Comic-Con (open RP)

[nerdherdchuck]

ooc: This post is open to everyone. It's complete bendy time too. Feel free to drop by, chat with one another and have fun!

The San Diego convention center was filled with all sorts of exhibits, panels and vendors selling all sorts of collectibles. There seemed to be so much to do and tons of events worth seeing.

"I'm finally here," Chuck commented out loud to no one in particular.

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[not-a-savage.livejournal.com]

Jack honestly couldn't believe he was at Comic-con. If it weren't for Chuck and Hiro, he probably wouldn't have come at all. He had always harbored a slight interest for the sense of the fantastic, but his sense of reason overwhelmed that long ago and somewhere along the line Jack Shephard had all but forgotten what it was like to suspend disbelief.

Yet deep down there was still an inkling of that boy who was fascinated with Superman, as Jack had willingly come. With a smile, he looked over at Chuck. "Yeah, we are. You're the expert, where do we even start?"

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"We need to go to registration," Hiro mutters. Fortunately, he and Ando got here on Tuesday, so he didn't have to worry about luggage or anything like that. "Then get the schedule so we know what panels or programs we want to go to."

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, Hiro's right. We'll have to go to registration first. I did print out some of the schedules from the website though so we'd have something before we got here. But the one at the registration area will probably have some other things listed on it. Like whee certain vendors are."

Chuck pulled his printed copy of the schedule out of his back pocket. "Ooh. The day starts out with a panel called 'The Gene Roddenberry Legacy: Roddenberry in the 21st Century.' From the write up, it sounds like they're discussing projects in the works and in production. They probably can't go much into detail about the new movie but still...that might be a neat one to start with. What do you think?"

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"We must go to that one. His son will be there." Hiro pulls out his rather mangled printout. He's got things circled, doubled circled, circled and underlined. He's got a printed schedule for the panels he wants to go to. If they leave him in charge of scheduling, he's going to be a martinet.

[magic-fratboy.livejournal.com]

Tommy had never been a huge comic book fan, but as an artist in his own right he could appreciate talent. Okay, and admittedly he was kind of a whore for anything that came out of Dark Horse or the brain of Todd McFarlane period. And then there was Frank Miller...

Comic book geek in hiding. Just something else to add to his list of secret identities.

It didn't hurt that he had a work-related excuse to be there, too. He knew a guy that had made him aware of a company that did t-shirts that were looking to upgrade their image. Making the drive from Hollywood to San Diego was a little much, but the office would pay for it if he could get the company to agree to a sit down with Black Saber Studios.

So it was that Tommy found himself making the solo trek...and ending up poring over the offerings at pretty much every stall he passed. As he roamed, his mind was constantly working...not only on some sketches he wanted to do, but maybe on some form of pulp art illusion. Grand illusion, he could bring a comic book to life, or even close up he could screw around with a print graphic novel...

He was hard pressed to admit it to himself, but Tommy was having the time of his life.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck was looking over his schedule and not quite watching where he was going when he bumped into Tommy.

"Oh! S-sorry...I-I wasn't watching where I was going."

[magic-fratboy.livejournal.com]

At the same time, Tommy had been poring over an issue of a Hellboy comic when he bumped into Chuck.

Reaching out instantly to catch the other man's elbow, steadying them both, Tommy blushed and stammered out an apology of his own in his muddled Brooklyn accent.

"No, it was my fault, bro. Seriously, I'm so sorry...hey, is that a schedule? I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, just...I ain't got mine on me, mind if I peek over your shoulder?..."

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"Nothing to be sorry for, really," Chuck replied. He then held out his print out of the schedule. "Yeah, I printed it from the website before I came." He then held it out to Tommy. "You can take a look if you'd like. Oh and...I'm Chuck, by the way. Nice to meet you."

[nickhart.livejournal.com]

Looking sideways at Theresa, Nick shook his head. "I know that ya know me too well Tes, but I never thought in a million years ya'd actually *encourage* me t' g' t' Comic Con. I never thought anyone would encourage me t' come here, period, let alone my girlfriend," Nick added with a slight laugh, looking around the place.

[terry-trouble.livejournal.com]

"Awww, what? I like it." Terry assured him, her arm linked through his as she absently swung her swag bag at her side as they strolled along the rows of vendors. "I mean, seriously: CSI? I'm a geek by trade, it's my natural habitat. Okay, so maybe I'm not a comic book nerd per se, but I know you are. Maybe."

Grinning, she laughed and leaned up to kiss his cheek. "Just enjoy, huh?" It had taken some convincing to get him to come...he'd been thoroughly convinced she never would. Normally, she probably wouldn't have gone, but he was already peering around with such interest that she couldn't help but enjoy herself, even if it was just on his behalf.

And okay, some of the comics looked kind of interesting. What girl in her right mind didn't want just a little piece of Superman, really...

[nickhart.livejournal.com]

Wrapping his arm around her waist, he found himself grinning. "Yer here. How could I not enjoy myself? I'm just glad ya didn't make me dress up. I don't care how much we look like the couple from Alias, I was not goin' t' dress Goth just t' prove yer point. Although I think ya would look cute with pink hair," Nick added with a tease as they began to walk past the booths.

[terry-trouble.livejournal.com]

Terry huffed in mock disappointment, reaching for a stray curl at her shoulder and pulling it in front of her face to stare at cross-eyed. "As if...pink hair sucked. If I was gonna dress up like that spy chick? I'd so do the red hair and black catsuit."

Drawing away from Nick's grip, she stood in his path and struck an exaggerated sexy pose, complete with sultry pout. "Can you see me with fire engine hair and that cool black belly shirt? Seriously, what spy dresses like that?..."

[distortedcanvas.livejournal.com]

Isaac had always loved comics, it was a big reason why he fell into the industry in the first place. He knew that he wasn't ever going to be a Stan Lee, but he made a living selling his art and comic books and was pretty content with it.

The part he loved most about the job was the fans. He liked the idea of other people enjoying what he did and that it wasn't for purely his own benefit. Since he wasn't one of the biggest draws, he didn't expect anyone to come to a panel of his so instead he has a modest 9th Wonders! booth set up and greets the fans that pass by, also taking the time to check out the con himself.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Isaac!" Hiro sees him and waves.

[distortedcanvas.livejournal.com]

"Hiro!" Isaac returns the wave and approaches him with a smile. "I didn't know you'd be here, are you having fun?"

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"We have just arrived. We were going to the Gene Roddenberry panel! Are you one of the guest artists?"

[sarahwalker.livejournal.com]

Sarah scanned the crowd for Chuck. She couldn't believe she was here, since she swore quite some time ago not to be this close to this many...people dressed up like zombies and aliens. On the bright side, at least it wasn't the premiere of that Star Wars cartoon.

She made her way through the crowd trying to find Chuck, he had to be there somewhere, right?

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck glances around the room and sees a familiar face in the crowd. He smiles and waves Sarah over to come join him and his friends.

[sarahwalker.livejournal.com]

Sarah walks over by Chuck still looking around observing as many people as she can in the room. "So this is Comic-Con, huh?"

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck nods, grinning ear to ear. "I got to go last year too and Hiro and I were really looking forward to going this year for quite awhile now."

He looks around a bit, noticing some of the overeager fans nearby. "Not everyone is quite as...um...well, 'out there' as some folks." He motions towards a couple of these fans as he says this.

Chuck then pulls out a copy of his Comic-Con schedule. "Say...uh, did you maybe...I dunno, wanna see something in particular while you were here? There's some movie screenings and show panels and stuff in addition to the comic book stuff. Hiro, Jack and I are going to head to the Gene Roddenberry project panel next and Jack wants to see the Superman one later today."

As he hands the schedule to Sarah, he jokes, "Maybe something Star Wars related?" remembering Sarah's Halloween costume.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

You made it!

[sarahwalker.livejournal.com]

"Are there always this many people here?"

[girlnamed-chuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck gazed wide eyed at the crowd spread out in front of her. She didn't think she'd ever seen so many people in one place, and she'd definitely never seen so many dressed as...well...she wasn't sure what most of them were to be honest.

She searched the crowd, looking for the familiar faces of Chuck and Hiro. Not quite sure what she'd do if she couldn't find them.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

He sees Chuck looking around for a familiar face and excuses himself from his friends for a moment to catch up with her.

"Hi there," he says cheerfully. "Glad you could make it."

[girlnamed-chuck.livejournal.com]

Her face lit up when she saw him. "Hey! Well, I said I would come, right? Besides, it beats just sitting around the apartment."