uneasy_rider (uneasy_rider) wrote in exiles,
@ 2009-12-13 20:24:00

Entry tags:

"keep it simple", ghost rider, patriot, woodsman

Good Girl Gone Bad
Roxanne was a girl of simple dreams. The white picket fence wasn't gonna happen. She was never very good in school because she was mov'n all the time, but one thing she could do was ride. Dad had managed to get this 65 Panhead from a dumbass iwho bet he couldn't jump 5 cars on the spot. The guy lined up construction truck but-to-grill and Crash still flew right on over them. The guy was pissed and they couldn't ever go back to Savannah after he won the bike, but that was just one of the loving thing Crash had done for his girl. Social workers kept trying to break the family up when they saw them. They said she should be in school. One of those fools even said what her and Johnny had wasn't natural. They were always on the freeways. When they stopped it was set up, lights and show on, then you just had to tear down until the next gig. Sometimes they'd settle in for winter. Most of the time, they wouldn't. The carnie life is what she knew and she loved it. The yokels could have their nice comfortable lives with the lights and show just passing through their lives. She lived more and saw more then they ever would. Johnny swore one day they'd have the good life with money and repect because of his stunts, but Roxanne couldn't care. She just wanted what she had, Johnny, and her family. That's why when Dad kept getting sick it scared them. Dad knew how to stay one step ahead of the truant officers, social workers, cops, and the bikers who would really mess you up. She and Johnny were still underage as far as anyone outside of the show cared to know. Things got worse when Johnny started jumping for Crash. Things got even worse when someone ratted to the cops that she and Johnny both were under 18 and jumping cars. Her mother when she was alive knew real magic. Who knew that trying to find a way to save Crash was gonna nuke the whole world?

Roxanne squirms in the ER. Docs always make her nervous, but since her Dad got all sick it's like they know she's bad and doesn't belong here. The smell of the place makes her sick. She wants to road.

"So, ah think I know where to start look'n, if the old guy's fine."

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	tommythetree 2009-12-15 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	Tommy- who's just finished signing a couple of forms the doctor threw his way (with plausible fake names)- glanced up at Roxanne. "We're about finished up, yeah. What's first?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	doc_spectrum 2009-12-18 12:44 am UTC (link)
	"Oh?" Joe asked. "Where's that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uneasy_rider 2009-12-21 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"Spanish Harlem," she replies. "Can't form the band without the Chairman of the Board. If wasn't do'n rock, he'd probably be there or at some comic company." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-12-22 01:20 am UTC (link)
	"Then let's go," Bucky gestures. "Looks like the old man will survive." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uneasy_rider 2009-12-22 01:27 am UTC (link)
	"We know what waz up with th' guy?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tommythetree 2009-12-22 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Tom shrugs. "Lot of blunt trauma, like someone had been workin' him over. Some burns consistent with a superhuman usin' him for target practice. Doctors didn't want to commit to anythin' else. My guess? Someone doesn't want us fixin' things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	doc_spectrum 2009-12-22 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Spanish Harlem it is then," Joe said. "Let's roll." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	exiles_extras 2009-12-24 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Once they arrive in Spanish Harlem, it doesn't take long to find him. A young man of about 20 walks down the street, ducking into an arcade, but in those brief moments, Roxie recognizes his face. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	uneasy_rider 2009-12-24 06:16 am UTC (link)
	She never, ever in a billion years thought the 1980's and ugly-ass non-make-up KISS would save the whole damn universe! "That's him! Ah totally saw him gett'n into that arcade!" She points wildly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	doc_spectrum 2009-12-24 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	"So how should we do this? Snatch and grab? Or do we try and talk it out?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tommythetree 2009-12-25 01:22 am UTC (link)
	Tom gives the Doc a politely incredulous look. "And say what, exactly? 'Hi, we're superheroes from another universe here to fix a catastrophic fault in the fabric of your reality by making you into a hard rock icon'?" He pulls on his hip flask again. "Even I wouldn't go with that, and I'm mentally scarred." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uneasy_rider 2009-12-25 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"He may buy it!" says Roxanne excitedly. "He's ah real comic book nerd. Did reviews and everythin'." She turns to Patriot. "Otherwise, what we gonna do? Seduce 'im?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-12-27 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Only if you want to," Patriot replies. "So we can kidnap him, or we can try to talk it out. I say try to talk it out... and failing that, then we grab him." He smiles at them. "And in case it goes to hell, I should get set up. You guys go talk, and if it falls through, I'll snag him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	doc_spectrum 2009-12-27 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Joe shrugged. "I'd probably buy it. But then again, what do I know?" He nodded. "Sounds like a plan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uneasy_rider 2009-12-27 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	Roxanne shrugs. "Ah should probably take the lead on this one. Boobs and an accent tend to be more convincing for guys then anything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tommythetree 2009-12-28 12:13 pm UTC (link)
	Tom shrugs. "Okay. Maybe myself and the Doc should hold back a while first, then. Wander over after you've made a few inroads with him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_extras 2010-01-06 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	Gene goes to chat with three of his friends, gathered around a pinball machine. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uneasy_rider 2010-01-07 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	She's nervous, but damn if there's a trace of it in her cat moves. there's no subtlety here. She's gotten the impression Gene and most men just kind of like it when a lady makes things as clear as a neon sign. "Well, hello there." She drapes her arms around him. "You look like a better ride to be on then most of the tourist boats ah got recommended." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_extras 2010-01-10 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Gene blinks, shocked... but only for a moment. "I think you'll want to do more than look," he says. One of his friends laughs. "You move fast, don't you?" "Just the way Gene likes," another notes. The three friends also look awfully familiar... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

uneasy_rider
2010-01-25 04:41 am UTC (link)

"Well, bless y'all's heart!" She plays up the accent just a touch. "It's the only way a girl can git ah real man these days."

She starts thinking about how far to bluff this. She was saving herself for Johnny, but...the universe went to hell and Johnny would understand.

"Listen, we can do all the tourist-y stuff, but ah got this feel'n you guys just aren't into disco and ah know this concert thing gonna happen tonight - and ah just hate danc'n by my lonesome."

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	exiles_extras 2010-01-26 05:36 am UTC (link)
	They glance at each other. They'd seen the posters for the band OSCULATION, but none of them felt good about going. It just seemed... wrong somehow. On the other chance, a chance to score is a chance to score. They smile. "Let's go!" Gene says, gesturing to the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tommythetree 2010-01-27 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Tom, from his not-too-distant vantage point, half-smirks at Roxanne's success. "Gentlemen," he says, glancing back at Bucky and Joe, "I stand thoroughly corrected. Time to get our rock on, lads." (Reply to this)

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