littleladylord (littleladylord) wrote,
@ 2012-06-12 02:14:00

Exiles AU
"Foxglove lyrics," Cindy said, looking at Sarah excitedly. "The Tallus is spouting Foxglove lyrics. Wow. That's why you're not seeing any of your heroes or your newspapers. This is more like my New York. Specifically, it's George's Tongue. I have the album that was from. Released in 1998, but she admits in the liner notes she got the idea for the song in November of 1991, when that hurricane inexplicably hit New York out of the blue."

After that little rant, the little redhead paused for breath. "Oh dear. I'm going to go get a newspaper and check the date."

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rogue_star
2012-06-12 04:27 am UTC (link)

"S.O.P." she responds with a smile. "Dory goes for a newspaper first thing when we hit urban environments, to give us dates, headlines, and known figures in the news. Helps us avoid attacking President Doom or something. Spider and Grandma kind of devised our approach for that back in the early days, once we got over the initial hurdles. With that being taken care of... we still have money from the last world, or do we need to send you out to figure out food and lodging?"

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	littleladylord 2012-06-12 04:31 am UTC (link)
	"The cash we've got left looks a lot like the cash from my world.... but 2/3rds of it is dated after 1991, so if this is the year, it's serious negotiation time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"Some of these times, what I wouldn't do to have Layla back. Good point on the money though. I might not have even thought of that. Thankfully, you're good at these things, and so far, this world doesn't seem immediately hostile." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Cindy smiles. "Thanks, Sarah. I'm sorry I'm not a computerized assistant, though." Pause. "If the Tallus is talking about New York being hit by the hurricane, what exactly are we supposed to /do/ about it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 05:08 am UTC (link)
	"I'd rather have you than a computerized assistant. You're cuter and more multipurpose." she teases gently. "But if its a hurricane... most of you try and raise awareness, Quinn throws all the protective magic he can into it, and I try and stop a hurricane." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Cindy blushes profusely. "Thanks." "... You know, I'm noticing a pattern here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 05:14 am UTC (link)
	"You're welcome, and.., what's that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 05:15 am UTC (link)
	"The pattern wherein the rest of us, very importantly, mind you, not discounting us, mitigate a problem while you wade in and solve the sucker." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 05:22 am UTC (link)
	"Its not intentional. In the cases of hurricanes... well, I have the weather control. In some cases, mages are going to be better. We've just had a run of things in my wheelhouse, I guess." And she does her best, consistently, to put herself at greatest risk where she can. She doesn't admit it, even to herself - but she's lost too many people already. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 05:24 am UTC (link)
	"...I'll take your word. I'm going to go downtown and negotiate." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 05:27 am UTC (link)
	"Alright. I'm going to get some altitude. Do a sweep of the city, and see if Mjolnir will give me any warning about disastrous storms. Com me when you're ready for a pickup? Because with your task, I'll be no help at all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

littleladylord
2012-06-12 05:51 am UTC (link)

"I will. I'll be fine. Good luck."

Cindy could swear again, with full honesty, that nobody got truly screwed by the process in which she turned a small amount of bills that mostly screamed 'counterfeit' -- because indeed it was 1991 -- to a bit of usable cash, two hotel rooms and food for the night.

That could have been done a lot easier with a few polite words, but there wasn't a fine, fine line between what's-the-harm weaseling and mindscrewing to the victim's severe financial detriment or criminal liability: there was a crowbar.

"Hey, Sarah. I hope everybody can eat French food..."

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	rogue_star 2012-06-12 05:53 am UTC (link)
	"Everyone will manage. Considering some of the things we've had to eat to survive at times, I'm pretty sure people will, as usual when you've set it up, consider themselves to be in the lap of luxury." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 06:30 am UTC (link)
	"Great. I'm right outside the Metropolitan museum of art. How's the weather looking? From the stories, the hurricane looked like it was headed way out into the atlantic just a couple days before..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 06:35 am UTC (link)
	"Ok, I'm headed your way now. There's definitely a pressure front, signs of a big storm. We might want to get our room, and watch the news for a bit. I'm still not perfect with all the subtleties of the hammer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 06:53 am UTC (link)
	"Totally understandable. We'll round up the boys." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-12 07:05 am UTC (link)
	Sarah sweeps in from down an alley, trying to not draw /too/ much attention while still showing up to collect Cindy. "Ok, shall we get checked into rooms, then we can do dinner?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-12 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Cindy nods. "Good plan. And I got the boys their own room again, so they don't even have to get cooties." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-13 04:46 am UTC (link)
	"Nice, we can keep the girl cooties all to ourselves." she teases, tucking her things away in the gym bag as best she can, and moving to follow Cindy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-13 04:50 am UTC (link)
	And they check into two perfectly decent rooms, both soon stocked with materials from a French sidewalk restaurant and bakery by Cindy. "How're you feeling?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-13 04:58 am UTC (link)
	Sarah digs right in to some of the baked goods while letting Cindy otherwise get things set up, turning on the news in the background while they talk. "Recovering nicely. Which... is fortunate. If that storm hits, its going to be all we can do to keep things together. I think I can do it... but I'll have a headache for a week." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-13 05:11 am UTC (link)
	"Well, best you can do now is keep resting up and staying hydrated." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-13 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"Which you're seeing to, in both cases. So... anything else I need to know about this place or time, in your world?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

littleladylord
2012-06-13 05:32 am UTC (link)

"I don't think this year was known for too much beside the hurricane. '92 was one of those hell-years, to hear Dad tell it, but there was a bit of calm before it. And as for here, New York's not a major costumed lunatic hub like in yours, or Jersey in mine. More regular criminals. The local superteam's one of the senior groups, they should all have long since retired by now but some haven't. If things get bad with the hurricane, Superman may show up. Great guy. Think your Dad and ...well, you. Superstrong invulnerable flier that everybody looks up to."

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	rogue_star 2012-06-13 05:33 am UTC (link)
	"But, if we're here, then something is bound to go wrong. I'm guessing no major weather controllers among them, at the least?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)