David Roberts (smallestbear) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-04-23 01:21:00

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david roberts, inactive - james romanov rogers

This is an awesome idea
David just has a really strong urge to play Left 4 Dead 2. So he texts the only other person he can think of that would be willing to do this. He had for a moment thought of bugging Misha but he figured zombie video games might not be his thing.

That was where James came in. James likes video games. So that is how David ends up texting James to see how he feels about Left 4 Dead 2.

This can only end in awesome.

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 04:56 am UTC (link)
	James got the text and was glad for the chance to play. He sent a reply and grabbed a cab. Forty-five minutes later the cab pulled up outside of Xavier's. (Reply to this)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-04-23 05:01 am UTC (link)

David will be there to greet him. He has made sure there will be food for them to chow down on and soda to drink. Because sugar and fatty foods go really well together every teenage boy knows this to be true.

He also has taken over an area for them. Quite posturing and nods to people who know he doesn't do this that often have cleared the way for at least long enough for them to get settled in.

"James!"

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:02 am UTC (link)
	James greeted David with a smile. They shared a brother, but James hadn't had much time to get to know David that well. "Hey David. Ready to get your butt kicked?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:05 am UTC (link)
	He lets his eyebrows arch up. "That'd be another game man. Name of this game is team work. Of course I think there might be a versus mode. Haven't really looked." He rubs his chin thoughtfully. "Either way. I think I can take ya," David jokes with a half smug air starting to rise up from him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:10 am UTC (link)
	"In your dreams, man," James said. "Lead the way. Then we can kick some butt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-04-23 05:13 am UTC (link)

"Dude, my dreams involve girls. This is reality," David says trying to not wear a shit eating grin. This is one of the rare instances in which he is very much fully animated. He leads James in and checks to make sure no one ran off with pizza.

David is protective over food he wants to eat. "Got snack food set up. Just lemme set us up."

He starts hunting for the wireless controllers again even as he starts up the Xbox360 and the TV.

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"See, I don't need to dream about girls. I got one," James said with a grin. "Food is good. I'm always hungry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"That's 'cause you're better at talking to them," David says with a shrug. Plus he knows there is a rule somewhere about him, Misha, and red heads which is a shame. He just won't say a word. "Me too. Just never noticed it until someone pointed out I don't 'eat' I graze," he says rolling his eyes a touch as he tosses a controller to James. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:24 am UTC (link)
	"No I'm not. I couldn't talk to Val at all at first. She did all the talking." James grabbed a handful of popcorn and shoved it in his mouth. "I'm always eating. Mom says I could eat a person out of house and home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:27 am UTC (link)
	"Oh. Well. Some girls are good at that talking thing," David shrugs. "I'm not good at it either." He tries to not flush. "I've seen how much Ma's food bill is when I'm home. I really do eat her out of house and home. Okay. Maybe not. She gets awesome tips." She still works at the bar. She's tough enough to keep most of the barflies there under control. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:30 am UTC (link)
	"Val is. She's also very smart and very pretty. I'm pretty lucky to have her." James turned a little pink. He still blushed a little when he thought of his girlfriend. "Mom and Tony have all the best restaurants on speed dial." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:33 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. You are," David agrees thinking that anyone who can cope with how nuts things get has to be pretty cool. David shrugs. "I learned to cook. Of course I didn't make the pizza. Takes too long." Now they're set up. "Which campaign do ya wanna try out? Dead Center is fun. So is Swamp Fever. Don't like Dark Carnival. It has zombie clowns." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:35 am UTC (link)
	"I can cook a few things. Enough so I don't starve, but Mom doesn't cook and Tony's usually working." James shrugged. "I dunno. Doesn't matter to me. Pick one you like." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-04-23 05:38 am UTC (link)

"Dead Center it is/ Good starting place," David comments.

Then he explains they have four playable characters. He offers to take Ellis since Ellis has a habit of running ahead and doing very bad things. Like leading a horde of zombies to the group or setting something up to explode.

Not good. "They all handle the same. They just chatter a lot and try to help out if you're not playing them."

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:41 am UTC (link)
	James nodded. "I'll take Coach if that's okay. I like playing him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:46 am UTC (link)
	"He's cool," David agrees. "Want me to up the difficulty or leave it at normal? Sometimes you gotta get back into motion, so to speak," David wouldn't mind either way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:49 am UTC (link)
	"I'm good with whatever you want. Totally not picky here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:53 am UTC (link)
	David thinks about it. "Lets start off on normal. While it does get harder it's more forgiving. I'm not a serious player either. I do this for fun," David explains with a shrug. "This should be about fun. Not scores or anything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 05:55 am UTC (link)
	James didn't argue. James always played for scores, but like David said this was for fun. "Okay. Sounds good to me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Well technically James could still work on scores. Like when someone eventually startles the Witch. Or someone is getting pummeled by the Tank and they have to kill it fast. "Cool." And now the game can be loaded. David winces at the overly loud helicopter as the opening sequence starts. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 06:01 am UTC (link)
	James kicked back, put his feet up on the coffee table and settled in to play. There was something nagging at the back of his brain, but he couldn't figure out what it was. Knowing him, he forgot something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-04-23 06:05 am UTC (link)

David has forgotten too really if it's something they both should know. He was pretty much buried in school work lately.

During a time in which they are exploring rooms and trying to not run into fire David speaks up. It's entirely unrelated to zombie killing.

"I went out with the X-Men. To help with a problem. Um. First time." He stops to make sure they get a Smoker that just tried to take out Nick.

"It was weird. But I think I get why you guys do it." He hadn't really understood any of it before.

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 06:09 am UTC (link)
	"You did? That's good. What happened and what did you do?" Oh that was not good. James furiously hit a few combination of buttons. "Oh? What did you discover?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-04-23 06:19 am UTC (link)

"There was people getting kidnapped in and around Nova Roma. We got asked by Corey and Cait to look into it. Turned out it was this guy who was convinced they were hurting the rain forest," David explains.

He goes quite as they have to run along a ledge and beat zombies out of the way. Not a bad thing but a little creepy looking.

"Because it makes sense," David tries to explain. "We have gifts weather we we born or needed to learn them. We can help people."

And helping people just makes sense.

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 06:22 am UTC (link)
	James nodded. "It sounds like it was an adventure." "Yeah," he said. "Something like that. People should do what they can to help those who can't help themselves. Protect the innocent." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 06:25 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. That's what I was trying to say I think," David agrees. Then he gapes for a second as Nick is taken off the side of the Hotel by a Charger. "The game just cheated," he accuses with a frown. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 06:29 am UTC (link)
	"It happens," James said. "Anya programs cheating by the computer in the games she writes. She says it's to give me more of a challenge." "I think a lot who are in the life will say that's why they do it. They just want to help others." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 06:31 am UTC (link)
	"Well. Yeah," he agrees after mulling it over. "Would be too easy if we could predict the whole thing." David nods. "Makes sense. Same reason some folks become doctors or nurses instead of just getting a normal steady nine to five job." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 06:38 am UTC (link)
	"Anya makes them really hard," he said. "Some just aren't cut out for the mundane." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 06:40 am UTC (link)
	"That sounds fun," David comments with a slow easy grin. He likes a challenge. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 06:43 am UTC (link)
	"I'll send them over. They're pretty cool. She wrote a few. I haven't been able to beat them all." Then again his playing time had been limited by having a girlfriend. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-04-23 07:14 pm UTC (link)

"Awesome," David nearly rumbles. He might not be like Dad or Misha in some ways but in others, like loving a challenge he is every bit a Logan boy.

"That means a challenge. Don't think I'm quite as good as you."

And then a car gets thrown at David just a few minutes into the second level of Dead Center.

"It's the Tank." And poor Ellis gets tossed again while David can't quite start shooting up the Tank since he's the one being tossed about.

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	next_avenger 2010-04-23 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Against the commercial games I kick ass, but Anya's games are a lot harder. I like those more." James grinned. "Yeah it is. We can do it though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-23 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	"I think she's good at setting a higher bar." David manages to run away from the Tank on the game. "Too bad we don't get a grenade launcher in this level." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-23 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	"We all are just in different areas," James said. "She does it in computer programming." James of course tried to take the Tank on. "Yeah. It would be nice." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-04-24 01:49 am UTC (link)
	And he doesn't really think he is any better at tracking than some of the others who can track. He can just do it for a long time by scent alone. He won't say anything about that though. "I think we'll get one in the mall," David mentions after the Tank goes down and they can move on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	next_avenger 2010-04-24 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	"How are things here? How are people recovering after the Apocalypse stuff?" James asked as he concentrated on the game. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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