selfhelp: ([billy] seriously? you're calling a cab?)
William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2012-12-13 09:38 am

[Voice/Action]

[Today is a good day for serious business, apparently. There's a certain something he's been putting off for a while, and after one-too-many dreams interrupting his sleep, he's had enough: this morning when Billy wakes up, the first thing he does is jot out a note in the journal-]

[Private to Ben Grimm]

Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?

[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.

After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]


[Open to All]

I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.

There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.

[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.

In the end he just leaves it be.]


...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
handing: (pushing buttons)

[personal profile] handing 2013-02-01 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Of course not. [Yeah, Pepper’s not buying the fanboy embargo.] Because seeing your idols in action wouldn’t thrill you at all.

[Billy gives her the brief rundown of Hawkeye’s history, although she does get a little confused at the end.] But didn’t he want you all to disband? Or did this happen after he realized that trying to get teenagers to listen is a futile effort?
z_jay: (Got a request)

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[personal profile] z_jay 2013-02-01 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Nods... and then it sort of sank in that Teddy didn't actually know he was an alien until about a year ago.]

...Seems like that'd be a kind of... well, identity crisis time. I mean, he seems to have managed well despite that, so I'm glad it worked out.

[Checks the dish and notices it's been empty maybe for a little while longer than he'd meant it to be. That and he didn't want to keep Billy too long-- or make him feel like he was being shoved out the door, either...]

...Want some more pretzels?
asthehawkflies: (Smile)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-01 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd hope so. Or maybe it's my subconscious trying to sabotage me.
handing: (what are you planning now?)

[personal profile] handing 2013-02-02 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
A skill many people envy, I'm sure.

[She's hopeful enough that he's joking to assume Billy is. Not to mention she doesn't think he'd do so well as a superhero if he oculdn't keep his glee in check.

Case in point.]


So they did come around, eventually.
z_jay: (Default)

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[personal profile] z_jay 2013-02-02 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Ah-- yeah! Sure, I really don't mind.

[At his core, he did want to be useful around here. In some fashion. Takes Billy's hand and shakes it firm before rolling his way toward the door to open it]

If you want to take anything with you, I mean... not that I doubt you're more than capable of looking after yourselves.
ledbythewind: (Epic Troll Mode)

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[personal profile] ledbythewind 2013-02-02 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful! I know you won't be disappointed.

[Spoilers: he totally will. And he'll think Richard has the worst taste ever.]
asthehawkflies: (You should totally believe me)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-02 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay... that's a little, uh... How old are you again Billy? He's going to settle for flattered. It's easier.]

Well, I did kick ass even naked.
handing: (rushing into or away)

[personal profile] handing 2013-02-02 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[That forces Pepper to pause, and she glances away as she goes over what details she knows about the SRA and that time.]

Did--did your world's Iron Man go after you too?
handing: (looking over the world below)

[personal profile] handing 2013-02-03 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Of course it isn't. [But now that the shock of it is long past, and Pepper's certain her Tony is seen differently, there's something in her that needs to know.

Or maybe something that had already guessed. Billy gives her an answer a moment later, and she shakes her head slowly.]


You know, there are times I want to meet him, almost. That Tony Stark. Just to try and understand why.

[To figure out the events so Pepper could try and prevent them, even if she knows it's so much larger than her. After all, there's a version of her there too, and that hadn't made a difference.

Maybe that's why she says what she does a moment later.]
I'm sorry.
asthehawkflies: (You can't be angry at this face)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-03 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[No shame in looking! Minor feelings of awkwardness on Clint's part.]

Absolutely. Took down the group in question. Actually found my clothes before the entirety of SHIELD came in to do clear up.
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[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-02-03 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, Billy...]

I reckon tellin' you not to worry about things you won't even remember when ya get back ain't much of a comfort.

[She looked at him and then shook her head.]

No. 'course not. You want to be able ta do something.

[It wasn't that she wasn't curious about what he found out, or that she wasn't grieved for him for the loss of his brother, but neither of those were the important things here.]
handing: (this isn't what I expected)

[personal profile] handing 2013-02-04 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[No it isn't. Because even if Pepper really is blameless, it's hard not to want to apologize for everything Billy's gone through anyway. He's just a kid, as he himself says so perfectly moments later, regardless of his abilities or the role he plays.

He's still just a kid, and someone should apologize for what's happened.]


Most people don't know that even at my age. [She smiles weakly as she shakes her head. And it only gets worse in a way, when Billy describes the Tony he knows. That man is not her Tony, the person she's in love with, but Pepper can still hear his voice saying words from years ago, when she had been ready to walk away from him out of fear he'd be killing himself.]

That might turn out to be a universal trait. For as off-putting as his attitude can be sometimes, Tony's surprisingly charismatic too.
asthehawkflies: (Easy Smile)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-04 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Coulson knows everything, Billy. Everything. If it seems like he doesn't, then it's some kind of cunning plan.

...yes, I did have to include that in the report. Also the state of undress of the ninja hookers.

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