Play, Animate, Pause

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Play

Guy time. Time to talk trash; make fun of Beastboy and extol the virtues of red meat. Of course Trash talk came first...

"……"

"……"

"……damm, she's hot, man. A total knockout! And try to be honest."

"Haha! I know…. I know….."

I sighed "Ya' know; If she wasn't 'getting used to our ways' I woulda'; you know… asked her out…"
"hehehehehe! Robin would have kicked your ass…."

"Robin?"

"Eh…. Maybe it's my imagination, but….."

"Heh, Raven's got the hots for him….."

"What!"

"BOOYAH! Knockup another win for the champ! Cyborg 3 to 0!"

"Huh….? Wait! That wasn't fair!"

"Oh, yes it was! BOOYAH!"

"No, it wasn….! Aw, alright…. That was a cheap way to win….. lying…"

"I wasn't lying, man…. Raven does have the hots for Robin… even ice queens have hormones…."

"No; they freeze to death…. In Robin's case they die from exhaustion."

"Think what you want….. What I won't give for his prefect abs……"

"Your extra large steak?"

"Other than that."

"Hehehehehe!"

"…… ever wonder what's under the mask?"

"Huh?"

"You know… his eyes, ever wonder what they are? Blue, Black, Brown, Grey…."

"….ehh, no."

"….. Masks… Never had a face to face talk with him….. It's always been face to mask….."

"Eh…… you're trying to freak me out and make me crash, aren't you?"

"Hmmmphhff… Maybe."

"……"

"……"

"….. Saw the beach, Today?"

"Huh, why?"

"The girls were chilling there."

"So? Girls have a right to chill…… even, s-sexy girls….."

"BIKINIS, Beastboy, BIKINIS!... if only if I had my snapshot program working today….."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

"What?"
"Eh… I m-mean….."
"I know; Terra is pretty cute too."

"Pretty cute! You're too shallow, dude."

"Hmmmm….."

"So? What does your raging Libido tell you today?"

"I don't have a libido. I just appreciate beauty."

"HA! I find that hard to believ….. On the other hand, I won't touch that….."

"Hmmm….. Raven wasn't there."
"Her? Why should she be?"

"I don't have a file with her in a Bikini….."

"Hmmphhff…. You're a pervert, dude…"

"Hmmmm….."

"She's too… dark for that kind of stuff."

"Why do you say that?"

"She'll be reading a book full of Goth poetry…. Or meditating… or drinking tea. She's too dark."

"For what?"

"For a bathing suit of any description…"

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Beastboy."

"Eh?"

"Raven's sexy."

"Prove it."

"In her own unique way."

"Prove it."

"Well…. You know, when Raven's being herself."

"Her cold, bitter, Goth self."

"Shut up. I'm making a point here."

"Hehehehe…."

"Anyways, when she's mediating, reading Goth poetry or drinking tea…… she has that strand."

"… Strand?"

"That loose strand of hair near her left ear…. It's always loose. She always having to sweep it back….. That's her brand of Sexy."

"Hehehehe! Your going nuts, aren't you?"

"I'm serious, man….. She's got a sexy side too……"

"Prove it!"

"Ever wonder why she doesn't cover her legs more?"

"……"

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Animate

"It's over X"

"Never say never, Birdboy!"

KAABBOOMMM!

"Nefarious villain! You will be apprehended!"

"Whatever you say, gorgeous…."

"EEEKKK!"

"Beauty makes up for Brains, sweetheart…."

"Azarath. Metrion. Zilthos."

CRRAACCKK!

"Tsk, Tsk. That was valuable, no?"

"Shut up, X. You're not getting away."

"Really? This being very different from the last five times and all….."

"HiiYAH!"

"X marks the spot, wonder boy."

"I'll be aiming for your mouth. Bigger target."

"Haha!"

"BOOYAH!"

"Nope. No Booyah."

"Aww… man…"

"No where to run, X"

"Who's running?"

BOOMM!

"Ah!"

"Tata, Titans. It's been fun; but I've gotta count the cash."

KKKKAAAAAABBBBBOOOOOOMMMMM!

Teleport

"AAaa!"

"Robin…. Time to put down the grenade….."

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Pause

I was ten when I told mother that I no longer want to live.

She scooped me up in her arms and stared into my eyes, asking why?

I told her that as long as I lived the world will in danger; that as long as I lived Father will come. Bringing the end of all things mortal.

She stared at me and spoke, all life here in Azarath was precious. Especially mine. That here… here, of all places, people knew the value of life. Even the greatest emperor to the meanest beggar knew that whatever he felt, understood and loved was temporary…… Cherished it, and mourned when it was gone. They all knew that they had to die, so they knew the value of life….

The Skies will Burn. The Heavens will fall. Flesh will become stone. The sun will set….. Never to rise again!

Her reply haunts me to this day.

"But we can hope."

"………"

I realize now that my life is nothing but the pursuit of utter oblivion.

I fight crime, for righteousness. I fight for the innocents. For their lives. For my ideals.

But when father comes, where will be those ideals?

Oblivion.

I live, breath, eat and love with the Titans. I balance my sanity in their hands.

But the Titans are not my life.

My life is nothing but the momentary pause before the end.

One day the portal will open and suck everyone in.

Me.

The Titans.

The world I struggle to protect.

Yet, I ignore it.

I choose to live in the present.

But the future nears. Do I believe I can simply blow the candles and wish it away?

Misery loves company.

Misery loves company, indeed.

But I can not dwell on it. The Titans call for me.

Starfire wants me to taste her newest 'cookery'

Beastboy wants me to play his video games with him.

Cyborg wants to test drive the new T car with him.

Robin wants me for team practice.

I sigh.

Cringe.

Shudder.

Stretch.

And get up.

I pick up a good book to read.

TS Elliot

Time to dream of another wasteland far from me.