IC: Clan House

[echoes]

-Dan-

Dan chuckled, this was a Mando'ad alright. Few people knew the language, even linguists. "KANDOSII! I'm not alone! he shouted. Then he sat back and watched the sports scroll.

[Yetisarge]

"Well now that you exposed that you actually like that show.. and I have no idea how you can possibly like it, anything more you would like to tell us Sara?" Aj asked her just looking up from the couch.

[charli]

~Sara~

Sara kicked him in the shin, covering her embarrassment with bravado. "Shut up. I thought you, at least, already knew I liked America's Next Top Model and the Tyra Banks show."

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E


Evan was sleeping peacefully on a nice comfortable bed when a leg cramp jolted him from his sleep. The 22-year-old groggily opened his eyes and looked around his room. Nothing seemed to be really out of the ordinary except for the color of the walls and ceiling. They were smooth white, not the textured walls and ceiling he was used to back home. Wait, was he even at home?

“Dammit Nav-E, if you’ve been messing around in my room again…”

Evan lazily sat up in bed and looked around the room. His dresser was adjacent to the bed and up against one wall and his desk was next to it with his black swivel computer chair in front and black laptop computer on top of it with a pull-chain lamp nearby. Also on the desk next to the laptop were a black wristwatch and a pair of black earphones. In one corner of the room was his gray foam rocker chair and his 20-inch flatscreen television was across from his bed. Evan then yawned, stretched, and made his way to the desk to check the time on the watch. Evan’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head when he saw the time.

12:00 pm

“Aw, dammit! I was supposed to meet Del and Stealth in MM2 London over two hours ago! And Nav-E was supposed to come with me… that asshole didn’t even bother to wake me up…”

Evan was dumbfounded to find out that he was already dressed in his usual attire as he bolted for the door.

“Geez, I could have sworn that I took my clothes off before going to bed last night… I must have been too tired and fell asleep instantly. Oh well.”

After Evan had yanked open the door, he could hear some voices coming from down the hall.

“Nav-E must already be up and watching television… I’m going to kill him for making me late.”

Evan’s eyes flashed red with anger as he stomped down the hall towards the source of the noise until he reached it. His eyes then changed colors from red to violet as he stared at the scene before him in confusion.

“…Huh? Who are all you people?”



Nav-E, who was in the adjacent room to Evan’s, woke up with a yawn and a stretch before glancing around the room.

“Huh, I feel as though I’ve forgotten to wake my brother up for something… Eh, maybe it’s just hunger.”

Nav-E slid to the edge of the bed and was about to stand up when realization struck him.

“Hey, wait a minute. Wasn’t I supposed to go meet Del and Stealth in MM2 London with Evan this morning? Aw, crap…” ><

It was then that Nav-E glanced around the room and noticed that the walls and ceiling were not textured like how they should be. On top of that strange finding was the fact that he was already dressed in his usual attire.

“The hell…? Did I go to sleep in my clothes again last night? And what’s up with the walls and ceiling?”

Nav-E quickly glanced around the room to make sure that nothing else had changed. His dresser, desk, lamp, black rocker chair, swivel computer chair, laptop computer, silver-colored earphones, 20-inch flatscreen television, and silver-colored wristwatch were all there. Nothing that he usually had in his room appeared to be missing.

“Huh, Evan must either be messing with me or I didn’t get much sleep last night.”

Nav-E then opened the door and proceeded down the hall to where he heard voices that were growing louder with each step he took. It wasn’t long before he made it to the source of the noise and found Evan standing there staring at a group of people in the room.

“Hey, what’s the big idea messing with my room, Evan? And how the hell did you manage to remove the texture from the walls and ceiling?”

It was then that Nav-E noticed the people in the room that Evan was staring at.

“Who the hell are you people?”

[TrickyLA]

Leyla and Lilly

Leyla stared at the book in confusion for a few more moments, then realized she had been spacing out.

"Weird....."

Clutching the book, she slowly slid to the floor.

"Weird day......"

"Tell me about it."

Leyla turned to look at her 'friend', rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, well this is different...."

Lilly merely shrugged, then stiffened.

"What is it Lilly?"

Leyla wore a look of concern on her face, staring at her friend. Lilly growled, turning around.

"I smell people coming...."

Leyla sighed, shaking her head from side to side.

"Great, more people....."

'Who are all you people/Who the hell are you people?'

Leyla and Lilly both turned, staring at the newcomers. Leyla with a look of mild recognition, Lilly with one of distaste.

"Who the hell wants to know?"

[echoes]

-Dan-


Dan looked at the newcomers, recognizing them almost immediaely, and he wasn't surprised, but he tilted his head anyway, out of some oddball habit of his.
"Uhhhh, Magic? Is that you?" he asked.

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E


Nav-E glared at the one who uttered the question.

"Why the hell should I tell you, you...?" Nav-E blinked in confusion. "Are you some kind of a humanoid fox or something?"

Evan just stared at the scene before him until someone mentioned his name. Well, the name he always goes by online, at least. Evan arched an eyebrow at the one who called him Magic.

"Uh, yeah...? Who might you be?"

[TrickyLA]

Leyla and Lilly

Leyla's smile widened, she knew she recognized him from somewhere.

"MAGIC!!!!!"

And then she glomped him. Lilly merely shook her head, frowning.

"Jeeze, random......"

She then realized that she was being spoken to, and narrowed her eyes.

"Fox demon."

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

Evan didn't have time to react before he was tackle-hugged by one of the people in the room.

"Angel? Is that you?" he gasped as the air was almost squeezed out of his lungs as he hit the floor.

Nav-E, meanwhile, was doubled over with laughter.

"That...was...priceless...!" he gasped between breaths. "I wish I had a camera!"

Evan glared at his brother before turning his attention to the person who had called him Magic earlier.

"Let me guess. Rin, right?"

After Nav-E had finished with his laugh fest, he turned his attention to the one who had answered his question.

"Fox demon, huh? Can you shapeshift?"

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla giggled, releasing the hug.

"How'd you guess!?"

It was turning out to be a really weird day, but to Leyla, things were getting alot better.

"I can't believe I'm getting meet all of you guys! FINALLY!! This is so odd, really. I wonder who else will how up."

A predatory grin grew on her face and Lilly almost shivered.

"And I'll glomp them all. Heh heh"

Lilly rolled her eyes, mentally scolding Leyla.

"How many more people am I going to have to DEAL with NOW?"

Leyla gave Lilly a cold look, obviously annoyed at her attitude.

"As many as you HAVE to Lilly."

Her response was a casual middle finger.

"Why should I tell you?"

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E


Nav-E shrugged.

"Suit yourself then."

He then turned back to Evan who was picking himself off the floor.

"Anymore people you know around here, Evan?"

Evan shrugged. "Well, Besides Angel and possibly Rin over there, I have no idea."

"In that case, I'm going to leave you drips and go back to my room."

Evan glared at Nav-E. "There's no reason to be rude. You just met these people."

"Give me one good reason not to be rude." Nav-E then grinned and blew a raspberry at Evan before starting to walk back to his room.

"You're not even the least bit curious as to why we are here?"

"Psh, no, because Del probably came to get us and we're in London right now or someplace. I have no need to worry."

"I highly doubt that he came to get us in the middle of the night when we were supposed to meet him at 10:00 this morning, no thanks to you."

"Hey, it was an honest mistake, alright?! If you are so damned concerned about where we are, then just call him up. And now I'm hungry. Maybe there's some waffles or something in this place." Nav-E then made his way to the kitchen and started rummaging through the freezer for any frozen waffles.

“You know, I think I just might do that.” Evan then ran back to his bedroom and returned with the black wristwatch.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla and Lilly

Leyla blinked, slightly confused at the actions of the two newcomers.

OH, they didn't come here by choice either then? Hmmm

Lilly sighed, rolling her eyes again. Obviously, she didn't want to have anything to do with the people in the house. Leyla sighed herself, this time shaking her head at the difficult Demon beside her.

"You guys weren't brought here by choice either? Hmmm. Some people signed up for....whatever this is. Others, like Lilly and I, found ourselves here."

Sighing, she turned to Lilly.

"You're the blunt one here, why don't you tell them?"

Lilly smirked, shaking her head. She COULD do that, but then that would be listening to the 'Vessel'. And Lilly Hitara NEVER listened to the vessel.

"No can do Lolipop."

Leyla sighed AGAIN, fiddling with her hands.

"Well...according to Rin and Sara....we're on a...uh...'game show'. In the future....."

Laughing a bit, Leyla looked to Lilly for help. Lilly smirked at her and looked away, obviously telling her she was on her own.

"Uh...like 'Big Brother'....or 'America's Next Top Model'.....or something....heh heh...funny right?"

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E


"We're what?!" called Nav-E from the kitchen. "Well, that's just great... >< Two shows I have absolutely no interest in watching and now we are participating in one?"

Evan looked up at Angel after he snapped the watch onto his wrist.

"Did you just say we're in the future? How far are we? Geez, I hope that the Midtown Madness Universe still exists..."

"Bah, the DeLoreans can just time travel here from the past if the universe is gone," called Nav-E.

"Not if they don't know what year we are in!"

Evan then tried contacting Del from the watch.

"Hey Del, can you see and hear me? We're stuck in the future!"

A staticy image of a hovering silver-colored DeLorean appeared on the holographic display.

“Evan? Where the hell are you? You and Nav-E were supposed to meet me in MM2 London this morning. What happened? And who are all of those other people?”

Evan sighed. “Some of those people I know from online chatting and RPing. The rest I have no idea who they are. And I have no idea where we are. I’ve been informed by a friend that we’re in the future and on a game show or something.”

“You’re what?!”

“Yeah, we don’t really know much at this point. Is everything okay in the Midtown Madness Universe? It’s still there, right?”

“Yep, everything and everyone is still here, unfortunately. That damn Audi TT X was causing trouble again, so I had to throw him in the river and shock him.”

“Haha, nice! I bet he deserved that. Lousy, rotten, asshole of a sports car.”

“Yeah, he did. It sure was funny.”

“I wish I could have been there to see it and to make our meeting, but unfortunately I woke up in a strange house in the future so, yeah, sorry about that.”

“It’s okay. We might be able to make contact later if I knew what year you are in and where you are.”

“Yeah. We still don’t know and may never know.”

“Well, keep me posted, alright?”

“Will do.”

The image fizzled out and Evan turned off the watch. “Well, at least everything is okay there.”

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla listened on with mild interest, she had no idea who the people in the watch were, but she figured they were important to Evan. But now that she thought about it, what year WERE they in? She didn't know much about their situation, so maybe one of the others knew. Turning around, she addressed Sara and Rin.

"Hey, now that you mention it.....what year IS this?"

Lilly snorted behind her, which irked Leyla.

"WHAT!?"

Lilly merely grinned, rolling her eyes.

"Does it really even matter? You're STILL stuck here you know. Tough it out, make the most of it."

Leyla grumbled a bit, but soon called herself a tad. Of course they'd have to deal with it, Lilly was right. As much as Leyla didn't want to agree, she knew the fox demon had point. Still though, it would be nice to know EXACTLY when and where they were.

"Yeah, but its still good to KNOW these things Lilly."

[charli]

~Sara~

"Eh, the scout said 2065. It's nice to seen that the human race hasn't imploded itself since 2009, but what is the deal with the Mandolorians?"

[Yetisarge]

"I'm surprised I was sure we would have blown ourselves up by now, eh no big deal. Do you have a problem with the Mandolorians Sara?" Aaron asked her just kind of not really doing much since waiting around we really boring.

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E


Nav-E poured himself a glass of orange juice and drank it down in one gulp.

“2065, huh? I wonder if they finally got flying cars by this time period? Bah, I could always go to London right now and see some flying cars for myself.”

Evan snorted. “How the hell are you going to get there?”

Nav-E opened his mouth, but then shut it and glared at Evan.

“Okay wise guy, what do you have in mind then?”

Evan shrugged. “Nothing, really. As long as the MM Universe is fine, I have no reason to go there. The cars can take care of themselves as it is; we don’t need to intervene.”

“Alright, then I am going to contact Stealth.”

Nav-E then unsnapped the watch from Evan’s wrist and moved it quickly in midair to himself in the kitchen with a finger.

“Hey, I was using that!”

“Tough cookies. I’m using this thing now.”

Evan then silently stalked to Nav-E’s room, found the silver-colored wristwatch on the desk, and came back with it before snapping it onto his wrist.

“Then I guess you won’t mind me using your watch then?”

“Nope, go right ahead.”

Evan then sighed before leaning against a nearby wall and crossed his arms while he observed the rest of the inhabitants of the room.

[charli]

~Sara~

Sara shrugged. "I don't know. I have no idea what's happened since 2009." She sized up the newcomers, identical twins, and turned to them. "Hey, sorry I ignored you for a second. I'm Sara. Or Charli, whichever."

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

"2065? Huh I guess the world DOESN'T end in 2012 then! Hooray!"

Lilly rolled her eyes at this, but it went unnoticed by Leyla.

"I think we should have a party! We'd need decorations though...and confetti!!!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, the whole room was covered in confetti. Lilly rose an eyebrow at this, clearly shocked. Leyla's eyes widened exponentially.

"Wha? Confetti? Did I say the magic word or something?"

[Yetisarge]

"Or maybe the word does end for humans and we only think that this is the year 2065, maybe we are actually in a computer program like the Matrix." Aaron thought out loud and looked around the room.

"What? Why are you all looking at me like I'm crazy? It could happen, oh wait.. now that I said that where are the agents.. hmm might take them some time to get here." he continued to mutter to himself

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

"Oh, so you're Charli. I was wondering who you were," said Evan. "I'm Evan by the way, and that moron in the kitchen is my twin brother, Nav-E."

"I resent that!" called Nav-E from the kitchen as he opened a box of frozen waffles and proceeded to heat them in the microwave oven.

“I better go help him before he starts a fire. >< He’s a terrible cook. He even has trouble trying to heat soup.”

"I do not!"

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla pondered for a moment longer, then scooped up some of the confetti that had fallen everywhere. Grinning, she walked over to Aaron and threw it all over him.

"I liked that idea! CONFETTI!"

Lilly shook her head one last time, then disappeared from the room. She was getting tired of Leyla's idiocy. Leyla merely waved goodbye to her, figuring she needed some time to explore on her own.

"So....if we ARE in the Matrix, does that mean we have new abilities too? I certainly couldn't make books and confetti come out of nowhere before...."

[charli]

~Sara~

"Nav-E? Evan, I've just fallen in love with your brother's name, though it probably has nothing to do with the actual Navy. And AJ, we've had this conversation before. If the psychology bullshit is to be believed, then everything we perceive are just electrical impulses. We are brains in vats!"

[Yetisarge]

"Exactly! Anyway Nav-E.. reminds me of the movie Wall-E." Aaron said thinking about the name and wondering if anyone else understood what the hell he was talking about.

"Yeah.. if we apply Freud here.. just about every guy here has their eros on over drive right now." AJ said looking around.

[charli]

~Sara~

"What about thanatos, though?" Sara blinked. "Aggression is fun."

"What happened to you being a pacifist?" Eric laughed.

Sara shot him a glare. "Aggression doesn't have to be people beating each other up."

"Name one example."

"...Mythbusters! Hah!"

[Yetisarge]

"Yes agression is fun.. however it just seems that a lot of of the guys here are on their eros or sex drive, thus that leads to the thanatos. Either way this place is going to get ugly unless the ratio evens out in some way." Aaron said

"Well technically if you want to be an ass about the whole mythbusters thing.. they are beating up someone.. Buster."

[charli]

~Sara~

"Not always. There was the time with the washing machine... wait... Well, what about with the General Lee... no... You know what, fuck you!" Eloquent. Truly beautiful.

[Yetisarge]

"Haha I win!" Aaron said and did a little dance of victory.

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E


Evan grinned. "No, his name has nothing to do with the Navy. He displayed characteristics and a personality that was nearly the exact opposite of mine, even in the womb. Our parents had named me before him, and just decided to reverse the lettering of my name to be his."

At the mention of the movie Wall-E, Evan immediately burst out laughing.

"You know, I never thought about that until now! This has now officially been added to the list of 101 Ways to Annoy My Brother." =)

Over in the kitchen, Nav-E smacked his forehead.

"Aw, great..." ><

[Yetisarge]

"Well I'm glad I could be of some help in annoying your brother." Aaron chuckled and gave a smile.