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eachdraidh2015-02-02 09:25 pm
fulminants) wrote in eachdraidh2015-02-02 09:25 pm
1. {video :: both courts}
[ The face that comes onscreen after a few obvious jostles might be one you're familiar with (if you are, sorry, he's probably not the one you're looking for). Johnny's half-concerned, half-amused with the general state of things and it shows in the way he's looking into the locket, clearing his throat. ]
Ever wonder how this feels like some weird State of the Union address? Except with a lot less people. Or maybe it's like making a YouTube video. Here I am, talking to you guys, and I can't even see your faces. [ He shrugs. ] Oh, well -- anyway.
What's up, strangers of Drabwurld? I have three questions: [ Holds up one finger. ] one, why is it called Drabwurld? Did its founders hate being here, or does Brightworld just not have the same ring to it? Ha, there's your thought of the day.
[ Two fingers. ] Two: Anyone seen a big orange walking rockpile lately? Grumpy, looks like he lost a bet with a mudslide? Failing that, how about a guy who can stretch to grossly disproportionate levels, or a girl who can turn invisible? If found, let me know; they can be pretty ornery, and reach dangerous levels of boring when put together for too long.
Three, and I can't believe this didn't come first. It's a very important question, so I'm gonna need all of you to be honest with me, whoever you are.
[ He leans closer to the screen, loses the smile and gets serious. This is crucial. ]
Which side's got the hotter babes? The Seelie, or the Unseelie?
Ever wonder how this feels like some weird State of the Union address? Except with a lot less people. Or maybe it's like making a YouTube video. Here I am, talking to you guys, and I can't even see your faces. [ He shrugs. ] Oh, well -- anyway.
What's up, strangers of Drabwurld? I have three questions: [ Holds up one finger. ] one, why is it called Drabwurld? Did its founders hate being here, or does Brightworld just not have the same ring to it? Ha, there's your thought of the day.
[ Two fingers. ] Two: Anyone seen a big orange walking rockpile lately? Grumpy, looks like he lost a bet with a mudslide? Failing that, how about a guy who can stretch to grossly disproportionate levels, or a girl who can turn invisible? If found, let me know; they can be pretty ornery, and reach dangerous levels of boring when put together for too long.
Three, and I can't believe this didn't come first. It's a very important question, so I'm gonna need all of you to be honest with me, whoever you are.
[ He leans closer to the screen, loses the smile and gets serious. This is crucial. ]
Which side's got the hotter babes? The Seelie, or the Unseelie?
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Watching him go from flame to human is interesting and Erik leans back. He's sitting on the ground, back against the wall, locket hovering in front of him as he plays with the coin; he's showing off his control and he loves it, loves to show the kind of power he has. He isn't just the man that can lift a submarine; he can draw out the most minor of metals, more and more as he goes along.
He can't help the pleased little lift up of his lips, the coin hovering now. ] Iron in the blood. Metal in the blood.
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Johnny was enjoying the show right until the whole blood thing, Erik, why do you gotta ruin a good thing with something so morbid and weird? He makes a face, because what? ] ...You mean you can manipulate the iron in the blood?
[ ARE YOU GOING TO DEMONSTRATE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE. ]
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Erik can't demonstrate because he has nothing to use save himself and his finer control isn't strong enough - he only realised he could do it thanks to the power the moon had given him not so many weeks before. He hadn't done it since, hadn't had a reason or a chance, and he keeps that tidbit to himself. ]
I can. Not as well as I can move my coin, but enough.
[ You're safe, Johnny. ]
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[ Evidently, Johnny can appreciate powers in whatever form as long as they're not actively trying to kill him -- or anyone, really. He eyes the coin curiously, distracted. ]
Is that coin from here?
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[ Awesome, of course, not gross. Erik flexes his fingers and lets the coin move forward; it looks like an average American quarter. ]
A replica. I was practising recreating things I'm familiar with.
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You made this?
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[ He manipulated the metal, twisted it to what he remembered. That was far too easy. ]
Don't tell me this is what surprises you.
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[ He says without thinking. Then, realizing that he doesn't actually know who he's talking to -- ] What's your name?
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[ No one ever said he was modest, after all. ]
Erik Lehnsherr.
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Johnny Storm. Let me guess, not-Seelie?
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[ Erik can't help leaning back, the way his smile spreads over his face. ]
Not that I live in Caer Scima.
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Huh? So where are you at?
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