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Rose Logan ([info]wild_rose) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-07-27 20:17:00


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Entry tags:inactive - anastasia summers, inactive - chris frost, inactive - chris pym, inactive - match, inactive - rose logan, plot-"providence of mutantdom", team - x-force

Some Call Me the Gangster of Love
With the fake backgrounds and IDs Summers and the rest of the crew, getting into Providence (Rose and Tina inserted in one group, Chris and Annie inserted in another, and Joey with his own plan) as part of differing immigrant groups had proven surprisingly easy.  Fake IDs listed them all as a little bit older than they were, but not impossibly so.  They'd passed the background checks, taken aptitude tests, and been given various placements within Providence society.

Per the initial meeting outline, they'd purposefully avoided each other for the first three days on the island itself.  Now, however, it was time to meet.

Rose--whose fake ID identified her as Elizabeth Howlett--sat down on the park bench that was X-Force's rendezvous point.  She took a long sniff, breathing in the air.  It was cleaner than back in the states, clean like the wilderness.  Whatever Nate was up to here... it sure seemed to her like he was doing something right.



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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 01:30 am UTC (link)
"Thanks," Rose said, as she sat.

She sipped her coffee again before she answered. "Uh-huh," she replied. "I just moved here this week. It's all been pretty overwhelming."

She looked down, made an effort to look nervous. "Oh, jeeze, I'm sorry. I'm Elizabeth."

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 01:35 am UTC (link)
Brad smiles again, trying to remember not to stare. There's something exotic about this woman, something he wouldn't mind getting to know more about.

"Hi, Elizabeth. I'm Bradley Simmons. I'm one of the lead Research & Development scientists here on Providence." he says.

"I know it can be overwhelming, trust me. We were a little worried when the Boss told us his dream, but he's followed through on every promise he's made so far. How do you like it?" he asks.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 01:47 am UTC (link)
Rose can easily smell the slight changes in scent a body gives off when it's attracted. Her free hand played with her "hair" a little. She couldn't wait to chop this off.

"Nice to meet you, Brad," she said. "Wow. I'd never have... I mean, you're so young!"

"It's beautiful here, practically paradise."

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 01:53 am UTC (link)
"Well, I've been paying my dues. Did five years at UC Berkeley and went into the Army as an office. Did four years there and now I'm here. I just want to help people, and there are a lot of unfortunate mutants with powers they can't control." Brad says.

"The work we do here changes lives, Elizabeth, and each person has a place, be they mutant or human. We've already had several success stories, and hopefully, we can help prevent tragedies like the one in Fargo, Georgia." Brad says sadly.

"I lost my grandparents in that." he says.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 02:03 am UTC (link)
It was an extremely good thing Rose had already trained herself not to swear (her mom insisted), because mission mind-set or not, she might have otherwise. Guilt that they hadn't been able to do more for Fargo touched her mind, and brought Cassidy back to the forefront.

In her heart, she didn't truly hold the kid any malice... but it was hard sometimes.

"I saw that on the news," she said. "I... I'm sorry, Brad."

"But it works? The x-gene thing everyone's talking about?"

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 02:10 am UTC (link)
"You didn't do it, Elizabeth. I just wish the whole thing didn't happen in the first place." Brad says.

"But our gene therapy program does work. In over 200 trials, we're at a 99.5% success rate. We can help those who don't want to be burdened by abilities they can't control live normal lives." Brad says, taking a sip of his coffee and enjoying the music.

"We're also in talks with various governments to provide a limited amount of the therapy to prisons where mutant criminals are being housed. People who use their powers to kill and hurt others can be safely neutralized and held." Brad says.

Something in his expression is a little off in that statement, if Rose is of a mind to pick up on it.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 02:24 am UTC (link)
Rose is an observant girl, and picks up on what's off there. Like Cassidy, she thought, completing the thought for him. She was inclined to be on the kid's side out of basic species loyalty here.

"That's good," she said, keeping her disgust from showing. "I heard... I think I heard someone say it can work the other way too? You can make people into mutants?"

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 02:27 am UTC (link)
"Well, there's nothing stopping the reverse from being true, I guess. Officially, though, we aren't dealing in that." Brad says, a smug smile on his face.

He looks at Rose intently, as if he's waiting for her to ask him to continue.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 02:47 am UTC (link)
"Elizabeth" rose to the bait.

"And... unofficially?" she asked. It was more of a Rose question than an Elizabeth one, but she figured it would still work. Especially with the little bit of flirty look she was throwing his way.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 03:02 am UTC (link)
Brad looks like a kid at Christmas time as Elizabeth looked at him.

He points at a small sugar container across the room jerks his finger to the left.

It slides off the counter and falls to the ground. Brad looks pleased with himself as he looks back at Elizabeth.

"Unofficially, I was a regular guy last week. Now, I'm a telekinetic." Brad grins.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 03:11 am UTC (link)
Rose's expression is like a lit Christmas tree, like a little kid watching a magician perform a magic trick.

"That is amazing!" she told him, almost bubbly (she couldn't quite make herself be "bubbly". "I can't imagine how smart you'd have to be to do that!"

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 03:16 am UTC (link)
Brad looks like he just won the Gold Medal at the Olympics.

"I'm surrounded by talented people." he says. "Hey...would you want to get something to eat sometime? Like tomorrow night?" he asks.

His confidence is up, and he's feeling like he can't lose right now.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 03:51 am UTC (link)
Well, there's a mystery solved. Apparently all Rose has ever had to do to catch a guy is to be the complete opposite of herself. Thank God for Joey.

She made herself smile. "I'd like that," she said. She certainly had plenty of info already and could probably pump for more.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 06:13 am UTC (link)
Brad smiles like the cat that ate the canary. He's not a bad-looking guy, but he's also not exactly a male model, either. He adjusts his glasses and takes a hit from his inhaler.

"Hey, if you'd like, after dinner, I can take you on a tour of the labs. Maybe you can even meet the Head of Security or Miss Merriweather. They both stop in from time to time. So does the Big Boss Man. Even if they don't, you can still see some of our work." Brad says. It's clear that he's trying to impress Elizabeth.

"Shall we say 7:30 tomorrow night?" he asks.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 10:22 pm UTC (link)
Rose was going to want an Oscar for the performance she was putting on.

"Oh, really?" she said, again just a bit bubbly. "You'd do that for me? That's really wonderful!"

She smiled, letting herself look impressed. "That sounds great," she said.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-01 11:34 pm UTC (link)
"I would. It's no trouble at all, and you seem like the kind of woman who can appreciate a good lab." Brad says.

"Should we trade numbers? I can call you tomorrow to let you know I'm on my way."

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-01 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Rose is going to get together with Tina when this mission is over and they are going to have words with Summers. Possibly ones like "hold him down for me" and "hurts, don't it?"

"Oh, thank-you!" Rose giggled.

"Sure," she said, scribbling her number down on a napkin.

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]nextgen_misc
2010-08-02 12:06 am UTC (link)
Brad beams as he scribbles his own number down on a napkin for Elizabeth. He's /so/ telling the guys in the lab about this.

I totally bagged the Aerobics Instructor. What the fuck have you done lately?

That was exactly how he was going to say it, too.

"Can I buy you another drink?" he asks.

Rose gets another text on her phone right about then.

//Dinner ended early. Bored senseless. In bed when you get here.//

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Re: Open Mic Night
[info]wild_rose
2010-08-02 12:32 am UTC (link)
Rose checked the text, angling it so only she could see the screen.

"I would love that," she said, "but my roommate just texted to me to remind me I promised to help her dye her hair."

She smiled, warmly, lacking the craziness or predatory-ness she usually did when she smiled. "But thank-you, Brad. For everything."

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