Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-08 12:36:00

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cosmopolitan, inactive - eli paravich, jon kent, plot - "12-step", svalin

Settling In
The displaced Avengers had been taken back to the JLA headquarters and had been shown to quarters. Svalin may have stared at Jon a bit on the way back, but she looked away every time he looked at her or Vernique looked at both of them. There may have been some red on her cheeks when someone caught her looking at Jon.

Jon was familiar in a way, but Svalin couldn't place from where. It tickled at the back of her mind and would drive her crazy until she figured it out. For now she focused on what needed to be done.

Svalin dropped her belongings on the bed and pulled out her whet stone. She sat on the bed and started sharpening the edge of her sword. There was some time before they were to meet and discuss what was going to come next.

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	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 05:37 am UTC (link)
	Vernique is just sauntering her way into the area. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-09 05:38 am UTC (link)
	"There ist no need to apologize. I oft find a vigorous workout a good way to calm and center oneself." She smiled a little. "Nay. In truth it ist about par for this adventure. The real shock wast our last stop when we met future children, possible future children, of ours. Visiting other dimensions ist almost normal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-09 05:40 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah... that would be pretty weird, I'd imagine. My family has a lot of history of dimension travel, but I haven't done much. At least not yet." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 06:33 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, this is definitely less weird than a future close to our own. It's just completely different, which is kind of simpler. So. Jon...." Vernique flashed one of her best smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-09 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	Normally, he'd pick up ulterior motives in voice inflection. That smile is up to something, after all. Between wanting to be hospitable, current events, and a bit of not being entirely sure he minds on some level, even if he's not that aware of that level, he takes it at face value. "Yes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-09 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin kept quiet. Vernique was busy doing her thing and Svalin wasn't going to interfere. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Would you like to get coffee with us?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-09 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not really a cof..." oh. Oh. Blink. "Yeah... I'd like that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-09 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin gave Vernique a look. The tiny human was up to something and Svalin suddenly felt like she was walking into a trap or an ambush. It did not sit well with her. Thankfully the feeling of being lured into a trap overrode all others because Svalin would otherwise have a large smile on her face. "Doth thou need time to change?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled at both of them. "The role of coffee this evening will be played by hot cocoa for some of us anyway. Svalin's a big chocolate fan. But yes, I guess we should give you a minute." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2011-01-09 10:51 pm UTC (link)

"Just a second."

He does not require a phone booth - but yeah, he practiced the Kent-quickchange(TM) as a kid. Lots.

One second he's gone with just a slight rustling of the girl's hair in the wind. Literally half a second later he's back, hair combed, cleaned up, and wearing nicer clothes.

"Alright - hot chocolate it is. I'll show you my favorite place in Metropolis."

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	shield_maiden 2011-01-09 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin blinked. That was...impressive. She had only seen Thialfi and Hermod move that quickly. Her father had talked of the Avenger Quicksliver and the Eternal Makkari as speedsters. "We art ready." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Impressive indeed, but there was something else that soon had Vernique's attention. "Metropolis? ....Interesting. We don't have it at home." A sizeable city called...Metropolis. Call something Townsville, why didn't they? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-09 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't have Metropolis? Weird. What about Gotham, or New York? Los Angeles? Star City? Anyway, come to the teleporters, we can set down within a block of the place." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-09 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Nay. No Metropolis, Gotham or Star City. We doth have New York and Los Angeles. The Avengers art in New York and mine former team the Defenders art in Los Angeles," Svalin said as she started to follow him. "Though I hath only been on Migard for a year and wast still learning its geography. Vernique wouldst know better than I." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I'm a New Yorker. I think Gotham might've been a made up placename in stories at home. And these work in reverse?" Vernique says of the teleporters when they get there. "So let me give it a try. You've got Washington, D.C.? London? Paris? Atlantis? What's the capital of Latveria?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2011-01-09 11:26 pm UTC (link)

He nods, programming the teleporters to set them down in Metropolis, downtown, but on a rooftop so they won't immediately draw attention.

"Yeah, we can get most places that aren't teleporter screened. Uhm, yes, D.C. is the capital, London, England, Paris, France. The king of Atlantis was a member of my father's era of the Justice League. I've never heard of Latveria."

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	shield_maiden 2011-01-09 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	"I wouldst imagine not everything ist going to be the same. We know people who hop from dimension to dimension fixing things and they doth say there art many differences and many similarities." Svalin paused. She had to ask. "Ist there an Asgard?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-09 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Little place in the Balkans. Only makes the news because the monarch's a supervillain. Renamed the capital after himself, etc. Not important. Yeah, there's similarities and differences, all right." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2011-01-09 11:51 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, Latveria sounds bad... as for Asgard, uhm... sort of. It was sealed off, because its experiencing Ragnarok over and over, eternally as far as anyone can tell. Some of our parents were trapped there for a while. I wouldn't go advertising the 'Thor and Sif', thing though. I know, from my dad's experiences, that its not the same in every dimension, but here, the gods aren't supposed to take too much of a direct hand in mortal affairs. Some of them try and skirt the rules - but most of the existing pantheons have a strict agreement."

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	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 12:07 am UTC (link)
	Svalin frowned. Eternal Ragnarok. It was a most unpleasant thought. Ragnarok alone was a most unpleasant thought, but to experience it continuously was unthinkable. "I wilt not hide who I am," she said firmly. "Would Svalin Sifdottir be acceptable?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-01-10 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Eternal Ragnarok was indeed creepy, but Vernique was going to try not to think about it right now. "Heh. A whole new group of superheroes can show up without any complaints or bigots, but goddesses have to be discreet. Interesting place you've got here." Vernique looks around. "So we're not far?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2011-01-10 12:17 am UTC (link)

"Bigots? Against super heroes? Why?"

He has trouble processing that. "I mean, in the 50's, there was the whole Un-American activities thing, but since the end of that era, people are usually just curious about new heroes. As ffor the gods... well, they made that agreement among themselves. Svalin Sifsdottir should be fine though. And no, we're not far... just up this street. The owner is another Smallville transplant, makes the best hot chocolate in the city, starts with dark godivas, not a mix."

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shield_maiden
2011-01-10 12:22 am UTC (link)

"The Council of Godheads in our world hath only made an agreement not to seek worshipers among mortals, but the gods art allowed to move and act in Migard. Most doth not, but there art exceptions. Mine father, Ares, Heracles, his son Argo, Valkyrie, Pluto and a few others including me and mind siblings. We wert sent to learn about humanity, what it means to be a hero and some humility."

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butterflybullet
2011-01-10 12:38 am UTC (link)

"Oh goodness. If the superhuman community had been bigger in our world during McCarthyism, things would have gotten bad. As it is, nowadays, well, in our particular traveling group, we're actually all either humans or immortals -- my parents were involved in experiments. Things got passed on. But at home, until a crowd knows for sure that you're not part of the evolutionary offshoot of humanity that's the scapegoat du jour, you're automatically suspect. Plus, some people are just against vigilantism, or don't like filling out insurance paperwork, or some other reason even the most fashionable heroes have to watch the crowd control a bit. But yeah, the gods do okay. And Mmmm, that sounds delicious."

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