Friday Meme Light: Cause It's A Bittersweet Victory (Ten Years Later Thread)

[thewunderkind]

The clock continues to turn on the ship.

The last years have been of turbulence, surprises and great fights, but eventually, five years ago, the Ohm were defeated and slowly, peace was restored to the entire multiverse. The crisis was averted! Congratulations!

...However rebuilding universes takes time. Energy. Power. It still might be years off before you'll get to go home, and Stacy is truly saddened about that. Call it catch 22 if you will, but at least the life on the ship is a lot more peaceful now. The farms have grown, and now there's enough in-house grown food to feed everyone who doesn't feel like eating slop or eating slop in the sensoriums every day. That's a small comfort, right? Oh sure, there's still the surprise or two on it, but now there's slowly more places to stop, and Stacy has been a lot more lenient about people getting their shots...

As they sometimes say, life will find a way to flourish, anywhere it can. My, there's a lot more bellies around the ship than before...

And maybe. One day. Far off future. You'll get to go home. But that's not now.

Ten years is a lot of time for people to grow, personalities to change and emotions to emerge. How have your characters turned out of it?

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[kungfu-sexnun.livejournal.com]

"I'm not here to take it from you. You know I don't eat meat."

She seats herself with a practiced, fluid motion, her staff across her lap.

"I would like for you to say you know why I'm here. You have not yet, but I believe one day you will."

She has every intention of sitting and talking like this all afternoon.

[encourage]

"Why not? It sounds like it could be fun." Besides, she appreciated good attempts at martial arts showings. This would count. Kind of!

[beastunleashed.livejournal.com]

The Beast continued growling and his fur bristled in further warning, but he still made no moves to go after her. She was keeping her distance and he was still waking up.

Few had encountered Menagerie to length and come away to speak of it without injuries, perhaps this peaceful soul would be one such person.

[thewunderkind]

Time changed a lot of things in a Wunderkind. Physically, she was nearing her thirties, only ten more years before the average Black Hole civilian died. She hadn't done that either. Her life was pretty short, and after which, there's be an eternity to enjoy what came after. Or maybe she was just teasing. It was hard to tell sometimes. Lash had become more calm than before, sometimes standing there for more than a few minutes in quiet thought. Had the peacetime changed her? Not that much, truthfully. This place was a bit too calm, to her great chagrin.

You see, once war was over, Lash found herself a lot more bored. Oh sure, she had her Overlord, she had her friends, but born and raised to be an inventing tool of war, peacetime was...well...what's an inventor to do? Go crazy? Oh wait she already was...

She still practiced in the sensoriums every day, it kept her mind fresh. Stacy's weapon systems had never been this powerful, as she constantly continued to upgrade them with a "just in case" and the "you never know!" excuses. Apart from that she'd invent. Inventing kept her occupied. Not that she didn't take time off (she took a lot of time off) but you know, that car you liked? Come back the next day and she might have given it a few boosts. A few options.

Owning the store over the years, as their stock continued to change, Lash wasn't even sure anyone who owed her a favor and who didn't. She just, in the end, decided to use this as a perfect excuse to tamper with everyone's vehicles, homes and gadgets and that they couldn't get back to her. Much.

Kids loved her for it. Parents tried to tell them not to go visit too often, but it was hard to resist someone who'd let you play with dangerous things and promised not to tell your parents if they helped out with your experiments.

And then there was that teasing look. She'd never grown out of it. Actually, she'd probably gotten influenced so much it had become worse. Woops.

[wakkasball.livejournal.com]

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO LOOK IN LASH'S HAIR DID YOU SEE HOW HUGE IT BECAME OVER THE YEARS. I BET YOU COULD FIND AN ENTIRE FLOURISHING TOWN IN THERE.

[g-antidote.livejournal.com]

Sherry has grown up. She even, occasionally, has a smile on her face.

Except right now - because her stupid sample is refusing to comply with her genetic experiment demands. Oh, don't give her that look, you knew it was going to happen eventually.


With a groan, she pushed her long hair out of her eyes and took yet another sample, dictating to Stacy's recording systems. "Sample SK-225B has decided to not take to solution A-334, resulting in a rather interesting pattern of dots that look like Dr. Sera's bald spot. However, Sample SK-226A has been a near success, which means I may wish to increase the potency of solution A-339."

Making violet tomatoes was harder than it looked, okay?

[alastirra.livejournal.com]

[Alastirra really looks no different--ten years is a mere drop of time to a Draenei. She's very patient about getting Azeroth back, and who can blame her--when you know you get to go from a war that's finished, to a war that may never be finished...well. She's in no hurry.

What she HAS done, so far, is to set up a day care for all the working parents aboard ship, because she LOVES kids. None of her own, sadly, but it didn't matter to her, when there were plenty of little ones for the shaman to take care of and love while their parents were busy!]

[a_mere_human]

Setsuna F. Seiei was in jail. Because where else would a terrorist end up, aside from a grave? While Celestial Being had done a great deal to help end the war, they had also pissed off quite a few people in the process.

So, yeah, universe is saved, peace is reigning, he can accept his punishment now that his job is over. Several years in the Brig isn't as bad as people think it is.

[shapeshiftqueen.livejournal.com]

So basically this was his way of saying "Hello Gandrayda, nice to see you." Or so Gandrayda liked to think it was. Humor helped to keep the situation from being entirely too depressing, after all, and how she coped with everything.

[governmentninja]

Leon was still Captain of the ship. But with the war over, his workload was greatly reduced, thankfully. Which gave him more time to devote to his wife and their children, which he was more than happy to do.

He even smiled occasionally. In public, no less.

[fattynoparents]

chell and wheatley got married in the most glorious Sensorium ceremony the universe had ever seen and wheatley wore the most beautiful bowtie and GLaDOS was the shotgun-toting maid of honor and they had the biggest cake to ever exist in the history of forever and it was magical and there were companion cubes everywhere and singing turrets and no neurotoxin or murder at all and cave johnson cried the end

Ten years was plenty of time to come to terms with a few things, even for someone as doggedly stubborn as Chell. Now in her mid-thirties, she had more-or-less resigned herself to a life aboard Stacy, but hey, at least it wasn't a life trapped in Aperture with omnipotent robots hellbent on murder. It was better now that she wasn't fighting someone else's war, anyway. Knowing she would never be a test subject again was also a plus.

Having worked very hard to put the events of Aperture behind her, most of her time was spent on all the things she missed out on due to being trapped in a lab for most of her life. As a result, she managed to shake at least some of her social awkwardness (even if she was still more comfortable around robots, even ones that tried to kill her). SURPRISE. She wasn't entirely mute after all.

One thing, however, hadn't changed. Now that there was actual food on board, you could bet your ass Chell baked a mean cake.

[bonnypiperlad]

It had taken some prodding, but Jamie had finally gotten around to admitting his feelings to Victoria, and found she returned them as well. When they had gotten married, they had both agreed they wanted a big family. What neither of them had expected was that the family decided to arrive all at once.

There were the five of them now - Jamie, Victoria, and the triplets. Two boys and a girl, all with remarkably different personalities. Edward took after his grandfather, Victoria's father, and was a quiet, serious little boy. Ian already showed some musical talent, and had his own set of handmade mini bagpipes. Mairi was the one who wanted to be a warrior and loved to run around with a toy sword - much to her father's chagrin. Not wanting to drive everyone who was still living in the TARDIS nuts with so many children underfoot, they had found a place in the city, near a park - a Victorian house, ironically enough.

Jamie had retired from the Rangers once he found out Victoria was pregnant, although he still helped with training, just to keep his hand in. Otherwise his days were spent working on fixing up the house, working in Engineering and spending time with his family, the Doctor and his other friends. He missed the adventuring sometimes, but overall there wasn't much he would change about the way things were now.

[notamoron]

Wheatley didn't change.

At all.

Nope.

SORRY EVERYONE.

[fattynoparents]

IT'S OKAY, BRO Chell wasn't mad anymore. It was too much work to hold a grudge for like ten years, okay.

LOOK she even brought a present from the media library. A FOR-REAL BOOK. WITH PAGES.

TO TURN.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know you were gourmet. At any rate, I believe they'll be holding the contest in the mess hall."

[beastunleashed.livejournal.com]

More or less? Either that or Go away or I'll eat you!

It really just depended on if your glass of bloodthirsty killing machine was half full or half empty.

[sonicscreamer.livejournal.com]

It's a very hard life, but truthfully Victoria is ecstatic. She always wanted a large family, being the only child before her mother died, and seeing with envy her friends with much larger ones. She just didn't expect for it to come so fast! Three children at a time is quite a lot, yet now that they've been growing rather well considering the environment (which has taken Victoria a lot of time to adjust to) she's...starting to think maybe having another wee one might be a good idea.

Victoria, unlike Jamie doesn't miss the adventure at all. And now that the ship has real food, she enjoys cooking...as long as the kids help out a bit.

Her children love her. Somehow she manages to get even Mairi calmed down during her cries for warrior attention, and the neighboring children come over when she tells stories. Considering how her situation had been ten years ago, now she couldn't be happier, truthfully.

[notamoron]

A BOOK? THAT'S THE NICEST PRESENT EVER!

IT'LL GO GREAT WITH THESE BRAND NEW FINGERS HE HAS!

[fattynoparents]

SEE? There's something that changed. Chell didn't have to tote his dumb sphere ass around anymore. THANKS, ENGINEERS. The real question was did it take Wheatley the whole ten years to learn how to use those fingers.

Probably yes.

"I know you like this one."

It was totally a beautiful shiny copy of The Prince. AMAZING.

[zenithianhero.livejournal.com]

OH WOW MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'D BE A REAL BOY.

"As usual," she replied, twirling her sword. "It keeps everyone in shape and stops them from growing contempt."

Sofia; a glorified working teacher. Not that she really minded.

[sit-shake.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, the peace was shattered by an explosion; the aftershock rattled the bars of Setsuna's brig cell, likely loosening the hinges on the door.

A familiar face appeared at the entrance to the prisoners' hall. "Setsuna F. Seiei," said the man before him. His voice was grim, his face grave...and there was an RPG braced against his shoulder.

Guess who was back, asshole.

[a_mere_human]

Setsuna was willing to be content with letting whoever this was make a ruckus, at least until said person spoke his name. The voice was familiar, one he knew all too well.

So. It seemed the Meister had some unfinished business.

Making sure his shank was tucked away safely, Setsuna got up, and kicked down the damaged door to his cell. He stood in the hall, eyeballing his adversary as the smoke and dust between them cleared.

"Sagara Sousuke."

[shapeshiftqueen.livejournal.com]

This was Gandrayda. She took everything half full. Although this needle was completely filled with a glowing liquid.

[sit-shake.livejournal.com]

Under normal circumstances, he'd prefer to settle this peacefully. But not this time.

Now that the war was over, the gloves were off.

Sousuke fired the rocket-propelled grenade from across the hall, already dropping his weapon to the ground and switching to a new one. His foe this time had more lives than a kiddie pool full of angry cats (They were angry because they were wet), and he wasn't taking any chances.

[beastunleashed.livejournal.com]

Upon entering the den of the dragon she would see Beastboy, curled up and snoring softly, smoke drifting from his nose holes, the corpses of various small creatures and their bones providing a morbid sort of decoration.

Now she just had to find a soft spot to sink the needle into.