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[buginateacup]

Its hot as fuck and I’ve successfully done 7 loads of washing today but I also realised I cant put the Vetinari conversation in Tea With Topsy where I originally planned so I had to write another chapter instead. So here’s an early look at something that’s not going to happen for months

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Roxanne was trying to hurry from downtown back to the office after what she thought was going to be a quick soundbite interview after lunch turned into a three hour investigation into how the fuck the southern suburbs municipal office lost the deeds to half a dozen high value properties, four of which were up for redevelopment.

Key word trying. It was another blazing summer day and there was no shade for the next four blocks to the bus stop.

It was hot enough that even Hal had fucked off early to take the van back to the station as Brad needed a cameraman at the waterpark and not even an hour alone with Roxanne in peak hour traffic was enough to dissuade him from "babes in bikinis"

Roxanne felt a little sorry for all the parents at the Toddler's and Tot's new pool opening, but not enough to correct him. She shifted her laptop bag to her other shoulder and forced herself to keep walking.

A rolling hum pulled up and followed her on the wrong side of the road, "You're going to get burnt again," Megamind called conversationally through the open window, steering with one hand, the other propped casually on the door of the invisible car. Roxanne grabbed gratefully at the edge of the door frame, 

"Emergency kidnapping?" she asked hopefully, leaning gratefully into the blast of cold air coming from the car.

"Absolutely not,"

"Please?"

"No," he slowed to an almost stop and reached behind him, a crack appeared in the view of the street behind him, "But I'll give you a lift, get in."

Roxanne gripped the edge of the crack, pulling open the rear door to throw herself in onto cool leather upholstery, "Oh thank god. I live here now" she groaned as he took off again. She glanced at the high collar blocking her view of his face, "How have you not melted?"

Megamind chuckled and twisted his watch. The collar and mantle dissolved and a pair of large vertical oval sunglasses appeared on his nose. He was in a black t-shirt with chunky silver zips running from the collar to the sleeves to allow it to slip over his head, short black driving gloves barely ran past his wrists.

"Nice arms," she noted. Wonder what they taste like? Seventeen year old Roxanne added silently.

Shut up you.

"They are useful, yes," Megamind agreed lazily.

Roxanne sat up to lean over into the front seat and look at her unexpected chauffeur, "Can I get in the front?"

"And run the risk of you pressing the fusion rocket button? I think not Miss Ritchi,"

"There's a fusion rocket?" she asked curiously, arms still hooked over the back of the front seat.

Megamind swapped hands on the steering wheel and put his hand over her face to shove her onto the back seat, "Sit down and put your seatbelt on."

"Why? Your not wearing one."

"I'm the bad guy. Its do as I say, not as I do. Now hold on."

Roxanne buckled up then laughed as he cut between two lanes and sped through a red light, just avoiding a turning truck. "What happened to this city would be utopia if they just did the reasonable thing"

"I was being reasonable. I didn't hit anybody."

"You ran a red light!"

"So? It's not like the cameras can catch me. I'm doing all this work to improve my city. The least they can do is get out of my way."

Roxanne rolled her eyes and peeled her shirt away from her undershirt, "Why has this summer been so gross?" she griped, "Speaking of, you should get them to plant trees down Fenton Road, its awful along there."

"Tell the flying menace to do it. Its the kind of photo op he'd love to feature in."

"Don't think you could compete?" she teased. 

He eyed her through the rear view mirror, "I know what your doing."

"Is it working?"

"No."

"Damn," Roxanne unbuttoned her short sleeved white shirt and shrugged it off her shoulders, revealing a thin white tank clinging damply to her skin.

Gloved hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, "Miss Ritchi what are you doing?"

"Relax, I'm just trying not to die of heatstroke." she laid the sweat soaked shirt over her bag and stretched on the back seat, glorying in the cold air.

"It might take a while to get you back to the office, I can't get through the roadworks on Twenty Second like this,"

"There's roadworks on twenty second?"

"There are supposed to be. Its too hot so they left half the road dug up and diverted all the traffic through a single lane.

"Oh. Good thing you caught me before I got to the bus then." Roxanne checked her phone and groaned at the forecast that ranged from firey pits of hell to literal volcanic explosion to why god why? "Why is the city an oven?"

"Well you see there's this thing called a virgin sacrifice, or in more modern terms, a Damsel. Who is supposed to scream and plead for mercy from the great evil threatening the land so that it is appeased and allows another year of bountiful harvests and clearly Miss Ritchi, you are not holding up your end of the bargain."

Roxanne flipped a finger skyward, "Hey sun, fuck off."

Megamind laughed and made a sharp left, "I have something I need to collect on the way" he said, turning towards the docks near the industrial district, "If I ask nicely will you stay in the car and not touch anything or do I need to hit you with the spray?"

"Will you leave the aircon on?"

"I can,"

"I'll be good," she promised dreamily, basking in the cool flow of air.

"I doubt it," Megamind slowed to a stop and got out, "I'll be five minutes," he said sliding the keys into his pocket, black jeans in this weather, brave alien. "Behave," he locked the car behind him.

[araniaart]

I have seen it with mine own eyes

Civil War... @shipperhipster and I were lucky enough to get into an advanced screening tonight - got AMAZING seats dead center on the “foot rest” seats (my favorites) and I just got home, brain still leaking from ears trying to process. 

Holy cow.  I will post NO SPOILERS to my blog until after it’s US release date, but the movie is AMAZING.  

If anyone needs to fangirl with me - you can message me off of anon - but I will be being VERY CAREFUL to try to not tip too much if you haven’t seen it. 

But at least for me, my media embargo is officially over :D

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[daelba]

So I did not win the lottery...Therefore I did not go to Tokyo for the early viewing of Naruto The Last.  Life sucks. 

But I will still be going to the 'official' premiere, so I got that going for me which is nice.

In other news, I experienced my first 'heavy' earthquake 2 days ago. It scared the shit out of me, even though it was only magnitude 3! But I am fine, and fortunately there were no cassualties among my friends. God bless. 

[leadingmusetta]

Catching Fire was hella intense and dramatic. But it deviated a bit from the book (of course). And I cried again when Mags died.

[leadingmusetta]

Guess who's going to see Catching Fire? Right now? Heehee.

[trendful]

I'm going to see This Is Us tomorrow!!!