Vicious_Cycle (vicious_cycle) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-12-22 23:19:00

Entry tags:

nicholas salem, perenawska, plot-"we are the champions"

A challenge is a challenge
So a bet was laid before him, he'd have to catch her when she had no clothes. He can't help but take her seriously. Rigging the locks to the bathroom was no big deal. She's also had some long days, and he's plenty quiet, so he's pretty sure making off with every item of clothing, the towels - pretty much every scrap of cloth but the washcloth she was using for her shower went unnoticed.
Ok, so sure, he could have peeked, but that isn't half as fun as listening to her reaction.
Everything is laid out neatly on her bed, her blades haven't been disturbed, and so on, and sure, she's a teleporter, but he's pretty sure she's not going to go anywhere that way if its not an emergency and she's unarmed.

He settles in a bit down the hall, sipping at a cup of coffee.

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	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 09:39 am UTC (link)
	He puts his feet up contentedly. "You'd already know me by then and it sounds dangerously like hard work, and any girls worth better pick up lines are probably better off without me." he replies with no hint of sarcasm, but also no real negative emotion behind it. "So, what, Yakov Smirnov really was the only comedian in Russia?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 09:40 am UTC (link)
	"But I thought you liked challenges? Or am I not worth that kind of challenge?" She quirked a brow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2009-12-23 09:45 am UTC (link)

"I love challenges, but I'm not quite that jaded kind of bastard yet." he replies, still no serious self-recrimination behind it, just a sort of brutal honesty. "You got money, a government job, supervisors and presumably a future in all that. I have a motorcycle and a demon. That's not good math, you know it, and I know it. If anything happened between us, it'd be a mistake on your part. Granted, I'd make it a hell of a mistake, but we have to work together, and, believe it or not, I'm actually grateful for getting out of that place, and getting a pretty decent roommate in the meanwhile, so if the most I ever get out of you is pizza and vodka, I ain't gonna hold it against you. But don't think it means I'm not going to keep up the pick ups."

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	perenawska 2009-12-23 09:50 am UTC (link)
	"Pity," she said. "Here I thought I would have have some fun shooting you down no matter how good those pick-up lines got. I love a good challenge too." She gulped down another shot of vodka right before the was a knock on the door. She got up and went to answer it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 09:52 am UTC (link)
	The comment just gets a grin. "Sorry to disappoint you." He takes another shot from the bottle while she heads off to pay for food, then carefully sets it between them and gets up to go help with the pizzas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 09:53 am UTC (link)
	"Disappointing, just like every other man," she teased as she set the pizzas down on the small coffee table. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 09:54 am UTC (link)
	He quirks a brow. "You'll never know, at this rate." he agrees pleasantly, digging in right away. "You're right, this goes perfectly with the vodka." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 09:58 am UTC (link)
	"You are probably right," she said as she sat down. She grabbed a slice of pizza and leaned back. "Da, I am always right." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 09:58 am UTC (link)
	"I'll keep that in mind, probably good policy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:01 am UTC (link)
	She laughed a bit. "We will get along perfectly as long as you remember that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 10:03 am UTC (link)
	He takes the vodka for another shot, offering it over before he picks up two more slices of pizza. "Ok, so you're saying you'll buy dinner, keep me in smokes, let me keep the naked video of you, give me a place to stay, and make breakfast... and I have to acknowledge you're right? Damn, where do I sign on for this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:04 am UTC (link)
	"Something like that," she laughed. "You are smarter than I thought." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 10:05 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, here I was wondering what the catch was. But I'm not quite as dumb as I look." He nods sagaciously. "Sexy, but dumb." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:06 am UTC (link)
	"Cute, but sexy may be going a bit too far," she teased. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 10:07 am UTC (link)
	"I must have something going for me. You peeked." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:11 am UTC (link)
	"Call it curiosity. Nothing more." It was a little more, but she wasn't going to tell him that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 10:12 am UTC (link)
	"You've had enough vodka that you're not lying quite as well as you were before." he replies with a grin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:14 am UTC (link)
	Busted. Not that she minded much. She laughed. "Cute. Funny. Pleasant company. I would not say no if I had more vodka in me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 10:16 am UTC (link)
	"So then the question you have to ask yourself is if I am enough of a bastard to take advantage of a really hot drunk woman." he replies playfully, finishing off his current pizza and going for more. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:17 am UTC (link)
	"That would be the question," she said and took another drink before digging into a slice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2009-12-23 10:19 am UTC (link)

Somewhere amidst the easy flow of thoughts floating through his brain under the pleasant haze of vodka is questioning if the Russian agent would ever allow herself to get drunk enough to not know more or less precisely what she was doing. If she's watching, and still aware, the filter of thoughts might be reasonably obvious in his expression and wandering eye.

"S'a good question. Along with how much vodka constitutes 'more' for these purposes."

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	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:22 am UTC (link)
	"That is for me to know and for you to possibly find out," she teased. She could handle a lot of alcohol thanks to the Red Room modifications. She could still get drunk enough to not know she was doing, but she would not do that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2009-12-23 10:25 am UTC (link)

He was never a lightweight, and being demon possessed hasn't done anything to hurt his stamina or the sharp edge to his thoughts. If anything, Zarathos being there keeps him at least a little more aware than he might otherwise be. Getting truly slammed with Zarathos in attendance might not be the best of ideas, but he's not there yet anyway.
"Possibly, is it? It keeps sounding more and more like you're trying to either talk me into taking the challenge seriously, or talking yourself into making a mistake."

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	perenawska 2009-12-23 10:28 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe a little of both?" she said. "I like to live dangerously." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-23 10:29 am UTC (link)
	He grins, holding a finger to his lips. "Careful not to say that too loud and with too much conviction. I might start to believe you." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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