Giovanna M. Bennet (burnwithlight) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-11-10 14:45:00

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A 'proper' New York Welcome
They'd been in New York a few days, and Giovanna had had to admit it could have been a lot worse. She'd thought of plenty of ways it could, after all.
And now they were walking back to their hotel in the twilight after getting a nice healthy dinner.

The street they were on at the moment was pretty sparse, but they weren't walking alone.
Which, Giovanna decided after a certain amount of attention to detail, was unfortunate.

She adjusted pace and positioning, speaking to Andrew in Italian. They hadn't been using Italian that day. That was, of course, the point. "Stay to my left."

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	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 09:47 am UTC (link)
	"Take all the time you need, I'm not going anywhere. Glad you caught that, I was still pretty much in the middle of 'we're being attacked' and all that. And now I need to go shopping tomorrow. Hopefully this doesn't come up too often or I'm going to really have to stock up on size big shirts and walk around in clown shoes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

burnwithlight
2009-11-11 09:59 am UTC (link)

"Well, I was hardly perfectly on top of things either, or I'd have gotten us out of here sooner," she mutters. "But no, if I hadn't been looking at him when he saw what we could do, I'd probably be talking about whether we should go home now." Instead, she'd just leave that to Andrew's Mom.

"Maybe you should consider some of those stretchable orthopedic shoes?" Yes, Giovanna. Focus on the shoe loss. Not on the relief that he's still wearing pants. ~~Mixed relief at that ma foi what is wrong with her~~

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assaultnbattery
2009-11-11 10:34 am UTC (link)

He's only still wearing pants because the first time he changed, he was wearing extra durable jeans, instead of tearing, things just got very tight. Ever since that incident, he's made sure to always wear jeans that will accommodate a lot more... him. Its easy enough to hide that particular fact with untucked shirts and some careful adjustment. He just never managed to find a way to make the oversized or stretchable waistband equivalents work when it came to shirts or shoes.

"You gave us plenty of warning, and you put me in the form best suited to taking an attack right away. In unfamiliar territory like this, I'd say you did amazingly well."

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burnwithlight
2009-11-11 05:39 pm UTC (link)

And Giovanna's own shoes get interesting now, but she smiles just a little and nods. "Thanks."

After a moment, she reaches out to take his hands in hers, takes a deep breath, and soon they both flare up into green light and rematerialize shortly in her room at the hotel.

And Giovanna sits down on the bed to catch her breath again.
"We....need to ...call home soon."

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	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	He flops down on the bed beside her and lays back, the bed creaking quite a bit with the sudden extra weight. He definitely doesn't spend enough time in this body to be used to it. "I bet we have... eight messages from Mom already, and your dad will check in soon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes. Yes, he will. How long do you suppose until you're back to normal? And are you sure you're okay? That didn't feel like normal energy blasts, even peripherally." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I'm just fine. Probably won't even bruise. I'm just out of practice. And I don't know, that blast from him felt weird, charged me up more, but hurt a little bit too. Since I didn't actually get to work off much of the charge, it'll probably be a few hours." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	She listens and nods. "Coward," she mutters. That the attacker got away unscathed frustrated her sense of justice, even though she supposed it was for the best that it was gotten over with without causing a further mess. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Cowardly, maybe, but smart. We had him surprised and outnumbered. Not what he was expecting from a mugging or whatever he had planned. And best we not be entangled in any incidents like this anyway. Its for the best." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	She sighs. "You're right. I know. And the important thing is that we're okay. We can have fun repeating that to Father and Your Mom shortly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Not too soon. If Mom hears this voice, she's really going to panic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Very good point." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh believe me, I am very well acquainted with mom's reactions when I end up like this. I'm not answering the phone for a while." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	She nods. "Tomorrow night, let's just order in." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	"That sounds like a great idea. And I need to put some clothes in here fit for this form. Never know what will happen, I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Probably for the best, yes. At least you don't have to worry much about getting too cold, in the meantime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, its comfortable and all, just takes some getting used to the shift in perspective. I like that ordering in idea too... always get such an appetite when I switch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Hmm? Pizza? Chinese?" A pause. "...Andrew?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Tempted to say all of the above. How about Chinese? We just had... yes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 12:09 am UTC (link)
	" I ..." Giovanna starts to say, looking at him rather intently for a moment. And then the telephone rang. She looked away quickly and picked it up. "Hello? Yes, Father. Yes, we just got in; there was a minor incident -- Yes, we're fine..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

assaultnbattery
2009-11-12 12:12 am UTC (link)

Well, that was... a thing. What was she about to say? He knows what he'd like her to have said, but that can't possibly be it, totally ridiculous. It was probably some warning about being more careful, she couldn't protect him if he took so many risks and went out in public so often, all the rest. That had to be it.

Or more likely, maybe she wanted to go back to Genosha. Even more likely. He knew she didn't like it here much. And he knew he was a handful.

He'll miss her. Terribly.

"That was quick. I'm surprised if he heard and didn't get a call right away that he didn't show up and tear up Manhattan."

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	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 12:34 am UTC (link)
	After some more explanation and a sequence of "No, Father"s and "Yes, Father"s, she got off the phone. She grinned and shook her head a little. "Just the usual morning call." But if she'd neglected to tell him outright that there'd been an incident, it would have become a problem. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"Ok, fair enough. So... uhm, something important you were going to say?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"...You know, I pretty much lost my train of thought there. Never mind." Coward, she told herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 02:39 am UTC (link)
	So maybe she's not leaving? That's good, at least. She was his best caretaker, his best friend. More, maybe? "Gio, I, uhm..." She didn't think of him that way. He was business, loyalty, maybe, maybe friends, when she wasn't annoyed with his habits. "Yeah, how about Chinese?" Coward. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)