Hanging Out

[Duke Nukem/Drake Miller]

(February 22nd. Mid-morning. Open to everyone in Ask That Guy's Army.)

Jim walked out of his room and yawned. He was wearing a brown shirt and a pair of brown shorts. He walked downstairs and into the kitchen. He grabbed a soda taking some sips and then sent it on the counter. He gathered eggs, bacon, and sausages and began cooking things on the stove as the smell of food soon drifted upstairs. He also began heating some steaks for Scar and Zira knowing they ate differently than the rest of them. It had taken him awhile to get used to cooking like this as the technology was outdated by his time but he was now the army's chef. He enjoyed cooking and helping everyone.

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The smell of food soon drifted into the house. Dark Nella, Dr. Smith, Pinocchio, Dr. Insuedo, Hades, Queen La, Scar, and Duke Nukem soon arrived into the kitchen. Seeing Jim cooking they headed into the dining room waiting for food.

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Curled up into a ball as she was, the sleeping lioness could have passed for a statue save for the subtle movement of her nose. It twitched restlessly, changing the course of its owner’s dreams and finally pulling her from them entirely. Zira lifted her head and turned it slowly, her sleep-hazed red eyes telling her that Scar had already awoken. Once she inhaled a little deeper, his mate could understand why. Mixed in among the smells of unfamiliar substances was the familiar scent of meat.

Food.

A little more awake now, the Outlander queen rose, stretched, and padded off to find the source. Her nose took her a room the humans called the kitchen, and she could see that many of them were already there. Scar was among them as well, and Zira immediately went up to him, licking his cheek in a show of affection.

[Loki]

Loki was like many of the other God's of asgard, he required a lot of earth food to be satisfied, and so was very quick to the party of eating. He noticed not far behind him was Black Lantern Spoony, Ronno, Raphael, Ask Thatguy, Lord Vyce and Kaa coming behind him. While Kaa slithered to the floor patiently, Ronno practically went right next to Pinnochio, eying the god of mischief suspiciously before smiling to his friend, Ask Thatguy went over to Dark Nella giving a kiss on the cheek of hello, Raphael sat with his head on the table still tired, and Lord Vyce let out a grunt of approval as he sat.
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Loki smirked at the young deer eyeing at him, amused with the child's attempts to show dislike. It wasn't going to bother the god anytime soon, right now he was hungry. Suddenly he noticed Queen La, and was extremely curious with her, she wasn't bad looking but something about her stature made Loki believe she ruled a kingdom or was into some sort of politics from where she came from. Curious, Loki went over and asked her "Care if I sit beside you?"
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Black Lantern Spoony sat near Jim and eyed the boy curiously before moping about Goggles again. He couldn't get her our of his head, feeling that she was some part of him lost forever, sure he could find another lover but Goggles meant quite a lot to him. He loved her. He missed her. But she was probably back to the way she was and would never want to be back with him, and in the end BLS had to accept eventually that Spoony was her beloved to begin with and not him. He smirked, trying to forget it for now and responded to jim "Smells good. What are you cooking this morning?"

[Indigo Lantern Jim Black]

Scar turned as Zira joined him as she liked his cheek. He smiled licking hers in return as he rubbed his head against hers.

"It's good to see you awake. I have something I've wanted to tell you. I volunteered to be a spy on the Critic's army. Nala's mother and Nala & Simba's daughter are there. Dark Nella and the others are going to turn me into Mufasa. I can pretend to be my brothe for awhile hopefully grab Kiara or some prisoners. Or at least learn some information. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me. You could pretend to be Sarabi if you wanted. Just imagine the look on their faces when Mufasa and Sarabi turn into us when we plan our move." said Scar.

He chuckled at the thought indirectly bringing Mufasa back from the dead just to crush that hope once more.

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Pinocchio turned to Ronno and smiled glad his friend was here. He saw him glancing at Loki. He waved to the god and turned back to Ronno.

"Be nice Ronno. I'm going to give him a chance. He said he'd help teach me stuff like magic. In a few months you'll be bigger and have antlers. But it'll take me years to get as strong as you. Give him a chance. I don't think he's going to betray us like Facilier and the others did." said Pinocchio.

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Dr. Insuedo and Dr. Smith were chatting at at a table waiting for the food to be done going over some calculations for new invetions.

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Duke Nukem sat in a chair drinking some radiated chemicals as he didn't really eat food since he'd mutated. Hades sat next to him watching tv as there wasn't much else to do at the moment.

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Dark Nella smiled as Ask That Guy joined her. She kissed him in return and smiled. She paused hearing footsteps seeing their newest addition to the army.

"Look who finally decided to show up." said Dark Nella.

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Mano walked in wearing only a pair of brown shorts. He was shirtless and his feet were bear and the collar around his neck was visible for all to see. He sat in an empty seat next to Ask That Guy and Dark Nella putting on a smile as he addressed them.

"Hello master, Hello Dark Nella." said Mano.

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La looked up as Loki joined her. She smiled glad to see him again. He certainly was an attractive man and he was a god so that was a plus as well. Hades had too much of a temper for her and the others were either taken, too young, or monsters.

"You can join me if you like. I'd love to have some company. The boy certainly is a good cook. Whatever he's cooking smells delicious." said La.

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Jim smiled seeing the others arrive as they began talking amongtst themselves seeing the approval or even comments on his cooking. As he blushed a little grateful no one could see him at the moment. He paused as he heard another familiar voice realizing it Was Black Lantern Spoony. He had fallen for the man but had heard he was dating someone. He had been crushed at the news but tried to hide it not wanting to make things akward between Black Lantern Spoony and his girlfriend. Unaware BLS and his girlfriend were close to breaking up he turned to the man.

"I'm just making a bit of everything. Steaks and vegetables for the animals and anyone who wants that for breakfast. I've also making some eggs and bacon."

He heard the microwave beep as he realized the bacon was done. He looked at BLS.

"Would you mind giving me a hand? The bacon's ready but I got to keep an eye on these eggs and things." said Jim.

He probably should have asked for help before as he always had his mom to help him before. So it probably would have been foolish to try to cook for so many people by himself. At least he'd realized to ask for help before something burned.

[Loki]

Not far behind Mano was a slave of Dark Nella's. Sage was their name and he turned wickedly to both Dark Nella and Ask Thatguy. Sage looked about smelling delicious breakfast but then responded "What mano said. Greetings to master Ask Thatguy and Dark Nella" He sat on Dark Nella's empty side but was aware of the shock Ask Thatguy was wearing on his face and smiled a bit more.
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Ask Thatguy nodded politely to Mano before Sage came by. His face was full of both shock and fear. If there was anything that got Ask Thatguy more fearful it was sage, the worst part was that Sage was working for his beloved. Oh crap. He turned to Dark Nella in shock and whispered quietly, not bothering that sage was right near them "Dark Nella. Darling. Does... Well does sage work for you? I would advise to be careful with him. He's quite insane"
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Ronno looked to Loki again, seeing how much the boy liked him and somehow Pinnochio's words got to him. Maybe Loki wasn't going to betray them. Sure he was the god of lies but somehow he seemed to be getting along with Dark Nella enough to trust him with Pinnochio and being in the ranks of their army. Ronno still didn't trust him yet but turned to Pinnochio and responded "Alright. I'll be nice. I'll give him a chance but if he does anything funny don't say I didn't warn you" He smelled vegetables cooking and Ronno forgot about the god of michief for the moment and allowed his stomach to take over his thoughts "Man, that smells great. Can't wait to see what jim made! It looks like everything"
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"Indeed it does. I believe his name is Hawkins but I never was aware he could cook yet. Then again he and I just arrived here" Loki responded with a smirk, before sitting down graciously to La seeing Pinnochio wave to him and Loki waved back to the boy. He smiled to her, the curiousity of who she was running around in his head. So he decided to play it cool and responded "Tell me more about yourself. I am ever so curious about someone like you La. You have the title of queen. Care to tell me how that came to pass?" He was smiling and inviting, looking completely at La.
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While Lord Vyce and Kaa were talking about who they were and where they came from to each other, Raphael looked up and finally focused on eating. He hasn't been the same since Michaelangelo, he was broken-hearted about Donny and Splinter being away from him not to mention Leonardo being brainwashed from them completely. He was doubting Donny and Splinter being brainwashed since they at least KNEW him but he knew for a fact Leo was not himself. However, out of all the things, Mikey's capture was by far the worst thing to ever happen to him. He felt like never going on anymore. Hearing the microwave ding made Raphael instantly remember Mikey cooking instant breakfast, and the thought caused him to cover his face trying extremely hard not to cry in front of all these people.

(OCC: Yep. Raphie's not happy fellas. He's gonna snap unless someone sees him *flies away*)
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"Certainly I'll be glad to help" BLS looked back at Jim, sensing Jim was hiding something but not bothering to know what just yet. Jim's question made BLS very amused, the way the boy acted and talked was downright cute. His physical look wasn't bad either, then again BLS was game for anyone. He turned to see the bacon ready and got up and took the bacon out, setting it somewhere safe before looking to see Jim still working. He smiled and responded "If you wish, I could work with you on steaks. You could simply handle the vegatables and eggs and it will be less work"

[Pete Gamic]

Pete knocked on the door having smelled the food and opened it not waiting for a response seeing the group of people and even a few monsters sitting down to breakfast. He resisted the urge to bolt though as his time with Elliot made him think monsters weren't as bad as they looked. He walked in closing the door behind him.

"Would you mind if I had something to eat? I'm hungry. I don't have anywhere to go." said Pete.

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Dark Nella smiled as Sage joined them as she nodded to Ask That Guy.

"Yes. He works for me. He's my slave. Just like Mano is yours. Although I don't use Sage that way. He just does errands for me. Things like that." said Dark Nella.

She paused as there's a knock at the door and Pete lets himself in. She nods at him.

"Of course you can stay. As long as you like." said Dark Nella.

She paused turning to Ask That Guy as an idea came to her.

"We have so many kids here but we can't have Critic trying to take them from us. Thanks to Insano we were able to create false identities for us and adopt Pinocchio. But now I'm thinking we do it to the other kids here. Taffyta, Jim, Butters, and Pete, and any future kids. Most of the others here don't have identities here. And a lot of them are monsters anyway so it's up to us to keep these kids here. I don't think Critic's army would hurt them but Facilier's would for sure. So better to be safe than sorry." whispered Dark Nella.

She only spoke so low so only Sage, Mano, and Ask That Guy heard her. And she knew Mano and Sage wouldn't say anything.

(ooc: Just an idea. To keep the kids and avoid suspicion. Kids would have to agree to it though.)

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Mano smiled seeing Sage here. They were in the same boat. They hadn't spoken much but he figured he'd at least have one friend here. He paused as Dark Nella suggested to adopt all the kids in the army including him to keep them safe and away from the other armies. He knew he wasn't included as they'd probably lock him up or not let him go outside so no one would know about him. He remained silent not wanting to get punished for speaking without permission.

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Pinocchio nodded.

"Thanks. If he turns out to be a bad guy you can say I told you so." said Pinocchio.

He grinned as he smelled the food as well.

"Yeah I know. Makes me even hungrier." said Pinocchio.

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La nodded remembering the boy's name.

"A most impressive boy." said La.

She turned and nodded to him.

"And I'm glad you did. Perhaps with your help, we'll uncover that brainwashing problem. I'm sure we'd have figured it out eventually but the more of us working on this and the power behind our spells and potion stand a better chance of succeeding." said La.

She paused as he asked her about her kingdom.

"I run a kingdom in the jungle of my world. I turned some leopards into Leopard men. Half-leopards and half-men. Unfortunately for me I was defeated by my enemies and killed. And my leopard men were returned back into ordinary leopards. I was given another chance when I came here and brought back to life." said La.

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Jim smiled glad for the help.

"Thanks. I'm so used to cooking with my mom back home. I guess I should have asked for someone else before I started. But I like cooking and wanted to do something nice for everyone." said Jim.

He smiled as BLS got the bacon out and he heard him suggest he take of the stakes.

"Thanks. The stakes should be done soon. This all should. I hope everyone likes it. I haven't cooked for a big group in such a long time." said Jim.

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When Scar finished explaining his plan, Zira was left feeling somewhat conflicted.

On the one paw, it would be wonderful to finally get to do something progressive for the army and kidnapping Simba’s daughter would be a perfect revenge. Besides, if she went with her mate, she would be in a position to make sure that he remained safe.

However, on the other paw, a lot of this would have to be based on her acting ability, and Zira wasn’t sure she could step into the paws of the former Pridelands queen. At least not well enough to fool those who knew her well.

“You think I could be Sarabi?” she inquired, her voice somewhat doubtful.

[Loki]

(OCC: Actually a good idea. Besides, it'd make the army a whole lot closer to each other since they literally do work like a family. God the family ties and love lines, they hurt my heart)

Ask Thatguy smiled to Pete and responded "Dark Nella is correct. You are welcome to stay however long you wish. Feel free to help yourself to anything. Breakfast will be ready soon" Ask Thatguy then widened his eyes at the mention of adopting all the children. He nodded, feeling that Facilier would try to hurt the children above all else and decided to run with this plan. "Very good idea Dark Nella. I think we should do this"
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Sage also thought adopting the children would keep the children safe from legal harm. Not to mention physical harm. Sage smiled to Mano as the other slave smiled to him. He had no problem being friends with him, it'd make being on the team more tolerable or fun. He would not speak, mostly because this was a private conversation, other being there was so many weird people here.
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Loki nodded at La's mention of Jim but ignored it once she mentioned his alliance with Ask Thatguy. He nodded "I can assure you with combined magic it will make the work a lot faster. I do not brag often, well I may to my enemies, but I do have quite a lot of knowledge on magic if you will allow me to say so. That said your assistance is important as much as my own" He smiled, listening to her story, shocked she was killed before similar to his problem, he would tell this to her soon. He nodded, interested entirely "Incredible. Dare I ask who or how sent you back to the world of the living? Was it the same person who taught you magic? Or did you teach magic yourself? Please, I am most curious"
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"Well it was a nice thing for you to do Jim. It smells lovely and I'm sure your mother would be proud of this" BLS responded kindly, using this method to forget Goggles for the moment. He nodded at Jim's response to the food being finished and BLS did his part in helping cook. He smiled to Jim after a while and responded "I'm sure they will. Didn't you hear the praise of the smell, the taste should be even better" BLS teased, seeing Jim be so modest was really cute to see. It almost made the lantern laugh again.
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Ronno laughed "Awesome. I'm keeping you to that promise" Then he nodded, his stomach growling very lowly "I can't wait. It's gonna be good. What do you think he's cooking other than vegetables? I can't smell other types of food well"

[Scar]

Scar paused as she seemed concerned as another thought occured to him.

"I'm not sure how long I could pass of as Mufasa myself. Perhaps we should just disguise ourselves as a new couple then. We wouldn't have to act totally nice that way. They have some villains on their side after all. So no one would suspect us showing up disguised as different lions." said Scar.

Dark Nella smiled glad Ask That Guy liked the idea. She paused turning to Mano.

"And we'll adopt you too. You'll still be a slave but this way they won't take you away from us." said Dark Nella.

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Mano looked at her in surprise not expecting that but nodded. He knew he didn't have a choice so he might as well accept it for now. He remained silent as his stomach growled though as he kept smelling all the wonderful food Jim had cooked.

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Pete smiled to hear that.

"Thank you for letting me stay here and the food." said Pete.

He saw the food wasn't ready yet so he took a seat waiting for it to be done. Sitting next to Ronno and Pinocchio.

"Hi, guys. I'm Pete." said Pete.

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Pinocchio chuckled and nodded. He paused looking at the food.

"I think some meat like bacon or steak but I can't really tell from here." said Pinocchio.

He turned as Pete joined them and he smiled.

"Hi, Pete. I'm Pinocchio. Welcome to the army. Glad to have more kids here." said Pinocchio.

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La listened to Loki and nodded. She was sure they'd rescue their friends under a spell or in a cage. They wouldn't be like that for long.

"I was dead in my world. I was brought back to life here like everyone else. A lot of people died before being brought here. It's like Insano's device gave us a second chance to live. But I did teach myself magic. And through my magic I was immortal. Well until my staff broke. That's what killed me." said La.

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Jim grinned blushing a little at the compliment.

"Thanks. I just like to cook. And figured I should try cooking for everyone.' said Jim.

He paused at the mention of his mother and sighed.

"I hope she's ok. She has no idea I'm here. I hope she doesn't worry too much about me." said Jim.

Jim smiled as soon it wasn't long before the food was all done as he began making plates stacking the food on it and turned to BLS.

"Ok. Time to serve everyone up. I'm going to give Zira and Scar their stakes. There should be more than enough food for everyone." said Jim.

Jim paused walking over to Scar and Zira putting plates next to them with a few stakes so they could eat. He was surprised to see the gratitude and a smile from them.

"Your welcome." said Jim.

He then brought food to the three kids sitting in the corner handing a plate of veggies to Ronno and a plate of assorted foods to Pinocchio and Pete while heading back into the kitchen.

"Alright. The kitchen's open. Everyone else comes get your plate." said Jim.

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Mano, Dark Nella, Dr. Insuedo, Hades, Dr. Smith, and La got up heading into the kitchen forming a line getting their food from Jim and BLS and eventually got their food and some drinks taking their seats allowing the other villains to go get their food.

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Butters was a little groggy, but he was at least grateful to have a decent breakfast - or at least a normal one. The blond-headed child sat at a chair idly. His lids were heavy but he had a lighthearted grin on his face as he looked down, kicking his legs that dangled over the edge of his chair. The boy lifted his head up slowly at the new kid.

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The Tod had finally worked up the courage to start sleeping inside the house. It was cold out and the heat from the human-place, in spite of being unnatural, was too much to resist. The ginger fox was curled in the corner of the kitchen as if he were still asleep. He wasn't, but he didn't want attention drawn to himself. A black ear twitched in annoyance of the noise.

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Seamstress, being a machine, had no need for food. But she did enjoy the social aspect, even if it did just mean trying to get some startles by slithering over feet. The ugly she-beast coiled up on the floor for a short time before her seven feet of mass moved upon a counter. The hooded monster reared her body up attentively. Her spider-like limbs were folded close and her tail twitched in a disturbingly playful manner.

"The pieces of animal flesh look like interesting toys," Seamstress commented.

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"Up aaaaannd at 'em, kiddies!" Cyclonus' holler became audible as his rotors brought him over the house.

He'd been out in the woods, on a "patrol" (and by that, he meant naptime). The nutty 'con found himself awoken by some human chick, who seemed to be familiar with him. Cyclonus was a small bit skeptical that he'd met the lady before at some wiiiiillld party, but didn't instantly go to chasing her ('cause she wasn't a juicy little child). Apparently, the human was looking for his new army's headquarters and wanted a lift off of him. Welp, he'd flown ONE human before, so he should have been more than qualified right? In his helicopter form, he kept himself aloft above the house.

"Peh. Never been a morning guy myself," He snorted as he began to lower a bit closer to the ground, "Here's your stop, human. Just don't get caught in any moving parts on the way out and gunk up my joints or anything."


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Ratilda looked down from the opened door from within the chopper's cockpit. She'd only been a part of the war how long and already met with a Decepticon? Squeeeee. And she didn't even need to zap him and take control by force either! Little was she aware that Cyclonus was up for about anything that got him closer to blowing things up, including toting humans around.

The packrat spawned a rope ladder from her mallet space and swung it out of the chopper and to the ground. Promptly, she jumped over the ladder and allowed gravity to take her to the ground. It was far more dramatic that way. Ratilda landed rather ungracefully, and leaned back up. She fixed her hood and trotted toward the door.

"Ah. What evils of all evil await our intrepid villainess after her harrowing journey through the woods of woodlands-land?"

[Loki]

(OCC: Is it alright if Ask Thatguy knows Ratilda from before? If not I'll edit this)

Ask Thatguy smiled, glad the conversation was agreed upon and decided. Sage however was hungry as was Ask Thatguy and both men went to get their food. Sage smiled happily and responded "I don't know about you guys but I'm starving and commenced eating" Ask Thatguy nodded to sage trying not to show discontent but turned to see Ratilda and was unsure about how to respond to her. On one hand ATG liked her, on the other she was annoying. Despite this Ask Thatguy smiled and responded "Um, hello Ratilda. We have plenty of that here. We just starting eating... Um, you're welcome to have whatever we have"
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BLS smiled to Jim, assuringly "I'm sure your mother is alright. Do not worry. If she is safe at home then she is safe at home" He then nodded as Jim suggested serving everyone. He helped alongside Jim to help out. As the members came accordingly, BLS and Jim gave whatever they wanted. Raphael wanted eggs and nothing more, Vyce wanted vegetables and steak, Kaa wanted his steak cut up for him, Sage wanted eggs and bacon and ATG wanted the same thing as sage.

When Loki gave his order, BLS was shocked at first but at Loki's persistant gaze BLS gave him what he wanted. Everything the two cooks had. Loki nodded his thanks and BLS just watched before grabbing a plate for himself and Jim. BLS smirked seeing the boy be smiling at the praise or thanks he recieved from the members and honestly thought of the boy's intentions as adorable.
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Ronno smirked to Pinnochio before seeing Pete, the deer was glad for another boy around and responded warmly "S'up dude? I'm Ronno. Glad to meet you Pete" He then saw Jim serve them and after saying thanks Ronno took a bite and responded "Yep! It is good! Finally! I'm starving!" He ate another bite when Cyclonus came in along with Butters. Ronno felt a bit jumpy with the loud and proud robot and didn't respond but with butters he was happy to see honestly. Butters, as much as different as they were, were friends and had a few things in common.

"Heya butters!" Ronno said excitedly "You sleep alright? Foods here if you want it"
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Loki meanwhile was curious with La. Her answers simply lead to more questions that could have answers. Before he could ask them, La went in line to get food, Loki quickly went in line only to get last. He was very disappointed with these results but hopefully he would be quick on his feet next time this occasion came up. Trying not to show it, he waited patiently. Seeing La quickly get her food made it a bit worse, now that she was eating it would take longer for Loki to talk to her. At least she had her food, Loki argued with himself. The god went right to BLS and impatiently responded "I require all you have" At the lantern's shock, Loki gave a persistant gaze that responded Now! and BLS relented giving him enough to share with the rest of them but also enough for Loki. The god nodded his thanks and went away.

As he sat down he was too curious to remember his hunger or impatience, and asked La "Dare I ask how do you have your magic now? Do you have a new staff? Did you relearn your powers? Who was the one responsible for attacking you in the first place?"

[Indigo Lantern Jim Black]

Pinocchio smiled as Butters joined them.

"Hey Butters. Glad you're up. We got some new members too. This is Pete." said Pinocchio.

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Pete nodded smiling at Butters.

"Hi. Glad there's other kids here. I was starting to think the army was all grownups. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It'd just be a little dull without other kids to play and talk to." said Pete.

He began eating.

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Jim nodded.

"You're right. I know my mother's safe at least. I just wish I was still there with her you know. My father left us when I was very young. I'm all she has left. Well besides a few friends. I just hope she's alright." said Jim.

Jim paused as Loki asked for everything and he paused and shook his head but BLS gave it all to him except two plates and Jim sighed glancing at BLS slightly annoyed.

"You know there was more members right? Now we have to cook again." said Jim.

He paused seeing Butters, Ratilda, and Todd arrive. He quickly took the two plates handing them to Butters and Ratilda.

"Here dig in. We just finished making them." said Jim.

He paused heading back into the kitchen as his stomach growled. Cooking all that food and then to give most of it away to Loki was irritating. At least they could still make more. He paused and grinned seeing Tod had come in and curled up in a corner like he was trying to sleep. He bent down staying at a safe distance not wanting to frighten or anger the fox.

"I got some vegetables and things if you want them. But if you really want some sleep you can use my room. It's quiet as everyone else is here eating. You can get some sleep there if you want. It's the third on the left upstairs." said Jim.

He paused setting the plate down next to The Tod in case he was hungry as he gathered more food from the fridge and began making more food. He hoped BLS wasn't too mad he gave his plate away too. He'd have to remember to cook extra next time as he didn't realize Loki ate so much. He began cooking again and smiled at BLS.

"Well at least we get to hang out more." said Jim, in an attempt to ligthen the mood.

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Dr. Insuedo chuckled hearing Cyclonus's voice as he saw Ratilda, Butters, The Tod, and Seamstress arrive. So they had some more new members today. It would hopefully help take out the other two armies.

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Mano, Duke Nukem, Hades, Scar, and Dr. Smith quickly ate their food while glancing at more members come join them for breakfast some old and some new.

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Dark Nella smiled spotting Ratilda.

"Ratilda welcome. So glad to finally meet you. Your show is one of my favorites." said Dark Nella.

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La smiled as Loki rejoined her amused with his questions. It was like talking to a kid or a scientist in a way. So curious. She chuckled at that thought before speaking.

"Yes my magic is back and I think is my old staff. But it could be a new one. It doesn't really matter I suppose. I have my staff and that's what's important. And I still now how to use my magic. It's not something I could forget." said La.

She paused as he asked who did this to her and she clenched her fists in anger.

"Tarzan and his wife Jane and their animal friends. I wanted a powerful mate to rule Opar by my side. I decided Tarzan would fit that role. Oh but he loved some girl from England who didn't belong in the jungle and he was constantly saving her or her father. Or his animal family and friends. He was a human raised by a gorilla family you see. He believed he was a gorilla for most of his life until Jane's group came to the jungle. Anyway they defeated me and escaped. But I vowed revenge. And my Leopard Men stole my staff and I asked Tarzan to help me get it back. And he did. But of course they had made Jane their new queen in the mean time wanting to be leopards again. Since i turned them into those creatures with my magic. I regained my staff but Tarzan and Jane later returned and destroyed it. It killed me and turned my army back into ordinary leopards again.

But I wasn't done yet. I had one last trick up my sleeve. I was able to possess any living thing through touch. First through animals then I possessed Tarzan's wife Jane to reclaim my throne. But Tarzan gave himself up to be his host and I accepted knowing how powerful his body was. But unfortunately for me I had already revived stone statues while in Jane's body and told them to kill Tarzan. Not knowing I was their new master they tried to kill me. I was forced to move to a new body to save myself but I was trapped in that body and locked in a cage. I would have remained that way if Insano's device hadn't pulled me here. Restored my body and staff. A shame hes on Facilier's side though. I do hope he is brainwashed as I didn't get the chance to thank him yet." said La.

[Ronno Black]

"Yeah! Welcome to the team... Or the group... Or whatever. I'm starving" Ronno said, excitedly due to Pete being around and he commenced finishing his food. Too hungry for anything else. Ronno turned to the others eating or talking which the deer a bit strange that so many humans or people he never knew about he knew about. It was strange he never noticed entirely before
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BLS was shocked about Jim's past and was a bit sorry that his father abandoned them at a young age. It angered him too. A nice kid like Jim, abandoned by his own deadbeat father? BLS then shrugged sheepishly, deliberately so to not get the boy annoyed with him. BLS didn't mind cooking with Jim. He really enjoyed his company. More than the others. Besides, Loki was a god, just because he was magical didn't mean he could defeat someone of Loki's status. He was content enough to let Jim take all they had for the sake of the others to eat because of Loki's huge stomach. BLS was extremely amused and content with this, so he spoke very lightly "Don't worry so much about the food. Let it be. Besides, like you said, you and I get to talk more. I was bored anyway. I like cooking... Well with you I do"

BLS had no idea what was going on but he was not going to stop it. He didn't feel that awkward either. With Goggles he felt this type of emotion, which didn't bother BLS with confusion but confliction. Nevertheless, Jim seemed like he was getting right back to it and BLS assisted in anyway he could. Continuing his former shock on Jim's past he decided to send his pity "I never realized your mother and you had your father leave. I apoligize. I didn't know your worry was that serious" BLS growled a bit muttering low to himself "Hmf. Maybe your father shouldn't come back. He doesn't deserve a nice boy like you"
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Loki paid complete attention, just as curious as he looked when asking the said questions. If he knew what he looked like, he would blush in shame. He was supposed to look regal not like some child who was learning big words or big places. Yet La's words were enticing and interesting, something of which Loki craved. Not only was La a ruler but a woman of strong devotion, Loki loved a person with strong devotion for anything. Even revenge. Maybe especially revenge. At the mention of La's enemies and what happened to her that caused her both death and revival. Loki was so immensely amazed. This woman possessed people only to get killed off and put into a new body, only to return the way she was now.

Loki took a moment to register the information he recieved and eventually gave a soft, if not awed, smile. He put his hand to rub back some of his hair, which he recently magically cut which was back to being just near his shoulders and said "Well then. Quite a backstory indeed. A story that I will never forget or take for grante. So, Queen La, I thank you for telling me this. Trusting me enough with this information" He said this sincerely and then looked at the fork with a smirk of amusement before taking the eggs and eating them. After tasting them he shrugged, feeling the food was good enough, and calmly ate, trying to be polite as before

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Zira let out a small sigh of relief. She knew she wouldn’t be able to act like Sarabi and (though she would never say as much out loud) was doubtful that Scar would be able to pull off Mufasa. Not that that was a bad thing, mind you, it was just that she didn’t think her mate could lower herself to his brother’s level.

This new plan of Scar’s appealed to her far more. A new identity meant a blank slate to fill, no expectations (other than being good) to live up to. And it meant that she wouldn’t have to be too nice.

“Brilliant. I love it.”

The red-eyed lioness looked up briefly when the human called Jim put a slab of meat in front of her and sniffed it suspiciously. She was used to eating her meat raw and bloody, not cooked like this steak was. Still, she supposed it was better than trying to find something appetizing out in the snow. Taking a small, exploratory bite, her eyes lit up. It wasn’t half bad.

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"It's always a pleasure to give fellow no-goodniks a hand. If my cats had been able to inform me sooner, the Mistress would have arrived ages ago," Ratilda projected, waving a hand at the mention of her cats, "I brought all the essentials from the sewers; actions figure, plushies, films and the whole lot - right here in my mallet space."

The black cloaked young lady brought her claws together and cracked her knuckles. A small amount of blue static electricity shot from the claws on her left hand. Ratilda took a look at the breakfast spread.

"Better than ramen noodles."

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Butters brought his head up. He nodded to the new kid. Usually, he wasn't supposed to like the new kid - at least if his usual group of boys back home didn't - but pickings were slim here. He needed to make due. Boy howdy, he was sure he had more loyal friends among the army than back a home. Wait until Eric hears; that'll make him jealous.

"Wul, hi new kids. I-I'm Butters!" He chirped.

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The fox jerked his head up a bit. Most humans didn't approach a wild animal. He was a little surprised since he'd counted on being left alone to pick up scraps later. The Tod's eyes flashed down at the plate left for him. After craning his neck to take a sniff, the fox looked up at Jim. He was a small bit embraced by being treated like a house pet, but food always came before pride. It wasn't like he got food from humans anyway - it just happened he didn't need to steal it in this instance. The small canine stood up, and cautiously padded to the place.

"Ah got a special taste fer bird, ye knaws. Just thought Ah'd like t' mention," The Tod commented, figuring there was nothing wrong was milking it for all it was worth.

He brought his muzzle in toward a bit of meat and picked it up. The fox preferred to feed in private. Remembering what the young human and mentioned earlier, he padded off to find the room he mentioned.

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Seamstress remained where she was. The long body of the beast began to curl around itself. She settled down and watched with her one red eye.

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Cyclonus debated briefly if he should bother transforming. Feeling lazy and knowing he was just going to land and go to sleep, he decided to stick in his helicopter form. The chopper lowered and touched the ground. The rotors slowed to a quick halt, ridding everyone of that racket, and the body of the machine groaned a bit under gravity. The Decepticon picked up on some sort of air molecule data, translating to a specific smell. Feeling like a smartass (but what else is new?), he decided to throw his voice in through a nearby window.

"Aw. Is it feeding time already?" He snickered, "Where's my menu? Got something against Decepticons?"

Oh hohoho. He didn't need to eat.