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Post by willc453 on Jul 23, 2021 19:48:08 GMT -6
Yeah, figure Natalie feels like she needs to be like a big sister or aunt because how many times has Thor gotten into something "and it wasn't my fault" Remember, Thor's only 20 and very mature in some ways, but in others.....he just doesn't think at times like when he came up with a new configuration of Bobs Mjolnir's to bring in the clouds, etc. And Thor's GRATEFUL he's the oldest in his family and could only imagine what it would be like if Natalie was his big sister or aunt. So yeah, he's a little scared of her.
Different things happening in 40. Bob's got a couple of projects going, with Thor helping him get some free publicity. Thing is, Thor's thinking maybe Bob might want to make a couple of other movies, so he talks to Ethan, the guy who worked on the Hulkbuster, about his idea. Ethan's interested, but the other idea, Thor's keeping to himself. After all, any publicity is good publicity, right? Yeah, uh oh time. And 41 has Thor back in Japan, working for Hikarue.
As to the resin printer, yeah, it's a new one for me. At my age and being single, I've basically got EVERYTHING I need in life. But checking out a couple of motorhomes in the next few days. Some are in Reno, others are in Sacramento and just south of there....all cities I've either driven to or driven thru when I drove truck. Will try to post photos, just hope there's enough memory on this website to do this. That's why I deleted a lot of, if not all of my memes. Just got in some Spetsnatz troops and of than changing one of the weapons, they could all pass for survivors.
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Post by 9idrr on Jul 23, 2021 20:34:28 GMT -6
But... uh oh time can be so entertainin'.
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Post by willc453 on Jul 23, 2021 21:00:32 GMT -6
But... uh oh time can be so entertainin'. Yeah and it also drives Bob and Natalie nuts for example. They and others know Thor means well, but at times.......
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Post by texican on Jul 24, 2021 13:12:05 GMT -6
Yeah, figure Natalie feels like she needs to be like a big sister or aunt because how many times has Thor gotten into something "and it wasn't my fault" Remember, Thor's only 20 and very mature in some ways, but in others.....he just doesn't think at times like when he came up with a new configuration of Bobs Mjolnir's to bring in the clouds, etc. And Thor's GRATEFUL he's the oldest in his family and could only imagine what it would be like if Natalie was his big sister or aunt. So yeah, he's a little scared of her.
That is definitely Thor and he drives Natalie insane at times and wise of Thor to be afraid of Natalie at times for she is a great female example for him.
WillC, you definitely know how to tweak your fans. Please keep it up.
Regards,
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Aug 1, 2021 10:44:17 GMT -6
The Affected----Thor Chapter 40
Jose was busy making food for people on the studio lot and when he got done with everyone and ready to go to another part of the lot, that's when I landed in front of his roach coach. Seems he's got family in Mexico who are farmers near the U.S. border and there's a river that comes out of the U.S., flowing into their part of Mexico. Now the way things are set up between the two countries, American farmers are suppose to get X amount of water and the Mexicans are suppose to get X amount. Thing is, the river doesn't always provide the same amount of water every year and this year, it was lower than normal, with not enough water flowing into Mexico. What was usually a river there, was now more like a small creek and not very deep. He was wondering if I could make a little rain to help those farmers and I got to thinking. I said yeah, but maybe we can do something a little better for your family. I just need some time to think things over, but also, you need to find out if there's a construction rental places around there, with me explaining what we'd need and why. We agreed to get back together in a couple of days.
Take off for “my” alley and Bobs waiting for me. He wants me to get back to Japan after all, that is, if I'm up to it. I said no problem, then it was since I'd told him about that robot thing Hikarue had made, he wanted to show me something and off in his golf cart we go. Stop at a studio door and inside, couldn't believe it......how about a full size Millennium Falcon, along with an X-Wing and Tie fighter? Now they weren't fully finished, but it was obvious what I was seeing. Bob looked at me, saying I guess you just might of recognized what these things are, right? Even if it has nothing to do with Thor. I said yeah, I remember those first couple of movies with these things in 'em. Then he asks if I'd seen the other Star War movies, with me replying no, movies are EXPENSIVE and don't even ask what a SMALL bag of popcorn and a cup of soda costs. When I wasn't working, I'd go to a friends house who had a dvd player and about two dozen movies. He just looked at me, then pointed to those life sized props, asking if I'd like to take a closer look at them and of course I did. Thing is, Bob was going to make them as realistic as possible and using my ability over the Mjolnir's, have us flying them thru the air! NO cgi. He knew we'd have no trouble picking them up into the air and flying them after he saw us moving those fishing trawlers. Thing is, he wasn't sure how many Mjolnir's would be needed per prop due to their weight, so he had removable access panels installed so I could place his Mjolnir's where ever I thought would be the best place for them. Asked him how much did the X-Wing fighter prop weigh and he got his answer from Ethan. When I asked how much did a F-18 weigh, Ethan said these props were A LOT lighter than something like that, so I told Bob that we should be able to put one Mjolnir inside each prop, though I wasn't sure about the Falcon, with it being so big. Darn.....almost forgot to mention the other two props he had being built. One a flying saucer thing that he was looking at using for a tv series about how two oil people doing a survey in the Middle East found it and it's powered by water of all things. Of course, ALL governments are now after these two and the saucer. The other one kind of looked like a plane, but very sleek. He mentions it's a plane that came out before the SR-71 was taken out of service. Since I didn't know anything about this plane, he explained. Apparently he was looking at having a tv series about Area 51?! Thing is, these were much more than some movie prop in that he planned on a lot of things working, like the landing gear actually retracting, the wings on the X-Wing fighter actually splitting apart like they do in the movies, etc. As to the X-Wing fighter, it was the first of possibly TWELVE of them being built, that is, if I could handle all of them. I said, I'd have to learn on how to deal with the first one, then work myself up to using all twelve of 'em. Now there was also a two seater version of some kind and I looked at Bob, then at all the people working on these props.
That's when I called out to everyone, asking if they'd like to see Bob sitting and “flying” it, while dealing with the evil Empire bad guys? OH YEAH came the cry, with Bob saying I was crazy and there was NO way he'd get in that thing. I said I know you will Bob, for three reasons. First was I saw that gleam in YOUR eyes as you looked at these props and was probably remember seeing them in action in that first Star Wars movie and what it would be like flying them if they were real instead of some cgi effect. He wouldn't look at me. Then I said, just think of the money you'll save the studio in not having to pay someone to fly it and boy, did he turn on me on that one. He says do think that I'm that chea.....then realized I was yanking his chain, at which point he started laughing. Third reason is THINK OF THE PUBLICTY. Yeah, I was playing dirty, but figured Bob would really enjoy our flying time. I mean, I hadn't taken him for a ride with the Mjolnir's like I've done for others. I then called out that Bob agreed to pilot this thing while I sat in the back, but we needed costumes for that authentic Star Wars look. Mad scramble calling the costume prop department to get us suits and helmets that would fit us and of course, Bob had to be briefed on what things worked vs what were nothing more than props to make the cockpits look busy./realistic. Of course, he wanted a bunch of cameramen to film everything, so he summoned the guys we had worked with during that train wreck near Victorville. While all that was going on, took off to make sure I was fully charged, just in case you know. Once the flight suits and helmets were brought out, went to my alley where I got out of my Thor costume, putting every-thing in my backpack which went to hang from that satellite framework. Of course, I had a new Chris mask to wear and I also brought my sustainment pouch which held my money.....once again, just in case.
We took six camera guys who were quite excited to say the least when Bob briefed them on what we were going to do. Six of Bobs Mjolnir's were attached to these six guys, while another was inside the hollow out section of our “fighter” and me with mine inside the cockpit and out of the way. Thing is, I had good visibility even if I was peering over Bobs shoulders, then someone brought out a couple of flashlights that had cones on the end of them and were lit up, at which time he started giving us “directions”. Bob had to be reminded to raise the landing gear and once outside......my God, couldn't believe the crowd waiting for us. I started waving and reminded Bob to do the same and then he split the wings so this ship became the all too familiar 2 seater X-Wing fighter/bomber. I also saw the looks of envy of Chris, Tom and Robert as all of us slowly rose into the air above the studio property. Now those camera guys were used to the speed of the Mjolnir's but Bob wasn't, especially when our first stop was looking at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Yeah, with us only a hundred or less feet from the upper part of it, traffic came to a SCREECHING halt, with people getting out to take photos and videos. That's when I said we should wave to those nice people who will soon be PACKING the movie theaters to see the next Star Wars movie. So we both waved, backed up and after rising into the air, took off to look at Diamond Head in Hawaii, then lower, so we cruised over all those people on the beach with EVERYONE seemingly waving at us. Didn't need to tell Bob to wave this time. Bob wasn't too happy with our next visiting spot......it was that military base that had sent fighter jets after us awhile back. At first we acted like we were going to land in that area where all the planes were parked and boy, did we get a reaction from attempting this. Then it was going to the top of the control tower where I opened my canopy and waved at them, soon followed by Bob. I told Bob we were perfectly safe from those fighter jets with missile on 'em for a couple of reasons. Bob: FIGHTER JETS WITH MISSILES?! I said yeah.....didn't Tom tell you about this when I took him out here that one time? He apparently hadn't heard. I said it's going to take MINUTES for them to take off, we can see them as they cruise down the runway and besides, how could they fire on us without hitting the control tower. And besides, those jets are SLOW compared to us. Bob: get us out of here. NOW! Okkey dokey, boss.
Next stop was Hikarue's studio and even though most of the people weren't working due to the time difference, a studio is NEVER closed as it's always busy with something. Naturally, we gathered a crowd as we got closer to the ground with the cameramen remaining up in the air and behind us filming everything. Once again I had to remind Bob to lower the landing gear. Some studio head came out REAL quick, with everyone on the ground filming or photographing away at us. Suggested Bob get out and talk to the man....maybe the studio could make a few bucks making props for other studios. He says that's a good idea and not only that, the studio would have the rights to any and all toys of those props. I said take my business card you made for me and here's a pen so you can scratch out my name and put yours down. Found out later that he didn't....he simply wrote his name above mine. Now everyone's wondering who that second guy was and that's when Bob called for me to get out, so I did, but I was wearing my helmet. That's when Bob says to show everyone who I really was. Took off my helmet so everyone could see me in Chris's mask and then called to my Mjolnir. Oohs and awws from everyone. So while those two are talking, took Bobs spare Mjolnir's and let everyone hold onto them as they went down the street like I've done many times at our studio. Then it was time for us to go, but this time we cruised over the streets of Tokyo and hovering over that park area where I'd taken Hikarue's Transformer robot thing.
Then to the DMZ, with us landing. We got out and Bob was kind of upset about this, but I said look at it this way. The LAST thing the North Koreans expected seeing was a FLYING Star Wars kind of fighter, right? He said what's your point? I said no doubt they're filming us right now and we let the South Koreans and Americans here let the word slip that this is new technology from Area 51 and because we had “technical” difficulties, we had to land. So had him get underneath this prop so it'd look like we were repairing something and during this time we passed the word to the South Koreans and Americans on what to say and made sure they got lots of photos of us. Not that no one could tell who we were because we kept our helmets on. They all laughed their behinds off and said they'd pass the word around. And yeah, the North Koreans took that lie hook, line and sinker, with them suddenly dropping ALL those charges they made against me earlier. Off to Berlin, Germany's airport and its control tower, then the Eiffel Tower, then Big Ben in London, then back to the studio's lot where we landed inside the studio. All together we were gone for an hour or so and was shocked when Bob reaches out to hug me! Says I was one heck of a pain in the behind employee at times, but when you do things like this, all is forgiven and now he understands a lot better what it's like me being me. Then tells me how Hikarue's man was basically begging him to stay until Hikarue could get to the studio, but told him we were on a tight schedule and had to leave. That's when his phone rang....yep, it was Hikarue calling, with them agreeing Hikarue would come out to the Disney studio next week and yes, that I (Thor) would bring him and a few other executives up to twelve of them.....in the full size Millennium Falcon! When he said that, he looked at me and I just nodded.
Now the thing is, Chris, Tom and Robert were still there, waiting for us to return and I could see the want in their eyes, but they weren't saying anything. But they knew I knew. I couldn't help myself.....I said I thought you guys were Thor, Loki and Ironman guys. They didn't care what I said as long as they got a ride. So a deck of cards was brought out, with Tom, Robert and Chris getting their rides in that order. But then threw everyone for a loop when I said you know what kind of guy I am. Then turned to the prop construction crew, asking them if they wanted to go for a ride. HECK YES!! Seventeen guys and one woman was on that crew and here's how I worked it. First to go flying was Tom, with one of the construction crew in the back seat. Then Robert and another crew member, then Chris and another crew member. And did I mention that Bob made sure photos were taken of everyone in that two seater X-Wing? Bob passed his headset to whoever was in the front cockpit, with me still wearing mine. Doing all this for everyone took around three hours, but then I wanted to make sure they got their moneys worth. They did. After changing back to Thor, hit the studio cafeteria, then took off for home after recharging which I did over Tala's reservation land. Figured their land could use the water, then went to see Tala to tell him about maybe having some movies made out there and he was interested, though nothing was definite yet, but he appreciated my help in that matter. Was asked if I'd like to have supper with them, but explained I had to decline as I had to get up at one am in order to be in Japan where I was working for a few days. He understood.
Now the thing is, with Bob making those full sized Star War ships, it got me to thinking and I'm sure you're all saying NOT AGAIN?! Now before I left everyone at the studio, me and Ethan had a private chat. You know Ethan.....he's the guy who helped build the Hulkbuster, along with those Star War props. After I gave my little spiel, he said I was crazy, but come back in a week. Of course, Bob didn't know anything about what we were planning. When I did get home, got on the net to look for a store that sold skate-boards. When I found one nearby, drove to it and bought one, then to Walmart where I got a can of black spray paint, 2 part epoxy and a backpack that I could fit Mjolnir in, along with my sustainment pouches being attached to the backpack, which carried my wallet, spare Chris's face mask and spare gloves. Got busy removing the wheels from the skateboard using the tools I had, spray painted a block of wood from a pallet that was in the storage unit area and when the paint was dry, painted the words prototype on each side of the block of wood, then epoxied it to the skateboard. Even did the same from the bottle top from an old milk jug, but without the word prototype written on it.
Didn't want to take the motorhome with me and in checking the net, found a skateboard park that I could get to via the bus line, so did that. While waiting for the bus, put on my face and ski mask because those buses have cameras inside of them. So when the bus arrived, paid my fare and about thirty minutes later, standing outside the cities skateboard park which was free. Yeah, got some stares because of the ski mask, then a lot of laughs from everyone when they saw my skateboard sans wheels, along with no helmet, knee or elbow pads. Truth is, I hadn't even thought of buying those things and besides, they probably cost a lot. Stood near the lip of the first ramp, then placed my skateboard on the ground which got more laughter from everyone. But then I placed one foot on it, acted like I pressed that button on the side of block of wood, with the skateboard suddenly “floating” off the ground. Yeah, with Mjolnir attached to my back via the backpack, all I was doing was a simpler version of Loki's scooter. And down the ramp we go, with me occasionally using one foot for “propulsion”. Yeah, we were doing stunts NOBODY had ever seen before or could do unless they had a Mjolnir on their back. For about twenty minutes we did nothing but show off, then it was time to take off, which we did kind of spectacularly. Went hit a ramp and into the air we go......about ten or fifteen feet into the air and landing about one hundred feet away, but on the other side of the chainlink fence of the skateboard park. Yeah......NOBODY expected that though I will say more than one person there did try following us and down that street we went and of course, a lot of them were busy video taping everything on their phones.
Now the skateboard park was on a side street, with us eventually getting on a regular city street. And in case you're wondering, I did use hand signals. Of course, most people in their vehicles thought I was just some guy on a skateboard.....until I passed them and some of them realized my skateboard didn't have any wheels. Thing is, it was the KIDS in the various cars that realized this before their parents did. The kids wanted to know why my skateboard didn't have wheels and I told them that this wasn't a skateboard, but a Hoverboard, you know one of the props from the movie Back To The Future. They said no way, so I'd reach down to grab my “Hoverboard” show them the “anti-gravity” box on it, then put it back under my foot and off we'd go with the kids telling their parents they wanted one, while also almost screaming where could they get one from me as I left them. I'll be honest......I was having a GREAT time fooling everyone thinking that I actually had a Hoverboard, then I saw it......a freeway on ramp. Yeah, we took it, getting a few people who honked their horns at us as we did this. Now the thing is, there's NO LAW against riding a Hoverboard on the freeway.....bicycles, skateboards, etc., yes, there is. But like I said, nothing about Hoverboards. Besides, I was having a lot of fun on this thing, especially since we were going so slow compared how we usually move speed wise. Now I'm not on the freeway, but in the breakdown lane as I didn't want to interfere with the traffic while on it. Thing is, I didn't see that California Highway Patrol car sitting off to one side of a freeway on ramp, though maybe it was because I was waving at people as we passed them on the freeway while doing around seventy-five miles an hour. Hey.....since Hoverboards aren't banned from being on the freeway, the same though should apply to the posted speed limit, right? I mean, fair is fair.
When I heard the siren, I was looking all around me, thinking it was time for me to get back to work as Thor. I finally looked behind me and there was that CHP with its lights flashing off and on. Thought maybe someone was in trouble and could use some help, so when I found a wider spot of open ground, pulled over and slowed down, figuring the officer would blow by me. Nope. She pulls over too and on her cars speaker, tells me to get off my skateboard, which I did and picked it up. Yeah, it was a lady cop. Tells me I had broken the law by being on the freeway like we had been, but also breaking the speed limit as like I said, we were doing about seventy-five mph at the time, so now I was suppose to give her my drivers license so she could write me a ticket?! AND take off my ski mask and gloves?! Next thing I know is there's TWO MORE CHP cars there, bracketing me and then getting out of their cars. What bothered me was one of them had his hand on his pistol and even though it was still holstered, it made me nervous. That's when the second cop SCREAMS at me to lay on the ground with my arms and legs spread? I said I'm really sorry everyone, but I was just having a little fun, you know, letting everything thinking that Hoverboards actually existed. Explained how I got to thinking of the movie Back To The Future and the Hoverboards used in it and how I modified my skateboard to kind of look like one. That's when the lady cop says what you've got is a prop, right? And if so, why was it floating off the ground AND you could go down the freeway so fast? I said I'm not what you think I am.....you know, some sort of mental giant and some how invented a anti-gravity machine. I'm Thor. This was followed by the three of them laughing.....until Bobs Mjolnir's arrived with a big BOOM and hanging over me. They quit laughing and suddenly got to be polite and were now ready to listen to me of what and why I had done what I'd done.
The lady cop says I'm crazy and I said I know that because my boss and a lady friend tells me that quite often. Now I'm not impressed with those two guys because of the way they first came on the scene, but asked if the lady cop would like to ride my Hover-board? She was, then explained how things worked, with me taking my backpack off and her putting it on. Once she stepped on my Hoverboard, I willed Mjolnir to rise into the air by six inches. I then had her step off the Hoverboard, but she still remained in the air by six inches. Once I moved and lowered her back onto the Hoverboard, she and the board went back up into the air. Then explained this was nothing more than a real simple version of Loki's scooter, something I had to explain. So with me standing next to her, had her attached to the board, but at a forty-five degree angle, then upside down, but she still didn't fall off of it. Once she was level again, said ya wanna go down the road a little bit to see what it could be like riding a Hoverboard? Oh yeah. Took one of Bobs Mjolnir's in hand and down the breakdown lane we go for a couple of miles, till we saw a car in it.
A lady is shouting for help and waving her arms, but when she sees the lady cop, she comes running over to us. They'd gotten a flat and her husband was changing the tire when their jack slipped and he was pinned under it by both legs and now unconscious, with a small pool of blood around them. And for whatever reason, NOBODY stopped to give her aid. Called one of Bobs Mjolnir's to lift the car by its back bumper and pulled the guy out, at which time he started bleeding. Asked the lady cop if she had anything we could use as a tourniquet and she says no, but she's called for an ambulance. Asked the lady if she had jumper cables, who says they're in the trunk. Ended up cutting the cables up and with the help of Bobs two Mjolnir's, made the jumper cables into two tourniquets. I asked where was that ambulance and told it should be here in ten to fifteen minutes and I said that's too slow....where's the nearest hospital? When she told me, I had NO idea where it was at, so asked her to go with us and point the way, which she agreed to. I also had her call those two other cops to get up here so the lady doesn't get rear ended by accident, with her doing that. A few minutes later, we're walking thru the hospitals emergency room doors, with the lady cop saying they had an injured man who might need surgery. Yeah, that got action from everyone there. Thing is, they couldn't move Bobs Mjolnir's until I gave them the command to unwind, at which time we left to go back to that lady on the freeway with me first dropping that lady cop at her patrol car and me getting my backpack back on. Then took off to help that lady and you know what? Those two cops are just standing there.....neither one of them made an effort to change the ladies tire! Told the lady that her husband was in the emergency room being looked after and as soon as I changed her tire, I'd take them to the hospital, with me explaining how we'd be doing this. Then I saw 'em......four kids in the backseat of the car looking up at me. I asked them if they'd ever seen that movie with the flying car and the oldest boy said did I mean the Harry Potter movie? I said yes, with him and his other brother saying flying cars don't exist......do they? I said they do when it has a Mjolnir attached to it and called one of Bobs Mjolnir's into my hand. Their jaws dropped. When I left to replace the blown tire, I left Bobs Mjolnir just floating and slowly spinning in the air which kept the kids fascinated.
Grabbed the spare tire with one hand and starting putting the lug nuts on by hand, with one of the cops telling me I needed to use the lug wrench to make sure they're tight enough. I didn't say anything, but after making sure the lug nuts were on tight, I walked over to where there was a rock about the size of my fist, picking it up. I said see this rock and when they said yeah, so what? That's when I crushed it with one hand. Their jaws dropped and that's when the CHP lady arrives to see how things were going. I pointed at those two guys, saying they were worthless because they they just stood here playing pocket pool as one of my friends used to say. Their explanation for not changing the womans tire was liability and I said that's bull puckey and you KNOW it. Then it was they offered to call a tow truck so that guy could change her tire, so I went to the lady and find out they're a bit tight money wise and couldn't afford it. I said now you can and after removing my backpack, gave her four hundred and fifty dollars which I said would cover a years worth of road service by Triple A, a new spare tire and a few extra bucks because things happen. Looked at the kids and asked them if they were ready for their flying car experience. Them: OH YEAH! Told them they could wave at people as we went to the hospital to see their Dad, but DON'T be leaning out, okay? Them: Yes, sir. And with that, attached one of Bobs Mjolnir's to the cars roof, with us rising into the air as I waved goodbye to that lady CHP officer. Yeah, NO doubt those two guys would really like to have gotten a quick aerial flight, but no way for people like them even if they were cops. And if you're wondering, more than one Hollywood personality didn't get rides either. For some reason, they thought it was their RIGHT to get one simply because who they thought they were.
At first I was flying along the lady and the kids, with the kids going crazy waving and shouting hello at everyone as we headed for the hospital. Found a parking space at the emergency room for their car and the lady was going to bring her kids with her until I offered to watch them while she found out how her husband was doing, which she accepted. She comes back about fifteen or twenty minutes later, telling her husband is being prepped for surgery and he's going to be spending the night at the hospital, possibly longer. Asked her if she was hungry and of course, she wasn't, but when the kids were asked, WE'RE STARVING! So we went to a In N Out so the kids and I could get something to eat with the lady deciding she better eat something herself. Of course I paid for it, with everyone in the car going to a near by park to eat. We're sitting at a picnic table enjoying our meals when the kids tell some passing kids I'm Thor?! Most of those kids hearing this just kept walking, but three teenagers heard this and started making comments how there was no way I was Thor and not only that, I had to be REALLY ugly because not only was I wearing a ski mask, but apparently a mask of some kind under it. I didn't say anything, but kept eating my burger and fries. But some people won't leave things well enough alone as that's when one of them shoves my shoulder, making me spill part of my drink. NOT nice. I sighed, turned to face them, saying I wasn't looking for any trouble. All we want was to eat our meals in peace, so PLEASE leave us alone. This guy goes to shove me again, but this time my hands were free and easily caught him by his wrists and gave a GENTLE squeeze. Boy, did he holler with his buddies taking offense at what just happened to their friend. I quickly stood while keeping ahold of that guys wrists and simply rose into the sky by about four feet. They suddenly stopped and the guy whose wrists I had, suddenly couldn't apologize quick enough, then apologies from his friends. Once that guy and I were back on the ground......well, they didn't run away, but they sure got out of the area quick enough.
Thing is, other kids, teenagers and adults had seen me dealing with those four. They all wanted to talk to me, but I knew I had to get out of there because I was in my clothes and not dressed as Thor. Adding to this mess, phones started coming out! I got up into the air and with my back turned to everyone, explained why I had to leave, but think of this.......I will always be around. You just don't know when, where I''ll appear or how I'll be dressed. Was just cruising back to storage lot when I saw it go down......three guys grabbed a cop and after knocking him to the ground, REALLY started pounding him, with one of them grabbing the cops pistol from his holster! Yeah, we swooped down there big time and zapped the three of them, quickly followed by them being in the air a good hundred feet. Checked the cop and he's out and kind of bloody. Because I was wearing gloves, no problem about me leaving fingerprints on his pistol, which I tossed in his squad car, then used the cars radio to call for help. Yep, THAT got attention. Then told the dispatcher I couldn't wait for an ambulance and told them I was taking that cop to the same hospital we had just recently been to, but his pistol was in the car and why, along with the doors being locked. Picked him up and off we went, with me crying for help at that emergency room. As soon as he was out of my arms, headed back to where those punks and LOTS of cops were waiting. After lowering the punks to the ground, they were quickly put into handcuffs and into separate police cars. Those three were still unconscious with me telling everyone why. They were thanking me, but I had to be a little short with them with me explaining my boss wanted me in Japan to work at another movie studio and I have to be up a little before one am our time. They never questioned that I was Thor because how many people can fly thru the air AND have twelve Mjolnir's with them? I was still a little hungry when I got home, but those clothes went into the garbage due to the blood from the tire changing guy and that cop. Cleaned up, taking a shower and NO Port of Sub sandwiches?! But half a dozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with half a gallon of milk did the trick.
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Post by texican on Aug 2, 2021 17:16:27 GMT -6
Cleaned up, taking a shower and NO Port of Sub sandwiches?! But half a dozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with half a gallon of milk did the trick.
Yep, that is definitely Thor acting his age.
Thanks willc.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Aug 2, 2021 22:06:31 GMT -6
Let's see......I'm just starting page 2 of chapter 42 with new stuff coming up. And Thor's out there hustling for possible additional work via Hikarue with his movie ideas, hence the Hoverboard idea. As to the Hoverboard, my 3 nephews believed they were actually real and couldn't wait to buy one, no matter what it cost. More about the Hoverboard later on, though don't know if it'll be in 42 or 43. Just trying to tie up loose ends up, like Jose and water shortage in Mexico. Got a evil witch, among other things in 41. Thor still wants to talk to Ira and his wife about what happened to him in Las Vegas and because of what happens in 41, he's going to Jim (Superman) about this, though NO idea what'll happen when this goes down......yet. Or if it'll be in 42, maybe 43. And how many college kids eat peanut butter & jelly sandwiches or bologna and cheese today?
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Post by willc453 on Aug 10, 2021 13:09:54 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 41
Took another shower, shaved, then after dressed as Thor, took off for the studio's cafeteria where I had a normal breakfast. And what is it with everyone and their cell phones doing videos all the time? Yeah, we had been caught helping that man, his wife and kids, not to mention me riding my Hoverboard down the freeways break down lane like I did. And let's not forget that one of the food servers said Bob would like me to call him later on today?! Oh boy. We took off for Japan as we being all of Bobs Mjolnir's. As to my Hoverboard, it was in the motorhomes closet. As normal, got there a little early and of course, Hikarue and his people came out shortly after we arrived. Had a small bowl of rice, shrimp and veggies. Thing is, I was TRYING to eat but a lot of the studio people came over to me and bowed which was a bit different because they were LOOKING at me, you know, in a different kind of way. During all this, my head's on a swivel to make sure Aikira (Hikarue's daughter) was NO WHERE near me.
Thankfully I finished eating when Hikarue, Airi, Asahi and some other people with them, showed up and once again, LOTS of bowing, but this time it was different in they REALLY bowed. First thing he said was apologizing for his daughters conduct as there was no excuse for it, along with her being banned from the studio ANY time I was there or any other place I might be working for him, then he bowed again. I returned his bow and told him thanks and was really sorry for breaking up his trailer like I did, but she caught me completely by surprise and reacted out of fear of her or any of the others actually seeing my uncovered face. He understood and had another trailer brought out, having me check it out. But this one was different in that it had a door with some mesh as part of it. This way I could not only kind of see people, but also hear and talk to them AND it locked from my side. When I left the trailer, Hikarue tells me Bob san was right......no one could ever guess what I'd be up to next and that I was worth every yen I was being paid. This was followed by thanking me for dealing with those Yakuza thugs, at which time I remembered the business cards I'd gotten from those two Japanese cops. From my sustainment pouch, pulled out two of my business cards and signed them as normal with Mjolnir, then giving them to Hikarue to give back to them. Then had to explain what went down and why I was in Tokyo at that time of day. You know what's funny? Hikarue just slowly shook his head upon hearing this......just like Bob and Natalie's done more than once when they hear about SOME of the stuff we've done. Now Chris and Tom do their own version of this simply by looking at me.
Kind of surprised when Hikarue gestured towards the three men that came with him and the others, asking if I would take the time to talk with them. Figured they had to be friends of his and figured what the heck, why not? After that, we'd go to work doing whatever Hikarue and his people wanted me to do. Nope. How about they were from the Japanese government?! They wanted to give me a testimonial dinner, some sort of certificate and of course, meet others in the government. I said I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but the answer is no, because we do what we do because we can help others. In this case, a bunch of women were saved from possible years sexual slavery and depravity, with the bad guys going to jail for a LONG time. That's when Hikarue started talking to them in Japanese, with them at first disappointed, then they nodded and kind of smiled. Hikarue explained to me that he was telling them the same thing Bob had told him about me not wanting stuff from people we had helped. But one of the men wouldn't give up, asking if there was anything they could do for me. Was going to say no, but then thought of those Samurai swords, so asked if they knew anything about them, with me explaining how I kept two of them as souvenirs if you will. That all I knew about them was they weren't some commercially massed produced swords. This was when Hikarue says he's got a prop guy who's really into swords and would be quite happy for him to look at them tomorrow. I said would you mind if he looked at them today? It's only going to take me a few minutes to get them out of the closet back home and he says he'll call his man to come over right now. So we take off, get my swords, then head back to Hikarue's studio.
Now Hiroto Nakamura was the sword buffs name and didn't speak English, so Airi did the translating. Gave Hiroto one of the swords, then asked if Hikarue would like to see the other one, which he did and got. About two minutes later, it was the first time I ever heard a Japanese hiss, kind of like a cat will do when surprised or giving warning to someone or something not to get any closer. Then Hiroto starts talking in Japanese, then they're ALL jabbering away for a good two minutes or so before Airi started explaining what was going on. Seems they weren't just Samurai swords, but two that everyone in Japan ranked right up there with King Arthurs sword......simply not suppose to exist? Seems way back then, white people, meaning Europeans, simply didn't exist to the Japanese because of the they'd never been seen before. There was something said about a Admiral Perry from America who was the first one to actually bring his ship into some port here in Japan. Think that was in the eighteen hundreds? Now there was a well known sword maker, with him and his daughter finding this white man on a beach, who didn't remember anything, not even his own name. Whoever he was, he must have been on a ship crewed by Koreans, none of whom survived other than him. Because he wasn't Japanese, he became this mans slave, which the father used him for manual and tedious labor in helping him make swords and other things. Thing is, this man knew and did things differently and along with not knowing only how to make swords and knives, but other things like pottery for the kitchen, displaying flowers, making kites big and small for kids, etc. which were all eagerly sought after by everyone. The sword makers fame spread and the thing is, his daughter and the white man became close which was quite a scandal back then. Then while while walking with his master and his daughter, they were attacked by by a group of bandits. Apparently these were Samurai who didn't have a master for lack of a better word. Kind of like peasants in England who'd have their lord, Baron, etc. as their overseer or ruler.
This man was carrying several swords and was struck from behind by one of these thugs, with the father and daughter ready to fight to the death from being robbed and of course the daughter possibly being used, if you will, by these men. And yeah, the daughter knew how to wield a sword too. Then the man was suddenly there welding TWO swords and from what I was told, this guy was an unholy terror in using them, with none of the bandits surviving their encounter with this man. Apparently, being hit on the head did something to this guy because now he could speak Japanese, though to everyone for awhile, it was a little strange, because he spoke it in a different way. Kind of like we speak English in California, but it's different in Florida, Kansas, Maine, etc. No one really knows how long this man lived in Japan, with guesstimates ranging from five to twenty years. Then one day, the man simply disappeared, but left these two swords for his master and his daughter which are named Father and Daughter. The difference between them is the daughter sword is one inch shorter in length, but otherwise, identical. It is said that one day he will return to claim them back, but until that time, one day a very young man would appear and be worthy enough to use them. I said, oh, kind of like King Arthurs sword and several said yes. Then one of the government men said their government would like to buy my swords as they would be considered national treasures?! I said no way, Jose....finder keepers. I'm keeping 'em as memento's and those three guys did NOT like my attitude, with the head man telling me I was a guest in their country and in NO position to refuse their “request”, with financial compensation for them of course. Now Hikarue and Hiroto had passed my swords to two of these government men for them to look at them, something I had no problem with at the time, but now, things were A LOT different. I told those three that we'd won those swords fair and square and I was NOT going to be “financially compensated” and with that, let go of Mjolnir, held out my hands and said gimme my swords back. NOW! Oh boy.
Those two swords just didn't come FLYING out of those guys hands, but suddenly I had two Samurai swords in my hands, with NO scabbards on them! The scabbards were simply floating in the air near those bare blades. I was kind of worried with those LONG, bare blades and was thinking how do I get the scabbards on and just like that, they were back on, covering the swords. Oh my again. Now I got EVERYONE looking at me....not just Hikarue, etc., but other studio people who had been walking by, with some of them stopping to see what was going on. I quickly apologized, saying I didn't know that was going to happen, but I was talking to myself as it seemed Hikarue, Hiroto and the government men were talking to each other. I turned to Asahi, saying you do understand I wasn't trying to be rude......and that I had NO idea what happened, would happen......right? I was really surprised when not only he, but Airi BOTH bowed really low....like down to a forty-five degree bow, something I'd never seen or had happen to me before, so I went to automatically bow back to them in the same way. But Airi said no, not for me to bow so low to them as she was not worthy of such an honor. Confused, I stopped from going full bow like they had done to me and that's when I heard Hikarue call my name and not only is he bowing, but also those government men?! He tells me not only had I found the Father and Daughter swords, but it was apparent that I was the one the prophecy spoke of?! I said there was no way because those Yakuza guys had 'em, with the government guy saying it was now apparent that those two were NOT some common thugs and very probably they may of known what they had and that they must have been very high in the Yakuza ranks. Found out later that we busted some MAJOR bad guys.......those two were the leader and second in command of that particular Yakuza gang, which was THE biggest gang in Japan. Seems they kind of blabbered while under drugs at the hospital getting their broken bones reset and once word got out, the cops and the Japanese government went after everyone, finding a lot of businesses those two controlled. And of course, everyone who we had dealt with, got their photos in the newspapers and tv news, except for the girls. TOTAL loss of face by those people, with ALL bail revoked by those who had gotten it. The reason was, once the word got out about them and what had been happening there, several of them committed suicide! Like I said, loss of face is a big thing in Japan.
Now there was no question that these swords belonged to me, so I had no problem offering them to everyone to look at, which they accepted. Naturally, a lot of photos were taken and afterwards, we took off for home where I left them in the closet. When I returned, asked Hikarue if he had any of those wooden swords available and it took a couple of minutes for the two of us to understand each other. What I was talking about was Kendo Shinai practice swords. They're made of wood or bamboo and kind of look like Samurai swords. Found out that Kendo means The Way Of The Sword and training with them is actually required in their high schools! Of course the studios prop department had them, with Asahi calling that department and having twelve of them brought out, along with a surfboard which drew some funny looks by everyone. First off, I thought maybe their version of Ultraman could use some updating. Instead of him having to return to space to recharge, why not have this surfboard or whatever you wanna to use, be able to recharge in space while he's fighting bad guys or rescuing people? And no doubt your prop people can make something really fancy and science fictiony looking for him to ride. I'm just using this as a quick example. Hikarue thought my idea had merit, so with one of Bobs Mjolnir's under the surfboard, we rose into the air about twelve inches because I had to clear the fin, rudder or whatever that part's called on a surfboard. Went up and down the street, then stopped before Hikarue, asking if he'd like to go for a ride on it. Yep and once again, had him at a forty-five degree angle, then upside down. After that, I was in the air while I had the Hikarue and the surfboard doing all sorts of stunts. He had THE biggest smile when he was done and I was surprised when he grabbed me, giving me a hug, then saying he wished he had a son like me. Thing is, NOBODY had EVER said anything like that to me before, so all I could do was say you're welcome. In time, he, like Bob became more than boss/employee, but more like older uncles, just like others have become. For about an hour, a lot of people got rides.....but not those three government people. I pulled Hikarue to one side, asking him if he thought they'd like to ride the surfboard and he laughed. Tells me just look at them.....they look like starving puppies waiting to be fed. So those three got rides, but in different ways. For one thing they learned how to get off the surfboard on level ground. Then I had them doing all sorts of loops, upwards circles, etc.....a lot more things than I had everyone else doing. When all three were done, they all did another deep bow, with the head man saying I was truly worthy of the Father and Daughter, along with their doubts about me being worthy of it. I just bowed back and said thank you.
Then it was time to play with those Kendo swords. The problem was they all looked alike until they got spray painted with a stripe so each of them had a separate number, then came up with another idea, with Hikarue having someone bring out some bows, blunt wooden arrows, targets, an old fashioned broom and smoke bombs which you'd simply throw against the ground. Things......well, they went in a direction none of us expected, starting off with Airi when she rode the surfboard. She was able to reach out to volunteers hands and lift them up into the air, though she shouldn't of been able to because after everyone gave their weights to Asahi, she was lifting not quite one thousand pounds?! She said she didn't feel any weight on her hands while holding these people up in the air. Now I like Airi because she's a really nice girl, so used her on the other demonstrations. The broom was the old fashioned kind, you know, the kind witches ride in fairy tales. At first I stuck one of Bobs Mjolnir's inside the bristles, with her riding side saddle on it, up and down the street. Then had her go higher, with us following her just in case you understand. And you know what? She can give off a REALLY EVIL cackle like that witch did in the Wizard of Oz, followed by her throwing a couple of smoke bombs onto the street. Now when she got done and off the broom, she had a really big smile on her face, but I got to thinking....... Yeah. She saw me looking at her and was worried that she'd done something wrong and said so. I said no, but I was thinking of her doing something a little different if she was up to it and explained to her what I was thinking. She had doubts, but was game to give it a try.
Lowered the broom so it was about four inches from the ground, with me helping her stand on it. Thing is, she had only about two or three inches of her high heels actually touching the broom. She was surprised when she simply didn't fall off, so raised her about a foot into the air and with me standing next to her, had her lean back and again, she didn't fall off. Then had the broom turn, with her body now being at a forty-five degree angle, with me noticing something for the first time. She has long hair, like down to her shoulder blades and instead of swinging away from her body, it kept it's normal position like when she's upright. So asked her if she'd mind if I touched her hair and she says it's okay with her. I raised her height wise a little more, then put my hand between her neck and her hair, followed by me pushing(?) her hair down so it was now vertical. But when I released it, it went back to being horizontal with the rest of her body. Then we went to it, with her riding that broom down the street, but when she got near one of the studio buildings, had her rise vertically, doing a loop, then twisting so she'd be horizontal and back down towards us, with her tossing her smoke grenades at those dummies, including doing this upside down. Had her performing somewhere around five and ten minutes, then had her land next to me and with my hand held out, she got off the broom with no trouble. I said hold your right hand out, level, which she did and had that broom suddenly go to her hand, which she held onto. I turned to everyone saying I present to you ladies and gentlemen, Miss Airi Taira, world famous Olympic gymnast by day and in disguise by night, battler of bad guys, evil doers and corrupt politicians. Yeah, everyone went crazy cheering and clapping, with Airi smiling, waving and doing a lot of bowing.
The arrows were a bit harder to control, but got things under control once they had thin stripes of paint put on them so I could identify them easier. That's when I announced to everyone that while many of you know Hikarue as the head of this studio, did you know he was also a master bowman? That he was Japans answer to Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest fame, then handed Hikarue the bow. He looked at me rather dubiously, saying he'd never shot a bow before, but I told him it didn't matter......after all, how many of your actors and actresses REALLY KNOW how to use a bow? I mean, that's why you have those who can use a bow or special effect people working for you right? And right now, I'M your special effects man. Hikarue smiled and after talking it over what we (him and I) were going to do, he was ready to strut his bowman ship. Now the bow he was using was a lot longer than the American and English bows I've seen photos of, but it didn't matter. ALL of his first six arrows were dead center on the target, with the next six splitting those first six. Then a target was moved to a side street and out of view of Hikarue. He let fly with the first arrow, quickly followed by another. First hit dead center, with the second arrow splitting it with both arrows going around the corner. When he saw what had happened, he had THE biggest smile on his face, telling me there was NO doubt in his mind that his studio would be using me a lot, which made me happy and no doubt, Bob.
I asked Hiroto if he had actually used a Kendo sword and of course he had. I said that's great because you're now a master swordsman and with the aid of your beautiful magic user lady friend and master bowman, you three will defeat a bunch of bad guys thugs. So Hikarue once again got on his phone and eventually out comes two dozen dummies which got spread out on the street. I got to handling the Kendo swords, with it taking me only a few minutes to have total control of them, something that surprised me as I thought I'd only connect if you will, with Mjolnir's. Took another thirty minutes with the four of us talking over things we all wanted to try, then we went at it with Hikarue's cameramen up in the air at various heights and different areas, shooting everything. Airi got different smoke bombs and up in the air she goes with Bobs Mjolnir attached to her broom. They all started shouting Japanese, basically how they were there to kick bag guys behinds. She threw her smoke bombs which went off pretty good, followed by Hikarue shooting arrow after arrow into the chests of the dummies, while I had Hiroto jumping into the air and doing somersaults and landing behind the bad guys, then hitting them with not only his Kendo sword, but the other swords. Boy, did I feel bad for those dummy bad guys because when those three were done with them, they were filled with arrows and broken “body parts” scattered everywhere. Then I felt myself to start losing it and quickly had everyone land back onto the ground with me remaining airborne just in case. But about ten feet from the ground, I suddenly couldn't fly and hit the ground. HARD.
Thing is, ALL the Mjolnir's also hit the ground, but at least they didn't break. I bit my lip from crying out about the pain shooting up from my right ankle, with everyone rushing to find out what was wrong and all I could think of was first making sure everyone was okay, followed by Bobs Mjolnir's, with me moving them to rest next to a building. I needed not only food, but juice and a lot of it. I'm gasping, trying not to cry with me telling Hikarue what I needed. He, Asahi, Hiroto and that head government man picking me up and taking me to a electrical wall outlet nearby. Then Airi was bringing all the cooked food their roach coach had made, with me busy gobbling it down with my spoon. About five minutes later, here comes the studios doctor and his nurse who proceeds to check out my right ankle. After taking my boot off, my ankle started to swell, so he quickly put on a ACE bandaid (bandage?) on it. I needed a lot more juice and warned Hikarue about me possibly causing a brown or black out, but he got on his phone and had everything but the basic essentials turned off.....including all filming inside some of the studios and the lights inside. I started drawing more juice and kept eating, but it wasn't enough. I ate that roach coach clean of everything. Not enough, but I did feel a little bit better, with the five of us meaning Hikarue, Airi, Asahi, that government man and me heading for my hotel where I REALLY started eating nothing but steaks, potatoes with gravy, then followed by a LOT OF regular, cooked rice. Thing is, I needed A LOT of juice and asked if Hikarue had access to a BIG, portable generator. He did and about two hours later it was set up and running in the hotels parking lot, along with a set of crutches for me to use. I still needed help walking even using the one crutch, so Hikarue and the government man helped me outside. Man, I SUCKED that generator for every bit of juice it could provide and it quits working?! Yeah, I'd drawn that much juice from it. Once the mechanic got it working again, made sure I didn't draw so much. It was kind of like dying thirst.....I simply couldn't get enough water drank. Then I was exhausted, with me being taken to my room. Bobs Mjolnir's were still sitting at Hikarue's studio, but I knew no one could mess with them in any way. The reason I didn't have 'em with me was I didn't want the drain of controlling them.
Thing is, I wasn't me still......though the food and generators juice helped. Hikarue said he'd have two people outside my bedroom at all times until I was better. Last thing I remember was sitting on the bed, getting ready to remove my one boot, then the rest of my costume. When I woke up, it was because someone was knocking on my bedroom door......it was Airi. Found myself laying on the bed with a blanket of some kind covering me, so said hold on, got up and opened the door. Then said hold on a minute, gotta use the bathroom and walked to it. Thing is, I stubbed my right toe against the bathrooms door and started hopping around and doing what I call cartoon swearing. You know, where the cartoon character has something happen to it and makes all sorts of noise, but none of them actually dirty words. Thing is, Airi starts laughing at me and I turned to glare at her, saying how about YOU stubbing YOUR toe.....I'd bet you wouldn't think it was so funny, would you? Then she quit laughing, then pointing at my foot, saying how could I be walking WITHOUT my crutch or help? That brought me up and was going to test my foot out, but HAD TO use the bathroom. Now I knew a little bit what it was like when Robert needed help getting out of his Ironman costume awhile back. Oh boy......talk about the pleasure once my pants were down and me on that toilet. Then it was me taking my gloves off so I could wipe my behind. Which made me wonder......how did Batman or Wonder Woman for example ever go when they were on the lookout in fighting crime? And how about toilet paper? Did they ever carry a roll with them, you know, just in case? Once everything was up, found I could walk without any trouble, so took the bandages off my foot, which felt fine. When I came out Airi just looked at me, so I told her I felt fine which was why I had removed the bandages from my foot. She had called Hikarue who was headed for the hotel right now, along with the studios doctor. I was hungry, but not like I had been earlier, but room service took care of that. While waiting for the food, looked at my Mjolnir and without thinking, held out my right hand, with it flying into it without hesitation. I quietly said I'm almost back, but I need more juice. From there, I simply leaped over the railing and we took off to find some power lines which there's a lot of in Japan. Boy, that stuff felt SO good and afterwards, went back to the patio area where Airi and some guy from the studio were waiting for me with the room service food ready to be eaten in the livingroom area. I left no survivors on the plates, but thing is, I needed a shower and hadn't thought of bringing spare clothes with me because all I had with me was my sustainment pouches.
Now I wanted to take off for home for clean clothes, but Hikarue had given strict orders I wasn't to leave until he had his doctor check me out. But Airi got told what I needed, which wasn't much.....t-shirt, underwear, socks, disposable razor and shaving cream, with her calling someone who was sent to get these things for me. Since I had to wait for Hikarue and the doctor, had Airi call the studio to make sure no one was around Bobs Mjolnir's and once told the area was cleared of people, called to them, with them landing on the patio outside. From the hotel people, got some cleaning supplies and rags and in the bathroom, started polishing and cleaning my costume. Then Hikarue and the doctor showed up, with the doctor taking my right boot and sock off, then examining my foot. He couldn't believe it....my foot was normal, though when he first saw it, he wanted to put it in a cast, he was thinking it was that bad or could have been. Hikarue wanted to know what happened, so explained a bit more in detail what happens when I over exert myself and in this case, it was also doing something entirely new because I didn't know if I could control everything like I had done, but in doing so, got drained energy wise quicker than normal. They're all staring at me, with Hikarue saying that what I had done was the first time I'd done this and I said yes sir. But I got to thinking that since I controlled thirteen Mjolnir's, was it possible for me to control other things and if so, how many at one time? Now I had been doing my thing for about fifteen minutes, maybe a little more when I started feeling drained, with me telling Hikarue this. He tells me IF we do any more of these “experiments” of mine, he would make darn sure they only lasted a couple of minutes, at which time, everything would be stopped and I would be checked out to make sure I was okay and good to continue. Okay, I figured, I can deal with that, but then he hits me with a bombshell.......HE HAD CALLED BOB on what happened! Ohboyohboyohboyohboy....no doubt I was goin' to get ripped a new one. Hikarue saw my VERY glum face and told me he had NO choice because while the studio had paid for my services, Bob was my employer and needed to be informed of things like this happening. I said yeah.....I understand. Suppose to call him nine am California time, which gave me some leeway in maybe figuring out how to put a good spin on all of this. I just hadn't figured out how I'd do this. Then thought of something else and Hikarue happened to see my face when those thoughts occurred to me.
I said Hikarue, you know, I just came up with two more good ideas, but he turns away from me, saying nononononono, no more ideas. I quickly followed him, saying you REALLY want to hear them because if done right, it'll make the studio A LOT OF MONEY. That stopped him dead in his tracks. He turns around, then gestures with a hand for me to continue, with me saying you could work this idea in two ways. I said you saw how things could be more realistic when doing fantasy movies, right? He nods, so I said I know you're in the movie business, but instead of making a bunch of individual fantasy movies, why not a SERIES of movies that are tied together? You know, like the Indiana Jones or Star War movies? I know movies have got to be expensive to make and you're taking a chance they won't be winners......but how about a tv series? Tells me he's in the film business and NOT tv shows. I said fine......I'm sure your stock holders will be quite happy to hear you turned down the opportunity of possibly making MILLIONS of yen in not making tv shows. Yep....him and Bob are made of the same cloth and that brought him up short, so he tells me to continue. I said think of tv shows vs movies. A lot of tv shows only last a couple of years, but there are those that last what, at least FIVE years? How much money was made from advertising and not only that, how about reruns? You have movies like the original Star War movies......when was the last time you actually saw them at some movie theater? Instead, they keep cranking out new Star War movies. Also, you can probably hire actors and actresses a lot cheaper for a tv series than in some movie, though there are exceptions. When asked what exceptions, I used Harrison Ford. In how he was a carpenter before getting a part in that movie about growing up in the 1950's, followed by the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies. I walked over to Airi and Asahi, putting my hands on their shoulders, saying besides, you have two people that just might be interested in being in the movies or some tv show. Yeah, their jaws kind of dropped open for a bit, with Hikarue laughing, saying THEM? I said why not? After all, you've seen Airi in action already and it'd be no trouble having someone do the same thing with the bow that we had you doing. Hikarue says, let me guess.....Hiroto as the master swordsman? I said yes sir..... but instead of your normal fantasy movie or tv series, how about one with a plot twist? When he said to continue, asked if they'd heard of the game called Dungeons and Dragons, which they hadn't, so I explained it to the best of my ability. A friend of mine was and still is, into the game. One of the games I saw him refereeing was a group of adventurers were battling some bad guys, one of whom was a powerful magic user. He gets the good guys to keep backing up from being overwhelmed by the bad guys, but in doing so, don't realize they've stepped into a magical trap. In this case, a portal kind of like Dr. Strange used in his movie. But in this case, they're not only transported to a different world, but a different dimension......that of modern day Japan. Jaws got dropped again for a few seconds, with Hikarue saying something to Airi in Japanese, at which time she pulled out her notebook and started writing. He asks that I wait a bit while she's writing all of this down which didn't take long because apparently she knew shorthand.
I said to give you a perspective of TRUE culture shock, let's go out on the patio and each of you tell me what you see and that's what we did. They're telling me what they saw and I said nope.....you're ALL wrong. That asphalt road? What if it's thought to be some sort of magical trap and when you step onto it, you sink into it like quicksand? All those poles with phone and electrical lines? How about clothe lines for giants to use to hang their clothes on? Airplanes? Dragons, of course. Cars? Magical creatures which has put to sleep the occupants and slowly devouring them. Electric lights? There's a spell called a light spell. Bit by bit, I tore apart the world they were looking at and seeing it from other peoples eyes who were from a different world and dimension. Like I said, my friend was a bit weird when playing this game. Airi was busy writing all this stuff down and Hikarue thought my idea had merit, but I said that's not all.....why not make a movie, followed by a tv series? He didn't understand, so I said make the movie giving the background on these adventurers and how they ended up in modern day Japan. Adding to this is how people here and now react in discovering these people and the fact that magic exists and can be used. Also, my friend had six other players at his place, so now you have nine characters that could be in this movie or tv series. And who says that all nine have to be in each episode? Why not have a couple of the adventurers in an episode, with new characters being in one of them? Who knows, you just might end up with a couple of dozen actors and actresses showing up in this tv series......maybe they'd be popular enough that they could make regular appearances. ------- Just started page 2 of 43. Also got to thinking of other things that could happen around Thor, one of which happens in 43. And notice how Thor's submitting ideas for a movie or tv series? If it happens, good chance he's going to be working a lot, which means more money for him. He's been poor and now that he's becoming rich, he wants it to stay that way for as long as possible.
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Post by 9idrr on Aug 10, 2021 20:03:51 GMT -6
Somebody quickly teach our boy about credits, royalties and residuals. He's gonna end up rich enough to have Elon Musk as a houseboy.
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Post by willc453 on Aug 11, 2021 2:08:32 GMT -6
Remember, in an earlier chapter, Natalie, Chris & Tom end up helping him with them putting him in contact with their financial people. And notice he's basically been squirreling his money away. Basically, the only money he's spent is eating out when he can't justify going to the studio cafeteria as he's not working there. As it is, when does so, he feels guilty.....like it's stealing. So the only money he's spent so far is drawing material, burgers/sandwiches at fast food places and that stuff he bought for his Mom, his sisters, Cheri and her 2 girls at that Japanese mall, which I'll be writing about in a future chapter. He's also gotta get some new clothes because, remember, they got bloodied dealing with the Yakuza for example. Yeah, being a superhero isn't cheap. And if it helps, he working with Jim in Wales.
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Post by texican on Aug 16, 2021 16:58:22 GMT -6
willc,
A great chapter with more twists to come.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into Thor.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Aug 16, 2021 21:57:47 GMT -6
Another twist happening in 42 and on page 3.5 of 43. Gotta go thru 42 to make sure it's understandable and hopefully 43 will be done in a week, so I can post 42. Also started working on I Love The Night Life again, so hopefully before the month is over, I can have a chapter or two ready to post.
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Post by texican on Aug 17, 2021 13:30:57 GMT -6
Another twist happening in 42 and on page 3.5 of 43Ok willc, Just how do you have page 3.5? Is it printed on the edge of the page or did you cut a page in half? Just wondering. Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Aug 17, 2021 17:05:12 GMT -6
To me, when I write something on the front/back piece of paper, that's ONE page. Or if it's counted like everyone else does, got 6 pages done, and half a page of the 7th page being worked on. That's why my chapters are so long.....want to make the reader gets value for their time.
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Post by texican on Aug 17, 2021 20:03:33 GMT -6
To me, when I write something on the front/back piece of paper, that's ONE page. Or if it's counted like everyone else does, got 6 pages done, and half a page of the 4th page being worked on. That's why my chapters are so long.....want to make the reader gets value for their time.The long chapters are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Texican....
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Post by 9idrr on Aug 18, 2021 20:19:23 GMT -6
So are the short ones. ;^)
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Post by willc453 on Aug 18, 2021 21:09:25 GMT -6
Yeah, as short stories go, there's Snow White, Dwarven party animal still in the works, along with Pinocchio, Hollywood gigolo. And just got to thinking about Hansel & Gretel.....mass murderers or maybe white slavers?
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Post by texican on Aug 19, 2021 10:40:24 GMT -6
So are the short ones. ;^) 9, You are referring to chapters, aren't you??? Texican....
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Post by texican on Aug 19, 2021 10:42:35 GMT -6
Yeah, as short stories go, there's Snow White, Dwarven party animal still in the works, along with Pinocchio, Hollywood gigolo. And just got to thinking about Hansel & Gretel.....mass murderers or maybe white slavers? willc, Isn't this called literary titillation for your readers??? Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Aug 19, 2021 11:27:47 GMT -6
Yeah, as short stories go, there's Snow White, Dwarven party animal still in the works, along with Pinocchio, Hollywood gigolo. And just got to thinking about Hansel & Gretel.....mass murderers or maybe white slavers? willc, Isn't this called literary titillation for your readers??? Texican.... Of course not.....just letting people know the truth behind childhood fairytales and Disney cartoons. I mean, people are always wanting to know the truth and I'm just doing my part. Most of my stories are only a couple of chapters long, like Brainiac, V's Story, Prince Midas, Conservatives vs Liberals, etc. But some seem take a life on their own like Tale of Two Brothers, The Shadow and Thor. Gotta go.....Thor's looking for Ira and his wife in the Florida Keys and the vampire in I Love The Night Life has started consolidating gangs in the Bay area.
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Post by 9idrr on Aug 20, 2021 20:28:25 GMT -6
So are the short ones. ;^) 9, You are referring to chapters, aren't you??? Texican.... All a matter of perspective and perception, sir. Short might mean something different to Spud Webb than to Wilt the Stilt.
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Post by willc453 on Aug 25, 2021 20:12:55 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 42
I said if you think my ideas have merit, maybe Airi here would like dressing up as an evil sorceress and flying around Tokyo where everyone can see and hear her. Asked Airi to give us a evil cackle and tell everyone that now she was free of her magical spell, she was going to rule the world and woe to those who even attempt to foil her. Boy.......NO idea what she said as it was in Japanese, but she did one heck of a job! Hikarue says okay, let's go to the studio and I suggested that we take them directly there and have his driver meet us there. He says okay and once everyone's hooked to one of Bobs Mjolnir's, off we went to that one street at the studio I was familiar with. She takes off for the prop and makeup departments, so I propped her broom off to one side, then called Bobs Mjolnir's down and set them in a kind of closed U circle so people walking by could grab one of 'em, getting a quick ride. Thing is, everyone was patient and nice about waiting their turn, with none asking for or trying for a second ride. Then I saw a little girl about waist high to me, looking at Bobs Mjolnir's, talking to her mother, with her mother shaking her head no. Kid looked really disappointed, so I stepped towards them, asking the girls mother if she spoke English. She didn't, but one of the studio people there who'd gotten a ride, stepped forward to translate for us. I said to the little girl that if it was okay with your mother, you can get a quick ride on my Mjolnir and let go of it so it just stayed there in the air. The mother agreed, then I had another thought and yeah, I can “hear” all of you saying uh oh. I said, a lot of kids your age have gotten rides from the Mjolnir's, but how'd you like to be THE FIRST kid to ride a broomstick, like a witch or sorceress? Her reply was basically REALLY? Her mother wasn't too sure about this, so I explained what we'd done with Airi and her broomstick and with that, turned towards the broomstick propped up against the studio wall and it flies right into my left hand while going over those getting their rides on Bobs Mjolnir's! I had the feeling after handling all those arrows and swords, that I SHOULD be able to call that broomstick, but wasn't that sure to begin with.
Had Bobs Mjolnir's stop for a bit so I could use one of them on that broomstick, then started those Mjolnir's rotating in a circle again, with no one complaining about one less Mjolnir being available to use. Well, things went great with that little girl. Not only did she ride the broomstick sidesaddle, but also stood on top of it like Airi had done. Thing is, I simply hadn't thought of having any of this filmed, but Hikarue in getting to know me and how things kind of, sort of happen with me, had posted four of his camera guys spread out on that studio street. Then saw a bunch of people bowing, including those letting go of Bobs Mjolnir's....yeah, it was Hikarue coming towards me. He's smiling and shaking his head, then says Bob san was correct......you need to be watched whenever you're on studio property because no one knows what you'll be doing next. I said I know you're thinking of Airi, Asahi and Hiroto of being in one of your movies or a tv series, but why not that little girl walking down the street? That's when one of the cameramen told and showed Hikarue what we'd been doing. He calls out for the woman and little girl to return and after getting their names and the mothers phone number, then sends them on their way. I asked if he'd wait a minute or two while I got the Mjolnir's moving again, which I did, but then saw others looking at the broomstick, so now had THREE lines of people using Bobs Mjolnir's. Two lines were formed at different ends of the street, with a person standing on the broomstick, then going to the end, hopping off so another person could hop on it and return to us. Others were happy just to hold the Mjolnir's going in a circle. Then asked Hikarue if he'd mind if I got something to eat, you know, to keep my energy up and of course, I'm busy watching those on the broomstick more than anything else. So made my order of my usual rice and veggies from the roach coach guy, then started my spiel. Asked him maybe the little girl could be used in either the first movie or later on, or in one of the tv series. He says that's a nice human interest, but..... I said what if the good guys come across a village that's been destroyed and not only is she the ONLY survivor, but Airi's character discovers the reason the little girl survived was she had magical talent of her own, but didn't realize it. So now the party of adventurers are joined by the little girl, who's being taught magic by Airi's character. He said he'd think it over which was good enough for me and after that, made sure I ate everything that was in my bowl.
Then heard my name being called and when I turned around to see who it was, saw a REALLY WEIRD looking lady walking towards me. Yeah, it was Airi and it took me a few seconds to realize this. I mean, she had white fingernails that had to be at least three inches long. Found out later, in Japan, white represents death. Her hissing like a cat and raising her hands with those long, white nails like she was going to claw you was just as scary as her evil cackle. Dug out my digital camera and took a photo of the three of us: her in the middle, with Hikarue and I on each side of her. Then had to tell everyone I needed the Mjolnir's back, along with the broomstick and once again, no complaints by anyone. They simply let go of the Mjolnir's or stepped off the broomstick, at which time, Hikarue had me attach six of Bobs Mjolnir's to his cameramen's backs. Hikarue wanted me to use all of Bobs Mjolnir's on his cameramen, but I said no, the reason being is if something happens, at least this way I'll have five spares and of course, mine. He just looked at me. Hikarue got busy telling everyone what he wanted to do in Japanese and afterwards, he explained it to me. So first thing we did was get up in the air until Hikarue was satisfied with how the cameramens were placed in regards to Airi. Thing is, those cameras had good lenses for long distance shots as Hikarue wanted to make sure none of them were in any of the shots of Airi doing her thing. Used one of Bobs spare Mjolnir's on Hikarue and moved him around until he had everyone placed where he wanted them, though if something changed, the head cameraman could have me change their positions.
So after putting Hikarue back on the ground, hello downtown Tokyo. Now that town had just been visited by a giant robot thingy, but boy, were they shocked when Airi came down to just above peoples heads, while doing her evil cackling.....with a MAJOR twist. Well, she was giving off her evil cackle which naturally got everyone's attention, but then she'd lean down and reach out to grab some poor guy by his jackets collar and I'd lift the two of them an inch or so higher so now the poor guys feet are OFF the pavement! She'd release him a few seconds later, then go after some other poor schmuck. Yeah, people started scattering, but to no avail, with her grabbing about six different people, then up into the air she went and we took off for another part of town to do it all over again. What scared those people? She'd gone into her normal spiel of being an evil witch, etc......but when she'd reach down to grab some poor guy, she told him he was nice and fat.....and just the size she wanted to stick in her stew pot for tonights supper?! Now we weren't just hitting Tokyo, but other cities for more publicity. Spent about an hour hitting three cities, then took everyone back to the studio so I could get something to eat and before leaving again, recharging. Hikarue saw what footage that had been shot and was ecstatic, especially with Airi's antics with the unsuspecting guys walking down the sidewalks. Then turns to me, saying this of course, was my idea, wasn't it? I said yes, sir.......figured we'd get REAL reactions from guys from not only seeing and hearing her, but being briefly lifted a foot or so in the air. But if you want, we won't do that no more. Tells us to keep doing it, but don't get carried away and looks at Airi, who also says yes sir. And back to work we go, to hit some other cities and surprising people. Not long after taking off, I saw it......one of those bullet trains that Japan's famous for and it was just taking off.
I quickly gathered everyone together and said, how about a change of plans, with me explaining my idea. OH YEAH, quickly followed by how Hikarue would just LOVE this. Had three cameramen's on each side of the train and made sure no one was going to hit anything, then lowered Airi down to passenger car window height. She was talking and more than one person was startled seeing her on her broomstick, but it wasn't enough. So she started rapping on the windows along the passenger cars and oh yeah, did she get reactions in doing this. Women screaming/running to somewhere else on the train, guys with their jaws dropped and others? Well, they whipped out their phones to take videos and or photos. Then I sped everyone up, with Airi right next to the window where the train driver (engineer?) was sitting and when he saw her, he fell out of his seat! Which was funny as heck, but then the train started slowing down. Found out later on, they have what's called a dead man switch. Let go of the throttle and it automatically starts slowing down. Time for us to get out of Dodge and onto the next town. We hit a total of seven different towns in Japan, which was one more than Hikarue wanted us to do and the train bit was a added bonus for him. I dropped everyone off at the studio, then Airi told the roach coach cook to make me a BIG bowl of rice, shrimp and veggies, at which time I took off to recharge. And if you're wondering, it POURED in North Korea's capital which by accident, it was while they were having some sort of parade for what they call their “Great Leader” and yeah, made sure he got drenched with a couple of water balloons just for him. Sue me would he?
Get back to Hikarue's studio and he'd gotten me a small diameter metal pipe that I could use as a straw, just like at Bobs studio. Made sure to thank him for this and sucked that five gallon bucket of water dry. WAS going to refill it at a water faucet, but Hikarue said he'd get someone to do this for me and in the future, he'd make sure I'd have two buckets ready to go. Thank him again, but I got to thinking and yeah, once again I “hear” all of you saying uh oh. It takes awhile for water to get cold in a bucket of water and I was thinking about the rivers and streams in Alaska, some of which are fed by glaciers. Which made me wonder.....is glacier water any better than water from the tap? Now since it'd be ten minutes or so before my food would be ready, that gave me A LOT of time to head for Alaska, so told Hikarue that I'd be back shortly as I wanted to check something out. He says okay, not thinking of asking me what I wanted to check out. NOT my fault! It took us a couple of minutes of finding Anchorage as I'd never been there before, but in going around in a widening circle, found a really neat stream that was being fed by a glacier and eventually widening into a river. Then I saw them...... a bunch of fish in the water.....BIG ONES! Which gave me ANOTHER idea, so had to hit a couple of Walmarts to finally find what I was looking for. They're called watermelon bins and that particular Walmart had a couple of 'em behind the store on pallets and figured they wouldn't miss one. So with one of Bobs Mjolnir's attached to it, back to that stream/river where those big fish were just swimming around. I put the watermelon bin and pallet off to one side on the shore and with me up in the air, decided to try something new. I hit the water with a electrical discharge from my Mjolnir, with half a dozen or so fish now slowing bumping on the bottom and using the other Mjolnir's, had them attach to those fish and man, there were a lot of big ones.
When I got to about half the bin being full, heard a noise and see a BIG bear reaching into MY bin, trying to snag a fish! I yelled at it and it turned around in surprise, but then it went for the bin again. I landed and threw a rock at it, not hard, but enough to get its attention, at which point it stands up on it's high legs and gives out a roar?! This bear had to be at least twelve or fifteen feet tall and I wasn't about to wrestle with it, so I stuck one of Bobs Mjolnir's on its back and suddenly it's dangling a few feet off the ground. It did NOT like this, but I didn't care as I had plans for those fish. If that bear wanted fresh fish, let it get it's own Mjolnir to do the job. Time for us to leave and with a Mjolnir attached to the watermelon bin again, up into the air and AWAY from that bear. You ever do something and think you handled something just right? Well, it became apparent I hadn't because when I lifted the watermelon bin up into the air, I see TWO cubs crying their eyes out and looking up at mama bear. Boy, did I feel like a heel. Used the Mjolnir's to quickly grab a dozen fish from that stream, dropping them on the ground near the cubs who weren't having any of this. Then I set mama bear down on the ground and they hauled donkey. I'm hoping they came back for those fish. Now I wanted to put some ice on those fish just to make sure they'd stay fresh, so hit a 7-11 store in Anchorage where I paid for a dozen bags of ice. Made sure no one would see my watermelon bin by having it on the stores roof. Yeah, got some stares by the clerk and two customers, but with Bobs Mjolnir's attached to those twelve bags of ice, we were in and out of there pretty quick. As in those three people never thought to pull out their phones to take photos or video tape us.
Head to the the studio cafeteria, with me landing with the watermelon bin besides me. Walk into the cafeteria and see Bobby, asking him to pass the word that if any of the cafeteria staff wanted a free, fresh fish, to come outside. One by one, they came out and grabbed a fish of different kinds. Like one's called a Dolly Varden, another a sockeye salmon and the biggest ones were king salmon. I let everyone know that I only had two of the king salmon......one was for Bob, with me asking one of the cafeteria people to put it on ice for Bob to get later. And if he didn't like fish, I'm sure someone else working would like it. And I got a list of those who weren't working then, with me asking to just put down those names of people who'd like a fresh caught fish. Now I'd given away a little over three dozen fish, including giving some people casually walking by some fish and then had to tell others, that was it for now as I wanted to give the rest of the fish to those at Hikarue's studio. No complaints from anyone and thought okay, next stop, Japan. Not quite. James was one of the cafeteria workers and tells me that Bob wants to see me as soon as possible once we were done for the day in Japan and by the way, they were TOLD to call him as soon as anyone had seen me there?! Uh oh. Up in the air we go and quickly over Hikarue's studio, where we landed with that watermelon bin dripping some water from it. Yeah....Hikarue and everyone's looking at me, with Hikarue smiling and saying so, something just kind of, sort of happened, yes? I said yes sir and I noticed that Japanese sure like their rice and FISH.....with me reaching into the bin and pulling out that thirty pound or so salmon. I said I thought you'd like this..... I mean, you do like fish, don't you and held it out to him with both hands. He stood there for a few seconds, then said thank you and bowed. I bowed to him and said no sir, thank you because you're the second best boss I've ever worked with since I became what I am. Then turned to Airi, saying even evil, wicked witches have to eat and gestured to the bin. Yep, she didn't hesitate to get her fish, followed by the six cameramen. Someone got smart, with newspapers being brought out and wrapping their fish in them. Then had to get rid of the ice and return the watermelon bin back to Walmart. The ice went next to a something between a pond and maybe a lake in Tokyo......but there wasn't a fish left in the bin?! Man, my mouth was mentally watering at tasting one of those trout because a friend had shown me how he cooked them. We'd gone to the Truckee, catching some fish. After cleaning them, he smeared mayonnaise over them, wrapped them in aluminum foil and they got cooked over some coals. Delicious. Life sucks when you're a superhero AND bad at math. Once the bin was returned, back to Hikarue's studio where I got to eat my rice and veggies in that new trailer Hikarue had provided. Thing is, he also told me I had to see Bob once I was done here for the day?! Tells me we were done for the day, but tomorrow he'd only use me for an hour or so and after that, we had full filled our contract with Bobs studio.
Now I'm thinking what I could of done that Bob wanted to see me as soon as possible about and only thing I could think of was dousing that fat guy in North Korea like we did. I also figured NO ONE saw us or had time to pull out a phone because like I said, this time I used the ball formation of Mjolnir's to really bring in the clouds and rain. Other than that, I should be squeaky clean, I mean, it's not like I got shot again or anything like that, right? Well, no putting things off, so after saying goodbye to everyone, took off for Bobs studio and landing at “my” alley. Naturally, when people saw me, more than one took out their phones to call you know who. Yeah. Then was told by one of them I was to report to Bobs office?! Now Bob didn't say anything about FLYING to his office and thought I'd walk, you know, kind of delaying our meeting, but decided it was better to get it over and done with. Now Jane Olivia Cockburn was Bobs secretary and apparently she'd been working for him for a number of years and was a bit older than Mom. She saw my glum face and after she got done laughing, asked what I'd done this time to be called on the carpet? I said I really can't think of anything and she laughed even more, then saying don't worry about it honey.......Bobs already chewed on six people, so he should be pretty well sated by now. This did not make me feel any better, then I heard Bobs voice saying if that was Thor, tell him to come in. I SLOWLY walked to his office door and opened it.
Apparently he WASN'T sated after chewing on those previous six people, cuz he got on me. It was for getting hurt and not calling him about it. Thing is, he was right, but at the time I was hurting, hungry and empty energy wise. So I told him what had gone down and that I had honestly forgotten about calling him. Tells me that in the future, he was to be called and if he wasn't working, I was to call the switchboard and they'd pass the word to him should I ever get hurt again. This was when I found out that Bob had people all over him about me being down......like the Disney board of directors as an example. I apologized for him taking so much flack when it was my fault. He says okay, I think you understand why I wasn't happy in hearing all of this from Hikarue instead of you. And by the way, thanks for the salmon....Alaskan, isn't it? I said ye....uh, if you don't mind, I'll take the fifth on that one because I just realized I didn't have a fishing license at the time and Bob laughs, then asks what happened to the other fish you had? I said, oh....I took them to Japan to give to Hikarue and everyone there as I figured they'd like fresh fish and they did. In a way, I was kind of paying it forward to everyone's who's been so nice to me, here and there. Bob shakes his head, telling me he's quite sure that I'm the only person he knows that just gives things to people without hoping for something in return or to curry favor.
Then it was just what was I thinking of going down a freeway of all things on something that looked like the board thing from that movie? And of course, you being at that skate park and you wouldn't believe the calls I got from the people from Amblin and Universal. Told Bob that I had an idea that maybe Disney might be interested in making another Back To The Future movie, you know, to pick up where the third one finished. Tells me those movies were over, with the third one ending with the destruction of that car. I said no sir......it actually leaves open ALL SORTS of interesting ideas for at least one more movie, maybe even a couple of them? Bob's shaking his head, saying he KNOWS he's going to regret this, but go ahead and tell him my idea for another Back To The Future movie. I start telling him of my idea and within thirty seconds, he says hold on and calls in Mrs. Cockburn to bring her steno pad. Once she's sitting down with it, I start talking. I said the ending of the movie has Marty looking at the remains of that busted up DeLorean and him wondering what happened to his friend, Doc Brown, right? Bob simply nods, then I said Doc Brown suddenly appears in that steam powered locomotive with its coal and passenger car, right? Bob says yeah and that's why there won't be another movie. Thanks, but how are you going to have another movie made with the original DeLorean destroyed and that Doc Brown taking off to who knows where with his family? I said what if all of this had been seen by someone and Bob says so what......in a way, it's like you doing what you can do, but a lot of people don't believe what they're seeing, so again, a movie is a moot point. I asked him what happened to Doc Browns property.........and his BLUEPRINTS for that flux capacitor which enables someone to travel thru time? Bob: WHAT?! I said Doc Brown's suppose to be a looney toon kind of town character....so what happened to all his stuff? Let's say someone recognizes Doc Brown, but not Marty. A steam powered locomotive and other train stuff SUDDENLY appears in the air, then sets down on the tracks. Then after a brief discussion between Doc Brown and Marty, Doc Brown, etc. rise up into the air and takes off to suddenly disappearing to who knows where. So this guy hustles to Doc Browns place, breaks in and steals every piece of paper with the intention of building his own time machine? Bobs jaw drops a bit, then says forget it, unless this unknown individual knows electronics so the flux capacitor of yours can be built by him. I said that's the beauty of all of this.....he doesn't have to know electronics and Bob's just looking at me. What if he goes to the community college and shows them parts of the electronic diagrams, with someone there telling him what they all mean and what parts he needs to buy and then assemble, so he has his own flux capacitor. He buys a clunker because he doesn't have a lot of money in which he installs the flux capacitor. Now this guys isn't thinking about how the future could be changed other than for himself. Instead of buying that sports almanac like Biff did, travel say, five years into the future and download ALL the winning lottery numbers from those states that have lotteries? Also, how about the rise and fall of stock on Wall Street? I turned to Mrs. Cockburn, asking if she'd mind finding out what the current lottery games are worth in just California? She does, saying that the three games have a value of OVER three hundred million dollars! That's when I asked them both just what could YOU do with three hundred million dollars even after taxes are deducted?
Bob says this sounds all very interesting, but remember, your Doc Brown used radioactive materials to power his DeLorean. Oops.....I said sorry, I had forgotten about that part and sorry I wasted your time. But this was when Mrs. Cockburn said to hold on a minute, I think Thor's got a good idea. Tells Bob how in the first movie, Doc Brown shows up at Marty's place and who's with his girlfriend, Jennifer. Thing is, Doc Brown had added more than an anti-gravity device to his car, but a fuel conversion. When he got out, he started going thru Marty's garbage can, taking garbage from it and putting it into that fuel converter thing. I said yeah, that's a GREAT idea. How about that guy now having all of Doc Browns blueprints figures it'd be a good idea to grab whatever parts he could get his hands on to help him understand a bit better how it worked and was assembled? Goes back to the wreck area, but everything's been taken away and disposed of by the train people. He finds everything's been taken to the city dump, with him going thru it and finds that energy converter, whether it's in one piece of several, that's up to you. And there's no need to bring back the original characters, except for Biff who was a pretty good bad guy. Why not have Marty's and Jennifer's two kids in this new version? And look at it this way......let's say those two movie companies don't want you doing an updated version of what we've been talking about......what will they pay the studio to actually have FLYING props? Remember the reactions of everyone seeing you in that two seater X-Wing? That means the studio will make money lending me out and I, of course, will also be making money just like I did with Hikarue. Bob really smiled, saying he liked the way I thought and he'd have his people start looking into this. But then he asks if I had other ideas and when he saw my face, he knew I did.
I said I do, but it's going to be about a week before everything's ready. Bob says fine, but you will ONLY do your movie idea stunts here on the studio lot AND when I or some-one I designate to be there. NO MORE using a skateboard down some freeway for example, you understand me? He was saying it in his boss voice, so all I could do was say okay. Then asks what Hikarue had me doing, so I told him and both of them are now staring at me, with Bob stating I was now controlling multiple, non-Mjolnir items? I said yeah, weird isn't it? Thing is, after I......recuperate if you will, find myself getting stronger that way. Kind of like getting stronger lifting light weights and working myself upwards weight wise. He tells me to hold and makes a call to the prop room and orders a bunch of stuff to bring it to my alley. Then another call for cameramen to meet us there too, then looks at us, saying let's go and off to my alley we go in his golf cart. Asked Bob how long would it take for everything and everyone to get here and he looks at me suspiciously, asking why. I said if it's okay and there's time, thought I'd hit the cafeteria for some sandwiches, you know, just in case. He says okay, but you ONLY have fifteen minutes and looks at his watch. Less than a minute later, I'm walking into the cafeteria where those people made me a dozen roast beef sandwiches with American cheese, lettuce, mustard and mayonnaise. Now these sandwiches where about four or five inches high and they even put them in a big paper bag with each sandwich being wrapped in wax paper for me, which I thought was really nice of them. Back to Bob and while we're waiting, Jose shows up with his roach coach, so I got a couple of egg and cheese burritos from him and ate them. He was still having his friends in Mexico look for the stuff I was asking for and told him I should have some free time on my hands once I was done working in Japan. He was happy that I hadn't forgotten about his problem.
I had just finished eating when that stuff Bob called for, arrived, then things being set up. Now as normal, we started gathering a crowd, so I looked around and said how'd you ladies like to demonstrate an evil witches cackle? Five women immediately volunteered because they figured something else was going to happen with me being involved in it. So we had an impromptu evil witch cackling contest, with others voting who had the best evil cackle. The girl that won reminded me of that heavy set lady in the movie about those three sisters who were brought back to life by some virgin lighting a candle in Massachusetts. Didn't have any trouble with her understanding how things would work, especially after mentioning how Airi had already done this. So we did her, just like we'd done with Airi: sidesaddle, riding straddling it and of course, surfboard style. Made sure Bob authorized a five hundred dollar bonus for her afterwards, which made her really happy, though he didn't look all that happy about it. Then Bob got to be Robin Hood with a bow and those twelve arrows, with six hitting the target dead center, the other six splitting those six in the target. Those six split arrows went to five people there, while the sixth arrow went to Bob. I said do you mind if we call it a day as I gotta get back to Hikarue early tomorrow morning our time? He said okay, so we took off.
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Post by 9idrr on Aug 27, 2021 20:28:58 GMT -6
With all that really fresh fish, he could really start a great sushi bar. Nobody'd have it any fresher.
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Post by willc453 on Aug 27, 2021 21:36:13 GMT -6
Good thought, just something Thor wouldn't of thought of. Ben, on the other hand....... And 44's about done....just gotta go thru it to make sure both chapters make sense/line up. Now Ben would of kept the watermelon bin with the attitude of finder keepers, losers weepers. Thor returned his, but he forgot that it was wet from the melting ice AND smell of the fish being in it.
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Post by 9idrr on Aug 28, 2021 21:04:07 GMT -6
Hmmmm... watermelon-flavored fish or fish-flavored watermelon... nah, neither one does of for me.
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