peterverse | shaker, meet stranger

mrglam posting in

Sadde is home; it's a Friday evening, his shift is over, and there's no school. He's reading a book, lying on his bed in his small-but-tidy apartment.

He is also quite naked, because it's his place and why not?

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From:

msglam

She giggles, and plants a peck on his lips. "You're adorable."

From:

first_and_final

"Thank you. Well, someone has to save the world, you see, and no one else has managed it yet."

From:

msglam

"I'm glad we're of a mind. Of course, previously the mind I was of was that I would be that someone."

From:

first_and_final

"I see no reason we can't share. We're certainly not the only ones trying. The more the merrier, right?"

From:

msglam

Giggle. "Right! And my power grows with time, too, eventually I'm gonna be able to punt lizard butt."

From:

first_and_final

"Does it? Which parts? How does it all work, anyway? Powers on Earth are so interestingly unique."

From:

msglam

"The kind of stuff I can conjure. It becomes more complex and powerful and versatile the more I use it." And the more people know I can do, she does not say. "And no one knows how it works, really, some humans have this part in the brain called a 'corona pollentia' and those who do can get powers."

From:

first_and_final

"Is there a reason you're not going around conjuring things literally all of the time, then?"

From:

msglam

"Just conjuring won't cut it," she explains. That's true. "I need to use the stuff I conjure," partially true, "and most people aren't very amenable to being target practice for my giant lasers."

Edited Date: 2016-03-05 06:30 pm (UTC)

From:

first_and_final

"Seems to me what you really need is a weapons testing partner," says Ashras. "I'd be happy to serve."

From:

msglam

"Well but I don't want to kill you!"

From:

first_and_final

"...Sorry, did something get lost in translation? I don't mean for you to shoot at me. I mean for us to shoot at things together. Combine our resources to find times and places where we can most conveniently get together and blast the shit out of things."

From:

msglam

"Ooh! Yes. I like that idea. That is a good idea. Shooting things with a cute boy."

From:

first_and_final

Giggle.

From:

msglam

"So, anyway, you got a better place in mind than mine for me to show you the costume?"

From:

first_and_final

"No. Your place seems fine."

From:

msglam

"Alright. Now that you've seen the pretty parts of Brockton Bay, I hope mine won't look too bad in comparison. I'd hate to ruin your image of me so soon."

From:

first_and_final

"I have seen it before."

From:

msglam

"Yes, but before you were comparing it to your cities in Aluvanna, now you're comparing it to the PHQ. If the differences in outfit are anything to go by, I'm pretty sure the architecture wasn't comparable."

From:

first_and_final

"Frankly, your place and the PHQ both look pretty pathetic compared to what I remember from the really good Aluvai cities. I'm sure Earth must have some brilliant architecture tucked away somewhere, but I've yet to meet any in person."

From:

msglam

"That somehow makes me feel better."

From:

first_and_final

He laughs.

"Maybe my standards are just too different because I'm used to a paradigm where nearly all of the most important people can fly and half of them are used to zero gravity."