Martin Baum (magic_hands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-09-23 18:39:00

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Marlow Appreciation Day! (Open)
There was not enough Marlow Appreciation. This needed to be fixed.

Other people had birthdays and such where you could get them all sorts of presents and show how much you liked and appreciated them but Marlow didn't have a birthday. It wasn't fair that people didn't have that day to show her how awesome she was. So Martin usually picked a random day each year to get her a present (though sometimes he forgot if he'd brought one that year and she ended up getting more than one). This year though he was determined she'd get a whole Appreciation Day.

Arriving on the grounds of the Defender's compound, Martin is positive he has the right location. Usually with teleporting there was always a little doubt but the place had her magic all over it. So with his usual blue flames he'd arrived right outside where he could sense her magical protection spells.

Of course it was still within the scope of the non-magical security.

Yep, right place. Those blaring alarms couldn't be wrong. It worked so much better than a doorbell too.

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	magic_hands 2012-09-23 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Martin stands casually in the pink bubble and waves cheerfully as if nothing was amiss here. "MARLOW! I came to visit! Guess what day it is?" He supposed he could have put up his own blue bubble around himself, but it was Marlow and he wasn't worried about anything with her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-09-23 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	"It's National Checkers Day!" Marlow called back over the six feet and pink bubble that separated them. "Wait a second, I'll get the alarms off!" She disappeared. The bubble stayed. A minute later the alarms were off and the staff had all gone back to work. "Did you want to play checkers?" she asked as she sent the bubble away to give him a big hug. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-09-23 08:29 pm UTC (link)

He waited patiently, hands behind his back and hummed to himself until she came back. "Okay! It's fun making them jump and do mid-air battles," he smiled.

The general rule with Martin was that he was not to be touched. He kept a strict minimum distance between himself and others at all times and (except on extreme occasions) never hugged.

But Marlow was the exception that made the rule. She was family and magical. That meant frog Marlows were far far less likely to happen by accident. So instead of the terrified freezing up and 'I hope I don't turn them into a frog' look on his face, he simply stuffs his hands in his pockets and smiles into the hug. She gave the best hugs.

"You got it wrong. They moved Checkers Day. Or well...they should. Because today is even better! It's...hold on..." He takes off his hat, holding it bottom up and concentrates for a moment. Then with a boom, a geyser of sparkles explodes out of the hat and then shakily forms the words 'Happy Marlow Appreciation Day!'.

Yes, he was very proud of that. Sparkles and showing he'd worked on fine control in order to get the letters right all in one.

	marlow 2012-09-30 01:51 am UTC (link)
	"For life! But it's not really a magical place so I don't miss it. There aren't a lot of magical places in California. I think it's the sunshine. Oh! I'll introduce you to the ghost! The compound used to belong to a Hollywood star and she's still here. She thinks we don't have enough parties." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-09-30 02:04 am UTC (link)
	"Then doesn't it get boring here if there aren't many magical places around? There should be more." At the mention of the ghost he springs up. "Ooh! Our compound doesn't have a ghost. Let's go see her. Is she interesting?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-10-01 01:07 am UTC (link)
	"I know! There's one at the Winchester House. She was crazy in life and now she can't accept that all her weird beliefs were wrong. She thought ghosts were chasing her and they really weren't interested. But that's for another visit sometime. You need to see the main house and meet Sydney if she's around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-10-01 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"She's the one you made the demon-hunting car like right? With the strict speed limits?" He hops up to his feet and puts his hat back on, getting ready for the grand tour. "How big is this place? It looks really big. Like a superhero mansion! Do you have cool teammates here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-10-03 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	"They'll be back soon. They always come back." She took a few steps in and yelled "SYDNEY!" "But yeah, all to ourselves. You'll have to come back when they're here so you can see some real sword practicing. They think my lightsaber is kind of silly and they use the real thing. Except theirs aren't magical and they can't throw spells with them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-10-03 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Martin follows close behind as they go inside. "I don't know, I think yours sounds better. Real swords are cool but throwing spells with one is always better. If they could do that they would." Because in his head, everyone wished they could do magic. He waits patiently for this Sydney to arrive and puts his hands in his pockets to be careful. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-10-03 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Sydney!" The team adviser's expression made Marlow feel bad. She hadn't wanted to alarm her. It was only excitement on her part that had made her raise her voice. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I wanted you to meet Martin. He was why there were alarms earlier. Martin, this is Sydney. She's our sane grownup." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-10-03 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Martin just smiles and raises his hat for Sydney. "Hello!" So this was the Sane Adult. The Defenders' Bea then. He peers around her, "Is that a tiger?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2012-10-03 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh. It's quite okay Marlow. Just when there's yelling here...well you know. I'm not sure if I am the sane one around here." She smiled to let Marlow it was okay. "Hello, Martin. It's nice to meet you and yes that's a tiger. It's Hal's pet." She offered a hand to Martin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-10-03 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Marlow immediately took Sydney's hand and lowered it so Martin wouldn't accidentally turn her into a nice frog. She loved Martin too much to let him get into trouble with Sydney so soon. There would be time enough with magical hijinks. "Martin's my brother. He's really good with magic. He's the Thunderbolts sorcerer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2012-10-03 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	"A brother? Oh that's wonderful! I'm glad you found each other." Syd was really happy for Marlow and Martin. " "He is. His name is Eyhvatr. He's as gentle as a small house cat. How long will you be visiting for?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2012-10-04 11:13 am UTC (link)
	Sydney wasn't too sure of what to make of fireworks for Christmas, but like everything else in her life things were strange and she'd roll with it. "Marlow Appreciation Day? It sounds interesting. When's Sydney Appreciation Day?" she joked. "Of course you can stay, Martin. There's plenty of room." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-10-04 11:38 am UTC (link)
	Marlow laughed. "It's instead of a birthday because I don't have one," she explained. "Martin thinks I need a day to celebrate and sometimes he forgets and I get two or three in a year. But you should have a Sydney Appreciation Day too! You do so much for us that we need to celebrate it!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-10-04 11:48 am UTC (link)
	"Yep. Everyone else has a birthday and Marlow doesn't so it's not very fair," he explains. "Maybe we can do fireworks for Marlow Appreciation Day." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2012-10-04 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't need an appreciation day," Syd said. "I was joking. Fireworks sound great. Zoey would love them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2012-10-05 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Everyone needs an appreciation day, especially when they have to deal with godlings," Marlow said, nodding in agreement with herself. "We'll create some firework spells for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2012-10-08 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"I really don't need one," Sydney assured them. "I would love to watch the fireworks and I'll tell Zoey. She loves fireworks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)