neogoblin (neogoblin) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-06-11 23:50:00

Entry tags:

inactive - jay macendale, inactive - victor mancha, team - thunderbolts

Mad Science (open)
Since the fearless leader was away, Jay seized the opening and went down to the lab. The recent fight and seeing the rest of the team in action had him thinking. He needed a bit more bang in his arsenal. So it was time for some work.

Several pumpkin bombs of different varieties were on a nearby rack, recently completed. A few more were slowly being filled by chemical drips. Jay was paying more attention to another set of beakers and burners though. Dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, the young man that calls himself the Hobgoblin is carefully mixing chemicals according to the instructions on a small scrap of paper. "Damn things so troublesome to make..." he mutters to himself.

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nextgenrunaways
2010-06-13 03:51 pm UTC (link)

"Not a problem." Victor smiles and lets himself in. Enough years messing with the Leapfrog and the other Stein-tech they could dig up, besides running maintenance on himself had given him a decent knack for technology. Working in auto-body shops had taken care of proficiency in most of the tools you'd find in a garage or metalworking shop.

"They chemical or energy based explosives?"

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neogoblin
2010-06-13 04:31 pm UTC (link)

Jay carefully sets the beaker he's been holding down on a stand and starts a burner before turning to face Victor completely. "They're all chemical based," he says. "Goblin tech's never been as advanced as those fancy armor suits," he pauses to roll his eyes slightly.

"At least in terms of tech. Previous goblins were apparently chemical and biological masterminds...just out of their bloody minds."

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nextgenrunaways
2010-06-13 04:58 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, so I hear. In my case, even though 'Grandpa' is the world's foremost molecular biologist, he's better known for the 'hard' sciences. Robots and such. Kinda runs in the family." He pauses. "Well, 'cept for Chris. She's a fashion designer; but then, she's always been a little weird."

He'd never exactly been close to his 'aunt', but they exchanged the occasional e-mail and holiday card.

"You want me to get started on bomb casings or the bat blades?"

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neogoblin
2010-06-13 05:08 pm UTC (link)

Jay quirks an eyebrow. "You come from a buncha scientists?" he asks. "Must be nice to be another of those science types. I just follow the notes my old man stole," he says, holding up the scrap of paper he's been reading.

"The razor bats could use the work. Just need the mini-thrusters installed and they'll be good to go. Gonna be a bit before the next bombs are ready," he says. The goblin glances at the chemicals he's been working on and then looks Victor over. "How old are you?" he asks, considering something.

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nextgenrunaways
2010-06-13 06:10 pm UTC (link)

"That's one way of looking at it. If you wanna get technical, I was built by another robot, built by Hank Pym." Victor shrugs as he grabs some of the components, checking the blueprints before he starts installation.

"Age... is tricky. Chronologically, I'm less than twenty, mentally, I'm twenty six, twenty seven." He smirks. "Depending on how mature I'm feeling, that is. I was built with a fabricated childhood programmed in, and it was a couple years before I found out. Problem is, when I ruptured my programming, kicking dad's ass, it glitched my whole growth progression cycle. Aging STOPPED."

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	neogoblin 2010-06-13 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	Jay just blinks a few times. "So you're some kinda cyborg?" he eventually asks. "Well damn," he says, reaching down to the case he's been carrying things in. Removing two bottles of beer, he offers one to Victor. "This team is just one bunch of screwed up people, ain't it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgenrunaways
2010-06-13 06:36 pm UTC (link)

"'Cyborg' implies I was fully organic to begin with. I'm... something else. Ultron designed my parts to gradually become more and more seamlessly organic. I still couldn't even go through metal detectors at the point everything curdled. Still can't, for that matter."

Victor takes the beer with a nod. "For example? This'll be it for me, if I'm going to be working on this stuff. I eat and drink just like... well, a sixteen year old. A lightweight at that."

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	neogoblin 2010-06-13 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Jay snorts a bit. "So you can't even build up a tolerance to the stuff?" he asks, popping open his drink. "Hopefully we'll get our own jet or something so metal detectors won't be a problem," he says. "That's gotta suck...being perpetually sixteen," he says, checking some of the chemicals. "So how'd you get hooked up with this crazy band?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgenrunaways
2010-06-13 08:51 pm UTC (link)

"Anya recruited me. Needed someone on the team with some 'kick', and who had the same lineage problems to deal with. Figure she knew that since I ran with an even crazier one, this 'band' wouldn't be a problem." He chuckles as he clinks his bottle against Jay's.

He tries not to look like he's agreeing too strongly about the sixteen part. "It's... got it's share of problems. I deal."

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	neogoblin 2010-06-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Kick?" Jay asks. "What...the rest of the super powers on this team not have enough kick?" he rolls his eyes. "Only damn guy on this team without powers or some fancy armor," he mutters. "But then that's gonna change thanks to this," he jerks his thumb at the chemicals brewing behind him during the little clink. "Good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgenrunaways 2010-06-13 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"My interpretation, not her words, on the powers part. And who says you need 'em? One of the guys in my old gang did just fine." That's being a little generous to Chase, but it's being polite. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

neogoblin
2010-06-13 10:12 pm UTC (link)

"True...don't need 'em always," Jay remarks. "But I'm gonna have 'em," he holds up the paper again. "Instructions for making pills containing the Goblin Formula. Same one that gave Osborn and all those other whackjobs their powers. One pill and I get an hour of powers. Used up the only ones my old man made awhile back and never had the supplies to make more until now."

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	nextgenrunaways 2010-06-13 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	"....back up a sec. Isn't that the stuff that made all of them go even crazier then they were when the put on the fright masks?" Victor raises an eyebrow in concern. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	neogoblin 2010-06-13 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"When they took the gas or injections, yeah," Jay replies. "The pills don't do that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgenrunaways 2010-06-13 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Victor polishes up the edges on one of the bat blades. "Suit yourself man, but you wouldn't catch me trying to retro-fit myself with Ultron parts." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	neogoblin 2010-06-13 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Jay just waves it off. "Don't worry about it," he says. "They're last resort kinda stuff. Not like I'm gonna be poppin' 'em like Flintstones chewables." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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