Current Events > Teen Titans CYOA: Romance Resurrected part 5

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"For you specifically, it'd have to be Renee. Arcane magic is very powerful, very versatile, and she's very talented in it. But it also isn't her only magic, she's done well to learn other schools to become the very best candidate out of this group."

"Ultra competitive, then?"

"When it comes to this, yes."

"To this?" she repeats. "She's treating your engagement like a sport?"

"It's not her fault, really, that's practically how this tradition began. If the Null family member being courted couldn't be won over with charm, then they'd simply be won. To the victor goes the spoils that is the Null family legacy and genetics."

"And I thought things in your family were messed up before," Raven mutters.

"I have confidence you and I can finally break this cycle," you say.

You smile softly at her, she softly smiles back.

"Okay, so if Renee has worked to be the best," Raven says, "how does she compare to my stats?"

"Hmm... well, you've definitely improved through your training, I'd say this is you now."



"Doesn't seem like a lot of improvement to me," Raven mutters.

"This is Renee, based on the last time I saw her," you say.



"Heh, looks like an octopus," Raven says. "Wait a minute, a lot of those stats are really good! What the Hell!?"

"I told you she was trying to be the best," you say quickly.

"Well, hold on," Raven says as she looks closer. "There are some pretty low low points."

"Those are the schools of magic she felt she didn't need as strongly as the others. Renee is focused on using power to overwhelm and win, so she didn't worry about Enchantment, Alchemy, or Healing all that much, and only gave a little bit of interest towards Sound and Illusion magics."

"Hmm... That might be something I can exploit, then," Raven says as she makes a note. "What kind of person is she when it doesn't come to courting you?"

"I don't think there was ever a point where I knew her before it was about courting me," you say. "But as an actual person, Renee has quite a bit in common with Jinx. She can be impulsive and a bit self-centered, likes to stir up trouble at times, but isn't all bad."

"Considering I don't get along well with Jinx, it sounds like I won't get along with Renee, either," Raven says.

"Yes, I can already sense that happening," you say. "Perhaps when we get back, we can start you on stronger..."

A) Arcane Magic
B) Defense Magic
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A.

Fire with fire.
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A.

Fire with fire.

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A.

Fire with fire.

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A

"Arcane Magic. You have a ways to go, but learning what Renee is capable of can help you understand what to do to counter. You can learn the different spells' strengths and weaknesses, and maybe even develop your own original techniques."

"Wait, that's possible?" she asks.

"Of course," you say. "What did you think my Magical Charges were?"

"Oh... Could I learn that?"

"I don't know. It took me a long time to develop it, I'm not sure you can learn it in time."

"I'm sure I can if you teach me," she says. "What does it take to make one?"

"Well, it starts with writing the elemental circle of the Japanese Godai," you say as you hold your free hand open to show her. "This is at the core of the charge, which you then surround with Arcane energy like a shell, but you also need to interweave it into the Godai."

You slow down your process of knitting Arcane energy to let Raven see it. Raven then gives it a try in her open hand. She writes the Godai correctly in her hand--all in black just as yours is all in white--and then she begins weaving energy. However, it proves to be difficult for her.

"It does take some work finding a way for the energy to cooperate with the Godai system," you say. "Everyone has to do it themselves in their own time, and even then, there will need to be testing to see if it works properly."

Raven's Arcane energy untangles, and she grumbles as she dissipates it all.

"I'll worry about it later," she says. "I'm going to go pack."

She goes back to her room, taco still in hand.

"I should pack, too," you say as you look around your hotel room.

Since you've always tidied up after yourself, you don't have any clothes to pick up off the floor, so you simply go back to eating, listening to Raven on the other side of the wall as she fiddles with her luggage.

"What're we going to do for the rest of the day?" Raven asks.

"We could go to--"

Raven's groan interrupts you.

"You don't feel like going anywhere?" you say.

"No," she says.

"Not even to just a park?"

"Not even just a park."

"Well," you say as she can be heard zipping up her luggage. "There isn't exactly a lot left to do, then. Played chess, played cards, we already have dinner ready since we have plenty of tacos."

Raven returns and sits back down beside you on the bed. You look at her as she looks at you. Then she gets a stern look on her face.

"No...!" Raven says. "We're not fooling around until dinner. My body isn't in the mood for that either right now."

You defeatedly look down at the bed.

"Can we snuggle up at least?" you ask.

"I guess," she says, "but what would we do while we snuggle? Just watch television?"

"Well, we could tell more stories," you say. "I think it's been awhile since we've done that."

"Okay," she shrugs as the two of you recline against pillows. "What kind of stories?"

A) Tell a story about one of your adventures
B) Have her tell a story about one of her adventures
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B) Have her tell a story about one of her adventures

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Cartridge88 posted...

B) Have her tell a story about one of her adventures

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B) Have her tell a story about one of her adventures

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B

"How about one of your stories? I'm sure there are many adventures the Titans have been on that I've yet to hear about."

"Okay, then," she says. "Hmm... How about the time we were all stranded on an alien planet."

"Yes, that sounds like quite the adventure," you say.

"It started with us flying the T-Ship into space, obviously, to check on a communications station just outside our solar system. When we arrived, we found this big bulky alien wreaking havoc, and it had a really strong shrieking shout that could also push you back with its force.

"We fought the alien, and it was a tough fight, but a combination from Robin and Starfire knocks it into a trap. Then Cyborg teases Robin about Starfire being his girlfriend, and Robin gets all flustered and says she's not his girlfriend, which was stupid because things were so obvious between the two of them for so long."

"Of course," you say. "Plus, why would he be upset about having someone so pretty as his girlfriend?"

Raven looks at you sternly.

"Are you saying Starfire's pretty?" she says.

"Your reaction implies you don't think she is," you say.

"Well, no, of course she's pretty."

"Then I'm simply saying she's pretty. I'm just stating the fact she's pretty and Robin shouldn't have been upset."

"Are you saying she's prettier than me?"

"No, not at all," you say defensively. "Don't be so upset."

You give her a reassuring rub of the shoulders.

"Continuing with the story," Raven says. "The alien wasn't defeated so easily, it ends up critically damaging the space station and we have to escape. More misunderstandings, mostly because of intercom trouble, and we end up splitting the T-Ship into its five components only to be scattered on the planet.

"Now, I eventually got the stories about what happened with the others and what happened to the alien. Starfire and Robin worked out their relationship issue and again tricked the alien into a trap, and it fell down a bottomless pit while they flew away. Cyborg and Beast Boy struggled to not only fix their parts of the T-Ship but to fix Cyborg himself, as some of his parts got scattered, too.

"As for me, I was in some giant forest with big purple trees and bright pink leaves. I encountered, or perhaps I was found, by these tiny little aliens. Like, Smurf tiny. Except they were like little white, slightly insectoid Smurfs. The only thing original they said was 'Shalla', which they said at the end of every sentence, and every sentence was just them parroting what I said.

"Nothing interesting really happened for me, though. I navigated my way through the trees, but the little Shalla aliens wouldn't leave me alone, no matter what. I ended up just kinda giving in because they were actually just trying to be really nice. They fed me food that was remarkably like what's on Earth, and even gave me massages. It was relaxing."

"The aliens massaged you?"

"They didn't use their hands, those were too small. They did more like, jumping up and down."

"Oh. ... So, that was the whole story?"

"Well, no, there was stuff after. The other four regrouped first, and of course came looking for me. I guess I let myself get a little too carried away with the pampering. The Shallas had made me a nice bed, would fan me, stuff like that, so when the Titans came to pick me up, I was a bit reluctant to go, and the Shallas were kinda sad. But I still had to say good-bye, which they parroted and added 'Shalla~!' to the end. Haven't been back since, I wonder if they have the memory span to remember me..."
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"So, wait, did they serve you because they were being incredibly polite or did they praise you as some sort of demigod because you weren't from their planet?"

"Honestly, I have no idea. They could only copy English, not understand it."

"I wonder if you go back, will there be a statue made in your honor?"

You two chuckle.

"So, tell me a story now," she says. "And don't feel bad if it isn't all that exciting, either."

A) Tell stories from your time in Japan
B) Tell stories from your time in Europe
C) Tell stories from your time in America before the Titans
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C) Tell stories from your time in America before the Titans

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Cartridge88 posted...

C) Tell stories from your time in America before the Titans

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C) Tell stories from your time in America before the Titans

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C

"Then I'll tell you a story about my time in America before I arrived in Jump City."

"Ooo~..." Raven says before she grins.

"So, this is after leaving Gotham and that incident with Constantine, Gary Lester and Mnemoth, but only by a week or so. As I said, I went through the southern states, but that first meant going through the Eastern Seaboard. I actually did pass through Washington D.C. and saw all of this nation's monuments to their presidents.

"From there, I went inland and went through Nashville, Tennessee. Country music was never that high on my list growing up, but Nashville made it fun for me. So many people trying to be country stars, it was quite endearing seeing all of that determination and perseverance. However, it was here that I encountered a supervillain known as The Music Meister. He is apparently a metahuman with the power to control people with his singing voice, and he made the entire town of Nashville into a country musical.

"It seemed two rival singers who were also a romantic couple were the focus of Music Meister's musical manipulations. They did their own rendition of Anything You Can Do, and it soon turned into the wildest rendition of the Deliverance dueling banjos I'd ever heard.

"It didn't take me long to realize that with as many musical numbers that were happening in public, the city was under some effect. I first thought it was magic, but I couldn't sense any trace of it, so I instead thought it was supernatural or super science. In an ironic twist, Music Meister's country story turned against him as I was able to glimpse him a few times. Though, I sense we were a B-Story in the grand scheme of things, as the story of the rivals/lovers played out as he hoped."

"He broke them up?"

"No, he actually made their bond stronger than ever and they became an incredible country duo. But it was a two-birds-one-stone situation, as he admitted to robbing the various country bars and concert halls blind while all eyes and ears were on the country couple."

"How did you defeat him?"

"Sound Magic, of course," you say. "I muted him long enough so that I could stop singing and dancing with him to actually fight him. Then I got the money back upon apprehending him and the city was thankful."

"That's a much better story than mine," Raven smirks.

"No, I'm sure the other four had quite the adventure on that alien planet," you smirk back.

"Wait," she says. "You said Music Meister made you dance and sing. You can sing?"

"Well... I was less singing than talking rhymically~," you say before letting out a chuckle.

"Sing something for me," she says.

"I don't know..."

"C'mon..." she insists. "It doesn't have to be a whole song, just a couple lines. Something from while you were in Nashville."

A) Sing for her
B) Kindly refuse
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A) Sing for her

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Cartridge88 posted...

A) Sing for her

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A) Sing for her

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A

"Well, I guess I can sing you some of the things I ended up singing while under Music Meister's influence," you say.

Raven smiles and sits up straight so she can turn and look at you. You clear your throat, more from nerves than anything, and begin.

"Just what~, is going on?
They're all~ singing songs.
And at this moment, I now see
That I too might be, going~ along~."

Raven giggles.

"There was a part in the middle," you say, "when I was getting suspicious of the source.

"This musical town becoming a musical~,
Is not magical though it feels so~.
A spirit? A ghost? A drama demon host? No!
This must be the work of science~!"

"You had to sing your thoughts out loud?" she chuckles.

"Of course. Nothing is explained in a musical unless it is at least said outloud, in which case it might as well be sung."

Raven giggles again.

"Sing more," she says. "Maybe from when you were confronting Music Meister."

"Okay, hold on. *ahem*

"Music Meister~! Release them from your hold~!
You're ruining their lives! Ruining their love! Ruining their souls~!

"And then, after Music Meister retorts, 'No, you don't understand! I'm lending them a hand, for their futures~!'

"To which I reply, What do you mean? You're causing them to cause a scene! They're going to break apart, and give up on their dreams~!"

"Rather melodramatic," Raven chuckles.

"Yes, I know," you say. "And probably not the best singing, either."

"Well, it's probably better than my singing."

"Oh, come now, you must surely have a good singing voice," you say. "Let's just try some notes. Ahh~! Ahh~!"

"Ahh, ahh," Raven repeats a bit flatly.

"Little more from the throat, not so much the lungs. Ahh~."

"Ahh~," she says, getting a bit sweeter sounding. "Ahh~."

"There you go," you say with a smile.

"I still doubt I'd be able to really sing that well," she says with a bashful smile. "It's not like the Titans go out for karaoke or anything."

You two chuckle.

"Okay, more stories," she says. "Anything happen after Nashville?"

"Well, it was some time after that incident that I stumbled upon the fry cook diners of the Midwest and South, where I learned all the cooking lingo. Then there was this bar brawl I got into in Mississippi, which was not my fault, the bloke who started it was as sloshed as you could be and thought I was hitting on his 'woman' when I wasn't, nor was the woman in question his in any way."

"Wait, you were in a bar brawl? Why did it take you this long to tell me about that?"

"Well, it isn't exactly all that exciting compared to the battles you and the Titans have had. Even your quickest, easiest victory would've been more impressive.

"Anyway, after that, I went through Texas and through the city of El Paso. I believe I said so, but while I felt horrible because of the weather, I did love the food. I then went through Las Vegas, where I lost my old deck of cards to that pickpocket who I never even noticed and never found. And after that, I entered California, then Jump City, and met you. And the Titans, but you're the one I'm on a romantic getaway to Hawaii with."

Raven giggles.

"Yes, yes you are," she says. "Unfortunately, our last day here is being spent indoors because of me."
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"Don't blame yourself," you say. "Everything has been great today. We still did plenty of fun things before your... feminine issues arose, and even playing chess and cards and telling these stories was fun. And we can always have another holiday at a time where we can be sure something like this won't come up."

"True," she says. "What do we do now, though? We've got all evening and all night to kill."

A) Movie marathon
B) Random television
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C. Game marathon
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A) Movie marathon

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Cartridge88 posted...

A) Movie marathon

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A

"Let's just marathon movies," you say. "Something neither of us has ever seen."

"Okay," she says as she picks up the television remote. "Let's look around on the guide for something."

She starts guide surfing and finds what appear to be commercial-free movie channels.

"Oh, that one channel is still playing Disney-Pixar movies," you say as you spot Wall-E, to be followed by Inside Out.

"Have you seen either of those?" she asks.

"Well, yes, but--"

"Then we're watching something else."

"But--"

"You said we should find something neither of us has seen," she points out. "So we'll watch... Oh, Star Trek: Into Darkness. That's one of the remakes, right?"

"No, they're more a reboot. I saw the first of these but not this one or even the one after this."

"There's a third one?"

"Of course. You didn't think they'd reboot such a well-known franchise and not want to do a triology, did you?"

"I guess that makes sense," she says as she changes the channel to the movie.

You two watch the film quietly as an entire Federation building is blown apart. An investigation begins, which of course involves James T. Kirk and Spock, but they seem to be splitting up under other superior officers. Either way, they're all at the round table meeting for this investigation into the man who orchestrated the terrorist attack.

However, what Kirk notices that no one else does is a man not reacting to the explosions and destruction at all. A man reacting as if he knew it was meant to happen. And then, while Kirk is bringing this up and everyone is comprehending this, that very same man appears and opens fire on the meeting!

It's chaos as the culprit's one-man aircraft shoots lasers all over the board room! Many top brass officers are killed, and the admiral who recruited Kirk in the first place is badly wounded. Spock gets him to safety but it doesn't matter, the wound is too bad and the admiral dies, but not before Spock uses Vulcan mind-melds and learns his final thoughts. As for Kirk, he works a way to use an emergency fire hose to clog the engine. The aircraft is about to go down when the pilot starts to teleport away, but he and Kirk lock eyes before he completely disappears.

The Enterprise crew reunites with Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, etc. and they track the mystery man to Klingon. Per original Star Trek timeline, Klingons and the Federation were enemies in an intergalactic Cold War, so the Federation crew of the Enterprise going there is very risky. Even so, the Enterprise goes and sends down an exploratory team, consiting of Kirk, Spock, Uhura and "red shirts".

They encounter Klingons, of course, and things break down as the Klingons do not trust the landing party. But before things get bad for the Enterprise crew members, someone ambushes the Klingons, things get chaotic again, and while the red shirts and all the Klingons in the area die, naturally Kirk, Spock and Uhura survive to find out that their savior is the man who just killed the Federation higher command.

The crew takes the man into custody, and eventually learns that his identity is Khan Noonien Singh.

"What?" you say. "Benedict Cumberbatch was playing Khan all along?"

"Why's that important?" she asks.

"Khan Noonien Singh was a very dangerous villain from the original Star Trek series. The irony is that this timeline knows nothing about that yet."
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In order to free Khan's compatriots, they go up against the corrupt top admiral and his insanely gigantic starship. Luckily, Scottie is already aboard and helps in an exciting but risky space jump entry of Kirk and Khan. Meanwhile, original Spock contacts new Spock, and this is when everyone learns just how truly deadly Khan Noonien Singh is, from someone who knows.

By at this time, Kirk, Scottie and Khan have taken the ship from the admiral and secured Khan's fellow super soldier humans. This is when Khan reveals his true colors, by killing the admiral in front of his daughter, and then breaking her leg to keep her from stopping him!

"Holy crap this escalated," Raven says, unwrapping another taco.

Kirk, Scottie and the admiral's daughter teleport back to the Enterprise, but as the Enterprise has Khan's comrades, he can't fire on them. This begins an epic chase back to Earth, in which the bigger ship manages to know the Enterprise out of Light Speed!!

"Whoa! It can do that?" you say.

They return to Earth, but the engine is failing and the Enterprise is going to fall out of the sky! Kirk rushes to engineering and learns what the problem is, but as it is a nuclear engine, radiation is a life-threatening problem. Kirk knocks Scottie out in order to keep Scottie from stopping him! He goes into the engine compartment to literally kick it back into alignment! This saves the ship, but Kirk is now dying of radiation poisoning.

"This is the recreation of the scene from the original movies...!" you say as Spock learns where Kirk went. "But reversed roles! Brilliant!"

"Khaaaaan!!" Spock yells.

"Even that!" you say. "This is incredible!"

Spock goes after Khan with rage, his half-Vulcan strength allowing him to manage against Khan's super human strength. Uhura has followed, and tells Spock that they need to leave Khan alive, as part of a way to bring back Kirk. Spock spares Khan but knocks him out with one last heavy hit.

And then fade in to Kirk coming back to life! Khan's blood was able to heal organic life to that degree! And of course, that means the Enterprise crew as we know it can set out once again.

"Wow, they even changed the fate of Khan in this," you say.

"They did?"

"Yes, Khan and his fellow super humans--which was another change, they didn't bring any of them out of stasis--were left to die as their ship exploded in space. In this, they're all alive and still in stasis."

"Interesting."

"I guess they felt it'd be a better tone for the entire timeline if the heroes didn't kill their villains."

"I kinda like that," Raven shrugs. "I mean, we've never had to kill villains or anything like that."

"What about your father?" you ask. "I can't imagine vanquishing an ultimate evil without killing him."

"I-- I'm not sure. I used my full power and, I definitely got rid of him on this plane of existence. There wasn't a trace of him left."

A) That sounds like "killing" him
B) Then he still exists in another realm
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B

Yeah Trigon aint Dead. As far as I can remember Tara was the only one to kill someone in Teen Titans
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B) Then he still exists in another realm

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Cartridge88 posted...

B) Then he still exists in another realm

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B

"Then, wouldn't he exist in another realm?"

"What? No, he-- ... There aren't exactly places for him to go."

"Well, you know first-hand about 'Limbo', how do we know Trigon's soul isn't sealed away there or something?"

"Oh please, he had no soul," Raven says before taking an angry bite of her taco.

"Then, his spirit, his essence, whatever it is at the core of him, is sealed away in Limbo or Hell or Hades or whatever actual afterlife realm exists. He was a being of a different dimension, just as you said. His place of origin could be the closest thing to Hell, maybe he just got sent back."

Raven looks at you with an inquisitive expression.

"Are you trying to say he's still out there?" she asks.

"Would you feel better knowing you killed him?" you ask back.

"Yes!" she says emphatically. "It's good that he's dead, and he better stay dead! You said it yourself, he was an ultimate evil, a pure evil. We needed to get rid of him so we got rid of him. I'm glad he's gone! And he's never coming back!"

"A-Alright," you say, a bit scared by her bared teeth. "I understand."

"Do you? Because I don't think you do! I told you the story, you know what he was, you know what he did! Yeah, okay, your family put a burden on you, and that's not something any parent should do. But your parents aren't evil! They've never actually tried to ruin your life, or ruin anyone else's life, they're just good parents who want what they think is best for you."

Raven has tears down her face, eyes burning with anger. She suddenly gets up off the bed and storms off to the adjoining door.

"Raven, wait," you say, getting up. "I--"

She then suddenly falls to her knees at the door, crying and wailing. You hurry over and quickly sit down beside her, wrapping your arms around her.

"I'm sorry," you whisper, feeling tears of your own coming on. "I'm sorry."

Raven sobs and cries and sniffles and cries and sobs into your shoulder, you smooth your hair while wanting to kick yourself for going that far with the conversation.

"I'm... *sniff* I'm okay," she manages to say before one long sniffle. "I just... I don't want him to come back."

"I'm sorry," you say again. "I didn't mean to upset you. I shouldn't have ever suggested that."

"No, no," Raven says, seeing and wiping the tears from your eyes. "I'm not mad at you anymore. I've never talked about that stuff with anyone. The Titans all lived it, so I guess we never thought to talk it out. I'm okay. Don't blame yourself. If anything, I'm sorry for saying what I said the way I said it. I don't want it to sound like I'm jealous of you for having better parents. I am, but, I would never hold that against you."

"It's alright, I don't blame you for that, either," you say. "I'm sorry for being a bit dense."

She wraps her arms around you now, you rest your head on hers before giving her a kiss on her forehead.

"C'mon," you say as you help her stand up. "Let's sit on the bed. We can watch something to cheer us up."

"Is it going to be something from Disney?" she asks a little reluctantly.

A) Yes...
B) Maybe
C) It doesn't have to be
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C. There's plenty more to choose from.
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C. There's plenty more to choose from.

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C
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C

There's over a jillion channels.
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C

"It doesn't have to be," you say a bit sheepishly. "How about DreamWorks?"

"Wait. Which studio did those movies with those stupid yellow things. The Minions or whatever."

"That was Illumination."

"Okay," she says, sounding relieved. "What did Dreamworks make?"

"The Madagascar franchise. The Shrek franchise. The Kung Fu Panda franchise."

"What else?"

"Um... How to Train Your Dragon, and its sequel. Then a bunch of random one-off movies, like that awful one, Bee Movie."

"Ugh, yeah, that's a horrible one," she says with a disgusted face as she returns to her taco. "What else is Dreamworks?"

"Um... Oh, Chicken Run."

"What?" she says.

"You've never seen Chicken Run?"

She looks at you with a raised eyebrow.

"It's not some joke I'm trying to trap you in," you smirk. "It's a claymation movie from the same makers as the Wallace & Gromit franchise, and made it to America through a partnership with DreamWorks."

"Oh, that sounds fun," she says. "Search for that one."

You use the remote to enter the cable provider's On Demand and start searching for Chicken Run.

"Yes, there it is," you say.

You select the movie and it begins.

It opens with Mrs. Tweedy and her oafish but mean spirited husband, who run a failing poultry farm in Yorkshire. The chicken coops are like a World War II prison camp, complete with barbed wire on the high fences. There are also two mean guard dogs that patrol the grounds to keep chickens in and anything else but the owners out.

As it is morning, the hens are checked for eggs they may have laid overnight. One nest is found empty. The hen assigned to that nest has been barren, it seems, and any chicken that cannot produce eggs is only useful for one thing: food. As such, the hen is taken to the shed and, in dramatic yet not graphic fashion, executed to become a chicken pot pie.

While enjoying the pot pie Mrs. Tweedy cooked, she and Mr. Tweedy have a look at their monthly invoice. They are only making "miniscule profits" from farming eggs, so the twisted Mrs. Tweedy decides to change the business from eggs to delicious chicken pot pies.

"Mmm, it's been awhile since I've had a chicken pot pie," you say.

Raven looks over at you again with both raised eyebrow and smirk.

"What?" you ask.

"I dunno," she says, still smirking. "Just seems weirdly morbid, and that's coming from me."

"Just eat your taco," you smirk back.

Raven chuckles and takes another bite. You grab yourself a taco from the box and dig in.

A hen named Ginger dreams of escaping the farm with all her friends before they all eventually become food. She has made friends with Nick and Fetcher, two rats who are black-marketers and acquire things for Ginger in order to make her escape a reality. You chuckle at their names, as they're both plays on words that mean "to take or steal".

"Oh, hot hot," Raven says. "Is this a spicy shell taco?"

"Oh, you took one of those?" you say. "Did I not warn you about them?"

"Apparently not," she says as she breathes in more air to cool her mouth. "I'll go get some water but could you order some drinks?"

"Alright," you say as you pick up the phone.

You dial room service, they pick up, and you order two

A) Glasses of milk
B) Colas
C) Milkshakes
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C) Milkshakes

Extra helping of thick.
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Cartridge88 posted...

C) Milkshakes

Extra helping of thick.

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Malcrasternus posted...

Cartridge88 posted...

C) Milkshakes

Extra helping of thick.

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C

"Yes, sir, right away," the person on the other end says.

"Thank you," you say before hanging up. "Milkshakes are on the way."

"Milkshakes?" Raven says as she returns. "Aren't those going to be a little thick?"

"Extra thick," you say with a big smirk as you look at her hips in those sweatpants.

"Stop~," she laughs as she blushes. "I'm not in the mood, for naughty things."

"But there's always room for a compliment," you say as she climbs onto the bed again, your eyes still on her thighs.

You slide a hand over to tickle her, but she stops you.

"Rorek, stop~," she laughs again. "We're watching chickens in a prison camp."

You both burst into laughter now.

As for said movie, Ginger is of course caught in her newest attempt at escape, and is put in solitary confinement. She's thinking of what she can do next time when she sees a Rhode Island Red rooster fly over the fence and crash land into a coop!

The hens hurry to his aid, and find he has sprained his wing. They hide him from the Tweedys who come in to investigate the commotion. After the coast is clear, introductions are made, and the rooster is known as Rocky.

"Whose voice is that?" Raven asks.

"Mel Gibson," you say. "Some years before his racist-ranting meltdown."

Ginger and the other hens, thinking Rocky really can fly, ask that he teach them how to do it. He seems a bit coy about it but he agrees to training them. Meanwhile, the parts for Mrs. Tweedy's pie-making machine are coming in, and she begins phase two: feed the chickens more to make them fatter.

The training doesn't go well, because obviously chickens can't fly. But it is hilarious to see them try and fail, while old man rooster Fowler laughs his tail off. So in order to cheer the hens up, Rocky throws a party. However, Ginger being astute as she is, notices Rocky's wing is all better. That means he can fly now! She insists and he deflects, but he'll still have to fly for them in the morning.

However, Mr. Tweedy finishes putting the machine together and grabs trouble-maker Ginger for a test run! Rocky hurries to save her, avoiding his own death inside the machine in the process. Rocky saves Ginger and even sabotages the machine. This will slow the Tweedys down while the husband repairs the machine, but that means the chickens have to hurry their escape.

But the next morning, Rocky has fled! He left behind a piece of a poster that reveals he is just a stunt rooster from some circus nearby. He never could fly. Fowler knew it all along. He reminisces about his time in the British Royal Air Force, as a mascot, and that inspires Ginger to make their own flying machine!

A knock on the door, and you answer it. The room service man is there, with the milk shakes still on a cart.

"I'll take these, thank you," you say as you pick up the tall glasses and straws. "Here you are."

You tip the employee $5 like you have before. He moves on as you close the door and return to the bed.

"One chocolate milkshake for the lovely lady," you say.

"Thank you," she smiles.

The chickens use their coops to make their flying machine while Mr. Tweedy works to reassemble the machine. As for Rocky, he's traveling on the side of the road by foot, when he sees a billboard for the increasingly-popular Mrs. Tweedy Chicken Pot Pies. Taking the sign as a sign, Rocky hurries back to help the hens.
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With the machine now fixed, Mrs. Tweedy insists that Mr. Tweedy gather all the chickens, but the chickens are ready to escape. They knock Mr. Tweedy out and tie him up long enough to complete assemblying their plane. Just before they take off, Rocky returns and joins them, making it up to Ginger most of all.

While the "Old Crate" is taking off, Mrs. Tweedy chases them down and catches onto a Christmas light strand snagged in the wheels. Mrs. Tweedy climbs the strand, Ginger climbs on the outside to sever it, so Mrs. Tweedy takes head-hunting swings at the hen to at least get revenge on the main conspirator.

Ginger and Mrs. Tweedy are in close proximity, dangerously so! Tweedy swings, Ginger's head is gone! But surprise! Ginger just tucked her head in! In reality, Tweedy has been tricked into cutting the strand with her hatchet, sending her straight down into the safety valve of her pie machine and thereby plugging it, causing the machine to build pressure in its gravy line and explode! This destroys machine and the barn, and the chickens continue their flight to freedom.

"Yay~!" you and Raven both cheer, somewhat sarcastically.

Time passes, and we find the Old Crate on a quiet island, and the chickens all live peacefully and Rocky and Ginger are an official couple. Nick and Fletcher have a conversation about starting their own egg farm. Of course, this sparks a "chicken or the egg" conversation, as it is crucial for where to begin.

THE END

"That was nice," Raven smirks while you sip milkshake.

"Mhm," you nod as she picks up the remote.

A) Continue the movie marathon
B) Return to regular television
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"Let's try some regular television now," you say. "Then we can turn in for the night."

"Alright," she shrugs as she goes to the cable guide.

Raven goes surfing and comes across a game show channel.

"Oh, we should watch that," you say.

"Family Feud? Really?"

"Yes, it's very entertaining," you say.

"I dunno," she says, scanning past it.

"Oh come now, Raven," you say, reaching for the remote. "I'm sure you could be better at that game than the contestants on there."

"Are you trying to get me competitive about a game show?" she asks.

"Well, unless you don't think you can," you say.

She frowns at you for a few seconds, but then goes to the episode of Family Feud after all.

Show host Steve Harvey calls up the first two contestants for the face-off.

"Here we go, guys, top six answers on the board," Harvey says. "When a woman is trying to catch a man, name something she pretends to like."

"His jokes," you say.

*blalala* The buzzer sounds as the contestant on the left hits the button first.

"His personality," he says.

"His personality," Harvey repeats.

*DING* That's #4, but it is technically personality and jokes, so you were also right.

"Julie," Harvey says to the other contestant.

"Sports," the woman on the right says.

"Sports!" Harvey repeats.

*DING* That's #1!

"Oh that's a good one, very true," you say.

"We're gonna play!" Julie says.

Steve Harvey follows Julie over to her family, the Trans. He notes her custom nail polish job, she reveals she did it herself and could do one for him, which they have a little laugh over. The family then reveals they have a family team cheer.

"Who dat? Who dat say~ they gonna beat them Trans? Who dat? Who dat say~ they gonna beat them Trans? Who dat!?"

The audience cheers, Harvey is impressed. Harvey interviews "Charlye" and she reveals she's a prosthetist. You do chuckle, even though you know full well that means she's an expert and crafter of prosthetics, just as Steve Harvey learns. Harvey then repeats the question for her, and she answers "Cars".

"Another great answer," you say.

*DING* #5!

"Khanh, what do you do?" Harvey asks.

"I do mostly instellations, but I love to travel."

Everyone has a laugh as Harvey seems unsure what he means.

"Well last year I went to New York, I looked up and saw the Entire State building."

More laughter.

"You do realize what you said," Harvey points out.

"I realize it," Khanh says.

"Khanh, I don't know why I thought you'd be that interesting," Harvey says. "But I walked right down here and said, 'I'm talking to Khanh'. What's your favorite food, Khanh?"

"Seafood. I like a lot of food, man."

Everyone applauds. Harvey gives props to Khanh before asking the question again.

"His family."

*BZZ* Strike one.

"I don't get this question," she says. "I didn't pretend to like any of that with you."

"Well that's because you weren't actively trying to 'catch me'," you say. "You were trying to resist me, I believe. Though, that obviously didn't work."

"Just eat your taco," she smirks back.

You also smirk as you do in fact return to eating your taco.
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Harvey interviews Vu, who is a server; when that description confuses Harvey, Vu specifies "waiter."

"I'm not a prosthesist or whatever she said," Vu jokes, teasing his sister and amusing Harvey.

Harvey repeats the question and Vu answers, "Gambling."

*BZZ* Strike two.

"Vi? (Vye)"

"Vi (Vee)."

"When a woman is trying to catch a man, name something she pretends to like."

"His friends."

"His friends," Harvey repeats.

*BZZ* Strike three.

"Wow now that's surprising," you say. "That should've been up there."

Harvey goes over to the other family, the Solomons, and asks them for one answer to the question, and they give "Where he lives."

*BZZ* Strike, and the Trans get the points!

The remaining answers are revealed. #6 was "Beer", #3 is "Sex with him", and #2 is "His face/body."

"Umm..." Raven chuckles and blushes. "We're not that far yet for number three."

You simply clear your throat to keep from smirking or anything like that.

"Will I have to worry about pretending to like your friends?" Raven asks in order to change the subject.

"Hmm... Well, my friends really only consist of my sisters, my cousins, and the suitors, and I'm pretty sure you won't feel inclined to like that last group."

"True."

"Then there are friends I've made rather randomly around the world, and your friends among the Titans."

"And Jinx," Raven says. "She's a Titan but not exactly my friend."

"Even after all we've been through?" you say, with what you're referencing being very obvious.

"I told you earlier I wasn't in the mood for our little 'naughty times'," she says. "If you ever want me back in that mood, you will forget that stuff ever happened."

"What stuff?" you say.

"Good boy," she smirks.

The second round begins, and Harvey has the players come forward for the new question.

"Top six answers on the board. Name a female singer you'd be embarrassed to see your grandmother dress like."

"Nicki Minaj," you say, getting Raven to burst into laughter.

"Madonna," Charlye says.

*DING* #2!

"Randy," Harvey asks.

"Um... Uh..." *BZZ*

The Tran family chooses to play. Khanh says "Britney Spears."

*DING* #6.

Vu says "Lady Gaga."

*DING* #1!

Vi says "Cher."

"That's a bit old school, but I guess if it's grandmas," you say.

*DING* #3.

Julie says "Beyonce."

*DING* #4!

And Charlye says, "Sinead O'Connor."

"What?" you laugh.

*BZZ* Strike one.

Khanh gets another turn, he chooses "Hannah Montana." Harvey is laughing as he repeats it.

*BZZ* Strike two.

Vu tries "Katy Perry."

*DING* #5 and they get the points again!

"Nicki Minaj could've been #7," Raven chuckles.

The show continues and the Solomons make a comeback so that neither team gets 300 points and they go to sudden death with Vi and Cheryl.

"Ladies," Harvey explains, "we are looking for the top answer only. Whoever gets this one answer, will win the game. Name something that erupts."

"Volcano!" you say just as Vi does.

*DING* The Trans win!
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"That's great," Raven says. "Bed time."

"No, there's the Fast Money round to see if they win $20,000."

"Ugh..." she grumbles before eating more of her spicy taco.

Charlye and Vu are selected for Fast Money, and begins with Vu. He gets 20 seconds and the countdown begins after the first question.

Q: "We asked 100 men. How many inches has your waist increased since high school?"
Vu: "10 inches."
You: "Uh..."

"What happens when you haven't eaten in awhile?"
Vu and you: "Your stomach growls."

"Name something you shake before using."
You: "Shampoo."
Vu: "Deodorant."

"Name something that gives you goosebumps."
You: "Cold chills."
Vu: "Cold air."

"Name something you look forward to all year, every year."
You: "New Year's."
Vu: "Christmas."

Vu scores: 4; 14; 0; 31; 45; total of 94.

"Why did you answer, too?" Raven asks. "You're not going to know where your answers are."

"It's part of the fun," you say.

"Maybe I need to learn how to pretend to like silly things like game shows," Raven says.

"Oh stop," you say as you tickle her in the gap between tanktop and sweats, which gets her to squeal in surprise.

Charlye's turn, she's informed of Vu's 94, and she gets 25 seconds.

Q: "We asked 100 men. How many inches has your waist increased since high school?"
Charlye: "6."

"What happens when you haven't eaten in awhile?"
Charlye: "You get skinny."

"Name something you shake before using."
Charlye: "Salt and pepper."

"Name something that gives you goosebumps."
Charlye: "Cold air." *BZ BZ* "Pass."

"Name something you look forward to all year, every year."
Charlye: "Christmas." *BZ BZ* "Birthday."

"Name something that gives you goosebumps."
Charlye: "Air conditioning." Accepted.

Charlye scores: 14, "Four inches was the number one answer." 9, "Number one answer was stomach ache." 4, "Juice was the number one answer." 0, "Cold air was the number one answer." 12, "Christmas was the number one answer."

"So they don't even win the whole thing," Raven says. "Seems like a waste."

"Well that's why they'll be invited to another episode," you say. "Or were, this is probably a very old episode."

Raven finishes her taco and milkshake.

"Time for bed," she says.

"You're not going to say in here?" you ask as she gets up.

"Well, I have to get up to brush my teeth in my bathroom," she says. "But no, I'm also going to sleep in my bed. See you in the morning."

"Alright," you say. "Good night."

You go to your bathroom and brush your teeth, then pack away your toiletries, as well as the tacos, playing cards and chess set. You climb into bed and go to sleep.

The next morning, you and Raven wake up extra early to go downstairs to the lobby.

"Good morning," the front desk employee says as you walk up with your luggage. "How may I help you?"

"Finally checking out," you say. "So that means paying the room service bill, as well."

The receipt prints out and you read the total.

"$168?" Raven blurts out when she sees it. "And you're charging a dollar for the playing cards? Give those back, we don't need those."

"No, I like those," you say. "And I needed a new deck, anyway."

You give them your credit card, they settle the bill, and you move on.

"You sure love throwing money around," Raven says.

"Oh, speaking of," you say as you finish loading the luggage into the knapsack. "We should get some souvenirs for the Titans before we go."

A) Get them matching items
B) Get them unique items
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"We'll get them matching gifts," you say. "That way no one will get jealous of someone else."

You start up Shadowfax and pull out of the parking lot as you think on gift ideas.

"Maybe hats?" you say to Raven. "Or shirts? Something that says 'Hawaii' on it."

"I guess," she shrugs.

"Actually, how about Hawaiian shirts?" you say. "As in the colorful button-ups with short sleeves. We could get a red one for Robin, a blue one for Cyborg, a green-- wait, green for Beast Boy? Purple? No, Starfire's would be purple. Unless we just get the boys shirts and get Starfire a sundress or something."

"Whichever is fine," Raven shrugs again.

"Well, they're your friends, you should have an idea what they'd want."

"I'm not sure if you've noticed, but I'm not exactly a gift giver. Or a shopper."

You chuckle as you continue on to the Honolulu airport. You move through to the air strips and find your extravagant rental waiting for you as planned.

"Good morning," you say to Sherwood and Forester as you pull up. "How were your three days on the islands?"

"Amazing, actually," Forester says. "Our hotel room was really nice, but I guess that's what a $30,000,000 job gets you. And then we met these ladies at this tiki bar--"

"You don't have to tell him that, Forester," Sherwood says quickly.

"Well, alright," you say as you help Raven with the luggage. "If the plane is ready, we'll get my motorcycle loaded, and then Raven and I will make a quick stop in a gift shop before we depart."

You put Shadowfax in the little garage loading bay and lock him in like before. Forester and Sherwood bring the luggage up into the plane via the lift while you and Raven enter the airport.

You look around and find the gift shop quickly enough and enter inside.

"Now this is what I'm talking about," you say as you see the rack of shirts. "Look at these colors."

"Is there a dimmer switch for some of these?" Raven asks.

"Well, these are mellow enough," you say as you look at some with white flowers. "Red and white for Robin, blue and white for Cyborg. Oh, here's the solution for Beast Boy: a black Hawaiian shirt with plenty of flowers and leaves so that's the green.

"Hmm, size wise... Robin's about my size, so get him a large. Medium for Beast Boy, extra large for Cyborg. As for Starfire, she's..."

You look at Raven, to use her as a comparison. She clearly notices and looks at you with a stern expression.

"She's taller," you say in feeble defense.

You and Raven go over to the women's fit Hawaiian shirts.

"Oh here's a nice pink one," you say, "with flamingos!"

Raven's eye twitches looking at it.

"Fine, no pink," you say. "This purple one with the white flowers should work. How about one for you?"

"No thanks," she says. "Not exactly my kind of attire."

"Alright," you say. "Let's hurry to check-out."

You go to the register, the cashier scans the four Hawaiian shirts and the total comes to $95. You use cash this time, giving them $100 and getting back a five. The shirts are carefully folded into bags and you carry them as Raven leads the way back to the plane.

Once on board, you store the souvenirs in your room with your luggage while Raven stows her luggage away in a separate room.

"Oh, we should've gotten breakfast on the way, too," you say, sitting down in with an empty stomach. "After we're in the air, how about we

A) Raid the plane pantry
B) Finish off those tacos
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