nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-10-08 05:13:00

Entry tags:

akilah munroe, andrew summers, angelo bennet, giovanna bennet, inactive - julian gallo, plot-"a game of thrones"

Trouble in Genosha
Paris and Carmella had gotten to bed late, after some extra time and work and much interest and speculation on the whole Latverian Thing. But going to bed late normally never prevented them from getting up early.

This morning, it didn't happen. The sun was starting to climb high by the time Carmella groggily stirred, barely able to open her eyes.

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Re: Later

burnwithlight
2010-10-10 07:36 pm UTC (link)

She stood and met his eyes seriously. "I am well, thank you, Julian. Andrew is well." Apparently alone or not, they are in a public area of a public building, and she made a promise.
"He needs me to wait for this meeting. He has been very busy with other conversations, starting with a conversation very early this morning with my mother and brother and just, well, you know, sometimes the stuff that needs handling never stops."

She hopes that'll help a little. Julian is observant, and would have some grasp of how her family must work. It doesn't state anything explicitly, but there would be absolutely no reason for her mother and brother to do the talking if Father could simply do the usual talking in her head from across the world to relay things.

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Re: Later

hellfireprince
2010-10-10 07:56 pm UTC (link)

Julian absorbs her words as if she'd just informed him that a bit of her stock had just gone up on the Dow, which is to nod simply. He wasn't aware that Giovanna had a brother, but something about the way she said Andrew was speaking with her mother caught his attention.

Andrew had no need to speak to Giovanna's mother if Exodus was present to speak. Andrew had no reason to speak to Exodus unless Father was somehow Not Available. If Magneto was Not Available, Exodus would do the speaking to Andrew /in person/.

And there were few, if any, good reasons that Magneto would be Not Available, just from what he knew of the man.

So, Andrew was home on Genosha because he was needed and Magneto has somehow been incapacitated. However, Julian's mind connected on a far more frightening possibility: /nothing/ would happen to Father unless it happened to Paris first...which would necessitate Giovanna's mother to do the talking.

Julian wanted to think that this even was unrelated to the current disruptions Doom was undertaking, but the timing was too close. Julian says nothing while he puts this together, but speaks once his mind is clear.

"How can I help and who are you waiting to speak to?" he asks.

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	Re: Later burnwithlight 2010-10-10 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Giovanna figured she could trust him to keep a poker face, and she felt he was entitled to know there was trouble. "We're getting by all right just now, but I'll let you know if you can, thank you. I just need to talk to the Scandinavian delegations, and the French delegation." The ones they'd vaguely gotten along with all this time. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later hellfireprince 2010-10-11 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you for trusting me with this. I'm glad I didn't have to find out on the news. May I ask who.../we/ can count on as our allies in a situation like this? And who else might stand to gain? I know that Russia's spoken out against us in the past. Do you have any idea who they might be able to count on standing with them if it comes down it?" Julian asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later

burnwithlight
2010-10-11 02:59 am UTC (link)

She looks at him very intently, glad that he's keeping his voice down, There's an angry green flicker over those blue eyes for just a moment at the mention of Russia.

"I'm looking forward to a good and important conversation with the French, Finns, and Norweigans. We're hoping to avoid any hostilities with anyone, just as we've hoped all year. Russia will be given no basis for their complaints. With no basis, one hopes they won't have anyone wanting to listen if they decide to start complaining again."

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	Re: Later hellfireprince 2010-10-11 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"The French believe in appeasement, so count on them to speak a strong stance before they actually /take/ one. The others sound fair enough and willing to listen." Julian says. "Now might be a good time to suggest reaching out to Wakanda and Atlantis, since they're also under siege. Has Genosha reached out to either previously?" Julian asks quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later

burnwithlight
2010-10-11 04:45 am UTC (link)

Her face remains blank as he comments about France. She's done her best to do right by him; she hoped he understood she took his support completely to heart; she's not going to talk strategy on public international soil right now.

Especially not with those people over there getting closer. Way too close.
And so she only says, simply. "Mr. Howard, I have a boyfriend."

One who's already considered the value -- and precautions -- involved in reaching out to Wakanda and Atlantis right now, for that matter.

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Re: Later

hellfireprince
2010-10-11 05:18 am UTC (link)

"Oh, that's my loss." Julian says smoothly, realizing she wouldn't bring such up unless there were prying ears about.

"Well, I hope you'll consider my invitation to visit the Club, anyway. Bring your boyfriend as well." Julian says, cringing inwardly at the term. "I'm sure you two can still have a good time."

He takes two steps back from Giovanna and bumps into someone who was obviously trying to look like he wasn't listening in on their conversation, even as he held a small camera in their direction The man drops his camera, which hits the floor...and is "accidentally" stepped upon by Julian. A second man walks up immediately and they both look at Julian with expressions of distaste.

"Excuse me, please. Oh, sorry about your camera. It looked expensive." Julian says aloud, even as he reaches out to with his magnetism to confirm what he thought he felt during the bump. Yes, a knife.

"No issue, /comrade/." the man says icily in Russian-accented English. He's dressed in a gray pinstripe suit with black hair and goatee, but he doesn't look like a delegate of any kind. The other man is bald and wears a black suit, but his eyes fix upon Julian with barely concealed menace.

In a rare use of his telepathy, Julian reaches out to Giovanna.

Knife on this man behind me. The second one also has a weapon.

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Re: Later

burnwithlight
2010-10-11 05:34 am UTC (link)

Giovanna's fairly unused to hearing any telepathic voice besides her fathers, and the slightest subtle hints of feeling from Andrew on those very rare occasions when all her shields are down. So Julian's sudden contact is a surprise.

People getting past the U.N. Plaza checkpoints with knives was certainly unusual. And were they trying to seem threatening? Really? Right now? Oh, it would just make her day. Rage surged inside her, but she locked it down hard. She had to. She had a job to do.

They won't hurt me. Even if they're stupid enough to try.

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Re: Later

hellfireprince
2010-10-12 03:17 am UTC (link)

Even with Giovanna's confidence, Julian makes his way to a security guard and nudges his mind /just/ enough to be suspicious of those two men near Giovanna.

Several minutes later, a U.N. Security Guard walks up the Russian men as they approach Giovanna and politely asks to speak to them.

Both men have no choice but to follow, lest they give the guard a reason to call in back-up.

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Re: Later

burnwithlight
2010-10-12 03:45 am UTC (link)

Giovanna's grateful to Julian. Not for protecting her -- she could have easily teleported towards security, if she had to. But for removing temptation.

Knives? Really? Did she go bringing /her/ edged weapons into the UN grounds? No. She followed the rules. Not that she needed her knife to hurt somebody, but it was the principle of the thing.

Eventually, she does get her meeting, and follows Andrew's instructions to the letter.

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