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Ned Leeds (guy_inthe_chair) wrote in avengers_logs,
@ 2021-10-01 20:54:00

Entry tags:

-open thread, illyana rasputin, ned leeds

Who: Ned and OPEN
What: Hacking challenge gone wrong
When: Oct 1
Where: Spirit Halloween
Rating: low

Okay, so Ned would admit that maybe he shouldn't have done this at all. The thing was, the challenge looked like a lot of fun and it would give him a chance to work on one of his devices which was basically something that looked like a cellphone, but was actually a transmitter and would allow you to infiltrate other signals around it. What better way to test it out than in a real world situation, right? Plus it was supposed to be harmless.

What Ned didn't factor in was if the device died after you were already in control of other devices, there was no way to turn it off. So now Ned was looking in dismay as all of the animatronics were going off loud and frequent. It was mayhem.

A part of him wanted to run away, but he seemed glued there, unsure of what to do while the three teenage Spirit workers were trying their best to manually turn off things, but there was a lot of things to turn off.

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magiks
2021-10-03 01:00 am UTC (link)

Well, wasn't this interesting?

She should probably help, Illyana thought. Mostly she was just fascinated by what was happening, and this whole store in general - she'd heard about it, heard how it was like some kind of hermit crab in how it made itself at home upon shelves and shelves of dead businesses, the way hermit crabs did with dead creatures. Kind of a macabre concept but she was into it - just like how she was into a lot of macabre shit. There was a reason she was at the Sanctum so often, making her own home among books that had sharp teeth and appliances that housed demons.

Wearing a black denim jacket over a gothic mooncat t-shirt and jeans, she managed to arse herself to step closer to the deer in headlights guy who seemed to be the cause of all of this chaos (she did enjoy chaos), blowing a bubble that was neon electric blue, same shade as her gum. Pop.

"You did this? I am impressed."

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	guy_inthe_chair 2021-10-03 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Ned jumped at the voice which was kind of ridiculous considering where he was and what was happen around them, but he did. He blinked. "Um." Ned looked around as if there might be cops or security guards waiting in the wing to arrest him. He didn't see any. "Yes?" He said it was a 'please don't kill me' tone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

magiks
2021-10-03 12:01 pm UTC (link)

Ha, cute. Illyana wasn't much for killing (not if someone didn't deserve it, anyway), so this guy was in luck - she grinned at him, a bright as a Halloween jack-o-lantern lit up from within. "You look familiar," she observed, just kind of letting the calamity unfold around them - because why not? It was kind of fun. "I saw you at the graduation party."

Plus around the Tower too, she was sure. She was in and out often, still babysitting Remy's cats, and liked watching the residents. "Did you try turning it off and turning it back on again?" she added, giving a wave to the general vicinity of disaster.

That was a joke.

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guy_inthe_chair
2021-10-04 03:00 am UTC (link)

It took a moment or two longer for Ned's brain to really jog his memories. She didn't run in the same circles as Ned did - could it really be 'circles' when the only people Ned hung out with were the people from Decathlon? ... probably not.

"Oh, yeah. I remember seeing you." Which he had. She was pretty, after all, and someone he'd probably never approach on his own because, well, everything. "...but, uh - I don't remember your name?" His sheepish smile doubled as an apology. "I'm Ned, though. Ned Leeds... and I'm not sure I can't do much unless I find a way to give the transmitter power..."

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magiks
2021-10-04 11:54 am UTC (link)

"Illyana Rasputin," she introduced herself with a bat of those lashes, long as a raven's wings. "I'm here to save you, Ned Leeds." See, wasn't she such a great superhero? Though admittedly, the idea of that was sort of laughable - she mostly wanted to learn to hone her magic better, and had been. She didn't fly around in spandex rescuing kittens from trees or helping old ladies with their groceries.

But she was here and it seemed like a decent thing to do - to save the Halloween Spirit store too, since this was the spookiest and best time of the year and she had an appreciation for all things macabre. Like the scent of funerary incense and pumpkins and whatever counted for the crispness of fall in such a wet city like this. And putting on a costume, pretending to be something else.

"Where is your transmitter? I will give it power no problem," she decided.

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guy_inthe_chair
2021-10-06 02:41 am UTC (link)

Ned briefly had the thought of 'isn't there someone from history with that last name,' but he didn't have time to delve deep into that line of thought since she was offering and he would very much like to stop the chaos. Maybe if he'd been someone like Loki, he would sit back and enjoy it, but Ned was not like the god of mischief.

"It's there." He gestured to the center of the store. It was in the middle of the 'corn maze' that was a little set up for customers to go into and experience some of the scarier animatronics. It wasn't hard to find, though, since he left it on a haybale. "Thanks, by the way." Even though he had no idea what was about to happen.

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magiks
2021-10-06 12:04 pm UTC (link)

"You're welcome," Illyana responded though, to be fair, she had no idea what was going to happen either - guess she'd find out, right? But then she was off, disappearing into the corn maze to find the transmitter. No one really noticed her, since the poor employees (they were just, you know, high school students or similar-aged - pimply-faced and awkward and trying to earn enough money for edibles or something) were scrambling to contain the calamity.

Her eyes flashed blue, neon electric glow, and there was a brief burst of magic in the same color - it shot from her fingertips and hit the transmitter, allowing it to crackle to life and awaken to a powered state. Then she wandered back to where the culprit was.

"All good now," she shared. "Though if you need me to just burn this store down and start over, let me know." Was that a joke too? Maybe. Maybe not.

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guy_inthe_chair
2021-10-09 02:09 am UTC (link)

Ned's eyes widened as if, just maybe, he thought she were being entirely serious. "Uh, no, it's should be okay?"

He opened the program and could see the transmitter again on his end which was the first good sign. For all that chaos, all it took were three key strokes and all of the chaos instantly went still. Even if there was still 'the monster mash' playing over the PA system, the store felt eerily silent now.

Ned exhaled and then looked back at Illyana. "Thanks. I owe you one."

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magiks
2021-10-09 02:50 am UTC (link)

Illyana shrugged, as if it was no big deal - honestly, using this bit of magic and stopping the Halloween store from blowing up had been the most exciting thing to happen in awhile. Especially since appearing in San Francisco, the chess board pieces moved around - she was always looking for something to pep up her days, in between her side gig as the very best Uber Eats delivery person (it was easy enough to continue that gig here - speedy food delivery was everywhere) and her studies at the Sanctum.

"Ice cream?" she hedged, since she thought that sounded like a good re-payment. "Yes, I will take an ice cream date."

Even quasi-demons such as herself loved ice cream. Who didn't? No one with a soul, that's who.

"And if you need me to give you a lift back to anyplace, let me know. I can teleport us."

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guy_inthe_chair
2021-10-10 01:35 am UTC (link)

Ned blinked at the word 'date' and then he told himself it was a saying and not actually a 'date'. There was no need to overthink that. Which meant after the momentary pause-and-blink, Ned recovered with a smile. "Ice cream it is! There's this place I saw on Instagram that looks really cool. We can go there if you like whenever you want."

The teleporting thing was something Ned wanted to do. Sure, he had down it a few times with Doctor Strange, but any excuse to do it again was welcomed. "Yeah? I wouldn't mind a life back to the Tower, if you're heading that way?" Did people 'head that way' when teleporting? Oh well, he had already said it.

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magiks
2021-10-10 01:58 am UTC (link)

She giggled a bit, a far sweeter sound than her appearance would suggest. No, her appearance suggested she liked setting fire to things and watching them burn - there was always kind of a spark of mischief in her eye. "I live there, so I am heading that way," Illyana agreed. "Come on. It's not exactly something I can do in the middle of a store."

She went outside with new ice cream date Ned, stopping in the alleyway between the Spirit Halloween store and the laundromat nearby. A shockwave of that electric blue shade gathered in her eyes, a bright cerulean storm, when she said the magic words - sum in limbo omnipotence.

The portal opened up, an other-dimensional doorway. "Right through here."

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guy_inthe_chair
2021-10-10 02:48 am UTC (link)

Yep. Magic was still super cool. Ned probably looked like someone who was watching a cool Cirque De Soleil show when she did what she was capable. "So cool."

He managed to get a grip of himself and nodded. "Right. And, thanks again." Just in case something went wrong with the magic and he ended up half at the tower and half her or something.

(ooc: Shall we fade on yours?)

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magiks
2021-10-10 11:44 am UTC (link)

Not to worry, nothing would go wrong. Illyana had done this plenty of times - there were other aspects of her magic that she was still practicing, but teleportation was one thing she knew well; this portal would lead right to the Tower lobby, by the Starbucks. "You are welcome - looking forward to the Instagram place," she smiled, accent caressing her words. "Message me if you want."

She was only a hop, skip, and a jump away on the Stark network - and the Tower was very large but it would be nice to have someone else she knew there. Besides the cats.

Who she should probably check on now, come to think of it.

((and fade here works!))

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