Hi, you've reached Jaime but I'm busy right now.  Press:

1 to leave a voicemail
2 to leave a text
3 to leave a video message

If this is an emergency, and only if this is an emergency, and you need the help of the Blue Beetle, press 4, and I will get your message immediately.  Just so we're clear, an emergency involves someone being in life-threatening danger or a large amount of property being at immediate risk.

[ooc: Put the number in the subject line of your comment.  He's set things up so that if you press 4, your message gets forwarded straight to the Scarab, and played immediately inside his head, because Jaime Reyes is his own cell phone.  Thus, if you prank him with that number, it will be particularly obnoxious.]

So the haunted house was full of creepy dolls, and then I couldn't get out.

Today's one of those days, isn't it? I kind of hope I run into somebody I know as long as it isn't, like, Dr. Polaris or something.

[ooc: Anything goes!]

[Voice]

...Aaaand now I'm completely covered in pumpkin guts. Still, Jaime: 27, killer attack pumpkins: 0.

[Thump! Bang! Splat!]

Make that 28. Was that a zombie? Please don't tell me that was a--nope. Mummies.

Who's been to see the clock?  And who wants to see it?  I can't believe I've been here this long and haven't gone.  It'll be an exciting adventure with lots of fighting monsters underground!

Um, yeah.  Way to make that sound attractive, Jaime.

[ooc: If anyone happens to still be looking at this, organizational post is here.]

One of the things I like about this place is that everyone's an immigrant.  We're all kind of on equal footing.

Yeah, I've been thinking about home.

Yeah, the mountain totally has a blue flag on it right now. But I swear I'm doing productive things with my life--I've got a new job as a bouncer at Fangtasia.

Yeah, I know. But extra money is cool and I could be good at this, except I have a very important survey for you all:

Poll #1451073
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

Which looks sillier as a bouncer (of a vampire-themed bar)?

[ooc: Replies tomorrow, sorry guys. Also I missed HMD but all my boys have crit posts.]

[Accidental Video/Action] 

[Jaime is lying face down on the ground outside, in his armor.  He's not moving.  At all.   After a rather long moment he jerks, gasps, and sits up.  The armor isn’t covering his face and he looks a bit worse for wear.]

Owww.  What happened?

[He holds his hand to his head.]

You killed me?!! 

[He listens for a while to a voice that no one else can hear.]

Oh.  Okay.  But next time you have a brilliant plan like that could I maybe have a little warning?  Actually, no.  Let's not have a next time that involves me dying.

[He gets wearily to his feet.]

Yeah, yeah.  I get it.  At least I don't have to fight Dr. Polaris for a while.  Where's the--I see it.

[Video ends as he picks up the device.]

Being stuck in a dimensional nexus is no excuse for neglecting proper dental care.  Well, for those of you that actually have teeth, at least.  If it's been over six months since your last cleaning, I expect to see you in my office today. 

[Voice/accidental]

I don't care about your truce with nature--I don't like what these plants are doing to me.  Do you remember what happened with the Ents?  This is like that.  We have to fight them because they started it.  So make them stop.

Yes, because I say so.

Today is going to be fun.  I demand it be fun, because it is dodgeball and not even the city is not allowed to mess that up.  This almost makes up for the sad lack of lucha libre.  And maybe I have an unfair advantage--okay, I totally have an unfair advantage--but I don't care.

Anyone up for a midair game?

I'm sorry I had to cancel my shift at the library this morning.

The Scarab apparently crawled out of my back and went into hibernation mode during the night. I grabbed it and and ran out of the room, a bit panicked, and it suddenly reactivated. Had been shut down since midnight, so I knew it was a curse, and checked the Network. Thought it might have been my room deactivating my powers (the Scarab's powers?). But once I got to work, it happened again (good thing I'd decided to opt for actual clothes today). After testing, realized that the problem was being in a room with books. Which was awkward, and led to the me not working today thing. I mean, I guess I could have worked but it didn't seem fair on the Scarab, and it just feels weird without him.

Embarrassingly enough, it took my about five minutes to realize why I was hearing ticking. Is it that loud for everyone all the time?

BTW, did anyone see Batman? I thought I saw Batman the other night.

Why wouldn't he call me?

( Worst-case scenario tl;dr// viewable to trusted )

[ooc: Right now the ICoE filter is viewable to Kara, Kate, Rachel and Billy--anyone he comes to trust in the future can view previous entries with this filter. Also, Jaime may know Batman personally but he does not know Batman=Bruce Wayne. I think both remaining in ignorance and suddenly getting clued in are equally funny--Kara (or others) may choose to clue him in or not as they wish. Last post before his hiatus, see you in a bit. Once I'm back, I'd like a plot involving Jaime going evil (or just a bit out of control) to happen.]

[Video]

[Based on the camera angle, it must be stuck up a tree or something.  Into the frame rides a handsome young man, wearing blue armor that looks something like this.  Unfortunately, the effect of his dashing handsomeness is somewhat undermined by the fact that his noble "steed" is a gigantic blue scarab.]

Greetings citizens!  I am el Príncipe Azul.  I have already spent the day doing great works of courage and boldness, rescuing fair maidens, fighting foul beasts, and defeating all manner of evil.  For my greatest exploit, I think I will fight a dragon.  And perhaps I will find myself rescuing a fair maiden again, because that seems to be happening quite a lot today, which is odd because I seem to remember mostly rescuing hairy firemen and pregnant ladies in the past. 

Not that pregnant ladies can't be fair, but you know what I mean.

Actually, I'm not entirely sure I know what I mean.

[Listening to his mount]

Very well, noble Khaji Da, we shall ride onward to the dragon's lair!

[ooc: That picture is Blue Beetle I.  Príncipe Azul literally translates to Blue Prince but is basically just the Spanish equivalent of Prince Charming.  So pretty much this was the perfect curse.  Action for primrosella  and not_so_smooth  if that works for you guys.  Assume he's right outside the deity office.  Backdated to whenever makes sense considering Rosella's other adventures.]

[Video]

[Jaime is basically using the camera as a mirror.]

I think my eyebrows are growing back in a little strangely, even though I had the Scarab speed the process up.  Do they look weird to you?

[pause, listening to something no one else can hear.  His eyebrows pretty much just look like eyebrows.]

Yeah, I know I should have been more specific about what constituted "facial hair."  I'm not blaming you.

[pause]

Oh, right.

[Reaches over and turns the camera off.]

[ooc: Kara had a scuff fetish the other day, I'm going with the assumption that things ended with Jaime having the Scarab remove his facial hair before anything got really extremely awkward.  It went a little overboard.]

I just woke up.  I'm in a cage.  I seem to be stuck mid-transformation.

It's going to be one of those days, isn't it?

[ooc:  The sign says "See the Blue Freak!  An ordinary teenage boy turned into a monstrosity by an Evil Alien Space-Bug!  Please do not tap on the electric field."  Action for those who would like to visit.  He'll escape...eventually.]

[Video]

[Jaime is clearly at the end of his rope here.]

If anyone was wondering, yes it is possible for just one of us to be affected by a curse (and today it is not me).  That said, it will make today run a lot more smoothly if you all talk about how cute the Scarab's "baby" is. 

[Pause]

Sorry, our baby.  No, I didn't mean anything by those air quotes.

[Camera zooms in on a green June bug]

( Green Beetle )

[Sigh]

I do admit there's a family resemblance.

I'm back.  I'm also suddenly very wet.  How are all of you?

I haven't seen anyone I know out there today, but just in case I figured I'd stick up a post.

Mom? Dad? Milagro? Paco? Brenda? Traci? Peacekeeper? Hector? Nadia? Anyone?

Hey, Kara, look what I found!



( ooc, more pictures )

Let's try this again.

Hi, my name's Jaime.  I'm also known as Blue Beetle III.  Here, I don't see the point of a secret identity.  So yes, I'm a superhero.  And I'm willing to help anyone that needs it--I guess there's not much I can do against the curses, but I'll do whatever I can.

For the record, flying, swimming, tunneling, dimensional shifting are all useless as a means of leaving.  I mean, I figured that, but doesn't hurt to try.  Well, actually it does literally sort of hurt, but...never mind.

Anyway, I know Kara from back in my usual dimension and I'm her roommate now--it's nice to have a familiar face, I was worried for a bit that there wasn't going to be anyone here I knew.  So I'm not too lonely--never actually being alone has something to do with that--but I'm a little bored.  Anyone have ideas for a part-time job?

Oh, and in case you were wondering, there is a piece of alien technology called the Scarab living in my spine, which is where my powers are from, and why I often appear to be talking to myself.

[Private to Kara//Unhackable]

The Scarab's still not functioning as well as usual, but it's sure that there's something wrong and it's related to Kryptonite...unfortunately it doesn't have any idea what to do about that.  But...it's a start, right?  (BTW, still sorry about the whole not seeing the red "S" thing that one time.)

Also, that murder curse got me thinking--if one of the curses affected my personality, that could get really bad for everyone.  I need to come up with some kind of...plan.

[Video]
 
[The device is pointing upwards towards the sky, out of which someone in a blue suit is falling.  The suit is honestly a bit scary looking, but the wings are rather pretty, like they belong to a large blue dragonfly.]