Heather Collins (loveontherocks) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-03-18 20:20:00

Entry tags:

azurite, emerald, plot - "like it or not...", sapphire, topaz

Well, this is new.
Heather absently flipped through the channels, and every time it hit on the news, it was about them. Footage of them in action at the fire and after, her--what had she been thinking--sudden naming of them, after Cindy had supplied their group name...

Heather had never really been used to people paying attention to her, especially not like this.

Somehow, fan sites had already gone up on the internet. Most of it was clean, fortunately, but some of it... well, she was going to need brain bleach to unsee some of that.

"So..." she said, mostly to herself, but anyone within earshot would hear. "Now what?"

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-18 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Lenny just kind of slinks in his chair, looking somewhat depressed. He dd NOT want to be a superhero, but fate seemed to have other plans. He had not answers. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-03-18 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Harry is looking about as depressed as Lenny. Superheroing was not what he planned. That was for brave people, not him. "I'm not going to look at the stuff online that's for sure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loveontherocks 2012-03-18 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Believe me," Heather said. "I wish I hadn't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fears_itself 2012-03-18 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Not understanding problem. Guardians in name." Andy was not "getting" this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-03-19 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"I already looked," her face is a slightly darker shade of green. "My advice is to <>not</i> look." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loveontherocks 2012-03-19 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Really, don't. Some of it's... pretty unsavory. Lots of crude bastards out there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-03-19 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	"How'd we end up superheroes?" He sinks deeper into his spot on the couch looking awfully lost. "...oh no. They'll make us wear ridiculous looking costumes too won't they?" From the look on his face it's a genuine worry he has. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-03-19 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Nobody has to wear anything more ridiculous than they want to," Cindy assures as she steps through the door. "I honestly didn't mean to force you all into the biz like this. You can still take it as slow as you like." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hope_on_wheels
2012-03-20 01:23 pm UTC (link)

"Biz?" Lenny looks up, over at Cindy. "There's nothing business-like about this. It's risking are lives over and over again. We're not Superman or Batman, we're a bunch of random people who didn't choose this nor are we in anyway prepared for it. And not to mention there are psychotic godlike beings like the Cyborg who know we exist!" Lenny was in a really bad mood.

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	loveontherocks 2012-03-20 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, we stepped in where we had to..." Heather said. "And then for some reason I... decided to give us code-names. Oh God." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fears_itself 2012-03-21 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Names appropriate. Like 'Sphene' but problem: Yellow color of villains. Other was villain. Am villain?" There was a tinge of fear in the normally monotone voice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-21 10:36 pm UTC (link)

Not fighting. Anything but that. He sinks deeper into the couch, almost trying to blend in with it and wishing everyone would get along. He gets Lenny's anger, he really does, but whatever's happened has been out of their control and Harry can't get mad at anyone for it.

He does decide he'll try and step in to stop it if this keeps going, but really hopes he doesn't need to.

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littleladylord
2012-03-21 10:52 pm UTC (link)

"Lenny, Mr. Henshaw does not have much interest in people who evacuate a burning building. We're not really any more targets than we already were, on an unfortunately cosmic scale. Andy, you are not a villain. Neither is Jess. Heck, not even I am, and that's just downright impressive, if I do say so myself. You've got scary powers, but you're not exploiting them at other people's expense."

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	greenwillpower 2012-03-21 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Well what the hell is someone like me supposed to do then, huh? I wanted to be a cop, God damn it. I can't even do that! And what about Heather? She's stuck more then the rest of us, in case ya haven't noticed. We can't walk away from this." Jess is very irritated right now. "Being 'in the business' is the closest I'll get to what I really want to do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

loveontherocks
2012-03-21 11:07 pm UTC (link)

Well, this was getting awkward.

Heather looked down. "I never asked for this. I mean, who the hell would ask for this? Any of us? No. Don't think so."

She managed a sigh. Or close enough to it, since she wasn't actually breathing. "I'm pretty sure I'm not even close to human any more."

She looked up. "But today was one of the few days where I didn't feel sorry for myself."

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	fears_itself 2012-03-21 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Never asked. Have anyways. Must deal with. Or bad things happen." Internally, there was a slight pang of panic. They were fighting. And there was Fear. Fear with Parallax was bad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-21 11:39 pm UTC (link)

Harry shuts his eyes tight and tries to block it all out. Physical fighting he can step in between, the verbal kind he was always bad with and he has no idea what he can do to stop all this.

He's scared that this will result in everyone not getting along anymore. Terrified really, he liked this group of people. Although that fear was no doubt not helping Andy at all right now.

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	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-21 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Lenny just sat there for a time, clenching the arms of his chair. "Fine, it works for you. All I ever wanted to be was a doctor. First the accident, and now I can only walk when trouble happens. Yeah, i don't have it as bad as Jess and Heather, but that doesn't..nevermind. I'm going home." And he moves to wheel his way out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-03-21 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	Cindy looks at the others. "We are All. Going. To Be. Fine." A breath. "I wil talk to you later." And she storms out right after Lenny. "We need to talk." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-21 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	Lenny stifles a growl and manages a semi-polite, "Yes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-03-21 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Why the hell can't you be a doctor?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-22 12:00 am UTC (link)
	His eyes narrowed. "I barely know you. You really think I'm suddenly going to disclose the secrets of my life?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-03-22 12:03 am UTC (link)
	"Well, you're pretty willing to assume what I've dragged you into." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-22 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"Not being able to be a doctor is a hell of lot different than God knows why these..things possessed us!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-03-22 12:07 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I'm sure it is. And who here in this building sicced her on you, exactly?" Cindy snarks with all the smarm a Lord can muster. Lenny can't just walk away from the frustration here, or it'll come out and set something off with the others again, Cindy just knows it. So she's going to handle it, with the 'innocents' -- and her Saishu -- out of the way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)