Office Hours, Friday 5/28

[superartie]

One might expect that Artie's office would be baggage free. In fact, one would be wrong. There was, for instance, a bag that said PERMANENT PRESS PANTS on it, which was clearly part of a matched set with the one that said ALUMINUM SIDING.

Perhaps the strangest, though, was the large, old fashioned steamer trunk leaning against the wall by the door which read GERTRUDE STEIN.

Artie just didn't seem to have noticed they were there, yet.

[ooc: open!]

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[superartie]

And there it was! Tucked behind a previously unseen suitcase labeled ATLANTIC OCEAN.

"Excellent! Vincent has very good eyes. I should introduce him to Clark!" Artie bounded over and started pulling the garden hose free, much the way a magician would pull out a line of knotted handkerchiefs.

[byneptunesbeard.livejournal.com]

"Who's Clark?" asked Aquaman. "I've got a student in my class called Clark. I didn't know he was a frog fan."

[superartie]

"Clark's in your class? He's come a long way from his days of amnesia!"

[byneptunesbeard.livejournal.com]

"...We might be talking about different Clarks," Aquaman said thoughtfully. "Although maybe not. He doesn't look like he's had amnesia, but it does seem to happen a lot if you're not careful."

[superartie]

Another suitcase appeared, this one reading GOLF BALL. Artie nodded sagely. "I've told him that. It took some work for him to remember those halcyon days on the river with Gertrude and Ernest."

[byneptunesbeard.livejournal.com]

"Ah," said Aquaman, having no idea what the other man was talking about but just rolling with it anyway, "such a sad thing to happen, to lose one's precious memories. But you did get him to recall? That's wonderful!"

[superartie]

"Oh yes! Now everything is pipe!"

Artie had finished . . . whatever he was doing with the garden hose and the spatulas, and presented the end result to Aquaman. They were water-proof. They were different. They might have even vaguely resembled boots.

[byneptunesbeard.livejournal.com]

"The craftsmanship," said Aquaman after a moment of looking over them, "is...impeccable. These are undeniably outrageous, my good friend."

[superartie]

"An Artie original. Enjoy!"