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how dare you

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A

"Relax, Raven," you say. "Jinx, be careful, you'll rip the whole thing off like that."

You recline back again, the girls get up, and Raven climbs over you to rest on your right side. She rests her head on your shoulder and looks down as your pants as she takes the zipper's tab in her index and thumb. Jinx holds the flap back, and as the zipper goes down, the fly opens wide to reveal...

"Oh my!" Jinx says with a big grin. "Talk about pitching a tent."

Jinx slips her dress off to return to being in only underwear and socks, but in that time, Raven makes the next move by pulling your pants down to your knees!

"Whoa!" you say. "I'm... I'm not really used to such... force."

"Get used to it," Raven smiles. "I may not have liked her in the moment, but I'm starting to agree with Passion."

"What?" Jinx asks with a confused eyebrow as she flops down on her stomach, back arched to let her buttocks peek over her shoulders again.

"Long story short, I'm starting to become more in-tune with a certain part of my personality," Raven says.

"Does being 'in tune' with that part of you involve... this?"

Jinx suddenly cups a hand on your, well, to keep it appropriate, your goolies! A surge of pleasure goes up your spine and you let out a strange sort of gasping moan.

"Mmm~, I like that noise you made," Jinx smiles.

"I think I like it, too," Raven says as she hovers a hand over your hips. "Get him to make it again."

Jinx pushes her hand further into you, and you do in fact make that noise again. Jinx and Raven giggle mischievously.

"You naughty little minxes," you say with a flustered smile.

"Hmm, Jinx the Minx," Jinx says herself. "I like the sound of that."

Jinx playfully kicks her legs as she bites her lower lip in a smile and caresses your goolies, and honestly using "goolies" makes this sound awkward and childish. Even so, you enjoy how her fingers brush and dance on your boxer briefs. Raven's hand continues to hover.

"Raven, either do something or don't," you say. "I feel like you're trying to cast a spell."

"I'm trying to decide something," she says. "Should I go over or under the underwear?"

"Oooo~..." Jinx says. "Stick to over, we'll be even."

"Alright," Raven says.

Raven finally sets her hand down on top of your... What's a word for this that is on the level of "goolies"...? Oh, your "todger". Your todger responds instinctively with a twitch, and Raven's eyes light up.

"Raven," you say in all seriousness. "Be gentle."

Raven's fingers smooth up and down your todger, both her and Jinx marveling at every little twitch and swell, as well as the outline that's becoming more and more defineable.

"Whoa...!" Jinx says with wide eyes and a big grin. "I... I just need to check something."

"Check what-- hey!!"

Raven is interrupted as Jinx suddenly springs up and straddles you facing the other direction. Jinx then gasps, then looks over her shoulder at you with another lower-lip-biting smile.

"What's that look about?" Raven asks.

"Nothing you need to worry about," Jinx says as she grinds a little.

Jinx then reclines back, just as Raven did, and rests on top of you so that you can see down the valley her cool-grey hills to her adorable bellybutton and the bit of thigh shown between her long stockings and striped panties.

"Are you done 'checking'?" Raven asks. "I wasn't done with what I was doing."
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"Just a second," Jinx says.

Jinx wiggles and grinds while smoothing her hands up along her body and then back down along your sides. She then grabs your hands by the wrists and pulls them up.

"Up or down?" she asks with that naughty smile.

A) Up
B) Down
C) Half 'n' Half
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C) Half 'n' Half
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C.
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C...
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C

"Is half 'n' half an option?" you ask.

"Oh it certainly is," Jinx says.

She presses your hands down onto her midriff. She slides your right hand down and your left hand up, so that your left hand goes under her bra and once again touches the glory that is the tender little tip atop her soft "hill". As for your right hand, it looks on a path to slide under the waistband!

"Whoa there," Raven says, putting a hand in the way. "Stay on the outside."

Raven lifts your hand and Jinx's and places them on top of the of Jinx's striped undies.

"But it's not as fun if it's on top," Jinx pouts.

You give that little nub a little pinch, and Jinx lets out a moaning sigh. As for down below, Raven helps you press and rub on the spot between Jinx's legs. Jinx's body reacts so that her legs clamp around all three hands. You keep going with the rubbing, combined with the pinching and twiddling to her upper body, and Jinx's toes curl and she moans softly into your ear.

You kiss on Jinx's neck, shoulders, then up to her cheek and ear. Raven leans in and gives a kiss to Jinx's lips, then to yours, and then you kiss Jinx's lips. Jinx puts a hand on your cheek and holds you there in that kiss, but Raven invades to make it a three-way kiss.

As the triple tongue dance goes on, both Raven and Jinx let out short, soft sounds, like somewhere between panting and moaning. It gets a bit messy with saliva but you don't care and neither do they, especially with how outright erotic it sounds as Jinx and Raven slurp to keep the mess from getting out of hand. Even the line of drool that falls away as Raven pulls back from Jinx is slovenly sexual, right down to the way Raven licks her lips with a seductive smile.

"Let's finish her off," she says.

"Huh?" Jinx says.

"Just do like you did with me," Raven whispers in your ear. "Remember?"

You sit up, keeping Jinx pressed up against you. You squeeze, pinch and knead her breast while you kiss at her neck, cheeks and earlobe, just as you did with Raven. Your other hand busies itself with everything below Jinx's waistline. Jinx's moans get louder, so you muffle her with a kiss. Her moans travel into you as they build, and they encourage you to go harder.

You squeeze, rub and press harder and harder, making Jinx moan louder and longer, and eventually you see her eyes roll back as she grips your bicep and hand and lets out one final and most powerful moan yet. Then she loosens and relaxes, her body drained of energy. You release her from the kiss and set her head gently on the pillow.

"Good boy," Raven says as she lies down again.

Raven returns to kissing you on the lips, and with what energy she has, Jinx tenderly kisses the edge of your mouth. Hands then return to your crotch and start playing around again.

"Aaah wait," you say quickly. "It's..."

"It's ready to blow, isn't it?" Jinx asks with a smile.

"Yes..." you say meekly.

Raven looks at your underwear eagerly. She seems unsure about how to touch it, like she was earlier.

A) Give her the OK
B) Take things into your own hands
C) Reluctantly cut things off here
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A
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D another emergency pops up
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A.
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A

"Do it," you say quickly.

"What?" she says in surprise.

"Do it," you repeat just as quickly. "Grab it."

Raven hesitantly reaches for your todger, but her face betrays how eager she is to touch it again. She does wrap her fingers around it, but still with the underwear in between your skin and her skin. She then presses her chest against your chest and kisses you passionately as she slides her hand up and down.

"No," you say, "not like that."

"What do you mean?" Raven says. "Wait. N-No... You don't mean."

"I give you permission," you say. "All of my permission...!"

"I-I... I'm not ready for that," Raven says nervously, despite her hand staying gripped on your todger.

"You said you were in tune with Passion," you say. "Passion was ready to get in a hot spring."

"But there's a big difference," Raven defends. "I'm not really sure which ranks higher on the intimacy list but I'm not ready for this one...!"

"Then let me," Jinx says as she rolls over. "This is my 'one time' like we discussed, so this is the only chance I'll get."

"No," Raven says as she uses her body to block Jinx. "If anyone's touching Rorek's..."

"Todger is what I've been calling it," you mutter.

"Todger-- Todger?"

"Just... You want to be the one to do it, yes?"

"Yes!"

"Then you might as well do it now."

Raven pouts and blushes as she looks down at your boxer briefs. She positions herself over you but looks at your crotch as if trying to solve a puzzle.

"How am I supposed to do this?" she mutters.

"Just whip it out!" Jinx says. "If I can't touch it then at least let me see it!"

"No!" Raven says as she shields your todger with her breasts.

The soft but powerful pressure from her bosoms sends another surge of pleasure up your spine and you let out another of those awkward moans that the girls seem to like. Raven looks back to you, and then at her chest. She faintly smiles as she gently floats on her own bosoms, but it becomes more like squishing her own bosoms against your todger.

"Raven, please," you moaningly plead. "No more teasing..."

Raven sits up, and even the removal of the soft pressure is somehow pleasurable.

"Forget whipping it out," Jinx smirks, "I think it's ready to just rip its way through that cotton on its own."

"Jinx is right," you say. "I'm a champagne bottle and the cork's going to be shot off soon enough."

"What do I do?" Raven asks in a slight panic; at this point, Raven less resembles Passion than she does resemble Timidity.

"Shake the bottle, duh!" Jinx says. "Get that cork to pop!"

"O-Okay...!" Raven says.

Raven skittishly reaches her hands out and rests them on your hips. Slowly, almost reverently, she pulls the waistband down, and immediately she and Jinx are able to gaze upon your todger's... spear head. Then as the waistband goes lower and lower, your todger becomes more and more like a great sword being unsheathed.

"I-I-I can't!" Raven says as she suddenly yanks your underwear all the way back up.

"What the hell!?" Jinx says. "What's wrong with you!?"

"I'm coming to my senses, that's what's 'wrong'," Raven says. "I'm not ready to see a fully exposed todger! I haven't even shown him my... What's a good British word for--?"

"Knockers fits the theme of 'todger'," you say.
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"I haven't even shown him my knockers!" Raven continues. "Sure he's felt them up and we did hand-bra but... There's just certain steps that need to happen first and I don't want to rush them, no matter how hard my passionate side wants it."

"Then show him your knockers and let me see his todger," Jinx says.

"But I've never shown anyone my knockers, either..." Raven says, again resembling Timidity.

"If you aren't, then I totally am," Jinx says as she brings her hands to her bra.

"No you're not!" Raven says.

A) Agree with Raven, no need to rush through exposing knockers and todgers
B) Say it would only be fair given all you've done for them


half the reason it took this long to get this update done is because I couldn't decide how far to push the envelope
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A...
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A.

She's clearly not into it. B sounds like a dick move, pun sorta intended.
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A

If Raven isn't ready no need to pressure her. She'll get there at some point but not now
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A

"Raven is right," you say.

"What?" Jinx says.

"There's no need to rush through you ladies exposing your knockers or my exposing my todger. This first week together has been a bit of a whirlwind, we should take our time."

"Thank you, Rorek," Raven smiles softly.

"Fine..." Jinx groans. "So... Does that mean we're done? This is it?"

"Yes," you say. "I believe so."

"So our little romp ends not with a bang," Jinx sighs, "but a wasted opportunity."

Jinx sits up and picks her dress up off the floor.

"At least we'll always have... this spare room in Titans Tower," Jinx says.

Jinx gives you one last kiss on the cheek before slipping her dress back on and buttoning it up.

"But..." she says as she goes to the door. "If either of you ever wants a second time, you know who to call."

"Either of...?" you say.

Raven blushes as Jinx gives one last wiggle of her hips and even a wink before she leaves the room. Then things are quiet as you sit back on the bed as Raven sits on your legs.

"So..." Raven eventually says. "Are you...?"

"My uh... My todger has settled down."

"Okay," she nods. "Then I... Should probably go."

"You don't have to," you say. "You could stay and rest."

"No, umm..." Raven says. "My passionate side might be too tempted. I need to meditate to calm down."

"Alright," you say. "See you at dinner?"

"Of course," she says.

She gives you a quick kiss on the lips before she slips her sleeves back up and puts her cloak on. She then heads to the door, opens it up, and checks that the coast is clear before she leaves the room.

Left alone in your room with not even Raven snuggled up beside you, you start to wonder if you made the right choice. You know it was the gentlemanly thing to do, especially when it was in support of your girlfriend, but does being a gentleman mean never getting your todger tugged? And looking back, you're rather surprised by how impish and promiscuous both she and Jinx could be.

For now, you put your pants back on, fully zipped and buttoned, and you decide to

A) Work on your own Elemental Magic
B) Work on your other schools of magic
C) Check on Shadowfax
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C) Check on Shadowfax
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C.
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C
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C

You get up and--after a quick trip to the loo--go to the elevator and ride down to the garage. When you arrive and the doors open, you find the garage to be empty. You walk out and down the line to where you parked Shadowfax.

"How're you doing, boy?" you ask as you walk up alongside him. "We don't usually go that fast, huh?"

You check the tires. The treads of the rear tire, where all the power goes, are wearing down. You've been on that same rear tire for some time, you'll need to change it soon. You take out a penny and stick it in the tread. It goes in so that Honest Abe's forehead is covered, meaning there is still time before you need to change it. You do this for the front tire, it covers up even a bit more than that, so it's just fine.

You smooth the seat and then kneel down beside him and look at the engine block, specifically the seams and gaps, as those are the spaces in which the white light shined through. The light comes from the Magi-Drive inside the engine, Grandfather Rorek VI ultimate Magi-Drive, the one he doesn't share anything about with the company no matter what: the Accel-Drive. Attached to a motor vehicle, it will obviously enhance the vehicle's natural ability to gain speed to its mechanical limits.

Therefore, you feel the need to make sure the engine is not too badly strained. You are glad to see the light, aka the magical energy emitted from the Accel-Drive, left no corrosion on the seams and gaps. However, much of the wear and tear from pushing the engine like you did would be on the inside.

"Shadowfax, start."

*VRRRM* Shadowfax rumbles to life. The vocal commands are still functional, and are all possible through another of Grandfather's installations: the magical nervous system that are all connected to the Brain-Drive, a magical-science adaptation of Autonomy magic, the very magic as found in golems and the like. Where the Accel-Drive is kept Grandfather's undisclosed invention, the Brain-Drive is merely of a highly-restricted level; only a few others exist and they all belong to members of the Null Family.

"Shadowfax, sleep."

Shadowfax turns off the engine. Nothing sounded off about the start up, while it was running in idle, or when it stopped. That and how it didn't seem to be so bad on the drive back to the tower means no serious harm to the regular engine. However, getting to the Accel-Drive means opening the engine block, and that means using tools you don't have. Though, as you're in a garage and Cyborg works on the T-Car regular--and surely does the same for Robin's R-Cycle and perhaps even Beast Boy's B-Ped--he would have the tools needed.

A) Borrow them from Cyborg
B) "Borrow" them from Cyborg
C) Ask for Cyborg's help
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C.
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C) Ask for Cyborg's help

Cybrog built the T tower and a spaceship. He can teach us somethings
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C...
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C

You take out your communicator.

"Cyborg? You there?"

"Yo, Rorek, what's up?" he replies. "You in the garage?"

"Yes, how did you know? Are you tracking the communicator?"

"No, it's the acoustics," he chuckles. "You sound like you're in the garage."

"Right, yes, I am in the gerage," you say, noting the difference in American and English pronunciations. "I was going to work on Shadowfax's engine, so I was thinking you could help. This is your garage, I want to respect your space."

"Well I'll be right down."

You put your communicator away and wait with Shadowfax. The elevator goes up, then comes back down, and Cyborg enters the garage.

"Alright," Cyborg says with a grin, "what exactly do you need?"

"I need to get into the engine block, open it up and check some of the internal components."

"Oh sweet," he says as he walks over to his tools. "Bring it over here to the lift. Er, the hydraulic one, not the elevator."

"I knew which you meant," you chuckle. "For one, Shadowfax would not fit in the elevator lift."

Cyborg pulls tool boxes and carts over and you wheel Shadowfax out of the parking spot over to where he directs. Carefully, the hydraulic lifts deploy from the floor, and raise Shadowfax up so that his engine block is closer to eye level.

"Nice twin cam," Cyborg smiles.

"Thank you," you say. "My grandfather took care of installing it onto Shadowfax, but he made sure to teach me everything about it. Let's get started, shall we?"

Cyborg holds up a motorized bolt wrench gun and gives it a quick *vrrv vrrv*. Both of you, each armed with the wrench, undo the bolts that secure the engine.

"Make sure to disconnect the engine from the gearbox," you say.

"That's the transmission, right?" Cyborg asks.

"Yes, I believe that's the translation."

Cyborg pops the engine loose of the gearbox, and you carefully brace the block with magic before Cyborg undoes the last bolt. You just as carefully slide the block out from under Shadowfax's tank and seat to then set it on a large table.

You and Cyborg carefully undo the smaller bolts that hold the engine together then open it up one part at a time.

"Good," you say, "no damage to the piston heads or the shafts. Pass me the torque spanner. Er, torque wrench."

Cyborg passes you said tool and you use it to unfasten the extra device attached to where the crankshaft and connecting rods meet.

"Whoa, what's that?" Cyborg asks.

"A top secret Magi-Drive," you say as you check the sprockets with the sparkling gems embedded in them.

No cracks or chipping in the crystals or on the sprockets themselves. You spin the sprockets against each other.

"And it seems to be just fine," you say as they move smoothly. "I hardly use it, but I was worried that meant it grew rusty or stiff."

You reattach the Accel-Drive to the rods and then start putting everything back together. Cyborg then helps put the engine back under the gas tank, reattach the gearbox and then put the nuts and bolts back to keep the engine attached.

"Thanks," you say. "That would've taken much longer if I was working alone."

"No prob," he says. "Hey uh... Do you happen to know why Jinx's dress was buttoned wrong?"

"Was it?" you say nervously. "I didn't notice. I was just headed to my room and that was it."
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"Sure," he says, not exactly believing you. "But I wasn't talking about when we got back. It was buttoned wrong after we got back, and after she returned from 'her' room."

You stay still as you think of excuses. Well, nothing really comes to you, as you immediately know counters; for example, she couldn't have showered because surely her hair was dry.

A) Tell him the truth about the softcore threesome
B) Lie about Jinx's lewd selfie session
C) RUN
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Well i want to say C but try B if that doesn't work then A
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A

If it was BB I wouldn't say a word. But Cyborg is more understanding and has had a good connection with Raven in a few different episodes.
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A.

Fuck it. Stay honest.
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A.
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A

"Umm..." you say as you stiffly turn around. "Well, she didn't return from her room. She exited my room."

Cyborg is quiet for a moment with a blank, wide-eyed stare.

"WHAT!?" he suddenly shouts.

"Shh...!" you say, complete with finger to your lips.

"What happened to you and Raven?!" Cyborg says. "Beast Boy and I told you not to mess around!"

"Raven was part of it!" you say.

Cyborg goes blank again.

"What," he says much more flatly.

"In order of events," you say, "Jinx was upset over Kid Flash just dropping off her luggage. She wanted some kind of release, and she convinced Raven through... physical intimacy... to make it the three of us."

Cyborg's jaw drops open.

"Seriously?!" Cyborg says, his hands on either side of his head. "I-I-I-I-I... I can't-- I mean, I never really thought of Raven like that, I just can't now, she's more like a sister or a cousin. But then, Jinx? Like, I did for a moment think of her like that but that never went anywhere and now to learn she..."

"Cyborg," you say, "just take a deep breath."

Cyborg inhales then exhales.

"So like..." he says. "Which-- wait, no, don't tell me, I don't want to picture Raven like that. Well, wait, I do need to know how far you went."

"Take another deep breath," you say, "I did not go all the way with either of them."

"Okay," he sighs in relief. "So like... Well, wait, does England even have the 'bases' system?"

"You mean the ones named for your American sport of Baseball? We Brits do understand them ourselves. I believe that, per the terminology, I made it to second base with both but stopped short of third."

"Wow," he says. "You sure work fast."

"Truth be told, Jinx was being quite the, um... 'base coach' works here, right? She was the eager one."

"So then what happened when you were heading into third?"

"It was a 2-1 vote in stopping before we got there. Raven and I didn't want to rush through things, we have time to ease through the bases."

"That's good," he says. "But how did Jinx take it?"

"She was civil," you say. "She did promise beforehand that this would be the one time."

"That's very good," Cyborg says. "Wouldn't want any of you getting to attached to that kind of relationship. Raven deserves to, uh, run the bases, in a traditional sense."

"Agreed," you nod, already planning to not discuss Jinx's open offer. "And I probably don't need to ask, but you and I shall be the only men to know of this, yes?"

"Oh definitely," Cyborg says. "Nobody needs to know."

"Good man," you say.

Shadowfax is lowered off the hydraulics, and you walk him back into the parking spot.

"Shadowfax, stand," you say.

Shadowfax deploys the kickstand.

"Okay how does all that work?" Cyborg asks. "Obviously some kinda magic, but what kind?"

"An off-shoot of Autonomy magic," you say. "Another idea of my grandfather's."

You and Cyborg walk to the elevator and ride up to the top floor. You then go to Ops and see everyone gathered.

"So what's everyone up to?" you ask as you walk to where Raven sits on the couch.

"Dinner has already been decided," she explains to you as you lean against the back. "Macaroni and cheese, so that even Beast Boy can eat it."
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"Sounds good. So what cheeses are in it? Cheddar? Swiss? Perhaps some Parmesan?"

"Um... What?" Beast Boy says. "It's name brand from the box, dude."

"What?" you say, seeing the cardboard boxes on the counter. "You can't be serious. Powdered cheese byproduct?"

"It's what we had," Raven shrugs. "And what we usually have."

A) Settle for this corporate mac 'n' cheese
B) Start on a batch of from scratch
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B.
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B
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B
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B

"No this simply won't do," you say as you go to the kitchenette. "I must make a true batch of macaroni and cheese, from scratch."

"But we already have the processed cheese powder and macaroni noodles cooking in the pot," Starfire says.

"Then you can just compare that to what I make," you say as you get out a grater and a block of cheddar. "Are there spare noodles?"

"Other cupboard," Cyborg says.

You open up the cupboard pantry and find a box of elbow macaroni noodles, the traditional take on "mac 'n' cheese." You take that out and shake out noodles into a pan. You grate cheese and have it sprinkle over the noodles. You want to do breading but it's pretty clear there are no baguettes.

"Ah, good," you say as you pull out Ritz crackers. "These will do."

You crumble up crackers and tear regular whtie bread and make that the layer of breading on top of it all. You throw that in the oven and let the heat melt the cheese to fill the gaps of the noodles.

"This will take some time," you say in reference to your macaroni and cheese. "But it's always worth it, trust me."

"Well until then," Robin says as the pot boils, "we have this."

Robin turns off the heat and the brand name macaroni and cheese is served.

"Are you going to have some?" he asks.

"No, I'll wait for mine," you say.

"In that case," Beast Boy says, "more for me!"

Beast Boy piles it on in his bowl before taking his seat.

"I'll have a little of this," Raven says. "I'll save room to have some of the baked mac 'n' cheese."

"Same here," Jinx says as she takes a bowl of the instant mac 'n' cheese.

You glance at Cyborg but he makes no subtle indications at the secret shared. He simply scoops his own share and takes a seat.

"So what should we watch?" Robin asks the group as he turns on the television.

"Is there even anything good on?" Beast Boy asks. "A lot of the main channels still have news over the big chase."

"A few of the headlines still ask who Rorek is," Starfire says.

"It's more like they're asking who was the guy on the insanely fast bike on the highway," Cyborg says. "But yeah, basically they want to know who Rorek is."

"Well I'm flattered," you say. "But I wouldn't want to bring attention to my family in that way."

"Being a superhero saving the day?" Beast Boy says.

"No, going hundreds of kilometers per hour," you say. "As a wealthier family, there's already the stigma that I, the adolescent heir, might participate in reckless or obnoxious behavior like I'm some spoiled brat."

"So you're trying to keep a low profile," Raven surmises.

"Precisely," you say. "That's another secret to my family's continued success and existence: we keep enough of a low profile so that no one comes investigating. Otherwise, they'd expose us as a clan of wizards and 'heathens'."

"But, like, magic's all over," Beast Boy says. "Supervillains, superheroes, Vegas."

"The general public doesn't actually understand that when a hero like Dr. Fate saves the day against a villain like Doctor Alchemy or Anton Arcane, it's forms of magic. They attribute it to 'superpowers', science fiction that's become science reality, which is just fine with my family."

"Never thought it'd be better for people not to know who you are," Jinx says.

"But seriously, what're we watching?" Robin asks.

A) Suggest sports
B) Suggest a movie
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B.
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A)
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A.
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A

"How about some sports?" you ask. "With all of my traveling, I don't really get to sit and watch any games or matches."

"So, like, soccer?" Beast Boy says. "Cricket? Rugby?"

"I appreciate that you know those have British fanbases, but no it wouldn't be any of those," you say. "I'm thinking more basketball, that's going on right now, isn't it?"

Robin scans the guide and finds a game playing right now. He goes to it just as the ball swishes through the hoops.

"And another shot from way down town!" the commentator says as the crowd goes wild. "The score is now 72 to 56, extending the lead to 16."

"Not only that," the other commentator says, "but that means the Atlanta Tigers have been going on a 24 point run to just smoke the Austin Stallions' defense this half."

"Well," a third commentator says, "the Stallions haven't been the best team on the road this year. At this point in the season, they are 5 and 13, and those road wins mostly come from interstate divisional rivals so it's not lik they actually traveled all that far."

The Stallions get possession of the ball now, and they in their blue jerseys with purple and white trim advance across the court. The Tigers in their white jerseys with orange and black trim prepare a zone defense.

A quick pass to the Forward and he makes a move, the Tigers player gets in and takes the bump as the Stallions player goes up. The Stallion misses his lay-up from the stiff contact, a referee blows a whistle, and calls a block foul!?

"What?" you say incredulously. "That was not a block, that was clean!"

"I dunno," Robin says, "I think he was still moving."

Instant replay gets a close, rear angle. Stallion player goes up as Tigers play moves in.

"See, right there," you say. "Feet are down, established block. If anything that should've gone the other way."

"No, but look, his feet are in the circle."

"What?" you say as you literally look closer by leaning towards the television. "Oh, well the very edge of his heel touches that line, how could the ref see that from where he was?"

"Either way, he still called it right," Robin shrugs and smirks.

"So wait, do you follow Basketball that closely?" Raven asks.

"Not particularly," you say. "I know enough of the rules to know that that ref got lucky. Would've been better if he'd just kept it as a no call because now he has the home crowd upset with him."

"Any particular teams you like?" she asks.

"Not particularly," you say. "Again, I don't stay in one place long enough to really get into a season."

The Stallions' Forward stands on the free throw line and takes his first of two shots. *swish* for the make, and he gets his second. *swish* again and now the Stallions are at 58.

"So who do you want to win this?" Raven asks.

A) Tigers
B) Stallions
C) Doesn't matter
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B) Stallions
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C.
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C
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C

"Doesn't really matter," you say. "So long as it's a good game and refs call things right, it'll be entertaining."

The Tigers have the ball again and move it across the court, but the Stallions give pressure. They double up the Guard handling the ball, he's forced to toss it over and it does get to a teammate, but he is soon swarmed by a Stallion defender. The Tiger player can't make a move to the hoop or attempt a shot so he has to pass it to the Center. The Center passes it to one of the Forwards who attempts a shot but it bricks off the rim.

"Both sides go for the rebound," the first commentator says.

The ball gets slapped way out to center court.

"Tigers recover the ball," the commentator continues as the Guard takes it and swings around the half court line.

"Stallions are really pressuring the Tigers, because they have to," the second commentator says. "Tigers have the shooters that made this game tip their way, they'll just keep making it worse for the Stallions."

"Speaking of!" the third commentator says as a Tiger play jukes and causes the Stallions defender to stagger back.

The Tiger player shoots, it goes off the backboard but bounces at an angle, the Center jumps up and slam dunks!

"Ooooh!" you and the guys react.

"Well that can also happen," the second commentator chuckles.

"The lead stays at 16 as the Stallions call a time out," the first commentator says.

"It's finally time to stop the bleeding," the third commentator gets in before things go to commercials.

You check on your macaroni and cheese in the oven.

"Just a little longer," you say. "Then we'll have to give it time to cool before cutting into it."

The game comes back quickly, and the Stallions inbound from half court. They work to open up that zone but the Tigers stay on point with the ball, no matter the handler. The Stallions set up a screen, it works, the Stallions Forward gets into the paint and tries a sky hook. The ball hits the back of the rim and bounces back, so the same Forward and a couple Tigers players jump up for it. There's a quick slapping and swinging of arms and hands, and the Stallions player reacts to a hit to the face.

"Where's the whistle on that?" you say. "The play shouldn't continue when someone gets hit in the face."

"I think he hit ball first," Beast Boy says.

"That shouldn't change that," you say.

The Tigers player rushes down the court and goes flying at the hoop, but there's a Stallions player in the way and they collide. The ball misses the hoop entirely, the whistle blows on the foul, and it goes towards the Tigers for a charge!

"Is that really?" you say.

The replay shows the Tigers player going up and the Stallions player coming in.

"The Stallions player wasn't set!" you say.

"Bad call, he was not set," the third commentator says.

"See?" you say.

You check the macaroni and cheese and see the breading has become a nice golden-brown. You turn off the oven and use magic to move the pan out and onto the counter. You prepare plates and forks as it cools.

"Alright, the real macaroni and cheese is served," you say.

Raven and Jinx walk over, as does Beast Boy.

"I thought you got your fill of the other stuff?" you ask.

"It smells really good," Beast Boy says.

You trim around the edge to separate the cheese from the pan. You serve the first row up, giving Raven and Jinx

A) The corners
B) The sides
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B. Just enough crisp without it being too burnt.
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A
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B
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B

"Mmm, I already like the look of the crust here," Jinx says as she points it out with her fork.

"Yes, you don't get the nice crisp edges like that on your powdered cheese, now do you?" you smile.

"Ooooh!" Cyborg and Robin say in reaction to the basketball game.

"Another shot from deep behind the three point line!" the first commentator says. "The Tigers are extending their lead to 19!"

"Stallions are hustling back on offense," the third commentator says.

You and Beast Boy take the corner pieces and everyone returns to their seats. You take your first bite of you mac 'n' cheese and enjoy the warm gooey cheese and the toasty crumbling breading on top.

"I like it," Raven says.

"I knew you would," you say. "Worth the wait, wasn't it?"

"I guess," she shrugs.

"I definitely like the crust," Beast Boy says. "Crunchy like a cracker but not too hard."

The game continues as you eat your mac 'n' cheese. The Stallions make quite the run of scoring, getting the game back within four points. However, time starts running short and a couple crucial mistakes are made, and they lose by nine.

"A valiant effort by the Stallions," you say.

"What else is there?" Raven asks. "Sports are fine but... Yeah I'd prefer something else."

"Then how about an evening magic lesson?" you offer. "We can

A) Continue Elemental magic
B) Start on counter spells

should've just made this part of the previous update
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B.
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B.
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B
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