Hokay, so, I'M BACK FROM NEW YORK. It was an awesome week and I am as in love with the Big Apple as ever. Emily drank me under the table you guys, it was epic. But now I am so behind on things and missed the whole plotting period for the Baby Assignment, so here's me doing a frantic catchup:

Johnny & Dani vs. Crowley & Tuesday:
- Johnny is SO unimpressed with this pairing, you guys - and not just in the whole arch-enemy thing. He's disappointed he got some frail Magic opponents rather than anyone who would give him an actual challenge. Yes, he is seriously underestimating here.
- He's already offered to do the assignment himself, though he'll wind up needing help with the baby eventually - either to calm it down, or after it's kidnapped. I'm curious to hear what the Crowday Strategy will be. His window is always open due to the chipmunks that live on his bookshelf, so a bird could pretty easily get into his room.
- He is going to take this very seriously, and might be prone to heroic monologuing. He will not be happy about needing to turn to Dani for help.

Ira & Judy vs. Nardo & Ellie:
- First off, Nardo is going to be referring to Ellie exclusively as his 'baby mama' throughout the entirety of this project, and probably for a good while afterwards.
- His strategy is going to be to just walk up, beat up the opponents, and take the baby. He will less-than-subtly call dibs on Ira, because he does not want to rough up Judy Dahl. He will probably just grab the baby, shove Ira in a locker, and walk off. If they do get the baby, he will rely on Ellie entirely to take care of it.
- I volunteer him to be the victim of whatever ridonkulous weaponry and/or deathtrap the Dahl/Kazan genius comes up with.

Erin & Freddy vs. Simon & Lettie:
- FML, says Simon. Just... FML.
- He is investing in garlic. He will reek of it for this whole project. He also may even take to wearing a crucifix, just for god's sake don't let his mother see. She'd plotz.
- When he and Lettie sit down to talk strategy, he will appear either very prepared or kinda creepy by pulling out a gigantic and thorough file on Erin Stark. He will claim to have files on everyone, though his corresponding file on Freddy will be almost empty.
- He will propose tailing them, collecting information, getting their schedules down, and waiting for the right opportunity to strike. But if Lettie offers to just glamour them instead, he will reluctantly assent. He will not let her bite anyone.

Yoshi & Olivia vs. Heather & Matty:
- Yoshi is actually sort of happy about how this one worked out. He's 'married' to a hot, popular blonde, and he's up against the heartless succubus and a nincompoop. Sorry Matty.
- He will make quite a big deal of pledging his sword to Olivia for the protection of their child - though he will make no attempt to actually participate in the caring for it. He will just be ever vigilant, and probably take to guarding it at night. He will even offer to sit vigil in Olivia's room, to be extra cautious.
- He does not really know who Matty is, aside from that kid in his faculty with the parka. He's fairly certain the boy is no threat, and he's not too worried about Heather. He's quite overconfident about the whole thing, and quite vulnerable to ~seduction~, should she lower herself to such a recourse.

Feel free to plot with me in this post, as I might be scarce on AIM for a couple more days while I entertain out of town company. Also, everyone else feel free to let me know if anything needs my attention while I slowly sift through what I've missed.

Oh, and ALSO ATTENTION JANICE AND LINDSAY - we need to work out what happened on the Rose/Nardo and Yoshi/Ana dates, respectively.