Martin Baum (magic_hands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-11-05 22:45:00

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Lunching out (Backdated a bit)
"Manny? Are you free for lunch?" He'd been showing up to HQ more since the whole therapy thing suggested he should. But he still needed to get out of the HQ for some fresh air and he needed someone to come with him if he wanted to eat out. The Sanctum was currently being used for whatever serious business Dr. Strange was dealing with, which meant that he couldn't stay over there. "We can stay in the city I promise! I can't go for lunch by myself..." He hoped the older guy would agree, Manny was nice and Martin figured he'd be good lunch company.

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	magic_hands 2012-11-07 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Martin was in the middle of wondering if he could have another milkshake. "Hmm? Yes, the Dark Dimension. What's wrong?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"What the heck is the Dark Dimension?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	"...It's a dimension," Martin blinks, confused by the question. "Lots of magic there and really strong demons too. Clea is the Sorceress Supreme there and is in charge of stuff. It's quite different from here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	"..I grew up in San Antonio, Martin. It wasn't exactly a common topic of discussion," Manny explained. "So Marlow's from this place?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I thought the name was self-explanatory," he shrugs. "No, she's from this dimension but I think her parents are gone too. So Clea trained her in the Dark Dimension." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	"So it's 'dark'..and has demons in it," Manny looks around as if his mom would come out of nowhere and smack him. "Is it some kind of Hell?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Martin notes Manny look around and does so himself, wondering what the older guy had seen. Maybe their food was coming. "Hell?" Martin manages to hold back any giggles and just look amused. "If it only needed to be dark and have demons there'd be waaaaaaaaay more Hell dimensions than there already are." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	And Manny will do his very best not to blanch at that. "..I see. Oh, food's here!" he said a little anxiously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-11-07 10:02 pm UTC (link)

The food comes and Martin cheers up even more. He'd been getting hungry. "Don't worry, there's still Hells but that's not the Dark Dimension. I've been to a couple before. And there are hell-lords and they all call themselves Satan so people think there's one big one but really there isn't," he explains in the same way one would casually talk about the weather or their house.

He'd been young enough when first exposed to these things to adapt quickly to the weirdness. The subsequent few years of being isolated in a world of magic made it all seem more normal than going to the movie theater to him. Hell was just a sort of dimension to him.

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	soft_inside 2012-11-07 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah..well that is a relief then," Manny says dryly. Lots of Hells? Hell-lords? He's been to a couple!? Manny promptly starts eating a burger. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	"I only visited of course," he clarifies as he looks around to make sure nobody is watching them. When the coast is clear the burger floats up to his mouth and Martin takes a bite as he drums his fingers against his hat in his lap. "Do what's wrestling like? I've never seen it before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	And Manny nearly has a heart attack at the floating food, but at least Martin was careful. "Well, it has a long history, plus there are some differences between superhuman wrestling and regular professional wrestling." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Is everything okay?" He looks worried, had something shocked Manny that he hadn't seen? "What's the difference? Other than powers and stuff of course." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

soft_inside
2012-11-07 10:27 pm UTC (link)

"Si, si I'm fine," Manny assured.

"Well, professional is essentially an athletic, performance art. It's original idea was to to give the appearance of competitive fighting mixed in with story to entertain people. Te matches themselves however were often planned ahead of time, but only the guys in the back and the wrestlers knew the outcome. That way they could keep the people in suspense. In UCWF, there was less story and more fighting, plus the fights' ends aren't planned."

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	magic_hands 2012-11-07 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay." He checks again before letting the burger float up. This was less about being careful and more about not wanting people to stare at him eating. It was embarrassing, especially since his tk wasn't always so steady. "I like the UCWF one better. It sounds more interesting, and like a real fight. Did you do that one?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Maybe Martin, but there's a greater chance of a real fight to permanently hurt the other guy. By planning it out they entertained people and are able to keep coming back for more stuff down the road." Manny nods. "Si, I did." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"But then that's not a fight," he says in between bites of the floating burger. "And did you win any cool trophies?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Well like I said, it's a performance art combined with athletics," Manny replied. "I did, Manny says proudly. "I won the Iron Man Trophy for beating four guys in the same night. I won a couple of championships, but you can only keep those until someone else beats you for 'em." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-07 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Iron Man like the superhero and Anya's dad? And that's no fair. How are you going to show people you won a championship if they don't let you keep anything to prove it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-07 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	That gets a chuckle out of Manny. "No, it's also a term used to describe someone with great endurance. Oh they keep records on the UCWF website." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 12:14 am UTC (link)
	"So just on a website? What did they do before that? And it's still not very good, they should give you a mini trophy or something!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 12:30 am UTC (link)
	"I think they gave out plaques, or maybe it was commemorative trophies," Manny ponders. "We're still, acknowledged." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"Oh good! I was worried you weren't. Do they not give out plaques anymore?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, small ones, but yeah. I'm not sure if they still do, I've been gone a bit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"They should so you have something to prove you won." More eating of floating burgers and he considers what else to ask. "Do you have siblings? What's your family like?" Probably no dimensional adventures involved. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)