Antoinette "Toni" Rhodes (toni_rhodes) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-07-25 19:05:00

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anya stark, inactive - legate, toni rhodes

Letting off steam (open)
She let of a blast of electricity, the voltage enough to power a city block for the better part of a day. She followed quickly with infra-red radiation, then microwaves. Radio waves, x-rays, gamma rays. Toni was immune to the effects of the radiation itself, and the room would scrub itself down afterwards, but the effect of expending that much power left her feeling both better (not unlike cooling down after a day in the hot sun) and worse (tired, burned out, spent...).

She finally stopped and carefully unclipped her armbands, placing them in the unit that popped up, and replacing them with the next pair in the sequence.

Thirty-six hours this time. Thirty-six where she hadn't otherwise expended any injury or taken in any additional power. She'd started feeling hot... too hot, as the timeline had gotten closer. She could make it longer if she was actively using her abilities, though she rather needed to expend any extra she took in fairly quickly.

She sighed as she snapped the armbands into place. That brief moment where her energy was entirely unregulated was a terrifying one, the power surging up and making her every nerve stand on end, but it passed as the devices performed their function, regulating her body's energy flow.

Mutants were supposed to be immune to the effects of their own powers. Why the hell were hers so screwed up?

She made her way back upstairs, to the kitchen, finding a frozen dinner in the freezer. She popped it into the microwave and took a big step back and away. She didn't need to pick up any stray rads.

Three minutes, according to the little digital timer.

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	anyastark 2011-07-25 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Anya leaned against the doorjamb and watched her best friend. She had a meeting earlier in Chicago and decided to take a little five hundred mile detour before heading home. "So what's the trick to not setting it on fire?" she asked with a smirk. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-25 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	Legate makes his way into the kitchen. "Good afternoon/evening," he said pleasantly as he opened the refrigerator with his free hand -- the other was clutching the little metal cylinder -- and acquired some juice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-25 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	For just a moment, Toni managed a smile. "Not letting you near it," she said, her old self confidence pushing through for a moment. "Hey, Legate," she added. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2011-07-25 09:48 pm UTC (link)

Anya laughed and was happy to see some of the old Toni poking through. She entered the kitchen and gave her best friend a tight hug. "I was in Chicago and thought I'd swing by. You know, one of these days I will shock everyone and not have appliances commit suicide when I walk into a room and actually use them."

She turned to the other person in the room. The one she didn't know. "Hi. I'm Anya Stark."

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	clickclickstick 2011-07-25 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Nice/a pleasure to meet you, Miss Stark. I'm Legate Son-of-Century-and-Azimuth." A pause at Anya's comments. "...No one mentioned the appliances were sentient, Toni." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-25 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Toni held her friend tightly for a moment, releasing only to actually chuckle at the misunderstanding. "They're not," she assured Legate. "My friend her just has bad appliance karma." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-25 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I have a habit of destroying kitchen appliances, but it's the cereal you really have to watch out for. That's the dangerous thing." Anya tilted her head in thought. Century. The name was familiar. "Century. West Coast Avenger back in the day, correct?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-25 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Legate nods a little. "He worked with your fathers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-25 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	"One of these days, I will get a satisfactory explanation for that," Toni muttered. "Because that just shouldn't have happened." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-25 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Spontaneous cereal combustion," Anya automatically said. She would stick with that until she went into the grave. "He did," Anya said to Legate. "My dad has mentioned him in the stories he used to tell. Are you staying on Earth for a bit, or just passing through?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-25 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"For some time. As an educational/developmental experience." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-25 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Toni crossed her arms. "You know, saying that over and over doesn't make it a real thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-25 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"It sounds like an appropriate name/labelling of the phenomenon to me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-25 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	"See? He agrees with me," Anya pointed out. She gave Legate a wink. "What else would you call it when a bowl of cereal suddenly catches on fire?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-25 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	She rolled her eyes. "...Uh huh." The microwave beeped. "Want to split some chicken and rice with me then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-26 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"You call that food?" Anya asked. "And to think you call me the crazy one. How about we all go out for some real food? My treat." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-26 12:46 am UTC (link)
	"I am open to ideas, but it would be best not to let the food go to waste." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-26 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"He's got a point," Toni reflected. "And it's perfectly fine food." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-26 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Anya sighed. "It's not /fine/ food. It's a frozen tv dinner. We're going to go out for real food. If you're that concerned about wasting it, put it in the fridge. Someone can eat it later." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-26 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"That is, granted, nearly a given here, from the impression I have received." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-26 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Gah! Stupid rich white girl, thinks she knows best... Toni clamped down hard on that thought. That wasn't Anya. That was her own fear of death talking, making her irritable. She always was after a big discharge like that. "All right, fine," she said. "We'll go out. But because I want to. Not because it was your idea." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-26 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Uh huh," Anya smirked. "Besides, you know you need to go to keep me out of trouble." "So what are the both of you in the mood for?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-27 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	"I am swiftly coming to the conclusion that Kansas City is skilled in the smoking/braising/barbecuing of meats." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-27 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, now that much is true. We got great barbecue down here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-27 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Barbecue it is then," Anya said with a grin. "Ready to go, or do either of you need a moment or two?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-28 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Legate rinses his glass and puts the cylinder in his pocket, just in case. "I am ready." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-28 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Toni transfered the contents of the microwave dinner to a Tupperware dish and put it in the fridge. "Good to go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-28 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll buy, you drive," Anya said to Toni. "Left the car at home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-07-29 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Legate simply follows the girls. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-07-30 12:52 am UTC (link)
	Toni led the way down to the garage. "Car preference?" she asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-07-30 02:09 am UTC (link)
	"Not for me," she said. "Whatever you want to drive." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clickclickstick 2011-08-02 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Legate shrugged. "I have no car." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-08-02 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	"All right," Toni said. She picked one of the cars at random, a Camero, making sure there was enough backseat room. She plopped behind the wheel. "Let's roll." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-08-07 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	"That was really good," Anya said as she sat back in her chair. They had gone to a barbeque place and the food had been amazing. "Thanks for bring me to this place." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	redheadspy 2011-08-21 02:15 pm UTC (link)
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