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Claire Bennet ([personal profile] regenerated) wrote2011-02-19 05:02 pm

how to stop an exploding man.

The papers read November 7th, 2006. The much anticipated New York congressional elections were underway as people all around the city were filing in lines, some staring with a bit of curiosity or trepidation at the new booths provided by one Daniel Linderman, a big name throughout the whole of New York, but one who came with his share of shadiness as well. Not every household trusted him, the most wary sticking in their apartments, offices, and classrooms, absentee ballots clutched in their hands, but the turnout was decent on the whole, the only event which seemed to set that day apart from most others in that gray city, skyscrapers stretching all the way up into the clouds above.

But, unknown to the general populace, there were a group of individuals scattered around the whole of the city, some whose faces were plastered on posters at every turn, others making it onto national television, and still more trying their best to avoid any detection altogether. And those individuals were special, the pinnacle of human evolution, some believed. Destined to do something great.

A hospice nurse.

A taxi driver.

A watchmaker.

A girl next door.

An office worker.

A policeman.

A socialite.

A soon-to-be Congressman for the 14th District.

A manager at a paper factory.

A cheerleader.

Heroes and villains.

This was their story.
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Re: kirby plaza

[personal profile] arrowette 2011-02-21 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
She really ought to get used to the whole sudden transition of worlds thing, Cissie thought as she looked around in shock. One moment, she'd been on the beach, not doing her homework and now she was here. Wherever that was.

She caught sight of a familiar looking face and ran towards her, hoping that this was Claire and she'd know who she was. If she didn't... well. She just had to hope for the best and panic later.

"Claire? Is that you?"
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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-02-22 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Claire knew her. That was good. Cissie let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding and stopped just in front of her. "Are you okay? Did you just get here too? I was just minding my own business and then boom - here I was and I don't think we can blame the Slag for this. At least, I hope not."

Belatedly, she realized that Claire probably had no idea what she was talking about but it was a little late now. They were here, wherever this was, and they had to make the best of it. "Sorry. Long story."
arrowette: (PB: Normal girl (really))

[personal profile] arrowette 2011-02-22 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Great," Cissie breathed, takinga moment to look around properly now that the first wave of panic had gone. They were in Claire's world, apparently, which cleared some things up at least. No aliens were involved in bringing them here unless there was something Claire wasn't telling her.

"They're a group of aliens who like to go around challenging worlds to a game of baseball. If they win, they take over. I only got involved with them because when Young Justice needed an additional member on the team, they thought of me. Apparently I rank over Superman or Wonder Woman." She paused and shrugged wryly. "Yeah, I don't even know."
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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-02-26 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Cissie looked around anxiously as if she could see the danger, forgetting for a moment that this wasn't her world and she was retired. The smart thing to do was to find the police or someone who could actually handle it. It's what a normal person would do.

"What? How? Who?" Cissie lowered her voice to match Claire's. "What can we do?"

She had never been normal to begin with and she wasn't going to start now.
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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-02-28 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
For a moment, Cissie wished Tim was here. He would know what the best thing to do was and how to get everything done. But he wasn't here, it was just her and Claire and they had to make do somehow.

She bit her lip, not liking the idea of running away but it made sense. She didn't know what was going on, but Claire did. It would be stupid to discuss things here and out in the open if the enemy was around. "Okay. We hide. And then you tell me what's going on because I'm not letting you do this alone. I've... I have some experience with this kind of thing."
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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-03-03 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Cissie nodded unhappily, stepping aside to let Claire lead the way. She had to admit that she would feel better with a bow in her hand, even if she wasn't sure that she could trust her emotions in the heat of battle if it came to that. The point was that it'd be a source of comfort that she could desperately use right now.

"I don't know if I should be glad or sad you know what it's like." She wondered if Claire was a metahuman or someone like her or Tim. It didn't matter either way - she had a feeling it would take more than the two of them to stop this thing.
arrowette: (PB: Anxious)

[personal profile] arrowette 2011-03-06 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in," Cissie muttered, doing a bit of looking around herself. It wasn't as if she knew who or what to look for, but old habits die hard and all of that. She didn't see anything unusual at the moment, but that meant nothing.

"Okay," she said once they were relatively safe. "What's going on?"

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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-03-07 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Holy crap!" Cissie blurted out then covered her mouth as if that could somehow make up for her unfortunate outburst. This was pretty high up on the scale of Bad Things but there wasn't any reason to sit down and give up. He'd been beaten before, Claire had said, so there was no reason to think it couldn't be done again.

"So we need to find your uncle then," she said, much more quietly then before. "Is he here? And what about this bad guy? Do we know what all powers he has?"

It was beyond frightening to be thinking like this when it wasn't really her fight and she had nothing to throw at other than herself but the thought of hiding somewhere and doing nothing was even worse. In her own world it'd be different - there were plenty of superheros and/or teams who could jump on this and shut this guy down. She wasn't there, though, she was here and it was just her and Claire. It was wrong to sit this out.
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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-03-10 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Cissie nodded slowly, wrapping her arms around herself as if that could protect her somehow. If her dad could help, then they definitely needed to find him. The more she heard about this guy, the more she was realizing that just the two of them wasn't going to be anywhere enough.

"What do you want me to do? Stay here and kind of keep an eye on the fort, so to speak? Or do you think that would be too obvious?"
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[personal profile] arrowette 2011-03-12 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Stay here and call you if anything happens. Got it." Cissie took a deep breath and tried for an encouraging smile. Sure, this would be much easier if they had communicators and whatnot, but it was stupid to moan about the things they didn't have. It wasn't as if this was the first time she'd done reconnaissance before - just the first time as a civilian, more or less.

"Hey. Don't worry about me. You go and get your dad and when you guys get back, I'll be here."

Re: kirby plaza

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-02-21 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Excuse me?" Coraline said following someone around the plaza. Coraline sighed when she was ignored. She didn't know where she was, it was loud and smelly and it felt like a city but it wasn't her home and the accents she could hear weren't like hers. "Where am I?"

Coraline wanted to cry, she wanted to go home to the island but she didn't cry. Coraline was strong and brave.

"Excuse me, where- Claire!" Coraline yelled happily as she recognised the familiar blonde.

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-02-22 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know, I don't even know where here is. It smells," Coraline said making a face. After three years of living on a tropical island with little to no pollution wherever they were really, really Smelled. Coraline had loved big cities when she was a kid but she hadn't been to one in three years and it was a little disconcerting.

Coraline looked around, trying to figure out where they were exactly but she wasn't sure if she wanted to ask a grown up. Asking grown ups usually led to Police. But Coraline could ask Claire, Coraline could trust Claire.

"Where are we?" Coraline asked curiously. "Are we home? This doesn't look like home, I think we're in America. Everyone sounds funny."

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-02-22 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"New York?" Coraline asked curiously. Coraline's eyes widened and her mouth opened before she smiled brightly. Coraline had always wanted to go to New York. Coraline had always wanted to go everywhere. "We're really in New York? Can you see the Statue of Liberty from here?"

Coraline bounced on her toes, taking Claire's hand as she strained to see above the buildings. They were too tall though but Coraline still tried. Coraline's excited face fell though when Claire mentioned they'd come back.

"But we can't be back, I don't want to be back. I mean, New York is nice I'm sure... broadway Claire and all the museums..." Coraline trailed off before snapping out of it. "But I want to be on the island. Bill will really worry."

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-02-25 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"The tick tock man?" Coraline asked because when she thought about Claire's nightmare and the long stretching corridors it was the tick-tock man that truly scared her. The terrible anticipation, the dread and the fear and that ticking. The constant ticking. "He's- he's here?"

Coraline bit her lip before stamping her closed fist into her hand. Coraline was brave and Claire was a superhero, they could take on one little tick-tock man. One terribly scary tick tock man. "We'll be okay Claire. I'll make sure we're safe even if it means we have to run away. I'll protect you."

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-02-26 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Coraline looked around. She wondered if the type of magic from her world worked here. She didn't know much about Claire's world except she was a superhero and had really cool powers. Apart from that she wasn't sure what anyone else could do or what the tick tock man would do if he found them. Probably not anything good.

"I don't know what I can do but what I know I won't do is leave you here. I've defeated a scarier villain than a tick-tock man." Coraline said. She didn't say that she was scared to be alone in a place that wasn't her home. She had no money, no passport, no friends here except Claire. And even if she had those things, Coraline wasn't the type of girl to leave her friends behind. "I'll be okay Claire, we'll be okay but I don't think we should stay here if you say it's not safe. We should go somewhere safe."

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-02-27 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"What's he after? What if we get to it first? And we hide it or destroy it or make it so he can't use it," Coraline said. Coraline wasn't the type of girl to run and hide. She would do it if it meant keeping Claire or her friends safe or if it gave them an advantage but Coraline usually tackled problems head on. It didn't matter if she had super powers or not, she wasn't leaving her friends alone to face monsters whilst she hid.

Coraline looked at Claire and folded her arms across her chest. Coraline wasn't going anywhere and Claire had to get used to that.

"We'll find your dad together, with everyone and then he can tell us what to do. And then if we need to hide, we'll hide together." Coraline said before taking Claire's hand and squeezing it.

[identity profile] curiously-cora.livejournal.com 2011-03-07 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Coraline stared at Claire this was worse than the fog, this was worse than everything in that nightmare and the thought that the Other Mother could use her and would use her. The tick-tock man wanted Claire and everyone like her.

"I don't want to leave you," Coraline said. She wouldn't admit to being scared, she was brave but she didn't want to be alone. She was somewhere new and that was exciting but terrifying too. She wanted her dad, she wanted Adam. "And I'm not a hero, heroes save people Claire. All I've ever done is take people to the next place after they're dead and I don't want to do that again. And I don't want to be alone."
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[personal profile] noonelaughed 2011-02-26 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, this is just fuckin' weird.

One second, Chris was sure he'd been asleep, back in his hut, half tangled in a blanket, and the next he's waking up in an alley somewhere. Chris has had nights where he's gotten so fucked that he doesn't remember heading home, but he's always made it there. And besides, this isn't the island anymore. It's not even Bristol. Chris doesn't think there's a level of fucked that even exists for something like this.

He's only in a tee shirt and his pants when he walks out into a crowd of people. This is beyond fuckin' weird.