OOC/MuseVerse: Inkwell Party!

[clockwork_doc]

When he's not roleplaying in the Rift or the Nexus, the Doc Brown known as "Clockwork" lives in the Inkwell Bar and Grill, the local restaurant and hangout for his mun Victoria's muses. Clockwork also happens to own the place, so it's very easy for him to conscript it for his birthday. Anyone entering today will find that the bar has a wide selection of various cakes on it for people to sample, along with freezers full of ice cream. Clockwork himself is seated at the bar with a slice of chocolate cake, smiling at anyone who comes in.

Anybody's welcome to drop by, either just to say "hi" or to grab some cake. (One warning -- you might want to avoid the cake on the far left of the bar. Mrs. Plum made that one, and being a dead cook from "Corpse Bride" prone to putting body parts in her meals. . . .)

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[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

Of course, since this is a muse bar, Victoria's other muses are there. The other Docs are getting slices of cake for themselves and their friends, while the Martys commandeer the jukebox. "Anything in particular you wanna hear, Clockwork?" VampMarty calls counting out quarters.

The one non-BTTF muse, Victor, is standing a bit off to the side, enjoying his own slice of cake. He's also quietly made a small sign for Mrs. Plum's cake to warn any newcomers. He likes his dead friends, of course, but he knows not everyone likes their cooking.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

"Nah, you can choose what you like! I trust your taste in music!" Clockwork calls back between bites of chocolate. He's quite happy being with his muse counterparts and their friends, and it shows. The weather in and around the Inkwell is quite nice.

[thecellsiam.livejournal.com]

Aubrey has already helped xemself to a piece of cake by the time xe spots Doc and wanders on over. By this point, it's almost redundant to say xe's a bit nervous (people, y'know), but xe's there, at least for a little while.

So xe leans on the bar next to Doc, grins, and says, "Hey, nice place. And Happy Birthday."

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Doc grins back, finishing up his own slice. His mun is wondering if he's had any REAL food today. "Hi Aubrey. Thanks. Glad you could come." He frowns a little as he glances at the others. "It occurs to me that perhaps I should have warned you that the other muses were eight different versions of me." Pause. "And, well, Victor." He motions to the thin young man hanging out near the piano. "How are you?"

[gigs-83.livejournal.com]

Lisa rushes in wearing her work uniform: Pepsi-blue Base Theater shirt, black jeans and her Hooters shoes (they're the sneakers the girls wear at Hooters...they don't slip!). Her hair is unbrushed and she seems rather in a hurry.

Scanning the faces, she waves at V's other muses and quickly jogs over to Clockwork. "Heya! I'm gonna have to be back later cuz I gotta go pay for Shada -- he's my horse -- and then I gotta go to work, but I'll be back! AL and the guys will be by later, too. They've both...er, all added you to their friends list I think."

She is interrupted by her watch alarm beeping. She grimaces. "Damn! I'm late!" She smiles at using one of Doc's own lines -- even if this version didn't know it -- and gives Clockwork the biggest hug she can.

Turning on her heel, she rushes out the door, shouting, "BYE!!!" as she exits.

(Hehe I miss RPing, though I've never done it like this before. ^^ It'd just be like *rushes into the Inkwell* Oh, hey Doc! *walks over to him* yadda yadda, hehe.)

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Clockwork doesn't have much of a chance to react to that flurry of motion beyond a laugh and a return of the hug. "All right, I'll see you all later!" he calls after her as she rushes out.

Once she's gone, he looks over at Paige, his Fairycorn. "She always that full of energy?"

"Only when it comes to you all, I think," Paige says with a whicker.

[clanoftheswords.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, in a scene that's all too similar to Marty entering the Palace Saloon in BttF III - enter Farley, looking both excited and nervous, and for good reason. Though he was thrilled about the party when he and the other muses got the invite, right now he's feeling a bit worried about what will happen when the other Docs discover that one of Rift!Doc's closer friends once tried to kill a superhero/helped try to blow up New York City/helped try to take over the world.

So he went on ahead of the others, which is why he's standing in the doorway now, wearing his Coat of Badassery draped over his shoulders like a cape. Considering that he's also wearing his "Fools" t-shirt and jeans, he kind of stands out...

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Clockwork isn't the first to notice Farley as he stands in the doorway -- it's TeenDoc. The 17-year-old Spark version of Doc grins madly as he sees the man. "Great shirt!" he says, going up to him. "I could probably use one myself."

That comment does get Clockwork's attention, and he looks up. "Oh, hi Farley! Glad you could come by! Come on in!" He waves him toward the cakes. "We've got plenty of food!"

[clanoftheswords.livejournal.com]

Farley glances up in surprise at the teenager, especially when he sees some of Doc's features in him. "Er, thanks."

One quick trip to the cake table later (pointedly avoiding the "slightly corpse-y" cake), he takes a seat next to Doc. "Thanks. Oh, and the other mes will show up in a bit. One of them got it in their head to try and make some of this for the party (I managed to copy the recipe before I came out here)..." He passes Rift!Doc a handwritten recipe card (http://firefly.wikia.com/wiki/Mudder%27s_Milk#Recipe_for_non-alcoholic_version) for his inspection. (It has the recipe and a brief explanation as to the origin.)

[exiledqueen.livejournal.com]

"Congratulations. You're one year closer to death." That's the right thing to say on human birthdays, isn't it?
Mab drops a package into his hands. It is a medium-sized box, fairly heavy, wrapped clumsily in green tissue paper and done up with a tattered red ribbon. One side is slightly lighter and warmer than the other. Faint whooshing sounds emanate from within.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Depends on the human you're saying it to, Mab.

Clockwork, for his part, isn't sure what to say or do at all. The absolute last thing he expected was for a Fae to walk into the Inkwell and give him a present. The only thing keeping him from bolting into his room is the fact that she's VERY outnumbered, and he doubts Victoria would let anything happen to him. Especially on his birthday. "Thanks," he finally manages to say, for lack of anything better. Politeness helps, right?

[tigereyedrogue.livejournal.com]

Daimon comes wandering in with a heavy, suit-box sized gift wrapped in silver paper. "Oi!" he calls, waving to the Doc as he sees him, and brings it over with a grin.

He has to pause a moment as he walks past the cake-bar; just catching scent of the one on the far end makes him choke, and he gives it a wide berth.

He's wearing his gloves and colored contact lenses, not knowing what sort of crowd it would be, and looks around curiously. "Happy Beatings, Booze and Chocolate Day! So this is your Chicago, eh?"

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Clockwork waves back with a smile of his own. "Hi Daimon! Thanks for stopping by!"

He chuckles at the question as Daimon looks around. "Er, not quite. This is one of those places you go to get away from Chicago. Though, really, the museverse is just as crazy." As evidenced by the large crowd of rather odd people -- including eight different versions of Doc, in addition to good old Clockwork.

He notices the reaction to the "special" cake and grimaces a little. "Yeah, try to ignore that one. Mrs. Plum -- she's one of the cooks -- made it special for Victor's friends. He -- usually hangs around with dead people." Oh, he's explaining this badly. He'd call Victor over, but he gets the feeling Victor wouldn't do much better. "Ever see a movie called 'Corpse Bride?'"

[alienlisa.livejournal.com]

AL enters and scans the crowd. She sees some people she knows and some she doesn't. Most of who she knows are from V's neck of the universe, of course. Doesn't matter. PARTY!!!

She finds Clockwork and tackles him in a big hug. "BOO!" she says. "Happy birthday!!" She also turns towards the other Docs in the room and shouts, "Happy birthday to you guys, too!!" She intends to glomp them in turn.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Clockwork yelps, accidentally blowing up a wind as she tackles him. Luckily he quickly gets it under control, so there's almost no damage. "Thanks, but I wouldn't recommend doing that!" he says, laughing a little. It's his birthday, he can't really be mad.

The other Docs know what's coming and let AL glomp them. "Good thing we're sort of used to this from Victoria," Doc comments as AL hugs him.

[the-guys.livejournal.com]

In what has to be the strangest entrance of all, AL's guys enter (Luke Skywalker, Tommy Oliver, Gary Hobson, Data, Erik, Adam Newman, Clark Kent, Jamie McCrimmon, Jesse Travis, Ryan Steele, Radu, Prince Dex, and the Fifth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Doctors). Not only have they dragged Erik along, but Hooks is riding on Luke's shoulder. A first. Clark is carrying a very large (and probably heavy) box.

They immediately head for the Docs and extend happy birthday greetings, though Clark goes to set the big box down on the bar.

"Hey, Doc," says Tommy. "The place looks great."

"I'll say," says Jesse. "Hey, show him the thing, Clark."

He nods. "AL requested this from Duff, naturally." He opens the box to reveal a cake shaped like the flux capacitor. "What do you think?"

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Strange is as strange does around the Inkwell. Still, it has to be the biggest entrance yet. Clockwork welcomes them all, though he can't help but blink briefly at the Tenth Doctor. After all, they've got other versions of him over at the Rift and the Nexus. "You really are everywhere, aren't you?" he comments.

"Thanks, Tom," Clockwork says with a grin. "Er, you don't mind if I call you Tom, right? Just in case someone talks to OckDoc's tentacles." OckDoc's Tommy waves.

Clockwork grins approvingly at the cake. "That's great! Particularly auspicious since I finished my own model today. What flavor is it?"

[museicalmarty.livejournal.com]

The door opens again, and in wanders someone new, looking rather lost. He glances around the place, stunned by the activity surrounding him. "Holy shit," he mutters softly.

If anyone happened to notice, the new kid is actually yet another Marty. Not one of the regular Martys, though. This one is a smidge taller than the others, and -- well, he looks like some sort of ideal Marty McFly. Silky soft hair, clear blue eyes, perfect complexion and teeth. . . In fact, you could say he's the FAIREST of all Martys.

He raises his voice a little to be heard. "Excuse me! I -- I think I'm lost. Someone named Victoria told me to come this way. . . ."

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Clockwork hears the comment and turns to help the newcomer -- another Marty? He thought they were all accounted for. "Hi, I'm the--"

He freezes. Standing there -- it can't be -- but --

Steam hisses from his body as he gawks, stunned. "Marty?" he whispers. Is it -- could it really be his Marty?

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

Several minutes after Rift!Farley arrives, the doors open, and in comes a small entourage, led by a somewhat different version of Farley (wearing the suit he did in the movie), who's busy talking with Anya (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/a6/Anya_Jenkins.jpg).

Following them are the original Farley (the one who came up with the Mudder's Milk idea, he wears a t-shirt with the phrase "I can kill you with my brain" and carries bags holding the ingredients), TotU!Farley (looking like he took a vacation in the Girl Genius-verse), and Alexander Claymore (who looks strikingly like Professor Plum), who's holding a conversation with the two Farleys.

Behind the other Farleys are the Clue couples: Prof. Plum and Ms. Scarlet and Wadsworth and Mrs. White. Tagging along is Margo, who doesn't seem too fazed by all the Farleys. (In fact, she seems almost amused by it all...)

Behind the Past People are two older men, the one bearing (http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/fuyuicons/oneflew/fuyu_icons_ofotcn02.png) a striking resemblance (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/58938/cat/740) to the man of the hour (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/58935/cat/740) and the other looking like an older (http://www.timcurry.at/Bilder/family13.jpg) (and slightly heavier) Farley (http://www.timcurry.at/Bilder/misc116.jpg), who are busy chatting with Veeken (a cheerful redheaded young woman). docsgirl, if you ever wanted to know what the dæmon-verse versions of Tim and Chris look like, well...

And finally, behind them, comes the mun herself, wearing a white hoodie with Pussyfoot (http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i100/cuddles_007/pussyfoot3.jpg) and the words "Obey Me - You'll Be Happier", and deep in conversation with yet another Farley. This one, interestingly enough, wears the same Coat of Badassery as Rift!Farley, except he wears the same suit that he had when he first Crossed.

Rift!Farley had glanced up when he noticed his dæmon counterpart enter, and now he notices the newest version of him. "Oh, go se", he mutters, then nudges Doc.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

. . . Gigs, I'm sorry, but your guys just lost the "strangest entrance yet" award.

Clockwork openly stares at the group wandering in, all chatting with each other. "Great Scott," he says. "I think your mun has as many Farleys as mine has Docs, at this point."

"You guys have great taste in T-shirts," TeenDoc pipes up, snorting at the "I can kill you with my brain" shirt.

Clockwork ignores him. "Hi everyone, welcome to the Inkwell!" he calls, waving at them. He has no idea how they'll keep them all straight, but he's sure something will present itself.

[gigs-83.livejournal.com]

Lisa comes trudging in. "Sorry I'm late. Ed insisted I watch Ghost Hunters with him." She rolls her eyes. "Hope I didn't miss much."

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Clockwork grins at her and comes over with some cake. "It's been busy," he admits, looking at all the people. "But everyone seems to be doing more or less their own activities, so you can just jump right in."

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

Metody bounds in, weighed down by a tupperware box and a small, brightly wrapped present. Beware, Doc, there is a pounce-like hugger aimed at you.

"Happy birthday!"

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Luckily, Clockwork Doc is used to pounce-huggers (see his own mun and mun's friend Lisa (above)). He grins and goes to greet Metody. "Hi, thanks!" He looks around the crowded bar. "I know I said before I wasn't thinking of having a party, but I was thinking within Chicago then. How are you?"