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 2012-11-08 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)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"Only child, of which mi madre is eternally grateful, or at least that's what she always tells me," he says with a chuckle. "They're both ex-superhuman criminals and UCWF employees. Dad looks a lot like me, though a bit more..armadillo-ish? Mom's tough, but fair." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:06 am UTC (link)
	"But they turned good of course, do they like you being on a super team?" Note, he didn't say superhero team. None of them really qualified for the title. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"Dad's very proud. Mom threatened to kick my ass if I got hurt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:11 am UTC (link)
	"That sounds nice," he smiled. More at the parents being proud part than the threatening ass kicking bit. His parents weren't around anymore but he always did his best to make Dr. Strange proud of his progress. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 01:14 am UTC (link)
	"Mom's stills trong, she could do it too," Manny faux-warned. He smiles. "Si, I didn't have the easiest childhood, but they were always there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:21 am UTC (link)
	"Having parents is nice," he said with a far off look. But he soon blinks and gives Manny a slightly airy smile to cover up that moment. "Why? Was school hard? I liked school, I was good at it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 01:26 am UTC (link)
	That look worries him a second, but he continues. "I've always been like this, martin. It's not like I could be educated at a regular school." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"You weren't allowed to go to that mutant school? I think you should've been if you wanted. But you're very nice Manny, all the kids should've liked you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not a mutant, Martin. I just inherited traits from the experiments done to my parents. Doctors confirmed I wasn't a mutant," Manny said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"I know that. I mean that that shouldn't matter because there's no school for non mutants who inherited that stuff early, so they should've let you in if you wanted." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 01:45 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe, but my parents didn't want too so far away from them. Besides, both are very suspicious are people who specialize in genetic stuff." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"That makes sense. It doesn't seem like people like mutants at all anyway so the school might be attacked or something," he says, unaware that this was true. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"It has more to do with the origins of their powers. Dad was used and experimented on by Dr. Malus and Mom got much the same by the Power Broker," Manny informed. "Being used for super-powered stuff is a bit of a family tradition." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"But you're not being used for super stuff. You chose to join the team right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 02:03 am UTC (link)
	"Right, which is a big reason why they're happy for me. Taking charge of my life, that kind of thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"It's good to have parents. Especially nice ones," he says rather absent-mindedly as a few fries float up too. He decides to change the topic a bit now. "Why did you stop wrestling?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

soft_inside
2012-11-08 02:13 am UTC (link)

"Corrupt executives," Manny replied. "For a time after the Power Broker's influence was removed, UCWF made a push to legitimize itself. It did for awhile, but then people in charge started paying us less, guys playing backstage politics for better positions on the card, and other mierda. The straw that broke my back was that one of the promoters wanted us to run an anti-mutant angle on one of the wrestlers to draw in ratings. I refused to go along with it and quit."

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	magic_hands 2012-11-08 02:22 am UTC (link)
	Martin frowns at that. "That's no good. I know nobody likes mutants but that'd be mean of them to do that, there's already enough people hating them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 02:25 am UTC (link)
	"Si, which is why I gave my notice." Basically a more polite way of saying that he told the guy he could take his contract and shove it up his culo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 02:27 am UTC (link)
	"I'm glad you did. Mutants are nice too, like, you have Bea and all to prove it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-08 02:33 am UTC (link)
	He tries not to smile too broadly when Martin brings up Bea. He manages to keep his smile modest. "Si." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-11-08 02:34 am UTC (link)
	"Bea's extra nice. She's the first mutant I've ever really talked to," he admits, though it seemed odd given that he was one too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)