rogue_star (rogue_star) wrote in exiles,
@ 2010-08-24 12:58:00

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"with great power...", black knight, bullseye, crusader, danielle cage, iron dragon, iron widow, kevin kinross

With Great Power Comes... Shiny Faux Gold Belts, pt. 1
The Exiles disappear from the asteroid in the midst of massed armadas after the fight with Thanos, down two of their number. After the grandeur of space and sweeping cosmic nature of their last mission, its kind of a shock to the system to end up in a dusty parking lot outside a massive arena. Currently the place is empty, though signboards flash up some of the current events planned to take place there in the near future.
Just as pressing, of course, there's a couple new faces in their midst.

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rogue_star
2010-09-16 02:13 am UTC (link)

Sarah nods, mood brightening a little. "I'd love to. I got spoiled in the world where I spent the most time... top notch workout facilities. It all been on-the-job since we left. I could use some practice. The shield was my father's... Captain America... Steve Rogers. Not sure if you had an equivalent in your world. The hammer was Thor's... the Norse god. If I remember my world's Avengers' history right, and your items are the same, those are the ebony blade and the shield of night, right?"

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steelandsorcery
2010-09-16 02:24 am UTC (link)

"The Captain of the Guard. I remember him well. I called him a friend, though I did not get to see him as often as I would have liked." Dane says, remembering the fearlessness with which Steven Rogers fought. There were few men like him, and Sersi might have married him rather than Dane if the other man had not died in an untimely fashion.

He does not know of Thor, but he nods as she explains who he is. He nods when she names his weapons.

"You are correct. I am honored to wield both the blade and shield. They are nearly a part of me, I have held them so long. I enjoy sparring when I can. My wife provided a great challenge, as she is both stronger and faster than me. It aided me against the Daemons when they came for us. If I can help you in any way, I will do so." he says.

"Now, I have a question about food. What, exactly, is a pizza, and how does one capture it?" he asks.

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rogue_star
2010-09-16 03:17 am UTC (link)

"It will be an honor to practice against you then. You've got a lot of years on me, but I was trained by my dad... and the hammer and shield have been pretty much my only constants the last four years... even if I've only figured out a small fraction of what this hammer can do. I've heard of the abilities of your weapons, though always from secondary sources."

The question gets a small grin. "In most worlds I've encountered, there's more opportunity for a world to build up and civilization to advance than was probably the case amidst a daemon war. In most places where you see cities like this, the residents don't need to grow or hunt their own food. They work for money, then exchange it for food grown or raised by people specializing in the tasks, farmers and ranchers. Some people buy ingredients and do their own cooking... but since we don't have a more permanent residence, we're going to hit restaurants, places where we can exchange money for any food on their menu. Pizza isn't a thing you capture... its a flat bread which is then covered with tomato sauce and cheese - then other ingredients are added. Hawaiian pizza, which is pizza with Canadian bacon and pineapple, is one of the greatest foods in history."

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steelandsorcery
2010-09-16 03:59 am UTC (link)

Dane nodded. "This pizza sounds promising. I'm looking forward to trying it."

"This entire city is like...a forest or a jungle made of stone. The metal horses are loud and spew smoke, but everyone still uses and rides inside of them. The haze in the sky must come from these, right?" he says.

"Why are they using these devices if it fouls up the air they breathe?" Dane queries.

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rogue_star
2010-09-16 04:09 am UTC (link)

"Those are cars. In most worlds, they came about around a century before the current time period. They're potentially much faster than a horse, and magic is not commonly available to the masses in most worlds. A car also doesn't take up the space needed to raise horses. The haze in the sky is from them... from factories that mass produce goods... lots of sources. For the most part, though, I think there's a lot of technology we'll have to get you used to. In any case, most of these people never lived in a time without the haze in the sky and pollution. There's efforts being made on a lot of worlds to cut back on it, but it will never be like before the industrial revolution again."

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steelandsorcery
2010-09-18 02:58 am UTC (link)

Dane listens intently as Sarah explains these "cars" to him. He finds it both strange yet hopeful that people have come to depend on these technologies to aid them. How much different would his own world be if they had cars to ferry them against The Chosen?

"Hm. I see that I'll need to spend some time studying the technology of the worlds we travel to. There may be things in our travels that can aid my world when I return to it." he surmises.

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rogue_star
2010-09-18 03:06 am UTC (link)

"Probably so. If you don't have cars, I'm also guessing your weapons are at the crossbows and melee weapons stage? Maybe muskets? If so, I can teach you about rifling, rocketry, ballistic arcs... somewhere between two hundred and a thousand years of warfare and tactics beyond what I'm guessing your technology base is."

Normally she wouldn't dare do such a thing to a less advanced world, but for the overthrow of demons? That would be worth it, right?

"As for the cars... there's also heavily armed and armored versions, as well as flying vehicles that travel at hundreds of miles an hour."

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