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where..? open starter: maggie rogers open to marvel muses/verses or modern too

Everything sounds muffled. Like she's both far away and too close all at once. Why is that? And why was everything so dark? It all felt so strange... Where was she?

But then she hears it clearly again... Someone was calling to her. No they were holding her, firmly but gently by the shoulder. She can feel it more clearly now. And with it comes the pain. The splitting pain that hit across her scalp.

Slowly the dark goes as she cracks open her eyes. A figure coming into focus slowly above her. "Eugh... Where-- where am I? What- what happened?"

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The whirlwind that was Charlie Hargreeves had that effect on people. Despite her job as a private investigator, she was no people person.

"Didn't think it through is that it?" The red head is a bundle of rage, a firm scowl across her face. Her words are venomous. But she is less really angry at him and more her escaped lead. Charlie had a way of directing her frustrations directly at anyone around her. Tonight that seemed to be Orion.

Damn it. What was she gonna do? He slipped away so fast and if she ran after him now she might not even catch him. And well she didn't need another speeding ticket to pay off this month. Or worse getting a lecture from her sister when she needed bailing out of jail again. "Can you now? Like you just did?" Charlie huffs but maybe she can't turn down the offer. "Fine, what do you have on the guy? Cause I really need to track him down, hopefully this time without him getting away."

Charlie would take anything at this point. She needed answers before more bodies started piling up. "He's a suspect... In a serial murder case. I'm a P.I, one of the victims' families hired me to track down the killer." She pulled out her business card. Hargreeves Investigations. She hoped her name didn't ring a bell. She didn't fancy reliving her family superheroing days. They were long behind her. Charlie chased justice in a different way these days.

Blinking a few times in rapid succession, his mind was trying to wrap around what just happened because really... what just happened?

"Wasn't tryin' to be a knight in shining armour, I just didn't-" Stopping mid sentence as the very unexpected, literal head of hair was thrown at him just as his fingers slackened, letting the man he was being admonished over free- admonished for stopping something that Orion wouldn't let start in the first place and it confused the hell outta him.

Not having been fast enough to catch the now apparent wig, he simply kept looking at the woman with curiosity bubbling up within his chest, and he knew he looked as confused as he felt. "Alright, y'gonna clue me in on what that even means? Because if it's him you're wantin' more information on, I think I can still help ya." After all, it was his bar they were standing outside of. Well, his bar in a sense, but all that mattered was that he could pull up the camera. Hope the asshole was a regular and just ask Jake, the bartender, about him. "You're gonna have to tell me what the hell's goin' on though, Red." Orion pointed out, a smile trying to curve his lips up at one end, even as he fought it.

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If anything Maggie could potentially relate to that. Since landing on a brand new Earth, she'd had to learn to take those leaps again. She was alone. And that was terrifying. But maybe she had an advantage that she still had different versions of people she once trusted her life with. It helped that they weren't so different from those she knew.

"Alright. In the meantime I'll see what help I can get together." It might be tricky. She hadn't fully cemented her place with the Avengers here yet. But she did have Steve. He'd given her a home here. She knew he'd help her if she asked. Looking in awe, she can't help but stare as Elva takes off. Sometimes she was a little jealous of being able to glide through the air like that...

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Maggie hadn't exactly come with backup but Steve had helped her. So she arrived fully kitted out. Supersuit, shield of her own, spy equipment and all. She didn't really ask where he'd gotten it all from but she was grateful. Swinging the duffle bag over her shoulder, she heads up to the agreed rooftop.

"I got the time right didn't I? It was 8 wasn't it?" It seemed Blixt had been here a while... She wasn't running late was she? Shrugging she places down the heavy bag filled with surveillance equipment. "I got us the good stuff to fully stake the place out. Binoculars, infrared scanners, microphones and bugging equipment. You name it we've probably got it. Seems being a Rogers still pays off in this world."

And that leap was terrifying for her. Too often had she been burned by that leap, and the thought left her feeling exposed and wanting to claw off her skin. Strange how she had slowly learned to open up in her civilian life, but it was still too much in her hero life.

"Yeah... I hope so. I'll be in touch soon." She takes a few steps back before launching herself into the air, riding the electrical current to the roof tops and— a little wobbly— takes off, never much higher than the skyline.

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It's some days later that she's waiting for Maggie in the agreed spot, only slightly hidden. Mainly to keep away from prying eyes rather than to hide or surprise Maggie. Blixt had even gotten here early, which was rare for her.

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Looking up from her food, Maggie offers a nod. Sometimes it's easy for her to forget that the history she's familiar with is very different from the history on this Earth.

"Still I'm sorry. I think sometimes these things just slip my mind. So much on this Earth is similar to my own Earth but so so different. Steve filled me in on what he could."

Of course he'd told her about what happened to Bucky. If anything it hadn't frightened her, more broken her heart. She would never want him to feel she would hold that past against him.

Never.

His expression softens, and his mouth twitches into a gentle smile.

"Hey, it's alright. You didn't suggest it, no harm or foul. Not everyone thinks about that, it's just something I do."

And despite what the general public knows about what happened to Bucky, they're more worried about what murders he's possibly done now, than what's happened to him.

Understandable.

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Shield raised just in case, Maggie steadily followed after Amity.

"I'll hold you to that." She chuckled as she quickly and quietly made their way down the corridor. If this went smoothly she'd be shocked.

But as she approaches the door it seems luck is in their favour. Almost. Amity already at the door, the Starling is only steps away when a number of henchmen approach the other end of the corridor. Spotting the retreating pair, they raise their guns and open fire.

With swiftness, Maggie raises her shield covering both of them from the cascade of bullets. "So much for not getting shot at. Get the door open and keep going I'm right behind you!"

As she was instructed to go on ahead, Amity quickly side-stepped around the taller blonde.

❝If we can make it out of this without getting shot at, dinner's on me.❞ Then she was hurrying down the long corridor, doing her best to keep her footfalls as quiet as possible while still picking up the pace.

When she reached the exit, she stopped, waiting for Maggie to catch up before she made to open the door. She didn't want to make any unnecessary noise while her friend was still retreating.

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// Sorry for being quieter than I planned, been busy and had some family things come up. Bare with me, will get to things when I can over the weekend before I'm back at work on Monday //

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@tidalwaveophidian // cont.

All Rey can do is stare at the carnage she'd left behind. She couldn't quite make up her mind whether this was all lingering inside her because of Franklin, or whether she always had those killer instincts. Truthfully she didn't know. Rey had little to no knowledge of her life before him. Only her name. That was all she had from that lost life.

She's not sure if she should be relieved or worried that Santiago seems unfazed but all the death around them. Although it wasn't like Rey had a real grip on what was a normal reaction. People tended to be be afraid of her. Not Santiago though.

Seeing the note she nods. "Okay." Her voice is still feeble but she can't leave a trace that she was even here. Perhaps they could stage it to look like the men fought and killed each other. Leave no trace of her or Santiago. That ability to cover her tracks hadn't fully left her.

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The stubbornness was certainly there for sure.

"I tried to let the teachers handle it, but things have just been getting worse for this girl. It wasn't like I planned to get into a fight, I just tried to stop it and then they started throwing punches at me. So I defended myself." Maggie sighed, she knew her father was right. One slip up and that was it - a massive target on her and her family's backs. She'd heard the same speech so many times growing up. "I know that! I do!" Crap she didn't mean to raise her voice but the frustration is there.

"I've heard the same speech since I was four. To make sure I hide my powers. I can't let anyone know who I am. If I do then I put all of us in danger. Believe me I know that, Dad. It's the last thing I want to do." Her family meant everything to her. The last thing Maggie wanted to do was put them in danger. But sometimes she couldn't lie, the secrecy of it weighed on her at times.

"You're right. I know I can't use my powers and I'm sorry I messed up. I have to figure out a life that doesn't involve me well... Being me." She almost sounds sad at that last part. And perhaps she was. She wasn't like everyone else and that was well... Lonely.

She was so much like her grandparents.

"That's good that you wanted to defend her and I'm glad you held back." He began. "Next time just let an adult handle it. Tell a teacher or someone else and let them know its happening. This time you didn't reveal anything, this time caught on....but next time could be different, if this happens again. You make one mistake and people could get hurt. The person you fight could get hurt. It could even be dangerous for you and the people we love. If someone were to figure out who your family is, it could put us all in danger."

He felt like a hypocrite telling her this. He was less than inconspicuous when he was a teen first dealing with his abilities. He had very little control when signs of his abilities began. He literally broke the classroom door off it's hinge while trying to simply open it once. From what he could tell she was far more in control of her powers. Yet he still worried about her.

"Helping others is important. I love that you want to stand up for those who need it. Just try to do it in a way that doesn't involve your powers."

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The barbarian perhaps didn't really think through what she was asking. This situation was complex and new and kind of scary. But she was simplistic in her approach. Every problem had to have a solution right? And she was nothing is not optimistic that they could figure this out together. Besides she figured Shadowheart might have better insight than she would.

The world was still very new to Ilidaria. She lived her little in her own little bubble. Nothing could have ever prepared her for this.

"Okay a stronger cleric." She nodded. That made sense to her. Surely someone had to have some idea of how to help them.

"The house of grief? Sounds kind of creepy." Although instead of seeming scared, she sounds more intrigued - like it might be their next big adventure. But that was the last idea not the first... "Okay let's find some people we can talk to. Maybe they might know of another Cleric around here and we can ask if they can help." The question was where to start? Were there any villages or camps nearby?

That was a far more complex question than it needed to be. She tried to dredge up an answer from the depths of her mind, but she sighed. She still held little memory of her past before her mission.... Mother Superior was expecting her back. However, with her current affliction, she was sure she'd be put to death. While normally, the idea of walking into Shar's Embrace should have been enticing, something about it made her skin prickle. It felt.....wrong.

She quickly brushed away the growing doubt and conflicting emotions in her chest. Now wasn't the time. In fact, never facing those thoughts seemed optimal.

"I think our best bet is to search out a far stronger Cleric than myself," she replied, emerald hues moving back to IIidaria.

"If we can't though, there is one more place I can think of, but I think it should be counted as a last resort. The House of Grief, in Baldur's Gate."

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MEME CALL

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MEME CALL

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If Maggie was truthful, she had grown to be pretty confident in knowing who she was. But this whole situation, ending up in a universe having to start over again. Well it had left uncertain once more.

"They certainly don't. Seems rare you get many original movies these days." A pause as her face falls. An instant look of regret on her face at her choice of words. "Right of course not... Sorry I didn't mean to-"

She falls quiet again, awkwardly picking at her food.

Bucky mostly knows where he is, who he is, in this part of life. But-- there are always situations that try his every conviction. Those are the hardest.

"They never seem to run out of ideas for that one." He grimaces a little at the last thought-- "Maybe nothing experiment-y?"

It's still kind of. Raw. After 100 years.

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Maggie chuckled. "Okay okay. Just didn't want to hog all the supplies for myself. Sharing is caring right?" A small nod.

Waiting in anticipation, Maggie tried to get herself into a comfortable position she could hold steady. It wasn't her first time, but she still couldn't help but let a few nerves settle in. "That's fine. Not my first rodeo."

Still she hoped Amity would be quick. They fall into a silence and honestly it doesn't feel uncomfortable. More like an acknowledgement that the mission was over and now was the time to decompress. That and well Maggie is staring so intense at the wall opposite as not to move, that she hasn't fully noticed the quiet herself. It's only when Amity speaks it clicks. "Honestly so did I.."

"Wonderful. Thanks Amity I appreciate the help." Wound now tended to, Maggie pulls on a fresh shirt with a wince and turns to her friend. "Okay your turn. Anything we should be concerned about?"

Amity gave her friend an affectionate nudge, ❝Hey! You're worth the good stuff!❞ There was a pause before she added, ❝But I'll try to leave some of it, just in case.❞

It only took a moment for her to successfully thread the needle, and once she had, the smaller blonde gave an audible exhale, ❝Okay, get ready... I'll go as careful as I can, but this is gonna suck.❞

Amity stayed true to her word, working as quickly but as carefully as possible as she stitched the wound up. She had fully intended to keep talking so as to help distract Maggie from the pain, but her concentration had pulled all her focus, and it wasn't until she was finished that she realized. ❝Shit, I had every intention of telling you some sort of funny joke or fact to try and keep you distracted,❞ she admitted with a soft laugh, ❝But then I got distracted instead.❞

❝On the bright side...❞ she grabbed the biggest bandage available in the first aid kit and carefully placed it over the wound, ❝ — We're all done!❞

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"STOP PUTTING YOURSELF INTO DANGER!" PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue for expressing your fear that the person you care about might get themselves hurt if they keep acting like this, adjust as necessary

i thought i told you to stay back.

i love you too much to let you get hurt like this.

this affects me, too, you know.

every time you leave, i sit up all night waiting, praying you'll come back alive.

you keep pulling stunts like this and something bad will happen.

do you have a death wish or something?

this isn't fair to me.

i deserve better than this.

i didn't get any sleep last night because i was so worried about you.

you promised me you'd stop going out at night.

i don't like hearing this.

you've been risking your life, and for what? so you can feel like a goddamn hero?

i said i would handle it.

what the fuck are you doing here?

you told me you'd stay put.

so much for laying low.

you remember how bad it was last time.

seems like you haven't learned anything.

i believe you promised me you'd lay low.

i can't keep doing this.

don't give me that look.

we'll discuss this later.

this stops now.

i'm tired of picking up the pieces once you've left.

you keep throwing yourself into danger.

you don't give a shit about yourself, do you?

i'm sitting here, worried out of my mind, while you're out doing god knows what.

that was really stupid of you, and you know it.

i thought you knew better than this.

what's your excuse this time?

you do realize what this does to me, right? seeing you get hurt like this? you know it hurts me, too?

you really don't give a shit how this affects me, huh.

that was the dumbest possible thing you could have done.

i need you to stop throwing yourself into harm's way.

that was completely unnecessary.

they had it handled.

you didn't need to step in like that.

why do you think you're invincible?

the last time you pulled a stunt like this, it nearly got you killed.

i can't just sit here and watch you get hurt.

what are you trying to prove?

you just like fucking with my heart, don't you.

this shit hurts me, too, you know.

you're not the only one affected by this shit.

you've got a lot of people counting on you to come home every night.

what happens if you don't come back?

you think we can just carry on without you?

you think i can handle things if you end up dead?

i'm not sticking around to watch you get hurt.

you're not even slick.

you think you're invincible, don't you.

quit pretending you've got everything under control.

let someone else do it for a change.

you can't keep putting yourself through shit like this and expect me to just sit back and watch.

i'm done with this.

next time you do this, i'm not coming back.

promise me this is the end.

look me in the eyes and tell me you'll stop doing this.

let the authorities deal with it.

you're making a big mistake.

is it worth dying for?

i've dealt with enough pain over the years.

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// I'm hoping to be a bit more active this week. I'm off work until 18th August. Although I have got some plans with my niece coming up, so we shall see how active. //

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MUN DASH GAME.

pick 4 of your favourite characters from fandoms and let your mutuals decide which one you’re most like, as the mun! (i have many favs so I just picked a mixture of canons I write with on @enduranceofsurvival )

tagged by @magikborn (thank you my dear <3) tagging @niratias , @inkedstone , @mcltitudes , @xthedevilyouknowx , @musesforthedamned , @shesnipes and anyone else who wants to nab this for fun! :)

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intruder open starter: nico parker open to the boys muses/verses, modern verses & marvel/dc verses

Perhaps someone was hoping this would be an easy robbery, perhaps it was a concerned visit or perhaps something else entirely. But whatever the surprise Nico wasn't going to be an inviting host or victim.

Managing to appear from nowhere, Nico tackled the intruder face first to the ground. Her body pinned them down, with a small click as a barrell of a gun was pressed to the back of their skull.

"Wanna explain what the fuck you're doing here? And I'd hurry before I splatter those pretty little brains everywhere."