV, They Even Ordered Pizza!(Wayne Knew It Was A Special Occasion And Even Gave Eddie Enough Money To Get Garlic Knots!)
Billy Had Brought Over Some Patches Of His Own Choosing, And Told Eddie Where He Wanted Them On His Vest. They Had Cut Out The Kill 'Em All Shirt To Make A Back Patch And Were Currently Seeing It On. Billy Had Seemed A Little Standoffish And Strange At The Start Of The Date, Almost Secretive And Defensive, But Billy Tended To Be Like That In General, And Eddie Had Brushed It Of As Nerves, As After A While Billy Opened Up More And More.
They Currently Had Him Rambling On About Metallic Trivia That They Already Knew, But They Didn't Dare Tell Billy That. This Was The Happiest They Had Seen Him Since He Got Here, And They Knew How Nice It Felt To Have Someone Who Would Just Listen. Eddie Swore If You Looked Too Hard, You Would See Hearts In Their Eyes With They Way They Were Looking At Billy. They Would Probably Stab Their Hands A Few More Times Than Ideal, But It Didn't Matter, They Were Absolutely Smitten, And They Were Having A Great Time Working On Billy's Battle Vest.
They Hoped They Got To Finish It With Him.
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