barbiebird (barbiebird) wrote,
@ 2012-09-15 14:08:00

Sample Post for Xian
Her dad had thrown a fit when he'd heard what she was doing. All kinds of stuff about human rights violations, pollution and a few things that had stopped making sense after a point. She'd pointed out if everyone refused to work with them, there wasn't a lot of incentive for thsoe problems to be fixed. Anyway, she was having this meeting.

So there's a sickly-looking young American superheroine waiting for her appointment with the person the embassy wanted her to meet.

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	august_heir 2012-09-15 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	Xian arrived promptly. He may not have been completely happy with this arrangement, but he would be professional. "Miss Queen, yes?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-15 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes. Hi. You must be Mr. Fang. Good to meet you." She extended a hand to shake, smiling sheepishly. "I got everything the embassy and Thunder sent us, and it makes sense that if we're going to operate internationally, best to have more than 2 and a half countries represented. So what do you need to know?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-15 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	He's familiar with the American gesture and returns the handshake. He nods at her statement. "First of all, I would like to apologize for the awkwardness this situation likely brings to your team." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-15 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Appreciated, but we'll all manage. As long as it's clear that the Chinese government made a recommendation, it was accepted, and that doesn't mean they get to run our operation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-15 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	"They understand that. However, you understand why they have done this. An international team consisting mostly of Americans..it made my government to say the least nervous," Xian explained. "However I intend to prove that my appointment is not purely political. I am good at what I do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-15 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	"We get it, and I'm sure you will. Do you need the rundown on the rest of the gang?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-15 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"I admit I am not entirely aware of your team's makeup." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

barbiebird
2012-09-15 05:17 pm UTC (link)

"Well, we've got two size-changers, Lizzy's going by Micromax and Din... well, I'm not sure if he's going by the Atom or if the Crown Prince of New Morlaidh needs a nom d'affairs at all. Two workers of the emotion spectrum, Dex and Pippi. Dex is from the planet Krona and Pippi is, figuratively speaking, off in a world of her own. Cian is Jack O'Lantern and Petra does Ice stuff. I'm going by Nightingale."

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	august_heir 2012-09-15 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	"New Morlaidh?" Xian asks. "I've never heard of it. And did you say 'planet'? There is an extraterrestial here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-15 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	"New Morlaidh doesn't have UN recognition yet. It's in South America. I might be wrong but I think Din's dad was their first contact with -- well, civilization implies they didn't have any of their own, but outsiders. And yes, Dex isn't from Earth." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-15 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, makes a mental note about that. "I see. Was there anything you needed to know from me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-15 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I'll admit I was a little confused from the information I got. You've got the same powers as your dad... but you're adopted? How'd you manage that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

august_heir
2012-09-15 05:42 pm UTC (link)

"Not quite the same," Xian explains. He concentrates and his skin suddenly shifts and changes into his armored form. It still stung a little, but not nearly as bad as it used to. "My father couldn't control it. He is always metal."

"I volunteered for an experiment my government was operating to find a way to give my father's powers to someone else, but at the same time control them so they weren't permanently metal. It was a success."

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	barbiebird 2012-09-15 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Very impressive. Congratulations." A pause, and a little smile. "So, your Mom can touch you now, then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-15 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you," Xian said, shifting back to human form. Her question surprised him, causing him to smile shyly. "Um..yes. She wasn't happy about government secrecy of the project, but being able to touch me cooled her anger considerably." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-15 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Silver lining. Awesome." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-15 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Agreed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-16 01:11 am UTC (link)
	"Anything else we need to keep in mind?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-16 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Xian nods, lifting and placing his energy staff on the table. "No one else uses this. It's tailored to my armored form. Anyone else uses it and they could break their arm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-16 01:22 am UTC (link)
	"Definitely noted." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-16 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"I believe we've covered the most relevant topics. I'm not high enough in the chain of command back home to give you government secrets so we really don't need to go over that," Xian informed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-16 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Understood. On our end... hmmm... Dex can be slightly abrasive, but doesn't really mean it. If Din seems suspicious, it's not because of you. New Morlaidh culture is inherently paranoid, and I think Din's half-sure Thunder's hiding something important and not telling us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:00 am UTC (link)
	"He's probably right," Xian replied with certainty. "It's in the nature of such organizations to know things the rest of us do not. It's a question of does it hurt us more not knowing, or knowing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-17 12:09 am UTC (link)
	"Valid point, I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Xian raised an eyebrow. "You are not used to answering to a governmental organization." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-17 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"Not really. I'm a Queen. Governments are for writing angry letters to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:17 am UTC (link)
	A light smirk. "So you consider yourselves members of the proletariat?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-17 12:18 am UTC (link)
	"As close to as a family of skajillionaires can be. It's the Queen paradox. We're the Schrodinger's cat of sociopoliticalness." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:21 am UTC (link)
	And amusement turns to confusion. "I'm sorry, but..what does that mean?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-17 12:23 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, sorry. Your English is great, and I didn't think about how made-up words and idioms might get confusing. Which part?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:29 am UTC (link)
	"It's all right, and thank you, my tutors were quite good." He thinks. "I am unsure of what..skaljilion means. And who is Schrodinger?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-17 12:34 am UTC (link)
	"Skajillion is a childish term for 'a number too high for me to know.' My family is very rich. Erwin Schrodinger was a physicist who used the story of a cat who was two opposite things at the same time to explain the flaws in an interpretation of physics. My joke was that being a Queen was just as paradoxical." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:36 am UTC (link)
	More thinking. "So..your family is rich, but you share a philosophy similar to the workers?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2012-09-17 12:37 am UTC (link)
	A half-nod "Our philosophy can be very worker-oriented at least. Workers, at least in America, often don't share a philosophy with each other half the time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	august_heir 2012-09-17 12:39 am UTC (link)
	"That is probably true enough among my own people. They're just quieter about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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