Current Events > Teen Titans CYOA: Romance Resurrected Part 17

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"We can probably just stay indoors."

"Why indoors?" Jinx asks. "There's a pool."

"It's very hot out," you say. "I was out there, it's a roast. A lot of other people will want to use the pool, so it'll be crowded. It'll just be easier for us to be in a hotel room."

A waiter brings plates over, you're served your "Loaded" Eggs Benedict and Arella has her chicken fried steak. You thank the waiter and take up your fork.

The eggs are properly poached, with the yolk neither runny or thick. The onions are evenly grilled, the tomatoes well-roasted, but they might've overdone the black truffle powder. Other than that, a very well done dish.

You all finish eating, you pay the bill, which is very pricy, and you lead the way back to the rooms, and spend time in...

A) Your room, 2M
B) Raven's room, 2N
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B) Raven's room, 2N

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B

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B) Raven's room, 2N

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B

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B

Raven's room, as it has two beds. You sit with Raven and Arella on one, Jinx and Argent sit on the other. Raven stays close to you as you get the television remote and flip through the cable guide.

"Let's see," you say as you keep scrolling. "Not much on, is there?"

"Well it is a Monday," Raven says. "In the middle of the day."

"There's probably just Cops reruns and talk shows," Jinx says.

"There might be Friends reruns, too," Argent says.

"Oh, baseball," you say.

"No..." Jinx and Argent groan.

"Go easy on him," Raven says. "We had to skip going to a game in like Colorado to make it here in time for his birthday week."

"But it's not as fun watching baseball on TV as it is in person," Jinx says.

"I'm not even sure it's fun watching it in person," Argent says.

"Oh and cricket is?" Jinx says.

"Hey now," you say. "As a Brit, cricket is arguably the superior form of baseball."

"Well what're we watching?" Raven asks. "Reruns? Sports? What?"

A) Friends
B) Baseball
C) News
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C) News

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C

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C
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C

"How about news?" you say.

You go to a channel and see the weather report finishing. It's pretty obvious, it will be very warm in the area for the rest of the week. But you'll be moving on so perhaps California and the Bay Area will be cooler.

"There are reports that Lena Luthor, sister of infamous Lex Luthor, has made major moves in taking Luthor Corp. away from Lex," the news anchor says. "She claims to have evidence of Lex collecting Kryptonite and crafting it into weaponry for the sole purpose of killing Superman and Supergirl."

"Whoa...!" you say. "Seriously?"

"Oh, yeah, Lex Luthor's been at it for years," Raven says. "Robin's told us all about him from what Batman has told him."

"Really?"

"Really," Raven says. "Your family's company doesn't work with Luther Corp, do they?"

"No, Luther Corp. does much higher levels of technology than we do," you say. "But we certainly won't be now."

"Lena's evidence will be presented at an upcoming inquiry," the anchor continues, "and is believed to be very substantial. Superman and Supergirl will of course be included on a list of witnesses testifying towards various incidents believed to be connected back to Lex Luthor."

"Hopefully that goes well," you say.

"There's a development in Central City's ongoing battle of speedsters," the anchor says.

"Oh, maybe we shouldn't watch this?" Argent says.

"What if it's good news?" Raven says.

"But what if it's bad news?" Argent says.

A) Stay on the news
B) Change to sports
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A) Stay on the news

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A) Stay on the news

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A

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A

"We'll stay," you say. "If it's good news, we'll want to hear it. If it isn't, we can just change the channel then."

Jinx is the most anxious of you all as you watch the news story continue.

"For weeks now," the news anchor says, "Central City's crimson blur, The Flash, along with various other metahuman heroes, have been battling a criminal speedster calling himself 'Savitar, God of Speed.' By their heroic efforts, The Flash and friends have been able to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, but it is hard to say the same for the heroes themselves. The last any media outlet was told, the heroes Vibe, Firestorm and newest speedster, Impulse, were badly hurt by Savitar."

"Oh no...!" Jinx says.

"But at least it isn't Kid Flash," Argent says.

"Yeah, but they're still his friends," Jinx says. "I met Vibe and Firestorm, they're nice guys."

"In a recent battle of The Flash and Kid Flash against Savitar," the news anchor continues, "there was a bit of a scare where they trio went missing!"

"Wait, what?" Jinx says.

"Relax, they said it was a 'scare,'" you say. "That means it wasn't as bad as all that."

"It was hours later, as the sun was setting, that the three suddenly returned, and several hundreds of miles from where they disappeared. It seems the three either traveled through dimensions or through time. The battle continued in the open outskirts between Central and Star Cities, until Star City heroes, Green Arrow, Black Canary and Artemis arrived. Savitar left, being outnumbered, and for the time being, peace has returned."

Jinx breathes easier now.

"See?" Argent says. "Good news."

"Oh yeah right," Raven says with a chuckle.

A) Stick with news
B) Try sports now
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B.

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A. News
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B

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COIN TOSS

B

"Now to sports," you say. "Baseball!"

The girls groan but Arella giggles as you go to the sports channel you passed by on the guide.

"Welcome back as the third inning begins," the sports commentator says. "The Boston Crabs look to extend their 3-to-1 lead after holding the hometown Portland Timber down. The Timber is sticking with pitcher, Rudy Carlson-Young, as the Crabs return to the top of the order with Bron Williams."

"Williams was one of the ones struck out in the first, so he'll surely want to redeem himself on that," a second commentator says.

Williams steps up to the plate, Carlson-Young communicates with the catcher. Carlson-Young winds up and pitches a low ball, but Williams lets it go.

"Ball!" the umpire calls.

"A very close call," the second commentator says. "I think the umpire would've called it strike if the sun was at a different angle."

Carlson-Young pitches another low ball, and Williams hits this one! But it goes foul, so that counts as strike one. The foul ball is given to a child in the front row and a new ball is thrown to the pitcher. Carlson-Young tries a little higher this time, and Williams still manages to get it! But again, a foul ball. This one ended up in the dugout so another ball is tossed to the pitcher.

"Seems Williams knows where Carlson-Young likes to go now," the second commentator says. "Though, getting only fouls doesn't help."

"He's 1-and-2 now, behind in the count," the first commentator says. "Carlson-Young winds up again..."

Another low pitch, Williams is patient again, and lets it go.

"Ball!" the umpire calls again.

"Alright, at least the umpire's consistent for Williams," the second commentator says.

"You better hope he doesn't hear you poking fun at him," the first commentator chuckles.

Someone's Titan communicator beeps and after everyone checks, it turns out to be Jinx.

"Hey, Cy," Jinx says. "You almost here?"

"Yep," Cyborg says. "I've got the parts, so I can get to work right away once I arrive."

A) Have lunch first
B) Have lunch after
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"We can have lunch before you get to work," you say to him through Jinx's communicator. "There's nothing too much, but there are some places up here that offer pizza."

"Pizza always sounds great," Cyborg says.

"Alright," you say. "We'll meet you at the..."

A) Mt. Hood Brewing Co, Govy
B) Mt. Hood Brewing Co, Portland
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B

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B
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B

"Mt. Hood Brewing Company, Portland. It's a restaurant with a train car, so just look for the green train car."

"Alright, sounds good," he says. "See you in a few minutes."

"See you then," Raven says.

Jinx hangs up and you shut off the television. You and the ladies head out from the room and go outside. You find your way down a path and find the green train car on the far west end of the mountain.

You walk inside the restaurant's main building and up to the greeter.

"Is there seating in the train car for six?" you ask. "We have a friend joining us in a little bit."

"Yes, in the caboose," she says. "I'll have someone show you the way."

"Thank you," you say while she calls over a waitress.

The waitress grabs up six menus, you and the ladies follow her through the restaurant to a side door, and you walk out onto a wooden platform that takes you to the green train car and red caboose just behind it. You help the ladies carefully step inside the doorway first, watching for the raised door frame. Then you step inside and the waitress steps in to hand out the menus.

"Would you like to start with drinks?" she asks as you sit next to Raven with Jinx across from you.

You take a quick look at the non-alcoholic drink menu.

"How about a six pack of Crater Lake root beer for the table?" you ask.

"Six Crater Lake root beers it is," the waitress says. "I'll be right back with those."

"Thank you," you say as she leaves.

You look to the menu and remember you had some pizzas from here for the party. You really liked the pepperoni and the "Alpine," but you're interested in trying the Diablo.

A) Order a small Diablo
B) Order a medium Diablo
C) Order a large Diablo
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C) Order a large Diablo

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C

"I'm thinking of ordering a large Diablo," you say. "Is that alright with everyone?"

"That does sound good," Jinx says. "Can we also have this wood fired mushroom, too?"

"Sure," you say. "A large of each, that's more than enough for six people."

The waitress returns and serves a six pack of bottled soda, right in the cardboard packaging.

"Are you going to wait until your sixth person arrives or do you have an idea what you want?" she asks.

"We'll order now," you say. "We'd like one large Diablo and one large wood fired mushroom."

"Alright," she says. "I'll be back with those as they're ready."

"Thank you," you say.

A few minutes pass and Argent notices something out the window.

"Oh, there he is," Argent says.

You look over your shoulder and see Cyborg. You carefully get up and go to the door to get out and go around the green train car. He sees you before you can wave him over, and you lead him back to the caboose.

"Watch your step," you say as you get back in the caboose.

"And my head," Cyborg says as he ducks down a little more.

Jinx and Argent scoot over, Cyborg sits with them. You tell him about the pizza orders and he checks the menus for himself.

"Oooh, I like the Diablo," he says. "It'll be spicy!"

"That's what I'm thinking," you smirk.

"So how long will it take to fix the T-Copter?" Argent asks Cyborg.

"It shouldn't be too much," he says. "It was just the electrical system, right?"

"Right," Argent says.

A) Offer to help
B) Just go back to watching television
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A) Offer to help

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"I could help," you say. "I know my way around electrical and mechanical systems."

"Well, since the Titan vehicles are all based on my cybernetic technology," Cyborg says, "it might be a bit more than you're used to."

"Perhaps," you say. "But I bet I can help preserve things so it can last longer."

"Are you talking about mixing magic and science?" Cyborg says. "I dunno if those always mix so well."

"Well don't tell anyone this, but that's what my family does all the time," you smirk.

"I can verify that," Raven says. "Rorek took me to his family's business headquarters in Southern California, remember?"

"Uh-huh..." Cyborg says, sounding intrigued. "How so?"

"Just a few tricks here and there," you say. "I don't have the materials for the best tricks, but I'll use what I have, and we can boost the system's..."

A) Durability
B) Power
C) Efficiency
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C

"Efficiency."

"Oh?" Cyborg asks. "How so?"

"A little something my grandfather figured out," you say. "You lower electrical resistance just a touch so that the energy flows faster, but you make sure to build the material's durability so it doesn't wear out."

"Is that even possible?"

"Again, it's what my family's done for generations," you smirk. "I'll show you how."

Everyone gets a bottle of the root beer and you clink bottles in a toast before popping off the caps.

The pizzas arrive shortly after, the waitress is surprised to see Cyborg, and you thank her as she sets the pizzas down.

You take a slice of the Diablo first, and you can taste the chili already. It is great stuff, and the heat kicks in right away.

"Very good," you say as you nod. "Very good."

Cyborg also tries the Diablo, and he also takes a liking to it. You two eat more of that than the ladies do. After you've had your fill, there are plenty of slices left, and you get boxes for them.

"How about you take these home to the Titans?" you tell Cyborg. "I'm sure they'll enjoy those, and the mushroom works for Beast Boy since he's vegetarian."

"Good idea," Cyborg says.

You six exit, with Cyborg holding onto the pizza boxes. You walk back towards the hotel, and see Cyborg parked a portion of the T-Ship nearby.

"The T-Ship comes apart, hm?" you say.

"Yep," he says. "For if we need to split up on a search, chase, or just travel separately like this."

Cyborg stores the pizzas in the ship then continues with you to the hotel. He goes around the back to where the T-Copter is parked, and you go inside to fetch your enchantment material.

"Alright," you say as you walk up to the copter. "I should have what I need."

"Well the copter's almost ready as it is," Cyborg says. "Just needed to replace old wiring."

"Well then I can help the new wiring," you say.

You climb into the cab, look under the dash and see the open panel.

"Just be careful now," Cyborg says.

"Don't worry," you say. "I understand how to treat vehicles with care. And this won't be too much, I'll be in and out and the ladies can get on their way back up north."

You take the powdered essence of fortitude, and just take a pinch. With being upside-down like this, it makes the sprinkling trickier. You carefully put your fingers between wires, start sprinkling slowly, and go through all you had.

"Udari Afari," you recite as you use mana to spark the powder.

"Whoa," Cyborg says.

"Don't worry," you say. "It's non-flammable sparks."

You then bring out the tiny spray bottle full of the resistence reducer, Basilisk saliva. You give just a couple spritz and the dark green gleam lets you know it took.

"Start 'er up," you say.

Cyborg presses the ignition button, the T-Copter starts up, and he looks at the dashboard.

"Well, well," he says. "The read-out looks great, actually."

"Didn't I tell you it'd be fine?" you say. "The enchantment will last as long as the wires last."

"Then remind me to check in after a year, or 30 thousand miles," Cyborg says with a smile.

Jinx and Argent return, each carrying a little gift bag.

"Where'd you get those?" you ask.

"And what did you need them for?" Cyborg asks.

"Rorek's sisters made us some clothes last night," Argent says.

"The gift bags were just Raven using alchemy on plastic bags," Jinx says.

"Well she did a nice job," you say. "Color coordinated and everything."

"Is it working?" Argent asks as you and Cyborg exit the cab.

"Sure is," Cyborg says. "And with Rorek's magic based modifications, it should be running even smoother now."

"Sweet," Argent says.

Jinx and Argent get in the cab, with Argent piloting.

"See you around," Argent says.

You and Cyborg step way, way back as the rotors start up and get the copter off the ground. The copter heads north and all is going well, so you and Cyborg walk around to the front.

"I'll let the others know all went well," Cyborg says. "See you soon."

"See you soon," you repeat as Cyborg goes to his mini T-Ship.

The mini T-Ship takes off, you watch it head south, and then you go inside. You go back to the rooms and knock on 2N's door, and Raven answers.

"Where'd your mother run off to?" you ask.

"She went to her room to finish packing," Raven says. "She probably wants to return to Azarath and let us continue our road trip on our own."

"I see. I feel like we should do something special to see her off."

"Yeah? I think that'd be nice, actually. Just don't say 'pool.'"

"I'd never," you say, pretending to be offended.

You two chuckle, and you consider your options.

A) Ram's Head Bar & Restaurant
B) Blue Ox Bar
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B) Blue Ox Bar

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"We could go to the Blue Ox Bar," you say. "They had a good menu, and it'd be a more mature atmosphere, something more adult."

"A little too adult for us, I think," Raven says.

"It's alright," you say. "I was in there with father and Sixth the other day, they just won't serve us alcohol."

"Okay," she chuckles. "But that'll be dinner time. What're we supposed to do until then? And again, don't say the pool."

"But is there really much else to do?" you say.

"Yes," she says. "And even if there wasn't, we can't go swimming right now, we just ate."

"True," you say. "So what will we do for another half an hour?"

You wrap your arms around Raven's waist and she has an "Oh you" smile.

"I think we should have a rule to wait a half hour on that, too," she says.

"Well no we really don't have anything else to do," you say, making her laugh.

"How about baseball?" she says. "That game we were watching might still be on."

"Oh," you say. "Maybe."

You get the television remote, turn it on and see the Boston Crabs and Portland Timber are in fact still playing, and it's the bottom of the ninth! You sit down and look for the score.

"Whoa!" you say. "Boston scored eight more since the third!"

"Ouch," Raven says.

Leading 10 to 5, Boston just has to keep Portland at this and they'll win the game!

"Boston's Chaz Cass has been strong today," the second commentator says. "He's at 80 pitches with 15 strike outs today, and obviously from the score, not the easiest to hit off."

"And he just needs three more outs to finish this off," the first commentator says. "Brennan Enoch is up for the Timber, but he doesn't seem to be feeling the pressure."

"You've gotta be able to keep a level head, even in a bad situation," the second commentator says.

"Here's the wind-up," the first commentator says. "And the pitch."

"Contact!" the second commentator says as Enoch hits it!

Enoch runs as fast as he can, the ball gets past the center fielder but still lands in the diamond.

"Barnes has it," the first commentator says as the fielder scoops it. "He throws it to second!"

Enoch is reaching second just as it's getting there, and slides...

"Safe!" the second commentator says as the umpire calls it!

"That was a close one," you say.

There's a knock at the door and Raven answers it, to let Arella in.

"Hopefully you aren't in a rush to get back to Azarath," Raven says. "Rorek was hoping to treat you to one more meal here."

"Really?" Arella says. "But the two of you have already done so much for me."

"We can still do something for you," you say. "It'll just be a simple dinner in the Blue Ox Bar."

"Well, alright," she says. "But can we take one more swim, then? It'll be a long time before I get to wear a swimsuit again."

You try not to smirk at Raven but your mouth can't help but curl at the corner.

A) Before dinner
B) After dinner
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