Matthew Delallo (matthew_delallo) wrote in freedomtownic, @ 2019-01-13 16:25:00 |
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Entry tags: | matthew delallo (matthew_delallo), thor odinson (_god_of_thunder) |
The Hot Mess Express Has Arrived
Who: Thor and Introducing Matthew Delallo
Where: Welcome Center, then the End Zone
When: Afternoon
Matthew Delallo ended up on a different planet in a different universe, and he was entirely too sober for all of this. Being sober was the only reason he didn't think this was some sort of hallucination, though. He had enough tolerance that he didn't usually hallucinate, anyway. He was kind of glad to be somewhere else, though. Home was a bit of a hellish mess for him right now. A Slayer had died and, well, if he was going to be taking a sabbatical on a different planet in a different dimension, well, he wasn't going to argue with it.
For the moment, he poked around the Welcome Center, trying to get a bearing on his surroundings. He'd caught a couple of people starring at him, but he didn't think much about it currently. When you were naturally kind of a hot mess, you got stared at a lot.
Well, it wasn't so much that he was a hot mess as he was that he looked almost identical to Tony Stark, apart from the fact that this man was clean shaven. Thor had made his way to the Welcome Center to see about asking if he could join the welcome committee. He should have raised his hand up sooner but better late than never, right? Walking inside, the first person he spotted was Matthew. "Stark!" He called out, trying to get the man's attention. "Are you lost? The bar's that way!" He pointed. Good lord. He took a few steps closer. "And what happened to your facial hair?"
Well, he didn't know that he resembled a very famous denizen of this world just yet! He was likely going to find out soon. "Stark who?" he asked, turning to look toward what turned out to be the very large gorgeous blond viking coming his way. "I appreciate the directions to the bar, though." He gave the man his very charming grin. "Tell me who this Stark is so that I can pretend to be him and get to know you better, though."
"You're not Tony Stark," Thor replied. Still, he smiled in return. It was hard not to respond to that kind of charm. "You must be new here!" He deduced. Once he was within range of Matthew he clapped a hand on his shoulder. "Welcome! I am Thor! And who might you be, my new handsome friend?"
The British accent and lack of facial hair truly did give it away quickly, didn't it? "Very new, actually." And he'd apparently guessed right on viking, if his name was Thor. "I'm Matthew Delallo, and must I say that I am very pleased to meet you," he said, looking up at the blond hulk of a man.
Thor beamed. So, he might have been a sucker for flirting and flattery. "Well, I'm very pleased to meet you, Matthew Delallo," he replied. He... kind of took it upon himself to be Matthew's guide despite the fact that he wasn't officially a member of the welcoming committee. He just wanted to be helpful! "Do you have any questions about where you are?"
"Other than some disbelief that I'm actually on a different planet? Not too many so far," Matthew admitted. He was more than happy to do some flattering. He was also very happy to have such a good looking guide. "You did mention something about a bar, though?"
"Well, you're taking the news better than most people when they first arrive." It could also be shock, but Thor decided to be optimistic. He laughed at the mention of a bar. "Yes, not too far from here. I take it you'd like a beverage. Or five?"
"I'm a pretty flexible guy," Matthew said, smiling. He hoped that Thor took that as a hint. "And definitely more like five. I'm way too sober for interstellar travel. Care to show me the way, new friend?"
"You don't say," Thor replied, blushing. For once he actually caught what someone was saying! "You seem very strong too. How much do you bench press?" Oh no, Thor. Do not encourage him. Do. Not. Encourage. Him. "There's a place over this way called The End Zone. You'll like it. The fried chicken is especially delicious."
Looked like Darcy was having an effect on him in that regard! "Not sure how much I bench press off the top of my head, but keeping in shape is part of the job I do at home." Thor could bench press him any day, though! "And The End Zone? Huh...there's actually a bar called that where I'm from, too. Go figure." Could it be owned by the same person? "It wouldn't happen to be owned by an insane, loud women who insists that the Steelers are the end all that be all, is it?"
"Well, you are still very impressive," Thor replied. He'd probably only ever say that to Tony after a few drinks and even then not in an entirely flirtatious way as this. "That's the one!" Thor laughed. "I have yet to brave meeting her personally." Which was Thor's very polite way of saying that she scared him shitless. "So that must mean you know some people here! That's good!"
"Oh I'm all sorts of impressive. Just give me the chance to show you," Matthew said playfully. Some men had an immediate negative reaction to being flirted with. No matter how this worked out, he was glad to find that Thor was not one of them! "And that's definitely something," he agreed with a nod. "She can be kind of scary to meet, but she's mostly harmless. I just wouldn't insult her wives." Matthew hadn't been stupid enough to do so, but he'd seen what happened to those that did.
Thor was open to all kinds of flirting, by the looks of it! Of course, that's likely all it'd be as he did have someone he was entirely devoted to. "Oh no. Death to anyone who insults those angels," Thor agreed. What a complete goof. "You know, I probably should have checked the registry to see if you have any relatives here." He glanced back towards the Welcome Center. "We've gone too far now." And that talk of a bar had made him thirsty! "But you could!"
"Well, the last one who did nearly got it," Matthew pointed out. Not that he was normally the vicious sort to do so anyway, but he'd never dream of doing anything to piss Chelle off after seeing the aftermath of that. "I've only got one living relative," he said with a dismissive wave of his hand. "If she's here, I know I'll hear from her soon enough." Iz tended to make herself known very easily.
Thor chuckled. "I take that to mean that she can be a pain in the ass?" He asked. Living with Darcy he'd picked up a few Midgard phrases, by the sound of it. He clapped Matthew on the shoulder as they entered the bar. "Still, even if she isn't here I'm sure you'll make a family of your own soon enough. I did."
"And in nothing resembling a fun way." It was interesting to hear that accent say that turn of phrase. Kind of hot, actually. "And let's hope so, big guy. I'm sure I'll befriend people soon enough." He wasn't thinking of Thor in a friendly way, though. He was more thinking 'climb him like a tree' way.
"With a face like that how can you not!" Thor replied as he ushered Matthew over to the bar. It didn't look like Rachelle was there, but maybe she'd come in later. "A stein of ale for me and whatever my new friend would like," he said to the bartender. One day he'd take someone someplace other than a bar, it was just a good way to get to know someone that's all!
"I do have a pretty face," Matthew retorted with a grin. If he weren't a Watcher, then his pretty face would be what he would happily use to get by. "You know what? Stein of ale sounds great to me. Make it a double." He seemed to see absolutely nothing wrong with being taken to a bar!
Thor beamed as the bartender ushered off to get their drinks. He actually had a bar tab here by this point. "Now tell me, Matthew Delallo. What is it that you do with your time back home? Do you work? Do you drink? Do you find time for merriment?"
Well good thing Thor had a tab, because Matthew had no money on him at the moment. "I do plenty of all three actually," he explained. "I'm what's called a Watcher. I help train very special young women who have a destiny to fight evil things that go bump in the night, you know, mostly vampires and such that like to kill humans. I'd worry that I sound completely insane if I hadn't been magically transported to another planet," he added with a laugh. "What about you, Thor? What is it that you do?"
Matthew's mention of being a watcher sounded vaguely familiar. Maybe Thor had read that phrase somewhere on the network lately. "Nothing sounds crazy to me at this point," Thor replied, laughing as well and shaking his head. The bartender set their drinks down in front of them and he saluted Matthew with his stein with a 'cheers' before taking a mouthful of the wonderful beverage. "As for what I do, that's a very good question." He laughed again. "I try to protect people here. Although I find that I have more time for drinking and merriment lately, which has been known to get me and my Lady Darcy into trouble once or twice." He leaned over to whisper. "We may have drunkenly decided to take someone's home for a joyride. A spaceship. It did not look habitable. Poor, poor decision." He made sure no one else was listening. "Maybe a little fun, though."
"Well, glad to hear that I don't sound too daft then!" Matthew said happily, saluting him back before taking a swig himself. He wanted to inwardly pout a bit at the mention of a 'Lady Darcy,' but they wouldn't be the first couple that Matthew had slept with if he pulled it off. It just meant a slight change in tactics once the time came. "Sounds like the two of you have a great time when you're not protecting the populous," he said with a laugh. "I've done a lot of things in my day, but I'm pretty sure I haven't ever stolen a home...I think." One of those RV things wasn't entirely out of the question, though.
"I think that's something that you'd remember," Thor pointed out with a smile. "Still, when I'm allowed to fly a ship again you'll be the first to know." He'd been put on 'probation' at the time as a form of punishment, so no flying ships of any kind. Sure, he could technically fly all by himself, but he enjoyed it more when he had someone to share it with. "You don't get air sick, do you?"
"When you've drank as much as I have in a lifetime, you accept the fact that you don't always remember everything," Matthew pointed out, sipping at his drink again. "And I've never gotten air sick before, so I doubt I will once it comes to a spaceship." He fucking better not!
Ah. Thor needed to remember that Matthew didn't have the constitution of a god when it came to alcohol. "I think that you'll like it. Flying, I mean. Although I suppose being here in general, as well. There's always something crazy happening, new people to meet." He paused. "There's some royalty here that you'd do well not to piss off, but otherwise this place could be good for you."
Matthew had better than most, but definitely not the constitution of a good, no. He could still die of alcohol poisoning. "Right. Don't piss off the royalty then. Just like being home in England," he said with a snort.
"Well, how often did you manage to do that back home?" Thor pointed out with an amused smile, nudging Matthew's shoulder with his own. "To be fair, Queen Irinia is very nice. It's the Queen and Princess of Monstropolis that you really need to worry about." He paused to add effect. "If you thought that Rachelle had a reputation..." He really didn't have to finish that sentence, did he? "Completely batshit crazy." Apparently he did! "I suppose I'll have to take you back to the Welcome Center eventually. I'm sure they'll be able to suggest places for you to live."
"I've never pissed off literal royalty, but I've angered more than a few people who thought they were royalty," Matthew said with a cheeky grin, nudging Thor back. "Sounds like I shouldn't wander around Monstropolis too often the, though." He did have a tendency to easily anger people when he wasn't trying, and batshit crazy was easier to anger. "Probably should get a place to live at some point, huh?" That would probably be useful.
"Well, I'd offer you my sofa but that would only do for so long." Plus, Thor had other people in the apartment to think of and wasn't so selfish as to not take them into consideration. "Freedomtown, where you are now, is a nice place to live. It's a central hub to everywhere else on this planet. New Wakanda is nice. Very technologically advanced, a lot of open fields." He thought. "The island Oahu might suit you. I can picture you sitting on a beach somewhere sipping a mojito." Maybe that would drive Matthew crazy after a point, though. "Gotham has some nice museums. Not my kind of place, though. Very dark."
"I appreciate the offer, but a person can only crash on a sofa for so long," Matthew said. It sounded like Thor at least had a girlfriend who would have an opinion as to who stayed in the apartment, too. "I wouldn't hate getting to lay around on a beach for a while, though." He'd have to stay drunk for such a thing, though. Eventually his thoughts would get too much to him. Not that he had a problem with staying drunk! It would just be a condition of it. "Not much for staying somewhere dark for long. Where is it that you live?"
"Just down the street, actually, in one of the apartment complexes." Thor pointed out the window towards the general direction of where he lived. It actually was a three bedroom place, now that he thought about it, and since he and Darcy had been sharing for a while and Torunn had a room of her own... it was something to think about and probably discuss with the others. "There are always people coming and going." Sometimes it was just fun to watch them!
"Oh, so you're right by then!" he said, actually looking out the window. A sofa was one thing, but if Thor offered him a room after talking to anyone he lived with, Matthew was not going to turn that down. "I bet you see all sorts coming out of that Welcome Center then." That had to get entertaining real quick.
"Oh you have no idea. Last week I saw a man flailing and running around like he thought that he was on fire." Thor shook his head, amused at the thought. If he'd had any dealing with vampires it might have occurred to him that he'd witnessed one arrive during the day - a point in time which most vampires burst into flames. "I've never seen anything quite like it." He made a mental note to talk to Darcy and Torunn later.
Matthew started laughing loudly. "Sounds hysterical. Kind of wish I had gotten to see such a thing myself." If he'd seen it, he might have connected such a thing to a vampire, but he didn't know that the sun didn't harm them here. Such an interesting thing!
"Well, stay here long enough and I'm sure you'll see more like it," Thor beamed, giving Matthew another nudge. He genuinely liked the man. He sensed that there was more to his story than he let on, but... well, you weren't about to give a stranger your life story after half an hour of meeting them, were you?