masterofmatter (masterofmatter) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-10-09 23:14:00

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Songs of Flame
Michael had been happy to help out with a friend, be it a helping hand, an ear to listen, or sometimes just some fun. Ash was one of those gals who really needed more fun in her life, and if she wanted Michael around (for whatever reason that may be), then so be it. He may be an ass, but if his friends want him somewhere he'd be there for them unless there were sever extenuating circumstances.

So he waited for her to show up at the restaurant. He knew she was a vegetarian, so he made sure to find a place with a decent amount of vegetarian fare, a little mexican restaurant on the edge of Museum Row near the park.

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	masterofmatter 2011-10-12 12:16 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, comfort with people is always useful." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-12 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"Especially if you're like me," Ash says with a faint roll of her eyes. She got frustrated with herself somedays. At least she was safe to talk around Michael. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_baddie 2011-10-14 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes Morgan had to wonder at the carelessness of people and their regards to magic in the present day. It certainly made things easier for her when the things she needed were presented out in the open. With a sharp gesture and familiar chant she throws a strong incapacitating spell at the fire elemental. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-14 01:19 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, not everyone can be like Ba-" Michael is cut off when he is hit by what feels like a huge wave of sleepiness hit him. He sure as hell didn't know why and he immediately began using everything he could to fight it with little success. Michael began to slump, his eyes fighting hard to stay open but fluttering hard. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-14 01:21 am UTC (link)
	"M-Michael??!" Ash's magical senses go wide open and she's on her feet preparing to cast a protective shield. "Hey! You can't just..." And suddenly stories Arthur, her father, told her growing up come to mind. Ash scowls. "Morgan le Fey. You will not have him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_baddie 2011-10-14 01:43 am UTC (link)
	Behind her mask Morgan's eyes narrowed. The elemental wasn't quite as unprotected as she originally had believed, but that didn't mean this girl child would cause a problem. She left some of her concentration directed at the elemental keeping an eye on his wakefulness as she directed another slightly more vicious spell at the young woman. "Who will stop me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-14 01:47 am UTC (link)
	Fight the sleep fight the sleep fight the sleep fight the sleep. This is the only thing going through Michaels head as he fights the weird sleepiness. He's managing to stay awake, but only barely. The only hint he's still conscious at all is the fluttering of his eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-14 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Ash manages to use a spell that brings in the energy of the on used against her and casts it back at Morgan in the form of a bolt of lighting. "I will. I am a Mage of Alantis, sorceress," Ash says with confidence. "He is my friend. You will not have him!" Ash is ready to do whatever she must. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_baddie 2011-10-14 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	With more effort Morgan redirects the lightning away from herself. This was beginning to become annoying. Rather than directly attack the so-called Alantis mage, Morgan fires off a powerful summoning spell to the fire elemental hoping to make her way around the girl's guard and pull him to herself to achieve her goal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-14 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Even through the fighting of the haze Michael can feel himself heating up. It doesn't feel like it's him burning, but...it's odd. It's engulfing, but not wasting. It's such a strange feeling, but it helps invigorate him enough to keep fighting. Michael begins to form into Firestorm, but this one is far more wreathed in flames than he usually is. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

seasiren
2011-10-14 09:26 pm UTC (link)

"M-- Firestorm. You have to wake up right now," Ash snaps.

Then she turns quickly. Her actions are going to be very foolish. Because she just can't let the sorceress have him.

"You're not taking him from me!" And she begins to cast. Another bolt of electricity flies out followed by another and another. It is a thick barrage of magic intending to over whelm the sorceress.

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	dc_baddie 2011-10-14 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	Morgan snarls at the attack. It's by no mean enough to defeat her, but it is sufficient enough to turn her entire focus on Ash. The encounter is quickly becoming more troublesome than she had planned on. She's sure to thoroughly shield herself before using the mage's own tactic and returning her electricity back on her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-14 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	You're not taking him from me? That's different. Ash never said anything like that before. That's, well, that's different. Michael would have thought more on it, but for the time being with the warm feeling he was managing to fight the sleepiness. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-14 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Mic--- Firestorm, wake up," Ash barks again. Then she ducks and dodges. She sees danger for Michael and it's too late to cast a spell so she puts herself in the way. There is pain and she grits her teeth through the pain. "You won't hurt him either. Ow!" That hurt. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_baddie
2011-10-14 11:49 pm UTC (link)

Morgan laughs. The girl has potential as a sorceress, but she's wasting her powers and talent left and right.

Keeping her shield in place she redoubles her attack multiplying each of the lightning bolts as she returns them even as she weaves a subtler enchantment meant to steal the elemental right out from under his pathetic guardian. It weighs on her concentration to divide her attentions in three, but when she succeeds the rewards will be worth the trouble.

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masterofmatter
2011-10-14 11:54 pm UTC (link)

The flame becomes very very hot, and combined with a will that once powered a Green Lantern ring Michael began to pull himself out of the slumber when he noticed something...different. He could see them with his Quark Vision. That never happened before.

"Hey, ancient bitch? You want fire?"

With that a torrent of ~~plasma~~ concentrated Fire came out of him, racing at the witch.

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	seasiren 2011-10-15 12:00 am UTC (link)
	And now that Michael is paying attention and doing things Ash can counter that spell. Say hello to a dumpster falling from the air. Yeah it was silly and cartoonish but it worked. "Eat garbage." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_baddie
2011-10-15 12:06 am UTC (link)

The fire is enough to make her cease her attacks and draw her entire force into her shield, but having to deflect the dumpster is the last indignity.

She's lost her advantage and the elemental was aware enough to use his abilities to back up the mage now. That put her at a disadvantage she hadn't planned for so with one final large bolt of lightning aimed at Ash for a parting shot, she chants and disappears.

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	masterofmatter 2011-10-15 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Michael struggled a bit to let the fire die back down within him, the thing that Morgaine did (whatever the hell it was) messing with him quite a bit. But even then, something stuck in his mind. "You're not taking him from me!" "Ash...we need to talk." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-15 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Ash had just barely managed to handle the lightning bolt. Shielding when her emotions were jumping all over the place. She was just glad nothing had happened. Ash though didn't like Michael's tone. Something seemed.... different. "Yes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-15 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"Can we take this somewhere a little more private?" Michael starts flying up, motioning to the top of a nearby building. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-15 03:05 am UTC (link)
	Ash nodded and gulped and counted to ten to help herself not panic as she used a flying incantation to get herself up there. So much awkward. Did he hear her? Of course he did. Damn it. There was no running from it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-15 04:07 am UTC (link)
	When As made it to the rooftop, Michael was waiting there. Not as Firestorm, but as Michael Choi, short architect in training and oblivious oblivious person. "Ash, there's something I'd like to know: Do you...have something for me?" Okay, not the best words for it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-15 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"What?" The way he said it through her off balance. She hadn't ever expected him to notice. If he's paying attention this time? Her expression says yes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-10-15 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Well, he could have worded that better. "In the fight, when I was fighting the sleep, i heard you say something. She wouldn't take me form you. Something about the way you said it...I dunno. It makes me feel maybe you may care about me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)