Turtle and Canary: Thursday

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

With Parents Weekend starting tomorrow, Jamie knew exactly what most of the student body needed:

Looking to Avoid Any Parental-Type People this Weekend?

CLEVER DISGUISES! 25% Off!

Granted most of them were Halloween costumes but a disguise is a disguise

[No OCD!]

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[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Jamie," Jeff announced, roughly around the minute he entered the store, "I need a disguise!"

That was only a little obvious.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie gave Jeff a sympathetic nod. "How clever are your parents?" Jamie replied. "If they're pretty dim I have some fake mustaches. Otherwise I've got some more elaborate costumes available."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"My mother can see through anything," Jeff replied, twitching a little nervously as he paced further into the store. "Sometimes I've wondered if perhaps she has X-Ray vision."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Then we better go with something to cover your face," Jamie said seriously as he pulled out a certain outfit (http://www.uncannyxmen.net/images/costume/cyclops-bigcostume11.jpg).

"This will cover your head and eyes. If anyone comes close to you that you want to avoid just start talking about the future of your people and occasionally start crying about a girl name Jean. Oh, and stay away from the mayor."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

That looked very, very good to Jeff. He was already reaching for it before the idea properly broke into his mind. "...What, is he going to tell on me to my mother?" he asked, with the kind of grave concern reserved for all subjects that involved his mother.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Nah, it might spark some parental issues of his own," Jamie reassured him. "Might turn him back into a lemming. Oh! Wait. Has your mother met Turtle? She may need one as well just to make sure your cover isn't blown."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff stared at him for a moment, uncomprehending.

And then the panic started. "She has!" he cried, and reached over for an utterly pointless grabbing-Jamie-by-the-shirt-in-panic move. "What do I do, Jamie?!"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Relax," Jamie said patting Jeff on the shoulders and trying to pull his shirt from Jeff's shoulders. "I've got the perfect disguise for her."

He then pulled out a blond wig and white outfit (http://www.uncannyxmen.net/images/spotlight/emma00.jpg). "This actually goes along with your costume and I guarantee your mother won't recognize her."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Excellent," Jeff said, but the word didn't come with his usual enthusiasm. It sounded a little more desperate than that.

He let go of Jamie's shirt, but mostly just so he could grab for the disguise and get it in his hands before his mother could find it. "Thank you," he said, sounding like he was about to head into battle and Jamie had given him an unbreakable sword. "Thank you." A pause. "Oh god."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie reached out to give him a sympathetic pat on the back.

"Is there anything I can do to help? Maybe I can disguise myself as you and run interference."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"I am going to build another barricade in my room," Jeff said, still twitching, "It might not keep her out, but it might stall her for a bit. I need materials. The hotel only has so many steel plates, and I think Gunther's noticing a bit of trouble."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you should try deception instead of a barricade," Jamie suggested. "You could get sheet rock to cover your door and then paint it to match the walls."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff pointed a finger at Jamie. "That's good thinking," he said, "But what if she really has X-Ray vision? She might look straight through it!"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Maybe we can find some old paint with lead in it?"

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff looked skeptical. "Are you certain that would work?" he inquired, "I mean, maybe there's been an update to the X-Ray vision."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Good point," Jamie said with a nod. "Maybe you should go with a barricade and the hidden door. I can offer my duplicates to help build."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Would you?" Scarcely had there ever been such gratitude in Jeff's eyes. "I'm starting tomorrow morning. She might make it there before then, but I think the cover of the Night Effect might slow her down."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"I'd be happy to help," Jamie said with a nod. "And I can be there in the morning but... what do you mean by Night Effect?"

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Well, you know," Jeff explained, leaning onto the counter, having left both costumes in a neat pile beside him, "How when you go somewhere, like a restaurant, or a strip club, and it's night, it automatically becomes three times as hard to find anything?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Ah, I think so," Jamie replied. "But will she be coming into the dorm at night?"

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"She did last year," Jeff said, helpfully.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Well I haven't had trouble at finding things in the night in the dorm," Jamie pointed out. "Do you? Maybe's limited to restaurants, strip clubs and such."

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"But she'd have to find the dorm building," Jeff pointed out, very smartly. "And for that, she'd have to find the school. Night Effect might still technically run for school." A pause. "Especially our school. Sometimes it might as well be a strip club."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Then I'm definitely hanging out in the wrong common rooms," Jamie said with a disappointed look. "I even have lots of dollar bills handy!"

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunately," Jeff said, with a sigh that made his shoulders sag, "It's mostly the blokes who like to strip 'round the island. Sort of defeats the point in a way, doesn't it?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Good point, but it could work to our advantage with your mother," Jamie pointed out.

[tyler_gone]

Tyler wandered in after lunch, looking to replenish the house's coffee supplies.

He considered the sign carefully. "Hey, Madrox. What kind of disguises do you guys have?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Depends," Jamie said. "How clever is the person we're dealing with? I have fake beards and mustaches to more elaborate costumes."

[tyler_gone]

"Yeah, I don't think a fake beard is what I need," Tyler said, turning away from the rack and holding up a French Maid uniform. "What do you think of this?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Well I was going to suggest the ZZ top look but I'm thinking you want to find something that shows off less leg," Jamie said with a chuckle and then pulled out a costume that seemed to be almost all blue fur (http://www.uncannyxmen.net/images/costume/beast-bigcostume12.jpg)

"How about this? It'll cover your face and it's padded in all the right places."

[tyler_gone]

Tyler blinked. "I'm not actually going to wear a costume, I'm just bored."

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