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 12:00 am UTC (link)

He's used to following her instructions, since they're usually for a good reason, and his head is usually ridiculously far in the clouds, better to just go along with it.
He's been glad for the switch to Italian, he needs the practice since he has a tendency when swapping among the romance languages to end up with a French accent if he's not careful. He learned them as part of the same tree, all at once, due to the similarities, and he was best with French.

"No problem. Thank you for joining me for dinner... and dragging me away from the homework to have dinner in the first place."

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ng_independent
2009-11-11 06:41 am UTC (link)

Tourists made great targets and right now Johannes needed a good target. He was hungry and needed food and unfortunately money was in short supply. A quick easy mugging and he would have the cash necessary for food.

He followed the couple who were talking in a foreign language for a few blocks before they came to a street that wasn't busy as others and wasn't as well lit. He threw two energy bolts at them, hoping to stun them for a few moments while he lifted their cash.

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burnwithlight
2009-11-11 06:57 am UTC (link)

At least she'd repositioned; it was worse than she'd thought. She's on her guard and reacts enough to push Andrew out of the path of the energy shots -- there was a chance they might be harmless to him, but that was never something she would bet on.
She also moves herself enough to avoid a direct hit, but some of the charge still gets her across the back. ...Ma foi, that hurt. A lot.

The charge was building up, but she wasn't in a position to safely flare up and take them both far away right this moment. Instead, she charges up both her hands and targets the attacker with one -- and Andrew with the other.

Unlike whatever that was, she knows a bioelectric shock won't hurt Andrew. Quite the contrary.

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assaultnbattery
2009-11-11 07:04 am UTC (link)

Quite the opposite indeed. Andrew hits the ground when he's pushed, just rolling over to see a bolt coming at him. "Wha...?"

Thankfully, his other form reacts faster, much better suited to this sort of thing. But its also hard on clothes. He kippups to his feet, facing off with the attacker, suddenly a lot bigger than he had been, though its cost him another shirt and pair of shoes.

"Son of a bitch." "Gia, get behind me.

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ng_independent
2009-11-11 07:27 am UTC (link)

Johannes instinctively threw up a shield when the counterattack from the female came. He had not been expecting that. At all. He had been expecting them to collapse to the ground, stunned and ripe for relieving them of their cash.

Mutants. They had to be. Bad choice on his part. He should have been more careful.

And the guy getting bigger? So not cool.

He sent another energy blast at them.

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	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 07:44 am UTC (link)
	It was with uncertainty that she stepped back and just focused on working up her own energy levels as much as possible, but she'd always been good at following instructions, so her quickest response is to get back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 07:54 am UTC (link)
	Andrew takes the blast, it stings. Some part of it seems to feed him, some of it hurts, its weird. It also makes him a little bigger and stronger still. "Knock that off." he half growls, trying, as always, to get accustomed to the sudden change in perspective before he rushes forward at the attacker. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_independent 2009-11-11 08:07 am UTC (link)
	Okay. Now he was in trouble. Those blasts should have had some effect, but they didn't. He still had his shield around him, but he didn't know if it would hold against the guy. Think and think quickly. He reached out to a lamp post with his magic. The thing started moving like a baseball bat right toward the guy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 08:15 am UTC (link)
	Andrew's reflexes are excellent, but he doesn't practice his combat arts near as much as he should. His regular form isn't suited to it, and he's got too many hobbies. The lamp post hits him squarely, sending him crashing back to the ground. He's not badly hurt, but that still stings. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 08:31 am UTC (link)
	Giovanna winces at the blast hits him, but it doesn't seem to be too bad. Then..."Andrew!" She wants so badly to lash out, to make the attacker pay for that. But she conserves her energy as she hurries over to where he's been knocked down. Getting him out is more important. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 08:36 am UTC (link)
	"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Just feeling clumsy." he responds, pushing back to his feet, grateful this form can get pretty near indestructible with enough juice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_independent 2009-11-11 08:45 am UTC (link)
	Hey, that worked! Definitely a good sign. Johannes wound the lamp post up for another hit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 08:51 am UTC (link)
	This time he's ready. He moves into the hit and braces, taking the impact to make sure Gia doesn't get hit, having to flex his stomach, and still making a slightly pained grunting noise as he takes it. But he's up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 09:08 am UTC (link)
	Once Andrew's up and all right, Giovanna whirls toward the attacker, getting around the post easily once he's gotten it and rushing towards the guy, the built up charge of psionic and bio-electric energies pouring out of her hands toward him, ready to at least tax his shields. "You will regret this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_independent 2009-11-11 09:11 am UTC (link)
	His shields failed. SHIT! OH SHIT! He panics and teleports out of there to safety. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-11 09:28 am UTC (link)
	"Wow, that was....something. Do they have super powered muggers here now, or you think that attack might have been planned?" Damnit, another shirt, more shoes. Not a good start. He needed baggier clothes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-11 09:39 am UTC (link)
	"I'm going to guess the former. I'm not going to start people would send someone and brief him that badly; he was surprised." And as they're catching their breath for a moment, Giovanna catches herself staring. Thank goodness her complexion doesn't show blushing too easily. "Give me a minute and I'll just get us back to the hotel. We shouldn't walk, like this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	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)