Martin Baum (magic_hands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-31 23:01:00

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Small animals make everything more fun...right?

He'd been polite and had even used that knocking-spell Orlen had set up on her place to get permission before teleporting in. He didn't really see the point of it really, but if that was what people wanted...alright then.

Currently he was set up on her living room floor, sitting there and showing off new minor spells he'd been practicing. As if the poor archer's place didn't have enough magic in it, here he was infusing extra in the air. "May I have something to drink please?" Magic was thirsty work and one did not manage to make her books dance to The Black Keys without needing a refreshment. Disney had it right, musicals were best with normally inanimate objects.

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hotshot_hawkeye
2013-05-13 03:53 pm UTC (link)

Frances sat back far enough away to make it easier to land the saucer, watching the transfer of the saucer. Pretty good, actually. His control of the TK's going well this time. When the dish landed, she scooted forward to watch out for their waitress in case she came over to check on him and his milkshakes. She jumped a little when the water sloshed around and hit her on the side. Wet! Wet! Shaking the water off and poofing up to keep her feather from sticking, she flapped her wings to free them as well. Well he got soggy to, she was avenged, she decided and delicately picked through the puddles to get to the full saucer.

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magic_hands
2013-05-13 06:03 pm UTC (link)

The young mage narrowed his eyes and half pouted at her once he'd been thoroughly sprayed. Hmph.

He tried to fix his hair to no avail and settled for sipping his second milkshake while watching her drink. It was rather interesting to watch owl Frances, she also did the best owl reactions. Too bad that'd be over when he turned her back. Oh well, owl Frances was fun but not as fun as human Frances. Even if having an owl on his shoulder was fun.

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hotshot_hawkeye
2013-05-13 06:43 pm UTC (link)

Awww, did he get a little damp? She laughed (okay made a clacking noise) and stretched up tall as possible to preen in her superiority. However, now that they were even, she eyed and saucer and tried to come at it at the best angle. There were a few false starts: she ended up sneezing for a bit when water got into the nose holes and the tongue was so short that trying to drink like cat made it look like she was screaming at the water. She settled for a scoop-and-lift technique, like doing a shot, to get enough water. With a mrrt-chirp, she hopped off the saucer and heading over to Martin to give another 'thank you' bob.

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magic_hands
2013-05-13 11:27 pm UTC (link)

There was something akin to a cough-snicker coming from him as she figured out how to drink, it was amusing enough that some milkshake goes down the wrong way. But by the time she hopped over with a thank you bob he'd composed himself again. He didn't have the hat on to give her a hat tip in return so she got a smile and two finger salute instead.

As he worked on the last milkshake he realized there was one hurdle left. Paying. Well more of the handing over money issue given...no touching things. Well maybe they'd indulge the kid with the hat a little, it still required some work ahead of time on his part though.

So he got to work carefully extracting a 20 from the wallet that floated out of his hat. Okay, it was Frances' wallet he'd picked up before they left her place because he knew they'd need money, but it wasn't like he carried money around at all. He gave the owl an apologetic, sheepish shrug. "They don't accept dubloons..."

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hotshot_hawkeye
2013-05-14 01:02 am UTC (link)

As blind as she was,she recognized that wallet! With a grumble and a poof-sulk, she had to accept the fact she had been pick pocketed by a little kid. After watching him trying to pull money out, she started flapping her wings to get his attention and pointed to the floor. Err, the table top. "Put it down," she explained and then jumped to bite at the bill to help yank it out of the billfold. It'd speed up the process at least.

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magic_hands
2013-05-14 01:12 am UTC (link)

Cue the wide-eyed innocent yet apologetic look reserved usually for Dr. Strange when he came back to see certain young mages had made...a bit of a mess.

While he didn't understand owl speak the body language was enough, and he let her wallet down onto a dry spot on the table, watching her yank the bill out. Martin grinned and gave her a thumbs up.

Oh! Maybe that was how he'd give the waitress the money! He finished off his milkshake finally and slid out of the booth before holding out his hat for Frances to jump onto. Who could say no to cute owls offering you money? Perfect.

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hotshot_hawkeye
2013-05-14 06:11 pm UTC (link)

And it was just as effective on transfigured archers as well. Read: Not.

She had to brace and lean back to get enough force going to free the bill, staggering back to catch herself from falling over. Beak full, she turned around to see the hat's brim low enough for her. Fussing so she could at least hold the money from the center, she waddled over to feel for the felt lip and climb on board. Settled best she could, she gave him an all-clear/mouth-of-cash mrrt.

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magic_hands
2013-05-15 01:57 am UTC (link)

Her wallet flew into his hat once she was done, and didn't fall out once he flipped it over for her to climb onto. The advantages of magic hats, they made great storage. He gave her a little salute as a 'mission go' signal and off they went to the cashier where Martin gave the waitress his best beaming smile and held his hat forward like an offering, with the little owl with the bill in her beak perched on top.

He may have found the greatest way to pay for things ever. Limited time availability but still.

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hotshot_hawkeye
2013-05-15 06:35 pm UTC (link)

The waitress, understandably, just stared at them for a moment. There was an owl in a kid's hat, holding money to pay for the milkshakes. She slowly reached out and took the bill from the owl's bite, ringing them up. "You got that owl really well trained, kid. It's pretty cute," she admitted as she count out the change.

Frances ruffled herself up into an anger ball. She was not cute and if she could talk, she'd curse just to prove it. Instead she hopped off the hat and onto Martin's shoulder so he could take the change. "I'm watching and I want every dime back, Pip," she warned, peering forward.

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magic_hands
2013-05-15 07:47 pm UTC (link)

Martin just beamed some more and nodded. "She's the best."

Once the change had been counted out, he held out his hat for the watiress to drop it in his hat, the issue of getting it all out later and putting it in her wallet could be sorted out another time. She'd get it all back of course, money stuff was a mundane concern that Dr. Strange said sorcerers shouldn't worry themselves about, and Martin was fine with that. "Thank you for the milkshakes, Miss," Martin smiled at the lady and gave her a gentlemanly hat tip once he put it back on his head. That there was no jingling sound of change falling out was odd to say the least but those were details he hadn't considered.

"I should give you a tour of our HQ, but we're not allowed in all the rooms though. Or Anya's lab," he whispered confidentially to the owl on his shoulder once they were out of earshot and heading to the door.

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hotshot_hawkeye
2013-05-16 05:53 pm UTC (link)

The milkshake outing went better than Frances was hoping for and when they left, she sighed in relief. If shenanigans were going to happen, the training stressed having it away from public eyes. She made a small noise to acknowledge, made sense to not have a guest go through everyone's bedrooms. And if something got unleashed from Anya's lab? She shuddered and settled on his shoulder to watch the people going by.

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