Justin Rhodes (iron_hide) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-04-30 16:06:00

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inactive - justin rhodes, team - avengers, toni rhodes

Brother-Sister Act
Justin arrives at the Manhattan apartment, checking over the address that Mom gave him one more time. He probably should have called to see if she'd be home, but he'd rather she not find a reason not to see him. Of all his "family", Toni is probably the most affected by his appearance, and the person he's spoken to the least of his immediate family. She's checked on him while he was asleep, and helped him out here and there, but they haven't really bonded or anything. He's not sure she wants to, and if it turns out he'll be leaving soon, he could be wasting his time.

But he's never had a sister before, and there's a part of him that needs to know what that's like. This is one of the few upsides to Tina being out of town on business for work; if she was here, Justin might make an excuse to leave and go see her so that he doesn't have to confront this.

Anya says she's cool, so she's cool. he thinks.

Justin knocks on the door and waits for an answer....and hoping he doesn't run into Rhodey's wife.

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	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 12:47 am UTC (link)
	"Oh?" Toni asked. "Whatcha got?" She'd tried the Armored Avenger thing for a bit herself. Hadn't worked. She still wasn't quite confident in going back to the team yet... but soon... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'd have to take you to the lab to show it to you, but it's along the lines of the Mark IV armor. I'm trying to get more weaponry into it without sacrificing mobility." he says. "I'm not sure what I'll call it yet, but it will remind me of home. And when I get back, I can show Dad that I didn't waste my time here." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 01:17 am UTC (link)
	"Nice!" Toni said. "I'm sure he'll be proud of you for it. Not that he probably isn't already." She still had some amount of mechanical talent, even if some of her more innate knowledge had been tied up in her previous mutant powers. "Thinking of calling myself Pulsar," she said, "when I go back to the Avengers. One of Mom's old names." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 01:20 am UTC (link)
	"That's awesome. I'm glad you're carrying on the Avengers tradition, Toni. Your mom would probably like that a lot. And you know Rhodey will like it." Justin says. "So, you ever been to any other countries or states?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"Beats the heck out of Captain Marvel," Toni joked. "Taken and way too much baggage there." She nodded. "Plenty of times. Last year, right before the summer ended, me, Anya, Sammy, and some of the other girls went on a whirlwind tour of Europe, plus I've been all over the world and country with the Avengers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Ooh, yeah. Best to avoid that one." Justin agrees. "I've set foot in a few countries, but maybe I can do some actual traveling here. Everything is so new and...whole is the best way to describe it, I guess. It's been nice here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Another nod. "Your world... Well, I'm glad you're getting to see something like ours," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 02:11 am UTC (link)
	"Me, too." he nods in agreement. "What's your favorite movie?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Ghostbusters," Toni replied. "Yours?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Ghostbusters? Would you believe I've never seen that one?" he asks. "I like old classics.Casablanca is mine, followed closely by The Great Gatsby." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"Oh. My. God." Toni's eyes widened in surprise. "We have got to fix that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"We should. Tina says they're cool, too, but she didn't have them on DVD. We should make a movie night out of it, and you can get me up to speed on some of the popular movies here." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 02:49 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds like a plan," she agreed. "Favorite author?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 02:58 am UTC (link)
	"I've got two. George Orwell and Mark Twain. Two men who used pen names. Go-go secret identities." he laughs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 03:01 am UTC (link)
	Toni chuckled at that. "How very super-hero of you," she told him. "Toni Morrison, for me. Also who dad claims I'm named after during the periods when he and Uncle Tony aren't getting along." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"She's a good alternate. I didn't get to read as much of her work as I liked, but I'm hoping to change that someday." "Favorite song?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 03:18 am UTC (link)
	She looked embarrassed for a moment, then admitted it. "...Thriller." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Mine is The Devil Went Down to Georgia. I won't tell if you won't." he offers. "You drink coffee?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 03:29 am UTC (link)
	"Deal," Toni quickly agreed. She nodded. "You learn to live on it when you're Stark-sitting." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

iron_hide
2010-05-02 03:33 am UTC (link)

"I'm trying not to pick up the habit, but this city doesn't make it easy. I have expect someone to steal my wallet and hand me a coffee as a trade with all the coffee shops you guys have around here." he says.

"And you've got a Stark to baby-sit while I don't. Though, if they try to stick me with the new baby, we're switching. Just putting that out there." he says.

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	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	Toni laughed again. "I'm surprised Uncle Tony hasn't tried to break into that market, honestly. Starkbucks." She stuck her tongue out. "I'd take that deal in a heartbeat. A baby'd be easy compared to Anya some days." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	"If this keeps up, and we keep getting new Starks...we're going to need more Rhodeses. And Anya doesn't seem all that tough to deal with. Sure, she might forget herself in the lab, but it's better than a lot of places she could forget herself." Justin says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	"That would be a problem," she agreed. "You've obviously never been around her after she's said "what's the worst that could happen.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2010-05-02 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Is that the time the cereal caught fire, or is this something different?" he asks. He pauses a moment, before asking his next question. "Hey, would you be up to meeting Tina sometime? I'd like the opinion of a family member before I decide on introducing her to Rhodey or Mom." Justin asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2010-05-02 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	"That was one of the times. It used to be her catchphrase, before she figured out that "the worst that could happen" was, you know, likely to happen," Toni giggled. She smiled. "Sure thing, Justin. Love to." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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