Ozzy grinned and waved, "Matt, 'sup? How the hell are ya? Welcome to the party, cop a squat!"

Aaron shook both hands before Bella left him alone with both her dads. "Nice  to meet you both. Now if you'll excuse me" He went to follow Bella out towards the pool.

  Bella kicked her shoes off, and slid her jeans down, revealing that the BOTTOM of the bikini, while not a thong, was pretty damn skimpy.  She called "The water feels great!  I'm going to take a dip before we eat."  And 'climbed' two steps into the air, and 'bounced' on a nonexistent diving board, then went into the water, splashing with a grin.  The one end of the pool WAS ten feet deep.  Megs had a damn BIG, nice backyard pool.

Regina arrived not long after Matt did. She was wearing a T-shirt, jeans, and white tennis shoes, carrying a duffle bag. A far cry from the Air Force uniform she would normally have to wear.

"Um....hi. I received the flyer for the big BBQ.."

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"Sounds like a plan to me." Aaron replied as he removed first his shirt, then his shorts revealing a black speedo before he jumped in after her.

  Meg waved, and said "Come on in, as long as you're not hostile, you're welcome in."

Ozzy turned and waved, "Hola! Welcome to the party! Name's Ozzy Gysbourne! If you want a burger done in any way other than Medium Well, speak now or wait 'till next time! This goes for the rest of you as well!"

He then returned to the grill, flipping a few burgers and messing with the other meats, making sure they were all cooking nice and evenly.

Regina nodded and walked in slowly. It had been years since she had seen this many teenagers gathered in one place.

"Hi....my name's Regina Cordoff.."

Jack walked into the yard hand in hand with Penny walking over to the grill. "I'll take a burger Ozzy, how do you want yours Penny?"

  Penny tilted her head, and said "Cheese, ketchup and mustard, please?  In a bun?"

  Matt shrugs,  "Doin just fine, getting out more in the recreational sense is always nice."  He proceeds to deposit the snacks in their designated areas.  As Regenia shows up, waves hi in her general direction while he finishes arranging snacks.  "Hey Regina.  Good to see yah."

  He wanders back over so the Star styled lady had someone more familiar on hand, while also ensuring his influence would vastly extend the 3 second rule if need be in a food droppage emergency.

"Hi Matt, it's good to see you too," Regina replied.

She leaned in to whisper "How are our other friends doing? Are they OK?"

  Andy peered over Ozzy's shoulder at the steaks, and said "Toss em my way when they look like they're about body temperature.  They don't have to be done.  I've found I like them to bleed these days."

"Welcome to the party, then, Regina! No need to be so shy, we don't bite. Well, except for Andy, but he won't bite you unless you're a Demon or a vampire or something. But, given that you're standing where you are when you are, I doubt that you're a vampire. And Demon is right out, you don't have the aura," he said with a grin.

He then nodded to Penny and Jack, paint appendages getting plates and buns for them, his normal hands flipping the patties onto the buns with a bit of flourish. He handed a plate to both Jack and Penny, saying, "There's the burgers, fixins are on the table. Lemme just plate the rest of this up, and it'll be over there in a second."

With that, his extra appendages went to work gathering serving plates for the various meats, Ozzy plating them up as fast as he could.

"You know, extra hands can be really useful sometimes. Especially in the kitchen!"

  Archeirae came slouching in the gate, she'd brought a bag of 'edibles' from the bunker, and she'd been trying to find a proper source of some of the more exotic nutrients she and the others might need.  She peeked around and spotted Matt and Regina, and hesitantly came on in.

Regina smiled and waved at Archeirae. She briefly remember their "sniffing" lesson where the cat-like woman had appraised her, but the seemingly awkward experience was long forgotten.

  Bella paddled through the water, then seemed to vanish for long moments, then reappeared at the far end of the pool, standing up.  She flipped her hair back, and grinned as she hopped out of the water to come get a burger.  Dripping wet and looking like a really sexy hot body in her little bikini.

Ozzy nodded at Andy and, checking the temps on his steaks, plated them up, too, carrying them with another paint appendage. While he looked a bit overloaded, Ozzy made it easily to the tables and set the plates of meat down before retracting his appendages, nodding and looking pleased with himself.

"There we go. Looks like we're about ready, yeah?"

It was then that he saw Archeirae.

"Um... hi! Welcome! So you are...?" he asked. While seeing a feline humanoid was a bit odd, even by his standards, he'd had enough experience in dealing with the odd to cope.

  Matt shrugs, again.  It seems to be a habit.  "Fine last I saw em."  That said, Archeirae showed up almost on cue.  "Looks like you can ask now."  He comments as he digs a hand through a pocket for a bottle.  "Picked up some of your favorite supplement on a trip into Chinatown."  Weston City has a china town right?  Sure, probably.  "Just make sure nobody swipes your food."

  Archeirae gave a tentative smile, and came closer, standing up straight.  At roughly eight feet tall, she was definitely NOT your typical human, or even humanoid.  She said shyly "Umm.  Hi.  We're Regina's friends?"

Ozzy nodded, "Cool, cool. Oh, I meant, um... name? What's your name? Mine's Ozzy, Ozzy Gysbourne. Nice to meet you."

He smiled as best he could, though he still couldn't deny the fact that was odd. Though, thankfully, he seemed to be more curious as to what was up with Archeirae than he was repulsed or enraged or anything.

  She bobbed her head at him, and said "I am Archeirae.  Did I forget to turn on my holo-generator?"  She gave Matt a smile, and said "Thank you.  I really DO need the arsenic."

"It appears that we're among friends," Regina told the cat-lady.

Jeff soon arrived with various assortments of snacks to go with the burgers: BBQ chips, potato chips, cookies and ice cream bars.

"Kept the ice cream bars frozen all the way," he said chuckling.