Sam Fury (sammyfury) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-06-10 01:34:00

Current mood:	nervous
Entry tags:	npc - mikel fury, npc team - zodiac, sammy fury, team - avengers

At the Slaughtered Lamb
"In ancient times when werewolves roamed the land
There was an old pub called The Slaughtered Lamb"

Sammy arrived by taxi just after 7pm. She admitted to herself she was a little nervous. Nervous was not a normal feeling for her. The first time he'd caught her by surprised and got a cranky mood in return. His file was committed to memory, but there was a gaping hole in the information. Nowhere in it did she find anything brother-like and that was who she was meeting tonight. Now she wished she'd thought to ask someone to come with her.

The Slaughtered Lamb pub was a recommendation sometime back from Misha. His love of bad horror flicks dredged up 'An American Werewolf in London', and the two main characters encounter with the locals in the Slaughter Lamb. Sammy had never had a reason to come here before. It seemed like good neutral territory.

She stepped inside the pub and was immediately enveloped in the smells of food and people, the clacking of pool balls from the billiards room, and the murmur of voice and laughter. People were having a good time.

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	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	"We all need to cut loose once and awhile," he said. The old man especially, but Mikel knew it would never happen. "So how are things? Plans for the summer?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-10 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm taking the summer off. I haven't had a break since I graduated high school. Dad wants me to move home until I start school again in the fall." Her soda arrived and she thanked the waitress. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	"I take it you don't want to move back home?" Not that he blamed her. "Are you living on your own somewhere?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2009-06-10 10:30 pm UTC (link)

"I've been out since I was eighteen." Not that Dad hasn't made noises about it in the past, but she suspected that now it was because Mikel showed up. "I'm settled where I am for now. It's not like their place isn't close enough to visit every week."

But Mikel knew Dad, and Dad wouldn't let her live just anywhere. "I share a house with some kids whose parents are good friends with Mom and Dad." The Avengers mansion qualified, right? It was practically Animal House sometimes, and that was just the senior team.

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	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	"That's good," he said and sipped his beer. "It can be good to be out from under direct parental supervision." Though he knew the old man had her watched twenty four hours a day. She was the golden child after all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-10 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	"So where's home for you? Did you get married and not tell Mom and Dad?" Her reading didn't give her this information, only a censored version of what happened to cause the rift between Dad and Mikel. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Home is all around. I don't sit still much." He laughed. "Not married. Not the type." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-10 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Easier to stay off the radar, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	Before Mikel could answer a waitress came over to take their orders. Mikel ordered a steak with a side of potatoes. No vegetables or greens. He ordered another glass of beer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-10 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	Sammy wasn't quite so anti-green. She asked for the grilled shell steak, rare, with fries and a side salad. Fatigue from power usage was managed better with a more balanced diet than her preferred meat and potatoes. The waitress walked away and Sammy turned a waiting expression on Mikel. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Something like that. Or maybe I'm just a busy man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-10 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"So. No permanent address. No wife. Girlfriend and kids?" He was maddeningly not giving her real information. Seems they both shared that trait with Dad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	"No permanent address. No wife. No kids. Not going to mess another person's life up." He finished off his beer and placed the empty glass to the side. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-10 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	That was a shame. Aunt Sammy had a nice ring to it. "What's your girlfriend's name? I'd like to meet her." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-10 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"I didn't say I had one," he said. He may have not been born into the spy business like she had been, but he could play the game. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2009-06-10 11:47 pm UTC (link)

"You didn't say no either when I asked specifically. But if you don't want to talk about her, that's all right. Everybody has secrets."

She gave him the smile she gave Dad when he was being like this and not willing to say yes, but definitely not saying no. Besides, if she could keep him on the defensive, so to speak, he wouldn't get around to figuring out she was keeping secrets.

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	ng_zodiac 2009-06-11 12:05 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, everybody does have secrets. Some more than others," he agreed. "Just like you have your own, little sister." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-11 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"I'm a girl. We're supposed to have secrets. My weight. Whether or not I like the captain of the football team. My favorite ammo load. You know. Normal stuff." Oh, weak to play the girly card, but she did it anyway. "Because really, what secret could I have when I'm being watched by Dad's babysitters all the time?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-11 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"I know you're sneaky enough to get around the old man's babysitters if you want to." He knew she had secrets that the old man didn't know about. They both did. Even the great Nick Fury didn't know everything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-11 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"You're right, I can get around him and he knows it. Then I guess the question would be, why would I want to lose them? I'm an adult. He doesn't stop me from what I'm doing. Doesn't like some things, but he doesn't stop me." That she might be following Nick Fury's master plan doesn't even occur to her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-11 05:18 am UTC (link)
	It did occur to Mikel. She was the golden child and so far she is doing what the old man has planned for her. The food arrived and Mikel gave the waitress a small smile. "He doesn't stop you because so far you haven't done anything to piss him off." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-11 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"Then I should thank you for breaking him in for me. I don't want to piss him off. He listens to me if I have something to say, and that's how we get along. I have a good relationship with my parents." Her brows drew together in irritation that Mikel seemed to be picking at how she and Dad connected. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-11 05:35 am UTC (link)
	"Someone had to do it I guess," he said. He started cutting up his steak. "What about you? Seeing anyone?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2009-06-11 05:57 am UTC (link)
	Sammy started with the side salad to get it out of the way. "No, I'm not. And it's not because of Dad. Not a lot of guys want to date a girl who goes nowhere unarmed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_zodiac 2009-06-11 05:58 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't imply that it was because of the old man," he said before popping a piece of steak in his mouth. "I was merely asking. You were curious about my personal life, I am simply turning the tables." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)