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Argo ([info]son_of_hercules) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-10-06 20:14:00


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Entry tags:argo, marlow, sydney ashcroft, team - defenders

The City of Angels is Slowing Becoming the City of Gods
So! This was the City of Angels, here in the realm of the mortals! Truly a place of wonder!  It was easy to see why the daughters and son of Thor had chosen such a location for their home in the mortal world.  True, great-Uncle Pluto was said to have his fingers in this city, but the same was supposedly said of many of the gods of the Underworld.  In truth, it mattered little.  Whatever demons might arise, they were surely no match for the son of Hercules!

He had the address of the compound where he was supposed to go.  And his father had said he would speak to Tony Stark of his coming, as soon as he could.  Granted, battle, women, drink, and song did tend to distract his father, but small matter.

So lost in thought was Argo, the Almighty Son of Hercules, that he did not notice the mortal conveyance coming at him as he crossed the street. It skidded to a stop--not that it could have harmed his godly form--and the driver climbed out, well muscled, for a mortal, fist shaking in anger. "Hey! What do you think you're doing? Why don't you watch where you're going? I oughta clock you one good!"

Argo regarded him with a boisterous laugh. "Thou art welcome to try, friend! I wouldst love to share the Gift of Battle with thee!"

"What're you? Some kind of nut?"

"Nay! I art Argo, the Almighty! Son of Hercules! Here to drink thine mortal beer, seduce thine mortal women, and battle thine mortal super-villains!"

He considered something. "Though not, perhaps, in that order."


"Great," the man said, rolling his eyes.  "A nut job.  Inna skirt."

Argo lost his jovial mood.  "Thou wouldst insult the scion of Hercules, Lion of Olympus?  The raiment of Argo the Almighty art forged from the finest Olympian-steel!"

The man backed away slowly.  "Oookaaay, I'm just gonna step away now before you start going on about gladiator movies..."

He got back in his car, and pulled around Argo.

"Most strange, " Argo mused to himself, as he continued to cross the street.  

The second crash, however, was not his fault.  A larger mortal vehicle, a semi-truck screeched through an intersection further up the road as its breaks began to fail.

One leap carried Argo in front of it.  He braced himself and put his hands forward, bending his knees ever so slightly.  The truck slowed... then stopped completely, all without harm to the driver or spilling the contents of its trailer, marked with strange symbols he did not immediately recognize, but still seemed to convey some form of danger.

The crowd was still for a moment, and then the clapping began.  Argo grinned mightily, his hands up in the air, drinking in the praise.  There were several comely women in the crowd, all looking quite impressed.

Perhaps meeting the Asgardians could wait a time.



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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-11 03:36 am UTC (link)
"Truly?" Argo said.

He laughed. "Outrageous! What wonders this world doth hold!"

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]marlow
2009-10-11 03:42 am UTC (link)
"Demons too. They blend in better in Hollywood. Nevada is all desert." Which she would have told the others if they'd mentioned their plans.

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-11 03:51 am UTC (link)
"Of that," said Argo, "I be well aware. Mine own great-Uncle Pluto didst once operate a studio here."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]sydney_ashcroft
2009-10-11 05:32 am UTC (link)
Syd returned after finding out that Mr. Stark had not received word of another godling showing up. She really didn't get paid enough.

"Mr. Stark wasn't notified of your pending arrival," she said as she walked into the room. "But we aren't going to say no. So when you're ready I'll show you to your quarters."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-11 05:48 am UTC (link)
"Odd," Argo said, "but mine father doth have many affairs which press his time. Likely he those didst distract him."

He nodded to Marlow. "If thou will excuse me, m'lady?"

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]marlow
2009-10-11 06:01 am UTC (link)
"Oh. Sure." Marlow paused a moment and then nodded back.

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]sydney_ashcroft
2009-10-11 06:13 am UTC (link)
"Please continue talking. I can show you your quarters whenever you're ready. I'm going to go make some lunch. Are either of you hungry?"

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-11 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Argo nodded. "I couldst eat," he replied. "I've not since this morning and am quite famished."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]marlow
2009-10-11 11:52 pm UTC (link)
"No, thank you," Marlow said politely.

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]sydney_ashcroft
2009-10-12 11:33 pm UTC (link)
Syd nodded. "I'll make something," she said and left the library.

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-13 12:51 am UTC (link)
Argo returns his attention to Marlow. "As a matter of fact, I seem to recall hearing tales from some of the mortals of a demon attack...?"

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]marlow
2009-10-13 01:44 am UTC (link)
"Demons and undead. About 6000 of them. They interrupted Zoey's birthday party. They still don't know why they attacked."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-13 01:56 am UTC (link)
"Oh, what a wondrous battle that must have been!" Argo practically shouts. "It shall be my everlasting sorrow that I did miss it!"

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]marlow
2009-10-13 02:04 am UTC (link)
Another moment of bug-onna-stick peering. "Demons attacking didn't make sense." She didn't mention the undead. Marlow was mainly a demon wrangler thanks to Clea and the Dark Dimension. "If it didn't make sense, then we didn't find out how to stop them from doing it again."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-13 02:07 am UTC (link)
Argo shrugged. "The whys matter little to me, so long as there is battle to be had."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]marlow
2009-10-13 02:33 am UTC (link)
Ah. He was like the Asgardian male. "I'm sure you'll be happy here, then. There have been several battles already, and there will be more."

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Re: Several Days Later
[info]son_of_hercules
2009-10-14 01:32 am UTC (link)
Argo laughed. "Excellent! I look forward to testing my skill alongside the Asgardians!"

...And to show them up, of course.

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