07. - Video - This is not my beautiful house

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[Chuck is in a suit. The room he is in appears to be a den, but a big one - high-end computers can be seen in the background, as well as several framed magazime covers - think "Tony Stark Wants To Save The World" - but they're all about Charles Carmichael, computer whiz kid and brilliant, visionary CEO of the software giant ENCOM (because he is not above a gratuitous Tron reference and neither am I). He flails his arms a bit, lost for words.]

Wh--I--

What's going on?!

[There is also a Stanford degree on the wall, dated 2003. Guess who didn't get kicked out of college?]

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[batmanschmatman]

Everything okay?

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

It's...it's my mom.

[batmanschmatman]

And...?

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

No, it's just...she's here. She's in photos. This is a picture of my high school graduation. And she's there. And so's dad.

This isn't right.

[batmanschmatman]

Your parents weren't at your graduation? [Not that Bruce had been at his but. That was different.]

His world is going to get rocked SO HARD when I update him to season four

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

No. [He sighs, looking uncomfortable.] Mom left when I was in fifth grade. And dad...dad left when Ellie was old enough to legally take care of me. For the longest time, it was just me and my sister...

poor bb ;;

[batmanschmatman]

I'm sorry.

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

It's the past now anyway.

[He shakes his head and closes the album.]

This is just...all of this is so bizarre. This is everything that's gone wrong with my life going right.

And...[here he starts to sound surprised.] ...I don't think I like it.

[batmanschmatman]

You know, this might sound weird, but it's nice to know I'm not alone.

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Oh?

Has everything gone Stepford-perfect for you too?

[batmanschmatman]

Not exactly, but I'm married with a kid and apparently happy living in the suburbs. Feels kind of... empty, I guess.

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Now that...is something I wouldn't see coming.

But then again it looks like our resident Klingon general is both female and pregnant, so I highly doubt this is the kind of lotus-eater port where all our dreams come true.

[batmanschmatman]

I don't know, don't all Klingons long to swap genders and raise families?t

I'm such a nerd I didn't even have to look that up.

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not the sort of activity that tends to get you into Sto-Vo-Kor.

lololol that is pretty win <3

[batmanschmatman]

Dammit Chuck, I'm a cop, not a linguist and/or Star Trek buff.

BRB LOL FOREVER

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

It's, uh, Klingon heaven. You get there if you die honorably in battle.

Dick has made that joke surprisingly often here. xD

[batmanschmatman]

Ah, I see. Maybe he's a weird Klingon then.

But I'm probably gonna go with the theory that this port isn't actually what we really want.

It's a good joke. xD

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that I think would be a safe bet.

[He looks around his new big house, and starts to smile.]

Hey, you think I should throw a party this weekend? Kinda figured I'd do that, you know, if I ever became rich and famous.

This is very true. xD

[batmanschmatman]

Hey, why not right? If I recall correctly, throwing parties is what rich people are best at.

[ooc: By the way, so unrelated to this thread, but can Dick block Bourne's punch and push him a little away from Costigan in the detox log? I've been meaning to ask but am a derp and keep forgetting.]

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Heh. All right, awesome. Saturday? Hope we're not gone by then.

[Go right ahead! Jason's just trying to get him unconscious enough to get to the infirmary. Because, knife in shoulder. xD; My AIM's been acting up the past couple days so I haven't been able to get on.]

[batmanschmatman]

I'll see if the department can give me the night off. Assuming I'm invited, of course.

[ooc: Bad aim, be nice to Alex. >| And awesome, tyyyy <3]

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to tell you about a party and then not invite you. That's way too passive-aggressive for my tastes. Of course you're invited.

[batmanschmatman]

I was teasing. Should I hire a babysitter or do you want to meet my adorable, hyperactive son better known as Wally West? [And he continues to tease. He's still kinda wtfing over Wally being his kid.]

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Wh--

I--

The Flash--

Your kid--

You're gonna have to bear with me for a second. My brain hurts.

[batmanschmatman]

Believe me, mine does too.

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

So have we come to the conclusion that this is the Admiral's fault and he's just screwing with us?

[batmanschmatman]

Think so. Unless my deepest, darkest wish for my future is to adopt my deaged best friend and marry a woman I've never met.

[scruffynerdhrdr.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'd doubt that.

[Sigh.] Well, I guess I'd better start planning the party. A good party takes lots of work...good luck on the beat today.

[batmanschmatman]

Thanks Mr. Carmichael. Let me know if you need any help planning, I've had a little bit of experience with rich people parties.