Beatrice Dayspring (charmedlife) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-27 01:45:00

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bea dayspring, crosshairs, inactive - melissa frost

The Perils of Knowing Stuff (open to Kelly and Melissa)
Not long after her arrival in New York, Beatrice Dayspring was walking down the street to her hotel after handling some business at the local SSI office.

Sometimes she hated 'conveniently' knowing all kinds of things about the people who passed through her Personal Space. That cutie over there had some unfortunate medical conditions, for instance. And the guy who just passed was on heroin, and -- and the two women over there were carrying a total of seven guns, four knives, and not a single permit.

Beatrice couldn't help but slow down to give them a second look.

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charmedlife
2010-09-29 03:20 am UTC (link)

Bea nods. "Mom's not the kind to try to smother anyone, if such time comes as they'd want to meet. I don't think she and Dad would be interested in each other, and the possibility of looking for work with SSI is just as open to both of you as it was before."

A strange not-quite-twitch crosses Bea's face at the discussion of Kelly's father and Betty White, but she manages to keep it down.

"Not a lot of people like us walking around with a clean bill of psychological health." Although Bea's regularly scheduled psych checks apparently turned up 'refreshingly normal, in light of the circumstances' occasionally.

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lady_hood
2010-09-29 03:37 am UTC (link)

"Eh, sanity is okay when necessary. The rest of the time, all it is is problematic, especially when dealing with demons." Melissa says offhandedly.

"So, suppose Kelly and I are interested in working with SSI, which we probably are if they pay well. How does this work? A random phone call with a place to meet? Do we work through you or do you recommend us to someone higher up on the chain and they come see us?" Melissa asks.

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	charmedlife 2010-09-29 03:42 am UTC (link)
	"...With demons, I can imagine so. And would rather not." "I'll have to talk to someone in charge at our local offices." That that someone important was a college student a year younger than her doesn't need saying. Nicolai was Serious Business, and could gauge if SSI could get any use out of Kelly and Melissa. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2010-09-29 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Kelly meanders back, setting Bea's coffee down in front of her, and depositing herself in Mel's lap. No, the stares of other customers don't bother her. "Coffee for everyone. You two making friends?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady_hood 2010-09-29 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"More or less, beautiful." Melissa smiles, letting Kelly sit there as she pleases. The stares and attention stopped bothering her a long time ago, especially when she realized that a lot of people secretly enjoyed seeing women together. "Bea is going to talk to her people about us and see if we can all be friends." Mel says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2010-09-29 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Beatrice downs some of her coffee. And ohhhhh, that's good. She liked coffee that had the capability of trying to defend itself as it went down. "Thanks, Kelly," she says wit ha slight sigh as she drinks, eyes closed. She makes a little affirming sound at Melissa's statement. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2010-09-29 05:10 am UTC (link)
	"I /told/ you this place was good. And hey, long as its work with bombs and guns, sounds like a plan to me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady_hood 2010-09-29 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	"I guess we're all friends then." Melissa says, taking up her coffee with a smile and taking sip. Oh, that's good, real good. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2010-09-29 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	"So, how long have you two been together?" Beatrice asks, picking the topic in the hopes of avoiding spoiling this magnificent coffee with thoughts of sharing a relative with Wade Wilson. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2010-09-29 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Geez, what's it been, baby? That was before the pirates, back when I started taking jobs for the redhead. Uhm, I think we met about six months ago, started making it serious about three months back?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady_hood 2010-09-29 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, about six months total." Melissa says, smiling genuinely. Her relationship is one of a few topics that she gets warm and fuzzy over, and that's a rare thing in itself. "You seein' anyone, Bea?" Melissa asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2010-09-29 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Not right now, no. Doesn't always mesh well with the job, you know? But you two really seem to be making it work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2010-09-29 11:38 pm UTC (link)

Kelly lounges comfortably back against Mel while sipping her sugar with a bit of coffee. "We are, its working famously, never really thought I'd run into someone who could keep up with me. Of course, that doesn't mean, if the hot girl behind me was up for it, that I wouldn't be up for an incestuous lesbian threesome and see if any religious fundamentalists spontaneously combust."

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lady_hood
2010-09-30 01:17 am UTC (link)

"Kel, it would be worth it just to watch the preacher over there burst blow his stack." Melissa chuckles.

"However, I don't think we're Bea's type and then there's that whole working-together at some point thing. I mean, I'm not /opposed/, but you two would have to work out that whole sister-thing." Mel says.

"You'd just have to work out the percentage that you're related, is all." Mel says, pretty certain that both girls are going to think about this and run screaming from the room.

Or maybe Bea will just run screaming. Kelly might actually still be up for it.

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	charmedlife 2010-09-30 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Beatrice twitched just slightly. "I'm normally game for a little experimenting, but that's getting more into Mad Science territory." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2010-09-30 01:23 am UTC (link)

"Woo! There we go, she finally twitched. I knew she had some of her uptight dad in there somewhere to get under the skin of." Kelly grins like she won something.

"Not that I wasn't actually serious, given that admiring your ASP still gives me goosebumps. And then there's the fact that I /AM/ sort of mad science... minus the lab coat, they do nothing for my figure."

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lady_hood
2010-09-30 01:41 am UTC (link)

"Hey, this could be an experiment. If you got a lab coat and a clipboard you could pretend to be a scientist. I could do her for you and report back on my findings." she grins, hoping Bea will twitch again. Bea seems okay, but rather uptight, and they need to fix this if they're all going to work together.

"So, you got any other mystics in your group, Bea? I should probably know what I'm up against in that department before I go to the meeting and find out everyone likes their fluffy bunny-and-rainbows magic." Melissa says, a note disgust in her voice.

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charmedlife
2010-09-30 02:36 am UTC (link)

Bea has to put down her coffee cup for a moment to prevent spilling.
"That's really, really, not necessary." She frowns slightly at Kelly. "And I don't take after Dad. If i did, I'd be on Providence, trying to drag the human-slash-mutant race into a brighter tomorrow."

"Mystics don't tend to be drawn to employment at SSI. There are no particularly pro-rainbow company policies. But any hurting-innocent-people type magic would definitely not be condoned at all. We're a legit operation."

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goesbothways
2010-09-30 02:46 am UTC (link)

"Wow, baby, that's hot. If my sister here isn't up for it, maybe we can pick up a chick at the firing range?" Yeah, she's probably kidding. Probably.

"Hey, I've got no complaints so far, Sis. You obviously have some of Mom in there too, though I only know her or her boyfriend by mission reports and dossiers. You'll have to introduce us some time, by the way. Just because I'd love to see her expression when she found out about me. That, and she owes me some birthdays."

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lady_hood
2010-09-30 02:55 am UTC (link)

"I heard about that Providence place on the news. Is it really the paradise everyone says it is? I mean, I heard they got a drug to make it so mutants don't have to be mutants anymore. Have you really seen anyone who's interested in that?" Melissa asks.

She's not a mutant herself, but Melissa knew a couple of kids that might have been.

"Hey, I only hurt people who come after me first. Otherwise, I try to be decent. The whole live and let live thing, you know?"

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charmedlife
2010-09-30 03:02 am UTC (link)

"So she doesn't know." Discipline keeps the 'oh, thank any gods that could possibly be relevant' out of her voice. Mostly.

"Providence is a lovely place and Dad and his staff work hard to give people there a good life. When it comes to that ... I have no idea what Dad is thinking there. Yes, there are a lot of people who could use a treatment for dangerous abilities they can't control, but the project itself is a disaster or massive exploitation job waiting to happen."

"Always good to hear."

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	goesbothways 2010-09-30 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, some mutants really get the short end of the stick. Me, I didn't like losing my powers so well, though I guess it had an upside." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady_hood 2010-09-30 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, just a second. Let's rewind a little." Melissa says, actually making the finger gesture for rewinding. "Kelly, how could your mom /not/ know she was pregnant? Way I hear it, that's one of those things that you and the people around you tend to notice when it happens. My mom always said carrying me was the best and worst exercise she ever had." Melissa says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2010-09-30 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"I'm thinking that means she wasn't," Bea says, still relieved. "Probably some of the usual sort of pieces of scum wanted Wade Wilson's healing factor and Mom's luck tricks in the same person and cobbled it together, huh?" She looked at Kelly questioningly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2010-09-30 03:42 am UTC (link)
	Kelly ponders. "Actually, I think it was mostly that Mom ticked off Weapon-X so bad, beating up on all their mercenaries and all, that they thought it would be really funny to make a clone using her DNA and the one person in the universe she was least likely to ever sleep with. The luck was just a bonus in the clone-soup." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)