Miscellaneous Street - The Soap Opera

[Thor Damar]

The remaining terrorist runs into Thor's in a desperate attempt to escape the vast army of cats surging toward him.

There is a complete silence that lasts several seconds before a chilling scream of terror rends the air.

Afterward, a dark and sinister laughter echoes across the street...

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Miss Chicken says she will go back and pick up some trilobites. She is less sure about the 'raptor but maybe if Deranged Nasat would be happy with a baby from one of the smaller species of 'raptor it would be OK.

That'll do nicely, thank you. Velociraptor are on the small side for their family, anyway. A baby will be fine - easier for Deranged Nasat to train that way.

The remaining terrorist runs into Thor's in a desperate attempt to escape the vast army of cats surging toward him.

There is a complete silence that lasts several seconds before a chilling scream of terror rends the air.

Afterward, a dark and sinister laughter echoes across the street...

What is it with me and the murderous employers?

 

[Captain Ice]

Hey MLB, I think I can get this thing to take us to AT&T park for the final game of the 2010 WS. Wanna go?

Sure! (The final game of the 2010 series was in Texas, though. )

I just got back from 1994. Had to make a little change first.

*goes to put away all the stuff he's collected from the 1994 World Series*

*checks records*

You do realize that with this one change, the New York Yankees have now lost the Series in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2009 where they had won it before? Of course, this change has also resulted in them winning in '03.

But then, I guess I should not complain as it was the Cubs who beat them all three times in the '90s and in 2009 now. Oh, and Jeter and Arod now play for the Red Sox.

Nasat, that was Damar who was screaming. That thing frightened him half to death. Take him to the basement.

*Takes the blue box and heads out to place some bets on a few sporting events. Let's see...Steeler's to win the Super Bowl the year of the Immaculate Reception....Diamondbacks to win the World Series in '01....Pearson for the Daytona 500 in '76.....Mets to beat the Red Sox in '86....... Ice enters the box and it shimmers out of sight*

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I just got back from 1994. Had to make a little change first.

*goes to put away all the stuff he's collected from the 1994 World Series*

*checks records*

You do realize that with this one change, the New York Yankees have now lost the Series in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2009 where they had won it before? Of course, this change has also resulted in them winning in '03.

But then, I guess I should not complain as it was the Cubs who beat them all three times in the '90s and in 2009 now. Oh, and Jeter and Arod now play for the Red Sox.

None of which is actually true, of course. Since if you want to bet on all those events you mentioned, you will have to have stopped me from making that one change in the first place, otherwise nothing would be the same. Wibbly wobbly timey wimey and all that.

Oooouuuuucccchhhhh....

MLB wakes up from the chloroform that has been applied to his face. All of his precious 1994 WS memorabilia has disappeared. Apparently the change he made in the past has been undone... Oh well. Let Ice have his gambling winnings if he must. I have a backup plan...

 

[Captain Ice]

^Like I said, those results were AFTER your change to start with. Nice job of Chloroforming yourself though. I thought only Daniel was able to accomplish that feat.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Today is the day the Coffee Shop gets Christmasified!

Jenee, do we want a real or fake tree? I don't want any of that spray-on snow and there's no way were saying anything other than "Merry Christmas" to customers. None of that generic, politically-correct "Winter Wishes" crap!

 

[Jenee]

Fake tree. I don't want to be sweeping up pine needles in July.

No fake snow - just another thing I'll still be cleaning up in July.

You say Merry Christmas if you want, but as pagan, I celebrate the winter solstice and ... I'm not sure, but it stands to reason that Hippie Lady does too.

And, I'm willing to bet there's at least one Hanukah celebrator here.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^Like I said, those results were AFTER your change to start with. Nice job of Chloroforming yourself though. I thought only Daniel was able to accomplish that feat.

I did NOT chloroform myself. That stuff makes me nauseous.

Besides, you had to undo all the changes I made, otherwise the sporting events you bet on would never have happened.

But remember what I said about a backup plan? Because you wiped out the changes I made, the Expos no longer have a WS win. Congratulations, you now have the entire nation of Canada after you. Those Canadians can be right nasty, I hear...

 

[Captain Ice]

^No they're not. The Blue Jays now have two and the Expos have an NL title. They built the Expos a new stadium. You should see it, it's awesome.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Re: Trek Lit. references in Trek shows, movies?

Fake tree. I don't want to be sweeping up pine needles in July.

No fake snow - just another thing I'll still be cleaning up in July.

You say Merry Christmas if you want, but as pagan, I celebrate the winter solstice and ... I'm not sure, but it stands to reason that Hippie Lady does too.

And, I'm willing to bet there's at least one Hanukah celebrator here.

If you'd assumed that the significance of "Midwinter Goddess" would have clicked to me before now, you would be mistaken.

 

[Jenee]

Re: Trek Lit. references in Trek shows, movies?

Fake tree. I don't want to be sweeping up pine needles in July.

No fake snow - just another thing I'll still be cleaning up in July.

You say Merry Christmas if you want, but as pagan, I celebrate the winter solstice and ... I'm not sure, but it stands to reason that Hippie Lady does too.

And, I'm willing to bet there's at least one Hanukah celebrator here.

If you'd assumed that the significance of "Midwinter Goddess" would have clicked to me before now, you would be mistaken.

*Kisses Daniel on the nose and goes back to fixing coffee and waiting on customers*

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

MLB is very sad right now. His attempt to change history has backfired miserably, resulting in the elimination from history of his favorite baseball team. He seems to be ostracized within the town (not that he could really tell, since no one ever paid any attention to him anyway). Not only that, the big blue box has been stolen. Plus he fears that his unrequited love for Hippy Lady will come to naught. MLB knows that all of these things are his fault; he has his firearm ready, but cannot do anything with it since somebody has taken the bullets.

"NOOOOOO! Don't do it!" he hears someone yelling from behind him. He turns to see who it is...

 

[F. King Daniel]

It's Daniel, and he's trying to stop Soda from abseiling from the roof of the coffee shop on the christmas lights he just spent all day putting up.

"MLB! Help me pile up snow under the coffee shop, just in case!"

 

[RJDiogenes]

* RJD borrows the blue box, travels back in time and kidnaps Abner Doubeday as an infant, then gives him to a childless couple who are chess fanatics. *

Bwahaha.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ See what I mean? It's like you get some perverse joy in torturing me.

Oh, by the way, baseball wasn't even INVENTED by Abner Doubleday, so nice try.

 

[Thor Damar]

{Thor Damar looks up from his long toiling over his accounts, his formidable mind deep in thought.His contacts have told him about the time traveling devices and he has set in plan several means to procure one for himself but there is one thing puzzling him, why the heck is his bar now called Odin's?)

"Deranged Nasat! I have a task for you..."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

It's Daniel, and he's trying to stop Soda from abseiling from the roof of the coffee shop on the christmas lights he just spent all day putting up.

"MLB! Help me pile up snow under the coffee shop, just in case!"

Eh?

MLB is roused from the emotional pit he has fallen into. Someone is in trouble?

I'll be right over! Just let meOOOOFF!!

Ouch. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Soda has just landed on me after 'abseiling' (whatever that means) off the roof. Soda seems to be OK but I personally have had the wind knocked out of me. I am also unconscious.

 

[Captain Ice]

The deli will be closed for most of the day tomorrow in preparation for our grand unveiling of our Christmas lights, which will happen at 6pm Mountain Standard Time. Oh, and the blue box has been moved to an undisclosed, secure location and is locked.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Daniel and Soda stand over the broken form of MLB. What to do? Drag him to Kirsten's clinic? Call an ambulence? Son looks at father with a mischevous glint in his eyes - they're thinking the same thing.

"Soda...get his wallet"

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I didn't have one.