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Kristoff Vernard, aka Kristoff Von Doom ([info]discardedheir) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-18 06:15:00


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Entry tags:awesome andrea, kristoff vernard, team - fantastic four, vincent vernard

Kristoff checked the repairs to the security systems, now that all the actual walls of the Baxter Building were finally intact again. Kristoff had regretted their inability to assist in the most recent manifestations of the crisis, after the attack that took Franklin, they'd had to secure their home and hadn't been able to leave the noncombatants that vulnerable until they could, at which point the conflict itself was already over. Good for the Avengers, the X-Men, SHIELD, and some apparent newcomers. It had been all the FF could manage to look after their own.

He checked on the others.
Cassandra was in bed as per the doctor's instructions. Scotty was with her in their suite talking to her; she'd had difficulty letting him out of her sight after everything that had happened recently.

Franklin was asleep, sedated, in his room. He had a lot from which to recover, having no chance to rest after his previous breakdown before the attack, his kidnapping, brainwashing, and combat participation. He was going to get that rest by force, all the more so because even when freed of the brainwashing, he did not yet have his blocks back in place.

Valeria was much occupied with Franklin's condition and dealing with her parents. None of this had been easy on her, either.

Andrea...Devel. Andrea was in her room. He couldn't possibly fathom what her recent experiences had felt like.

Next he checked the shipments for equipment he was trying to make available in the pinpointed parts of the world most ravaged by flood, drought, or contamination in the past few weeks of crisis.

And between each of these checks, he would go back and check again, and again, and again, on the machine running every possible scan through worldwide detection and positioning systems for any sign of his brother.

Day after day since he'd set it up, it had run constantly, and turned up nothing.
Until now.



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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 12:40 am UTC (link)
"We have had enough damage and enough injury recently, thank you," Kristoff says quietly at the first suggestion.

Kristoff's well aware that he bears a good share of responsibility for the man Vincent is. At the moment, he's not sure if he should apologize to Andrea.

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[info]awesome_andrea
2010-03-20 12:49 am UTC (link)
"Injuring you will accomplish nothing," she informed Vincent. "Therefore, I shall not."

"You are my teammate, Vincent, and I shall continue to respect that. But... I do not believe our relationship can continue."

She hesitated just before she exited the room. "I am glad you are not dead, however."

And she was gone.

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 06:37 am UTC (link)
In that moment, what little color he has falls out of Vincent as he feels the air leave the room with Andrea.

It is all he can do not to void the emotions of every human in a half mile radius along with himself.

Instead, he draws himself up, scarcely even blinking, and turns to his brother.

"Kristoff... I do not believe I am fit to speak to anyone else. Please let the others know I am wel-..."

He has nothing.

"--that I am unhar--

He is disfigured.

"... Please let them know that I have returned."

Broken, he begins to slowly head towards his room.

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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 06:40 am UTC (link)
Kristoff drags himself up. "I will be bringing you some food in two hours. That is not optional."

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 06:57 am UTC (link)
"Thank you."

Vincent moves slowly across the room, stopping when he comes near Kristoff. Again, he flinches, wanting to hold him, but not sure he has the right.

"...I'm sorry..."

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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 07:00 am UTC (link)
Kristoff sets an arm on his shoulder.

"I know you are. And I love you, phral."

And he has to say it.

"More than I love Latveria."

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 07:20 am UTC (link)
It's not a grand restoration, but it's exactly what was needed at the moment, averting a much more severe withdrawl.

Vincent latches onto his brother, sobbing into his shirt, murmuring apologies between choked breaths.

It takes him a minute before he can choke out, "I still can't talk to Valeria or anyone else. Not yet."

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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 07:50 am UTC (link)
Of course, the very fact that Kristoff can say this is illustrative of how little he can actually understand Vincent's decision. He has never taken full American citizenship since his exile at 15, because he never wants to be from somewhere else, but he would not abandon his family to be restored as a Latverian subject, and so the pain at how this situation has come about is considerable.

Kristoff holds him, but swallows and speaks insistently. "You will face them like a man when the time comes. You have no idea what Valeria has been through."

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 07:54 am UTC (link)
"I don't love Asgard more than Earth, more than here... I just thought it was what to do at the moment..." He sniffs, pulling back to produce a handkerchief from the pocket of his robes. He was still in sorcerer's garb.

"My homeland had called for aid..."

He wipes his eyes and blows his nose gently.

"I'm not going to run from them. I'm... just not ready."

He straightens out his brother's shirt from the mess he made of it, looking up at him again. "I want to know everything that happened, even if the afflicted parties want nothing to do with me."

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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 09:51 am UTC (link)
"I have a bedridden wife to check on, so I will try to keep this short. We had to drag Franklin out of Hell. We could not close the portal he made ourselves, but it was handled by other forces eventually, as was the massive hostage crisis in the city. Mutant cultists then forced their way past all of buildings defenses and kidnapped Franklin. We were so busy rebuilding enough to secure the place that we were unable to assist in the next massive mutant free-for-all, taking place amidst a worldwide crises of flash floods, sudden droughts, and soil contamination, and included Franklin as a brainwashed participant. He is currently under sedation because his blocks have be unable to be replaced yet, and and reality could start tearing asunder again.

During all of this, Valeria was the only healthy person with actual abilities. Andrea had been dealing with humanity, with having no real defenses, for only ten minutes when she went into Hell with us after Franklin."

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 10:00 am UTC (link)
Vincent blinks, sobering considerably at having to process all that.

"I'll have much to research while I try to recover some semblance of stability..."

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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 10:04 am UTC (link)
And Kristoff's voice is gentle. "You realize, of course, how long it took you to ask about anything but fatalities, brother?"

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 10:43 am UTC (link)
Vincent winces, but nods.

"I'm not myself right now. I'm sorry... I.. I love everyone, very much. You still believe that, right?"

Kristoff's accusation of self-convincing when Vincent had declared his faith in him still stung, but Vincent knew very well that was something he'd set himself up for years in advance, at this point.

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[info]discardedheir
2010-03-20 10:56 am UTC (link)
"Are you not?" Still gently, but almost a knee jerk reaction, and he shakes his head. "Never mind that. And of course I am not accusing you of not caring at all, Vincent."

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-03-20 11:19 am UTC (link)
Vincent nearly tears up again, until Kristoff amends the question.

"Please tell Valeria, and Cassandra if she is up and about, that I will speak with them as soon as I feel I can carry himself with anything like composure." He takes a deep breath.

"I am going to attempt to sleep now. I highly suggest you do the same. Following that... there is much I believe we should discuss about my absence."

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