Josh's Reality: STAR Labs, Gordon Family Compound: Invitations

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Lar--who'd been spending much of his time exploring various portions of the multiverse--arrived outside the complex, having teleported into the universe high in orbit.  He wasn't quite sure how one got a message across multiversal lines, but Josh somehow had.  He'd asked Lar to come celebrate, but not specified what.

Still, he was always happy to come see a friend.  His feet touched down on the ground with barely a sound.

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"Hey! Jenny! No... JAIME!" Josh yelped and shot into the air, hearing both girls laugh at their success in making him flee. He hovered just out of their reach, arms pressed to his sides, then brightened as he caught Lar's scent.

"Hey. I'm glad you could make it." He landed and walked over to meet him, hand outstretched in greeting.

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He smiled, taking the hand and shaking it. "Glad I could make it, Josh. What's going on?"

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"Oh, that Enterprise." She chuckled and went over to poke Josh and make him give her a wide-eyed look that showed his relationship to Jaime rather well despite their marked difference in size.

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"There's another one...? Wait... How do you ever know about it?"

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That grin looked like it was going to split his face now as he hugged his wife's legs. "Isaiah Colton Dor. Nine pounds four ounces." A chuckle. "That's nearly four pounds more than I weighed."

"Och." Jaime shook her head with wonder.

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"Wow," he said. "That's wonderful."

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"Surely not sae bad as salted pork wi' maggots?"

Josh crinkled up his face as Jenny put a hand over her mouth.

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Lar made a face. "Er... probably not."

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"Och...." She clung to him, shaking from reaction.

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Lar steadied her as best he could. "It's okay," he said. "I've got you."

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They were engaged in a rousing game of 'I spy' when the next bus pulled up in front of them half an hour later.

Jaime paused in mid laugh to look up at the big thing with awe.

"It's okay," Josh told her, handing her a bus token and then offering one to Lar. "Hey, I see seats in the back for all of us!"

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Lar took it and mouthed his thanks. "Sounds good," he said. To him, the diesel and combustion engine--and even the electric one like this--were primitive things, ones his one people had long since abandoned. But the Earth had a long way to go before it reached that point.

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"I don't want to break my hands." She chuckled, then laughed out loud as Jaime got him in the ribs with both hands as he leaned across her.

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He laughed again as Jamie got him, a smile big and bright on his face.

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"We can take you." Jenny grinned. "I know your weak points."

Jaime just grinned her agreement, showing predatory teeth.

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He held up his hands. "Hey, no argument here."

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Josh looked thoughtful and replied the same way, "I don't think it'll be a problem. Use whichever one you want."

"Whisperin' again." Jaime poked Lar in the side.

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"Lar it is then," he replied. grimacing ever so slightly at being poked.

"Sorry," he said, apologetically.

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Jenny watched the waitress walk away, then looked up at Lar laughingly. "That's going to be a lot of meat."

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He smiled, then winked. "Hey, I've got a super-stomach. I can handle it."

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She smiled her thanks, then lay her head against his arm for a moment, the gesture sweetly unaffected.

Then the waitress came with the first of the plates and she sat up along with Josh and Jenny, her eyes bright as she grinned.

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"Looks great," he said.

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Josh set a little black thing on the table and pressed a button on it, then returned to his meal. "The Fortress of Solitude. I haven't been there or to the moon base in awhile."

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"I was just at the moon, the other day," he added. "Took a girl I met in the Nexus up to see it."

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Josh looked at him curiously as Jaime asked, "Do the ladies nae dance where yer from, Lar?"

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"They do," he replied. "But nothing quite like that."

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"You're doing alright so far." Josh looked at him.

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"I suppose I am," he replied. "It's still just very strange, being around people again."

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"They're serious, too. You'd be a full family member." He glanced around, then cautiously put a lobster leg in his mouth and crunched it up shell and all to get the full flavor.

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"I... I really don't know, Josh. I'll have to think about it."

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"Mmm hmm. The older movies are all classics now, so I'm curious to see if the quality's still going."

"Nerd," said Jenny cheerfully, now intent on her plate.

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"At least I'm familiar with movies," Lar laughed. "Those, we had."

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"Definitely not fish." Josh chuckled and scraped the last bit of goodness from his plate, then set down his fork.

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Lar took the last couple of bites of his food as well, then pushed it away with satisfaction. "That was great."

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"Aye, thinkin' 'n listenin' tae th' world." She flushed. "Fergi' me."

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"Don't worry about it."

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"@#$%&$# you!" retorted the guy. "Mind your own @#$%&$ business."

Josh watched silently, ready to step in if he needed to but concerned for Jenny, who would have nowhere to hold on if he left her.

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"I don't think so. There's no excuse for that kind of behavior."

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She nodded, but then winced as the angry man spoke sullenly.

"I ain't sayin' sorry."

"That's your concern," said Josh evenly, ducking his head to look out a window.

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Lar held back from a retort of his own, focusing his attention on remaining comforting to Jamie.

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"Pretty straight forward. They usually give you an overview of important points in the storyline thus far at the beginning of the movie."

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"That sounds fine then."

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"They're not that expensive." Josh put a jawbreaker into his mouth as the line crept forward, then offered a smaller ball shaped candy to Lar. "Neither is a good player."

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Lar took the candy ball. "Hmm. Maybe I ought to get one."

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"Ahhhh." Her dark eyes twinkled as she handed her ticket over and was stamped.

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Lar handed over his own ticket and received his hand stamp. "Like I said, funny. If a bit messy."

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Jaime nestled in her seat, her small size making it possible for her to curl her feet beneath her comfortably as she gazed at the screen and absently offered Lar a hand containing three of her precious sweetmeats.

"Here we go," whispered Jenny as the music started.

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Lar took one and ate it, mouthing his thanks to Jamie as he did.

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Josh grinned cheerfully at one woman who thought it right to send an odd look their way as though laughter were an alien thing, then sighed as the screen went dark. "That's all, folks."

"Ow." Jenny shifted. "My butt's asleep."

Josh blushed.

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"You enjoyed it, Jamie?" Lar asked.