Spring Time (Multiup OTA)

[st_argateman]

Jack had taken up jogging as one of the ways to pass the time. The interesting thing about where he was stuck was it seemed like jogging different paths and directions always gave something new for him to see. It was the early hours of the morning when he took off on a jog. The weather was nice and the coolness of the morning meant that he wouldn't overheat while running. About an hour into his jog, he slowed to a halt. There was a baby deer that appeared to be trapped in some leafless bush. Its leg was bleeding, presumably from trying to get out of its entanglement. He slowly approached the deer and crouched, beginning to try and free the baby animal.

~*~

Ned was a-buzz since Peter mentioned the news of him going all the way with Liz. He finally had a friend that had done it. Peter Parker was both Spider-Man and not a virgin - he was living his ultimate life. This was what preoccupied Ned's thoughts as he sat in the lobby trying to program part of the video game he and Peter were working on. He kept making way more mistakes than he normally would.

Finally he decided to stop and switch projects. His other project required less thought since it was almost done. After several key strokes later, he placed a small homemade helicopter on the coffee table. He pressed ENTER. The propeller on the helicopter started to spin and it flew up a foot in the air. Ned grinned, pleased.

~*~

Liz sat on one of the lounge chairs outside by the pool with her journal beside her and chemistry homework out on her lap. On top of her chemistry homework was her sketchbook. She couldn't quite concentrate today, either, though she wasn't sure why. Perhaps it was what happened on the weekend with her and Peter or maybe it was the conversation she had with Mr. Stark. She decided that trying to draw, despite not having Piotr around, would be helpful. There were some flowers trying their hardest to bloom and she tried to draw them where she sat. Of course, she was still too critical on herself and she continuously erased her work and started over

~*~

Not too far away from Liz was Bo on a yoga mat. She was stretched out doing yoga int leggings and a work out bra and currently doing the triangle pose. She was stressed, but she didn't know why exactly. Maybe it wasn't stressed as frustrated, but she still couldn't pinpoint why. She moved to the downward dog, giving anyone who was paying attention a rather good view of her backside as she tried to stop her mind from wandering, but it was hard. She let out a little frustrated breath.

~*~

Alec was coming back from his own run. He still had energy to burn so he made a change in course and he headed toward the pool which seemed to be pretty busy, though no one was actually swimming. As he neared the pool he toed off his shoes and then pulled off his shirt, leaving a trail of his clothes as his pants where last and he dove into the deep end. He didn't come up right away either. He let the cool water hug his body. Finally, he pushed off the bottom of the pool and surfaced.

~*~

Mary wasn't outside. She was in the bakery trying some vegan recipes for brownies and cookies. It wasn't necessarily because she was vegan, but she thought that she should have some option for people who might be. So far there were two abandoned batches of brownies on the table - one wasn't sweet enough and one had used too much applesauce. She mixed the pumpkin mix into the new batch and poured it in, hoping the third time was the charm.

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[st_ellarnavigation]

Moana walked into the lobby with the insulated box Caroline had given her braced against her hip. It kept the fish she'd caught that morning fresh in the oncoming summer heat. As her eyes adjusted to the dimmer light of the lobby, she heard, then saw the small flying machine. It reminded her of a large bug but she knew it had a different name. She stopped and watched it, fascinated.

[st_guyinthechair]

Ned seemed to always know when Moana was near. It was sort of like when you felt the hairs on your neck stand up except more pleasant. He smiled when he saw her. "Hey! Nice cooler. Are there fish inside?"

For Mary

[st_james]

The applesauce ones likely couldn't be saved - the texture was wrong. But the ones that needed sweetening might do with some sort of frosting. Or a drizzle.

Hathaway decided this after sampling one of each, not that he was much of a baker still he had an idea and peered over Mary's shoulder to see what she was doing.

"Is that winter squash?"

Re: For Mary

[st_huntermom]

She smiled back at him, though her eyes were playful. "Is that what you call pumpkin where you're from?" It definitely sounded more fancy if it was.

Re: For Mary

[st_james]

"And we call zucchini, courgette." He came as close to grinning as he ever came.

Molly and Alec

[st_eampunk]

One of the perks of there being quite a few bartenders at the inn, is that during the warmer days, you can also be a 'lifeguard' at the pool an no one will miss getting a drink.

Molly was enjoying the view of Alec stripping down before he got in the pool. She smirked when he finally broke the surface. "Thought I might have to go after you." She knew he could stay under the water longer than he had without problems, but it was always fun to tease.

Re: Molly and Alec

[st_x5_494]

His lips pressed into a smirk as he regarded her back. "Want me to go back under? I can, you know."

Re: Molly and Alec

[st_eampunk]

"Trying to impress me with how long you don't have to breathe?" Molly winked.

Jack & Lillith

[st_rangepalette]

When Jack emerged from the brush into the clearing where the baby deer was trapped, another person was also passing through. Lillith had been out tending her teleportation circle and she almost crashed into the man as he moved, all crouched down like Vax being sneaky.

Fortunately, she didn't crash into him or make a lot of noise that would scare the baby deer. Unless the baby deer was scared because she smelled a little bit like a demon and had horns and a tail and fangs and claws and hooves...actually, she was probably that deer's worst nightmare.

Re: Jack & Lillith

[st_argateman]

The deer reared back a little, but it was too entangled to flee. Jack shhhed the deer to try and calm it. "Don't worry, buddy. Just a little different than you're used to, huh?"

Re: Jack & Lillith

[st_rangepalette]

Instinctively, Lillith dropped a veil over herself, erasing in a heartbeat everything that wasn't human. Hopefully it would calm the deer but if not... "If it would help, I could make a convincing illusion of its mother?"

Sam & Mary, then Sam & Bo after.

[st_andingtall]

"Hey, Mom." Yeah, he was calling her 'Mom' all the time now. Maybe it meant he was 'over it'.

He saw the brownies on the table, his stomach knotted with some emotion he wasn't interested in identifying. Well, guess that 'over it' was a big, fat, nope.

Re: Sam & Mary, then Sam & Bo after.

[st_huntermom]

"Hey Sam." She greeted him with a warm smile. She knew it was still sometimes hard for him be open with her, but she had patience.

She put down her bowl and leaned against the counter. "You need something or you here to visit? I could always use an extra opinion around the kitchen."

Kitty and Ned, then Liz, then Alec

[st_alksthroughwalls]

"Hey Ned," Kitty said to the kid she mostly knew as Peter's best friend, something she'd been meaning to rectify and really hadn't gotten around to just yet.

"What're you working on?"

Re: Kitty and Ned, then Liz, then Alec

[st_guyinthechair]

He looked up and registered Kitty and smiled a little. "Uh, I guess it depends. I'm working on a few? This, though, is just basically a toy."

He pressed another button and the helicopter safely landed. "Keeping up my coding."

Dean and Mary

[st_illfighting]

Dean wrinkled his nose as he saw his mother put in pumpkin to perfectly good brownies. "That a sneaky way to get kids to eat vegetables?" It probably would work.

Re: Dean and Mary

[st_huntermom]

She grinned. "I guess maybe that's a side effect, but I'm trying the whole 'inclusive baking' thing. When we were able to go to Europe I caught up on some things, like dietary choices. I figure since we get so many people from different worlds we should have things for every potent, eight?"

Jack and Buffy

[st_accato]

Buffy was on her way back from her nightly 'patrol' and stopped when she saw someone that looked to be in trouble. "Hey you okay?" It was only when she'd jogged closer that she saw it was Jack on his knees in front of 'Bambi' and she'd probably scared it with her approach.

Re: Jack and Buffy

[st_argateman]

When Buffy came forward, the deer jerked back, scared. "Shhh." He put his hands up for a moment until the deer calmed again.

"Just a little bit tangled."

Bo and Jane

[st_artingpoint]

Molly had showed Jane some of the yoga poses, but she really hadn't done much of it since then. But her headaches were becoming more frequent and she thought that it might help. It certainly couldn't hurt.

Jane paused when she saw Bo doing some yoga stretches outside and then heard an echo of Jane's own frustrated sigh. "Yoga not helping much?"

Re: Bo and Jane

[st_unaligned]

She looked between her legs and smiled when she saw Jane. "To tell you the truth, I don't find stretching all that relaxing."

For Liz

[st_oryboard]

Anyone drawing always caught Mack's eye, but when he saw that it was Liz, that brought him even closer than his curiosity would have. He smiled in greeting and waited until she paused in what she was doing. "Doing more landscapes?"

Re: For Liz

[st_hotflashes]

She looked a little sheepish. "I don't think I'm very good at people." And Piotr left before he could really help her with it. "Sometimes drawing helps me think."

Rocket and Ned

[st_ripetail]

Rocket, mostly concealed on top of a cabinet nearshore the ceiling, watched the little toy helicopter for a minute, then tumbled himself off and run-jumped (even though he was small, he didn’t fucking scamper, thanks) over to Ned and the coffee table. “Pretty good, kid. Bring it down, I’ll show ya a thing.”

Re: Rocket and Ned

[st_guyinthechair]

Ned looked up and then got excited to see Rocket. He was quick to respond with pressing the key to have the helicopter land. "Uh, yeah, sure. Great. Cool." He looked like an excited puppy.