Match (son_of_discord) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-13 18:08:00

Current mood:	excited
Entry tags:	inactive - match, inactive - rose logan

Mayhem...and a little dinner.
Joey and Rose arrived at the sushi restaurant, and he let Rose take the lead since this were her territory and all. They spent most of the taxi ride talking about small things and laughing at each other's jokes. He was still pretty new to the Big Apple, so he asked questions about the different places they passed on the way.

Walking inside, Joey finds himself drawn to the quiet, private atmosphere of the restaurant, and wishes more eateries were like this. It's not Xavier's, but it's cool in its own way, and having Rose as company makes it perfect.

The pair are seated and provided menus and get set up with their drinks. Joey looks over the menu and realizes that he doesn't know what half the stuff on it is, so he learns in to whisper to Rose.

"Okay, what's good here?" he asks.

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wild_rose
2010-03-14 01:47 am UTC (link)

It was a good place, and Rose had been quite happy when she'd discovered it had existed in this universe as well, with more or less the same people running it. She's already gotten to know the owners well, impressing them with her mostly flawless Japanese.

"Depends," she told Joey. "But for a first timer, there's a couple things that're pretty good." She recommended a couple of things, and also explained what she'd be having herself, which was a little more towards the complicated end of the spectrum.

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son_of_discord
2010-03-14 02:05 am UTC (link)

"Okay, no problem. I can sit at the kiddie table for tonight." he says with a grin. Her suggestions sound pretty good, so he's eager to try them out.

Joey is also impressed with her Japanese. If he didn't know better from looking at her, he wasn't sure he'd be able to tell she wasn't Japanese.

"I like it here. It's quiet, and people seem to mind their own. Two people can talk and not worry if the people at the next table are gonna get offended in some way. That's pretty common in a lot of places back home. If the food weren't so good, there wouldn't be any reason to go out." he says.

A waitress comes up to take their order, and Rose would know she's new. She takes their orders quickly and attentively, but her eyes seem to linger on Joey just a second too long here and there. Once she has their orders, she leaves them alone again.

Joey doesn't seem to have noticed at all.

"What's on your mind, Professor Rose?" he asks.

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	wild_rose 2010-03-14 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"Probably nothin'," Rose said, but shook her head. Something... Hmm. "Maybe nothin'," she corrected. "Just don't usually see new staff here. It's a family-owned placed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2010-03-14 02:38 am UTC (link)

"Oh. Well, maybe it's a cousin from out of town?" Joey offers. Rose knows this place better than him, so if she's got reason to think something is off, it probably is.

But who would even know they were there tonight, besides the people at the school they had to tell?

"Let's not borrow trouble, beautiful. Besides, I heard about a pool hall a few blocks from here that's supposed to be pretty cool. You ever play?"

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	wild_rose 2010-03-14 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, Joey was probably right. How many people in this universe even knew about her, aside from those at the school and the few people she'd fought? Pretty much none. Definitely not any Weapon x yahoos. She smiled. "Little bit," she said, with the air of a hustler. "But I'm not that good at it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2010-03-14 03:14 am UTC (link)
	"Which means I'm in for a hell of a match." he said, recognizing a hustler when he saw one. Rose might make a good partner on a small scam sometime. A different waiter came back with their food after a bit and set them up with refills on their drinks. "How about that Eastern philosophy book? Anything interesting in it?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-03-14 03:30 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," Rose replied, grinning. "I think you are." She went on, about the book. "Lots, actually. Mostly been focusin' on the bits on meditation though and tamin' your instincts. I've got a lot of anger issues sometimes. Get it from my dad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2010-03-14 03:36 am UTC (link)

"Hey, nothin' wrong with workin' on that. I've got pretty crappy temper sometimes, too. But you know it and you're workin' on it. Most people don't even get to realizin' it, let alone workin' on it.

I admire you for that." he says, continuing to eat.

Rose's keen nose might pick out that something smells just slightly...off about Joey's dish. It's faint, but among the seaweed and rice wrap, she might smell a faint odor that doesn't seem to go with the dish.

Whatever it is, Joey can't taste it, as he continues eating with abandon.

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	wild_rose 2010-03-14 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks," Rose replied. "I try, but it ain't always easy." Berserker rages ran in the family, after all. She paused, food halfway towards her mouth. Something had definitely been setting off her sniffer, but she couldn't tell what. Except... "Joey...," she began. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-18 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	Rose's roar of challenge was met with an equal disturbing roar of primal fury. Bloodhound leaped from the rooftop and landed across from Rose in the small alley. Claws appeared from the fingertips of the rough looking man and her roared again, daring Rose to come at him. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-03-18 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Rose's own claws were already out. "I'm gonna enjoy this," she said, with a slightly feral grin. She went low, slashing out with her claws. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-18 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Bloodhound growls and slips out of the way at the last possible second to avoid being gutted by Rose outright. The claw tears the fabric of his shirt, but he's already trying to counter, aiming a five-claw slash at Rose's face. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2010-03-18 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Fire flares to life between Joey's finger tips as he steps into the alley and tries to get into position so as not to hit Rose with the fireball he's summoning. "Don't touch my g--" is as far as he gets, lifting his hands to strike... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-18 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	"BAD IDEA!" Ruckus screams. The wave of sound hits Joey full on, slamming him against the wall of the alley and dropping him to the ground. He groans, and tries to get back up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-03-18 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Rose manages to move slightly out of the way, but still receives a wicked gash across her cheek. Her healing factor's already working to take care of it. She feints left, then slashed right. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-19 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Bloodhound grunts as Rose's slash scores deep in his flank. He doesn't stop moving, however, and Rose can see that she cut through his black shirt and a good deal of muscle and flesh. He snarls and tries to bodily tackle her to the ground. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-19 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, bloody hell. The fighting wasn't supposed to start until after I laid down the bloody terms!" George yells, as he steps into view at the head of the alley. "Ruckus, Bloodhound, stop!" he yells. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-03-20 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Oh, you just made a very big mistake, mister. With a growl more animal than human, Rose took a running leap at Slab, claws ready to stab. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2010-03-20 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Joey's head is still ringing, so it takes him a moment to process Slabs pounding on the wall. One. Two. Three. Smirk. One. Two. Three. Nod. Rose takes off to leap at Slab, and Joey catches on at the very last instant as Bloodhound tries to go for Rose. "Rose, wait!" he yells, throwing his arms out and launching a blast of flame at Bloodhound. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-20 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Bloodhound snarls at Rose and is about to leap at her, but Joey's flame blast catches him utterly unprepared. The smell of burning flesh fills the alley instantly as Bloodhound is nearly incinerated in one shot. As it is, the beast-man flails and yelps on the concrete. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-20 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Slab takes that as his cue to move... and mule kicks Ruckus in the back of the head. There's a the sickening sound of boots on flesh and Ruckus crumples to the ground in one shot. Slab doesn't have time to celebrate, though, because Rose is about to mow him down. If Rose's senses are acute, she'll notice that Slab smells eerily familiar. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-20 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Gorgeous George's eyes blaze with anger as Joey sets Bloodhound on fire, and he suddenly doesn't care about keeping Rose in one piece. Slab will handle her. He's going to kill that little punk in the back. "Vertigo, shut him down!" he yells, running toward Joey. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_nasty_boys 2010-03-20 02:42 am UTC (link)
	Vertigo concentrates on her full wrath on Joey, and enters his mind with ease. Joey's fire abruptly cuts out and his knees buckle as he falls down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-03-20 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Rose managed to sheath her claws in time, adjusting her trajectory in the air with a little bit of acrobatics. Not a bad plan<,/i> she thought. Hadn't been so worried 'bout Joey, might have figured it out earlier. She popped her claws again though, when she saw Vertigo attack Joey. Being at a distance, she fired her psi-beams. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)