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terra_mater ([info]terra_mater) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-24 22:55:00


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Entry tags:inactive - calypso, inactive - lian harper, joey mason, npc - tim drake, team - outsiders

Friends and Family (open)
"How did you get this number?"

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"No, I don't think that is a good idea."

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"There is a reason she didn't tell you.  Your world is no place for me."

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"I can't.  Goodbye."

Calypso hung up the cell phone Lian had given her and turned it off.  She didn't want another unexpected call from that man again.  The simple fact that she had met him went against everything she wanted.  She didn't want to meet her father, and she certainly didn't want to be recognized as his daughter.  It wasn't that she hated him or disliked him.  Calypso just wasn't made for that world.  Her world was set to a different tone -- it was darker, dirtier, rougher, and tougher.

After that call, she needed something else to keep her mind at ease.  She went upstairs to the ground floor of the Outsiders compound and started cooking Hamburger Helper.  It was her favorite meal.  Creamy Chicken Noodle was her comfort flavor.


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[info]the_element_son
2011-05-27 12:57 am UTC (link)
Joey grinned. "Yeah, sounds great, thanks."

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[info]terra_mater
2011-05-27 01:16 am UTC (link)
She grabbed three plates and filled them with the food. She handed one to Joey, and offered him a fork.

"You're welcome."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-05-27 02:04 am UTC (link)
Joey took a seat and accepted the fork. "So how's by you?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-05-27 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Calypso sat down next to him.

"I'm well," she lied. "What about you?"

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[info]the_element_son
2011-05-27 10:58 pm UTC (link)
"Doing pretty good, actually," he said. "Been patching things up with my dad, mostly."

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[info]terra_mater
2011-05-30 03:57 pm UTC (link)
"Is that difficult to do?"

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[info]the_element_son
2011-05-30 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Joey kinda shrugged. "Not as bad as you'd think. I spent so much time listening to my Grandpa when I should be listening to Mom..."

"We're working on it, I guess."

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 12:00 am UTC (link)
Calypso looked away for a moment, toward the phone, and then looked back to Joey. She was thinking about something.

"I'm glad you're doing something about it. Maybe that is something everybody should think of doing."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 12:27 am UTC (link)
Even Joey, who was so dense his head might as well have been made of lead, caught that.

"Somethin' on your mind, Cal?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 12:38 am UTC (link)
What was she supposed to say to that? Was she supposed to lie to him and say everything was fine?

"I... yes, sort of," she replied. She was a little hesitant, simply because she didn't want to push her own problems onto Joey.

"I got a call on the phone today, and I'm not sure where this person got my number."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 01:06 am UTC (link)
A frown crossed his face. "Anybody I need to beat up?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 01:26 am UTC (link)
"No, no. It was... my father."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 01:44 am UTC (link)
"Oh..." Joey trailed off. "Well. What'd he want?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 07:16 pm UTC (link)
"To see me," she replied. "But I told him no."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 10:37 pm UTC (link)
Joey nodded. "Yeah, well, sometimes that's what's best."

He carefully ventured another question. "How long's it been since you seen him?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 10:44 pm UTC (link)
"The only time I met him was in Markovia," she explained. It was when Markovia was under attack, and the Outsider came after Calypso when she went to help.

"I left before he could say anything to me."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 11:07 pm UTC (link)
Wait... Hang on, I got this one this one. I need to think. Use my brain. Put together the clues. ...Oh hell, I'm probably staring. Crap...

"Only guy we really met in Markovia was... Wait. No way. Your dad's Geo-Force?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 11:09 pm UTC (link)
He was staring, but that was alright. His sudden realization made Calypso smile a bit.

"Yes, Joey. Brion Markov is my father."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 11:14 pm UTC (link)
No one was every going to accuse Joey of being the brightest guy in any given room, unless the only other person in the room was Java.

"Well... um... That means you're a princess?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-01 11:22 pm UTC (link)
"No," she said, very firmly at that. "I'm not a princess. Markovia is not my country."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-01 11:29 pm UTC (link)
"Oh, right," he replied.

"So... ah, what is the deal then? If you don't mind me asking?"

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-02 12:16 am UTC (link)
She sighed.

"I don't know. I have never wanted to meet him. I just couldn't ignore when Markovia was under attack."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-02 12:46 am UTC (link)
"Well... kinda sounds like he's reaching out here..."

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[info]terra_mater
2011-06-03 11:38 am UTC (link)
"Yes," Calypso replied. "He is, but I'm not sure I want to reach back. I grew up in Strata, without him. I have never had the desire to meet him before, but..."

She didn't know how to say it without thinking about it.

"What could he and I relate to? I don't want to be a princess or a public face. If I meet with him again, just to meet him, then I have to accept those things."

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[info]the_element_son
2011-06-03 10:49 pm UTC (link)
"Don't reckon he'd force you too if you didn't wanna. Your dad and my old man were pretty good pals. Nothing but good things to say about him."

Joey rubbed his chin. "Guy's probably just reeling. Don't know how I'd be, if I found out I had a kid I didn't know about before."

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