🐥 ONE - VIDEO

[ladyliberty]

[Amelia appears on the network in a red Phillies cap, a baseball in her hands and a large pink gum bubble in her face. Her wings are folded behind her back at the moment, but they're impossible to miss, even for those who haven't seen her before. She pops the bubble with a loud smack and grins cheekily at the camera.]

So you all heard Principal Munroe. It's time to get our clubs on. So I figured I'd let everyone know, I've volunteered to coach the baseball team, and my buddy Pinky's gonna be your team captain. Anyone who's interested, meet us out at the diamond after class on Monday and we'll see what kinda level everyone's at, with and without powers. Bring your own gear if you've got it, it's slim pickins in the sports shed. Maybe if we get enough interest we can talk someone into buyin' us some balls and a mitt or two. Anyone can come, even if you've never played before; I'll teach you everything you need to know. [Those who have been witness to Amelia's previous attempts at teaching anything may find this somewhat alarming. In fact, anyone who's familiar with Amelia may be wondering if she should really be allowed to chaperone anyone at all.]

By the way, if anyone doesn't know me, my name's Amelia. It's awesome to see everyone back again. Some of y'all haven't changed a bit.

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[ladyliberty]

Mine too! I can tell we're gonna get along great.

[tofudog]

Wait-are you an X-man?

[Wait]

Uh. ...X-woman?

[ladyliberty]

You bet I am, mon capitane. [She spreads her wings to be more impressive.] Saving the world and looking damn good doing it. You're welcome.

[tofudog]

That's so cool! You've gotta tell me about your missions sometime!

[ladyliberty]

Will do, little buddy. What's your name?

[tofudog]

Oh yeah! Call me Beast Boy!

[ladyliberty]

Beast Boy? Pretty awesome name. What do you do?

[tofudog]

What don't I do?

[He transforms in to a series of animals, flipping to the next one as soon as one transformation is complete. Bear-puma-horseshoe crab-tyrannosaurus-flamingo-wolf-rhinocerous-human(ish). They're each a perfect replica, aside from being green. He grins from ear to pointy ear. He knows his powers are cool, but he wants to hear it from an X-Man.]

[ladyliberty]

[Amelia whistles.] Hey, you're not bad! My best friend Maddie, she's a shapeshifter too, but she wasn't half as good at controlling it at your age. You'd fall asleep and wake up with a tiny polar bear in your bed.

[tofudog]

[He laughs and makes a note to never sneeze when she can see. No accidental giant squids on the baseball diamond.]

Think we could work it into the game? Nothing gets by ol Eagle Eye!

[And of course he can't resist turning into a majestic, if green, eagle.]

[ladyliberty]

[But just imagine how great a giant squid would be at fielding.

...okay, probably not very.]

I bet a gorilla would make a sweet-ass batter.

[tofudog]

[On cue, the eagle becomes a gorilla and mimes swinging a bat. He shrinks back to his human form and grins.]

Out of the park!

[ladyliberty]

Kid, you're hired.

[tofudog]

[He salutes.]

Glad to be on the team, coach!