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[hackitude]

"Hey! You've reached Skye. Leave a message. I mean, if you want to. Or uh, don't. Whatever."

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[hackitude]

... Are you kidding me right now? "Did I ever see Dragon Ball." Please. It's like you don't even know me.

It was like the one thing that would get me to come home on time in middle school. Run home to watch Dragon Ball on TV.

[hostage]

[Stars in his eyes!!!]

I just wanted a dragon tattoo after that.

[hackitude]

[That earns a soft laugh-- not like she's laughing at him, it's just a sort of... fondness.]

I feel like I should've seen that coming.

... Hey, you think the cast of Dragon Ball might ever show up here? We've got like, Batman and Robin after all.

[hostage]

[She can laugh at him. It's okay.]

Yo, how awesome would that be? I mean, why not? At this point, I expect anything. Maybe next month we'll be chilling with Goku.

[hackitude]

Hey, all I'm saying is, if Vegeta ever turns up you're in trouble. I had a mad crush on him when I was twelve.

[Skye, you have A Type, and that type is BOYS WHO ARE NO GOOD.]

[hostage]

Vegeta? Seriously?

[Yeah, she does.]

[hackitude]

[Jesse you shouldn't complain, it's this exact quality which is the reason she's dating you, after all.]

I can hear you're judging me, but just hear me out. He's like this badass... prince from another planet who's all like, super macho and stuff, right? Grr macho posturing. But then he has this giant soft spot for Bulma, who's just like... this girl. And boy do you know who wears the pants in THAT relationship. I mean, macho posturing or not, you know he'd do anything for her. I don't know, I think that's sweet.

[hostage]

[...Mass murder, tho.]

Uh huh.

Well, I mean, of course he would. Bulma's pretty hot. Totally my type.

[hackitude]

[IT'S A CARTOON. It's not like twelve year old Skye was really thinking about the morality of mass murder on a children's cartoon where people die left right and center anyway.]

Yeah, she's pretty much the best.

I'm so glad we can have this conversation.

[hostage]

Shit, if nerding out about cartoons is your thing, you got the perfect man right here.

[hackitude]

[She leans over to give him a soft kiss on the cheek.]

I knew there was a reason I liked you.

[hostage]

Just one?

[hackitude]

Oh yeah, totally. Just the one. I'm only here for your comics knowledge. That's it.

[hostage]

I knew it.

It's okay. We'll do it like this: I'll be Lex Luthor and you be Lois Lane.

[hackitude]

[Skye gives a little giggle-snort.]

Please. You're way not evil enough to be Lex Luthor.

[hostage]

Shhhh. We're supposed to be pretending.

...You want me to be Vegeta instead?

[hackitude]

No, dumbass. I just want you to be Jesse. And who wants to be Lois Lane, anyway? She always has to get rescued and crap. And anyway, if I was being Lois, wouldn't you wanna be Superman?

[hostage]

Booooriiiiing.

[hackitude]

Seriously? I thought every dude wanted to be Superman. Or Batman. Aren't they like, the stereotypical male power fantasy? That and like... Han Solo.

[hostage]

Yo, you totally just listed two different types. Superman's straight-up hero. Batman's an anti-hero. And Han Solo's the anti-hero to Luke Skywalker's hero. Get it?

Guys wanna be the anti-hero 'cause you don't gotta be all uptight about the rules, but you still get to save the day.

[hackitude]

Yeah okay, sure. I can see that.

So... why Lex Luthor, then? You can't tell me he's an anti-hero.

[hostage]

'cause he be large and in charge, baby. Stacking that money sky-high. Plus I'm rocking that look...

[He runs his hand over his shaved head, grinning.]

[hackitude]

Yeah, but he's also an evil criminal mastermind...

[hostage]

Nobody's perfect.

[hackitude]

Well sure, but... I'm pretty sure being an egomaniac and a ruthless criminal are pretty high up there on the list of "character flaws you don't want to end up with"...