Night at the Museum (OTA)

[kyley_b]

WHO: Kyle Broflovski and YOU!
WHERE: The Underground of Coruscant (Level 4)
WHAT: A very wholesome field trip to the lost Galactic Museum.
WHEN: During the event. (Mid-ish?)
WARNINGS: The foulest of language. Injury extremely likely. More as needed.



Kyle's seen aliens before.

A group of them from the Jannex Galaxy, a spaceship full of greys, the Marklar, and Jeff Bezos. This is the first time he's seen quite so many different kinds in one place, but even so it doesn't take him long to feel comfortable enough to talk to a few of them at the Senate Tour that Obi-Wan had suggested he take. One of these friendly aliens had mentioned in passing that it was a pity that the Galactic Museum could no longer be toured, due to it having been lost and forgotten somewhere down on Level 4.

A lost museum seems to Kyle like exactly the sort of thing the Agrii would want them to find. And even if not, well. Kyle really likes museums.

Is it difficult to get to Level 4? Oh, yes. And extremely dangerous. This doesn't deter Kyle one bit, and so he puts out a call on the Network to let people know that hey, he's putting together a museum field trip and anybody is welcome to come! Provided, that is, that you don't mind finding your way down through huge portals/ventilation shafts into a world where sunlight is less than a memory and dangerous people and creatures lurk around every corner.

But hey, if you decide to come down, you'll find a too-tall ginger waiting for you with some flashlights and a notepad.

You bet your ass he's going to force you to use the Buddy System.

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[OOC: Feel free to skip straight to the Museum proper of course! Mingle away, create your own TLs, whatever!]

Comments

[kyley_b]

"I am NOT from Jersey! You're the Jersey one!" He stomps along, still unwilling to abandon the buddy system.

"And I am not."

[doubled_speed]

Nope, Kyle's Jersey, he'll remain that. He smiles and shakes his head as he walks with Kyle.

"Yeah, because your buddy will save your ass, like your own personal hero."

[kyley_b]

Three months in the womb there - enough to be infected. Enough that Tommy gets him riled even MORE easily.

"I don't need you to save my ass, I'm perfectly capable of looking after myself."

[doubled_speed]

Perhaps, but mostly it was that Kyle made such a big deal over Tommy being from Jersey that he was never getting away from this.

"You probably are, but I'm a hero, Jersey, IT's what I do. Sweep people off their feet and carry them off away from danger."

[kyley_b]

Kyle has to chew on that as they walk. "Okay, I guess that is literally your job. But that isn't like, what I personally expect or want from you."

[doubled_speed]

"You don't have to expect it. It will just have already happened by the time you even realize there is trouble," Tommy counters, moving in front of Kyle so he can walk backwards down the passage.

[kyley_b]

This is no doubt true, considering how fast Tommy is.

"Yes, well. Thank you, I guess. Dude, you're gonna trip."

[doubled_speed]

"Trust me, I won't. I know every inch of this path, could do it blindfolded."

Such were his powers.

[kyley_b]

Kyle wishes he WOULD trip. Not to get hurt, just to take his ego down a peg.

The universe being what it is, naturally Kyle slips on something slimey as they take a corner.

[doubled_speed]

Tommy's there in an instant, moving the second he sees the slip start. He's just there, his arms around Kyle, holding him up.

"Ouch, that's gotta fuck the ego."

[kyley_b]

Kyle flushes red and scowls. His right eye might even twitch a little.

"Dude, shut up," he manages, extricating himself.

[doubled_speed]

"You cool?" Tommy asks, actually a touch concerned. But he does let Kyle go. "Alright. We should get going again."

[kyley_b]

"Yes, I'm FINE, I just fucking... apparently can't walk. Jesus." Sometimes he really hates himself.

"Yeah. Safer to stick all in a group." He walks in silence a bit, but that's not his natural state.

"...you wanna look for anything in the museum?"

[doubled_speed]

"You're fine, you'll be fine," Tommy promises, and then he's thinking.

"I don' know, man. I'm not a museum guy."

[kyley_b]

Kyle huffs, embarrassed.

"Oh, come on, everyone's a museum guy. It just means you haven't seen a cool one yet!"

[doubled_speed]

"I've been living in New York and Washington is a jog away," Tommy counters. So yeah, he's seen museums.

[kyley_b]

"Doesn't mean you ever went to them," Kyle points out. He studies the map Tommy has made again, calculating more or less how much further they have to do.

"Or maybe you never went with the right people. They suck more if you're on a school trip or something. I like going to them on my own, you can really take your time and like... absorb things."

[doubled_speed]

"I went," Tommy dismisses. And come on, man, his 'time' to absorb things isn't very much.

"And this isn't like a school field trip?"

[kyley_b]

Kyle frowns. "No," he says, sounding deflated. "This is, you know. Optional. People WANNA be here. And we're looking for things that might help on Agra."

[doubled_speed]

"You really think a museum will help us with the Agrii?" he asks, frowning at Kyle. Sounds like a really stupid thing.

But hell, Tommy hadn't figured things out on his own, so it's probably better than he thought.

[kyley_b]

"The museum is where the history is. If some other society somewhere in this galaxy went through something similar, like to the storms, then there would likely be a record. Probably not a complete one, but still. People make things to record events. I mean, there's pottery and shit on earth that has stories on it."

Kyle frowns at his flashlight beam.

"Look, we're not all superheroes, okay? I dunno WHY the Agrii picked me to be here but it sure wasn't for any special ability. So I'm just trying, dude. I wanna help and this is just an idea."

[doubled_speed]

"Well, it's history from another world, so that doesn't mean it's the answer," Tommy counters. And museums aren't libraries or archives. But okay.

"Maybe they picked you because you're stubborn enough to solve what we haven't yet."

Then again, it was starting to seem like the Agrii didn't choose at all.

[kyley_b]

"I know that, but because it's a museum for hundreds of different worlds it seemed worth a shot!" Kyle snaps.

He stomps along in silence, frowning. No, this was a good idea, dammit. "I dunno, dude, I'm honestly half convinced they made a mistake. Maybe they wanted my brother the genius."

[doubled_speed]

"If you're here, you belong here," Tommy counters. "That's just how it works. We're there because they chose us. Or something did. We do our best with it."

Though he thinks Kyle is adapting a bit more easily than others were.

[kyley_b]

Kyle sighs. "If you say so." He can see what needs pretty sure is the museum just ahead, and it lifts his spirits.

He looks at Tommy with a grin. "Maybe I was picked because of my amazing ability to put up with impatient speedsters," he says lightly. "Dude, this is gonna be so sweet."