StrongBox (strongbox) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-08-18 18:29:00

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alex bowmaster, inactive - mystic, jordan bochs, melanie hall, nimue smallwood

BBQ time
True to his word, Jordan found the kitchen, but no one cooking. Finding a good selection of the food put out for their arrival, but no grill, he takes a couple grates apart, cleans them up, and sets up a firepit outside with makeshift grills over it. A good fire follows, and its not long before the phantom smells of steak earlier are becoming real ones. The heat doesn't seem to bother him any, beyond being warm enough to hang his shirt over a tree branch. Despite his commentary, he hasn't given anyone a hard time for bikinis or lack thereof.

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	purplegeist 2009-08-20 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Mel manages a smile. "Thank you," she says after she collects it then pauses. "Have you ever had garlic macaroni?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2009-08-20 04:06 am UTC (link)
	"Hmm, can't say that I have. May have to try it. And you're welcome. By the way, Alex, your almost burned meat is done." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2009-08-20 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Well, it was becoming pretty clear who the team flirt was going to be. Or possibly more than one. "I think I can pass on dress up," she said. "I've got some ideas already." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tooth_n_claw 2009-08-20 04:46 am UTC (link)
	/Great. Toss it on a plate please/ he said and transformed into a chimp. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2009-08-20 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	Jordan dishes out the steak, then loads a plate with seconds for anyone who wants them, setting it next to the grill. "Great, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. For everyone else, I'll have the program set up tonight, people can play with designs. I've got a couple other projects to work on too to make this place a little more homey." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	oneyoungwoman 2009-08-20 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	"You mean you're going to make a robot that can bitch about what I'm wearing and who my friends are?" Emily suggests. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2009-08-20 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Totally. You're wearing way too many clothes, and those new friends of yours are a bad influence." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2009-08-20 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Issues, much? Marrina wondered, after Emily's statement. True, she hadn't always gotten along well with Dan and Sarah Smallwood, but they'd raised her like their own, when they did not have to. She couldn't fault them much for the trials raising such an unusual child as her must have brought. "You've put a lot of thought into all this, Jordan," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

strongbox
2009-08-20 08:19 pm UTC (link)

"In all non-Schmaltzy seriousness? Yeah, I have. I wasn't kidding about the computers and robotics thing. My father did build the original Box armor and all, and apparently even though he died before I was born, I got some of his aptitude. I also own Bochs electronics and seventeen patents... getting computery things isn't hard. When I heard they were putting a new Alpha Flight together, I did my research, read the forms in both French and English to make sure neither language's fine print had anything extra sneaky, talked to my parents and my uncle, and signed on because I thought we had a chance to do some real good here. I don't trust Department H, nor K, and I seriously doubt they have our tastes or interests in mind as far as creating costumes, outfitting rooms for comfort or anything else that doesn't involve us making them look good and occasionally keeping Canada safe. I didn't have to join... I volunteered. So now I'm going to do my bit to try and make people a little more comfortable, because I can."

He glances about, the slight grin returning. "That I ended up teamed with three genuinely pretty women and a pretty cool shapeshifter is just bonus. If you can put up with me being a shameless flirt, now and then I can be kind of handy to have around... and I want to help everyone else settle in easier too."

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	tooth_n_claw 2009-08-20 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	/I'm electing him team leader/ Alex said before starting in on his steak. Ah cooked food. There was nothing better. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	purplegeist 2009-08-20 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	Mel smiled between bites of her steak and gave Alex a 'no argument here' sort of shrug. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	oneyoungwoman 2009-08-21 01:16 am UTC (link)
	"Is this the whole team?" Emily asks. Not that she particularly objects to the idea, but, well... he's pretty young. Of course, they all are... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2009-08-21 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"I kind of doubt it. Given what we have on hand, and that this is a government project, we're bound to get stuck with some kind of petty bureaucrat supervisor, or maybe some asshole with a buzzcut to keep us in line. At least if history is any guide." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	oneyoungwoman 2009-08-21 01:27 am UTC (link)
	She smirks. "And how will they react if we've already elected a leader when said asshole shows up to be our leader?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2009-08-21 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"They're the government, somehow I don't think they take these things well, but there's some history there too. They may let us sort of decide as long as buzzcut-asshole man or woman gets some say in things, they may fire us, or they may try and spank us all and send us to bed without supper." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	purplegeist 2009-08-21 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Mel listens. "If they had other plans, they probably just wouldn't take it seriously." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tooth_n_claw 2009-08-21 03:18 am UTC (link)
	/We could get lucky and not get an asshole/ Alex said as he finished off the last of his steak. They never lasted long. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2009-08-21 04:08 am UTC (link)
	"Think they'll try and stick someone in the Guardian suit?" Marrina asked. "...Or make us try and capture Wolverine?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2009-08-21 04:18 am UTC (link)
	"For the first, probably. No idea who. As for Wolverine... that worked so well for them the first two times. I hope they've given that one up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	purplegeist 2009-08-22 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Melanie reflects on all this for a moment. "...Are all of those patents your Dad's? And.... are we all going to need nicknames?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

strongbox
2009-08-22 05:07 am UTC (link)

"Actually none of those are his. The Box armor alone involved seventy four patents, and Bochs electronics still owns some of those, as well as a handful of other things he's developed. Most of my patents are refinements of my father's work or my dad's work in order to keep older developments current and legally protected, and a few things I wanted to play with. So the seventeen are mine, but not all of them are new, groundbreaking things, exactly. And yes, we're all going to need codenames."

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	sea_shelly 2009-08-22 05:42 am UTC (link)
	"Nereid," Marrina said, automatically. "That's, ah, what I want to be called. For a codename." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	purplegeist 2009-08-22 05:51 am UTC (link)
	Mel carefully listens, making a mental note of the distinction between Jordan's Father and Jordan's Dad. "Oh. Okay," she says sheepishly. "I don't know a lot about that kind of stuff. My Dad's a nurse." She nods to Marrina. "I'm not going to even try to think of one. I'll just take what I'm assigned or something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

strongbox
2009-08-22 06:20 am UTC (link)

"Since I seem to be the closest thing to French Canadian we have, for the good PR bits, I think I'll go with something of a tribute to my mom and go by Diamant."
The differentiation between father and dad is fairly clear. Father usually being said in a manner that more or less indicates 'sperm donor who left me a bunch of money that I've never known', with mother being said in about the same tone, should it come up, while Mom and Dad are more clearly the people he credits with raising him.

"Its ok, patent applications are boring, boring things. You're better off not knowing. And... Nereid... cool."

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