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weetuskenraider) wrote2008-08-26 10:26 am
weetuskenraider) wrote2008-08-26 10:26 am
OOC: Infopost, Version "Srsly, how did I end up with all girls?"
*bandwagons, wheeeeeeeeeeee!* Yeah, so most of this for my older kids is pretty much cribbed and paraphrased from past infoposts, included for the sake of having multiple LJ-cuts ease of reference, but I figure Tahiri kinda needs it.
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Tahiri Veila: Your Neighborhood Half-Yuuzhan Vong Barefoot Jedi
Fandom: Star Wars, Expanded Universe
Year: Sophomore
Tahiri's coming in shortly after the events of Dark Journey (27 years after the end of Return of the Jedi), so she's a little behind Jaina chronologically but from a different reality. She's no Chosen One or child of famous parentage, although she is the BFF/almost-girlfriend of Jaina's late little brother Anakin and a Jedi trainee in her own right. Theoretically, she's capable of being quite strong in the Force, but on her own she lacks the discipline and patience to really live up to that -- anyway, she won't be retrieving superweapons from the hearts of gas giants or anything like that, but she does come with your standard Jedi options package.
Tahiri will almost always go barefoot; when you grow up on Tatooine as the adopted charge of a Tusken Raider tribe, you tend to appreciate more temperate climates, and she takes that a little further. Because cool ground under her feet is awesome. She'll wear shoes if she absolutely has to, but she hates it. She's short, too -- canon doesn't give a specific height and neither do any of the official sourcebooks, but she comes up to about chest height on the 5'6" Anakin Solo so I'm putting her at a little under five feet. She has green eyes, which I'm mostly only mentioning because Greg Keyes used the phrase "aventurine gaze" in Edge of Victory I and as much as I wish I could forget it it's burned into my brain. (There's a whole side rant about SW writers and their obsession with specific descriptive phrases for certain characters' eye color, which I'll spare you.)
The one thing that I really do have to mention, because I lack the skillz to tinker with my Emilie de Ravin icon bases and make it happen, is the set of scars on her forehead. Why? Well, because . . .
Tahiri is effectively half Yuuzhan Vong, and to spare you more of my tl;dr I'm just linking you to Wookieepedia for info about them. Because the Yuuzhan Vong can't use the Force and they wanted a Force-user of their very own, lucky Tahiri got to be the captured Jedi they experimented on. Physically, except for the scars, she's pretty much recovered from the "shaping" at Mezhaan Kwaad's hands. What she's stuck with, which isn't so evident, is Riina Kwaad, a Yuuzhan Vong personality that was implanted in her. She has false memories of being Yuuzhan Vong from birth, and as such understands their language and culture. Not that any of this is directly relevant to anyone here except possibly Jaina, and Tahiri won't exactly be advertising that fact as she's still trying to get her equilibrium back. And no worries about Riina Kwaad suddenly surfacing and doing CRAZYCAKES YUUZHAN VONG THINGS; for the time being she's pretty much buried in Tahiri's subconscious, and without any Yuuzhan Vong around to "wake" Riina she's going to stay that way. Unless plottiness calls for it, in which case there will be ample heads-up.
However, Tahiri's perception of pain is pretty much a Yuuzhan Vong one at this point. She does feel it -- possibly more than most as the Yuuzhan Vong are particularly sensitized to it -- but pain is literally a religious experience for them, so threatening to hurt her? Not really going to be a deterrent.
Tahiri's not the most patient person in the world, and the least likely of any of my kids to stand back when there's action to be had. She's still kind of emo over Anakin Solo's death, what with the whole BFF-since-childhood, totally-in-love-with thing. She's not going to be bubbly and effervescent and cheerful, but she still can, when she has a mind to, talk really, really fast at you.
Telepathic/empathic types: if you think you might be able to pick up on Riina Kwaad's presence, I'm cool with that, but since it's not something she wants advertised, please let me know ahead of time so we can figure out how to go about it?
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Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski: The Original Angry Blonde, Or So Terry Moore Says
Fandom: Strangers in Paradise
Year: Junior
Although I'm referring to her as Katchoo in narrative, her given name is Katina, that's what's on her records, and that's how she'll be introducing herself to people, not that she's likely to go around introducing herself to people all willy-nilly. Of course, Francine's called her Katchoo in class by now and radio's picked it up, so you're welcome to have heard the nickname at some point. Just know that if you call her that to her face and she hasn't yet decided she cautiously tolerates you ("trust" is not an operative word with this one) she probably won't be very friendly about it.
Katchoo's short, though not as short as Tahiri, and I'm doing my best to make sure that whenever she interacts with someone for the first time the narrative mentions her voice, which is low, hoarse, and can sometimes be easily mistaken for a boy's.
Bear in mind you're dealing with someone who has spent most of the past two years of her life learning to be a DUCk (Deep Underground Capability operative, because I misremembered the term last infopost, but seriously, as an acronym, WTF) for an elite crime operation that specialized in using long-term plants to infiltrate and control drug cartels and the American political system. You're also dealing with a teenage alcoholic who was sexually abused by her stepfather, but whose mother firmly believed she made it all up for attention. (This is sensitive and possibly triggery subject matter, and will not be brought up casually in conversation. It's unlikely Katchoo will talk about it at all, but should the situation call for it to happen, I will check with you ahead of time and make sure it's okay.) Because of this, as I mentioned above, she doesn't trust people -- with the exception of Francine. Tolerate, maybe. Trust, not so much.
FH!Katchoo hasn't done any actual "field work," but she does know how to use seduction as a weapon, in the extreme cases that it comes down to that. She has basic handgun skills and some espionage training, but mostly she's good at fighting dirty. She won't be sharing the above information; she's trying to get away from that part of her life, although every now and then it likes to come back and haunt her. There is, after all, an FBI file out there with her name on it and a whole lot of incriminating crap inside . . . including pictures that we never actually get to see, but they made Francine throw up.
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And from this point on we just copy, paste, and edit bullet points from previous infoposts because really, my tl;dr, let me show it to you.
Jen Scotts: 31st-Century Cop in Pink Spandex
- Fandom: Power Rangers Time Force (Still the best PR season EVAR OMG)
- Year: Senior
- Somewhat hotheaded and a little uptight.
- Police officer from the year 3000, currently officially on special assignment. Technically? On the run.
- Still has Ranger powers; can morph into pink spandex-wearing, helmeted superhero type. Won't exactly be doing so at the drop of a hat.
- Decent with a blaster; good at hand-to-hand.
- If thrown into the side of a highway overpass and allowed to drop thirty feet onto a car roof (or other such Activity of Extreme Ow)while morphed, she will have the cuts, bruises, and possible cracked ribs and concussion to show for it afterward.
- Broke off her engagement to Alex Drake (her temporarily-dead, resurrected-due-to-timestream-wonk fiancé) when she went back in time to rescue Wes Collins (his exact lookalike and genetic donor), whom she'd fallen in love with but then had to leave behind when she went back to her own time.
- Is now faced with the dilemma of younger versions of both the Came Back Wrong ex-fiance and the would-have-been-boyfriend-if-one-of-them-had-spoken-the-hell-up being in Fandom, and having to keep her mouth shut about what happens to both of them later on.
- Is, as a result of the previous two items, extremely sexually frustrated.
- Never goes around without a fairly conspicuous device strapped to her left wrist (see icon).
- Comes from a futuristic "utopia" that is actually kind of really creepy, on account of all humans being genetically engineered before birth and the complete lack of junk food.
- Has been in Fandom long enough to be at least somewhat friendly, though if you're loud or obnoxious at first meeting it might not go over so well.
- Will hold a grudge forever against anyone who gets on her bad side severely enough, but that usually takes something like her former duty partner selling Time Force secrets to criminals.
- STILL REALLY THINKS THAT EMPTY WAREHOUSE DISTRICT IS SUSPICIOUS.
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Lacey Burrows: Questionably Good Ideas, Unquestionably Poor Execution?
- Fandom: Corner Gas
- Status: Townie; runs Luke's Diner
- Toronto native who moved to the tiny town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, right smack in the middle of the Canadian prairies and "forty kilometres from nowhere," to take over her deceased aunt's diner.
- Got sent to Fandom because the editor of the Dog River Howler got completely sick of her trying to insinuate herself onto the paper's staff and "improve" things, and duped her into thinking she was going on vacation.
- Related to the above, is likely to try and nose in and "improve" things for you, too. (If you're up for that!) She claims to know how to do things when she really doesn't; this is how she "deals" with her self-esteem issues.
- Has a tendency to think any guy who's being friendly to her has a crush on her.
- Has a massive phobia about balloons.
- Is, by turns, sarcastic, ditzy, or very sweet, but sometimes rather gullible. Not incapable of the occasional verbal smackdown, though.
- Is an absolutely terrible liar, and you can tell when she's lying because she gets all flustered, stammers a lot, and sometimes contradicts her own story.
And I should probably add a note here about interaction with Lacey. Every now and then, when I can find a place to work it in, there'll be little "flash-cut" fantasy sequences. Here's a couple of examples. (YES, I KNOW THREE IS NOT TECHNICALLY A COUPLE. HUSH, IT WAS A THREE WORD PHRASE AND I FELT OBLIGATED TO LINK EACH WORD.) This is a canon Corner Gas thing; I just do it because it amuses me. Now, mostly, this is just a fun way of illustrating what's going on in Lacey's imagination or contradicting some claim of hers, although occasionally -- and I'll try and make this clear when it happens, which pretty much means her actual written dialogue will trail off and the tag will end on the fantasy sequence -- the flash-cuts will happen as a goofy shorthand way of Lacey speculating out loud, in which case you'd be more than welcome to react.
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Samuel T. Anders: Keeper of the Eternal Bob Dylan Earworm
- Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
- Status: Alumnus
- Is pre-canon, currently about eight years before the Cylons obliterate the Colonies of Kobol.
- Goes by Anders; does not like being called Sam although he's slowly learning to tolerate it, but Samuel or Sammy are RIGHT OUT.
- Fairly easygoing jock; plays Pyramid but has developed an affinity for baseball.
- In a relationship with fellow alumni Belthazor/Cole Turner (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
demonbelthazor) and Phoebe Halliwell (future_visions), and is currently living with them out in California.
- Bridge Carson is his best friend, so by extension Xander Harris is his roomie-in-law and Willow Rosenberg is his . . . something-in-law, they haven't figured that out yet.
- Is a human-form Cylon, but doesn't and won't ever know it in this time. As such, he:
- Has picked up solid, if basic and non-flashy, small firearms and swordfighting skills.
- Is likely to get along with you pretty well, unless you're Veronica Mars, Chris Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, or Johnny Storm.
- Is still taller than Lee, and still cuter than Marco.
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Conner McKnight: Super-Speedy Soccer-Playing Ex-Triassic Ranger
If you say it loud enough it -- er . . .
- Fandom: Power Rangers Dino Thunder
- Status: Alumnus
- Former Red Dino/Triassic Ranger. This identity is not secret at Fandom to anyone who knew him while he was here, thanks to a mishap involving him getting his powers back temporarily and being stuck in his Ranger suit for a week.
- Soccer player.
- His dumb-jock reputation is well-deserved, because despite claiming he's nothing like his twin brother Eric the airhead, he can be a very dim bulb himself. He's really a bit smarter than he lets on, but "acting smart is for nerds" got a little too ingrained into him.
- Dating Gwynn Hood (notafairmaiden), who is not a doppelganger for, but bears a striking resemblance to, his friend Kira Ford who's currently in New York trying to make it in music.
- Spent a couple of months as a rebound fling for Anders*. Hates being reminded of it.
- Possesses the power of super speed thanks to the Dino Gem that once gave him his Ranger powers.
- No longer has said powers, having (along with his teammates) drained the Dino Gems completely to defeat Mesogog. Still wears the Dino Gem bracelet, though.
- Is now back home in Reefside, California (in his universe's Bay Area), in the second year of running a kids' summer soccer camp with surprising success.
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* - Because CERTAIN PEOPLE AND YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE deluged me with IMs encouraging this when I'd hinted at it as a joke, and it kept going.Because it was pretty.
I think that's it, unless there's any questions . . .
***
Tahiri Veila: Your Neighborhood Half-Yuuzhan Vong Barefoot Jedi
Fandom: Star Wars, Expanded Universe
Year: Sophomore
Tahiri's coming in shortly after the events of Dark Journey (27 years after the end of Return of the Jedi), so she's a little behind Jaina chronologically but from a different reality. She's no Chosen One or child of famous parentage, although she is the BFF/almost-girlfriend of Jaina's late little brother Anakin and a Jedi trainee in her own right. Theoretically, she's capable of being quite strong in the Force, but on her own she lacks the discipline and patience to really live up to that -- anyway, she won't be retrieving superweapons from the hearts of gas giants or anything like that, but she does come with your standard Jedi options package.
Tahiri will almost always go barefoot; when you grow up on Tatooine as the adopted charge of a Tusken Raider tribe, you tend to appreciate more temperate climates, and she takes that a little further. Because cool ground under her feet is awesome. She'll wear shoes if she absolutely has to, but she hates it. She's short, too -- canon doesn't give a specific height and neither do any of the official sourcebooks, but she comes up to about chest height on the 5'6" Anakin Solo so I'm putting her at a little under five feet. She has green eyes, which I'm mostly only mentioning because Greg Keyes used the phrase "aventurine gaze" in Edge of Victory I and as much as I wish I could forget it it's burned into my brain. (There's a whole side rant about SW writers and their obsession with specific descriptive phrases for certain characters' eye color, which I'll spare you.)
The one thing that I really do have to mention, because I lack the skillz to tinker with my Emilie de Ravin icon bases and make it happen, is the set of scars on her forehead. Why? Well, because . . .
Tahiri is effectively half Yuuzhan Vong, and to spare you more of my tl;dr I'm just linking you to Wookieepedia for info about them. Because the Yuuzhan Vong can't use the Force and they wanted a Force-user of their very own, lucky Tahiri got to be the captured Jedi they experimented on. Physically, except for the scars, she's pretty much recovered from the "shaping" at Mezhaan Kwaad's hands. What she's stuck with, which isn't so evident, is Riina Kwaad, a Yuuzhan Vong personality that was implanted in her. She has false memories of being Yuuzhan Vong from birth, and as such understands their language and culture. Not that any of this is directly relevant to anyone here except possibly Jaina, and Tahiri won't exactly be advertising that fact as she's still trying to get her equilibrium back. And no worries about Riina Kwaad suddenly surfacing and doing CRAZYCAKES YUUZHAN VONG THINGS; for the time being she's pretty much buried in Tahiri's subconscious, and without any Yuuzhan Vong around to "wake" Riina she's going to stay that way. Unless plottiness calls for it, in which case there will be ample heads-up.
However, Tahiri's perception of pain is pretty much a Yuuzhan Vong one at this point. She does feel it -- possibly more than most as the Yuuzhan Vong are particularly sensitized to it -- but pain is literally a religious experience for them, so threatening to hurt her? Not really going to be a deterrent.
Tahiri's not the most patient person in the world, and the least likely of any of my kids to stand back when there's action to be had. She's still kind of emo over Anakin Solo's death, what with the whole BFF-since-childhood, totally-in-love-with thing. She's not going to be bubbly and effervescent and cheerful, but she still can, when she has a mind to, talk really, really fast at you.
Telepathic/empathic types: if you think you might be able to pick up on Riina Kwaad's presence, I'm cool with that, but since it's not something she wants advertised, please let me know ahead of time so we can figure out how to go about it?
***
Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski: The Original Angry Blonde, Or So Terry Moore Says
Fandom: Strangers in Paradise
Year: Junior
Although I'm referring to her as Katchoo in narrative, her given name is Katina, that's what's on her records, and that's how she'll be introducing herself to people, not that she's likely to go around introducing herself to people all willy-nilly. Of course, Francine's called her Katchoo in class by now and radio's picked it up, so you're welcome to have heard the nickname at some point. Just know that if you call her that to her face and she hasn't yet decided she cautiously tolerates you ("trust" is not an operative word with this one) she probably won't be very friendly about it.
Katchoo's short, though not as short as Tahiri, and I'm doing my best to make sure that whenever she interacts with someone for the first time the narrative mentions her voice, which is low, hoarse, and can sometimes be easily mistaken for a boy's.
Bear in mind you're dealing with someone who has spent most of the past two years of her life learning to be a DUCk (Deep Underground Capability operative, because I misremembered the term last infopost, but seriously, as an acronym, WTF) for an elite crime operation that specialized in using long-term plants to infiltrate and control drug cartels and the American political system. You're also dealing with a teenage alcoholic who was sexually abused by her stepfather, but whose mother firmly believed she made it all up for attention. (This is sensitive and possibly triggery subject matter, and will not be brought up casually in conversation. It's unlikely Katchoo will talk about it at all, but should the situation call for it to happen, I will check with you ahead of time and make sure it's okay.) Because of this, as I mentioned above, she doesn't trust people -- with the exception of Francine. Tolerate, maybe. Trust, not so much.
FH!Katchoo hasn't done any actual "field work," but she does know how to use seduction as a weapon, in the extreme cases that it comes down to that. She has basic handgun skills and some espionage training, but mostly she's good at fighting dirty. She won't be sharing the above information; she's trying to get away from that part of her life, although every now and then it likes to come back and haunt her. There is, after all, an FBI file out there with her name on it and a whole lot of incriminating crap inside . . . including pictures that we never actually get to see, but they made Francine throw up.
***
And from this point on we just copy, paste, and edit bullet points from previous infoposts because really, my tl;dr, let me show it to you.
Jen Scotts: 31st-Century Cop in Pink Spandex
- Fandom: Power Rangers Time Force (Still the best PR season EVAR OMG)
- Year: Senior
- Somewhat hotheaded and a little uptight.
- Police officer from the year 3000, currently officially on special assignment. Technically? On the run.
- Still has Ranger powers; can morph into pink spandex-wearing, helmeted superhero type. Won't exactly be doing so at the drop of a hat.
- Decent with a blaster; good at hand-to-hand.
- If thrown into the side of a highway overpass and allowed to drop thirty feet onto a car roof (or other such Activity of Extreme Ow)while morphed, she will have the cuts, bruises, and possible cracked ribs and concussion to show for it afterward.
- Broke off her engagement to Alex Drake (her temporarily-dead, resurrected-due-to-timestream-wonk fiancé) when she went back in time to rescue Wes Collins (his exact lookalike and genetic donor), whom she'd fallen in love with but then had to leave behind when she went back to her own time.
- Is now faced with the dilemma of younger versions of both the Came Back Wrong ex-fiance and the would-have-been-boyfriend-if-one-of-them-had-spoken-the-hell-up being in Fandom, and having to keep her mouth shut about what happens to both of them later on.
- Is, as a result of the previous two items, extremely sexually frustrated.
- Never goes around without a fairly conspicuous device strapped to her left wrist (see icon).
- Comes from a futuristic "utopia" that is actually kind of really creepy, on account of all humans being genetically engineered before birth and the complete lack of junk food.
- As such, has a strong dislike/distrust of mutants, who in her universe are the result of botched genetic engineering, get MASSIVELY SEVERELY AND UNIVERSALLY ostracized, and typically turn to crime.
- Has been in Fandom long enough to be at least somewhat friendly, though if you're loud or obnoxious at first meeting it might not go over so well.
- Will hold a grudge forever against anyone who gets on her bad side severely enough, but that usually takes something like her former duty partner selling Time Force secrets to criminals.
- STILL REALLY THINKS THAT EMPTY WAREHOUSE DISTRICT IS SUSPICIOUS.
***
Lacey Burrows: Questionably Good Ideas, Unquestionably Poor Execution?
- Fandom: Corner Gas
- Status: Townie; runs Luke's Diner
- Toronto native who moved to the tiny town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, right smack in the middle of the Canadian prairies and "forty kilometres from nowhere," to take over her deceased aunt's diner.
- Got sent to Fandom because the editor of the Dog River Howler got completely sick of her trying to insinuate herself onto the paper's staff and "improve" things, and duped her into thinking she was going on vacation.
- Related to the above, is likely to try and nose in and "improve" things for you, too. (If you're up for that!) She claims to know how to do things when she really doesn't; this is how she "deals" with her self-esteem issues.
- Has a tendency to think any guy who's being friendly to her has a crush on her.
- Has a massive phobia about balloons.
- Is, by turns, sarcastic, ditzy, or very sweet, but sometimes rather gullible. Not incapable of the occasional verbal smackdown, though.
- Is an absolutely terrible liar, and you can tell when she's lying because she gets all flustered, stammers a lot, and sometimes contradicts her own story.
And I should probably add a note here about interaction with Lacey. Every now and then, when I can find a place to work it in, there'll be little "flash-cut" fantasy sequences. Here's a couple of examples. (YES, I KNOW THREE IS NOT TECHNICALLY A COUPLE. HUSH, IT WAS A THREE WORD PHRASE AND I FELT OBLIGATED TO LINK EACH WORD.) This is a canon Corner Gas thing; I just do it because it amuses me. Now, mostly, this is just a fun way of illustrating what's going on in Lacey's imagination or contradicting some claim of hers, although occasionally -- and I'll try and make this clear when it happens, which pretty much means her actual written dialogue will trail off and the tag will end on the fantasy sequence -- the flash-cuts will happen as a goofy shorthand way of Lacey speculating out loud, in which case you'd be more than welcome to react.
***
Samuel T. Anders: Keeper of the Eternal Bob Dylan Earworm
- Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
- Status: Alumnus
- Is pre-canon, currently about eight years before the Cylons obliterate the Colonies of Kobol.
- Goes by Anders; does not like being called Sam although he's slowly learning to tolerate it, but Samuel or Sammy are RIGHT OUT.
- Fairly easygoing jock; plays Pyramid but has developed an affinity for baseball.
- In a relationship with fellow alumni Belthazor/Cole Turner (
demonbelthazor) and Phoebe Halliwell (future_visions), and is currently living with them out in California.- Bridge Carson is his best friend, so by extension Xander Harris is his roomie-in-law and Willow Rosenberg is his . . . something-in-law, they haven't figured that out yet.
- Is a human-form Cylon, but doesn't and won't ever know it in this time. As such, he:
- Is resistant or immune to most if not all standard human diseases.
- Has above-average physical strength and endurance, which he attributes to being in good athletic condition.
- Occasionally hears "All Along the Watchtower" in his head, even if there's other music or none at all playing, but I'm giving that running gag a rest for a while.
- Has picked up solid, if basic and non-flashy, small firearms and swordfighting skills.
- Is likely to get along with you pretty well, unless you're Veronica Mars, Chris Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, or Johnny Storm.
- Is still taller than Lee, and still cuter than Marco.
***
Conner McKnight: Super-Speedy Soccer-Playing Ex-Triassic Ranger
If you say it loud enough it -- er . . .
- Fandom: Power Rangers Dino Thunder
- Status: Alumnus
- Former Red Dino/Triassic Ranger. This identity is not secret at Fandom to anyone who knew him while he was here, thanks to a mishap involving him getting his powers back temporarily and being stuck in his Ranger suit for a week.
- Soccer player.
- His dumb-jock reputation is well-deserved, because despite claiming he's nothing like his twin brother Eric the airhead, he can be a very dim bulb himself. He's really a bit smarter than he lets on, but "acting smart is for nerds" got a little too ingrained into him.
- Dating Gwynn Hood (
notafairmaiden), who is not a doppelganger for, but bears a striking resemblance to, his friend Kira Ford who's currently in New York trying to make it in music.- Spent a couple of months as a rebound fling for Anders*. Hates being reminded of it.
- Possesses the power of super speed thanks to the Dino Gem that once gave him his Ranger powers.
- No longer has said powers, having (along with his teammates) drained the Dino Gems completely to defeat Mesogog. Still wears the Dino Gem bracelet, though.
- Is now back home in Reefside, California (in his universe's Bay Area), in the second year of running a kids' summer soccer camp with surprising success.
--
* - Because CERTAIN PEOPLE AND YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE deluged me with IMs encouraging this when I'd hinted at it as a joke, and it kept going.
I think that's it, unless there's any questions . . .