Austin Caine/Vengeance (from_hell) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-12 17:22:00

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A Little Time Off Work....(Anya)
Austin hasn't seen Anya in months, so he caught a flight into Boston and called her when he was on the road to his apartment. When he got to his place, he pulled the dust covers off of everything and turned on the news. More news about the Royal Wedding, more news about the President, and there was a minor story about Austin himself and his co-star from his latest movie, Sudden Violence II, Sarah Donovan. It wasn't really like that, but the media was going to say what they wanted to, despite the facts.

After a little bit of relaxation, Austin gives Anya call.

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	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"I'd have to find a date, but maybe I will." Austin says. "Will you and Steve go? Is he into movies like you are?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 02:53 am UTC (link)
	"Go stag. Nothing wrong with it and you can pick up the babes." Anya started dishing out the food, putting a little bit of each on his place. "Probably not. We've been trying to get our place to feel like home and I have two AIs to argue with." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 02:56 am UTC (link)
	"Can't you just...make them do what you want? The AIs? I mean, you made 'em, right?" Austin asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"Oh how I wish," she said. "They have their own personalities, but the skinny of is it that my AI and the one in my brother's car decided to have a kid. They wrote their own AI and now there's a custody argument in the process." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"And...this doesn't frighten you at all? It really sounds like we're about thirty minutes away from a SkyNet announcement. I knew I shouldn't have turned down that role in Terminator: Salvation." Austin laughs. "That movie was terrible. Forty kinds of terrible." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"Well Goddard and Darlene have failsafes in them and I'll have to put one in this one. The last thing we need is another Ultron running around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 04:00 am UTC (link)
	"What's an Ultron?" Austin asks, taking a bite of his food. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 04:22 am UTC (link)
	"A would-be-world conquering robot," Anya said. "One version of him took over the world in that reality. We're trying to keep it from happening here," she explained. Sometimes she forgot that others didn't grow up in the life. Anya scooped out some food and put it in her plate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"I wanna believe you're jokin' and just yankin' my chain...but that looks like your serious face. That scares me a lot more than bein' told there's life on other planets." Austin says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 05:31 am UTC (link)
	"Nope. Totally serious. My brother grew up in a world where Ultron took over." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 06:04 am UTC (link)
	"Oh wow. Damn, this alternate universe stuff seems pretty common. How is Steve doin' since his whole trip-to-the-Twilight Zone?" Austin asks. "You two gettin' through that okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	"He's doing better," Anya said. "With anything traumatic it takes time to get through it. We're getting through it okay. It's easier when both parties have been through something not so good." She smiled. "Thank you for asking." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, just wanted to make sure you're okay. I know the media paints you two as livin' the perfect life and such, but we all know nothin's perfect." Austin says with a smile. "How are your parents and your kid brother? I bet he's charmin' every woman he can lay his eyes on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing's perfect, but we're doing well." Anya smiled at the mention of Nick. "He's doing great. Already walking and charming all the girls. My brother took him for a weekend and said he kept disappearing with a girl." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Around 8

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2011-05-13 08:02 pm UTC (link)

"Man, I'd better step up my game or your little brother will be takin' all my tabloid press." Austin laughs. "Now that I think on it, though, this might not be such a bad thing."

He takes another bite of his food, then remembers what he wanted to ask Anya.

"Hey, speakin' of all those AIs you're always talkin' about...you said you put one in your brother's car once, right? Any chance you got a left-over one you might be able to put into a motorcycle?" he asks.

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	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Of course he will," she grinned. "He /is/ a Stark after all." "I don't have any spare ones, goodness that would be a nightmare, but I can write one. I'm getting rather good at it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	"If you'd be so kind as to do so, I'd happily pay you for your time and effort." Austin says. "In fact, one of those as a personal assistant of sorts would be helpful. I wouldn't have to hire a live person to help with schedulin' and all that other stuff." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"No pay is necessary," she said. "Thankfully I have experience with this. My brother's car runs his life for him. Even screens his calls. I think she may even arrange playdates for him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-13 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	"Then I definitely need one of these if it screens calls. Maybe I can even get it to run lines with me when I can't find anyone on set." Austin says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-13 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh I'm sure you could. Darlene gives my brother dating advice and advice on everything else." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-14 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"A computer that gives datin' advice. I think I've heard it all, now." Austin grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-14 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Well computers do the whole matchmaking thing," Anya said. "Of course that is the specific algorithms." "But Darlene definitely has her own opinions about my brother's social life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-14 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"If nothin' else, I suppose it's someone to talk to between all the miles." he grins, taking another bite of his food. "I forgot how good this stuff is, and how cool it is here. Boston's a pretty nice place. Is your dad still havin' issues with it?" Austin asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 anyastark 2011-05-15 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Anya smiled. "That is true," she pointed out. "We are a little spoiled here. Especially with the place being right across the street." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Around 8 from_hell 2011-05-15 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, you have to take advantage of good food where you can. Nothin' wrong with it." Austin drawls, finishing his first plate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)