Metaheroes Inbox

[levelshift]

[It's the default request to leave a message that comes with every voicemail. Accelerator hasn't bothered to change it.]

{ Audio | Video | Text | Action }

Comments

[reneger]

Junior came at me. ( with a gesture up to his face, brows pinched. )

I let him get a few hits in, thought it'd be the nice thing to do.

[levelshift]

................. [Fucking hell, these two. He isn't even sure what to say. At this rate they're going to kill each other one day.]

You didn't have to stitch yourself up again, did you?

[purplexing]

It's a good thing I opted not to install that phrase response or we'd need an epileptic trigger warning.

[]Donnie comes back with several larger plushes in his arms.]

...still not done yet. But...I haven't really thought about what I'd want for Christmas.

[levelshift]

[Accelerator snorts.

... Ugh, more plushes. What the hell is he supposed to do with all of them?]

You're the one who celebrates the damn holiday. You must've thought about it sometime over the year.

[purplexing]

[Making a face at the gross couch, Donnie dumps the plushies on the floor instead. He blinks as he considers then.]

...I think I was too busy with other stuff.

[levelshift]

[He sighs a little.]

How important is Christmas and whatever else holidays that are going on for Americans? I've seen a lot of stores selling crap for it, but that's just capitalism.

[purplexing]

It's pretty big for businesses and I guess for family stuff.

[He folds his arms.]

...it's...weird not having everyone around for it though. At least Leo's here. I've been planning his present for months.

[faceguy]

you’re stuck with it
we can watch em together though

[levelshift]

... So it's really important.

[Bluh, it's pretty easy to avoid in Japan, but if Donnie has been planning a gift for months. How irritating.]

What are you getting him?

[levelshift]

Fine. You can point out why each one isn't a total waste of time.

[faceguy]

challenge accepted

[purplexing]

[It's just the way Donnie works. Buying things is simpler, but he prefers to make his gifts, specifically tailored to people. That effectively eats into his time and it's why he's usually never without projects to work on.]

Oh, I built him a motorcycle. We were kind of talking about it offhandedly at some point. I never did get around to making an extra pair for the Turtle Tank but this one's different and made just for him.

[levelshift]

Fuck.

[A motorcycle. Donnie is building a motorcycle. Leo is undoubtedly going to love that. Why is Donnie so weirdly good at gift-giving??? It's like he's got a third superpower or something.]

I'm sure he'll like that.

[purplexing]

[Man those lights would've gotten a stress-testing.

Still, Donnie grins.]

He better!

[levelshift]

[They really would have.]

Any advice for this kind of shit? I can't say I've ever been in a position to deal with gift-giving before.

[purplexing]

Hmmm.

[Donnie walks off again as he mulls this over, returning again with several more plushies. He drops them onto the growing pile on the floor before flopping down to sit with them, pulling a couple into his lap so he can cushion his elbows.]

Well, there's no real rule to it. You can either be practical and find something you think someone might need. Or you can go off of what you think or know someone likes. Or you can just give them something random and call it a day.

Ho ho ho

[robintohood]

[A package waits for Accelerator the next time he’s at Society headquarters for work.

Inside the box is a cleaning and repair kit for Accelerator’s gun]

[levelshift]

[From the expression on his face (it's the kind that's a combination of thoughtful and annoyed that only Accelerator can pull off), it's clear he's strongly considering the "something random" option.]

Great, so it's anything goes.

[levelshift]

[Accelerator isn't expecting any more gifts, certainly not any dropped off at work.

This is great, it's practical and he enjoys taking his gun apart. Of course, the fact that it's a good gift makes him feel worse (he doesn't deserve this, he doesn't), but that's an Accelerator problem, not a Jason problem.

When he gets home he's texting Jason.]

I take it your family celebrates Christmas.

[purplexing]

Pretty much. There's a heavy lean into "It's the thought that counts" unless someone's deliberately being terrible with a gift and it's very obvious.

You sure you don't want more of these? They are really comfortable.

[robintohood]

Some of them do

[levelshift]

Not all of them?

[levelshift]

[He sighs heavily.]

Being thoughtful really isn't my style.

[But neither is going to the effort of coming up with a terrible gift.]

I'm absolutely sure I don't want any of them.

[robintohood]

Some don’t care

[purplexing]

[Donnie chuckles.]

Well then, like I said, don't worry about it.

[He knows how important it is keeping up one's image. He's probably failed miserably in the emotionless bad boy one he'd been attempting to cultivate in his earlier teens but no one tell him that.]

Okay, okay.