Vincent Amorason (quitethecharmer) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-21 11:10:00

Entry tags:

antaeus, argo, eric phillips, iron dragon, jenny woolverton, nicholas salem, perenawska, team - champions, vincent vernard

Looking For Trouble (open to Champions)
Vincent strolled down the streets of New Orleans. It had been years since he'd been in the city. Sure, all the super teams had done their part in helping with recovery efforts, but he'd never seen the city as unspoiled as now. Hm. City. It didn't seem like the right word. It was more like a town that just stretched on and on. It was charming, that way. Food, alcohol, and people. Even without demigod senses anymore the air was rich with smells; it didn't smell badly, just enormously. And there was music. Music just about everywhere. It was a nice place to take it easy.

Of course, he wasn't there to take it easy. He'd picked up the trail of something during one of his meditations, headed from New York towards this city. Nothing so heavy on the mystical scale of things that he felt like he needed to alert Strange or Mistress Jennifer, or sound an alert, but just... something there. He'd grabbed his general gear and followed in pursuit of it. He hadn't been out in the field on his own enough lately, so a tracking expedition was certainly something he could use. Honestly, he was glad for the diversion. He'd been feeling stagnant as of late. Sure, school was progressing nicely, and he was even starting to make peace with his duties as the heir to Latveria, but he'd still been unable to shake the feeling that he was still just following a course someone else had set out for him.

Maybe... maybe it was time for something else.

His introspection is halted by a string of shrill squeals from a nearby bar with a 'Ladies Night' banner over the door. A bit off the pitch he'd expect for just drunken partying. Harmless but ridiculously bright bolts of green and blue light start hurtling out the windows and swinging front doors. He set his jaw and ran for the door, only to get bowled over by a sudden tide of humanity pouring out from it. He was completely blindsided, and ended up knocked on his rear. He caught site of the people fleeing. Each of them had something changed in their eyes. One green, one blue, devoid of any features. The partiers started going mad up and down the street. Senseless damage, tearing of clothes, and all manner of singing and screaming. Not malicious, but overwhelmingly vast, and spreading.

"...Oh Hel..." He knew what it was now, and he was going to need backup to contain them all.

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	sandcastlegod 2013-03-31 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Corey sighed internally over the disruption to his garden, but it was the safest thing to do for these people. The ground shifted, putting some of them on uneven levels, with greater difficulty getting at each other. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-31 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Eric started firing some weaker photon blasts from the sky towards the people to knock them down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2013-03-31 10:55 pm UTC (link)

As the riot starts to get dispersed and/or subdued, Vincent has more room to work. He manages to fly over the crowd and call up a stronger spell. "By the grace of Idunn of the Orchard, guided by the hand of Sigyn of Victories and this unworthy vessel, I see you, contagion! And I cast you out from these afflicted!" Calling on healing and abjuration is a reasonably compatible combination of his patrons, and the invocation resonates strongly.

The effects of the magic are leeched from the rioters like poison from a wound, flying in globules of light up to Vincent's outstretched hand. He begins pouring the coalesced energy into a large flask produced from his pack. It doesn't take long before he puts a stopper in it, as the last of the rioters are drained of the magic, now left only with any fading rushes of adrenaline. He descends slowly to the ground, feeling the strain of the latest invocation and all the barriers he had to put up already.

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	sandcastlegod 2013-03-31 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Corey sighs. "Okay. I'll call the hospital. Supper will be ready ... slightly later than usual." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2013-03-31 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Argo, meanwhile, went to make sure some of the Spring Breakers were all right. "Do not worry, ladies," he said, "Argo and his Champion friends have things well in hand! You are safe now!" He was flexing as he spoke. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-03-31 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Irina just shook her head at Argo. She should have expected that. Argo was...Argo. "Okay. Time to see if any are injured." And she would go out among the crowd. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-04-01 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Jenny pointed the obviously unharmed women in Argo's direction and moved through the crowd opposite of Irina to make sure they were okay. Most were only wet, some were bleeding but all seemed basically fine and confused. Well, join the club. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-04-02 01:05 am UTC (link)
	Eric just laughed to himself at Argo while flying around to check for any serious injuries. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-04-02 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Vincent layers protective spells over the flask as if he were handling a holy hand grenade, before being satisfied and turning to those who had helped him. "Thank you all for your help..." He surveys some of the injuries, moving towards Jenny in particular, along with the property damage. "And... oh Hel, this is your place, isn't it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-04-03 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	"This is our headquarters," Irina said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2013-04-03 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Argo, meanwhile, continued to see to the uninjured ladies. Several of them were having their picture taken with him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2013-04-03 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Yep. Towers are nice and all, but they don't really happen in New Orleans, so we had to find another kind of special architecture. Don't worry. The garden will.... heal ...eventually. So, if you like crawfish jambalaya, you can stay for supper after clean-up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-04-05 01:19 am UTC (link)
	"Great clean up," Eric says rolling his eyes. He didn't even like cleaning his own room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-04-05 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	"One or two of my patrons are somewhat aligned with home and garden, I may be able to help with that." Vincent offers, then smiles as he adds, "And I'm something of a builder on my own as well." He grins and nods. "And jambalaya sounds excellent." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2013-04-05 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	Argo gave Vincent a hearty smack on the back. "Ah, my tiny Asgardian friend, you will find Corey's cooking to be worthy of Hestia herself!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-04-05 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Corey, is there anything you need me to pick up?" Irina asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-04-05 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	If not for the fact that the smack sends him sharply to the ground, Vincent would have had a comment. Instead, combined with the exhaustion of all the magical heavy lifting he just did, he has the wind thoroughly knocked out of him. "I'm..." cough "..sure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2013-04-07 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"I think I'm.... wait... no, my purchases do not seem to have surivved the stampede. Some more seasoning and veggies would be great, thanks, Irina."" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-04-08 12:38 am UTC (link)
	This was all just a little too civilized for Jenny. She had questions. "Just for clarity's sake, what just happened? Did you...I'm sorry, I don't think we've met...did you bring that with you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-04-08 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah what did happen," Eric asks hoping he might be able to use this to get out of cleaning if he could. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-04-08 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	"What do you need and where do you want it from?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2013-04-09 05:47 pm UTC (link)

"What?" Vincent coughs, still regaining his breath as he staggers to his feet. ~~Argo will pay.~~ "No!" He tries taking a few deep breaths. "I was tracking a magical disturbance headed this way. Turned out to be some magically tainted ecstasy." He puts his hands at the small of his back and leans backwards to stretch. "Not damaging on its own, but it basically amplifies energy levels and massively turns down restraint. Just a lot of sex and violence, and among the already chemically-altered or weaker-willed, it spreads by contact. I helped out GRAMPA in an operation taking out the source back in Manhattan, but apparently some still got out."

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	sandcastlegod 2013-04-09 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Some Tony's and some bay leaves that haven't been ground into the sidewalk would be great. And ugh. Tained Ecstasy. Guess it could've been worse." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-04-10 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"Okay. I'm off to California and then the corner market. Call me if you need anything else." Irina formed a portal and stepped through. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-04-10 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	"So the first magically tainted ecstasy outbreak after you and your grandpa took out a source 2000 miles away just happened to land here? That's some coincidence. Seriously, who are you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)