Shocky was serious about wanting to play bebe Jeff.

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

Who: Jeff, or a Jeff anyway. And whoever wants first dibs on meeting him... but there will be ample opportunity to meet him later on.
What: TIME PARADOX
When: Evening of January 4th.
Where: IN THE BITTER COLD OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
Warnings: Depends on who shows up now doesn't it.



Present Day:

The New Year was supposed to be a time for bidding good riddance to the ills of the old year and looking forward to what excitement the new year would bring. A time for determination to meet one's goals. A time for celebration! ...Although perhaps it was a little late for that one now.

Still, the year so far had Jeff feeling down. The attacks on the non-humans were still fresh in his mind (while he hadn't been there for the discovery of the victims, the image of the blood-stained bat and the fact someone planted it for the sake of some game still haunted him); Ness had lost King, and seeing the boy Jeff looked up to for his optimism and upbeat attitude be so upset was jarring; Ionia had left for another school - another planet - and Falcon seemed to be using food to fill the gaping hole left in the family.

Jeff himself was going to graduate in a few short months. What would happen then?

He tried to keep his mind off brooding introspection by distracting himself with the spare parts he received for Christmas. He spent hours at a time working in his otherwise-empty room, sometimes forgetting even to eat, but that wasn't terribly unusual. What was a little abnormal was that Jeff didn't even have any plan in mind; he was just sticking parts together as long as they fit, connecting wires here and there, seeing if anything would happen.

At last, something did.

There was a flash of light, and Jeff was gone.

199X

Jeff Andonuts, son of the great Dr. Andonuts, was flying for the first time. He never thought he'd ever have a reason to fly anywhere, but if he had to, he imagined it would have been in a plane or some other perfectly normal means of aerial transportation. Instead, after the briefest of reunions with his father, Jeff was given what the older scientist had called The Skyrunner... It looked kind of like a UFO on the outside, and the inside wasn't much better; full of blinking lights and unlabeled buttons Jeff had to sit on his hands to keep from pushing.

He watched small tufts of cloud brush by the window as the Skyrunner flew over a strange place covered in rocks and sand, with not a single snowflake to be seen. Would it be just as snow-free at his destination? He didn't even know where his destination was, just that a boy and a girl would be waiting for him there. Friends he'd never met. Ness and Paula. Waiting for him to save them so they could save the world together.

Now that he thought about it, it sounded pretty crazy, didn't it? What kind of kid just ran away from school in the middle of the night because they had a weird dream? What kind of kid just fled the country in his father's rickety old machine that probably hadn't had maintenance work done on it in years? It must have been a long time, judging by the way it was shaking and creaking all of the sudden. At least the warning siren was still loud and clear.

...Wait.

Oh, fiddlesticks.

Jeff leapt from his seat (hitting his head on the low ceiling in the process) and waved his hand over the control panel, wishing he'd at least taken the time to ask Dr. Andonuts what to do in case of emergency. Did this thing even have parachutes? A quick look around revealed that there were no hidden compartments to keep such a thing in.

He could feel himself falling. Probably too fast to put a parachute on even if there were any. He threw his arms up in helpless frustration, slammed his hand down on a group of buttons, and pulled a lever.

"Up, up, pull up...!" A light flashed from somewhere, but that was the only answer to his desperate pleas.

Jeff Andonuts, age twelve, was crashing for the first time in his life.

Present Day

An object that resembled a more primitive version of the Skyrunner kept in the school's hangar was careening out of control in the skies over Final Destination City. Citizens who saw it either whipped out their cell phones to put it on the internet or rolled their eyes and wondered what those crazy Smash Academy students were doing this time.

The more cynical observers were right to make a connection to the school, for that is precisely where the machine was headed. It crashed right into the courtyard, destroying the edge of the fountain but somehow leaving the statue in the center intact. The statue continued to urinate recycled water on the smoking Skyrunner.

Comments

[thewunderkind]

Lash did enjoy working outdoors in the snow. The air was still pretty crisp and while it cased a lot more smoke to rise as she worked on her tank...she didn't have to wait as long to move on to the next part. Plus she had taken a liking to fresh air, a vast improvement over the Black Hole bay hangers where she used to do everything.

The sound was deafening and hard to miss. Explosions in Smash were pretty normal (hell she was probably responsible for 50% of them) but right into the fountain? Someone was in trouble. Of course Lash would want to go see who she's get to make fun off.

It seemed to be the work of Jeff, of all people. Haha! This was rich. She stood at the smoldering vehicle, grinning, arms crossed.

"What are you doing dumbass, working with old technology?"

[safetyglasses.livejournal.com]

Yes, ok, it got pocketed pretty quick.

Maxwell met Lash's gaze for a moment before he wrapped up this little Jeff in a hug. "Goodness, this is a sight!" He held Jeff out at arm's length for a moment, taken in the surprising sight. Just as Lash's rushed message had said, his baby cheeks and sudden change in height were definitely reminiscent of a Jeff since passed. What on Earth had happened?

And there was Tony. Maxwell nodded to him. "He's, ah... Well we've got a bit of a surprise going on."

Well, no matter, he was going to stay positive for Jeff's sake and smiled a bit at him. Whether this was just an odd accident or a different Jeff or whatever was going on, this must have been alarming. "When was the last time you called? Oh, uh... Well I'm an RA here, and Tony and you transferred here and... Here, let's all sit down somewhere and try to figure this all out," he said with a nod to Samus and Falcon.

SOME DAY LATER WHEN IT IS MOST CONVENIENT....

[raced_god]

Somewhere in between dropping off a fresh pair of clothes, hightailing it out of there again, and retreating to the Falconcave firehouse/his office for copious amounts of brooding, Falcon realized he had overlooked a Very Important Thing.

If this Jeff had no memories of him or the school, he subsequently had no disappointment or disillusionment when it came to the Captain, something admittedly rife in their relationship. In his mire of "I completely and totally fucked up with Ionia", the prospect of a second chance with Jeff was a bittersweet one. Mostly he didn't know how to feel, but he did know that he couldn't avoid the student forever.

So he would seek him out. Maybe see how he was doing--hopefully he hadn't been completely overwhelmed by all these people saying they knew him. The obvious solution was to add one more.

also on a day of convenience

[swordofkings.livejournal.com]

Poo was a little slow to arrive and had admittedly not gotten here by means of informative digital messages. The Skyrunner was a familiar sight and one that was difficult to miss with it falling out of the sky, as well as the commotion that quickly surrounded it.

Poo kept to the shadows and observed from a distance, overhearing the voices, piecing together what had happened. It was quite a strange predicament, and the prince was not certain if he could add to it any further. He was certain that his friend would be fine, however. He had plenty of good company to keep him safe and Poo deemed his presence not necessary.

But this particular company was going to go meditate on this. Poo was very deliberate in his meditation spots of choosing for the next few days, however; spots that he assumed Jeff would pass by at some point or another for however long he would be here, in the event Jeff did decide to bridge a connection with a friend he had yet to meet.

SOMETIME SHORTLY AFTER THAT THREAD UP THERE, STILL CAFETERIA.

[pkrockin]

Ness had come when he was called! He just... didn't know where everyone had went and was stuck staring at a slightly burning crash site. Oh god what was even going on where was Jeff where was everyone WHAT WAS... He was quite possibly about to start eating his hat when he was found by the good Captain and pointed in the right direction. They were in the cafeteria, OK. The capped hero ran off in pursuit, though not before he noticed that Falcon was just slightly off. That and Lash's message... well, they didn't bode entirely well and he wasn't entirely sure what to expect.

So he entered the cafeteria a bit warily, easily sniffing out the burger picking the boy out and making his approach to his table. "... Hey."

After the crash and the cafeteria

[ohjeffums.livejournal.com]

Dealing with all of that just now had certainly been something of a doozy. Even after the commotion, it was hard to believe anything had actually taken place. It was scary, and he constantly wondered how long this problem would last? Would the old Jeff ever return with his memories intact?

But no, it had! Here Jeff was, being guided to his room by watch of Tony for a nice, quiet, safe place to stay while this issue could be further picked at by all who cared about Jeff, small, shy and confused, from a different time space all together. That in itself made Tony feel surreal, like he too had been detached from the regular flow of time somehow. He wanted to help his best friend remain as comfortable as possible no matter what, and to do that he hoped he could keep himself from freaking out too much. Sometimes, it was hard. He needed to do what was best for him.

Swallowing before he spoke, he gestured to the door of BE-03. "This is your room, Jeff. Let's have a look inside, shall we? It should be to your liking, considering, well... it was YOU who stayed here before... haha." He reached for the door and twisted it open, then waited for it to budge into a feasible walkway. "Um, after you!"