artofcreation (artofcreation) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-11-29 13:24:00

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A different kind of dance
Rita had been keeping busy. Winter was really starting to hit them and she was enjoying the fact it was getting chillier out. She loved the cold!

What she didn't love was hearing about trouble. The kind of trouble she wanted to nip in the bud.

She was sure it was the kind of thing that would leave her terrified but she wasn't going to let a little fear stop her. So she hoped on her bike and went to track it down.

It took some work trying to pin it down because she was rubbish with directions.

Then by the time she found the area she was going to check out it was dark so she shivered just a little and hid her sword under her coat and slung her bag over one shoulder and started walking. She had to play up the poor innocent girl act a bit.

Too bad her hair and boots don't help capture that image very well.

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	quitethecharmer 2011-11-29 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Vincent dusts off his staff, checking it for any undue wear and tear, as he does after every battle. "Yes, well, we're obviously professionals." He smiles. "Dinner?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-29 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not dressed for usual places." Her sword gets hidden away. "But yeah. Sure." She pauses and offers him a smile. "I'm Rita, by the way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-29 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't worry, I know some unusual ones." He grins, tucking his staff back away whence it came. "And I am still Vincent, a pleasure to meet you." He gestures to the way they burst in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-29 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	She leads the way up and out of there. "Should we fetch my motorcycle," she calls over her shoulder. Vincent should get a nice view of.... shapely legs because she was very much dressed for bait on their way out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 12:15 am UTC (link)
	As observed earlier, good bait. "Better than leaving it unattended, I suppose." Vincent nods. "What kind of food do you like? You killed more than I did." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-30 12:25 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not picky. I eat anything." She rugs the back of her neck. "High protein would be good. I may or may not be starting a long trip tonight." She glances back in his direction. "Maybe the morning Sometimes I get..... Tired after hunting." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 12:56 am UTC (link)
	"I know a good place for dinner, then. Where are you headed? I could make arrangements if you need a place to stay for the night." A pause. "Not that I'm trying to be presumptuous. My home simply has a lot of extra rooms." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-30 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"I was going to ride my bike back out to Seattle. It takes a while," she admits. "I usually find myself fighting stuff on the way." She chuckles softly. "Do you always offer aid to strange women?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 01:15 am UTC (link)
	He grins back. "They're usually the most interesting." Once they get to her bike, he'll give her directions to a great place for burgers and freshly made fries. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-30 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Okay so Rita finds him a little amusing. He's not a bad guy. She's a bit of an aggressive driver so they get there quickly but in tact. She likes speed after all. She smooths her skirt out when she parks her bike. "How's the coffee here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"I've never heard anyone storm back up to the counter complaining, which really shouldn't mean as much as it does, unfortunately." Vincent smirks. "I'm a tea drinker, so I can't speak from personal experience." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-30 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"I never liked tea. My.... teacher tried to teach me to read leaves. Could never get the hang of it," she says with a shake of her head. "Divining things isn't what I'm good at." She moves in ahead of him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"My scientific teacher loves tea, just not the way I make it. My magical one is more of an energy drink person." Vincent shrugs, almost ordering himself a triple bacon burger, but amending it to a double. He forgets sometimes still that he can't eat like he used to. "What sort of training have you had besides some struggling with divination?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

artofcreation
2011-11-30 02:18 am UTC (link)

"I made this." She touches an amulet that is pressed against her throat. "I'm good at making magical items. Still learning more though. One day I will make a powerful weapon for myself.... I'm sill learning how. I'm like.... A magical engineer, I guess you could say."

She wonders how to explain it. "Three years ago I got hurt badly. A vampire ruined my ability to protect myself for magical suggestion. The amulet protects my mind. If I lost it though? I'd be as weak as a kitten. I could be bewitched so easily it's scary."

She's not sure why she is telling him this. She guesses it is because she knows he is a hero and knows he won't touch her amulet now knowing this. Unless he turns evil but that's when she breaks out all of the bombs.

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quitethecharmer
2011-11-30 02:34 am UTC (link)

Vincent grins. "An artificer? That's fascinating! I've never done much with item crafting, but I've done a significant number of theoretical exercises about their composition."

He looks at her sadly as she relates the story, nodding. "You've clearly taken excellent care of yourself in the wake of that."

Which sounds so much better than the usual society-dictated 'I'm sorry'.

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artofcreation
2011-11-30 02:58 am UTC (link)

"Have you ever read Horothgart the Unmovable's theories on alchemy and transmutation? He's got some neat ideas about constructs... Yeah they're a little outdated since we now know artificial intelligences can be made by mundane means but the diagrams about the summoning circles for pulling spirits from the ether...." She trails off then smiles sheepishly.

"I love my craft. I can't use spells the way you do. Not enough oomp in me. But I can make stuff that supplements that. It takes time though because I'm drawing on the universe."

She stops too touch where she remembers the scar is. It isn't very visible anymore. "I'm a survivor. I won't let the dark take me."

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	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Some of my best friends are constructs." Vincent smiles. "Horothgart just rambles a little too much for my taste. Merrix d'Cannith is a bit more my speed." He grits his teeth. "I don't cast spells the way I used to, believe me. It's a long story, but I have... powerful patrons." He just nods to her affirmation of her survival. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

artofcreation
2011-11-30 03:06 am UTC (link)

"Your teammate Andrea, right? If I was a mundane engineer I'd be more um... Fascinated. I do like she and her father are their own persons. I don't like seeing bound sentient lifeforms." She feels her lips back slightly. "Yes but if you look at d'Cannith's latter work you see he was going mad. Heard it was a nasty death curse."

She pauses at that and shivers. "I can't do patrons. I mean.... some people do. But if you can't trust the god or whoever? It's trouble."

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quitethecharmer
2011-11-30 03:32 am UTC (link)

"Yes. Her skin was actually my own design." He seems a bit smug. "Even if he was going mad, his notes always got right to the point, with none of the philosophizing in the way."

He goes quiet for a few moments, as their orders come up and he looks for a table for them. "I have ten patrons, and I trust all but one of them unflinchingly. The other one... he chose me, not I him. Not for the first time, either." He scowls a bit, but then shakes his head.

"My life has been rather complicated, but probably less so than most demi-gods'."

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artofcreation
2011-11-30 03:50 am UTC (link)

"Cool."

She had ordered a bacon, mushroom, and Swiss double decked. She needs the food because when she does hot the road she is planning on doing some heavy traveling.

"Life is what we make it, hero," she tells him and lightly bumps one of his hips with one of hers. "Don't worry. And you should know better than most because you're a demi-god that the gods can be..... Tricky. They have plans that span millenniums while mortals can only plan in decades at the most."

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quitethecharmer
2011-11-30 03:58 am UTC (link)

He smiles and returns the gesture playfully when she bumps into him, pulling out a chair for her before sitting. "Used to be one. Got eaten by an elder god, and he spat out the part he didn't like. Now I'm not so much a supernatural being as I've got a job with really good benefits." He bites into his burger.

"It's been a rough run, getting used to becoming the proverbial squishy sorcerer." He shrugs. "It's felt somewhat liberating too. My name isn't anywhere in the Prose Edda. My future is my own."

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	artofcreation 2011-11-30 04:08 am UTC (link)
	"Hey. I'm squishier than you." She sticks her tongue out in his direction playfully as she sits. "I mean you have science on your side too. Think about it Vincent." She chuckles rolling her shoulders. "I get nothing for this. I just know that I'm doing it for a good cause." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"That was a pretty short bike ride, Rita. I can't really make any estimations on how squishy you are." He smirks and raises his eyebrows at her. "'Good' is the best good cause." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artofcreation 2011-11-30 04:16 am UTC (link)
	She blushes very faintly. "I don't know.... you were very good about keeping your arm just around my waist." Now she's smirking. "How could you even tell?" She has no idea where that came from. But Vincent seems like an okay guy. Flirting is just fine. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2011-11-30 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Of course. I'm a gentleman... unless someone requests otherwise." He grins wolfishly, before taking another bite out of his burger. As for 'how could he tell', he just gives her a very slow once over again, not hiding his approval at all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)