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bionicstaringmachine) wrote2024-03-02 10:55 pm
bionicstaringmachine) wrote2024-03-02 10:55 pm
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[ That's the simplest way to explain his vibranium arm without getting too far into it. If they actually meet in person, maybe he'll give up more of the tale then or maybe she won't care. So far it's just nice to talk to someone where it feels kind of normal in spite of the both of them being not all that normal themselves. ]
Sounds like something I've read in a book. You've gotta be shitting me about the dragon, unless these woods are far enough out of the way people haven't noticed it yet.
You don't sound like an ugly, scary princess.
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In the meantime: ] That's weird. I like it.
[ Hey, normal is boring! ]
Okay, fine. He's actually a giant snake, and he doesn't breathe fire, but he likes to pretend he does because that scares humans. His venom is more lethal than fire though. Thor's afraid of him because there's some prophecy that he's going to kill him someday.
[ Has she mentioned that the giant snake is also her brother? Not the one who gave her the phone, but another one. And their eldest is a horse. ]
I look like a scary, ugly princess. But I'll wear a disguise when we go out, so I don't make it weird.
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[ It's easier to say that, than the self deprecating thing about how she might not like it so much if she saw it in person. Sometimes people thought it was cool, other times not. He'll let her reserve her final judgment when ( if? ) they actually meet face to face. ]
Good thing I'm not scared of snakes.
Is the snake part of what's keeping you in the woods?
[ This was a jailbreak after all, so he wonders if that is just part of the measures to keep her from venturing out or if it was just something that was living in the woods. ]
Doubt you'd make it weird. Most people are paying attention to what's going on in their own world to notice other people that are around 'em anyway.
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[ There's a long pause. Just those dots. Typing... ]
I'm human shaped, but I don't look like you. I'm marked by death. And humans hate ugly things.
[ She's never really admitted that to anyone. Even to herself, she'd always chalked it up to her parents not permitting her to leave because her presence might anger Odin. But deep down, this is the reason why she's never left the woods. She's not sure she can take being rejected by the world. ]
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I've noticed not a lot has changed in the past several decades that people can be assholes sometimes, but I dunno, some of 'em surprise you from time to time.
And some can have a little bit of "ugly" that they hide from everyone else too.
[ A beat, a pause, since he doesn't really know what "marked by death" means but he knows what can get people looking: ]
If I keep my vibranium arm uncovered they'll pay more attention to that than they would you.
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I mean, you don't have to, I have magic and I can hide my face. But that's really kind of you.
[ Maybe he's lying? There's no way for her to tell. This texting thing is so limited. But if he is, truly, Captain America's best friend, then he must at least be a decent human. He certainly sounds like one. ]
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[ When what he used to do relied heavily on him being quick, efficient, gone as unnoticed as possible - blending in isn't difficult for him but he also knows the ways to bring attention to himself all the same. Someone expressing gratitude to him is still different, even if he isn't as dazed by it as he was before. While she's unaware of it, he nods a little because he doesn't want to call attention to it and instead decides to make it sound like she has options now. ]
Now you can decide if you wanna use your magic or not.
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[ What? He'd just so casually said that people recognize him enough that he can shield her from unwanted attention.
Which he's continuously being so kind about. Now she really wants to meet him. ]
Okay. What else will we need? Aside from knives. Snacks?
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[ People who spent a lot of time looking at that display in the Smithsonian or pay attention to history, mostly but heβs not trying to get into all that right now. ]
What kind of snacks do you like?
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Just a funny man with a funny arm then.
Chocolate and berries. Mostly berries, it's easy to get a lot of that around here. But there must be all kinds of snacks out there.
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[ He doesn't really need the answer, she's still talking to him and that means she's not put off by him yet. He can see if meeting her in person does the trick on that or not. ]
Those aren't bad choices. I guess it depends on the chocolate, since there's a lot out there. Meat, cheese and chips are easy to get for snacks.
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[ She's thinking that too, so they're even? ]
Even human meat?
[ SHE'S JOKING she doesn't eat human meat but okay she can mess with him a little, she can't help it. ]
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[ He's squinting at his phone again, fairly certain she isn't being serious but they did just meet. ]
You're shitting me, right?
I don't think the place down the street from me has long pig.
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Okay, I'm shitting you. I mean, if I was really planning to kill and eat you I wouldn't tell you, that's just dumb. And rude.
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But Iβm gonna wonder if your dog starts sniffing at me like heβs ready to eat me.
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I try not to be rude. But I will fight back if anyone tries anything funny.
Make sure you don't smell like steak then!
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[ He knows a lot about that, between going in and resolving some of Steve's fights ( and seeing him after he'd gotten a decent throttling ) and just generally finding it hard to put his guard down in most cases because he was ready for a fight. ]
Guess I won't shower with some steak before I meet him.
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Okay my brother says our coordinates are 66.3937Β° N, 22.5727Β° W. [ Otherwise known to Midgardians as the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve in Iceland, second in a list of most remote places on the planet. ] Is that anywhere near the Smithsonian?
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You're on a whole other continent. This jail break's gotten a little more difficult. We'll need more snacks.
[ And it's not so much appropriating - no, borrowing - a vehicle to get to her and now it involves more plane travel. Unless: ]
Do you know how to make portals?
[ He knows her dad and uncle are gods ( or something like that ) and the sorcerers can travel through portals ( having done it himself ) so it's worth an ask, just in case. ]
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[ At the risk of alerting her family to her departure. But what's life without a little danger? ]
Can you pick a place that's close enough to you and tell me all about it? I need to be able to picture it clearly in my mind. [ Or, you know, send her a picture. Sorry, she's new at texting. ]
google image search coming in clutch
[ Alright, it's more like three or four minutes in between that first text and what would come next, because he figures a public spot outside of his apartment is a better meeting spot than anything.
A picture follows, because it's probably better than anything he might be able to muster up with words to describe it. He doesn't know how these portals work and if giving her bad info might land her somewhere else entirely. ]
That clear enough to picture in your mind? I don't take a lot of pictures.
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When do we leave? What do I need to pack?
[ She's never been on a roadtrip before. How exciting! ]
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[ He's not rushing her, just like he didn't want to give her a shoddy description of somewhere for her to picture and it land her somewhere she didn't mean to go, he also figures it isn't something that ought to be rushed? Well, guessing is more accurate. He knows fuck all about magic beyond what he's read in the fiction books he reads ( and he hopes it's fiction anyway, but with the world the way that it is, it's possible it's not ) and the little bit he's been exposed to in his own life. So, not much hands on knowledge and more making a guess on what seems reasonable when it comes to magic. ]
Clothes, stuff that'll keep you occupied if you get bored of me. Sometimes I don't talk a whole lot, but I'm good at listening.
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[ She knows she really shouldn't rush these things, but she can't help being excited. Somehow, the thought of going out into the world with someone who isn't her family or one of the many inhabitants of the woods (with the exception of Garmr) is something she finds herself looking forward to. There's so much danger and uncertainty. Who knows what will happen? Anything can happen. ]
Lots of books then. I can read them out loud and you don't have to talk. [ She likes stories! ]
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[ Meaning, he hopes that it doesn't and that she ends up making it through her tries in one piece. She has people who care about her, so he wouldn't want her getting hurt on account of him or anything. Not when there's no real time table on any of this. Smithsonian's not going anywhere, after all. ]
Hey, I'll talk. I just don't always know what to say. What kind of books do you have?
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