Preoccupied with 1955: Day Three
Nov. 7th, 2005 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickNovember 7th, 1955: After a fairly uneventful Sunday (it appears), Marty and Doc go to the local high school to track down George and Lorraine and get them to meet. Doc sums it up for Marty -- he interfered with his parents first meeting. If they don't meet, they won't fall in love, get married, and have kids. "That's why your older brother's disappearing from that photograph. Your sister will follow, and unless you repair the damage, you'll be next!"
"That sounds pretty heavy."
"Weight has nothing to do with it!"
They find George walking down the hall with a kick-me sign taped to his back. Of course, this means three bullies (including a red-head named Dixon) are following him around and kicking him. George eventually drops his books and gets lectured for being a slacker by Mr. Strickland. Doc, seeing how nerdy George is, asks what Lorraine saw in George. Marty replies that her dad hit him with the car and she felt sorry for him -- and then it dawns that Grandpa Sam hit HIM with the car. Doc explains that it's the Florence Nightengale effect (a nurse falling in love with their patient) then encourages Marty to get George and Lorraine to meet. Marty goes up to George, introduces himself again, and takes him over to Lorraine. Lorraine, however, only has eyes for "Calvin," asking him about his head and completely ignoring George, who slips off. Doc watches Lorraine's fascination with Marty and realizes that Lorraine has developed a crush on her future son. Marty appropriate thinks this is heavy. "There's that word again, heavy. Why are things so heavy in the future, is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?"
Doc and Marty realize that they have to get George and Lorraine together on a date. Doc asks what George and Lorraine like to do together -- Marty's response? "Nothing." Doc then directs his attention to an upcoming "rythmic ceremonial ritual" -- the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. Marty remembers that that's where his parents kissed for the first time. The plan -- make George take Lorraine to the dance!
Marty encounters George again at lunch. He notices his father is writing -- George admits he's writing science fiction stories. Marty, intrigued, asks to read some, but George refuses, saying he's afraid that people would say that they're no good. "I guess that would be hard for someone to understand," he adds, of course not knowing that's exactly how Marty felt about his music.
Marty turns the conversation back toward Lorraine and tells George that she asked him to ask George to ask her to the Dance. George balks at asking her in the cafeteria, saying he couldn't take that kind of a rejection if she said no, then points out that she might want to go with someone else. For some insane reason, though, George thinks this someone is BIFF, who is currently at Lorraine's table, harrassing her. Marty angrily pulls him off, and they nearly get into a fight before Mr. Strickland shows up. Biff leaves (after telling Marty to "make like a tree, and get outa here"), and Marty turns to see that George has fled too.
He catches up again with George after school -- George is annoyed and demands to know why Marty keeps following him. Marty tries again to convince George to go with Lorraine, but George refuses, saying he'll miss his favorite TV program, Science Fiction Theater, and that he's just not ready to ask Lorraine to the dance. "And not you, nor anyone else on this planet, is going to make me change my mind!" George disappears inside his house and Marty takes out his photo -- Dave is missing from the knees up. "Science Fiction Theater. . . ." Marty muses.
Okay, according to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
martyfan, what Holly and Emmett did last night wasn't "real" alchemy.
-H: *muttergrumble*-
Hey, it did what it was supposed to, right?
-H: I guess, but -- who says there can't be more than one kind of alchemy?-
"They" do, I guess.
-TD: *playing with Spinbot and Fetch* So what's the "real" form of alchemy?-
*does some web poking* Well, no incantations, like Ael said --
-E: I want my brother protected, damn it!-
-TD: I -- hell, we -- wear safety equipment!-
And it involves the use of circles -- you should see some of the elaborate designs they have. Click Here
-TD: *study page* Wow.-
-D: *looks over shoulder* Those ARE elaborate. I would imagine it would take quite a bit of time to draw them out.-
Well then, you guys have an ace in the hole with your time machines.
-M: *smirk* So, you can do anything with those circles?-
Sort of -- whatever you're "transmuting" has to be equal in mass to what you want to make it into, and you can't make anything into a human.
-TD: I'm not interested in making humans by alchemy, thank you very much. I'm not even interesting in making constructs.-
-M2: Doesn't that upset your girlfriend?-
-TD: I said making, not interacting.-
-OD: We've always been a little squeamish around that sort of thing.-
-VD2: Myself less so, but that's only natural.-
-OD: True. But for the most part, we're more comfortable around machine parts than body parts.-
Yeah, I would be too.
-DW: How goes the stories?-
I'm almost done with "Eight Arms To Hold You," and I'll be doing my best to focus on some editing in the near future. And of course NaNoWriMo's "Graffiti" -- got pick up the pace on that, I'm letting distractions in.
"That sounds pretty heavy."
"Weight has nothing to do with it!"
They find George walking down the hall with a kick-me sign taped to his back. Of course, this means three bullies (including a red-head named Dixon) are following him around and kicking him. George eventually drops his books and gets lectured for being a slacker by Mr. Strickland. Doc, seeing how nerdy George is, asks what Lorraine saw in George. Marty replies that her dad hit him with the car and she felt sorry for him -- and then it dawns that Grandpa Sam hit HIM with the car. Doc explains that it's the Florence Nightengale effect (a nurse falling in love with their patient) then encourages Marty to get George and Lorraine to meet. Marty goes up to George, introduces himself again, and takes him over to Lorraine. Lorraine, however, only has eyes for "Calvin," asking him about his head and completely ignoring George, who slips off. Doc watches Lorraine's fascination with Marty and realizes that Lorraine has developed a crush on her future son. Marty appropriate thinks this is heavy. "There's that word again, heavy. Why are things so heavy in the future, is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?"
Doc and Marty realize that they have to get George and Lorraine together on a date. Doc asks what George and Lorraine like to do together -- Marty's response? "Nothing." Doc then directs his attention to an upcoming "rythmic ceremonial ritual" -- the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. Marty remembers that that's where his parents kissed for the first time. The plan -- make George take Lorraine to the dance!
Marty encounters George again at lunch. He notices his father is writing -- George admits he's writing science fiction stories. Marty, intrigued, asks to read some, but George refuses, saying he's afraid that people would say that they're no good. "I guess that would be hard for someone to understand," he adds, of course not knowing that's exactly how Marty felt about his music.
Marty turns the conversation back toward Lorraine and tells George that she asked him to ask George to ask her to the Dance. George balks at asking her in the cafeteria, saying he couldn't take that kind of a rejection if she said no, then points out that she might want to go with someone else. For some insane reason, though, George thinks this someone is BIFF, who is currently at Lorraine's table, harrassing her. Marty angrily pulls him off, and they nearly get into a fight before Mr. Strickland shows up. Biff leaves (after telling Marty to "make like a tree, and get outa here"), and Marty turns to see that George has fled too.
He catches up again with George after school -- George is annoyed and demands to know why Marty keeps following him. Marty tries again to convince George to go with Lorraine, but George refuses, saying he'll miss his favorite TV program, Science Fiction Theater, and that he's just not ready to ask Lorraine to the dance. "And not you, nor anyone else on this planet, is going to make me change my mind!" George disappears inside his house and Marty takes out his photo -- Dave is missing from the knees up. "Science Fiction Theater. . . ." Marty muses.
Okay, according to
martyfan, what Holly and Emmett did last night wasn't "real" alchemy.-H: *muttergrumble*-
Hey, it did what it was supposed to, right?
-H: I guess, but -- who says there can't be more than one kind of alchemy?-
"They" do, I guess.
-TD: *playing with Spinbot and Fetch* So what's the "real" form of alchemy?-
*does some web poking* Well, no incantations, like Ael said --
-E: I want my brother protected, damn it!-
-TD: I -- hell, we -- wear safety equipment!-
And it involves the use of circles -- you should see some of the elaborate designs they have. Click Here
-TD: *study page* Wow.-
-D: *looks over shoulder* Those ARE elaborate. I would imagine it would take quite a bit of time to draw them out.-
Well then, you guys have an ace in the hole with your time machines.
-M: *smirk* So, you can do anything with those circles?-
Sort of -- whatever you're "transmuting" has to be equal in mass to what you want to make it into, and you can't make anything into a human.
-TD: I'm not interested in making humans by alchemy, thank you very much. I'm not even interesting in making constructs.-
-M2: Doesn't that upset your girlfriend?-
-TD: I said making, not interacting.-
-OD: We've always been a little squeamish around that sort of thing.-
-VD2: Myself less so, but that's only natural.-
-OD: True. But for the most part, we're more comfortable around machine parts than body parts.-
Yeah, I would be too.
-DW: How goes the stories?-
I'm almost done with "Eight Arms To Hold You," and I'll be doing my best to focus on some editing in the near future. And of course NaNoWriMo's "Graffiti" -- got pick up the pace on that, I'm letting distractions in.
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