Jean-Louise Reece (notafailure) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-10-25 18:42:00

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Concession Stand in the Middle of Knowhere.
Jean-Louise made two kinds of rock candy. The kind with sugar and the kind made of mineral quartz, because some of the silicon-based lifeforms would get their hopes up when they saw the first kind. She was careful to keep the two separate so she'd always sell the right one.

Business was pretty good. In a place this diverse, she didn't have as much market-targetting to do, but she still tried to pay attention to possibilities.

She'd also fixed some pizza and was having a break to have a slice herself.

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	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Candy may not normally be much of Iason's thing, but since bringing her ship in, he figured he might as well at least check on the Earth girl's shop while he's in the station. "How's business?" he asks, settling against one of the walls of the little shop. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Louise looked up and actually smiled. "Hey. Doing pretty well, thanks. Want some pizza? On the house, for my hero and all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd love some pizza. Not sure where you found all the ingedients here, but it smells good. I appreciate it... any break from rations." Which he usually just doesn't bother eating, since its just a luxury anyway. Proper food, or nothing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I had to make some of the ingredients from re-scratch; used the protein chains in the rations as a base." She served him up a nice hot slice. "It's the New York style; my Dad had a bias." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Creative." he tries it, and nods approvingly. "I don't quite understand the New York and Chicago rivalry. They're almost different foods. Both have their up sides." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled more wryly this time. "Regional snoberies don't need to make sense. Us versus them: it's the human way. Maybe the sentient way; I haven't been out long enough to say." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Its true just about everywhere, I suppose. How are you doing in adapting to life out here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	"It's okay. Can earn a living a lot easier, and at least when people stare at the freak, they're actually just staring at the human." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Anyone who says you're a freak is wrong, of course." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Very nice of you to say," and little more. She had a mirror. she could see the minute scars all along her face, and she knew what they 'meant'. "But here, I can remember it's nothing personal. Everyone's weird to everyone else." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	He can hear the variation in her tone, suggesting disagreement. Only so much one can do. "That much is true. A number of the people out here and beyond have never seen a human - and if they have, its mostly just a few notable individuals like the X-Men." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	She nods. As to the other thing, he did his part as a decent fellow, and their being friends is going to work all the better since he doesn't press issues, Jean-Louise figures. "Yeah, I bet. They tend to know anything about eternals, or do they just sort of lump you in with humans if they don't know your Mom?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Starfox, Mentor and Thanos are all pretty well known, and Aunt Sersi ran some space missions with the Avengers. So we're known, but have Thanos to live down." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Sympathies. I mean, I'm not related to anyone like that, but family reputations suck in general." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	He nods. "I suppose they can. Mother also has made an effort to introduce me to everyone she could. So I'm somewhat known on my own, and becoming more so with working with the Guardians." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"That's nice, at least. Seems like a decent way to make a living, if you're into that stuff." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't know if I am or not, but its useful, and opens many experiences. Which is my primary aim." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	"You run around stopping space pirates and stuff, and you don't know if you're into it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	"It hasn't been all that long. Sometimes its exciting, sometimes its just... helping out. A lot of the duties of the Guardians, when it comes to law and politics, I remove myself from. Its an experience, like being an Avenger was." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	"I guess when you're immortal, it's all just a collection of being there, doing that, and, apprently, frequently turning down the T-shirt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	"The Eternals have certain policies of non-interference. I try to be strict about them. I enjoy humans and this world... but I don't want to influence politics or the like. Between what I can do, and my collection, I stay busy enough." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	"So what've you collected so far?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cosmic_son
2012-10-25 11:49 pm UTC (link)

"Let's see... a number of languages, poker, chess, Italian cooking, bbq in three styles, French gourmet cooking, a bit of Asian cooking, several Skrull deception games, two Kree military strategy simulations, surfing, golf, wine tasting, a couple of Shi'ar games you might relate most closely to tennis and flight simulators, seven instruments, marble carving and a bit of painting, both Earth and Shi'ar primary styles."

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	notafailure 2012-10-25 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, quite a collection. Totally wouldn't play you at poker, that's for sure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-25 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"I almost gave it up, misunderstanding the point of the game.Mr. Trump has been very kind though. We stay there whenever we go to Las Vegas. Otherwise, I don't play often." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-25 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Louise cants her head -- not about the Trump part. Iason was so calm about everything it was reasonable he'd be blase about being friends with Donald Trump or wahtever. "What did you think was the point?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"It was introduced to me as a game of odds. It wasn't until I realized that it was really primarily a game of deception that my previous experience playing Skrull games helped shift my experience and skill somewhat." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, yeah. Cardcounting's for blackjack. Poker's for equipoise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 12:25 am UTC (link)
	"Precisely. Though as part of my deal there, I'm limited to low stakes games only now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"Can't say I'm surprised." She smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 12:33 am UTC (link)
	"I was... not quite aware I'd won so much." he replies, seeming a bit genuinely embarrassed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Jean-Louise tries to suppress a giggle and grin more sympathetically. "They say the best players are the ones who aren't counting their money. Probably why my whole family is so terrible at it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 12:46 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose. I had mostly done it out of curiosity, when we were there for a non-wedding." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 12:49 am UTC (link)
	She blinked for a moment, then "Oh. A Wedding that didn't happen. Makes sense. Don't think I could do anything in Vegas. Too much of a skinflint." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 01:19 am UTC (link)
	"People thought there was going to be one. It wasn't the case." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

notafailure
2012-10-26 01:21 am UTC (link)

"So you were putting your impressive minding-your-own-business skills to work and got into high stakes poker. Makes perfect sense." As she talked, Jean-Louise checked the oven. Yeah, needed cleaning. She checked the bottle of cleaner. Almost empty. So she filled the bottle with water and basically just bit her lip in frustration until the color and chemical pattern changed.

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	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"More or less, yeah." he agrees, watching her doing the transmuting. "That's impressive. Almost moreso than the ship repairs, really." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 01:31 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks. It gets easier with practice. Sort of. The ship repairs are tough because I don't know what's wrong. Here I know what's wrong. 'it's water instead of what I need, and I don't want to shell out the cash for more.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 01:42 am UTC (link)
	"That makes sense. Mostly just the fine control needed to alter chemical composition on that level." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 01:47 am UTC (link)
	She nods. "Yeah, that's where the practice comes in. After a lot of headaches, stuff falls into place." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"Practice, and I'd imagine a lot of study, to know what proper molecular compositions of different things should be, unless your powers include intuitive understandings of molecular chemistry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"There's some intuition to it, but we've learned better than to trust it. So plenty of library chemistry books and Dad's Guide to What's A Bad Idea, yeah, and then enough staring at the stuff to get a feel for it. Chemistry's easier than physics. I don't know how you guys do the warp gate trick." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-10-26 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"To be perfectly honest, neither do I. Not the physics of it, anyway. It was something I learned more in application than in theory." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-10-26 02:10 am UTC (link)
	She smiles. It was kinda nice that the remarkably-on-top-of-things people weren't necessarily on top of everything. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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