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masterofmatter ([info]masterofmatter) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-06-07 19:41:00


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Entry tags:firestorm, inactive - traya smith, npc - jai west, plot - "blackest night"

Making the Calls
It has to be done. It has to. If this crap continues on, it won't be good for any of them. Not just for Jai, who has to be going through issues. Not just for Traya, who he had been avoiding ever since he confessed there may be more than just friendship. And not just for him. So he finds a place that is open but deserted. The Ivy University Architecture and Engineering Study Rooms, on the first floor.

After holding his phone for several minutes, he begins to type out a message.

I hate doing this over text, but this needs to get resolved. Meet me in the Ivy U Arch&Engin stufy rooms 1st floor.

Then he scrolled down to the J's, casually noting the lack of names. In fact, Jai was the only one and he put it in on a whim. He didn't even know if it was a current number not. Then he clicked the box and scrolled down to the T's and clicked on Traya.

And away the messages go. Michael hopes this won't be a big mistake. He really does.



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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dc_adult
2011-06-10 03:15 am UTC (link)
And its seems like Ronnie does. He's using the Matrix to cut and scrape at whatever it was that the Black Lantern Jai had latched onto.

Within a few seconds of this, it seems like Ronnie has it almost out...

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-10 03:29 am UTC (link)
Both Jai's can feel Ronnie exorcising the taint, cutting away the evil so that Jai can be free again. Jai himself silently prays that this works, because he wants to live. He has a lot to make up for with Michael, Traya, Iris and a lot of other people.

Just a little bit more...

"Sorry, kids. I saw how this ended before and I'm interested in a sequel." Black Lantern Jai says, beginning to vibrate quickly.

"Time for you to get put out to pasture, Old Man Ronnie. Say hi to the rest of the losers for us." Black Lantern Jai smirks, using his power to push Ronnie out of the Matrix.

"Connection severed." the Black Lantern says.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-10 03:39 am UTC (link)
Oh, that was not good.

"Why... why are you even still here? The Black Lanterns are gone! There's nothing more for you to do!"

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]masterofmatter
2011-06-10 03:49 am UTC (link)
"Ronnie!"

Well, Black Lantern Jai, you now have a seriously pissed off master of matter on your hands. He may be only half power (if that, he doesn't really know), and you are in his domain. That's what his thoughts tell you as he charges up within the Matrix.

"You want a sequel, you say? Well, this isn't gonna be Godfather we're talking here. This is Staying Alive at best," Michael says with a snarl as he dives forward, bringing the familiar feeling of calling energy to blast but feeling very limited.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-10 05:00 am UTC (link)
"Blah, blah, blah, yackety-smackety." Black Lantern Jai says, rolling his eyes.

"Mikey, it's funny. You're a master of matter, but you haven't figured out the formula for developing a backbone yet." Black Lantern Jai says.

"Maybe you two don't /get/ it. I know Jai doesn't. When he looks in the mirror, he sees /me/. I'm his guilt and rage and hatred at being dragged out of Heaven to come back and live in this hellhole. It doesn't matter what name I call myself; this is the form he identifies it with. Black Lantern Jai, Black Flash, Breakneck; pick a name, they all fit!

The important thing is...if /I/ go, he goes. And if he stays, I'll /always/ come back. So, maybe it's time you two--
"

"I really, really hope I never talked this much." Jai says, grabbing Black Lantern Jai behind.

"Michael! Hit him with your best shot, man! Don't worry about me! Just get rid of him!" Jai yells, even as the Black Lantern tries to wriggle free.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-10 08:20 pm UTC (link)
"Jai," Traya says softly, "I forgive you."

Here in the Matrix, it doesn't take much for their thoughts to flow freely to one another. And while Michael's specialty revolves around architecture and chemistry and the like, Traya's skills center themselves very firmly in math. Patterns, formulas, angles...

She knows, in an instant, the perfect shot.

And Michael will too.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]masterofmatter
2011-06-12 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Something strange seems to happen to the Matrix as Michael charges forward, using Jais hold and Trayas manipulations as a way to end this *thing* right here and right now, but Michael is also furious. He's fighting something that attacked him and Traya, has been all but infesting Jai, and took out his partner Ronnie. In those moments between the swing qand the impact, everything seems to feel a bit warmer inside the matrix, as if standing away from a bonfire...

"Burn."

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-12 11:37 pm UTC (link)
"This'll never be over, Jai! I'm always gonna be here, as long as you are! Death is always going to be racing right next you, and you can't outrun it, Jai.

You /can't/ outrun /me/!
" Black Lantern Jai says, as the fire burns through him.

Both he and Jai scream in tandem as the flames rip through the both of them and Jai is thrown from the Matrix with Black Lantern Jai's final words.

"Conncetion...severed."

Jai lands on the floor in an unmoving heap.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-12 11:47 pm UTC (link)
"What happened?!" Traya screamed. "Where did he go?!"

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]masterofmatter
2011-06-13 01:21 am UTC (link)
Michael is terrified that he just hurt Jai again, like he did in the North Sea so long ago. Even before Traya utters a sound, Michael is concentrating on exiting the Matrix. It's hard though. No Ronnie to help ease the way.

Still, after a few seconds of concentrating the Architecture Offices reappear around them. And as soon as he sees Jai on the floor, not moving, Michael is down trying to resuscitate him,

"Jai! Speak to me, man!"

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-13 01:31 am UTC (link)
"Jai!" Traya is at Michael's side in an instant, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Please... please be okay..."

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-13 03:12 am UTC (link)
Jai doesn't move for what feels like an eternity, but then, he twitches and his eyes open slowly.

"Ow. Did anyone get the number of that bus that hit me?" Jai asks, looking up at Michael and Traya with bleary eyes.

"Hey guys. So...this is the part where I try to tell you how sorry I am for being a major league ass, but...I don't think I know a sorry big enough to say that.

Still...I'm really, really sorry." Jai says quietly.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]masterofmatter
2011-06-13 03:17 am UTC (link)
Oh holy crap, Michael was scared for a second.

"Hey, when you had an asshole like that running around in your subconscious, asshole is the least of your worries," Michael said with a relieved smile as he moved to help Jai back onto his feet.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-13 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Traya was torn between wanting to grab on to Jai and never letting go, and simply not knowing what to do.

She helped Michael with getting Jai back to his feet. "You don't have to," she told him. "It was... that.. thing."

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-14 12:37 am UTC (link)
Jai gets to his feet, but he's not going to let them let him off that easily.

"No, Michael, stop it. You too, Traya. Look, I've been pretty horrible to you guys over the last few months. I should have known that you that you two...I should have thought better of you two, but I just wanted to burn down my life and I picked up the nearest blowtorch." he says quietly.

"I treated both of you, my family and my other friends like crap, rather than living again. I can't fix that. I can say that I'm going to find a way to fix this, someday." Jai says.

"But, Michael, you couldn't have picked a better girl than Traya to fall for. She really is a amazing, even when she doesn't have to be." Jai says, looking to Traya.

"Would you think about talking to me alone for a few minutes sometime? In private?" Jai asks.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-14 12:59 am UTC (link)
Traya was going to protest again, but stopped herself, seeing the sincerity in Jai'a eyes. And she can't help but smile a little at his praise of her.

"Of course," she said.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]masterofmatter
2011-06-14 02:20 am UTC (link)
"'Course I will, man," Michael said. Just that, right there? Made up for damn near everything that has gone wrong for the last few weeks. 'Course, theres the other issue...

"I got crap to do right now, though. Why don't you two have your talk. Not supposed to be anyone here, so you'll have all the time to do that." Michael is lying out of his ass, but right now everything feels better. Maybe even Right.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-14 02:37 am UTC (link)
"Actually, I was hoping to take Traya somewhere else, man. If you guys need to talk about anything, though, I can come back later." Jai says.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-14 09:33 pm UTC (link)
"I... nothing that can't wait," Traya says. "Except for this."

She put her arms around Michael and hugged him. "Thank-you."

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-14 11:50 pm UTC (link)
"Hey, Michael, thank you again. You really saved my life just now. We'll talk later, too." Jai says.

Then, he looks to Traya and holds out a hand.

"If you're ready, I'll get somewhere in a hurry." Jai says.

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]masterofmatter
2011-06-15 12:02 am UTC (link)
"No problem, T. No problem at all."

Michael smiles at the two.

"You to go make up. You got plenty to make up for."

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]tiny_tornado
2011-06-15 12:11 am UTC (link)
Traya put her hand in Jai's.

"Ready."

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Re: Within the Matrix
[info]dareyoutorun
2011-06-15 12:45 am UTC (link)
"Hold on." Jai says.

In a rush of air and speed, Jai and Traya vanish in the blink of an eye.

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