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America Chavez (starsandhearts) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-05-09 17:42:00

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america chavez (616), nyx ulric

Who: America Chavez and Nyx Ulric
What: It's time to be heroes
When: Thursday
Where: Through the doors on Tatooine

America had been laying low for a while, she'd felt a little bit too embarrassed to go around trying to make friends much since the fight and well she and Kate had some good moments since then but otherwise things had been fairly quiet. But she was itching to get out again, she'd heard some rumblings that the doors were doing something interesting again and so she decided that meant it was definitely time for her to check it out

So there she was on a planet covered in sand and well wasn't that just great? Miles and miles of it by the looks of it and no ocean anywhere. "How is this even fair?" She asked herself holding a hand up to shield her eyes from the glare of it before she was kicking up off the ground flying up over the dunes hoping to see more than just sand.

"I thought people said they were going to space?" This did not look like space and America was very tempted to send a letter to management about this. She wanted to go to space and here she was on some damn sand planet getting shot at - wait... getting shot at? America frowned and looked down, less off into the distance (spoiler: there was only sand that way) and instead at what looked like the gathered sort of militia that seemed to have come out of nowhere not far off and very interested in the woman that was flying overhead by the looks of it.

She got curiosity of course, but shooting at her? That was just plain rude and America dove down to well - not just get a better look but to get an idea of what she was dealing with here. Laser weapons to start, but more than that, she didn't know what they were, she'd never seen beings like these before. "Hey chicos maybe we just talk instead of shoot, yeah?" She offered as she flew lower so she could try and reason with them. People could be reasoned with sometimes. But then they shot again, and more of them and well America wasn't exactly forgiving. And considering she was always spoiling for a fight well it was time to kick some ass.

It didn't matter to her that she was seriously outnumbered, or that there were laser guns and things, she was just focused on the fight, the frustration that she'd love to take out at being stuck came out easily like this, and maybe these people didn't deserve it, but they'd shot at her.

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starsandhearts
2019-05-22 06:54 am UTC (link)

It seemed mentioning Kate had brought on a new sense of purpose in Nyx as he grabbed her hand and pulled her past stalls and through the rows and rows of available shops for them to consider. It was probably for the best that he seemed interested in it, because America really had not even the first clue as to what to try for, Kate didn't really do the whole jewelry thing very often and if America was going to get her something she'd want it to be the sort of thing that Kate really found useful - like frozen peas. She knew her friend would use the hell out of something like that. But jewelry? Not so much.

As they passed several different shops she saw the items in them changing depending on the areas they were in, until they started to find themselves in a place that seemed to be a little more medically focused. But what it all was she wasn't entirely sure, they'd have to talk to a shop keeper probably to make sure they actually picked up something useful.

"She likes coffee," But America didn't think coffee was something they had here, at least not what they considered coffee. And then she paused as he listed off some options. "Hmmmm, well she's good with a bow." Okay good was an understatement, Kate was the absolute best with a bow. She wondered if maybe they had anything like that here, "Maybe they have something like that?" She said thoughtfully. A space bow would be a pretty cool gift.

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insomniashero
2019-05-23 01:28 pm UTC (link)

Maybe that was Nyx's biggest issue. He had no purpose now. He was floating with nothing tying him down and giving him things to strive for. So this small mission to help America, his new friend, to find something purposeful to give as a gift to this Kate that she was friends with? Romantically? Regardless, the reason, it was absolutely still important.

Well falling in place in front of a medical supply peddler, Nyx looked at the stuff that was to be offered. "I'm not a doctor." The soldier admitted to the other non-doctor person he was with. Nyx picked up a pen like item turning it over some when the peddler explained what it was. "A... field... cauterizer?" Slowly Nyx looked to America and perked a brow. "Do you need any... cauterizing?" He chuckled.

Then she brought up the bow. Which sounded awesome. "That is so cool. There has to be a space bow. Right? Shoots lasers and pew pews!" Nyx made a gun with his fingers while making the pew pew sounds. Nyx set the cauterizer back down and kept looking through the different medical instruments and supplies. "Anything here sticking out..?"

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starsandhearts
2019-05-23 06:45 pm UTC (link)

"No," She agreed they were both probably a little out of their depth when it came to getting anything really useful when it came to medical tech, "I'm not either - I ah, well I don't really get hurt that often." So she might be even more out of her depth than he was if she was being honest.

She made a face when he held up the cauterizer, "Uh I think if we need a field cauterizer we're probably in worse shape than I'd want any of us." She definitely didn't even wan to begin to think of Kate needing something like that, the frozen peas were more than enough in her estimation.

"I mean it seems like there would be right?" Guns had to start somewhere right? And bows were a first step in that process so it seemed like a space bow was probably a thing. "Oh this looks interesting-" She said stopping in front of a display of bottles and jars, with different things in them, this was kind of more of what she'd had in mind, something that maybe Kate could apply to a bruise if she needed. She asked the the shop keep about some of them, wincing when he explained the uses for a few of them, no she didn't need to poison anyone or anything like that.

But one sounded promising. "T'Pala paste, rub it into a wound, over a bruise or a sprain, and you'll be cooler than a dead star." The woman explained, she looked like other women America had seen before, selling old cures passed down through generations. While there was all this tech these kinds of things still managed to stick around, no doubt because they were effective in their own way. Even with the rise of more modern tech. They went back and forth about the price just a little before they settled on something that America guessed was fair - she didn't have the slightest clue but it felt like it probably wasn't too much as she clutched her jar of the paste.

"So weapons next?" She asked Nyx, they could check and see if there were any of those space bows, or even anything that looked half way interesting over there.

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insomniashero
2019-05-23 06:55 pm UTC (link)

Right. Some of these things were right over poor Nyx's head. Sure he could dress a wound. Hit a potion easily. Though past any of that, poor ole Nyx was depending on mages and doctors. So the idea having to use what ever that cauterizer was horrified Nyx. It seemed extreme and he wasn't a fan of lighting his flesh on fire, considering his history with burning to death.

Watching America dance about the items she was deciding, the soldier found it comforting even in the world of fancy technology and lasers, someone was still selling grandmas handmedown special ointment for cures. That alone was refreshing int his strange land.

The moment, America picked out an item, Nyx smiled brightly. She found her something. Who ever this Kate was, she was lucky to have America in their corner. Then it just blurted out. "Who's Kate?" Then he realized what he did, and he backed up his thinking. "I mean, if you want to share. You don't have to." Nyx nudged with his head towards where he knew some weapons could be bought. Someone would have something that resembled a space bow. Right?

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starsandhearts
2019-05-23 07:20 pm UTC (link)

She felt good, even if they didn't find a space bow at least they'd managed to get this for Kate and that was more than what she'd expected so she was pretty happy with how things were going. So a space bow would just be the icing on top of what was a pretty successful trip.

"Kate?" She asked, but it made sense he might not know her right away. "She runs COFFEE with Clint," She said first just to maybe give him a starting point, she wasn't sure of Nyx had checked that out yet, but really what kind of monster came there and didn't need coffee to make it through the day? "We're from the same place, she and I - we were on a team together. The Young Avengers." Not that she expected any kind of sudden light bulb moment of recognition over that, but it felt like an important detail to her.

"She's my best friend. The team has all gone their separate ways," It was something she missed, being able to be with them, continuing to do the work they'd started, but they all had managed to find space for themselves elsewhere. "But Kate and I still keep in contact, no matter what we're doing, or where we are if she needs help I'd be right there and I know she'd do the same for me."

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insomniashero
2019-05-24 08:12 pm UTC (link)

Each shop seemed to have weapons of some sort. Though nothing that was really what was wanted. America wanted to get her friend something useful and that she'd like. So this space bow HAD to be found.

Oh the coffee place. Never been, bu that was he had found his own coffee and brewed his own coffee and old habits and all. Though Nyx listened to her story and about how despite the group splitting up they managed to stick together and keep in contact. That's how he felt with Libertus. He was still alive to his knowledge.

But he had died, so there wasn't a need to go back. He was dead. Did his duty. Moving on.

"That's a bondship that many don't have." Nyx offered a smile. "Something to be treasured." He looked to America with that smile on his lips, then his lips thinned. "America..." He trailed off, tapping her arm and pointing, his lips spreading into a coy smile. "What is that? Who cares, what about that?" He inquired pointing at a weapon that vaguely resembled a crossbow, but look liked it fired the same energy as blasters.

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starsandhearts
2019-05-24 09:34 pm UTC (link)

It was all kind of a mess really, after they'd split up, Loki off to do gods' knew what and the boys forming new teams and America doing her own thing while Kate was busy being brilliant on the other side of the country. America wouldn't have admitted it, but she missed her people - she missed the family they'd been and the bonds they'd formed. But at least she got Kate out of it all, so it was hard to feel terrible about the way things had gone.

"Yeah I was actually on my way to help her out when I ended up here," She admitted, she couldn't have known when she stepped through the portal that she'd end up here and not where she'd meant to, but that's the way things went out. But Kate had called, so of course she was going.

It absolutely was something she treasured, Nyx was right - she didn't have this kind of bond with anyone else, and she didn't see it a lot in others either. Clint and Kate were as close to that as she knew, but they had a longer history so it made sense.

But then Nyx was pointing out something that was almost exactly what they were looking for, it wasn't the traditional bow and arrow that Kate favored, but it definitely looked like a crossbow. "Oh my god," She said eyes going wide in delight, "Look at that!" Like she'd told Nyx earlier, she wasn't really into weapons herself, but she did like the idea of finding something for Kate that she'd like. It was probably too eager a reaction to it in a place like this and America did her best to school her features just a little bit.

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insomniashero
2019-05-27 02:01 pm UTC (link)

Nyx couldn't help but feel a pang of loneliness regarding that. His entire family, legitimate, and Glaive were practically dead. Systematically in the end, they either turncoat or died. Then with losing their magic when Regis died, they only died quicker. They weren't all as lucky as himself and Libertus, and just a tad bit more since Nyx was sure Libertus was still living. Not that he'd do it differently, but he sure the hell missed his friend.

"Well, America." Nyx smiled to her. "This Kate, is lucky to have you as a friend and in their life. You're a good person." He then nudged her lightly. "And hell of a fighter."

Forget not being eager, Nyx was eager FOR America. He approached with her and immediately asked. "What in gods name is that?" He asked pointing at the weapon. Which allowed the person to explain it was Bowcaster, a Wookie weapon of choice. Powerful and absolutely dangerous. Most people can't even wield them or shoot them. The more they learned about it, the more Nyx was eager to check the thing out. When the seller was finished, Nyx turned away with America and dug out the last of his desert cash, what ever it was called. He put it into America's hands and whispered. "I don't care. You need to get this. It's perfect." His smile was bright and fun. "Now go get Kate a awesome weird space laser crossbow!"

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starsandhearts
2019-05-27 11:10 pm UTC (link)

Often times, America thought that she was the lucky one, when she could find people who put up with her for longer than just a day at a time, after all she'd just been bouncing her way through the multiverse since she'd lost her moms - so of course she was lucky when she could find people who would take her in for a time. But it was a little bit different now, not just being here, but since she'd gotten older, since she'd started putting down roots. It was still the first time that she'd considered maybe someone was lucky to have her.

She smiled, "Thanks, you're not so bad yourself." She told Nyx, because it was true - he'd held his own out there and he was kinder than she probably deserved as he helped her through the market finding what she wanted.

Watching his eagerness only fed her own as they checked out the weapon and had it explained to them, it was a weapon for a Wookie - whatever that might be, and how it wasn't everyone who could use them, she supposed maybe they were strong - but she had a feeling it was the sort of thing that Kate could handle. She made just a bit of a show like she was just considering it as the dealer told her a little bit more about it, but in the end she knew she was going to get it. It was absolutely perfect for Kate.

She haggled just a little with the dealer before she handed over the money and got the Bowcaster in return. "Okay this is definitely the coolest thing I've gotten since going through the doors." She told him as she slung the weapon over her shoulder. It made her feel some sort of way, having it - and she hoped it would do the same for Kate. "Thanks for showing me around, and you know - helping me to make this happen." She told Nyx quietly, he was entirely unexpected, but in a really good kind of way.

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insomniashero
2019-05-28 08:17 pm UTC (link)

One thing Nyx could say regarding who was lucky who was not lucky. He was glad to have met America, and considered he was lucky to have as well. Though, Nyx was trying his eternal damnedest to stay optimistic being in a village of people he didn't know, and making the best of it.

Which gave him not only America, but also Five. Tony was nice, and his fawning over Carol, which Nyx would say was only platonic and nothing serious. Because it had to be.

"Pft." Nyx said at the woman. "You kidding? Look at me. I'm awesome." There was nothing but smiles from Nyx, but he was lonely deep down. Truly, he just would of loved to have one of his friends here. Lunafreya. The princess crossed his mind regularly.

Once America had the weapon Nyx was overjoyed. "That thing is awesome. She is going to think it's so cool. I think it's cool. I kinda want to keep it." Nyx teased as he looked around the market place. "You are very welcome, America." He responded with a bright wide smile. "Lets get out of here though, before we can't anymore or get mugged."

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