Chris Grant-Pym (pym_kitten) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-28 19:57:00

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inactive - chris pym, inactive - dj whedon, inactive - match, inactive - pauline argosy

The End of One Show Just Starts Another
Chris had always thought that the six day interval between Christmas and New Year's was the hardest section of days on the calendar to get anything done at all. However, this year on the 28th, she had something she damn sure wasn't going to miss. Pauline had invited her to come to one of her shows, and to go out afterward for sandwiches and whatever else.

For fun, and to make sure Pauline saw her there, she'd brought along a sign with a picture of a kitten with "I CAN HAZ!" pasted beneath it.

She couldn't help but grin as the band was introduced and brought out.

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	indie_minor 2010-12-31 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	"I haven't gotten that many since coming out about being mutant, except a few of the obvious color ones over and over again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-01 08:09 am UTC (link)
	"Ugh, tell me about it. Something in my power makes my other form's color always match my hair in this one. A lot of carpet to drapes inquiries." She shakes her head. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-02 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Ech," Pauline sympathizes between bites. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-02 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	"So, I wanted to ask you about your guys' lyrics. Is it all just one big brainstorming session, or does one of you pretty much just get an idea and run with it?" Chris cocks her head as she stages a further assault on her sandwich. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-02 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Deej is our primary songwriter. Usually, me and the guys just suggest a few refinements once he comes up with something, but sometimes He and I get a bit more collaborative, like with "In My Backyard." And yes, the incorporating the showtune bit was my idea, but I think it works." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pym_kitten
2011-01-02 09:47 pm UTC (link)

"That was really heavy stuff in that one. I liked it." She smiles, then lowers her voice. "And yes, I'm aware of how much societal privilege the blonde and blue-eyed 'hot chick', as you mentioned, daughter of a hero who wasn't a mutant until recently has likely been enjoying."

She shakes her head. "Dad got this crazy skinhead fanboy one time going on about 'the glory of the aryan giant'."

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	indie_minor 2011-01-02 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Ugh, that's gotta be annoying." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-02 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	"It worked out. After the correspondence wouldn't let up, Dad tipped off US Agent, and the situation got resolved pretty quickly. The FBI was pretty pleased with what got kicked up in the process." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"It's nice when good things come of accidents. DJ's manifesting so publicly and automatically being outed is what gave me the guts to come out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Haven't heard about that. What happened?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	"You know the dinosaur with a guitar on our album cover? That wasn't staged; it was a candid live shot. Deej's manifestation was in the middle of a show. Suddenly, panicked Utahraptor, right in the mosh pit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh... oh GOD... was everyone okay?" Chris' eyes bulged slightly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. His mind still had the right emotional receptors for him and me to communicate, so I managed to calm him down, no harm done. Well, until the protestors showed up, and two of our bandmates quit, but it all worked out in the end. 'Free publicity, and the take is vast,'" she singsongs at the last part. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	Chris chuckles. "Well done. You are the guardian saint of devoted indie fans and stuck-up hipsters trying to be ironic." She winks at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Pauline giggled. "Yeah, so with the protests and becoming lead singer, I dropped the overdone makeup and gloves, because closeted just wasn't going to work anymore." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pym_kitten
2011-01-03 05:48 pm UTC (link)

She nods. "Good for you. Mom was famous enough that I tend to get by, or at worst get mistaken for an extra from a Weber musical."

Chris pauses, munching on a fry. "If it's alright for me to ask, just out of curiosity, did you switch tones one day, or did you come out of the oven that way? My particular power cocktail has been around all my life. Made for a very interesting infancy for Mom, before I got old enough to understand what I was doing."

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	indie_minor 2011-01-03 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Just changed one day. I was 14." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	"That's rough. When I was fourteen I just got boobs." Chris gives her very best effort to say this as flatly as possible. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	A small smile. "Yeah, well, it happens. The Whedons were... fantastic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	Chris smiles back warmly. "That's how I feel about everyone at Xavier's. They got me through the worst of my teens when my powers started flaring up more." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Pauline smiles. "That's great." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"So do you live with DJ and Miss Vange, or are you on your own? I dorm at Xavier's by myself, roommate moved out to Boston not terribly long ago." There is maybe a little bit of a promising tone in Chris' voice there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-03 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	"With them, yes. She took me home the night I met her, been there ever since." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-03 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Sounds like a class act." Chris finishes clearing her plate, then just sits back and lets out a contented sigh. "This was good stuff... I probably need at least an hour before dancing." She pauses. "And some ice cream." Winter be damned, if you have beef covered in gravy, accompanied by salty fries, you need something sweet to balance it out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)