Rose Logan (wild_rose) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-07-13 23:22:00

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inactive - chris frost, inactive - rose logan

Out and About
It was, technically, rather late. And this part of town, somewhere in one of the NYC's Japanese neighborhoods, was not necessarily the safest in the after midnight hours of the night. Not that Rose Logan was particularly worried. Though only five feet tall and of a deceptive enough build, she was by far one of the most dangerous things there.

Besides, she had a friend with her with telepathic and diamond-form powers. Between the two of them, there pretty much wasn't anything they couldn't handle. And the stuff that they couldn't, well, nothing to be ashamed of, because that meant they'd crossed over to end of the world level threats.

As it was, Rose couldn't pass up on a Kurosawa film festival. A little theater had been showing Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, and the Hidden Fortress. Original Japanese with subtitles. Pretty close to perfect.

"So, Frosty," Rose asked, "whatcha think?"

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	whosperfectnow 2011-07-15 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"I think I need to get better at Japanese," she said with a slight smile. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-16 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Rose smirked. "Yeah, well, we can't all be as perfect as me." She gave a little shrug. "Seriously though, can't ya just, I dunno, copy and paste that kinda thing from my head?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-16 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Tina blinked a bit. "You know I hadn't even considered that. I don't know if it even works that way. Does it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-16 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Uh... maybe?" she replied. "I know Mom did that kinda trick once or twice..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-16 01:36 am UTC (link)
	"I guess we can attempt it. I'm not quite your mother's level, but maybe I'd pick up something? How does one even do that? I mean, stealing memories is one thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-17 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Rose shrugged. "Beats me. I dunno that much about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-17 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Want me to try it? I mean, what's the worst that can happen? I borrowed your claws once after all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-17 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	She laughed at that. "You oughta know better than ta ask questions like that, Frosty. But what the hey." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-18 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"I'm already predisposed to the worst case scenario. I no longer feel like I'm tempting fate. Now clear your head. I'm going in." And after she did so, Rose would feel a little nudge as Tina worked her magic, as it were. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

wild_rose
2011-07-18 10:41 pm UTC (link)

Rose's mind is, in fact, something of a chaotic place. For one thing, Rose processes the world by smell nearly as much, if not more, than by vision. Sounds too, play a far greater part in her perceptions. Memories filter largely through those senses, then through vision. Her thoughts swim about like short, sharp bursts, not unlike the girl herself.

Buried deep, like a caged animal, is a red core of rage, there to be let out when she needs it, but with the sense that the locks haven't been changed in a long time, and that every time the beast it let out, it becomes a little bit harder to put it back in.

Boundless confidence in her own immortality, that there isn't anything she can't take down, is tied up with cold lines of guilt, worry that she'll outlive everyone and everything she cares about, kept close to her heart.

Her emotions run hot in general, her loyalty to her friends, her love for Joey, her hope that people will understand why she chose to stay.

And there too, is the language center of her mind, well stocked with Spanish, Japanese (both spoken and, more limited, written), Quebecois French.

It doesn't take much of a nudge to let Tina have access to those language memories.

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whosperfectnow
2011-07-19 06:20 pm UTC (link)

Deep though it was buried, the red core of rage was where Tina was almost immediately drawn. The hotter something burned in a person's mind, the more obvious it was to someone with Tina's particular skillset. That wasn't to say all telepaths worked that way, just those forged in a particular type of flame. Tina skirted close to it, felt the heat and the rage and noted carefully the inadequate locks.

She wasn't precognitive, but Tina had a dark clutching feeling that someday she'd be the one trying to reassemble her best friend inside the mind of the snarling beast. Tina could only hope that by getting this close now the monster within would recognize her when the time came.

Moving on, she found the language memories and, quickly, lifted the Japanese ones before backing her way out slowly. Outwardly, the process didn't seem to even phase Tina. She simply stood there fiddling with the zipper on her purse while she retrieved things.

"Hrm. Not sure if his really worked. I guess we should test it."

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	wild_rose 2011-07-19 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Easy enough ta test," Rose said. If she'd realized just how deeply Tina had seen into her mind, she didn't mention it. The next time she spoke, it was in Japanese. < "So, can ya understand me, Frosty?" > (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-21 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	<"Yes. I can. I think. Did you just call me Snowball?"> (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-21 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	That got a grin out of Rose. < "Close enough, I'm guessing. " > Another smirk. < "You accent even sounds like mine." > (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-21 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	<"Oh so I sound like a cocky half-Canadian now?"> She grinned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-21 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	< "It ain't cocky when you really are as good as me," > Rose shot back. She stopped, sniffed, and smirked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whosperfectnow
2011-07-22 10:22 am UTC (link)

<"I can and have taken you, you realize. So what does that say?"> She grinned. "Come on," she said as she reverted back to English. "We've established that I can temporarily lift your Japanese skills because you're already a native speaker of English and it's just a thought process to translate between the two. I'll try to make use of this next time we go to the movies...or I can just read your mind. Whichever."

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	wild_rose 2011-07-22 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Rose shrugged. "Go with what works, I say." "Think we're being followed," she said after a moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-24 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Tina tried to listen for thought sounds and actual sounds, but came up with very little that was clear. "What makes you say that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-24 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	"I kin smell 'em," Rose said. "Three. Maybe four." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-25 10:02 am UTC (link)
	"What direction?" Tina tried to decide what was going to be of most value to her, her mind or her solid diamond form. If they were being followed, someone obviously wanted a fight. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-25 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	"On our seven," Rose reported. If Tina reached out, she would find three... no, four minds, or possibly three minds and a duplicate of one of those minds. And possibly some telepathic static as well. Whoever was following them were super-powered, if not mutants themselves. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-26 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Tina did reach out and immediately snapped back, switching to diamond form as armored as she possibly could be. "I think we've got a dupe and there's some noise. This is a targeted mark. They know us, or at least of us. Bar fight maneuvers? You know the ones." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-26 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"I love th' way ya think, Frosty," Rose growled. "Count 'o three. One... two..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_baddie
2011-07-26 01:12 am UTC (link)

There were three of them, technically. Asian, only about the girls' age, but definitely super-powered.

One held a sword that seemed to be forged of telepathic energy. The other had already duplicated himself once, and snapped off a couple more. The third was lowering the temperature around him even as he walked, exhaling a breath that turned to mist in the air.

They increased speed, ready to attack.

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	whosperfectnow 2011-07-26 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Three. Party time." Tina moved in the opposite direction as rose did, opting to take on the one with the telepathic sword. In diamond form it couldn't hurt her. The lowered temperature couldn't hurt her. She felt nothing in diamond form. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-26 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	Rose popped her claws with a noisy, wet snkt, not even wincing at the razor-sharp bone sliced through her skin. Her own first move was on the duplicator. There was no hesitation, only quick violence as she plunged those claws into one dupe, then the next. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-07-26 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	The duplicate's went down easily enough, though the duplicator himself didn't seem to feel them die. "< What the hell, girl? >" he yelled, in Japanese. He started trying to back away. The one with the sword swung his blade in an arc at Tina, while the ice-maker shot blasts of intense cold. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-28 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Go on. Hit me. I like it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-28 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	Rose's grin was pure classic crazy. "< Oh, hell ain't got nothin' ta do with it, punk. I'm way worse than anything from there. >" She slashed out, tearing through another dupe in an effort to get closer to him. "< An' I can do this all night. >" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-07-28 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	The two exchanged glances, worried glances. "< Die Bitch! >" the one with the sword screamed, slashing again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-07-30 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	<"I can do this most of the day, you understand."> Annoyed, Tina simply reached out and grabbed for the sword, reaching as close to the hilt as possible to prevent any even minor damage to her non-diamond skin once she switched back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-07-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Rose had finally managed to wade through the dupes to the original, her claws slashing shallow wounds in his sides. Not enough to kill... but more than enough to hurt seriously. The other dupes faded as he hit the ground. "Need a had, Frosty, or should I start makin' chopped ice outta our other friend here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-07-30 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	The man with the sword gasped as Tina reached out, his concentration flickering and it vanishing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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