Martin Baum (magic_hands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-08-21 16:54:00

Entry tags:

armadillo jr., bea dayspring, crosshairs, guardian, martin baum, team - thunderbolts

There's only one magic guy on this team!
In the middle of the Thunderbolt's kitchen, a familiar swirl of blue flame comes out of nowhere and the young mage pops in. He'd come on a very important mission.

Ice cream sandwiches.

A species so rare in this freezer that it was almost extinct. Every single time they'd get more boxes of the stuff, it'd disappear almost immediately. Even the ones he'd specifically labelled with his name on it!

Now to find out if there were any left. The freezer door swings open on its own. There were boxes yesterday surely....

"JACK!"

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	no_relation 2012-08-21 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, hey dude." That just-named voice responds, as Jack is standing in the doorway of the kitchen with his hands behind his back. "I was just passing by... with some Super Buddies dvds.." He pulls out his left hand, "--and some ice cream sandwiches." He holds out a bulk pack. "You got some time?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-08-21 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Martin looks suspiciously at his teammate, quite unfazed by sudden appearances (after all, he did them all the time. "Those are my ice cream sandwiches anyway," he insists. Though the Super Buddies DVD offer would interest him more if he hadn't been so annoyed at the ice cream situation. He'd never seen the show. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

no_relation
2012-08-21 06:27 pm UTC (link)

"I just went out and bought these, since we were out."

Jack has no idea who finished the last box, you see.

He shakes the box enticingly. "Want to go through these while we watch some episodes? They're bite-sized. The episodes, I mean, not the sandwiches. I actually got jumbo ones. None of that nasty Neopolitan stuff though. Just chocolate cookiestuff and vanilla ice cream. All they need."

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	magic_hands 2012-08-21 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	The look Martin gives him makes it clear who he suspects finished off the last box. It wouldn't have been the first time. But even he can't say no to jumbo ice cream sandwiches. "...Fine. But you have to promise to leave some sandwiches for me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-08-21 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Half the box for you, half the box for me. Sure." Look at Jack's reassuring smile. Once they're settled into the the living room with the dvd playing and the first round of sandwiches being unwrapped-- "So... about magic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-08-21 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	He knew it. Just knew it. This had all been too suspiciously nice. Sharing ice cream sandwiches? Since when did Jack share food? "Yeeees?" He had a suspicion of where this was going. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-08-21 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Jack needs all that food to live! He's not greedy. "Yeah... you're our only magical person on the team. What if something happens to you? There really should be a backup." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	charmedlife 2012-09-08 01:42 am UTC (link)
	Bea took Jack into an empty evidence room, shutting the door. "So. Anything more you have to say about waht happened?" she asked, getting out her communicator. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-09-08 01:54 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry I made Martin mad. Is he coming home?" Jack looks up uncertainly. For all his antics and flawed logic, Jack cares very deeply about the Thunderbolts. They're the only family he's ever been able to conceive of having. The possibility of Martin not coming home was... sickening. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-09-08 01:56 am UTC (link)
	"He's probably coming home. I want to hear again what your reasoning was." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

no_relation
2012-09-08 02:01 am UTC (link)

Jack stops to think about that. Why had it been so important to him? "I..."

A twinge of pain shows on his face, like it always does when he tries to analyze his actions. "I think.. I think I was trying to look cool. It's a really nice hat. I don't really wear clothing, remember." He changes from his civilian 'outfit' to his costume.

"It was... important to look cool, for some reason. Really important."

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	charmedlife 2012-09-08 02:03 am UTC (link)
	"And the reasons of cool overrode multiple direct requests to stop? Do you have any idea how dangerous that kind of strategy can be?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

no_relation
2012-09-08 02:09 am UTC (link)

"But I--" Jack starts to speak up, then stops again, as he can hear the words in his head before they come out his mouth.

--I'm the hero. Danger doesn't matter. I'm supposed to be the star. I'm supposed to have the attention on me.

And from the time he's spent with the Thunderbolts, living with them, fighting alongside them, even defending their home, where they had taken him in... he gets on some level that that's flawed, but on another level, refuting that same logic is as unnatural as asking a fish to fly.

"I didn't think it mattered."

He keeps his costume in place, although the colored spaces of his eyes do seem to droop.

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	charmedlife 2012-09-08 02:12 am UTC (link)
	"And I think your initial pretense was getting him to 'loosen up.' Well, Jack, I really want you to understand about dangerous and loosening up and that actions can have consequences for other people." She flicks a button on the communicator. "Kelly? Can you come meet us in Room # 8?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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Sorry Manny

magic_hands
2012-09-08 01:47 am UTC (link)

He's about to protest and find some excuse for not coming back, he really didn't want to see Jack, when Bea cuts that off by hanging up. Which he knew left him little choice but having to show up in HQ again.

Taking another minute to decide, he finally opts to put on a concealing spell first before teleporting into the HQ to look for Manny. This way if he ran into Jack he could avoid him and the conflicting desires to zap him or feel ashamed all over again about blowing up.

Martin quietly floats through HQ, invisible and unseen, looking for Manny.

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	Re: Sorry Manny soft_inside 2012-09-08 01:51 am UTC (link)
	And Manny sits in front of the couch. Sitting on the couch would have been a bad idea considering his weight. He just sat, looking around to see if he could catch any sign of Martin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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magic_hands
2012-09-08 01:56 am UTC (link)

Martin does find his teammate and floats beside him, still sitting on his concealed disc, and waits for a moment before taking off the spell. Instead of the usual woosh of blue flame that signifies his entrance, this one is much more understated. There's a slight shimmer in the air and all of a sudden he's just there.

He doesn't say anything and just waits for Manny to notice him as he sits on a disc right beside the friendly armadillo man.

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	Re: Sorry Manny soft_inside 2012-09-08 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Manny thought for a moment he caught a glimpse of light out of the corner of his eye. He quickly turns. "Hey, Martin!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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magic_hands
2012-09-08 02:09 am UTC (link)

"Hi Manny," comes the distinctly less cheerful greeting. He felt really bad about hitting Manny, and really the whole HQ, with the spell.

Looking down at his hands that were holding tightly onto his hat, he doesn't meet Manny's eye, too ashamed of himself to do so, and quietly starts his apology. "Sorry Manny. I'm sorry I..." More fidgeting as he tries to figure out how to put it.

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	Re: Sorry Manny soft_inside 2012-09-08 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"Hey," Manny says soothingly. "it's okay, hermanito. We all have our problems. I mean look at me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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magic_hands
2012-09-08 02:23 am UTC (link)

He doesn't look up. "But I...I shouldn't have done that. I was just mad and..and...it's not good to lose control of yourself like that. I shouldn't have stopped time like that and included you. Just Jack. I'm sorry."

The nervous fidgeting and the way his fingers occasionally spasm just show how badly this has affected him. He knew this was a sign that he really needed to fix something. But first was getting Manny's forgiveness. The older guy had been nothing but nice to him, and didn't deserve to be caught in the crossfire. On top of that, though he wouldn't verbally admit it unless asked, he felt a little kinship with the other person with hand issues here. It was so hard to explain to most people what it was like to not touch almost anything and to constantly worry about where you hands were. Maybe if he explained Manny would get the hat issue here.

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magic_hands, 2012-09-09 02:35 pm UTC

Thanks Bea

magic_hands
2012-09-10 01:16 am UTC (link)

Manny forgiving him had certainly improved his mood, but Martin knew he needed to apologize to Bea and thank her profusely for letting him stay on the team. He wasn't quite sure how to exactly convey just how thankful he was though but the sorry part he could do. The realization he imagined, must have been odd for her. One minute things are relatively normal, the next moment, time was Wrong.

Not bothering with a warning, this was Bea who knew everything after all, Martin does a telepathic probe to find where she was then appears in front of her, teleporting blue flames and all. Awkwardly shifting from foot to foot, he stares at his feet and fidgets with his hat. "Umm...I'm really sorry about what I did to the HQ and that I...didn't control myself." There's clearly more he wants to say but isn't sure how to.

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	Re: Thanks Bea charmedlife 2012-09-10 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Bea sighs and smiles. "It's okay, Martin. It's just something you need to work on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Thanks Bea

magic_hands
2012-09-10 01:49 am UTC (link)

More awkward shifting and fidgeting with his hat as he tries to just go through with it. He needed to show her just how thankful he was that she let him stay, and there was one obvious way most normal people did that. Except he didn't, and hadn't for years. Mostly because he was nervous what his powers might do to people, but really he knew that if he really tried he could.

And these were special circumstances.

Taking a large step towards her, much closer than the normal minimum of 1 metre he liked to keep between himself and others, Martin puts his hat back on and looks away as if trying to remember how this went. He slowly holds out his arms, which were unnaturally rigid now, and very slowly and carefully closes the distance between them. Awkwardly putting his arms around her with as little actual physical contact as he could manage, Martin hopes he got this somewhat right.

"...Thanks for letting me stay on the team Bea," comes the quiet and slightly nervous voice.

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	Re: Thanks Bea charmedlife 2012-09-10 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Aw, the poor guy. Bea hugs him gently. "You're welcome." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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