The Astronomy Suite In The Arms Hotel | Saturday Evening

[dollpocalypse]

It had officially been forever since the guys' last drinking night, so with the six of them all on the island for a weekend, there was really no excuse not to have some kind of gathering. And since Topher's hotel room had space on the ceiling and awesome futuristic-looking furniture, there was pretty much exactly no question about where this gathering would be.

And with an alcohol tolerance that had been drastically reduced by going almost fourteen years without drinking at all, Topher stood a very high chance of getting stupidly drunk tonight. It was probably going to be hilarious.

The bar was stocked to capacity with, among other things, every necessary ingredient for every girly cocktail ever invented, and Topher had hauled the entire contents of his office's Drawer of Inappropriate Starches onto the table for the occasion. (Ivy would get more for him before he got back to LA, he was sure. ...He was mostly sure.)

"B-t-dubs, there's astronaut ice cream in the bathtub," Topher announced loudly to everyone. "...No idea why it's there. But Ben gets last dibs."

Cruel, Topher. Cruel.

[[for the 20-years-older nerds! let's see if two decades made them more responsible.]]

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[ultron_junior]

"I mix 'em a lot weaker than she does," Victor promised, with a little laugh. "But you can cut it with more juice if you're worried."

He stuck an umbrella in Billy's cup. "So how have you been? Any exciting worldsaving lately?"

[selfhelphero]

"It's been a lot of repeats lately. AIM keeps popping up like they think maybe, just maybe, they won't get smacked down this time. It's almost amusing," Billy said, playing with the umbrella. "How are things going for you guys?"

[ultron_junior]

"Y'know, you would think dealing with evil AIs would be a pretty narrow mission statement, but some days it feels like everybody wants to be a mad scientist," Victor said wearily. "It's good, though. Amusing, like you said. And Mol's still mainly teaching, so she's a little less likely to get killed."

After twenty years heroing, Victor could be casual about that.

"Are you seeing anybody?"

[selfhelphero]

Oh, that got a grin out of Billy. "Teddy and I are really happy," he said. "It's kind of weird to think about. He's just, you know, perfect."

[ultron_junior]

"That's great," Victor said. "He's a fantastic guy, from what I know. I'm glad you're making it work."