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tanithryudo) wrote2004-01-18 01:44 pm
tanithryudo) wrote2004-01-18 01:44 pm
YvtW: 2 posts - rough draft
The following scenes take place nearly concurrently...
(Update on 1/22/04)
(Update on 1/19/04 1:37 pm)
Scene 1:
Setting: MU (Earth-612, NYC (Rune's group)
Central park was quiet that day. It was the sort of quiet that usually follows in the cathartic aftermath of one of those classic superhero "misunderstandings" or superhero-supervillain face-off's that was standard fare to NYC. Already, the experienced city cleanup crews and safety inspectors had already finished their jobs, and the park was beginning to fill with the more jaded of New Yorkers.
It was there that Rune found the members of the Andromeda who were using the stopover to the MU to take a break and get some shopping done. (One might not think that visiting a city with one of the highest superheroes/villains/etc-per-square-foot in the omniverse would be considered "taking a break"; but then, most long-time members of the Andromeda tended to have tastes in that regard that were not "normal" to begin with.)
Rune approached the group with her usual cheery aplomb, her bodyguard and the detective following her. Kasumi returned the same cheerful greeting, though there was nothing oblivious about her manners. Separation from Nerima's insanity, as well as marriage and motherhood, had apparently done wonders for the eldest Tendo daughter.
Her husband stood just behind her, holding the handles for the double stroller that he had made for their daughter and little Christine. Most people would probably think that a jet-propulsion-capable, ergonomic, self-sustaining double stroller with two internal power generators, an advanced threat-detection AI, three sets of continously running sensors covering 360 degrees and at least a one mile radius, five layers of automatic defenses, an internal two-way transmission link, several hidden status transmitters, two neuro-controlled holoemitters, and who knows whatever else - looking like some monstrous amalgamation of Lego blocks and stardrive spares... well, to be a tad bit overkill. But that was just Mac for you.
The two toddlers in question, perhaps were a bit too young to appreciate (or be horrified by) the contraption they were place in. It was a credit to Kasumi's influence that little Victoria obediently greeted the approaching trio with "Konnichiha, Rune-chan! Meta-san! Tantei-san!" and Christine with a "Hi Rune and... whoever." It was to the credit of the typically short attention span of one and two-year-olds that they promptly ignored the new "adults" in favor of whatever interesting thing had captured their attention.
The "interesting thing" in question, at the moment, was none other than an aged Bilbo Baggins. While the loss of the One Ring had aged Bilbo quickly, the resources of the Andromeda had restored at least his mental acuity. True to his light-hearted and un-Hobbit-like adventurous spirit, Bilbo seemed to be having the time of his life entertaining the children with mock-Gollum-impressions while sitting in the middle of 21st century NYC.
The last person in the group, however, did not seem to be enjoying the experience as Master Bilbo was. Rune tried not to giggle at the sight of Boromir under an innundation of shopping bags - all of them Kasumi's, most likely. It seemed that some things just did not change with one's time and place of origin. On a closer looked though, Rune noticed that Boromir seemed more scruffy than just being harried by feminine whims would indicate. Were those claw-tears and... oh dear, hints of dried blood? And was that a bruise hidden behind the curtain of hair that hid his left cheek?
"What happened?" Rune asked, eyes still fixed on the captain of Gondor. "Was there a fight?" She could have found the answer to that herself via her clairsentience, of course. But she tried not to zone off into an vacant-eyed trance too much in the company of others - most people thought of her as airheaded enough, not to mention what such a habit would do to her social skills. She wasn't too worried about things, though. Boromir obviously didn't look like he was about to keel over any moment, so it couldn't have been a major incident.
"There was a... misunderstanding..." came a voice behind her.
The voice belonged to the Hank McCoy that was a member of the Andromeda - one not native to the world they were on. The man with him was their PADT guide to the area.
"A misunderstanding?" Well, that explained a lot, but now Rune was curious.
"Yes, apparently there was a small altercation with Mr. Grimm in front of the Baxtor building..."
"I thought it was a mountain troll," Boromir muttered. "It broke my sword."
"Ahem. Yes. Unfortunately the commotion attracted some undue attention from a previously ongoing fight between Spider-man and Dr. Octopus..."
Boromir grumbled something under his breath that might have sounded like 'unnatural beasts of Mirkwood.'
"That was when MacGyver-san stopped the fight," finished Hank.
"Mac?" Rune inquired. That seemed unlikely.
"Ah, no. Mrs. MacGyver," Hank emphasised.
"Kasumi-san?!" Rune stared. That seemed even more unlikely.
"She took a few years off my life when she stepped in there," Mac spoke up, looking rueful and proud at once, "but I think this is probably the first case in the history of superhero activity that the fight was stopped by a niceness-aura and motherly scolding."
Kasumi blushed. "They really shouldn't play so roughly in the open like that. It sets a bad example for the children."
Rune couldn't help but giggle. Bilbo looked up from where he was playing with the children.
"Never underestimate a mother's protection of her cubs," the old hobbit said. "You were brilliant, Lady Kasumi! Such new things I've seen on this adventure! Why, I might write another book entirely just for you and these darling children! Master Elrohir has promised to help finish my old story anyway..."
"You look as if you're enjoying yourself, master hobbit," Rune noted.
"Why of course I am!" crowed Bilbo. "This is a simply *grand* adventure. Such marvelous places I have never seen... the place that Lady Kasumi took us to earlier was full of merchants selling the most *wondrous* things!"
"We went to the lower east side shopping district," Mac clarified.
"It's unnatural," Boromir was still muttering softly, "...unnatural tall buildings that loom without falling, evil things hawked by greedy men, beasts and monsters roam the streets..."
Rune sweatdropped, but ignored the muttering. "Well, if you've all finished--oh!"
She was interrupted when an obvious viking-looking man suddenly ran up to the group with a message for her. She glanced through it quickly and handed it to Bigby Wolf. She turned and looked at Boromir apologetically before facing the rest of the group.
"Ah, it seems I need to return to Asgard for a moment. I'll be right back."
With that, she, Meta, and Bigby followed the messenger away.
Footnotes:
Tantei = Detective (Japanese)
Scene 2:
Setting: OMGU, Urd's place
Perhaps a few hours had passed for the new arrivals to the OMGU when Urd and Elladan returned, with more than just their missing companions in tow. The portal that brought them in nearly literally dumped the large gaggle of people into the room, in mid-conversation, at that. A sudden babble of overlapping voices and threads of conversation suddenly filled the room.
"What--oof. What's the big hurry?"
"Ow. You're on my foot! Gerroff!"
"A few minutes more and I'd've been able to catch up with Rune--"
"I--I'm not alone anymore...!"
"Among other things, it seems..."
"Trust me on this. Staying there isn't a good idea."
"Brother! Are you implying--"
"They do make a nice couple..."
"You've had more than a month to track us down, I don't see how a few minutes more--"
"Now, now, it's not nice to tease new couples--"
"WHAT!?"
"URD!!"
"MONTHS?! Much as I missed you, brother, it's only been a few hours--"
"Whoops."
"Speak for yourself, brother, when you and Lady Urd--"
"Urd no baka! You forgot to set the time synchronization, didn't you?"
"Now wait just--"
"Oh my. Urd, I had no idea you and he..."
"Time synch--Oh *that* explains so much..."
"What?! Waitamin, Bell! That--we weren't--"
"Ack! Watch the hammer Skuld!"
"YOU LITTLE--!!"
"Skuld! Urd! Stop that!"
"I think that's our cue to back away..."
A sharp whistle interrupted the mangle of bodies and the confusing chatter. Everyone turned to look at the three mostly neglected (well, one actually, since the separated FBH clone had eagerly rejoined the other two upon arrival) people in the room.
"Nice to see you back," CBY said sarcastically, "now could you clue the rest of us in to what the heck you're all babbling about?"
There was a silence as everyone looked at one another (or glared at, in the case of Skuld and Urd). When they responded, it was in three overlapping voices.
"Not really."
"It's a long story."
"Can we change the subject now?"
(Update on 1/22/04)
(Update on 1/19/04 1:37 pm)
Scene 1:
Setting: MU (Earth-612, NYC (Rune's group)
Central park was quiet that day. It was the sort of quiet that usually follows in the cathartic aftermath of one of those classic superhero "misunderstandings" or superhero-supervillain face-off's that was standard fare to NYC. Already, the experienced city cleanup crews and safety inspectors had already finished their jobs, and the park was beginning to fill with the more jaded of New Yorkers.
It was there that Rune found the members of the Andromeda who were using the stopover to the MU to take a break and get some shopping done. (One might not think that visiting a city with one of the highest superheroes/villains/etc-per-square-foot in the omniverse would be considered "taking a break"; but then, most long-time members of the Andromeda tended to have tastes in that regard that were not "normal" to begin with.)
Rune approached the group with her usual cheery aplomb, her bodyguard and the detective following her. Kasumi returned the same cheerful greeting, though there was nothing oblivious about her manners. Separation from Nerima's insanity, as well as marriage and motherhood, had apparently done wonders for the eldest Tendo daughter.
Her husband stood just behind her, holding the handles for the double stroller that he had made for their daughter and little Christine. Most people would probably think that a jet-propulsion-capable, ergonomic, self-sustaining double stroller with two internal power generators, an advanced threat-detection AI, three sets of continously running sensors covering 360 degrees and at least a one mile radius, five layers of automatic defenses, an internal two-way transmission link, several hidden status transmitters, two neuro-controlled holoemitters, and who knows whatever else - looking like some monstrous amalgamation of Lego blocks and stardrive spares... well, to be a tad bit overkill. But that was just Mac for you.
The two toddlers in question, perhaps were a bit too young to appreciate (or be horrified by) the contraption they were place in. It was a credit to Kasumi's influence that little Victoria obediently greeted the approaching trio with "Konnichiha, Rune-chan! Meta-san! Tantei-san!" and Christine with a "Hi Rune and... whoever." It was to the credit of the typically short attention span of one and two-year-olds that they promptly ignored the new "adults" in favor of whatever interesting thing had captured their attention.
The "interesting thing" in question, at the moment, was none other than an aged Bilbo Baggins. While the loss of the One Ring had aged Bilbo quickly, the resources of the Andromeda had restored at least his mental acuity. True to his light-hearted and un-Hobbit-like adventurous spirit, Bilbo seemed to be having the time of his life entertaining the children with mock-Gollum-impressions while sitting in the middle of 21st century NYC.
The last person in the group, however, did not seem to be enjoying the experience as Master Bilbo was. Rune tried not to giggle at the sight of Boromir under an innundation of shopping bags - all of them Kasumi's, most likely. It seemed that some things just did not change with one's time and place of origin. On a closer looked though, Rune noticed that Boromir seemed more scruffy than just being harried by feminine whims would indicate. Were those claw-tears and... oh dear, hints of dried blood? And was that a bruise hidden behind the curtain of hair that hid his left cheek?
"What happened?" Rune asked, eyes still fixed on the captain of Gondor. "Was there a fight?" She could have found the answer to that herself via her clairsentience, of course. But she tried not to zone off into an vacant-eyed trance too much in the company of others - most people thought of her as airheaded enough, not to mention what such a habit would do to her social skills. She wasn't too worried about things, though. Boromir obviously didn't look like he was about to keel over any moment, so it couldn't have been a major incident.
"There was a... misunderstanding..." came a voice behind her.
The voice belonged to the Hank McCoy that was a member of the Andromeda - one not native to the world they were on. The man with him was their PADT guide to the area.
"A misunderstanding?" Well, that explained a lot, but now Rune was curious.
"Yes, apparently there was a small altercation with Mr. Grimm in front of the Baxtor building..."
"I thought it was a mountain troll," Boromir muttered. "It broke my sword."
"Ahem. Yes. Unfortunately the commotion attracted some undue attention from a previously ongoing fight between Spider-man and Dr. Octopus..."
Boromir grumbled something under his breath that might have sounded like 'unnatural beasts of Mirkwood.'
"That was when MacGyver-san stopped the fight," finished Hank.
"Mac?" Rune inquired. That seemed unlikely.
"Ah, no. Mrs. MacGyver," Hank emphasised.
"Kasumi-san?!" Rune stared. That seemed even more unlikely.
"She took a few years off my life when she stepped in there," Mac spoke up, looking rueful and proud at once, "but I think this is probably the first case in the history of superhero activity that the fight was stopped by a niceness-aura and motherly scolding."
Kasumi blushed. "They really shouldn't play so roughly in the open like that. It sets a bad example for the children."
Rune couldn't help but giggle. Bilbo looked up from where he was playing with the children.
"Never underestimate a mother's protection of her cubs," the old hobbit said. "You were brilliant, Lady Kasumi! Such new things I've seen on this adventure! Why, I might write another book entirely just for you and these darling children! Master Elrohir has promised to help finish my old story anyway..."
"You look as if you're enjoying yourself, master hobbit," Rune noted.
"Why of course I am!" crowed Bilbo. "This is a simply *grand* adventure. Such marvelous places I have never seen... the place that Lady Kasumi took us to earlier was full of merchants selling the most *wondrous* things!"
"We went to the lower east side shopping district," Mac clarified.
"It's unnatural," Boromir was still muttering softly, "...unnatural tall buildings that loom without falling, evil things hawked by greedy men, beasts and monsters roam the streets..."
Rune sweatdropped, but ignored the muttering. "Well, if you've all finished--oh!"
She was interrupted when an obvious viking-looking man suddenly ran up to the group with a message for her. She glanced through it quickly and handed it to Bigby Wolf. She turned and looked at Boromir apologetically before facing the rest of the group.
"Ah, it seems I need to return to Asgard for a moment. I'll be right back."
With that, she, Meta, and Bigby followed the messenger away.
Footnotes:
Tantei = Detective (Japanese)
Scene 2:
Setting: OMGU, Urd's place
Perhaps a few hours had passed for the new arrivals to the OMGU when Urd and Elladan returned, with more than just their missing companions in tow. The portal that brought them in nearly literally dumped the large gaggle of people into the room, in mid-conversation, at that. A sudden babble of overlapping voices and threads of conversation suddenly filled the room.
"What--oof. What's the big hurry?"
"Ow. You're on my foot! Gerroff!"
"A few minutes more and I'd've been able to catch up with Rune--"
"I--I'm not alone anymore...!"
"Among other things, it seems..."
"Trust me on this. Staying there isn't a good idea."
"Brother! Are you implying--"
"They do make a nice couple..."
"You've had more than a month to track us down, I don't see how a few minutes more--"
"Now, now, it's not nice to tease new couples--"
"WHAT!?"
"URD!!"
"MONTHS?! Much as I missed you, brother, it's only been a few hours--"
"Whoops."
"Speak for yourself, brother, when you and Lady Urd--"
"Urd no baka! You forgot to set the time synchronization, didn't you?"
"Now wait just--"
"Oh my. Urd, I had no idea you and he..."
"Time synch--Oh *that* explains so much..."
"What?! Waitamin, Bell! That--we weren't--"
"Ack! Watch the hammer Skuld!"
"YOU LITTLE--!!"
"Skuld! Urd! Stop that!"
"I think that's our cue to back away..."
A sharp whistle interrupted the mangle of bodies and the confusing chatter. Everyone turned to look at the three mostly neglected (well, one actually, since the separated FBH clone had eagerly rejoined the other two upon arrival) people in the room.
"Nice to see you back," CBY said sarcastically, "now could you clue the rest of us in to what the heck you're all babbling about?"
There was a silence as everyone looked at one another (or glared at, in the case of Skuld and Urd). When they responded, it was in three overlapping voices.
"Not really."
"It's a long story."
"Can we change the subject now?"