littleladylord (littleladylord) wrote,
@ 2012-06-08 20:27:00

Very AU: Exiles Road
She fell in the sand with a WHUMPH, and followed the smell of coffee and muffins to a man who couldn't be haggled with. He told her horrifying stories about her father turning into a bigoted monster, and said the only way to stop it was to work with his people.

Cindy wasn't happy about any of this, anything was better than letting that happen to Daddy, to the world, if by some chance this guy was for real. So. Okay. Here she was, standing on some bizarre street, surrounded by bizarre people.

And.... wow.

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	littleladylord 2012-06-09 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	"That's....gonna be interesting. I'm on it." And soon, there's some beef and broccoli and bourbon chicken arranged. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2012-06-09 07:10 pm UTC (link)

"Wow, its kind of like when Spider and Layla hacked some accounts all over again... beds, real food... uhm, so anyway... my father's side of the family is /really/ straightforward. Iconic American patriotic hero, leader of Earth's best known super heroes... but that's another story. My mom... uhm... ok, so her body was born a mutant with the ability to steal people's powers - but also got their memories and parts of their personalities, temporarily. She used to be a supervillain - and accidentally totally stole all the powers and memories of a woman named Carol Danvers, who'd had a colorful history - and dealt with tragedy and stress much better than Anne-Marie. For a long time, she was just Rogue... herself, but with Carol's powers. Until a cosmic being took a lot of Earth's biggest heroes and villains to Battleworld - where I'd be born later. He had them fight it out... things went wrong, and they were stranded there. Eventually they made peace, but all the death and destruction kind of drove Anne-Marie crazy... Carol semi-emerged, and the two minds kind of became one. Not entirely in tune with her old friends, but aspects of her there.... so anyway...

Anne Marie had been adopted and raised by a woman named Mystique, usually a super villain. Sure, Anne Marie turned against her and became a heroine eventually... but still regarded Mystique as her mother.

Mystique also had one genetic son, who, in most worlds, she abandons just after his birth, and he grows up never knowing who his mother was. She didn't want to abandon him - but he was born looking like some kind of black, fuzzy demon, in a very religious area. She hid him, and led others away.... in some cases. Just flat out abandoned him in others or put his basket in a river.

So anyway... among the first Exiles team was a not-Grandma Mystique from a world where she never abandoned her son, still adopted Anne-Marie, and all three of them were SHIELD agents - big, international peacekeeping organization... so heroes, if kind of... spy-like ones. And much more inclined to consider us her granddaughters.

The other half of 'us' was Nocturne. Teenage daughter of Mystique's son, Kurt. Which, in that Mystique's eyes, made us cousins. Which... in my world, at the time Battleworld happened, they were both there, but weren't aware of any connection like that... Kurt was one of my teachers, but didn't know who his parents were at all. Just that he'd been abandoned as a baby.

So... yeah, weird connections and history."

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	littleladylord 2012-06-09 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow. That's gotta be a weird circumstance to be in. SHIELD sounds a lot like my Auntie Wall. 'Saving the world, just don't tell the more straight-up heroes how we did it.' sort of thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that's pretty much exactly it. My dad and their director go way back - to the 1940's, actually. They don't always agree, but usually manage to get along." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow. That is way back. I'm glad they get along. A lot of really good people hate Auntie Wall, and I always think that sucks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	"That is unfortunate. A lot of people aren't terribly fond of Nick Fury either... I only know him through stories. He was dead by the first time I got to Earth, along with most of the heroes who hadn't been taken to Battleworld." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah... from what you've said, your facet of reality was pretty bad off even without the change." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Earth, yes. America was patrolled by giant robots out to kill anyone who wasn't entirely human. Apocalypse had taken over a lot of Africa... but... Battleworld, anyway, was beautiful. The peace had set in before any of us was born, great people, great teachers. Some tension... but until I was about fourteen, it wasn't bad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	"What happened then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2012-06-09 11:44 pm UTC (link)

"One of the others... Vincent von Doom... tried to take over. He might have even come close. I managed to lift Mjolnir for the first time, which gave us a pretty decided edge. He probably would have failed, ultimately, anyway, but more people would have died along the way.

Not long after that, a means to use this hammer to get back and forth from Battleworld to Earth was discovered. The adults received a warning not to go - so five of us went instead."

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	littleladylord 2012-06-09 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	"So that seriously is the real Mjolnir? Wow. And.. gee, when you were 14. Good job." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 12:36 am UTC (link)
	"Ok, so at least our worlds have something in common. Yeah, this is the real Mjolnir. You have a Thor running around heroing too, or just legends?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 01:22 am UTC (link)
	She shakes her head a little. "The old gods made some kind of interpantheon treaty about not personally running around earth a long time ago. He's apparently pals with one of our A-Listers, though, and thinks all the other top heroes are basically her 'squires.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"Her squires? You're kidding. Seriously?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"Seriously, the most powerful superhero on my earth is, in the corresponding Asgard, 'Lady Diana's varlet. Nice fellow, but doesn't even have the stomach to kill a monster.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 01:41 am UTC (link)
	"Wow, that's, uhm... something. We didn't have very many of the gods, but they made a big difference. At least til Battleworld. Never did find out of Hercules went home, or what. He wasn't around though. I'll have you do a detailed report on your world soon though... in case we start running into places you'd recognize better than us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 01:44 am UTC (link)
	"I can do a writeup. Heh. Maybe that's why the timebroker got me instaed of one of the more experienced ones. A Lord has all the dirt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"If we're about to hit a bunch of universes you'd recognize, that makes sense. He's also mentioned things about some people being so central to their universe, they're salvageable when the timeline changes, and most aren't. So - extra sign you're important." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Cindy smiled sheepishly. "Heh. Well, I guess that's a thought." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 02:43 am UTC (link)
	"And a good one. You're certainly pulling your weight so far." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 02:45 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks." Aaaand -- food comes. Cindy sets the containers available and opens them up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 02:49 am UTC (link)
	When food arrives, Sarah sits up, pulling the sheet up over her chest with her good arm, not having worried much til now - but good plan with food arrived. Then she settles in, letting Cindy dish things up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"Okay now," Cindy says as she's done so. "Protein. Good for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-10 02:57 am UTC (link)
	"You definitely don't need to worry about my appetite. I savor every opportunity for real food after living as a scavenger more than once. You could do nothing but keep us fed and in real beds - and I'd consider you to be utterly amazing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-10 03:12 am UTC (link)
	More blushing. "I try. I can't wield the Hammer of Thor and all..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)