Esteban Richter (badforbusiness) wrote,
@ 2011-08-01 02:02:00

Welcome. Survive. I know the drill.
Esteban was not taking a cab all the way there. These prices were insane, and he'd spent too much getting this far. And occasionally on junk food, which tasted different in America. From the train station, he took a bus to the closest stop and walked the rest of the way to the gates. He rang the bell and waited

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	badforbusiness 2011-08-01 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"He's my uncle," Esteban corrected technically, "but he did the dad job. It's related. Electro-magnetic field bursts. What about you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-08-01 05:51 am UTC (link)

"Uncle, dad, they're practically the same thing," Misha said, smoothing over his bad memory for such things. He could probably be forgiven his slip when he had all the aunts and uncles a kid could take growing up.

"I got the healing factor with muscle memory. Close to Dad's, but it's got a twist that makes life interesting. Makes training extra special. With your uncles, I can see you won't be in the beginner classes with me. You'll go right to the advanced ones."

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	badforbusiness 2011-08-01 05:59 am UTC (link)
	Esteban nodded at the obvious honest mistake, then looked impressed. "Yeah, but I'd still love a workout with you sometime, man. Chinga, you've got to be versatile." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-01 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"I do my best," Misha said modestly. "I take on any and all challenges. Loser buys the pizza." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-01 06:20 am UTC (link)
	"I'll keep that in mind. I'm a knife guy myself, but I'm not going to make a crutch out of them." He surveys the big, stately house as they come up to go in it. It's huge. "Manage to scare many people off with just how big the place is?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-08-01 06:27 am UTC (link)

"Some, from off the streets. The rest are related in one way or another." Misha tried to see it through his eyes but it just wouldn't seem like anything other than home. Even knowing how many levels there were underground, and the tunnels, and the caverns beneath the property. It was still the only real home he had.

"Think of it this way - if it was any smaller, we'd be blowing it up from the inside instead of from the outside. I think the professor is part Morman and is making plans for everyone to come back when Armageddon arrives."

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	badforbusiness 2011-08-01 06:33 am UTC (link)
	Esteban laughed. "Hey, there's worse plans out there." A deep breath. "Still. There's the danger room. And baseball. Guess I can't whine too much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-01 06:34 am UTC (link)
	"You didn't want to come here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-01 06:41 am UTC (link)
	"Not so much the not wanting to come as the not wanting to leave Guadalajara. I have a difference of opinion with Mom and Uncle Julio and Uncle Star as to whether this was the best time for me to be leaving town. But in the end, they get to call the shots." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-01 06:49 am UTC (link)
	"No matter how old we get, they still pull that on us," Misha commiserated. "In the meantime, plenty to do. We have a couple of teams other than the adult ones. We stay active and try to help out where we can." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-01 06:51 am UTC (link)
	"Good to know," he says earnestly. "Thanks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-01 06:57 am UTC (link)
	"All part of the friendly service." Misha climbed the steps to the front door. "I'm getting so good at this greeting gig that I'm putting it on my resume. Right after Ladies' Man and before Beer Taster. You need anything or have any questions, just let me know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"Way worse things to have on a business card. However, I do have one question." He grinned. "I like baseball, but without enough time for television, I don't know enough about the New York Baseball scene the way I do the fut -- 'soccer' scene in Guadalajara. I assume the whole Mets-Yankees thing is kind of like the Goats-Atlas thing back home...." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-03 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know about the Goats-Atlas thing, but here the Mets rule and the Yankees drool. Which I have remind my sister of when she waves her Stark box in my season ticket's face." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 03:44 am UTC (link)
	Esteban laughs. "And that gives me exactly the impression I was looking for, thanks. And you have my sympathies. A Goats fan could easily go mad dealing with an Atlas fan's skewed view of the universe, but I've never had to deal with one in the immediate family." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-03 03:48 am UTC (link)
	Misha laughed with him. It was an easy subject to laugh about. His love of baseball and his family. Both hot topics he refused to let get to him. "Well, as immediate as it gets with her four hours away. I try and pull rank, but she ignores me. The season tickets keep coming, though. Every year for the last sixteen years." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 03:53 am UTC (link)
	"That's great, man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-03 04:05 am UTC (link)
	"I think both teams' public relations departments are trying to figure out how to cash in on it. If you're up for a game sometime, I'm always willing to convert another fan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 04:12 am UTC (link)
	"I'd like to take you up on that, thanks. It'll be good to see more of New York...I've never really been away from home without my uncles before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-03 04:44 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe they'll make a trip up to the institute to visit. Dad likes to teach the students, but he loves a golden oldies match in the Danger Room." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 04:51 am UTC (link)
	He grins. "They'd like that. Well, Uncle Star would like that. Uncle Julio might hide behind the couch saying "No, no, I lived past 25; that means I don't have to do this anymore." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-03 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Misha /laughed/ at that. He paused inside the front hall and leaned against a table. "He wouldn't be the first to say it, either. I've heard a lot about Shatterstar, though. Dad has a lot of respect for him as a fighter. I've gone through some old training videos to learn his method." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 05:07 am UTC (link)
	"Great. I bet as techniques go, it's a lot prettier with a healing factor, come to think of it." Esteban sheepishly displayed the back of his left hand, criss-crossed with scars. "Not that I'm whining about aesthetics. Chicks dig it. I presume. At some point." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-08-03 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't know. I don't scar for more than a couple of weeks for near death fights. Dad warned me against trying that trick of stabbing through me to get to the bad guy behind. If I have to do it, he'd rather I shoot instead. Honestly, I'd rather not do either. A healing factor is cool, but you heal too fast for a painkiller to work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-08-03 05:32 am UTC (link)
	Esteban winced. "Ooh, yeah, that's gotta suck. And I love him, but no sane person does that trick. Worries Uncle Julio sick. Uncle Star's a huge fan of your dad's, though, which you probably know." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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