Blocky Evil

[Barry Grep]

Even Barry had to admit this was a little cruel. And yet, it was so perfect that he couldn't resist himself. 

There had been a big sale at one of the stores in town, and one of the items up for grabs had been a few huge bags filled with old Legos. Initially Barry had been interested simply because they were Legos. He had played with them all the time as a kid. His father would always help him make the craziest looking structures to show off to mom and the rest of Barry's Nerd Squadron. But then the memories had cycled through all the good ones until Barry remembered how painful and jarring it was when he stepped on one. That got him thinking to how funny it would be to do that to everyone else.

And thus his newest diabolical prank had been plotted.

It had been extremely hard to get everything perfect for the prank. He had to pull a lot of strings and constantly reassure that he was just pulling a prank. No funny business. That's why he needed the cameras down for only a few minutes at most. Finally, he had gotten his wish and the plan was a go. He made sure it was at an ungodly hour where he knew he would have plenty of time to line the floors with the little pieces of plastic. He snuck through the halls with a soft step that contrasted with his slightly bigger form. He could be sneaky when he wanted to, and he really needed to be sneaky now. He was carefully tossing down the Lego bits, making sure not to step on any himself as he covered each corner. There was probably going to be some sort of mass uproar once people stared stepping outside their dorms, but Barry didn't care. He was completely covered to hide his identity, and he already knew how to loop the cameras and fuzz em out so he wouldn't get caught. Well, digitally of course.

He was just getting to the very end of his prank and backing out to exit the College dorms when suddenly he heard a door open. Barry froze, looking up from under his large Darth Vader helmet (Hey, it was the only thing he could find at the time). Someone was awake at 4 in the morning?! Only one word went through Barry's mind as he froze a quarter way to the door.

Shiet

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

Sleep was for the weak, or, at least more accurately, for those that didn't believe in getting up at near random times, chugging down some Japanese energy drink (still illegal in the United States despite Frank's intensive lobbying for it), and heading out to the college dorm area. Frank more or less figured that she needed to memorize the layout of the area, especially at night, just in case the rampant vampires or ghosts or whatever ended up inevitably attacking the school at the most inconvenient time.

It turned out in her best interest: "Darth Vader!" Frank yelled, pointing an accusatory finger at the poor guy standing there with the awkward choice of helmet. "I so know you didn't--- you got kinda chunky," Frank tilted her head to the side, looking up and down the guy for a few seconds before shaking her head and refocusing (and repointing). "but you thought you'd get away with your evil scheme involving... are those legoes?"

Frank gasped, jerking her hands toward her mouth. "You truly are an evil, evil fiend! and here I thought Frodo had reformed you so that you ended up sacrificing yourself to stop the Dark Lord Voldemort! For shame. Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!"

[Barry Grep]

Barry was completely frozen as all of a sudden some girl popped out from the door and yelled at him, pointing. Barry almost heard The catchphrase "OBJECTION!" As she did the action. Then she commented on his weight, and Barry huffed despite himself, standing with his hands on his hips. "Hey! We all ain't supermodels you know! My weight just makes me more huggable!" He retorted, his voice slightly muffled from the helmet. He realized that his voice might give him away, but it was hard to make out with the clunky helm on. And besides, Barry didn't care. If someone mentioned his weight, he would retort.

Then she noticed the legos and gasped dramatically with a look of horror. She mentioned Frodo and Voldemort, and something about sacrificing before shaking him. Barry blinked. This was definitely not exactly what he expected to happen when he came in to prank. He was just pretty sure it would be a quick easy job and then he'd be gone, laughing about it later in his room when he was alone. But now! Now a hero had confronted him! Had found him and his dastardly deed! Since it would make things incredibly more interesting, Barry decided to play along.

"Ha! Your shaking will not save you now! I have returned to the dark side, and none shall prevent me from stealing the Chaos emeralds a drilling the world!" He said with an over dramatic evil laugh. "And now, Team Rocket's blasting off again!" He said before dashing through the exit and scurrying away as fast as he could. Did he overdo it? Yeah probably. But if it meant more fun, then Barry was all for it.

And now it was the girl's move.

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

"I'M THE MOST HUGGABLE BITCH IN THE WHOLE DAMN SCHOOL!' Frank shot back at near top volume, doing a little groove motion and bobbing as she did so, hands crossing in front of her in a manner that she was fairly certain had to count as gangster for everyone. True, Frank did have a bit of chub on her; happened when your power literally required you to do all the eating, but she'd long used a very similar excuse as Darth Whatshisface over tehre.

Then the confrontation, and there was something about shaking and dark sides and Chaos Emeralds (Frank didn't understand that reference), then Team Rocket (she did catch that one). "Blimey, I bet you're working for the Daleks too!" Frank cried, thrusting a finger at him. He'd moved beyond the accusation phase apparently, judging by his near mad dash toward the closest exit.

Frank stood still for a moment, not quite believing that, before literally charging after him. 'Stop you foul LEGO laying fiend! Stop so that I can use the power of friendship to bring you to the Dark Side before you can spread your evil throughout the schoooooool!"

[Barry Grep]

Barry could hear her shout after him about the power of friendship or something. "NEVER! YOU KEEP YOUR FOUL FLOWERY MAGIC AWAY FROM ME YOU HOOVED FIEND!" He shouted back before focusing mostly on running. He wasn't fast, true, and he wouldn't last very long. But that wouldn't stop him from trying! He managed to clear out of the dorms and rushed outside. The cold air made him yelp slightly even though he was huffing. Holy hell it was cold! He managed to run for a while before finally he flopped down onto the grass, panting.

"WOOOOOOO...." He huffed, raising his arms before dropping them with a damp thud on the grass. "I am not made for running." He breathed, sprawling out of the grass without a care, his bag of Legos lying beside him. He held up his hands and made a T shape with them, calling for a timeout to catch his breath

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

"IT'S RAINBOW MAGIC, GAWD, AT LEAST WATCH THE COMMERCIALS!" Frank yelled back. she was about ready to whoop and was certainly moving in something that could easily be mistaken for a gallop. The girl's lurching movements put almost her entire body into the motion. It also ate up ground at a fairly quick speed, making it relatively easy for Frank to catch up. Then again, sprinting had always been a strong suit among Frank's people.

The cold air made her slow a bit, as did the slick grass. The cool Montana summer did mean they weren't roasting, and the odd time meant dew instead of anything worse. She skidded to a stop just a few feet from Barry, looking down at him with his legos and stuff.

"Oh, invoking the honorable ruling of Time Out," Frank said, nodding. "That's cool. I'll totes wait," and she looked around for a moment, eventually deciding to plunk herself down a few feet from the young man, her feet splayed out in front of her, breathing hard.

[Barry Grep]

Barry was eternally grateful that the girl had let her have his time out. It was surprising too. But finally, he just tore his helmet off and threw it next to him as he sat up. "Oh god... I couldn't breath in that damn thing." He huffed, ruffling his rather fabulous hair that had gotten pressed down onto his head. He raised his hands in defeat. "I give! I ain't running ko more. It might kill me." He said.

After his breathing returned to relatively normal, he observed the girl next to him. "So! What now? Since you've found out about my master plan!" He asked. This chick seemed pretty cool, especially since she had played along and didn't just call the security on him.

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

The helmet tore off and Frank's eyes went wide for a moment, her head tilting. "heeeey, you don't look like the guy who played Mufasa," she leaned over and poked him a few times, confirming the utter lack of inherent lionness within him before leaning back. She then did a triumphant little wiggle on the grass:

"Yes, all the winning for me! Good and friendship and love triumph yet again!" another whoop and a hand thrust in the air before Frank turned and flopped onto the ground next to him. There was something about master plans and such, stuff that had Frank considering, her lips moving as she seemed to be quite literally chewing it over.

"Weeeeellll, that is a pretty evil thing you were doing back there," she pointed out, raising one hand and holding it out in a physical demonstration, "on the other hand," and now the other, "you seem pretty cool, especially for a dude wearing a Darth Maul mask," Frank pulled her hands back, drumming them on her stomach for a moment before looking over. "Why were you doing that anyway? Were you setting up traps for something? Or are you trying to go for revenge? 'cuz revenge just makes more and you end up in a Shakespeare play before you know it."

[Barry Grep]

Barry blinked at the mention of Mufass before laughing heartily at the idea. "Girl I ain't no Mufasa! I'm more of a Pummmba!" He said, imitating the voice of bye character with a grin as he flopped back onto his back next to her once she joined him. She mentioned something about love and friendship winning and couldn't help but think of Sailor Moon with a grin. If she suddenly transformed into a sailor scout, Barry wouldn't have been surprised.

But then she asked about what he was doing. Was he doing it for revenge? Was it a trap? Boy, that made it almost seem movie like. As if there were some terrible grand plot to it all. It really did seem like Shakespeare. But nah, that hadn't been it. "I was just a prank." He answered truthfully with a shrug. "Found a bunch a Legos and decided to do some evil pranks." He said with a wide grin. "And I would've gotten away with it too! If it hadn't been for your mangy booty!" He said, poking her in the side.

But then that got him thinking and he poked her again. "But hey now! What were you doing up at 4 in the morning anyways? You trying to kidnap some poor defenseless gal or dude? Maybe... YOU'RE the villain!" He exclaimed dramatically, pointing

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

Frank giggled at the mention of the Pumbaa thing. "I can totes see that!" she said, nodding again, "but everyone likes Pumbaa better anyway. He was always the one people wanted to hang out with. Everybody be wanting Mufasa for a dad but c'mon, who wants to be a dad?" Frank shrugged at that, which was sort of an odd motion, given that she was laying on the grass at the time. There was more turning as she looked to him, considering.

Just a-- Frank sputtered several times, moving to sit up yet again. "You don't make pranks that hurt people!" she insisted, leaning over to hit him on the shoulder again. "That's what all the villains do! Don't you ever watch cartoons? Gaw," she rolled her eyes. he poked back, which made her giggle. "And I'm so not evil: you're the one who's all laying LEGO traps while dressed like some spooky dude," she gestured at the mask, then flopped down again. "I'm just up because..." she tilted her head, again shuffling grass, staring up at the sky, "I'm not sure? I think it involves sugar and Japanese energy drinks..." Frank trailed off, squinting skyward and trying to figure out if there was some kind of answer up there.

[Barry Grep]

Barry nodded sagely when she talked about the Pumbaa thing. Everyone really did love that big pig. And then she mentioned how his Lego prank was pure evil and what a villain would do. Barry shrugged. Yeah, he knew it was a pretty cruel joke, but he couldn't help himself. "I know I know. But I couldn't help it, ya know?" He said. And then he laughed at the mention of dressing up, and looked at her with mock indignation. "Hey it was all I could find!!" He protested.

And then when she answered his question, she seemed unsure. Something about sugar and Japanese energ- wait a second. "Wait, Japanese energy drinks? How'd you get those?" He asked, turning his head to look at her

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

"you can so help it!" Frank insisted, gesturing wildly again. This was a matter of principle upon which she would make her stand. "You gotta make sure that whoever you're pranking is gonna be ready to laugh with you when they look back, and what fiend would do something with LEGOs?"

Frank gestured and ended up pointing in an accusatory fashion toward Barry, before once more letting her hands drop to her stomach. There was some more nodding as he repeated what she'd consumed: "Yeup," Frank said, tapping a quick beat on her stomach again. "And you get them from Japan, duh," Frank paused for a moment, before popping her lips and turning to look at him. "I get them from a guy. You know," she bobbed her head back and forth and leaned in, nearly whispering: "a guy," before bouncing her brows. She leaned back. "I think I have a new one now though. I kinda filled the other ones with llama poop," Frank tilted her head to the side again. "Yeah, that was... not my best moment. Totally a blast though."

[Barry Grep]

Barry sighed and nodded as she said more about his prank. "Ok, ok. The forces of good have convinced me it was a bad idea." He conceded with a nod. "No more pranks with Legos." He vowed, shaking his fist in the air determinedly. Although Barry seriously doubted that he would remember if he wanted to do a prank again. "I'll stick to water balloons and bubble wrap." He added with a chuckle.

When she answered his question, Barry glanced over at her again. "Duuuuuude! You so luckyyyyyy! I wish I could do that! Only with Those little chocolate eggs that have the toys inside. What are those called again?" He asked, mostly talking to himself. Serious those were good. Why did they have to be banned in the U.S.? Then the girl was saying something about filling a guy with llama poop and Barry burst out laughing. "Wait seriously?!? That's hilarious! What he do to you??"

[Frank "Sunny" Laffont]

"Precisely, you should stick with bubble wrap because it is the best. But you gotta be careful to make sure that you actually get permission to get into people's rooms instead of just showing up in there. People reeeeeeally get upset when you do that," offered Frank, along with a few more nods. True, there had been those few months where she'd been more or less breaking into people's rooms and leaving pure joy in her wake. She'd managed to get Ellen as a friend thanks to that... and pick up a few near enemies in the result. So it all pretty well washed out.

Frank felt Barry looking at her and she turned. "Dude, I so can't remember, but I could totes hook you up with those too,' Frank offered, nodding slightly as she did. "My parents are, like, buy an island rich and I've got a whole bunch myself and--- oh, yeah, the poop thing. Not much fun to clean up and it didn't quite work out so well. the guy pretty much banned me from his house, which is kinda awkward since he's got a thing with one of my best friends."

Frank shrugged, then turned to look at Barry, sticking a hand out while still remaining very much on the ground: "I'm Frank, by the way, Frank Cox, and yes, that is a real name,' she grinned and gave him a wink along with the extended digits.

[Barry Grep]

Barry nodded as Frank talked about getting permission, but then he snapped his fingers. "Ah! But I did get permission! Or at least permission from the maintenance. Mostly because I promised I would clean it up when everything was said and done." Barry said with a shrug. And he would clean it up. Especially now since Frank pointed out that yeah, it was a pretty mean prank to pull. Besides, he loved the bubble wrap ones.

When Frank said she could hook Barry up with some of the drinks, Barry got so ridiculously excited that he practically curled up with glee. "Dude! Seriously?! That would be awesome!!!" He exclaimed before laughing, his whole frame shaking with his merriment. And it only shook more as Frank mentioned the Llama incident. "I wish... I could've been there" he managed to breath, wheezing a little from laughing so hard. Once he was on his back, it was so hard to stop laughing. Because then his whole frame would shake and Barry would laugh at that which would then make him shake more and... Well, you get the point.

He calmed down enough to hear the girl introduce herself and sink along with it. Grinning widely, Barry rolled to his side and warmly shook her hand. "Sounds like a cool one! The name's Barry Grep. Master of all things Nerdy." He introduced himself