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Washington D.C. From outside, the two could hear Tony switching formats to brief Q&A, probably to keep people from crowding into the Capitol building, giving the other two time to work. "You, in the hat, go. ...Is Iron Fist single? I don't know, probably. Next question." In response to Danny's questioning, Moonstone looked up at him with wide eyes, gently placing one hand on his wrist. "Danny, if you want to know what our plans are, you should probably talk to someone who knows more about them than me." She motioned quickly with her eyes, directing him to look to Spider-Woman. Danny lost his roll by a lot, if you are wondering. North Carolina Mystique ducked into the back of the Stark Industries sedan sitting out front as Curtis and Anna wave from the porch. One of the two men held the door open for her, either out of politeness or concern for her arm. "Dr. McCoy is waiting for you back at Stark Tower. We'll be en route shortly." The driver said. "We should have you back in two hours, or on the roof, at least." The second added. The car started to shake a little as it lifted off the ground, which was apparently atypical based on the second the driver what was wrong with his steering today. Moments later, they'd sorted out whatever the problem was and were heading skyward towards New York City. Stark Tower You take that back, Cat. AC/DC rocks. "I don't want to have to do this again, Felicia," Peter said. "I know that we're friends, but honestly, I know a lot more about what Tony is doing with Extremis than whatever you were going to do with it. Do you realize how dangerous it would be if you'd actually succeeded? What's next, are you going to steal the Super-Soldier Serum so you can deal it on the street to anyone who comes by and thinks, 'gee, sure would be neat if I could crush a man's spine like a Pringles can!' or something?" "This isn't the only way you can apply your skills. You know, the first time I was asked to be an Avenger, I turned it down after finding out there was a stipend, because I was worried I'd have to cash checks that said 'memo: thanks for being Spider-Man.' When I told this to Hank, he laughed and told me I could have just made it out to 'cash.' There's other solutions out there rather than just stealing-for-hire. Why don't you work with SHIELD?" Before Felicia could answer, though, they heard the chime of the express elevator arriving on the penthouse floor. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 10:45 on May 14, 2013 |
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Hercules "Remind me to tell you some of my more colorful stories regarding Professors Worthington and Drake sometime, Sooraya." He gives her a conspiratorial smile as he warmly recalls his days with The Champions. As the elevator doors part, Hercules sees Spider-Man and his lovely companion, the Black Cat. "Ah! So are these some of our teammates! Well met, Spider-Man, and the courageous...I'm sorry, but I don't know you. I, of course, am the Mighty Hercules!" He extends a hand to her and waits for an introduction.
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Hercules The large man smiles, very pleased at the company he finds himself in by rejoining his erstwhile comrades, the Avengers. He takes her hand and kisses it with an old world charm all his own. "A pleasure to meet such a beautiful hero. Spider-Man, will you and your lovely friend join us in our libations? We were about to turn on the television to see what our gracious host is up to. Apparently he is making some fuss on the C-SPAN at this time." Without waiting for a response Hercules heads for the bar and begins lining up glasses to pour some of Tony Stark's finest wines and liqueurs, looking to the others for their drink requests, though wisely passing over Dust with his bartending.
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Jessica Drew 0 PP, d6 physical stress "You'd think that Dr Strange sees enough eldritch weirdness that he wouldn't feel the need to watch Earth television," Jess says, shrugging. "As for you..." She crouches next to Moonstone. "You know how it is, Karla, never let the left hand know what the right hand's doing, wheels within wheels, and so on. I can probably find out what you were up to with a bit of work - or you could just tell me and I'll see what I can do to make your stay with SHIELD a little bit easier. After that Raft breakout, super-prisons are getting even nastier." Going to spend my PP to turn Moonstone into a covert resource for next scene: Moonstone's Secrets d8, or something like that. Also claiming 3 XP for 'giving orders to SHIELD agents in the heat of battle' last scene. potatocubed fucked around with this message at 23:52 on May 14, 2013 |
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Jessica Drew "Well, it's a start," Jess says. She beckons over a nearby SHIELD agent. "I want you to tell this woman everything you know about this 'blow up the Mall' plot. How the mystery figure contacted you, how much you were getting paid, what you had for breakfast this morning - every detail. In the meantime, let me see if I can get you a cell with cushions." She pauses, remembering a note from Karla's file. "And none of your games. If I catch a hint of psychological distress all bets are off. There's--" She listens to her earpiece for a moment. "Uh, Danny? I'm getting reports of Magneto walking into or maybe attacking Stark Tower. We should grab Tony and... how quickly can we get from here to there, anyway? Can you get Strange on the phone and have him open a mystic gateway or something?"
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'Doctor Strange "Apologies, everyone. It seemed that communication has been a bit more cross purposed than I assumed. Yes, both Black Cat and Mystique are here as prospective members of the new Avengers." Strange is improvising rather impressively. Or is he? "We kept it under wraps for certain obvious reasons pertaining to their criminal pasts, but Tony, Hank and I believe that this team should be an opportunity for change. To be honest, it's apparently an Avengers tradition what with Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman...." Strange could keep listing ex-cons who were also ex-avengers, but his phone goes off. That's Danny's ringtone. "One moment." Danny's text is skimmed, and Strange begins laboriously pecking out a response. "False....Alarm....No need....to rusj. drat tiny keyboard. Rush. And send." He puts the phone away sheepishly. "Iron Fist is surprised as everyone else. Now, first order of business, what to do about 'Magneto'?"
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Jessica Drew The roof access door opens to disgorge Tony, Jess and Danny into the ever-filling penthouse. "...miles better than the Fantasticar," Jess is saying. "I mean, that's like going at the speed of sound in an orange crate-- oh. That's a lot of super-people. Are we all here for Magneto?" Accelerating us all into one place. Vroom. And my knowledge of Marvel canon, timelines, who's dead when, etc. is very vague. Best to assume any mistakes I make are IC mistakes as well, because I figure it must be at least as confusing in-universe.
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Ikzayal in the Penthouse At Last! Eternals don't do sheepish very well, but Alana managed a fair approximation as she walked past the receptionist into the express elevator. She took her time following the signs as a sudden knot of anxiety filled her gut. And then there it was: the doors to the penthouse of Stark Tower. Behind it, who knows? Tony Stark, sure, probably. The SHIELD agents mentioned the X-Men professor, Hank McCoy, so he'd probably be there, too. Oh, and the blue lady that got thrown out of a plane. The knot grew bigger. This is dumb and I'm dumb for being nervous, she thought (nervously) to herself. I'm not even from this planet, really, so who cares. I'm just here to explain what happened. She summoned her courage and opened the doors. "Ahem, hello---" she began, just as the roof access door opened and in came Stark with a high profile friend. Also Jessica Drew.
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Black Cat XP: 2; Affiliation: Team d6; PP: 0; Stress: d6 Emotional; Black Cat was about to take offense to being called a villain alongside the likes of Purple Man, when Beast's stern pronouncement hit her in the panic center of the stomach. "Standards? What standards? What did I just get myself into?" Before she could voice any of her concerns (or inquire about the stipend and benefits package) four more guests entered the party. "Looks like we're going to have to break open a second case of Amontillado. Welcome to the party, Mesdames et Messieurs." She said with a grand gesture of courtesy. "If nothing else," she thought "This might be good for a laugh." (I apparently also gained an XP for meeting Spider-Man, earlier. Huzzah!)
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As Iron Man entered the penthouse, his armor disassembled itself off his body, floating itself off to storage while Tony looked at the scene before him with confusion. "Hey, so, when I left, I'm pretty sure there were two people here," he said cautiously. "Would anyone like to explain to me what happened in the interim?" He stopped to sigh and point at the TV, "You know what? Never mind. I'll have WHITNEY explain it to my brain while I'm asleep. We have more important things to talk about. Avengers stuff. I promised the public that we'd announce our membership in like two days, and that we'd have a new chairperson. I also promised some adolescent girl that Iron Fist would take her to Prom but that's neither here nor there." Tony clapped his hands together as if getting ready to work, by swinging his whole arms at full extension. "So, Avengers business. Back in the old days we used to just vote for Chairperson and be done with it, excepting that time we had it on rotation and Steve, Thor and I took turns switching every hour, but back then I used to know who was on the team. So I guess we should resolve this first. So, am I entertaining guests, or is this a Prospective Avengers Assemble situation?"
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Doctor Strange "A tricky question. Obviously Mystique is here on suggestion of Doctor McCoy, and Black Cat is here on invitation as well. Hercules has expressed copious interest, of course. But miss Qadir is merely visiting Hank." Doctor Strange eyes the newest arrival that didn't show up in a personal flying car. "And I'm not familiar with the woman at the door."
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Immortal Iron Fist "Honestly? I thought he was dead. But walking straight into Stark Tower and declaring himself makes about as much sense as anything else I guess." Stepping in behind Agent Drew, he turns and raises his brows in surprise at the foyer full of costumed people. "Hey Hank, Stephen, and yeah that's a lot of spandex, except for you big guy. Danny Rand, Immortal Iron Fist." Offering a hand towards the nearest person (in this case the Spectacular Hercules), he catches up with the rest of the conversation mentally and suddenly. "Wait, who am I taking to Prom?"
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"Don't worry about it, Danny. I gave her your number, you two will figure it out." Tony tipped his head sideways, looking at the blue girl by the elevator. "I'm sorry, I seem to know everyone except you. I was expecting Magneto, or at least a Magneto-related explanation."
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Hercules Hercules shakes Iron Fist's hand with vigor. "Well met, Danny Rand. I, of course, am Hercules." He then turns to Tony and smiles wide. "A pleasure to see our illustrious host, of course. Tony - I must compliment your taste!" He gestures towards the bottles lined up on the bar. In the time he's been in the penthouse Hercules has finished the port he started on and has since sampled a few of the finer wines and liqueurs. The big man then strikes another of his wide array of heroic poses. "But to business, the good Doctor is correct - I do plan to petition for membership once again in your ranks. I am most disappointed in having missed the opportunity to provide Doctor Doom with a well deserved beating and I do not plan to miss such a grand battle again." He gestures towards Mystique. "Tell me, might we find the real Magneto and deliver glorious vengeance upon him? He is a fugitive in the first place - even if he didn't really declare war on us, we certainly have ample cause to bring him to justice!"
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Ikzayal Momentarily overwhelmed, Alana lets Stark's implicit request to identify herself go unanswered for a long moment. "Sorry, I'm Ikzayal," she blurted out. "I mean, I don't have a superhero name, or supervillain for that matter. That's just my name, which I promise is perfectly normal on my home planet. Moon. Not planet." She almost slapped her forehead at how cheesy her intro was going. Then again, surely it was understandable reaction to walking into a room with so many former heroes, including the former--- "Wait, did I just walk into a new Avengers start-up? Maybe I should come back later. I was only here because the SHIELD folks downstairs wanted me to talk about flight 616, but she"---Alana pointed at Mystique---"was there for most of it anyway, so really I'd just be filling in blanks. No Magneto involvement that I know, just a dumb guy in a Ren Fair outfit and some weirdoes waving the Daily Bugle at everyone." She trailed off, feeling decidedly out of place. Also her costume suddenly didn't seem so cool. Though at least I'm not rocking a cape, she thought, stealing an oblique glance at Doctor Strange. There's vintage and then there's... capes.
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