Simon

Part four. Final part to be tomorrow, and also three hundred words at most. I need a closing idea. The chief nodded to himself. “Right. I’m going to go inside and make some phone calls- how the politicians take this ought to be worth a laugh. In the meantime, Guy here can come inside, and we can at least make sure this doesn’t turn into a media storm before anyone’s ready for it. That work for you?” Guy nodded again. Now that I thought about it, it picked up human mannerisms impressively quickly. It had barely been an hour overall, and it already understood nodding. “And as for you,” he turned to me. “In any other situation, I’d be telling one of the guys to give you a lift home, and telling you not to worry. But…” He scratched his head, like he was trying to figure out how to word his next sentence. “I think it would be better if, for the moment, you stayed here. Our new friend seems to like you, and the last thing I want to do is offend the first alien we meet. The station has a few overnight rooms for guests that aren’t criminals. I’ll have someone drive you back to your place if you want to pick a few things up. I promise it won’t be more than a day or so.” I had a feeling he would say something like that, but it didn’t make it any less worrying to hear. But I understood where he was coming from, and at the same time I was already kind of growing to like Guy. On the other hand, well… “I get what you’re saying, but… I work at the museum, and I am on shift tomorrow. Is there any way I can call them and explain this without sounding crazy… or like I’ve been detained by the police for bad reasons?” I could picture that phone call. Um, boss? I can’t come in to work tomorrow. I have to spend the day at the police station. I met an alien The chief nodded. “I’ll call them personally.” Then he grinned. “Who knows, you might end up getting a job as a go-between. It would probably look great if the first person to make contact with an alien became that alien’s ambassador or something.” Oh, hell. I’m not sure I wanted that. I considered my next words carefully. “I’d appreciate the call, thanks. If you can get someone to drive me back to my apartment, I can get an overnight bag ready pretty quickly.” The chief nodded, waving one of the officers over. I noticed that Guy had been standing – floating – there for the whole conversation without saying anything. I called out to him, waving. “I’ll be back before long, Guy.” Guy waved back. Well, with that goodbye, I couldn’t possibly leave it hanging. The ensuing drive to my apartment, assembly of clothes and toiletries, and drive back, was just plain weird. The officer driving me only said two things: “Address?” and “You have twenty minutes.” I was done in twelve. By the time the car had pulled into the station again, I had mostly processed the insanity that the last three hours or so had been. I had met an alien, accompanied it to a police station, agreed to spend the night at said station, and was fairly likely to end up losing my job. It wasn’t exactly the greatest job, and it was mostly a holdover until I could get more permanent work, but still. I think it was the job that freaked me out the most. If something big is happening, I try to look at the smaller details. It helps me keep a personal perspective. If I have to complain about something, I complain about the small things while keeping calm about the bigger things. Well, now the small thing was that I might lose my job, and the big thing was that there was alien life and I was the first person to meet it. In what universe does losing a job count as the small problem? I took a few deep breaths, and thought about the positives. I met an alien. And it’s a sentient, sapient alien. That was actually pretty cool, especially the sapient part. The alien wasn’t some incomprehensible bug-thing, or microbes on Mars. It could communicate and we understood each other. The alien seems to think of me as a friend. That was flat out awesome. I’m the first person to befriend an alien. The alien’s name is Guy. That was just funny. First contact. The first life discovered that wasn’t born on Earth. And it was named Guy, of all things. That’s what influenced my choice the most, honestly. I wanted to know more about an alien named Guy. I wanted to know about where he came from.

Navi: "Have you ever played the Nocturne of Shadows that Sheik gave you?" Yes, literally eight seconds ago. ...the boss is master hand and crazy hand why is the boss master hand and crazy hand? ...OH WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT. Okay, that was a chore and a half. Fuck Bongo Bongo and the Shadow Temple with seven rusty rakes.

Shadow Temple: I Have No Mana And I Must Lens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ve8-nht9-44 omfg edit: Whoa, there's a oneshot manga for the new DBZ movie- explaining how Freeza's back. And how he's gonna match the heroes post-Buu. This suddenly got interesting. http://readms.com/r/dragon_ball_z_rebirth_of_f/1/2705/1

Changing brightness of screen has an effect. Wait, did raz make this thread or rammite because it lists rammite as thread creator

I never lock on in melee, honestly. It messes up the camera.

this really is one of the best thread titles of all time I posted the pokemon thing on facebook the responses thus far: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Wait, I can't tell them apart. MAKE IT STOP GET THAT OUT OF MY FACE. It really does look white now.......0-0

Black and blue on my laptop screen, white and gold on iPod touch.

Part three. Current word count- 2005. We arrived at the station about five minutes later. Thank goodness the officer pulled in the back. I sat there awkwardly for a moment, waiting on Guy to get out of the car. Thankfully, it got the hint quickly enough. Then the person I assumed was the chief came out. This would be an amusing conversation, I could tell. The chief stopped about four feet from Guy, just out of arm’s reach, but not openly hostile. “I can honestly say I did not come to work this morning expecting to meet an alien,” he said dryly. “I’m still a bit skeptical, but this is either the best costume I’ve ever seen – and believe me, I’ve seen a lot – or you’re the real deal.” Guy tilted his head in what was probably acknowledgement. “Indeed. My name is Guy Nine-Two-Three. It is a pleasure to meet you.” The chief scratched his chin. “How exactly are you speaking English?” Behind Guy, I slapped my forehead for forgetting that myself. “My species can learn languages simply by listening to our surroundings. It is how we interact with the other life forms on worlds we take refuge on. Before my first interaction with the individual behind me, I spent roughly a third of the day discretely observing the building. I would have entered it of my own initiative at dusk.” The chief inclined his head, giving Guy a discerning stare. “Other worlds, you said? Would this have anything to do with how stars seem to be disappearing?” …Oh. Oh, crap. I’d forgotten to put A and B together. This changed things from “somewhat awkward first contact” to “so, do you guys know anything about the local elephant in the room?” Guy was silent for a few seconds. “We are aware of the stars that have been disappearing. However, we do not know the cause. As I mentioned to … I do not know your names.” he finished, turning to me and the officer who drove us here. “I’m, uh… “ I trailed off, looking to the chief for unspoken permission to give my name, which he gave in a nod. “I’m Simon.” The officer, having gotten the same signal, introduced himself as Ben. Guy nodded and continued. “As I mentioned to Simon and Ben, we number roughly two thousand five hundred.” The chief’s eyes opened a mile wide at that. “There are many planets in the galaxy, but very few of them have the proper conditions with which to support life. As such, we travel from world to world, seeking resources.” After a pause, the chief pressed. “Then are you here to see if you can stay here? Or is there a different reason?” “While that offer is appreciated, it was not my primary purpose. When the stars began disappearing, our leaders made the decision to send a small number of us to seek information from the source – by going directly to the regions where stars had vanished. I was en route to the location of the most recent disappearance when my craft experienced damage due to an unusual concentration of debris. I chose to make an emergency landing on this world, as we were aware that your species had reached space.” In the ensuing silence, I raised my hand in what I dearly hoped translated as a gesture for asking a question. “That star you were going to – do you know what it would be called here on Earth?” I had a pretty good hunch I knew what he would say.” “To the best of my awareness, it is known as Polaris.” Yes! I was getting good at this.

I beat him with the sword.

Adventures in Ocarina: oh dear god the water temple is shitty Also I beat dark link in like eight seconds.

I could get around to breeding extras of each if anyone without Bank wants.

Anybody want to settle it in smash 3ds later? My friend code is 2552-3531-9252.

Pokebank's distribution of the Johto starters with hidden abilities has begun. Sheer Force Feraligatr all day every day.