Post by der Erlkonig on Apr 21, 2021 0:05:21 GMT -6
☆ (04/20/21 : 12:47:25)
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Super Magnetic |::.Derek Underwood
-Magnitite-
Graduate Student Xavier Instititue
MU @ ReVo
Drown My Sorrows...Kill My Pain
And Make it Last...Until the Morning Breaks
-[in the subway]-
says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : Derek hadn't been in the City long. Just enough to start the spring classes at Empire University, get a ratty apartment with questionable room mates (it was short term after all) and of course he was waiting to hear back from the part time job as a high school Physics / Astronomy teacher at the Xavier Institute. Where he hoped he would also continue to work with and train his own abilities. He had been born in Austin and spent most of his life there. Mom and Dad...they were lawyers. High powered ones with offices throughout Texas. So he'd been well off and had some great tutors to learn his powers...but the Xavier Institute was he best place to REALLY learn their use so he'd applied there as both teacher and student of sorts. He was still waiting to hear back which was why he was in the shitty apartment. His parents had told him they would buy him a place...a much nicer one but he had wanted to do this on his own...so he'd said thanks but he had it...in point of fact he was heading home via the Subway now...his hazel green eyes smiled but looked tired as well. He also tended to dress casual...blue jeans, old farmers boots, a charcoal t-shirt that might be hugging his tall lean form with wiry muscle a little too tightly and a red and black flannel shirt he wore like a jacket...he was a little over six feet...just a little mind you...short dark brown hair and matching stubble. His parents despaired ever getting him to dress like the upper class elites they were...he had never cared about the money so dressed for comfort....so here the handsome 25ish year old Doctoral Student was riding the train...when he's spotted (hopefully) by a certain beautiful blonde also hopefully riding said train...
☆ (04/20/21 : 13:05:30)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.
Alison Blaire
The Dazzler
Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes
Shining just the way I like
says to .:
Super Magnetic |::.: polar opposites... Ali would not be caught dead in farmers' boots and flannel. *G* She was taking the subway as well because tokens were less expensive than an Uber and she hadn't really had a well-paying gig for the past few weeks. She could, of course, call and get some money from her grandmother... but she also was determined to make it on her own. Well, her grandmother paid for her modest apartment and she didn't have to have roommates, but other than that she was determined to make it on her own! *G* So, hence the subway today - she had gone for an audition across town, which also explained her look: low-rise black jeans, fetchingly ripped and snugly fitting across her thighs, coupled with a wide silvery sparkle belt. She also wore an electric blue shirt with slashes all up and down the sleeves. The cropped shirt had a bright yellow starburst right across her chest and the neckline had been cut into a deep v-shape. Her free-falling blonde hair was accented by electric blue streaks with starburst clippies. She was listening to music, but when the train stopped at a station, she looked up from beneath a thick fringe of blonde bangs, watching the new passengers board. Her eyes met yours briefly as you too a seat near her, and a hint of a smile flickered over her lips... but she didn't say nothing. You don't just chat up random strangers on the subway, that was uncool. *G*☆ (04/20/21 : 13:16:06)
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Super Magnetic |::.Derek Underwood
-Magnitite-
Graduate Student Xavier Instititue
MU @ ReVo
Drown My Sorrows...Kill My Pain
And Make it Last...Until the Morning Breaks
-[in the subway]-
says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : His eyes met yours for an instant and well he didn't know about YOU but he felt something...a kind of spark as he gave an easy smile from his handsome features and nodded at you in greeting...he had to admire your look...he would never be that kind of bold...hell his parents were grumpy because he didn't do the upscale rich kid crap they could afford. His look was personal choice...and apparently he shared ONE thing in common with the beautiful blonde. He wanted to make it on his own and not rely on his wealthy family...as they rode the train his eyes kept flickering shyly at you...he had some time to ride before his stop...but the car was starting to fill up...at the next stop there was an old lady who boarded that looked exhausted so he vacated his seat for her to have and took one of the ceiling straps right next to where you were sitting...it was one of the only places he could stand at least until some more people cleared out...he tried to play it cool as the train cachunk-cachunked down the line...the next stop most people got off but there was still half a dozen in the car and he didn't move away he just smiled gently down at you.. "Nice look I don't think I could even be that bold" His voice had a rich Texan accent...it wasn't folksy like rural Texans but it was warm and polite as he held on to the strap to keep from swaying to much as the train for some reason began to pick up speed....
☆ (04/20/21 : 13:28:10)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.
Alison Blaire
The Dazzler
Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes
Shining just the way I like
says to .:
Super Magnetic |::.: her head bops slightly in rhythm to the music she's listening to, she knows you're looking at her because she catches you doing it at least once! It causes a pleased grin to appear across her bubblegum pink lips and she almost wishes you'd strike up a conversation... and then you stand to offer your seat to a new passenger (awww, southern manners, so cute)... and sort of loom over her instead. She looks up with both brows perked, realizing you are saying something. Her thumb swipes over her phone, pausing the music to catch the end of your comment... something about you being bold. She gives an apologetic look for having missed the first part, but then grins~ It's New York? If you aren't bold, then you're just like....boring? ~not that she thinks you are boring (well, ok, your clothes are), but she doesn't even know you. You wobbled as the train sped up - which caused her to frown, looking at the window behind her. Not that she could see anything, they were in a tunnel... but that didn't feel right. She bumped in her seat as it sped past the next stop and Ali started to get a bad feeling about this whole thing.....☆ (04/20/21 : 13:45:11)
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Super Magnetic |::.Derek Underwood
-Magnitite-
Graduate Student Xavier Instititue
MU @ ReVo
Drown My Sorrows...Kill My Pain
And Make it Last...Until the Morning Breaks
-[in the subway]-
says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : "Ah. I'm afraid I'm not going to have much of a good time then..." He sighed with exaggerated sense of tragedy...he could dress up but he didn't have the same bold taste as Ali. To be FAIR she was coming in from an audition and he was going home from classes hoping he had a reply in his mail box about employment with Xavier's...he couldn't help but watch Ali. She was gorgeous. To be honest he was grateful to the old woman he gave his seat up to so he could stand near the beautiful blonde...find a way to strike up a conversation. He hadn't had much in the way of experience with real flirting or dating...most women who had tried to date him were gold diggers. At least back in Texas. His family was PRETTY well known there so he'd had some celebrity status...which was partly why he wore 'boring' clothing. He gave his best slightly shy charming smile as he realized you had been busy listening to music...and at BEST caught the end of what he had said...his quip back about not going to have any sort of good time in New York because he was boring...well it sounded better in his head and it made him shake said body part realizing he sounded like an idiot... "Sorry. Not used to the City. Let me try again...My name's Derek. Nice to meet you." he held out a hand gently. He was open. Honest looking even. Handsome of course and OBVIOUSLY didn't know the rules about not talking to strangers on the subway. He seemed too earnest (he hoped) to sound like a creeper and his southern manner would be vastly different from the average New Yorker...and he hadn't been here long to learn many of the differences anyway....his wobble ultimately caused him to slip his grip on the strap the next time the train popped on the next series of rails and he accidently fell against Ali...face RIGHT in her cleavage. A face that despite having a slight tan turned BRIGHT red as his hands accidently touched your thighs as he went searching for the bench to push himself back off...he ultimately succeeded but looked horrified... "I AM. SO. SORRY!" He flushed and then realized that the train sped past the next stop...and the next as his brains seemed to realize there was something wrong too... "Uh wait that was my stop..." Something was definitely wrong as the train continued to pick up momentum...
☆ (04/20/21 : 13:57:28)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.
Alison Blaire
The Dazzler
Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes
Shining just the way I like
-[in the subway]-
says to .:
Super Magnetic |::.: see, THIS is why she never takes the subway... weirdos chatting her up and "accidentally" groping her. You were lucky that you were an obvious n00b and also not from around here with that cute southern accent, so she could forgive you. Ali laughed and pushed you off of her, scooting over on the seat so you could sit too - it was only meant for one person, hence why she didn't offer before, but if you were going to fall for her (quite literally), the least she could do was share her seat~ Well, sit back and enjoy the ride then. I hope you have health insurance. ~she replied ominously, because something was definitely up. Others were noticing it too, starting to panic a bit, pulling on the emergency stop cord to no avail, things like that. She seemed mostly unperturbed that this was now officially a runaway train, because OF COURSE it was. The first time she's taken the subway in MONTHS and this happens. Just like how she can't even skate through Central Park without some sort of Battle Royale to save all existence appearing or popping in to visit a friend without hell demons also popping in for a quick fight. Ali looked down at her phone, checking her news app... then gave a laugh devoid of amusement and showed you the headline - "Unfolding Story: Restless Mutant Supremacists Take Over NYC Subway System Until Demands are Met"~☆ (04/20/21 : 14:20:41)
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Super Magnetic |::.Derek Underwood
-Magnitite-
Graduate Student Xavier Instititue
MU @ ReVo
Drown My Sorrows...Kill My Pain
And Make it Last...Until the Morning Breaks
-[in the subway]-
says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : The irony was it actually WAS an accident. There were definitely plenty of creepers who'd pull that trick but Derek seemed obviously horrified it happened...his face was still too red to have been done on purpose as he climbed into this seat his eyes not able to meet the blondes now as he looked so very ashamed that the speed of the train caused that little accident...it also wouldn't be the last accident...or the most harmless given the train was cruising along at an insanely fast clip...he caught the blonde's lap but couldn't QUITE look her in the eye as she made room for him to sit next to her while he got over his humiliation...I mean she's gorgeous and he would have loved to asked her out but that was not a great impression he felt and flushed all over again as the pair of you perched on that small seat...his hazel eyes finally took a curious look as you mentioned health insurance and were ominous about it...he had been about to ask what you were taking about when you reached up to pull the emergency brake...and nothing happened...he had been about to do the same thing himself when he had tumbled face first into Ali's tits...he heard the humorless laugh and his brown eyebrow raised higher than Dwayne Johnson's as he saw the headlines he frowned...they were the only two in this car and it was right behind the driver's compartment...he rose up and went to peek through the glass door into the driver's compartment and found a VERY dead driver and a device wired to the train's driving mechanism...if he'd thought about removing it all the various colored wires would have dissuaded him...but there was also enough C4 explosive to blow up an entire city block...so he went to the back of the car...swinging from metal bar to metal bar and prying open the back of the door and disconnecting the rear cars with all the passengers so friction would slow it down and ultimately stop on its own given the extra mass of the passengers...he turned around and came back to Ali and looked down at her again...
"Well the other car and the passengers will hopefully be safe. The driver's compartment has a remote control device AND a bomb...with a timer so whoever is making demands is either not being honest or using it as a distraction to cover the fact they were going to try and kill folks..." Ok so the Texan was taking charge apparently...he would have suggested you go to the next car before he cut it loose but the other door wouldn't open and all he could do was disconnect them then try to keep you safe...he held out a hand as the train accelerated up to at least 100mph... "I'm sorry I couldn't get you off but I have an idea...and I'm sorry in advance..." He pushed out with his powers and started pulling on magnetic fields to crush the driver's compartment into a shell...then started tearing the car around them apart to wrap around the driver's compartment to contain the blast when it happened...as the car continued to bump over the tracks you could make out how the other cars were stopped Derek's hand reaching out behind him to make sure of it...then the metal bench you sat on lifted up as he floated...
"Hang on..." then the pair of you floated back as the rest of the front compartment and car twisted up into a ball bouncing down the tunnel in front of you only to BOOOOOOM! 15 seconds later sending metal and fiber glass everywhere but the explosion was contained...no damage to the tunnels and a metal shield he formed out of one last piece of train protected you from the shards of metal...with almost negligible flick of his fingers he sent the remains down and then settled the pair of you on the crunching gravel next to the track...Derek dropping to his knees sweating profusely after that massive display...panting trying to get his breath...
☆ (04/20/21 : 14:36:33)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.
Alison Blaire
The Dazzler
Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes
Shining just the way I like
-[in the subway]-
says to .:
Super Magnetic |::.: she gave you a curious look as you got up and went to the front of the car... see, that would never have occurred to her. She'd be content to sit here until something happened and then figure a way out of it. It's worked for her so far! *LOL* You strode from the front of the car to the back and Ali got up, looking into the driver's cab to see what you saw. She gasped at the dead body and even she knew that was a bomb - by the time you had disconnected the rest of the train, she was turned back, pressed against the wall of the car with a horrified look on her face~ Ohmygod, is that, like, a bomb? ~yes, you verified it and she covered her open mouth with a hand...sinking back down to a seat. This is it - this is how she's going to die, trapped in the subway system with only a stranger for company. Killed by a mutant supremacist group, only the irony is that SHE'S a mutant. You apologize in advance and she slowly looks up at you, wondering what you're apologizing for.... leaping from the seat as the car started to dismantle itself. No, wait... YOU were doing that. You scooped her up in a seat and she brought her knees up, wrapping arms around them as the tunnel shook from the force of the explosion. A bubble of light forming around her that protected her from any shrapnel, though you seemed to have thought of that too. The subway seat dropped down to the ground and she bounced off it, tumbling to the ground. She looked up at you as you dropped to your knees, sweating and panting. A few seconds of silence pass by, then she pipes up softly~ Welcome to New York. I'm Ali, by the way.