Kevin Kinross (better_now) wrote in exiles,
@ 2011-01-24 21:50:00

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Dogs of War: Prelude
They arrived in a new place. Kev looked around. They were in an alleyway in New York City. No dead bodies surrounded them. Always nice. No rampaging mental patients at the moment, also nice. And there was a newspaper. January date. "Worthington Enterprises donates $1 billion to Lenore St. Croix Foundation. Subhead: "Also $10 million to CEO's mutant-specialty alma mater." Kev grinned. "What a terribly normal newspaper." There are sounds above and quite some ways away, and Kev looks up to see, swinging between the skyscrapers, four superheroes on weblines: one in crimson and navy, one in scarlet and azure, one in maroon and gold, and one in black and white.

Kev beams. "CIVILIZATION AT LAST!"

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	steelandsorcery 2011-01-26 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"That makes sense, I suppose. I still do not understand the desire to harm people who look like you when the are demons that would eat all of us no matter what we looked like on the outside. If people were intelligent, they would band together against the darkness before it consumed them whole." Dane grumbles. Perhaps he'd just gone off on a tangent, there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	better_now 2011-01-26 02:47 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, probably, but neither subspecies is terribly clever, by large," Kev says absently as he waits for someone to pickup. He hangs up, frowns, and dials again. "No answer at Mum's research center. Trying the Summerses' private number at the Institute...." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	steelandsorcery 2011-01-26 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Dane keeps a suspicious eye out on anyone else in the area, warning them away with a look that might freeze blood in one's veins while Kevin dials. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

better_now
2011-01-26 03:08 am UTC (link)

"Hello, Doctor Summers, this is Kev Kinross."
And Kev hits a bump in his happy stride.
"I said it's Kev. I got this number from my mum. Moira Mactaggart's Kev. Well yes of course I did, but a few years ago, when Rahne was in such terrible condition, and..." And then he goes from not being gleeful anymore to not being happy at all. "What do you mean, she still is... No, this isn' a prank, Alex, there's... dimensional travel. Talk it out, aye. Wait, which teleporter?" And then Kev's eying Dane with concern. "No, best not to send him. In fact... maybe he should have one of those days off in Baltimore? Yes, I know about Baltimore, I'm not daft-- oh, right, yes. I do. We've got some ... Avengerytypes with us. Send the wee girl. To the corner of --" he names the streets they'd been at. "Aye. Aye. Okay. Aye, lots to discuss."

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	steelandsorcery 2011-01-26 03:26 am UTC (link)
	"I get this feeling we're about to start having problems." Dane says. It is not a question. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	better_now 2011-01-26 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Kev gets off the phone politely enough, but sadly. " 'Tis very similar, but not my world. My sister's pretty badly off. But we can stay at the Institute and sort a few things out. They're sending one of their teleporters." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	steelandsorcery 2011-01-26 03:39 am UTC (link)
	"You're /certain/ that's all they're sending? If they don't believe you, they could be sending attackers." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	better_now 2011-01-26 03:44 am UTC (link)
	Kev blinks. "Why would they do that, just because some crazy bloke phoned them? Might not be quite the right world, but it's obviously still a sensible one, Dane. I even made sure they'd send the teleporter who doesn' get panic attacks around Black Knights." Kev thought that one was a rather good catch on his part. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	steelandsorcery 2011-01-26 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Kevin...has anyone ever suggested that you may not operate on the same plane of reality as everyone around you does?" Dane inquires. "I think we should go back to the others and discuss this before we go anywhere with strangers who may or may not actually know you and be on their way here to capture us." Dane says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	better_now 2011-01-26 04:43 am UTC (link)
	"Och, aye, but I'm a wee bit better at it, now." "No problem," Kev says, happily walking back out of the center with Dane. Where we left the girls and the new lad was where I told them to pick us up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	steelandsorcery 2011-01-26 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"Wait. You sent these people we do not know to our teammates...on purpose?" Dane asks incredulously. "Come on. We need to get back there /now/ and hope that these people you've called don't turn about to be twisted versions of the people you think you know." Dane says. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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