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Okay. The world was maybe almost over. Topher was more than a little freaked.

So out came the dice and the cape, and after making a quick annoucement, he set up at a toadstool with some character sheets for some pre-apocalyptic Dungeons and Dragons.

Kid had priorities.

[[OCD is up! Yep, idea stolen from Buffy 7x22, "Chosen." Anyone can play, and if you want to ICly be talked into it, lemme know and I'll have Topher get naggy. I have an AIM chat for this if you wanna pop in -- rpwithinanrpyegods. Have fun!

OH, and a million thanks to

glacial_witch,

brat_intraining,

harpy_daughter and most especially

not_a_parakeet for humoring me and teaching me how this works. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST AND I LOVE YOU.]]

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Yes. He's wearing a cape.

"Why are you wearing a cape?" Deadpool asked, heedless of the OCD note being unfinished. He was a rebel! A REBEL! "Don't you know caps are only for people with titles. Like Doctor Strange. Or Doctor Doom."

"Or Dungeon Master," Topher pointed out.

Not kinky.

"...kinky?" HE WENT THERE, TOPHER.

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"Dear lord. He's wearing a cape."

Yes. This was probably going to be the sticking point for the day. Unless you could fly or constantly referred to yourself in the third person, capes were generally a fashion faux-pas.

"Why are people so concerned by this?"

Look, you played with a cape or not at all.

"Because you don't have the tights or ridiculous body armour to back it up," Jono intoned. In all seriousness. "It looks absurd without one or the other."

Jono had opinions about most components of your typical superheroing uniform.

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"... Are you actually wearing a cape?"

Yes, Topher. It was something that warranted a third person asking you this.

"Yes!" God, why was everyone so hung up on this? "The DM has to wear a cape! Duh!"

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"Seriously?" Jack asked. "At a time like this?"

AT LEAST HE WASN'T ASKING ABOUT THE CAPE.

"Why not? They did it on Wendy!"

Yes, Topher, but not everything that was done on Wendy the Werewolf Stalker was a great idea.

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"What in the world is this?" Tyrion wondered in a puzzled tone. "Don't tell me we're playing a game."

He was sitting down as he spoke. He liked games. They passed the time.

"Dungeons and Dragons!" Topher reported, reaching over to hand Tyrion a moddable character sheet.

The idea that someone might not know what that was totally didn't occur to him.

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More than anything, Kitty was just curious. Moreso when she saw the guy in charge.

"Nice cape," said the superhero.

"Thanks!" Kitty, congratulations. You were the first one to just compliment the cape without asking all kinds of questions about it. "DMs totally need capes, right?"

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"You don't think the cape is a bit much?" His had a function, at least. And matched his costume, but that was important too, darn it.

"Oh, hey," Topher said, perking up a little. "Nope! I brought it from home just for D&D and I haven't gotten to use it yet, so I decided now's the time."

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"You look like an idiot."

Saving Topher hadn't brought Karla any closer to liking him.

"Oh, and you're in a cape."

She thought she was funny.

"You look dumb," Topher retorted. "And also you have blonde hair."

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Squall wandered over with his gunblade, and then glared at Topher. "Oh. Not real dragons."

Hey, it was that guy who'd tried to kill him that one time.

"Nope," Topher said. "Fake ones. They're in a game."

Shh. It was a big secret.

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Rinoa felt tired, and raw. The morning had been ... she didn't want to think about it. If Angelo hadn't been there ...

Okay, that was thinking about it, which she had just declared off-limits.

She wandered over out of curiosity, more than anything.

"I don't ... understand," she said, haltingly. "Where are the dragons?"

Topher sighed. Noobs. Seriously.

"In the game," he explained impatiently. "You know, D&D?"

Yeah, probably not ringing any bells.

"Mountain Dew!" he exclaimed, scrambling for a can.

Thank you, Kenzi!