nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-13 12:00:00

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inactive - tech, npc - valentina fontaine, sammy fury, team - shield

Checking on the home team
Commander Fontaine, Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., made the rounds when the special ops team came back in. After their last disastrous outing, she wanted to make sure they were still in one cohesive piece. The reports had been favorable.

She hadn't met the newest member yet, though she knew the contents of his file. She'd been the one to have it sent to Sammy for consideration. Her little gun nut, and Walker and Dugan, could always use someone with the ability to build a better gun.

Sammy's report had been terse but informative. The others' a little more informative. Landon was next on her list.

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thisismyweapon
2010-09-13 03:37 am UTC (link)

"Ah look forward to your ideas on the matter." he says softly.

He'll start the car and drive them out to Jessica's house. After going inside to talk to Jessica, who waves at Sam and thanks her for saving her life, the pair arrive at the pond. It's a giant circle, at least a football field in width, and barely shorter than that in length. There's an old Sycamore Tree near the water with a tire hanging from one of the branches, as well as a rope.

Lastly, there is a small wooden pier that leads out to the dark blue water.

"And here we are." Jason says, smiling. He gets out of the car, pulls off his jeans and shirt to reveal swim-trunks and his bandaged torso.

Then, he takes off running toward the pier to jump in!

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sammyfury
2010-09-13 03:52 am UTC (link)

He would have time to jump in the water because she still had to put the new suit on. She shot a half hearted glare his mad dash to the end of the pier and stopped time.

Silence. All sounds faded, including the ruffling of tree leaves. Jason was in mid-stride, poised in a position that could never be achieved in real time.

Sammy changed quickly, in the open with complete privacy. She released the temporal freeze and started a new one for the run toward the pier.

When the second one was released, she was standing at the end with her arms crossed and a triumphant smile on her face.

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	thisismyweapon 2010-09-13 04:20 am UTC (link)
	Tech blinks, and starts trying to slow down as he sees Sammy at the end of the pier! He can't slow himself enough however and she'll head only "YOU CHEATED!" and he falls into the water. /SPLASH!!/ He laughs as his head breaks water. "That was mean!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2010-09-13 04:28 am UTC (link)
	Sammy was laughing herself. She leaned over over the edge, hands on knees for support. "That is life and I am very mean. I cheat every chance I get!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thisismyweapon 2010-09-13 04:57 am UTC (link)
	"Oh really?" Jason asks, swimming closer to her. "Cheaters never prosper." he says. Then he tries to pull her into the water with him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2010-09-13 05:01 am UTC (link)
	What wasn't fair was that she had to mind his ribs. She let him pull her, going limp before she hit the water. She broke the surface and splashed him. "Now look who's cheating!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thisismyweapon 2010-09-13 05:25 am UTC (link)
	"That was not cheating. That was hoping you'd fall for my plot!" he says, pulling her close to him in the water. "You really do look great in that swimsuit." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2010-09-13 05:34 am UTC (link)
	Sammy bumped into him and reached for his shoulder to steady herself. "Thank you. I'll need to hear more about this plot to see if I approve." She couldn't stop from brushing the wet hair from his forehead. "It's like a little pocket of unreality here. I feel like I'm playing hooky from my life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-13 03:10 pm UTC (link)

Tech laughs lightly.

"Now, it's not a secret plot if Ah tell you, Agent Fury." he teased, making sure to hold her steady. She might see a flash of colored skin on either of his shoulders as he discards his shirt and tosses it up on the pier.

"Ah think you'd have made a fine Southern woman in another life, Sam." Jason laughs. "But our time here has been a lot like a world away from the world. Maybe next time you go on a trip, Ah'll invite myself. To watch your back, of course." he says.

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	sammyfury 2010-09-13 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm going to need a week of all nighters to catch up on my school work after this. The only trip I'll be taking is the university library..." She did catch the flash of colored skin. "Speaking of backs, turn around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-13 03:46 pm UTC (link)

"Wait. Ah'm keepin' you from school?" Jason asks, a little stunned. He hadn't wanted to interfere in her life quite that much. She was.enjoying herself, though, right? He hoped this wouldn't be an issue later.

He turns around when asked and Fury will see a tattoo of a clock inside of a glass bottle. Beneath it, she will see a series of letters.

IICSTIAB.

She will also find on his left shoulder blade a picture of a rain cloud over a human brain, and upon his right shoulder blade, binary code.

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	sammyfury 2010-09-13 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled when she saw the clock tattoo. If she was wearing her own suit, he might've seen the clock tattoo on her hip. "My schedule is pretty flexible. I have a note from the King of S.H.I.E.L.D. and online classes." "Is the binary code a real one?" She ran a fingertip over the clock face. "And why did you get a clock in a bottle?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-13 04:59 pm UTC (link)

Jason nods. "Yes. It's the rough equivalent of all the names of the members of my immediate family." he says.

"It took a long time to put it together. The clock is and bottle are a nod to my favorite song, which is "Time In A Bottle" by Mr. Jim Croce.

The letters beneath it are the first letter to each word in the first line of the song. 'If I could save time in a bottle'..." he explains.

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	sammyfury 2010-09-13 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded, though he couldn't see it. She was familiar with the song. "That explains something about you. And the storm cloud over the brain?" She touched that as well. "Is that how it seems when your brain is in overdrive?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-13 05:43 pm UTC (link)

"Sometimes it is. Other times, it feels like a tsunami. So many ideas, so many things to build, so many concepts I need to understand...it gets maddening at times." Jason says quietly.

He turns to look into her eyes and smiles. "I remember when my mind was silent and I could sleep for more than a few hours a night. I don't know if I could ever go back to that, Sammy." he says.

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sammyfury
2010-09-13 05:59 pm UTC (link)

"Has it felt that way in the last few days?" She'd been watching. No move to toward the home lab, no furious writing in a notebook. If she had to make a guess, she was the one spending time with her PDA, not him with his...did he even use one?

"Because we're going to work on that. I want you to be happy working with the team but I also need you to be happy inside your head, too."

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thisismyweapon
2010-09-13 06:18 pm UTC (link)

"No, not really. Ah mean, Ah still get ideas and stuff, but Ah don't feel like Ah gotta build 'em right away. Ah been more /here/ than Ah have before." Jason says, considering as he brushes a wet lock of hair from her face.

"Usually, my power is like an all-consumin' song in my head that Ah gotta sing. The last couple of days, though, it's been more background noise, and Ah can understand the words sand hear the melody more.

That probably makes /no/ sense at all, does it?" he chuckled.

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	sammyfury 2010-09-13 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Not a lot, but it doesn't have to make sense to me as long it does to you. It must be what your grandmother was talking about, that you were different this trip." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thisismyweapon 2010-09-13 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	He didn't expect it to make much sense to her. She spoke English and he spoke English's weird cousin. He splashed Sam to lighten the mood. "How often do you get to go swimming in New York?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-13 08:45 pm UTC (link)

She made a face and splashed him back, kicking off to have some room to maneuver. The old trick wouldn't do here. She wasn't ready for /that./

"A couple of times a week as part of my training program. I usually swim alone or with people who know what I can do. Swimming and jogging are helpful to work on my temporal control." She circled around him slowly, looking for an opening to attack.

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	thisismyweapon 2010-09-13 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	Jason laughs as she pushes away and begins to circle. He sends a couple of water volleys to keep her off balance, though he does seem a bit slower on his right, where his ribs were hurt. "They do? Hm. Ah never considered either of those as possibilities. You said you can do sixty seconds, right?" he asks. "Have you ever sped up or slowed down time?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-13 09:54 pm UTC (link)

Sammy smirked and appeared to be moving ahead of the water splashes.

"Ninety seconds now. Running and swimming are unique in that I'm in motion and it's easy to count off. I count thirty on, five off, and in the off period I actively stop time. I have to practice on a closed course or it would be obvious I'm doing something weird. I've never tried to slow or speed it up."

She sent back splash volleys, aiming at his uninjured side.

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	thisismyweapon 2010-09-13 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Jason ducks beneath the water to avoid the splash volleys and tries to sneak up and grab Sam from behind. "Ah have you now, Agent Fury. Ah'm the mad scientist that's been tryin' to capture you for several days. Ah have ways of makin' you talk." he says playfully. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-13 11:59 pm UTC (link)

She nearly sputtered when she realized he was playing Spy Interrogation. How many conversations between her parents had she accidentally walked in on that contained the words 'I have ways of making you talk'?

Thank god they weren't around because the mad scientist angle was enough to make her want to play along.

"That's what all the mad scientists say," she asserted. "There's nothing you can do that will make me break my oath."

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thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 01:48 am UTC (link)

"Oh, Agent Fury, you think you've faced organizations like mine before, but you're sorely mistaken. Ah'm the man from E.V.I.L. and we train to defeat agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on a regular basis." Tech grins.

He kisses her shoulder, then the area between her shoulder and neck.

"Now, Agent Fury. Tell me who sent you." Jason says, giving just a little more twang to his accent.

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