Like Hell Warmed Over

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:07 pm

The morning after the game of capture the flag, Will was sitting down for breakfast in the still-being-repaired cafeteria.

With every hammer, he winced. He looked bad, dark circles under his eyes as he slowly ate his cereal.

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by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:54 am

Alex also didn't look at his best that morning, but with him it was more something with the attitude than his appearance. He did, however, take a moment to pause as he looked around the cafeteria and the results of yesterday's festivities.

Oops...

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:00 am

Will winced and dropped his spoon as a particularly loud piece of equipment went off.

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:03 am

The motion more than the noise drew Alex's attention, and he winced when he saw how Will look. "Are... um... you all right?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:16 am

"Long night...Alex, right?

Let this be a lesson for you--don't get drunk."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:22 am

"Yeah, you all won't let me," he said, taking a seat. "My luck I'd just get drunk, go nuts, and end up wrecking another wall."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:30 am

"No, I mean...

...oh, you were the one who brought down the wall?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:36 am

"No. Well, yeah, I guess, but I kind of got thrown. So I guess it was done with me and not by me?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:38 am

"Ah.

I was an idiot, sticking the flag in here. Shoulda done it out on the quad."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:43 am

"It made it more fun, at least," Alex offered, 'helpfully'. "I mean... lots of stuff out there to get busted up, too."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:55 am

"Yeah, and it'll all be fine. Just...you know. It's all fun and games until the grounds crew murders me in my sleep."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:03 am

"I stayed metal all night in case they tried," Alex admitted. Or in case of angry catguys.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:26 pm

"Hey, don't worry about it--it's that kind of enthusiasm we want to see. You guys did good! I just should have made less valuable things be in the way."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:15 pm

"Yeah, well, apparently I'm a dangerous predator or something, so I dunno. But thanks."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:39 pm

"Wait, what?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:00 pm

Alex shook his head. "You ever get a really, really skeevy vibe from someone, but no one else believes you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:03 pm

"I think I know what you mean, yeah..."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:15 pm

"Yeah. So I tried do warn people off, and he makes it out like I'm all dangerous or something, like I hurt Psywave yesterday or something. As if I could," he said, rolling his eyes.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:17 pm

"I dunno, you're pretty tough. With enough momentum, you could hurt almost anyone here."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:15 am

"Well yeah, but I don't think I could hurt her. Have you seen the videos of her? She's, like, scary-tough. Besides, I didn't do anything that'd hurt her."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:39 am

"Yeah, I don't think you did anything wrong. I'll admit, I haven't had time to break down all the tape yet, but from what I remember, you held your own quite well."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:49 am

"Don't know about that. I got tossed around a lot. I guess 'being able to get back up' is holding my own."

He took a bite of his eggs. "How do you all make it look that easy?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:20 am

"You think it looks easy? I've gotten the shit kicked out of me more times than I'd like to count."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:33 am

"Well yeah, but... you still get it done, right? I get kicked around and I just... I don't know, get kicked around."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:46 am

"Not always. I could show you some tape of me getting the shit kicked out of me, sometime.

The key is to keep getting up. You know, Michael Jordan missed a ton of shots and all that."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:42 am

"Yeah, but he should have made a few too, right?" He shook his head. "I don't know. I thought it'd be easier. You turn to metal, there you go. Colossus never had issues."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:30 am

"Heh. Sure he did. Everyone does at the beginning. Keep putting in the work; you'll get there."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:23 pm

"Heh. There doesn't ever seem to be much use for a metal guy. I never would have believed that before I came here."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:24 pm

"What do you mean?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:29 pm

"I don't know. It just seems like the most not-in-demand power here."

"Sorry. Now I'm getting bitchy enough that even I'm noticing it."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:33 pm

"In demand for what? I mean, you've got boatloads of potential, if you choose to go in that direction."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:36 pm

"I don't know. When something's wrong, no one ever thinks I can help. Then when I do, everyone just goes on about how horrible it is."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:41 pm

"Look, I know what you mean. But you can help. You just need to ignore what the haters say.

...Kids say 'haters' these days, right?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:55 pm

"...Do I look that much like a kid?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:00 pm

"Well, you're in high school."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:44 pm

"I'm seventeen," Alex said defensively, not at all making himself sound more like a kid.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:18 pm

"You're getting there. Patience, young padawan."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:02 pm

Alex chuckled at that one. "So what should I do then, if I'm ever going to be ready for that sort of stuff?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:16 pm

"Keep practicing is the boring part of the answer. The exciting part is impress the hell out of Ryan and Steph in power control class--they're the ones in charge of deciding what the XI kids can do in the field."

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