Jack Murdock (jackmurdock) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-01-31 00:49:00

Current mood:	accomplished
Entry tags:	cosmopolitan, independents, jack murdock, npc - rose red, ryan spector, team - avengers

Urban Gymnastics (open to all)
Breathing hard, Jack managed to land lightly on a rooftop and fall down in the shadow of a brick chimney. He’d pushed it with that last dive, but the exhilaration pushed him to take it. It was a high he was quickly becoming addicted to despite the danger of being out in the city at night dressed in gray-black and a mask over his face. Who did he think he was, Daredevil?

He waited to catch his breath before coming out of the shadows to look at the city from his vantage point.

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	jackmurdock 2010-01-31 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	"It's nice to meet you." He settled back against the wall. "Kalypso and I were asked to take reserve positions because one of your members is unavailable for awhile. Kal's a legacy. My father would freak if he discovered what I'm really doing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-01-31 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, we definitely appreciate the help." Kalypso's pretty easy to place. She smiles. "I'm lucky. My parents were both very encouraging. Mom made the outfit and dad gave me the other equipment." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-01-31 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	"My mother thinks it's perfectly normal for me to practice urban gymnastics, and she trained and armed me. But no outfit. I didn't think I'd be doing this when I moved to New York." He looked down at himself. "I just didn't want to run around in red pajamas." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-01-31 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Understandable. Although, would you believe that deep purples and greens can actually be better for inconspicuousness, in certain circumstances, than basic black?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 12:00 am UTC (link)
	"I just know I didn't want solid black. Nothing is solid black, not even shadows. I'll have to give that a try." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 12:11 am UTC (link)
	Vernique nods emphatically at Jack's assertion. "Good call." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 12:14 am UTC (link)
	"You'll be happy to know that when I'm with the Avengers, I generally wear just black. No holes." He grinned at her. He could see her perfectly in the dark. "So far, the bad guys are more concerned with the others they forget I'm around. I do more damage that way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Vernique grins back. "Great. Personally, when it gets right down to it, I rely on being an unswattable insect." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"You shapeshift?" He looked at her more closely. The very few shifters he'd come into contact with still had a trace scent of the animal they changed into, but she didn't have one that he could tell. The breeze up here might have something to do with it, but his nose was generally pretty accurate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 02:58 am UTC (link)
	"Just size. The wings are an additional little....thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 03:38 am UTC (link)
	He grinned. "That explains why I can't smell anything unusual on you. I'm hypersensitive, and no, I don't cry at commercials. Inherited enhanced senses and reflexes from my dad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 04:28 am UTC (link)
	"Interesting! Gotta be real pain in some situations, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 04:34 am UTC (link)
	"It can be. It's a real challenge to live in a place like New York. New York also has some great compensations." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 04:46 am UTC (link)
	Vernique listens and nods. "My dad likes to say that New York is no Paris or Berthyoneaux, but then, they're no New York. What's your favorite perk?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"About New York?" He gave that a thought. It would probably be weird if he said Kalypso. "I'd have to say it's the buildings. I grew up in San Francisco, but you can trace its history in the architecture only so far. New York goes far behind that. I like a sense of history." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 05:11 am UTC (link)
	She listens and nods again. "I wouldn't have thought of that, but it's so. New York's even got the advantage over a lot of European cities, after the amount of starting fresh they had to do post-war." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 06:00 am UTC (link)
	"I haven't had a chance to travel and see other places but I've read about restorations overseas. One day I'll see them, but right now New York has attention." He paused. "My apologies, I'll talk your ear off in a heartbeat when we're on my favorite subject. Poor Kal listens to me go on and on all the time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 06:17 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, don't worry about it. I've got four or five different subjects I can talk someone to death on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 07:10 am UTC (link)
	"It's getting late. Can I walk you home?" Was that not done here? New York girls were a little different from the girls back home, and no one was quite like Kal. He felt it was polite to offer anyway. "You can tell me all about your favorite subjects." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 07:19 am UTC (link)
	"That'd be nice, thank you. I assume you haven't seen anything we need to worry about?" She grinned. "I'll be real nice and gloss over the issues of shoes and hair." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 07:26 am UTC (link)
	"It's been pretty quiet out tonight. I guess even the bad guys take a night off every now and then. Of course, we could be surprised on the way back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 07:37 am UTC (link)
	She chuckles. "Always a possibility. Get too relaxed and you're just tempting Fate." "Seriously, though, on the aforementioned discussion, it's always nice to meet a guy who cares about aesthetics. Kal sounds lucky -- unless my presumption's totally off-base?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

jackmurdock
2010-02-01 07:58 am UTC (link)

He laughed quietly. "Not off base at all. It's going on the best two years of my life. Sersi's still trying to move us in together."

"I'm studying at the School of Architecture and Design, and loving every second of it. Good design is something to appreciate in shoes as well as buildings. I'm not so sure about hair." He ran a hand through the sweaty mop on his head.

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	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 08:02 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, the bittersweet victory of good taken-dar. Well good for you," she says cheerily. "Can't say I've ever had a problem with mom trying to get me to move in with a boy. That's kind of a new one. But yes, hair takes the form-and-function issues into new and different realms." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 08:22 am UTC (link)
	"Honestly, I usually notice the hair when I'm sketching someone and I like how it frames their bone structure." He glanced down to the street. "I got up here the hard way. How did you get up here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)