Vincent Amorason (quitethecharmer) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-10-15 21:22:00

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In The Absence of Tone
From: charmschoolwizard@ff.net
To: jwoolverton@champions.com

Subject: Friday night?

Jenny, I've been thinking a lot about the night with the blackout. The stuff before the wraith, I mean. You really made me feel comfortable with myself; and frankly, that's not something that's been familiar to me in a while. I've got a dinner reservation at Slices of Heaven for 8 this Friday. I'd like to see you there, if you're interested.

- Vincent

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	tabula_rasa 2013-10-23 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	"I see. In essence, every story is true, and every story has been told before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-24 10:34 am UTC (link)
	"Exactly. The protagonist in this is a professor of literature who has become jaded specifically because of the 'been told before' perspective." Vincent explains, pausing as their server arrives, and ordering the pizza for them both. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-26 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	Jenny waited until the server left before resuming the conversation. "So he begins an unexpected journey through different universes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2013-10-26 07:18 pm UTC (link)

"Faustian deal. He meets the devil at a bar-- well, a devil--" Not just important for the context, but also a linguistic choice that could come back to haunt him if he gets it wrong. Those are the circles he deals with after all, on occasion. "--and says he'd sell his soul for something to really inspire him again.

By the second act, he realizes that moving through the different worlds is also paving a path that can be followed, which comes back to the deal."

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	tabula_rasa 2013-10-27 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	"That could be considered unexpected. How many people would consider that the phrase 'I'd sell my soul for' would bring a taker for the deal. I'll be interested in the different worlds." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-29 01:06 am UTC (link)
	"They've been fun. I need to do some more research on parody as protected works, or there might be copyright issues... protagonist might end up finding himself mixed up in Space Wars or Trek." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-30 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled. "It's nice to see you enjoying it. I suppose the pace of things here in New Orleans is a lot different from what you're used to in New York." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2013-10-30 07:00 pm UTC (link)

"It's different... but so am I." He shrugs, sitting back in his chair and looking out the window.

"I was a demigod, and in love... then I wasn't, and I wasn't. I was angry. I made peace with both of those... and then when I was ready for a relationship, the other person I cared about had already made a life with someone else. I wanted to do with my father, with where I was raised, but... people needed me-- my brother needed me, and when all that dust settled I was officially an Heir, and a junior ambassador.

New Orleans was... a matter of coincidence, but if it hadn't been here, it would have been somewhere else. I needed a new start. Getting my doctorate was part of that, too.

Starting writing was just... that's the first thing in a long time that I think really just happened. Because I let it. Because I decided on it."

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	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	Jenny nodded slowly. That had all come rushing out seemingly without Vincent noticing. Poor kid seemed to need to unload a lot of baggage. "Well, the slow pace here is nice. Plenty of time to decide and let things happen, like writing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry... I shouldn't just be talking about myself. How did you wind up in New Orleans yourself, Jenny?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	"You're fine, Vincent. Sometimes people just need to hear out loud what's on their minds. It happens at the bookstore a lot." She shrugged. "My brother and I moved back to the States from London and I needed a place that would take a mutant. Dr. Samson made a phone call to the Xavier Institute, and I was referred to the Champions." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	A noise escapes very suddenly from Vincent, somewhere between a sigh and a bark of laughter. "Ah... yes, I've done my time with Dr Samson... his judgment is generally sound." He smiles, but it doesn't touch his eyes. "I haven't heard mention of your brother before. Does he live nearby as well?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Rob is a SHIELD agent based in New York. Nearby is a flexible concept with him. He can and does show up to check on me at any time. He's that sort of older brother. I was in a serious accident some years ago and Rob's SHIELD benefits include family coverage. I'm a regular with with Dr. Samson." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Flexible concept? Is he a teleporter?" Vincent seems curious, but is distracted as their pizza arrives. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

tabula_rasa
2013-10-31 05:59 pm UTC (link)

"He only wishes he were a teleporter. No, flexible as in fifteen hundred miles is nothing if he feels he needs to see if I'm all right."

Jenny smiled with the tolerance only a younger sister could have. "He practically raised me. Our parents were killed when I was very young and we're all the family we have in the world. He actually considers his job to be safer than my Champions membership. If he only knew how little we actually do until it's time to do something."

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	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm very sorry for your loss." Vincent nods his head, doling them each out a slice, hers first. "You do seem to be more... relaxed, than other teams I've known. Growing up with Bentley is probably way more dangerous than the average SHIELD assignment." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

tabula_rasa
2013-10-31 08:56 pm UTC (link)

Jenny's eyes fixed on a point to the right of Vincent's head. "Thank you. I don't actually remember them. It... well, it happens." She said the words by rote, as if someone had started a recording.

Then she blinked and smiled, the vague look gone. She thanked him for the serving their dinner, not really minding that he did so. Manners appeared to be very important to him, his own especially, and she wasn't above appreciating courtesy in another person.

"Yes, we're very relaxed, but I imagine it's more to do with the lack of metahuman problems. We assist the police on occasion, but you just don't get the mutant or metahuman villains here. It's more supernatural in nature when it happens. Like the spirit that followed us home the night of the blackout."

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	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Vincent nods as he starts eating, then grimaces. "Ugh... not my finest hour." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Nick is usually a deterrent to something like that happening on the premises. It helps to be the scariest thing in residence. Call it your initiation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	"You only call him the scariest thing because you haven't been to Amsterdam with Argo." Vincent chuckles. "I've had it firmly secured since then. Not sure how to dispose of it, and I don't want to go running to Strange or Mistress Jennifer over something comparatively trivial." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	"And you haven't seen Argo at Mardi Gras," she countered, "so we're even there. Have you spoken to Nick about it? Or one of Strange's apprentices? Corey is good friends with them, I think. I don't know too much about them. They usually visit when I'm out, and I can tell because YC's fur is...fluffed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I do have to give you that one..." He smiles. "At this point, I'd prefer to handle it myself. I don't see any problems with containing it indefinitely. Yes, cats generally have very acute senses about such things. It's why so many practitioners favor them as familiars." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	"I will be unamused if you try to make YC your familiar," Jenny warned. "Making friends with him is all right. He encourages humans to serve him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2013-10-31 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	"No worries there. Taking a familiar has never been my style. Maybe an apprentice... some far far off time into the future." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-10-31 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"He will also be unsuitable for the apprentice position. Cat hair will get in all the potions, and he'll insist on taking frequent naps on the window sill." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)