Cornelius "Corey" Drake (sandcastlegod) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-08-16 22:00:00

Entry tags:

antaeus, marlow, nicholas salem, plot-"lost generation"

Well, if it isn't my favorite divine consort/sorceress?
Corey faced it. She deserved to know. He had to tell Marlow about this. So he called, holding the geneology sketchbook with him.

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	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"Gods, I hope not," he says as they go in. "Um, speaking of relatives, you'd better sit down." Corey sits down as well, and opens the book. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 01:31 am UTC (link)
	"Uh...okay." He sounded so serious that she was immediately worried. She sat down and folded her hands in her lap. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 01:32 am UTC (link)
	He hands her the book, open to the right page. "I think maybe you're cousins with a friend of mind, and I'm really sorry, but his family sucks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 01:48 am UTC (link)
	Marlow glanced down at the page but her reading skills were weak. She saw the names but they didn't register. "I don't have any family. Doctor Strange said I was an orphan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 01:50 am UTC (link)
	"Orphans still get born, so they can still be related to people." He points to her name at the bottom. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 02:02 am UTC (link)
	She looked because she couldn't /not/ look. That was her name, but... "Corey, why do you think that's me? There has to be lots of Marlows in the world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"It's not really a common girl's name at all, and the age is about right to be you, see the birthdate? And, well, you're a sorceress, and the chart's of a magic family. And the kind of family you're better off orphaned from." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"Who is your friend? Why does this family suck?" If she focused on the questions, she could somehow ignore that she'd been lied to all her life by the adults she trusted the most. "Where did you find this book?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sandcastlegod
2011-08-17 02:18 am UTC (link)

"The current Ghost Rider. His name's Nick. His parents...did stuff to him. Bad stuff. Deals with Mephisto and trying to kill him when he was a baby and stuff like that. I just... wanted you to be on the lookout in case your relatives ever came looking for you to carve things in your hands or whatever. I found it in this little shop off Rampart. An old priestess - I forget how to pronounce the word properly -- had it before she died."

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	marlow 2011-08-17 02:47 am UTC (link)
	"I'm..." She put her hand over her mouth and pressed hard. Of course orphans had family, they had to be born, but hers... All she knew was Clea and Doctor Strange. They were in every way her parental figures. This was wrong. But Corey had no reason to lie. He didn't even know her really. Maybe it was all a mistake. "May I borrow the book?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"Sure." He hands it to her. "Your name's on the page with 'Harkness' at the top." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you." She set it on the table in front of her. "I don't know if I really believe this. I need to talk to some people. I guess your friend wouldn't be able to tell if I'm a relative by looking at me, would he?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 03:26 am UTC (link)
	"No idea," Corey admits. "I don't think so, unless they'd already done demonic stuff to you, and obviously, they didn't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"I met a wizard from Chicago who said I was possessed by a demon. He just couldn't figure out why his hellhound liked me." She tried to smile. "I'd like to talk to your friend sometime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 03:47 am UTC (link)
	"...Weird. I can check if Nick's home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2011-08-17 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"If he doesn't want to talk to me because I might be related, that's okay. It might be weird for him too. Especially if I'm really possessed and he's a Ghost Rider." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay. But it doesn't hurt to check. Excuse me for a minute." And Corey got up and went down to the garage to look for Nick. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2011-08-17 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Nick is, indeed, in the garage, working on finishing up some custom work on a Harley. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Hi, Nick. Sorry to bother you, but are you up for guests right now? Particularly guests who may or may not be possessed?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2011-08-17 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	Possessed? That's... potentially not good. "Yeah, sure. Let me wash up, and I'll be right out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay. I don't think she's really possessed, though. She seems fine to me, but you're more the expert." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2011-08-17 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Nick scrubs with the heavy duty soap and sanitizer to get the worst of the grease off his hands and forearms, then grabs a shirt. "Ok, let's go. We'll have a look." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2011-08-17 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	"So I mentioned Marlow, right? Well, she's hoping to talk about stuff." And Corey will walk him back inside to the sitting room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2011-08-17 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure thing." he agrees. "Stuff is one of those house specialties." he replies, following after before flopping down into a chair. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

marlow
2011-08-17 07:31 pm UTC (link)

Marlow could only stare, vaguely disappointed. He didn't look anything like the images of Ghost Rider she's seen during her lessons. She expected /something/ heat related. But then, gods were kind of ordinary when they weren't being godlike. Possibly she wasn't sorceress like when not actively casting a spell.

She held the book in her arms like a shield. "You don't look familiar at all."