Argo (son_of_hercules) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-07 22:46:00

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antaeus, argo, inactive - harmony watkins, plot-"comedy gold", team - champions

Alone at Home (or is he?)
Argo had woken late, with snoring that probably would have been loud enough to wake the dead if there had been any on the property. Fortunately, his snoring caused no zombies, but he did seem to find himself alone in the Champion's headquarters when he did wake. After a shower, he dressed and headed into the kitchen.

Corey had left a note stating there was food in the fridge for him, with instructions--patient, careful, and precise instructions--on how to reheat it.

As he let that reheat, he checked the external security camera. Mitzy, Cindy, Candy, Mandy, Daphne (Mmm... Daphne), Sheryl, Carol, Bessie, Alice, Caitlin, Caitlynn, Cait Lynn, Mary Anne, Ginger... It was a light crowd today.

And yet... debauchery was not in his heart today. Oh, certainly, he had partaken in it from time to time in recent history, but he was not as sure his heart was as in it as it once was.

His food finished heating, he headed into the living room to turn on the TV. Clash of the Titans was in the DVD player still, and he decided an additional viewing would be acceptable fair.

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a_blessing
2010-08-08 01:04 am UTC (link)

Headquarters was quiet or at least Harmony had not heard anything over the sound of the shower. She'd let herself indulge in a particularly long shower and it had felt nice. With seemingly no one around to want a share of her time she found herself quite relaxed. It gave her time to think, though she pushed thoughts away at every turn. She'd been thinking about Argo frequently. There was some part of her that wished she hadn't made him stop and it gnawed at her yet she'd made the right decision. Hadn't he?

Believing herself home alone she made her way to the kitchen in her robe (though she -was- wearing shorts and a tank top underneath). Picking up an apple she wandered into the living room.

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	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Argo looked up and paused his movie when he heard footsteps. Oh. Harmony. He had found excuses not to be alone with her of late, as his thoughts raced in strange new directions. "Good mor..., nay, good afternoon Harmomy," (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-08 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Argo. Who didn't seem to want much to do with her as of late. her stomach notted. "Hi, Argo. Am I bothering you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"Nay, nay," Argo said, shaking his head. Strange. Words came easier to him around other females, but he found himself more tongue tied around Harmony. "I am simply watching this movie. Would you... care to join me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-08 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"I...I can do that. If you don't mind." She looked around the room to find the seat furthest from him. Seemed safer that way. "How many times have you seen this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 01:53 am UTC (link)
	Strange. He was saddened by the distance. "I mind not at all. Please, sit, watch with me." He smiled slightly. "A great many. Though truth be told, my preference is for the original." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-08 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"I haven't seen either the original or this one, actually. I haven't really watched many movies. We didn't have a theater in my hometown and when I went away to college and such I was just too busy." Harmony didn't like sitting so far away. It was awkward and weird. Being alone with him was awkward and weird--when did that happen? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Argo would prefer her closer, truth be told. He was never awkward around women. How could this be? "It is only within the past year or so that I have watched much," Argo admitted. "Mortals have a fascinating gift for creating that which is new." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

a_blessing
2010-08-08 02:07 am UTC (link)

"That seems counter-intuitive. You'd think that it would be the gods who would have better gifts for creation." Crap. She couldn't really see from here she was. She was going to have to move and the only really good seats...were the couch with Argo. It wasn't like he bit. Much.

She felt the tips of her ears get warm at that thought, but she moved anyway, sitting down on the couch.

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son_of_hercules
2010-08-08 02:15 am UTC (link)

"We were, once," Argo said. "But time has made us complacent. Most have their side projects, it is true, but not as it was in the days of old."

Well. This was... cozy? Was that a good word? Comfortable? Argo's vocabulary when it came to social interactions with women that were not intended to end up sexually was somewhat limited. And did he wish for such with Harmony? Perhaps... but he was not sure if it was in the same way was other women.

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	a_blessing 2010-08-08 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"What's your side project, Argo?" Hopefully not the fan club outside... The instant the thought crossed her mind, it confused her. And irritated her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_hercules
2010-08-08 02:29 am UTC (link)

Argo rubbed the back of his head nervously. What was the line he had often used? That he had come to battle mortal villains, drink mortal liquors, and seduce mortal women--albeit not necessarily in that order.

"I seek adventure and good times wherever they may be had," he said instead. The words tasted sour on his tongue. Why was he suddenly feeling awkward about his life and its goals? They had served him well so far...

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	a_blessing 2010-08-08 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Do you think you'll be able to keep having fun with that after centuries?" It wasn't a judgment. She was actually curious. She had maybe seventy-five total years to work with so certain elements seemed that they'd get boring fast but maybe things were different when time was not an object. And at least it wasn't the fan club. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"I suspect I shall," Argo said. It was the Olympian way, after all. Let the Norse brood and prepare for their end-times. The Olympians would long be enjoying themselves after all others had passed. "This world offers many challenges and delights," he went on. "And, who knows? Perhaps one day I may venture forth into space and see other worlds as well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-08 02:44 am UTC (link)
	That earned a pout. "I'm jealous." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 03:11 am UTC (link)
	And what good is eternity with no one to spend it with? His thoughts on that were usually quite well buried, but came unbidden to his mind. "There is much you may yet see, Harmony," he assured her. "Be not so quick to dismiss your own life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-08 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Perhaps but I have hope of ever exploring new worlds. The sheer distance to them would take me the balance of my life to reach. That you have all the time there is to explore and travel makes me jealous." She nodded. "We mortals are somewhat...weak." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, nay, nay," Argo said. "It is far easier to reach new worlds than that. My own father has transversed the stars in his chariot in hours, not even days. You may yet see new worlds some day." He shook his head. "Mortals are far from weak. That their time is so limited gives them a greater strength, a greater love for life than we gods could ever hope to know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-08 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Considering the rate at which you do certain things I would say one could argue that you actually have a great love of life, Argo." That came out a little weird. Damnit. "I expect that your father can survive the vacuum that is space, Argo. I'd probably explode. Poof! No more Harmony." It was an oddly amusing thought, somewhat cartoonlike. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-08 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	A great love of life, yes. But no great love in his life. Odd. The thought seems sadder than before. "That... would be a great loss," he reflected. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-08-09 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"It will happen eventually, though. Perhaps not with a poof. Will you always be young as you are now, Argo?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-08-09 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"A great loss, regardless," Argo told her. "I have a little aging left to do. By about the time I am thirty, though, I shall cease to age." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

a_blessing
2010-08-09 12:45 am UTC (link)

"So when I'm a little old lady and you come visit me in the old folks' home you can still get away with chasing nurses!" She shook her head. "I'm perhaps a little envious. Of everything you have the ability and option to do and experience. You probably don't ever get colds even."

No wonder he moves through human girls as though they're breaths of air, she thought and the thought made her sad, settling as an ache in the center of her gut. When the entirety of time and space is yours, little else matters. She both envied that and wished that she mattered, a thought that caught her off guard.

"You are a lucky, lucky dude."

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son_of_hercules
2010-08-09 01:02 am UTC (link)

"Aye, illness and godhood are largely incompatible. But I promise, when I visit, I shall keep my attentions focused upon thee. To do otherwise would be most unfair."

So unlike the other women in his life. Easily impressed by his form and easily seduced into a night of passion. Harmony was leaps and bounds ahead of them. Time and space were his to be had and enjoyed, but he seldom stopped to reflect fully on those who did not enjoy such benefits. And yet...

"Such has often been said. And often do I believe it so."

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a_blessing
2010-08-09 01:06 am UTC (link)

She laughed.

"I'll be old and ugly, Argo. My vision will be bad and my skin thin and faded. I might not even be all that coherent. It will be very understandable if I'm not your focus. There are prettier girls, even now. I expect it to remain so when I'm old. Though if you chose to wear a tunic and be without pants when you visit, I'd be grateful."

At that moment she remembered that she was more or less without pants at the moment, her shorts hidden by her robe. And she blushed, pulling things tighter to her.

"Did you have too bad of a hangover the other morning?"