MacKenzie Rider (fleetfootmac) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-02-22 20:48:00

Entry tags:

inactive - ben parker, inactive - kassia frost, mac rider, vincent vernard

Valentine's Night.
He'd headed to work as soon as he got up in the morning, barely stopped for lunch, and worked some more. Valentine's Day at a plant shop was kinda busy; go figure. Then there was the charity thing and a beautiful evening with Andrea. Mac had had an exhausting but excellent day.

And then he got home, and knocked on Kassi's door to check on her.

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	little_mermaid 2011-02-23 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't eat animal products, Mac," she says softly. "And I don't know if I really want to go anywhere other than home. Wherever the hell that is." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2011-02-23 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Right, sorry, I get dumber when it's late. Toast and jam? I know life sucks right now, and you've got every right to be hurt, but this is going to get better. I don't want it affecting your health or anything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

little_mermaid
2011-02-23 10:12 pm UTC (link)

"Know what the stupid thing is? I really want bacon. I haven't had it since I was a kid and Namor attempted to keep Tina and I happy while Mom was busy by ordering us breakfast."

She sighed and pulled her knees up to her chest as she sat on the couch.

"You worry way too much about my health; I'm vegan, not anorexic Mac. I'll eat at some point. Right now I'm just irritated and really sad. I really thought Ben and I might date, you know? I thought I might to get to do something normal."

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	fleetfootmac 2011-02-23 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	"You're going to get to do normal stuff," he says reassuringly. "This getting screwed up is a freak incident. Not a curse. It's not even utterly hopeless with Ben; I've got the impression he has some personal problems going on and Vincent being an idiot set him off." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-02-23 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	"What makes you say that? Did you talk to Vincent or something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2011-02-23 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. But I don't want you worrying about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-02-23 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Too late. What's up?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

fleetfootmac
2011-02-23 11:12 pm UTC (link)

Mac sighs. This? This is Yet Another Reason he's bad at politics; too open. "Vincent's enough of an idiot not to keep shields up on his mindmagick stuff -- oh, and only a--" Mac muttered an Old Atlantean term that was the Homo mermanus equivalent of Neanderthal. "-- like me would think there's something problematic about making a habit of that, by the way, but that's not important right now. Thing is, he thinks something's screwing Ben up emotionally and it just twisted his being upset about this into something worse. I'm going to talk to Ben after school tomorrow -- and yeah, I mean with words, not my fists," and try to see what's up with him."

He did his best to downplay the 'invasive mental force' aspect while still being honest. He didn't want Kassi trying something and getting brain eating slugs or crazy brainwashing herself.

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	little_mermaid 2011-02-23 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Kassia blinked. "Vincent mindfucked Ben? The hell? I'm a goddamn telepath whose mother has a habit of frying people's brains and even I know better than to do that shit. Okay, that's it. Vincent? Not welcome here. Are you freaking KIDDING me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2011-02-23 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Fine with me, but Vincent was surface scanning, not doing the twisting around himself -- and if he were lying about that, he'd have been better and lied about all of it -- so the problem he talked about sounds legitimate, and I want to make sure Ben's okay, but I'd rather you let me deal with it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-02-24 02:14 am UTC (link)
	"Ben's fine. Vincent just freaking showed up with roses, sent the wrong impression, and then things went south and now I will spend the rest of the year hiding in the library, thanks. Seriously, all of the people I hang out with are Ben's friends." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2011-02-24 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"It's going to be okay. Why don't you jsut take one more day to rest up, call the school about the homework you missed, that sort of thing?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-02-24 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Probably a good idea. Gives me time to change my name and move to Reno." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2011-02-24 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"No changing your name. MacKenzie is one of the most fantastic names out there, and I won't have you giving it up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-02-24 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"Don't say that too loudly near my mother." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

fleetfootmac
2011-02-24 02:49 am UTC (link)

"I wasn't planning to." He wasn't planning to have many conversations with her mother, as the only thing that's been added to his mental image of the woman who tortured Aunt Angel is 'and she's Kassi and her sister's mother.' Another quick hug. "Okay, I have to be out the door in..four hours. Try to rest if you can, if not, then hydrate or something. And try to remember this is just high school crap and it does get better, okay?"

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	little_mermaid 2011-02-25 12:57 am UTC (link)
	"Okay. I probably should go soak or something. Thanks, Mac." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2011-02-25 01:01 am UTC (link)
	"You're welcome, Kassi." ((Finis)) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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