Sanity Clause
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jla_watchtowerThe phone rings loudly, echoing through the tiny apartment.
"Cheeks, can you get that?" comes the shouted response from the green-suited figure in the kitchen, busily folding dishtowels into the shapes of various superhero insignias.
"Cheeks, can you get that?" comes the shouted response from the green-suited figure in the kitchen, busily folding dishtowels into the shapes of various superhero insignias.
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-01 05:31 pm (UTC)A quick phone call, then a POP!, and he's gone. He arrives in similar fashion at the Metropolis Police Department's 42nd Precinct - after a few inquiries, he's shown to the holding cell area, where he espies a familiar figure.
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:34 pm (UTC)"Irwin."
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:36 pm (UTC)Ambush Bug snickers at his own joke.
"You do look like a pretty sad sight here with the fancy boot and belts, the hat, and the.. "
He peers more closely at the figure's hands.
"Green gloves?? That must mean.."
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:38 pm (UTC)"That's right, Irwin. I'm Kris Kring-L, Santa Claus of Earth Two."
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:41 pm (UTC)"Well, hey, how're you doing, man? I haven't seen you since that whole Christmas on Infinite Earths thing! I remember those walls of white, consuming whole universes at the Santa-Monitor's behest. Come to think of it, Earth Three must still be snowed in - haven't heard from my evil counterpart Assassin Bug in ages."
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:42 pm (UTC)"So, listen.. I need your help, Irwin."
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:45 pm (UTC)Ambush Bug's gaze drifts upward as he puffs out his chest, envisioning himself as the champion of Christmas.
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:48 pm (UTC)"No, no. Nothing like that. I .. I just need some bail money. I can pay you back once I get back to the South Pole*."
* Editor's note : unlike the Santa Claus of Earth One, the Santa of Earth Two built his toy factory of Solitude in the Antarctic!
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:50 pm (UTC)"Seriously, that's it? Bail money? Well, sure, I guess. What'd they nail you for, anyways?"
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:53 pm (UTC)"Apparently, the RIAA really, really frowns on music sharing across dimensional or vibrational boundaries."
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:56 pm (UTC)