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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Re: Back at Home...

goesbothways
2010-10-03 10:18 am UTC (link)

Kelly curls up with her girlfriend, holding her close.
"King still has to pay. The Kingpin still has to pay. I'm just saying, and thinking outside the box here a little... that maybe when its all said and done, that maybe you'll be happier when its done if you do it for the so-called right reasons. From a certain perspective, yes, John King backstabbed your father. But your dad still wronged a demon, backstabbed people... some people would say he got what was coming to him. I'm not calling anyone right or wrong... I'm not going to make any value judgments. But I know I'm happier when you're happy. And I... god baby, I don't want to see you become me. I don't ever want to see you get that cold and distant, because its not you. And so maybe, I'm thinking, you might be happier if by the time you get to King, you're hunting him down not because, or not just because he betrayed your father, but because maybe without people like John King, or the Kingpin, or the rest, there'd be less little girls who need to grow up without a father. That maybe if the world were actually a little bit more like the sunshine and roses May sees when she wakes up, that you'd, I don't know, want to be more like her, instead of more like me. Part of what I love about you is that you're so vital, so passionate... I want you to get to the point where you /want/ to feel again. I don't know, I could be wrong, but I think maybe seeing what Symkaria has to offer would be good for us... but I'm going to let you decide, because honestly, I just want to see you happy. If you decide that's seeing King fry as soon as possible, I'll go get us a couple aprons and oven mitts... but I don't think it is."

She sighs. This thinking things through to logical conclusions thing is hard. There's a good reason she doesn't do it very often.

"But no matter where we go, baby, you're not alone anymore."

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Re: Back at Home...

lady_hood
2010-10-03 05:03 pm UTC (link)

Melissa listens as Kelly speaks, fighting the reflexive urge to defend her father. Parker Robbins was about as far from perfect as men could get, but she'd also been a Daddy's Girl; no one could ever tell her he hadn't hung the moon. Still, Kelly is right about the things that he'd done to get where he was. The man who came home with ice cream and cookies and read her bedtime stories was /vastly/ different from the man who'd fought down a demon and murdered hundreds of men in cold-blood for money and power.

If her dad had become the Kingpin there would have been no end to the violence, the death, the bloodshed. Moreover, there might have been other angry young women and men trying to bring /him/ down the way she wanted to bring down Wilson Fisk. King was always a gateway to getting Fisk. Though she'd heard that Rose Red had succeeded in her bid to take New York, Melissa still didn't feel that the Kingpin had paid enough.

She nuzzles Kelly's neck, kissing at her jawline gently.

"You're right. I'm not ready to get rid of King yet; he's probably thinking that he's in the clear and no one can ever touch him, so he'll keep. The info on the Wild Pack seems solid and I'm not one to turn down good money for a good job. By the way...you are /so/ sexy when you get all analytical and philosophical." she says, moving to kiss Kelly's shoulder.

"Symkaria it is." she whispers, before kissing her fully on the lips.

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Re: Back at Home...

goesbothways
2010-10-03 05:22 pm UTC (link)

Kelly returns the kiss, getting comfortable in bed. "Eh, its a thing. Common trait among sociopaths... all those reports after they catch a serial killer where no one expected it because 'he was such a nice, quiet boy', or all the victims who get away talk about how someone doesn't seem like a psycho because they were so charming. We recognize emotional cues and tics in people without empathizing, and react appropriately, kind of like actors with cues. Except genuine distress and pain cues... apparently we have trouble accurately recognizing those compared to the rest of the population." she muses aloud. "I just have a little bit of training and read all the psych manuals. Helped a little being in an org where they considered sociopathy a job skill instead of a hindrance."

Self-analysis done, she switches back to the topic at hand. "Red's takeover and the fact I talked with Red about King means he'll be looking for a new job if she's smart. I called in a favor in lieu of my last paycheck from Red though. If he tries to use any of her network, she'll hire him on and keep tabs on him for us... he's probably smarter than that, but you never know. Odds are he'll move somewhere else outside the east coast, so looking for him right now probably wouldn't help anyway."

She's quiet for a bit after that, considering something while snuggling. "Baby? I make no guarantees, but I might know something that'd help your sister."

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Re: Back at Home...

lady_hood
2010-10-03 07:23 pm UTC (link)

Melissa was content to doze off in Kelly's arms, her body conforming to Kelly's as they lay there together.

The idea of something that could ease Bree's pain brought her back to attention.

"What are you thinking, sweetie? I admit that I'd practically given up hope of finding anything like that, ever...and I've been afraid to use my magic to help her, too." Melissa says.

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Re: Back at Home...

goesbothways
2010-10-03 07:26 pm UTC (link)

"When the X-Men had me prisoner, prisoner in the loosest sense of the term... they had healers there. And not just wound stuff or normal psychologists. Apparently psychics or a special healer or something who specializes in... well, stuff like your sister. Some of them know who I am, sort of. I could probably trade them information about Nicholas and Weapon X for trying to help your sister."

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Re: Back at Home...

lady_hood
2010-10-03 08:04 pm UTC (link)

Melissa now props herself up so that she can look directly into Kelly's eyes. The surprise was evident, but there was also a kernel of hope beneath it. The only information that Melissa had on the X-Men is that they were outlaws. Of course, it was easy to call them that when they couldn't defend themselves from the charges.

"Do you think they'd take information on Weapon X? Or do you think money might sway them at all? I'd do anything to help Bree, but I don't want to put you in an uncomfortable position." Mel says.

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	Re: Back at Home... goesbothways 2010-10-03 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	Kelly sighs, she wishes it were that easy. "Their place is /really/ fancy, I think they have money, lots of it. They might just want to take me prisoner again, since I've shot some of them. I /think/ they'd want Weapon X more after some of the stuff that's happened, especially Nicky. But I can't guarantee it. Its a risk, but its one I'd take for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at Home... lady_hood 2010-10-04 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I'm not letting them take you. No information is worth that much, baby." she says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at Home... goesbothways 2010-10-04 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"I'd just escape again, unless one of them has learned to tie knots of they've gotten real restraints. If it'd make you happy though, I'd like to try and help your sister." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at Home... lady_hood 2010-10-05 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Melissa smiles brightly at Kelly. "Yeah, baby, it would make me really happy if you'd try. A slim hope is better than none at all." she says. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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