nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-07-28 10:58:00

Entry tags:

awesome andrea, kristoff vernard, npc - nathaniel richards, npc - scotty lang, npc - stature, team - fantastic four, vincent vernard

Family Vacation
With the right technology, the various offspring of Nathaniel Richards I were not terribly difficult to track down when he recalled their existence.

This time, he was after his favorite unacknowledged bastard. It had been more than a decade. The lad was doing well enough for himself, apparently. No more satisfaction about siring the absolute monarch of Latveria, though. Pity about that -- some sort of Matter of Honor, wasn't it? Boy must've gotten that from Mirela. Or, well, Doom himself, from a less genetic perspective.

But his thoughts were digressing again. Kristoff. And his little friends. In need of a visit. A treat. A bit of a warning. Currently in...the region of Orlando, Florida. Nathaniel, having prepared the equipment he'd need for this little excursion, materialized in one of the rooms of the resort suite in which they were staying. Seeing only Kristoff there, he at first said nothing and just smiled.

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	awesome_andrea 2009-08-07 02:34 am UTC (link)
	Andrea nodded and activated Susan Richards template. She held her hands out, shaping the invisible force into a platform, followed by a safety rim about waist height. "Force field is in place. Proceed when ready." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2009-08-07 03:35 am UTC (link)
	"Into the sky!" Vincent yelled, slamming his hand down. Gale force winds howled as they dove down from the sky, coalescing beneath the Four and then carrying the platform up. It wasn't the smoothest flight, but it was fast. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2009-08-07 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff stood in as stable a position as possible as they surged up and was soon looking over the stampeding dinosaurs, a few of whom looked up curiously at the small, floating figures very briefly before continuing in the frightened herd. "We should be fine...,depending on what frightened them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	staturity 2009-08-07 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"Somehow I have this feeling that whatever it is we're not going to like it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	awesome_andrea 2009-08-07 05:38 am UTC (link)
	"There are a number of large predators in this time period," Andrea declared. "Though I cannot ascertain any specifics without access to a database." She ran a quick internal diagnostic. Her powers reserves were at 97%, even with the current expenditure of energy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2009-08-07 05:47 am UTC (link)

Vincent keeps his hand to the bottom of the platform, the winds stabilizing into a constant vortex to keep them aloft. "I can maintain this... for a while..." His hand felt like pins and needles were running through it. Magic in this time was wilder. Not necessarily more powerful, but it hadn't felt the hand of man yet.

Vincent let himself feel a certain amount of pride in possibly being the first being to wield magic on this version of Earth.

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ng_savage_land
2009-08-07 06:23 am UTC (link)

There is still shaking in the further trees even as rumbling of the stampede and the sound of the flutes starts to fade. And it is not very long before a pack of more than thirty Albertosauri work their way through the trees and into view.

...And while many do, not all of the carnivores continue chasing rapidly after their usual giant prey. Their attention is caught by something much smaller. Several are soon found pausing under the floating quartet of mammals and circling with interest.

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	discardedheir 2009-08-07 06:40 am UTC (link)
	"...Clarify 'a while', please, Vincent," Kristoff says quietly, with a bemused expression. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2009-08-07 08:35 am UTC (link)
	Vincent would have turned to glare, but he was focusing on the spell. "Quite long enough, I would imagine, to ride out this sadistic little foray your deranged progenitor has arranged." He grumbled, wanting to shake his hand free of the sensation, but holding fast. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	staturity 2009-08-08 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Not his fault." By this she meant It was reflex to defend him, she knew Vincent didn't mean anything- seeing as his own father (and mother) were villains. As if having one asshole for a father was bad enough, Kristoff had to have two. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	awesome_andrea 2009-08-08 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"If we could pause in our arguments for a moment," Andrea said, "I calculate a 23% chance--and rising--that we will have to use force to defend ourselves." A dinosaur made a jumping, stumbling lunge for their floating platform. "30%," she corrected. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2009-08-08 05:05 am UTC (link)
	"Noted, Andrea." Kristoff unzipped the suitcase again and removed other components of his armor and weaponry to strap on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2009-08-08 07:48 am UTC (link)
	Vincent snorted. "Winds, surge!" The tingling shot up his arm, a slight measure of discomfort showing on his face. It wasn't painful, but it wasn't likable either. The winds increased in strength, raising the group higher. "Save your energy, and spare the surroundings. Our next environs may be much more hostile than some limp-armed theropods." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	staturity 2009-08-09 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"Vincent, when you say long enough do you mean ten minutes or 'I have no idea' because I don't want to be a splat on the ground." She's the only one among them who doesn't fly, she can have these worries. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	awesome_andrea 2009-08-09 05:49 am UTC (link)
	"Do not worry, Cassandra," Andrea said. "Even if Vincent is unable to maintain his spell, there are a number of distinct possibilities to keep you from falling. All with a 70% chance or better of succeeding." "We have been here approximately 54.7 minutes," she added. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2009-08-09 06:12 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff knelt to put his boots on. "One fourth of the way through this particular wait." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2009-08-09 06:19 am UTC (link)
	"It's not a matter of power..." Vincent admitted through gritted teeth. "It's a matter of... wrangling, I suppose might be an apt term. Magic feels differently here. It doesn't know man's touch yet." The tingling was still merely a strong nuisance, but it was certainly distracting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_savage_land 2009-08-11 01:10 am UTC (link)
	By the time Kristoff's finished getting his armor on, another problem comes swooping in. Our Heroes have been floating high enough to catch the interest of Pteranodons. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2009-08-11 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff simultaneously steps to Cassandra, wrapping an arm around her waist, and charging up the other gauntlet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	staturity 2009-08-11 05:19 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks, Kris." Cassie put one arm around Kristoff as well, just in case something happened that would might make him lose his grip. Like, say, that diving Pteranadon. "Try not kill it." If only she were on the ground. She was useless up here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	awesome_andrea 2009-08-11 05:22 am UTC (link)
	Though she continued to maintain the platform, Andrea brought her other hand up and pointed in the general direction of one of the Pteranodons. She flicked her wrist, like throwing a dart and one of the flying lizards reacted as though it had been hit by something. Invisible force spheres made rather effective weapons. "They are beginning to swarm," she observed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2009-08-11 05:51 am UTC (link)
	Vincent wanted to go into combat, but he needed to sustain the spell. "Andrea, seal us up the rest of the way once they're closest together. I'll throw the whole apparatus at them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2009-08-11 05:58 am UTC (link)
	"Clarify that plan, please, Vincent?" Kristoff asks, although the warning shot at an oncoming pteranodon does drive it into tighter space with the others. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2009-08-11 06:57 am UTC (link)
	"I'm going to send us straight through the flock. They're hardly trapped, so a direct show of force should repel them." Vincent shakes his head, the tingling from the magical feedback beginning to become even more of a nuisance. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)