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your_talents ([info]your_talents) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-02-17 18:28:00


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Entry tags:inactive - julian gallo, inactive - lisa graves, plot-"open season", team - x-factor

A Good Sign
Lisa got out of the town car and told the driver to put it on her usual tab. She was fresh off another modeling gig to pay off the date she'd lined up from the auction. She told herself it was a good cause, even though she knew she'd be telling herself that even more intently if she didn't get a 'taste' of her date. She also needed to have a 'talk' with Julian to further figure out what the two of them were.

Plenty of time for that, and freshening up for her date. The shoot had let her borrow a simply stunning black number that she'd be treating her date's eyes to. Possibly hands as well. She smirked as the car pulled away.

She had taken five steps when the rushing air was all the warning she got. Hands grabbed her from behind and the block blurred past. She was shoved into the front of a building and dragged across it for several yards, before being thrown to the ground.

The damage to the building itself showed that if not for the super-strength she'd helped herself to earlier in the day, there would be plenty of herself embedded in it. As it was, her clothes were all but destroyed and her belongings were thrown across the street. Her breath had been pulled out of her by the shock and the velocity.

Her attacker was silent, dressed all in black. They seemed to hesitate before speaking. "You need to shut your mouth and stop asking questions Stick to being pretty on tv." Their voice is muffled by the mask. They take off again, leaving car alarms screaming in their wake.

Lisa's eyes are wide with disgust, rage, and panic. She slams a fist into the ground, letting out a scream of frustration as the pavement cracks. She pulls her clothes, what's left of them, around her. Mercifully, her phone had survived.

She calls Julian.



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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 05:51 am UTC (link)
He returns the very formalized greeting, then steps back to get a good look at her all at once. "Well hello, beautiful. Our table is ready when you are."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 03:25 pm UTC (link)
"Wonderful. I've heard of this place, but I hadn't made my way here yet. Nice pick." She hooks her arm into his as she lets him escort her to the table.

"By the way, thanks for asking what was up." She keeps her voice low. "How are you at keeping secrets?"

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 05:21 pm UTC (link)
He pulls out a chair for her, and waits until she's comfortable before even moving to his own, not answering until they can talk quietly.

"I work for SHIELD."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 05:23 pm UTC (link)
"...yeah, that'd do it then." Lisa nods, impressed.

After their drink orders are in and the server has gone, she leans in. She relates the general situation with District X, and her attack, along with the damage control Julian is working on.

"I don't know what's worse. That they were watching me enough to know what power I had, and the attack was a warning, or that they were ready to kill me. The one who did it seemed so shaky when they started talking. They were either nervous or they expected me to be dead."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 05:30 pm UTC (link)
Aleks takes this in, a stern expression settling across his face.

"While I'm not allowed to interfere with local police matters, but if someone is monitoring you, I might be able to pull a couple strings. I'm in the metahuman division - and I think you qualify as being right in my wheelhouse. I can also provide an escort for a while, til I return to active duty."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 05:32 pm UTC (link)
She nods, smiling as she reaches across the table for his hand. "Very nice of you. I'll check in with my boss about it. He's usually very particular about security, but I don't think he'll mind."

She strokes her thumb across his hand for a bit while she just enjoys the probable safety of being in public. "So what got you interested in the charity auction?"

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 05:37 pm UTC (link)
He's never minded feminine attention, the touch drawing a small smile.

"Win-win. Helping a good cause - we're worked evac, international security, things where we've interacted with some of the doctors. Also, job doesn't necessarily allow me to meet a lot of women sometimes. And you?"

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 05:41 pm UTC (link)
Lisa laughs. "Oh please. From what footage I've seen them let onto the news, S.H.I.E.L.D. hardly admits anyone below a seven into their ranks; present company certainly ranking higher." She raises and lowers her eyebrows devilishly.

"Me, not much too it. Good cause, throwing money at it is good publicity besides,--" even if she hadn't intended to end up throwing quite so much, "--and I get to snatch up hot guys to go out with. I can think of worse ways to spend an evening." She grins at him.

"And... since I should be completely honest with my security," she chuckles "--I should mention I have a particular weakness for power." She eyes him and strokes his hand a bit more.

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 05:54 pm UTC (link)
That draws a raised brow, but not much more than that. "Well, you'll have to talk to your boss before picking up extra security, and its only a couple days... but... glad I appeal to such a beautiful woman."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 06:18 pm UTC (link)
"You definitely do. Where are you usually stationed?" She sits up, looking over the appetizers.

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 06:34 pm UTC (link)
"On the helicarrier, which means we're mobile. Part of that 'meeting women' problem. With only a small metahuman response division, we have to get around."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 06:48 pm UTC (link)
"Must be interesting, at least. Anything you're free to talk about? I've been getting jetted all over since X-Factor took off. I finally had to change agents just due to the volume of stuff I've been taking on now. My old one still covers the standard modeling. I wasn't going to kick her to the curb."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 07:02 pm UTC (link)
"Oh sure. A lot of the jobs aren't that classified. We did clean up after some of the international messes in Symkaria, plus security detail around Genosha and Latveria."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 07:04 pm UTC (link)
"I was following that clusterf- that big four-way mess a few months back. Glad to hear it was resolved, however it happened."

She pauses, briefly running her tongue along her lips as a few happy thoughts occur to her. "What's Genosha like?"

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 07:34 pm UTC (link)
"You're welcome to say clusterfuck. We do all the time. Describes the average Tuesday pretty well. And... pretty country, they've cleaned it up well. Beyond that, wouldn't know. Magneto isn't real fond of SHIELD. So we just saw it from the air off the coast."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 08:01 pm UTC (link)
"I can imagine. He doesn't exactly broadcast the warm and fuzzy attitude. Can't argue that he's getting results though.

Honestly, the whole mutant nation thing, while I can understand it, seems kind of pointless. You either make yourself a target, or you're making it like a national gated community. We're all the same piles of meat."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 08:51 pm UTC (link)
"You make yourself a target, then block the target though. I understand the idea in the face of the violence mutants face. In a better world, there'd be no point, and there's definite questions about if he might be making things worse... and overall, he might be. But he's also saved lives. Its a mixed, and tense, situation."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 09:15 pm UTC (link)
She nods, smiling as the waiter returns with their drinks.

"Too bad real solutions aren't as easy to market as... well, me." She chuckles. "Unfortunately, people don't like it when their products challenge their preconceptions."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 09:27 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, that's been a truth as old as advertising. Hot female models sell product. The mutant cause... not so easy, even when there's hot female mutants attached."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-19 09:38 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, even when the female mutant is the product." Lisa shrugs, leaving off the 'hot' out of modesty, although her smile shows she appreciates it.

"Hot male mutants sell pretty well too." A beat. "Or is the green just your preference?"

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-19 09:53 pm UTC (link)
"Technically not a mutation - its an inherited trait. My parents bred true... one just happened to be a power broker success story and the other was gamma enhanced."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-20 02:00 am UTC (link)
She nods. "I don't know if you watch the show, but I'm one of those 'copycat' mutants I think the catch-all is. I can cut someone down to half-strength and try on what I steal. I can tend to sniff out other beings with powers. Doesn't seem to work on magical types or gods though."

She chuckles. "That weakness for power I mentioned."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-20 02:03 am UTC (link)
"I don't, no. I usually prefer books. That's an... interesting talent, though. So you're saying it has an addictive quality?"

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-20 02:16 am UTC (link)
She pauses at 'addictive' being used, but shrugs.

"Depending on the power I'm sampling, the feeling ranges anywhere from 'good stretch' to 'better than sex', so yeah, I think that's a fair comparison. I couldn't see myself giving up sex either." She winks at him.

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-20 03:05 am UTC (link)
That draws a genuine grin. "Neither could I. Sorry - almost finished with my doctorate in psychology. I get nosy sometimes."

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