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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]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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[info]your_talents
2011-02-20 03:08 am UTC (link)
Lisa grins at him. "Oh really? Would you care for a first-hand observation of both addictions?" She raises an eyebrow coyly. "For educational purposes, of course."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-20 03:46 am UTC (link)
He goes back to serious quickly. "That depends. I'd need to know exactly how your absorption worked... my powers are /dangerous/. Gamma irradiation is nothing to mess with. As it is, I have regular treatments to bleed excess radiation so we don't have extra Hulk problems. And it sounds like your anger management might not be at its peak right now... as for the other... well, I think we're of one mind on the value of satisfying that one."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-20 03:55 am UTC (link)
She nods. "Fair enough.

I need line of sight for my powers, and I can steal from about fifty feet away. Depending on the intensity, and how much sensory input it results in, I can hold onto a power generally until I go to sleep or surrender it. Higher up the intensity scale means I need more constant focus.

There's an empty warehouse in the meat-packing district I use as stomping grounds if I need to test stuff out."

Lisa smiles.

"Glad to hear there's no dissent on the other matter."

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[info]heytheredelilah
2011-02-20 04:00 am UTC (link)
"Suits me fine. If you need focus, then the more dangerous applications of my powers wouldn't apply - you'd lose them when you went berserk. Be aware, putting on a lot of extra muscle mass probably won't do your clothes any favors."

The smile returns. "And no - no objections here."

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[info]your_talents
2011-02-20 03:37 pm UTC (link)
"Excellent." Lisa nods. "So, you been here before? I'm feeling carnivorous..." She looks over the menu.

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