Jack Murdock (jackmurdock) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-01-31 00:49:00

Current mood:	accomplished
Entry tags:	cosmopolitan, independents, jack murdock, npc - rose red, ryan spector, team - avengers

Urban Gymnastics (open to all)
Breathing hard, Jack managed to land lightly on a rooftop and fall down in the shadow of a brick chimney. He’d pushed it with that last dive, but the exhilaration pushed him to take it. It was a high he was quickly becoming addicted to despite the danger of being out in the city at night dressed in gray-black and a mask over his face. Who did he think he was, Daredevil?

He waited to catch his breath before coming out of the shadows to look at the city from his vantage point.

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	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 04:28 am UTC (link)
	"Interesting! Gotta be real pain in some situations, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 04:34 am UTC (link)
	"It can be. It's a real challenge to live in a place like New York. New York also has some great compensations." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 04:46 am UTC (link)
	Vernique listens and nods. "My dad likes to say that New York is no Paris or Berthyoneaux, but then, they're no New York. What's your favorite perk?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"About New York?" He gave that a thought. It would probably be weird if he said Kalypso. "I'd have to say it's the buildings. I grew up in San Francisco, but you can trace its history in the architecture only so far. New York goes far behind that. I like a sense of history." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 05:11 am UTC (link)
	She listens and nods again. "I wouldn't have thought of that, but it's so. New York's even got the advantage over a lot of European cities, after the amount of starting fresh they had to do post-war." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 06:00 am UTC (link)
	"I haven't had a chance to travel and see other places but I've read about restorations overseas. One day I'll see them, but right now New York has attention." He paused. "My apologies, I'll talk your ear off in a heartbeat when we're on my favorite subject. Poor Kal listens to me go on and on all the time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 06:17 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, don't worry about it. I've got four or five different subjects I can talk someone to death on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 07:10 am UTC (link)
	"It's getting late. Can I walk you home?" Was that not done here? New York girls were a little different from the girls back home, and no one was quite like Kal. He felt it was polite to offer anyway. "You can tell me all about your favorite subjects." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 07:19 am UTC (link)
	"That'd be nice, thank you. I assume you haven't seen anything we need to worry about?" She grinned. "I'll be real nice and gloss over the issues of shoes and hair." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 07:26 am UTC (link)
	"It's been pretty quiet out tonight. I guess even the bad guys take a night off every now and then. Of course, we could be surprised on the way back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 07:37 am UTC (link)
	She chuckles. "Always a possibility. Get too relaxed and you're just tempting Fate." "Seriously, though, on the aforementioned discussion, it's always nice to meet a guy who cares about aesthetics. Kal sounds lucky -- unless my presumption's totally off-base?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

jackmurdock
2010-02-01 07:58 am UTC (link)

He laughed quietly. "Not off base at all. It's going on the best two years of my life. Sersi's still trying to move us in together."

"I'm studying at the School of Architecture and Design, and loving every second of it. Good design is something to appreciate in shoes as well as buildings. I'm not so sure about hair." He ran a hand through the sweaty mop on his head.

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	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 08:02 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, the bittersweet victory of good taken-dar. Well good for you," she says cheerily. "Can't say I've ever had a problem with mom trying to get me to move in with a boy. That's kind of a new one. But yes, hair takes the form-and-function issues into new and different realms." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 08:22 am UTC (link)
	"Honestly, I usually notice the hair when I'm sketching someone and I like how it frames their bone structure." He glanced down to the street. "I got up here the hard way. How did you get up here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 08:29 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, well, it's certainly nice when it does that well," Vernique says with just a touch of smugness. She's fond of how her own hair does, anyway. "Actually, I flew, but there's a fire escape on the other side over there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 08:34 am UTC (link)
	"Flew," Jack repeated. "You know, San Francisco has no heroes. Not real ones. Plenty of imitators. I don't know why it's still a surprise when I meet someone on the street who happens to be a little more special than usual." He gave her a smile. "I'll meet you on the street then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-01 08:45 am UTC (link)
	Vernique grins. "See you there." And as she shrinks down, the wings eventually come up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-01 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	Jack took the fire escape in his usual graceful manner, two landings at a time, and leaped down from the second story to land in a deep crouch. He waited a second before rising. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-02 03:28 am UTC (link)
	Vernique slowly "grows up" again nearby, her wings reconcealing themselves. She smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ryanspector 2010-02-02 04:14 am UTC (link)
	When most heroes go on patrol they tend to go up to the roofs but Ryan liked the streets better it was closer to people and Ryan liked people. Jogging on his usual root Ryan looked in the alleys for shady people that might be causing trouble. He slowed down when he saw two people chatting in an alley and one of them look familiar. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-02 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Vernique's change was an amazing sight. "Would you mind if I sketched you sometime?" Waiting for an answer, he realized the stranger at the other end of the alley had slowed suspiciously. He listened for the footsteps, one hand automatically going to the modified billy club. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-02 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Vernique preens at the very idea. That'd be lo--" She can't quite see what's going on at the end of the alley either. She adjusts her shades for a moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ryanspector 2010-02-02 04:41 am UTC (link)
	“That looks like Vernique” Ryan says quietly to himself, “I wonder who the other guy is though.” Loosening up his guard Ryan starts approaching the pair. Ryan then calls out to Vernique, “Hey is Ryan, you know from the Vegas trip. You can tell your friend to put the Billy club down.” (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jackmurdock 2010-02-02 04:42 am UTC (link)
	"You know that guy?" Jack asked quietly, not putting anything away or taking his eyes from the newcomer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-02-02 05:02 am UTC (link)
	Vernique nodded. "Ah. Yeah. He's new. Ryan, this is Jack. Jack, Ryan, Tom Clancy related pun not intended--" (Reply to this)(Parent)

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