Martin Baum (magic_hands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-10-27 15:00:00

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You will not speak slander (Open)
Newspapers flew about the living room then burst into angry blue flames, any loose objects in the room seemed to rattle, and Martin was looking at the TV like it was going to be his next victim. Too bad it was a wall mounted one.

He hadn't seen Dr. Strange in a while. That wasn't too odd in itself, after all he did often have things to do that took time, but it'd been longer than usual and even Wong hadn't heard anything. Up until this point, Martin had only been worried because it'd been so long and Dr. Strange had promised to teach him certain spells as a birthday present. But his birthday had come and gone and no Dr. Strange was around. So Martin had been spending his time at the HQ feeling a little dejected.

Of course, that was until he saw the news.

Liars! They were nothing but LIARS!!

Dr. Strange was The Greatest! He was Sorcerer Supreme! Did people not know what that meant?! He'd never ever do the stuff they were claiming. Never! How dare these people talk nonsense and slander about his mentor? How DARE they?!

Martin stomps off to the training room to unleash a little.

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	magic_hands 2012-11-05 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"That's cool. Practice is very important. I do it every day, I'm trying some new spells now and I'll need to test them more before I can try them in a fight. Sometimes they blow up in your face." That had happened before against the talking cyborg space pirate dinosaurs. Literally. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-06 12:20 am UTC (link)
	"Oh?" she asked. "What kind of spells are you working on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-11-06 12:32 am UTC (link)

"I'm always working on spells! Right now I'm kind of trying one to deal with bullets." As he explains, the blue bubble with the butterfly floats in between them. There's a slight pause as he stops talking to mouth the incantation needed. His eyes glow briefly blue and the bubble disappears.

On the surface it looks like he simply time froze the butterfly like his usual spell. Except this time there was no seal that appeared on it, and upon closer inspection...the butterfly was actually moving. But it's wings were flapping in such slow motion it looked nearly motionless. "It's like the time freeze but more control needed. And instead of stopping an object, it works on an area and slows time down a lot. I was going to use it if we ever jumped in a gun fight again because I'm not invulnerable. I'd have to refresh the spell every so often though. Still working on that."

"Oh wait! Try punching me to prove it! It actually does work!"

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	ze_leaper 2012-11-06 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Adrienne grinned. "Very well," she said. "But remember, you asked me to do this thing." She threw a punch. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-11-06 12:48 am UTC (link)

Martin just smiles pleasantly and doesn't move. It seems like the punch is going to hit him until her fist gets within a foot of his face. Then it seems to stop. Except it hasn't really, her punch is still moving forward, but at such a crawl it's hard to tell.

"See? It works!" He floats aside and the moment her fist is out of that one foot radius of him the spell is working on, it speeds up back to normal and hits thin air. "I'm working on making the field a little bigger. It's hard though," he admits.

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	ze_leaper 2012-11-06 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Incroyable! she exclaimed. "Most impressive, Martin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-06 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you!" He bowed and took off his hat to her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-06 01:34 am UTC (link)
	She clapped appreciatively. "You have real talent there. I am glad you are putting it to good use." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-06 01:35 am UTC (link)
	"What else would I do with it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-06 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, like I said, you could be an entertainer," Adrienne said. "Or, if you were not a good person, you could do bad things with it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 12:57 am UTC (link)
	"Real sorcerers are never entertainers. Or celebrities," he insisted. "And I wouldn't do anything too bad with magic on purpose. Nope." The butterfly that had been in slowed time before all of a sudden flaps its wings quickly and flies off as the spell dissipates. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-07 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"Are you sure?" she asked. "I have heard rumors of some woman in Vegas who uses real magic. Her name starts with a Z, I think...?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"Just because you can do real magic doesn't mean you're a real sorcerer. Magic people with action figures don't count either," he frowns. "Like aren't there thieves who steal stuff but are like...sub par?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-07 01:29 am UTC (link)
	That got a laugh out of her. "There are many sub par thieves in the world. Most of them get caught. "Of course," she amended, "so do some of the best, from time to time." "So there is a difference, between someone who can do magic, and a sorcerer?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Well, it's like the difference between good and subpar thieves. Or lame ones. You need to have standards you know, can't just use your magic for whatever." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-08 12:11 am UTC (link)
	"That makes sense," Adrienne agreed. "So... no enchanted brooms, like Mickey Mouse?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 12:18 am UTC (link)
	"I can do that! I mean, it's not too hard at all." Given that he could keep it under control... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-08 01:04 am UTC (link)
	"Oh?" she asked. "Remind me to come find you, when spring cleaning rolls around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"If you want to see really cool looking magic just wait until I have an excuse to do fireworks! I'm really good at those. And Kelly joins in so our team has the best looking fireworks ever." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-08 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"I imagine so," she said. "Kelly... she is quite the strange one, is she not?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"I think Jack is harder to understand but yeah, Kelly is strange. But she likes explosions and fireworks and she's willing to be a spell guinea pig so I like her alright." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	"She is a little bit scary, I think," Adrienne said. "Jack is just... funny, I suppose." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"Jack stole my hat," he frowns and declares with such gravity that this was clearly a capital crime in his books. "That's not funny at all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-11-09 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"Quite terrible," she agreed, because, faced with that seriousness, how could she not? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-11-09 12:54 am UTC (link)

Hat theft was no joking manner. He'd stopped time in the whole HQ while in a rage just to get that hat back. "It is. So I haven't been talking to him because of that. He also thought to get back at you for kicking me because he thought I was 'beaten by a girl' and embarrassed. Which is silly." He wasn't embarrassed at the time at all, he'd been outraged and annoyed but not embarrassed.