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[somekindofbug]

[QUERY: what is the purpose for this--designation unknown, searching... searching...FOUND; --"DREAMWIDTH POST"?

scarab {KHAJI DA / HERO}; unsuitable for current function = ROLEPLAYING. furthermore - ROLEPLAYING = unnecessary. foolish.

problem: JAIME REYES / location unknown

location of JAIME REYES {partner} = high priority

he needs me.]

Comments

[youlikefishilikefish]

Hero, huh? Where'd you leave him last?

[somekindofbug]

[31.7586° N, 106.4864° W]

[WELL, YOU ASKED.]


[he is unsafe]

[youlikefishilikefish]

Ooookay. Maybe he'll show up?

[somekindofbug]

[maybe?

"maybe" = insufficient; BLUE BEETLE {JAIME REYES and KHAJI DA}, BLUE BEETLE {team}]

[The Scarab pauses and makes a noise that's halfway between a CD humming in a computer and a chirp. Either way it sounds pretty shocked. For a bug, anyway..]

[authorization necessary for further queries. alternative is termination.]

[youlikefishilikefish]

Wait, what? Wait, wait, wait!

[ Holding up his hands in front of him PLEASE NO THANK YOU. ]

Don't terminate me, that's the worst idea ever. He'll definitely show up.

[somekindofbug]

[attack sequence GAMMA canceled. consider this your warning. do not ask unnecessary questions.]

[A quieter hum this time.]

[good]

[youlikefishilikefish]

How was that even a question?

[ He makes a face. Worst scarab ever. ]

I'll keep an eye out for him, okay? What's your friend look like?

sorry jaime

[somekindofbug]

[Cue an incredibly unflattering picture of a Mr. Jaime Reyes projected onto the nearest wall by the Scarab. Jaime's staring blearily into his bathroom mirror, hair rumpled, halfway to a yawn, and in his boxers.]

fohfmygoshdkl

[youlikefishilikefish]

[ LOLS FOREVER ]

That's candid. But all right, I'll know him if I see him. Especially if he's in his boxers, I guess.

I'M NOT SORRY. I'M NEVER SORRY.

[canthandleacape]

[Just gonna.... Borrow this alien bug machine for a minute here if you don't mind. Look, he'll put him right back when he's finished, he swears. You'll barely notice he was ever missing.]

MICHAEL JON BOOSTER ELIZABETH CARTER, I SWEAR TO GOD.

[somekindofbug]

[OH HELL NO.]

[UNAUTHORIZED!!

BOOSTER GOLD detected {ANOMALOUS MULTIVERSE ENERGY/IMPROBABLE TEMPORAL TRACES}; release me or i will shoot]

[Translation: GET YOUR TIME COOTIES OFF HIS CARAPACE]

[greenteengenius]

My my. Now what are you, exactly?

[somekindofbug]

[infiltrator function "KHAJI". subnotation "DA". name = KHAJI DA

previous designation: weapon. no longer. tool. scarab {HERO}.]

[There's a proud little chirp; if the scarab weren't an immobile hunk of alien junk it'd be puffing out its chest.]

[greenteengenius]

[Wow, that would be cute to anyone else.]

Infiltrator? Interesting. What separates a tool and a weapon from a hero, then?

[somekindofbug]

[Khaji Da whirrs briefly and plays a faint burst of static before a human voice rings out, rather than the Scarab's own clipped mechanical words.]

[audio playback

I didn’t choose to have this power. But I can choose what to do with it. Just like—we don’t choose the life we’re born into, but we can choose what to do with it.

end audio playback]

[greenteengenius]

[He pauses. He can hardly disagree to that, given that he is a twice-cursed child.]

Correct. I suppose the speaker is the one who convinced you to choose the way of a hero? I'm still not quite sure what that's supposed to entail.

[Mostly because he thinks little of all the heroes he's met so far.]

[somekindofbug]

[correct

BLUE BEETLE {partner}

we do good things.]

[Khaji Da might not be so great at articulating these human concepts of good and evil, but he sure is earnest about it, at the very least.]

[greenteengenius]

I assume you rely on him mostly to determine what is good, at this point?

[azulescarabajo]

[Oh look it's another hero. He stoops and picks up the small scarab and holds him in the palm of his hand.]

And here I thought having you attached to my spine would make it hard for you to wander off.

JAIMEEEEEEEE

[somekindofbug]

[the nature of this place is unusual; risk level {moderate to high}

lessened by JAIME REYES. we are together: a TEAM.

. . . servers partially offline {status evaulation of JAIME REYES impossible}

are you ok]

KHAJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[azulescarabajo]

Yeah, it's not the safest spot to be, but we're here, aren't we? And we're together, so we'll be fine.

[It's kind of weird, comforting your alien symbiote.]

I'm okay, Khaji. I promise.

[somekindofbug]

[i am glad]

[A satisfied little hum.]

[QUERY: status of BLUE BEETLE; transformation possible?]

[are you cheating on him with another scarab 8(]

[azulescarabajo]

[Jaime laughs.]

I'd hope so. But I need you back there before we can try it, right?

[ Jaime would never. He lifts the scarab and carefully sets it(him) on his shoulder, waiting for him to do his scarab thing.]

[somekindofbug]

[Khaji Da scuttles his way over to the base of Jaime's neck and... wow, that whole latching-on process is really gross. (Sorry about that, Jaime.)

But that scarab thing is done!]

[no further anomalies detected; JAIME REYES at full health

could eat fewer saturated fats]

[azulescarabajo]

[Yeah that's pretty gross not gonna lie.]

Are you saying I'm getting fat, Khaji?

[flunkingspanish]

Thiiiis ain't normal. Khaji, buddy, what are you doing here? I didn't think you'd get bored of giving Jaime's spine the special hug.

[You're not going to laser him if he picks you up, are you? He has seen you and your space lasers at work, tiny buggy friend.]

[somekindofbug]

[Paco is familiar enough to the Scarab that he won't shoot! Not on sight, anyway.]

[cause unknown; however - systems remain at satisfactory capacity {exception: link with JAIME REYES}

i still do not like it]

[flunkingspanish]

[Picking up! Don't get too attached now...]

Nobody likes it. That's pretty much what this place is for -- complaining about the so-called brilliant ideas your mun has. But it looks like you figured that out already.

[somekindofbug]

[very much so]

[Khaji tries not to move around too much in Paco's hands. People don't tend to like the scuttling bit.]

[QUERY: status? "mun" has not done anything adverse? can take action. plasma cannon, maybe.]

[The Scarab makes a low buzzing noise.]

[flunkingspanish]

[Aww, it seems like just yesterday that Paco was discovering the scarab in an empty lot via Brenda-propelled butt, and now Khaji Da is threatening to maim people for him!]

I'm pretty good right now. Only game I'm in has me about to crash into Jaime in the alternate universe we both got thrown into. Mun's had her share of "brilliant" ideas though -- "oh, let's infect Paco with mind-control brainslugs that want to shoot Jaime! It'll be great!"