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notquiteright ([info]notquiteright) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-05-12 15:09:00


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Entry tags:gregory price, inactive - gene kalso, inactive - karen lynch, inactive - matt walker, inactive - michelle clarke, inactive - shelly drumm, inactive - vincent vasquez, plot-"baptism of shadows", team - midnight sons

In a darker area of Chicago, there's an apartment building that has seen better days. It's still livable but doesn't look nice at all. And it has one resident, the man that owns it. Gene Kalso, aka The Breaker. To the untrained eye the building is normal. But to those with the right abilities, the building has some pretty good mystic defenses. There are some security cameras cleverly hidden outside too.

He's in the lobby tonight, watching a TV and eating some pizza. The lobby is pretty nice and fixed up and the casually dressed Gene's got his feet propped up on the desk. A security camera overhead watches the door but Gene knows some of his contacts are coming and bringing him something interesting. Something about a body and a laptop. Gene wasn't paying attention to the phone call. But he's still waiting.

"Man, these Mythbusters losers are just jokes," Gene laughs as he takes a swig of the beer he's got with him.



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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-05-22 12:47 am UTC (link)
Greg put a hand on Michelle's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-05-22 01:14 am UTC (link)
Matt hears Karen's voice as he comes to for a moment and offers a grin of sorts.

"Which is...funny, because I won the fight, Lynch. You should see the other guys." he says, groaning a little.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-05-22 01:44 am UTC (link)
"How about healing magic and medicine." Shelly rushed right over to Matt, taking a quick look at the situation. "I'm going to need a clean flat surface...a table will do, some towels, any first aid supplies anyone has and a lot of room. The knife is an actual knife...but I don't trust that when I remove it we won't have issues."

She rummaged in her bag for a pair of latex gloves. She never went anywhere unprepared.

"Just hang in there, Matt."

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[info]notquiteright
2010-05-22 01:50 am UTC (link)
"Oh, just keep standing there. I'm sure the Breaker has nothing better to do than try to hold up the worst strip-o-gram ever," Gene mutters.

"Table in the other room. Past the beads. First aid stuff..umm...try the bathroom. Watch out for the guard in the medicine cabinet," he warns.

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[info]bite_me
2010-05-22 01:58 am UTC (link)
Michelle opened her eyes and looked to Greg. "Thank-you," she said, quietly.

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[info]small_but_tough
2010-05-22 02:04 am UTC (link)
“Thanks,” Karen said to both Gene and Shelly before wedding carrying Matt over to the table she was told about. For a small woman Lynch was surprisingly strong especially when a friend’s life might be at stake.

“If you look like this there must not be much left of the other guy to look at,” Karen said to Matt.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-05-22 08:37 am UTC (link)
"Someone get me the first aid kit. I don't care who." Karen was engaging Matt in conversation as best that she could so the doctor didn't have to ask for her assistance. Somewhere in her mind she filed away that the woman worked well in a bad situation.

She gently moved Matt's body a bit so that she could get a close look at the wound. Whomever had stabbed him had been good. It was difficult to tell if anything major was in jeopardy with just her Western medical training. Her other skills, however...

"Anyone opposed to or allergic to black magic better step back right about now."

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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-05-22 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Greg ducked out of the place and started heading home. They didn't need to deal with an uncontrolled demonic werewolf right now. He lit up a cigarette and walked down the street.

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[info]bite_me
2010-05-22 04:58 pm UTC (link)
Michelle was in way over her head, and now Greg was booking out too?

She shook her head. She'd stay. She needed to know what was going on here, since it looked like it all affected her too.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-05-23 01:53 am UTC (link)
Matt hears the phrase "black magic" and his "Oh Crap" sense starts going off. He's not a fan of the Dark Arts and he'd vehemently oppose them being used upon him in any fashion.

However, Matt can barely form a coherent sentence, let alone defend himself from the doctor's workings.

He will, however, note this for future reference, somewhere in the back of his pain-addled brain.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-05-25 03:06 am UTC (link)
"I'm not a fan of doing this," she said as she carefully removed the fabric of Matt's shirt from the wound and worked on cleaning the area to make it as sanitized as possible. "But every muscle in my body tells me this has a dark magic taint. White magic of any sort won't quite be able to touch this."

As she placed her hand on the hilt of the knife, she leaned down.

"I'm sorry, Matt. Bear with me."

Then, as she suddenly began chanting strange words, the very blade began to glow, the light growing more and more intense as the shadows around Shelly grew darker and cooler. She became darker and darker, the light more intense and just as everything grew to a white-hot intensity, Shelly yanked the blade out of Matt and threw it aside, safely out of anyone's way.

"Towel. NOW."

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-05-26 01:33 am UTC (link)
Matt groans as the knife is pulled out and while he's glad to have the knife gone, the pain is kicking is his ass.

And did just hear something about a demon?

Damnit.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-05-26 01:26 pm UTC (link)
As soon as she acquires a towel, Shelly begins to apply pressure to Matt's wound. There is remarkably little bleeding. It's another clue to her that the weapon was magically fortified and meant to do damage that way rather than physical harm, though there is plenty of that, too.

"Nothing major appears to have been struck. You're lucky, Matt." She carefully cleans the wound and then reaches into her own bag for a syringe. Anesthetic, for the stitches. But as she does that, she begins to chant a bit. A rich, deeply toned Haitian accent takes over her voice and anyone with any understanding of Voodoo will understand that she's contracting with the loa on Matt's behalf.

Essentially, she's putting herself up as collateral for the well-being of the man under her hands.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-06-02 11:31 pm UTC (link)
Matt will be really angry later, when he's coherent enough to understand what Shelley has done on his behalf. In someways, he might have preferred bleeding to death.

"Mr. Lucky. That's me. If it's not a knife in the back, it's a shiv in the gut. If it's not a shiv in the gut, it's barely surviving a fireball intended to incinerate me outright.

And if it's not any of the those...then I forgot to feed Whisper. Man, she's gonna be pissed." he groans, sitting up.

"Nyah...what's up, Doc?" Matt asks, offering a small smile, followed by a wince.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-06-02 11:35 pm UTC (link)
The loa were very stern when she offered herself as collateral and, though she wouldn't tell Matt this, she was going to be taking on a lot of damage for him any time he was attacked for the next long while. As he joked about the shiv and fireball, she smiled, albeit a little grimly. Yeah...that was going to hurt a lot. For her.

"Your four-legged beastie will just be glad you're alright now. I will take you home later so that I can change your dressing and I'll feed Whisper for you tonight if you'd like. For now though..." she finished bandaging his wound. "You'll be fine. I'll give you a prescription for antibiotics yet. Please, Matt. Take them?"

Shaking her head she turned her attention to the others. Clearly they'd found something of interest.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-06-02 11:40 pm UTC (link)
He decides to humor the doctor in this instance, as she doesn't know a few crucial things about him.

1. His home and dog are in New York.

2. The place he was staying suffered an "electrical problem" and burned down around the time he was attacked. He may or may not have had something to do with this.

3. He doesn't need antibiotics, as he'll probably be in decent shape in a few days.

But rather than tell her this, he simply grunts and goes to join the others.

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