sydney_ashcroft (sydney_ashcroft) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-06-03 22:41:00

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Dinner And Conversation
Of course it had to be one of those days where Sydney was running late for everything. Zoey was late getting to school because of some issues finding her sneakers this morning. Then Syd's car had issues and wouldn't start right away. She finally got Zoey to school thirty minutes late.

Which made Syd late for her karate class. She had things to discuss with the instructors after class, which made her late for lunch with her sister. Lunch ran late which meant she was late for a conference call with Mr. Stark and the board. The universe was just out to get her today.

The one thing she was on time for was picking Zoey up from school, but then Bryn was late picking Zoey up, which made her late for dinner with Avery on top of traffic.

Syd walked into the Thai restaurant twenty minutes late.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Sydney smiled. "I'd like that. A lot. It's nice to talk to a fellow mortal." She looked over at him. "You know, I could probably spend a few extra days in Rome when the month is up if you and Zoey would like to meet me there. I could show you two the sights." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Avery smiles, genuinely excited at the idea of spending more time with Zoey and Sydney without distractions. "You say the word and we'll be there. Does Zoey have a passport already, or do we need to get her one?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 12:35 am UTC (link)
	"She has one," Sydney said. "It makes flying easier even if we've never been out of the country." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"Well, that's good to know. I need to make sure mine is up to date, but there wouldn't be any problems if you felt like company when the dig was over." he says. "How is Zoey about planes? Fear of flying runs in my family sometimes. I hope she didn't catch it." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 01:04 am UTC (link)
	"She didn't. She loves it. We went to New York right after New Year's and Svalin takes her for rides on Tryggvi." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"This is great news. She'll be able to console her old man while he's freaking out on the plane." Avery chuckles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 01:17 am UTC (link)
	"I don't have a doubt that she will," Syd mused. "She's a great kid and...I'm glad you're in her life. I had a few misgivings when I first saw you, but I'm really glad things have worked out for the better." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

word_of_law
2010-06-05 01:33 am UTC (link)

Avery takes a sip of his drink and nods.

"I admit, I had doubts about us being able to get along as well, Sydney. I was..angry at first about not knowing about Zoey.

But I realized that you did everything you could do short of conjuring me out of thin air. You've done an amazing job with her. I'm glad she's had you all her life, Sydney, and that she has the Defenders looking after her as well." he says.

"I just hope she'll consider me as awesome as the the rest of them someday." he says.

Suddenly, Avery puts a hand to his forehead as if he's in pain, and he's silent for a long moment, barely managing to put his drink down before dropping it.

The moment passes, but Sydney will see a thin rivulet of blood coming from Avery's nose.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"Avery!" Syd was on her feet and by his side. Then she noticed the blood coming out of his nose. She grabbed his napkin and put it against his nose. "Lean forward," she said as she pinched his nostrils together. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 01:45 am UTC (link)
	"Dammit. This was not how I pictured this conversation going." he says, leaning forward. "I'll be okay, Syd. This...is something I've gotten used to." he tells her. "I'm sorry I worried you." he tells her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 01:49 am UTC (link)
	"Avery, does this happen frequently? Is it something I should be concerned about in terms of Zoey?" She didn't move from his side. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

word_of_law
2010-06-05 01:55 am UTC (link)

He understood her concern. Why did this have to happen now, of all times?

"This doesn't happen with any frequency I can predict, Sydney. Usually, it happens most and easiest when I'm sleeping. I see things, but I can rarely remember them when I wake up. But it's irregular. It may happen three nights straight, then I won't see anything at all for six months." he tells her.

"I saw something on my birthday. Twice." he tells her.

"I understand if this changes your mind about things, Sydney. But I'd never let anything happen to Zoey unless it happened to me first. Please believe that." he says.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Syd nodded. "What did you see?" she asked with a healthy dose of curiosity. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

word_of_law
2010-06-05 02:13 am UTC (link)

"Just now?" he asks, then sighs in frustration. "The same thing I always see. This guy. He's maybe in his late teens, early twenties. Every time I see him, he's somewhere different. He looks a little different, too. I've never met him, but I feel like I know him. Or like I should know him, but I don't."

"Anyway, he's crawling out of the wreckage of some place, and he's worried about someone. Everywhere he looks, there's nothing but damage and devastation...and this intense heat. It's like...a furnace or something. But he's standing in the middle of it, and there's nothing but destruction around him." Avery says.

"I know, it makes no sense, Syd. I've been seeing this guy for a long time, and I'm no closer to knowing anything about him than I was before." he tells her.

"I just have this feeling something bad is going to happen soon, and no one's going to see it coming except me."

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"It sounds like you're talking about Ragnarok," Syd said. Then she shook her head. "I've been hanging around Asgardians too much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

word_of_law
2010-06-05 02:27 am UTC (link)

"I don't know what Ragnarok looks like, but if it's anything like Armageddon...yeah, that's what this looked like. I see this same guy in a jail cell, refusing to talk to anyone. Then I see him being shot by someone I know." Avery says, shaking his own head.

"One of the few times I haven't seen him was on my birthday, when you and Zoey were there. I saw all three of us together, just like we were...but it was different." he muses.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"It sounds like Ragnarok from what the Asgardians say," she said as she returned to her seat. "Oh? How so?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

word_of_law
2010-06-05 02:34 am UTC (link)

"Well, it was more...normal. Like it was commonplace for us three to be together on my birthday." Avery says.

"I hope that didn't sound as weird as I thought it did. I just...I don't have the first clue on how this whole thing works and I don't get enough information to know anything concrete. I feel like I'm being jerked around by fate." he says, taking the napkin from his nose.

The blood is gone, but the slight headache is not.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	"It's okay. I've become quite familiar with weird. Weird has become so normal that it's not even weird anymore." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm starting to think that such is in my future as well, the longer I hang out with the Defenders." he smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	Sydney started laughing. "Yes. Definitely. I thought I knew what weird was, then I met them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, I wouldn't say they're all weird. But I will say that not knowing which Marlow is which is a little weird sometimes. And the two dogs getting along with the tiger is also new. I confess; I about jumped out of my shoes when I saw the tiger for the first time." Avery laughs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-05 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh they're not weird, but weird stuff happens around them." "Now see, that's how weird life is. I see a tiger as a perfectly good pet. Svalin did a great job training him and the dogs." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	word_of_law 2010-06-05 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Tigers eat people, Sydney. If it can eat you, it's not a good pet." he chuckles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-06-06 01:54 am UTC (link)
	"See? A year ago I would have agreed with you. Now? I would have to disagree. He is very effective at keeping the photographers and autograph seekers at bay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)