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[blackholesandrevelations]

John was in the bar, sitting at a booth, legs propped up on the table. He? Was in a very good mood. He had a cup of coffee, and a stack of blueberry pancakes and a woman he loved in his bed upstairs and life was just nice.

He was very botherable.

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[mnt_mike]

Well clearly he needs a cookie.
You can't have a nice life without cookies.
You just can't.

Mike can prove it with SCIENCE!

"Cookie?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"Sure!" John grinned. "What kind?"

[mnt_mike]

"All kinds. Preference?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"White chocolate and macademia nut?" John looked hopeful. Mmm. Macademias.

[mnt_mike]

Mike ponders.
He looks down at his plate, and frowns.

"Not on this tray. Hold on, gimme a sec."

Mike returns to the pile o' cookies on Bar's top, and can be heard mumbling, know i put them over here somewhere...

"Ah HAH! Got'em. Look sharp! HUP!"

Anyone who has spent enough time around the Brothers Green would know that HUP! means something is coming straight for your head.
If that isn't enough of a heads up, well then the cookies that come flying straight for John's head might be a good indication.

[blackholesandrevelations]

He caught them! Hah! Playing baseball as a kid was good for something. He munched on one and then pointed at him. "You're a turtle."

[mnt_mike]

Mike makes his way back over towards the booth.
On his way he happens to snag a napkin.

"Got a pen?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"Uhm." He poked around in his things and pulled one out. "Yes, I do."

[mnt_mike]

"Might I be so bold as to borrow it for a sec?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"Absolutely." John nodded, handing it to him.

[mnt_mike]

Mike takes the pen before taking a seat at the booth with John.
On the napkin he writes:

Vision assessment: Full Marks
Cleared to operate heavy machinery.

Then he slides both the napkin and the pen across the table and over to John.

It should be noted that he's fighting back giggles the whole time.

[blackholesandrevelations]

John grinned. "Hell yeah. Last thing I need is my heavy machinery operating license to be revoked."

[mnt_mike]

"Okay, my turn."

Mike snags another napkin, and hands it over to John.

"You're a...don't tell me now... human?"

[fighting_mad]

Plourr is passing, on her way over there, but there's Aeryn's Crichton and -- well, if he isn't looking like the vornskyr that swallowed the ranat.

She can afford a detour.

"You're looking awfully pleased with yourself," she says with no preamble, eyebrow raised.

[blackholesandrevelations]

"I am." John grinned. "How are you, Plourr?"

[fighting_mad]

"Fine, thanks," she says, standing over him with her arms crossed over her chest. "I'd ask you the same, but I'm not in the habit of asking redundant questions."

[blackholesandrevelations]

He grinned again. "How's being a Princess treating you?"

[fighting_mad]

"Fine," she says shortly. "How's being an insufferable astronaut man treating you?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"Wonderful." He beamed. "Aeryn loves me again, and all is right with the world."

Amazing how much he depends on her.

[fighting_mad]

Plourr could go find the source and get the story out of her.

However, she knows how hard it is to get personal information out of Aeryn.

Thus, John now has a princess looking at him with keen interest. "Yeah?" she asks, eyebrows firmly raised. "She finally talked to you?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"Yeah. Well, first we yelled a lot, and then I tried to see how long I could stay in a freezing lake for the hell of it, and we yelled some more. I gave up, she came and found me. And all is well." John grinned. Again.

Then it faltered. "Of course, I still have to leave."

[fighting_mad]

Plourr frowns on Aeryn's behalf. "What do you mean, you have to leave?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

"Go back with the door opens. Aeryn and I aren't from the same time."


He has to go die.

[fighting_mad]

"Yeah, I got that. But if you go back--" She has never been one to hold back her thoughts; she only hesitates a split second. "Won't you die?"

[blackholesandrevelations]

He looked up at her, eyes tired and sad. "Yeah."

Time Ends.