05 || Video, Public || APB

[notiaraincluded]

[Anyone who might be used to seeing Luke's cabin and how it looks when he makes a comment on the network will see that it's not quite the same.  More accurately, it's pretty much trashed.  There's trash and food wrappers lying around and the stereo is blaring music.  The camera's a big shaky before a small, surprisingly angry face comes into view.]

Hey, all ya'll best listen up cause I'm not gonna be repeatin' myself!  The next one of ya'll punks try runnin' up on me and gettin' in my business, you gonna be catchin' mad hell, you got that?  You lucky my boy Stryker ain't here or we'd have you on lockdown for real, Rykers style.

Lucas.  Out.

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[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda hides a smile because DAMN Luke is never living this down.]

Hey tough guy. You eat yet?

[Fozzie pokes his nose at the camera and woofs, tail thomping against various furniture.]

[notiaraincluded]

Yeah, I can take care of myself.

[Clearly from all the junk food wrappers lying around he's been having a nice balanced diet.]

[scarlet_discord]

Yeah, I don't doubt that.

[But she notices the junk food. Yeah, he needs something more substantial or he's going to end up sugar crashed and queasy.]

You like burgers? Cause I gotta find somebody tough enough to take my burger bet.

[notiaraincluded]

What sorta bet you talkin about?

[scarlet_discord]

Some friends taught me how to grill up a pretty badass burger, but a lot of people complain that I make 'em too big and full of stuff. I think they're just wussy but maybe they have a point. How do you like your burgers? I'll bet you a room cleaning that you can't finish one of mine.

[notiaraincluded]

[He looks a little skeptical, but he doesn't quite smell a con here so...]

Aight, you're on lady.

[scarlet_discord]

OK. Tell me how you like it cooked and I'll try and get it done by the time you come down here.

It's Wanda. Believe me, I'm no lady.

[notiaraincluded]

Cook it all the way! I don't want no pink burger with blood and mess!

[scarlet_discord]

Well done. I can do that. Cheese or bacon? Any veggies? [Dude. You're getting veggies after that junk food fest. :|]

[notiaraincluded]

Just throw everything on there. [At this age, burgers and pizzas are the few things that are good with veggies.]

[scarlet_discord]

No problem. I'll get started, just meet me down there when you're ready.

[God, he's a cute kid. She won't say that to his face though cause he'd probably get grumpily embarrassed. But yes. Must not squee...]

[notiaraincluded]

A'ight.

[And he'll make his way down there relatively quick since there's not much for him to do back in his cabin.]

[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda's cooking away as he gets there, adding cheese and bacon to the half-cooked patty after flipping it. A knife slices up a tomato by itself in the background.]

Almost done here.

[notiaraincluded]

Whoa, how you do that?!

[He'd be staring at the knife moving on its own.]

[scarlet_discord]

I'm a mutant, man. I'm usually quieter about it, but I bet you don't scare easy. [She finishes slicing cheese over the patty and throws the bacon on.]

[notiaraincluded]

Nah, I'm not scared. [His best friend Stryker uses knives all the time...just not floating in midair.]

[scarlet_discord]

[She smiles and keeps puttering about.] Cool. I don't like scaring people off. I have a bigass dog and he doesn't like it either.

[She puts the buns in to toast.] I got mustard, ketchup, relish, steak sauce and barbecue sauce.

[omar]

[Oh, hello, Omar's new favorite person on the Barge.]

Y'all having security problems, youngin?

[notiaraincluded]

Nah, I'm straight. Just makin' sure they know who not to play with.

[omar]

They surely do now. What kind of business it be you running, man? [There's no condescension in his voice at all -- he started out at Luke's age, maybe even younger. No disrespect for a kid in the game.]

[notiaraincluded]

Keepin' these posers off my turf. This is Rival turf and I'm gonna keep it that way, whether I got my boys with me or not.

[Private]

[omar]

And what game the Rivals got, bro? You be into pockets and wallets, or is it more like distribution?

Re: [Private]

[notiaraincluded]

Wallets, purses, whatever's there to be got, we get.

[Private]

[omar]

...you been getting anything good out here? It seem real dry to me.

Re: [Private]

[notiaraincluded]

Nah, everything around here's on serious lockdown.

[Private]

[omar]

[Well, damn. He's run into exactly the same problem.] Surely is. What you wanna do about it?

Re: [Private]

[notiaraincluded]

I dunno. These guys ain't even got windows to break into.

Re: [Private]

[omar]

Do got doors, though. Real question be if anybody got anything worth the getting in the door for.