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ng_independent ([info]ng_independent) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-06-06 22:38:00


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Entry tags:inactive - julian gallo

Phoebe Stevens sat in her brightly lit, perfectly decorated office at the Foundation for a Finer Life headquarters.

She was reading the newspaper.

It was reporting that Roxxon Energy executive J. Pierpont Krieger, alleged to have been the driving force between many of the corporation's most socially and environmentally harmful recent policies, had been robbed, tied to his bed, and beaten within an inch of his life in the night. The concussion was too severe to make an adequate description of his assailants. His bodyguards, who had been with him for several years and were said to have impressive superhuman powers, had gone missing. All of the building's security cameras had been stolen in the course of the night.
The paper reported that a note on perfumed yellow paper had been pinned to Krieger's pajamas saying "Someone might need to rethink his life!"

The paper reported that each "i" in the note had been dotted with a heart.

Phoebe smiled as she put the paper down. Such nice boys, those guards. They'd look so confused as she'd walked towards them, giving them a bright, serene smile as the energy fields they throw at her skidded like water off a duck's back. They'd just needed to be shown the way, poor things, her hands on their faces as she explained, as they broke down.

More recruits for the foundation, a just deed done....and publicity.



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[info]hellfireprince
2010-06-07 03:36 am UTC (link)
"And when someone's not open to a change in perspective? I mean, you sure can't expect a person to change if there's nothing in it for them. Can you?" he asks her, accepting the handshake, but keep his eyes open.

This must be part of the work, the attitude, the warmth. No one is friendly unless they want something. Or they already think they have it.

He would know.

"So, how did you get started in this whole business of trying to fix other people, Miss Stevens? It takes a bold person to tell people what's wrong with them. Some might take that as an invitation to take a closer look at the person evaluating." he tells her.

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[info]ng_independent
2010-06-07 04:04 am UTC (link)
"I believe there's always something in it for them, Mr. Howard. Where there's life, there's hope for a better life."

She smiles. "Oh, I'm well aware we all live in glass houses, Mr. Howard."

I know it's silly to be throwing them out when he obviously already got Bingo from the TV show, Daddy, she tells the one telepathic who can hear her. But I just can't help myself! I like to be thorough.

"I was a very lucky child. My material needs were all met, and I always knew that I was loved. I think I took an interest in helping people to be closer to my father. He is not With Us, but I always knew he was watching over me, and I've always wanted to make him proud."

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[info]hellfireprince
2010-06-07 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Another phrase he remembers from a previous note. That confirms what he knew when he heard her on TV, but Julian knows it's not enough to press any kind of charges or open an investigation.

It's like she's enjoying the game. he thinks.

"I respectfully disagree, Miss Stevens, but I guess we're all allowed to do that." he says with a smile.

"We come from similar backgrounds, Miss Stevens, though my mother was my primary caregiver. My step-father was also good to me, but my mother did best by me." he says.

"So, what exactly goes into your program here? I hope you don't mind my asking, but I'm intrigued in learning what you're selling, so to speak." Julian tells her.

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[info]ng_independent
2010-06-07 11:08 pm UTC (link)
"Reasonable people frequently can, Mr. Howard."

She smiled. "We do, as I said, try to tailor a few things to the individual. See which is the most urgent of their problems. Whether its encouraging them to extricate themselves from abusive relationships or improve their ways of thinking, or just to start living healthier from a physical perspective."



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[info]hellfireprince
2010-06-07 11:12 pm UTC (link)
"Very interesting. Do you just pick a random person off the street, or do they set up appointments with 'Life Coaches' and such?" he asks.

Granted, he thinks the idea of a "Life Coach" is so pathetic as to not merit words, but some people believe in (and pay for) them.

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[info]ng_independent
2010-06-07 11:29 pm UTC (link)
"Life Coaches treat upper-middle-class ennui, Mr. Howard. Already being so rich it's silly myself, I can keep the Foundation working for broader markets. Most of the people we help find us quite providentially, often after being thrown out of their own homes, or seeing rather vitriolic sides to their previous religious organizations."

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[info]hellfireprince
2010-06-08 03:07 am UTC (link)
"Good to know." he says.

"Are you busy tonight?" he inquires. "I'd like to continue this conversation over dinner. You make for stimulating conversation."

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[info]ng_independent
2010-06-08 03:15 am UTC (link)
"Oh, how kind of you to offer," she says cordially. "I believe I have a group therapy session until 6:30. I can meet you at eight?"

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[info]hellfireprince
2010-06-08 03:19 am UTC (link)
"That works for me." he says. "Should I meet you here?"

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[info]ng_independent
2010-06-08 03:21 am UTC (link)
"That sounds fine."

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