1st Flight [Video]
Jun. 17th, 2013 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tookthenameSeriously? Pokémon? I’m taken in my sleep to some alternate dimension and the big bad behind it can’t come up with anything more sinister than Pokémon?
[Carol isn’t pleased or impressed by your kidnapping of her, whoever you are. There is a Taillow currently flying around in the background of the shot. Carol’s ignoring that for now.]
I’m in a generous mood today, so here’s some tips to help you next time you try to capture someone and make them believe they’re part of a video game.
One: If you put in someone pretending to be my mom, make sure she at least looks like she could be my mother. [the video shifts over quickly to Mom, who is standing in the doorway whose cheerful offer of cookies is cut off by the video moving back to Carol.] Seriously? Did she have me when she was ten?
Two: The bird’s cute [As if on cue the Taillow lands on Carol’s shoulder and chirps happily] but you can’t sway me with cute animals that I assume will battle other cute animals on command.
And finally-[Carol’s face hardens. She brings the gear very close to her face as if to heighten the effect] taking my powers doesn’t cripple me. I will find you, and I will take you down. So I suggest you give me back my powers before I get any madder.
[Carol isn’t pleased or impressed by your kidnapping of her, whoever you are. There is a Taillow currently flying around in the background of the shot. Carol’s ignoring that for now.]
I’m in a generous mood today, so here’s some tips to help you next time you try to capture someone and make them believe they’re part of a video game.
One: If you put in someone pretending to be my mom, make sure she at least looks like she could be my mother. [the video shifts over quickly to Mom, who is standing in the doorway whose cheerful offer of cookies is cut off by the video moving back to Carol.] Seriously? Did she have me when she was ten?
Two: The bird’s cute [As if on cue the Taillow lands on Carol’s shoulder and chirps happily] but you can’t sway me with cute animals that I assume will battle other cute animals on command.
And finally-[Carol’s face hardens. She brings the gear very close to her face as if to heighten the effect] taking my powers doesn’t cripple me. I will find you, and I will take you down. So I suggest you give me back my powers before I get any madder.
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Date: 2013-06-20 12:46 pm (UTC)Her Taillow, recently dubbed Helen, sits happily on her shoulder as she walks]
Yeah, I've heard as much from the others. Sucks though. I think kicking someone's ass would do my stress levels good right now.
[Just because she didn't have her strength or any of her other enhanced abilities didn't mean she didn't know how to fight. She'd just have to get use to moving a bit slower again.]
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Date: 2013-06-23 12:52 pm (UTC)Heh, no kidding. I've been spoiling for a chance to kick the shit out of our kidnapper since I got here - me, and a whole lotta other people as well. We're probably gonna have to form a line once this bastard's cover is blown.
[... not that, you know, Yusuke has ever been good at waiting his turn. You know that one annoying classmate you had back in elementary school who was constantly getting in trouble for cutting ahead in line? Well, even if you don't, Yusuke was that sort of kid, and he would still be that sort of kid in the event that their culprit was revealed and a mass clamor to punch their lights out ensued. He might not have been stuck here as long as some people, but goddammit, you do not interrupt him while he's trying to save humanity (much less as he was heading in to have was undoubtedly going to be an awesome fight, which is clearly more important - some priorities you have, boyo).
Speaking of saving humanity, from the way Carol was talking in her broadcast, it seems to him that he's not the only Designated Defender of the Human Race participating in this conversation. He could be wrong, of course, but between her mentioning having powers and making references towards having prior experience with big bads, this chick definitely doesn't seem like she's just a civilian. Time to satisfy his curiosity and ask about it!]
So what are you, anyway? You don't sound like an ordinary human.
[Naturally, Yusuke doesn't sound accusing or judgmental when he makes that last observation - after all, he's not exactly an ordinary human himself.]
video; This is CR I didn't know I needed.
Date: 2013-06-23 02:24 pm (UTC)She smiles at the question. He's one of the first ones here to pick up on it despite he pretty much directly saying she wasn't normal.
Carol decides she likes this kid.]
I'm not. I was born human but an accident imprinted alien DNA onto mine. Now I'm technically half Kree, half human. What about you?
video; ikr? ass-kicking friends GO!
Date: 2013-06-26 04:09 am (UTC)Just a regular human here. I was normal, but uh, then I had a close encounter with somebody's bumper and got resurrected, and now I fight demons in my spare time.
[That's a little more information than he'd given... well, anyone here in Johto, and it's more or less the SparkNotes version of what actually transpired, but hey, since they're sharing their respective stories here and all...]
What kind of powers do you have? Like, are they energy-based, or...?
[See, this is one of the few things Yusuke actually likes about Johto: how often he meets people with abilities and fighting styles that he might not have ever encountered back home. The only bad part about it is the unlikelihood that he'd ever get to fight them himself while they're both at full power. Life is hard, Yusuke!]
omg these two either kicking ass together or kicking each other's ass.
Date: 2013-06-26 12:47 pm (UTC)[Sounds interesting, and Carol wouldn't be opposed to hearing the rest of the story. Maybe they could swap origins sometime]
Superhuman abilities, flight, and energy absorption and projection. Unfortunately all of it seems to have been lost in translation.
video; or both!! fighting evil by moonlight~ punching the crap out of each other by daylight~
Date: 2013-06-28 02:55 am (UTC)[... says he, in a manner that's more cheeky than it is arrogant. Of course, Yusuke does take a certain amount of smart-alecky pride in, y'know, surprising the hell out of everyone who ever thought they knew fuck-all about him by dying for a little kid and then accidentally not staying dead afterwards, but that's, uh, more of a given than it is anything he necessarily feels the need to impose on Carol at this point. Never fear, though! Yusuke can always find ways to be a cocky little shit. Musn't let anyone get the impression that he's modest, after all...]
Flight, huh? I knew a guy that could fly. Knew a bunch of other guys who flew after I hit 'em, too. I gotta say it kinda sucks not being able to knock anyone five feet away anymore.
[... aaand there you go, case in point! Gotta assert how SUPER TOUGH he is whenever possible, you know? Oh, to be young and full of testosterone. Anyway...]
What's, uh, "energy projection"? You shoot lasers, or something?
[BECAUSE IF YOU DO, CAROL, YOU AND HIM ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIST BUMP WHENEVER YOU GUYS SEE EACH OTHER IN PERSON. Of course, he wouldn't necessarily call what he does "shooting lasers", but, y'know, any similarities in the "shooting" part of the equation alone would necessitate some kudos from his end.]
video; We can have both.
Date: 2013-06-28 01:08 pm (UTC)[Carol thinks for a moment. It's going to suck not having her super-abilities any more. Already she could feel her decreased reaction time and that was annoying enough. Not being able to move large, heavy objects like 18-wheelers was going to be even worse. The only thing she can do is hope that there isn't some disaster. Normally she would be a go-to for clearing debris; it would drive her crazy not being able to help like she did.]
I guess I could focus it into a laser. It tends to be more of a blunt force thing rather than a precision shot, but it's heat energy like a laser would be, so I guess you could call it that.
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Date: 2013-07-02 08:11 pm (UTC)Nice. I usually focus my energy into projectiles. Mine's, uh, spirit-based, though, not heat-based. I guess you could say it's more like life energy than anything else.
I prefer using hand-to-hand combat when dealin' with bad guys, at any rate. Nothing better'n a good old-fashioned beatdown to make 'em regret screwing with humanity on my watch!
[YOU TELL 'EM, YUSUKE. Of course, it's at this point that he finally realizes that he doesn't even know who it is he's speaking to, so without further ado, he asks her:]
Hey, what's your name, by the way? Mine's Yusuke.
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Date: 2013-07-02 08:17 pm (UTC)Hand-to-hand is what I was trained in before I got my powers. Blasting baddies is satisfying enough, but I agree with you that nothing beats a nice ass-kicking.
[This coming from the woman who single-handedly saved New York City from an alien invasion]
I'm Carol. Carol Danvers. Nice to meet you, Yuusuke. [She likes you already, you little punk.]
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Date: 2013-07-05 02:43 am (UTC)Oh yeah? What were you, then, a boxer or something?
[It's a fair question, he thinks. She certainly looks fit enough to be a boxer or some other kind of professional fighter.
Anyway... "Carol", huh? She must be American. (Everyone knows that all white blonde ladies with English names are American!) Yusuke nods.]
Likewise. So, uh, is that your starter there?
[He indicates the Taillow on her shoulder with a small inclination of his head.]
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Date: 2013-07-05 03:06 am (UTC)[Well, you guessed right, Yuusuke. She's about as American as you can get without being either completely obnoxious or Captain America.]
Yeah, the 'gear thing said she's a Taillow I think. I guess I should name her...