marlow (marlow) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-05 10:37:00

Current mood:	hungry
Entry tags:	eric phillips, marlow, martin baum

Midnight Munchies (The Family Version)
In the Life According to Wong, young sorcerers are known for two things. Misbehaving magic and the inability to stay full for very long.

Correction - three things. The worst timing and problems with boundaries of all sorts.

All right, so that's four. Young sorcerers weren't big on logic.

It was the second reason that had Marlow up in the middle of the night checking her tiny kitchen for chocolate or pretzels, or even kale chips if it stopped her stomach from rumbling. She tried to be quiet so she wouldn't disturb Martin in the guest room. It looked like they'd managed to clean everything out of the cupboards during their movie marathon.

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marlow
2013-03-11 02:50 am UTC (link)

"Right!" Marlow beamed at him for understanding.

"We have Asgardians and Argo's half brother. They're all tanks when they want to be." Marlow shrugged a little. "I'm the magic. Well, me and Aslief. She's good but she has other things she does. I just have the Defenders. And Martin and Orlen when they need me."

Napkins appeared. No reason not to be neat about it in somebody else's kitchen.

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	magic_hands 2013-03-11 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"More tanks is better right? We have an armadillo tank, two gun crazy ones, except only one of those two is actually crazy, the other is the sane adult. Oh and a copycat spiderman and a frenchish kicker. And the boss, Iron Girl. And me! For magic!" He turns to half frown and half pout at Marlow. "Hey! I come when I don't need anything!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

warbird
2013-03-17 12:57 am UTC (link)

Eric just looks more than a little confused.

"I suppose it helps when everyone can tank in different ways," Eric says. Being able to absorb all kinds of energy definitely helped.

"I think we have four people who can tank on our team. Argo and me definitely. Nick can when he goes all flaming skull head and Jenny can in her own way. Cory can do some cool earth stuff. Rose is an expert martial artist. Irina is really good at fighting and her portal stuff.

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marlow
2013-03-17 09:55 pm UTC (link)

Marlow made a face at Martin. "I mean for work, not for recreation. That's when you might need me and I would come to help you."

"I met Irina at one of the Avenger parties. She seemed nice and her portals are fun. I didn't need a portal because I can take myself anywhere I need to go, even different dimensions. I don't know Nick very well. He's my cousin but I don't think he likes having family very much." She shrugged. "Everybody is different. Hey, do you guys have a cat?"

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magic_hands
2013-03-17 10:01 pm UTC (link)

"Oh. Well that's obvious. And I'd come help you too if you needed!"

"I met her at that end of the world thing. Never tried her portals though because I can teleport myself, but they seemed very good, and very stable, from what I saw." At the mention of Nick, Martin pipes up and grins over at Marlow. "Maybe we can invite him on an adventure so he can see that family is fun? Oh and yes, do you have a cat too? Marlow has kittens, we're putting spells on their collars."

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	warbird 2013-03-17 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah family can be tough sometimes," Eric says. Lord knows his mom could be a little overbearing sometimes. "But Nick is a little strange like that." "Yeah we've got a cat," Eric says, "Why? You're not going to spell her collar are you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-17 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	"That wouldn't be right," Marlow told him solemnly. "You don't spell another person's pet unless the pet is in trouble and you need to help it. We have a tiger so my kittens need spells on their collars to keep them from getting hurt and getting too far away from my bungalow." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-03-17 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Martin nods in agreement with Marlow. "It's a pretty nice tiger though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-18 12:03 am UTC (link)
	"How did you guys get the tiger," Eric asks excited and curious. "And that spell stuff makes sense." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-18 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"It's a pet for one of the Asgardians. We have dogs and horses too. Svalin's horse has wings. They all behave, but animals are animals. You can't expect them to be human." Her jumbled logic gave her an earnest expression. "Or close to human. The Champions only have one cat?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-03-18 12:20 am UTC (link)
	"I have a purple guinea pig who used to be a sort of bad guy but not human...like an engineered one. That exploded when it got hit too hard. But now he's either really nice or really aggressive, he can't decide." That explanation of course made little sense and wasn't the best but hey, crazy world they lived in. "Is it a nice cat?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-18 12:36 am UTC (link)
	"Cool. My mom never let me have a pet. So we just have the one cat here. Yeah YC very nice still a cat though. Sister's boyfriend has a really cool dog he's big and surprisingly smart." He had heard stories about him stealing ice cream from the fridge late at night. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-18 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Marlow jumped at the chance to make somebody as happy as she was when she opened the basket of kittens on Christmas morning. "Would you like a pet? We can get you one. What kind would you like?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-03-18 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Martin perked up at that. Pet hunts? That sounded fun. "We can get lots of things. We're better than those genies, they're limited and have to stay in lamps." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-18 12:52 am UTC (link)
	Eric's mind raced through some possibilities with that. "Well I probably should ask the others what they would be OK with." He definitely wanted something big he could play with. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-18 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"You better ask the cat," Marlow told him with a nod. As if the cat's opinion was the only one to really consider. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-03-18 01:05 am UTC (link)
	"That's true, cats are smart and maybe it doesn't want to share space," Martin nodded sagely. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-18 01:24 am UTC (link)
	Eric just stares at them. "Do you both speak cat or something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-18 01:26 am UTC (link)
	Marlow blinked at him. "That would be pretty weird." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-03-18 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah...even for us. And we don't know what's normal for most people." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-18 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Well you are talking about cat opinions on things and magic can do a lot of crazy thing," Eric says with a shrug. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-18 01:36 am UTC (link)
	"People say their animals are part of their families. It wouldn't be fair to bring another pet in if they don't get along. Maybe your cat is a happy one and won't mind having a new animal friend." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-03-18 01:44 am UTC (link)
	"So can powers, some people have really specific ones," Martin nods. "I'd like to meet the cat though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-18 02:14 am UTC (link)
	"True worth figuring out how YC might react," Eric says, "And I have no idea where YC is right now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marlow 2013-03-18 02:25 am UTC (link)
	"That's okay! Next time we'll bring cat treats and ice cream. And mead! As a thank you for the snack. It's really nice of you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)