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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	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)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-22 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"Did I blame anyone in there!?" he yelled, getting even angrier now. "They want to do this? Fine, their choice, but it's not mine or yours to make for that matter of if someone wants to stay or not!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-03-22 12:25 am UTC (link)
	"People under stress take sudden outbursts personally, news at 11. We all saw where that was going, but rolling away from the conversation isn't the answer either. I don't have the right to force you any which way, but I won't just let you get scooped up alone by the first space-crazy to come by because you didn't stick around at all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2012-03-22 12:29 am UTC (link)
	He laughs bitterly. "Ah, I see. I'm a liability. So say you can't force me to be here, but at the same time you say you can't let me go off alone either? You're talking out of both sides of your mouth." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

littleladylord
2012-03-22 12:32 am UTC (link)

"Lord prerogative. However, let's be grammatically correct. I said I don't have the right to force you to be here. Can't refers to physical ability, which I have. Right now though, I'm asking you to talk out precisely what your problem is so we find the best way to keep you in touch without your doing what you don't have to. If medical care is your schtick, there's plenty of opportunity for that in emergency intervention. Hence my previous question."

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hope_on_wheels
2012-03-22 12:42 am UTC (link)

"Fine, my problems are, multiple, is that one: i was studying to be a doctor when that damn accident took my legs. When I tried to apply, the man said patients would be uneasy being treated by a cripple! Not his words but it's what he meant. Two: I suyddenly get possessed by this blue bird-thing, without any kind of consent, who magically allows me to finally walk, but apparently only when it serves her hopeful purposes!" He takes a deep breath. "Three I'm minding my own damn business, trying to live what's left of my life and some cosmic psycho kidnaps me and says he's going to kill me. Four: I get dragged into this inane idea of suddenly being a superhero in a group of people, save you, who have no clue how to even begin to be superheros! Five: My personal life? Shot clear out the window, just like poor Jess and Heather, but unlike them, I don't want to be a hero! I hate violence! Six:..I liked Jess. hell, I had finally gotten the guts to ask her out, but suddenly out of the damn blue, she's chummy with Harry! And Seven: You and..nevermind."

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	littleladylord 2012-03-22 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Good. He's letting it out. This is working perfectly, and she knows how to address a lot of these issues. The part about Jess sucks, and she doesn't blame him a bit, and ... wait, what? "Sorry, the minding process begins when you begin the sentence and it's about me. Finish." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hope_on_wheels
2012-03-22 12:54 am UTC (link)

He takes a strained breath through his nose, clearly uncomfortable saying this. "I grew up in a conservative home with conservative parents. I'm not a Bible-thumper or some nut yelling that something's a sin. I support gay rights. I think they should be able to get married, but.." another deep breath. "Seeing you and Saishu makes me really..uncomfortable. Not your fault, but there it is."

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