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maskormenace2017-12-03 02:22 pm
craftpunk) wrote in maskormenace2017-12-03 02:22 pm
Entry tags:
- kylo ren | jedi-killer,
- n/a | the midnighter,
- † bruce banner | hulk,
- † cisco ramon | vibe,
- † david blake | woden,
- † eli vanto | ensign,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † gwen wynne-york | n/a,
- † loma | shade,
- † magnus chase | n/a,
- † owain | odin dark,
- † qymaen jai sheelal | grievous,
- † shinjiro aragaki | n/a
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I have some important questions.
Anyone else feeling a little extra powerful, lately?
Poll #19154 An important Quiz
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30
How many worlds are there?
Do you still have your powers?
How do you feel about superpowers?
The Patriarchy is...
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A damaging class system that unfairly marginalizes anyone not a part of the ruling class
13 (50.0%)
The way of the world
4 (15.4%)
The single most damaging system to people of all genders
9 (34.6%)
Imaginary
0 (0.0%)
Which pill?
If you had to live anywhere, would it be...
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A dark forest
4 (14.3%)
A fjord
2 (7.1%)
A tundra
2 (7.1%)
Mountains
3 (10.7%)
Somewhere modern
17 (60.7%)
What pulls your chariot?
You solve problems with your:
Anyone else feeling a little extra powerful, lately?
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Some things cannot be mastered or controlled.
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Like yourself?
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Perhaps.
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Do you want to know your results?
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I didn't realise we were getting marked on our answers.
Why not.
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Why don't we talk face to...face?
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It would be a distraction from feeling so useless, at least.]
Alright.
I can come find you.
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A really pretentious hipster music store. ]
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That, and as he has no idea what the mysterious test-giving stranger looks like, standing out seems a good idea.
He doesn't bother waiting around outside- he strides in and soon finds himself running gloved fingers over the stacks of vinyl albums, drawn to the artwork on the sleeves. Whatever it is they're playing on the store speakers isn't like anything he's heard before - it has a strange, driving rhythm that seems to change halfway through a line of melody. Urgent. Building. Chaotic.
He likes it.]
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It's in a bright burst of a rainbow, almost psychedelic in the way the colors shift, the sparkles, it emanates power and promise, and the man that steps out is only medium height, but that hardly matters. The helmet reflects the lights, before the bifrost dies out behind him, and he stood out, in all his glowing glory.
And the tall man standing out of place was absolutely his next. ]
I suspect you're the one I'm here for.
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It's undeniably impressive- attractive, even. He can't help the way his eyes widen, the way he blinks against the brilliance, the slight catch of breath. There's a pull unlike anything he's experienced before, and he feels it. The power.
It's insanely compelling.
But he doesn't like staring. His eyes narrow, focusing sharply on the impenetrable reflective surface of the stranger's helmet- right where his eyes should be.
He's worn masks. He knows this game. But this... was not what he was expecting.]
You... are not human.
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[ The voice is digitized, filtered. Kylo was likely familiar with that as well, the way one hid from the world with tricks, synthesizers, and masks. Woden stepped forward, passing innumerable albums -- some of which held very dear, very old memories. He could pick up some, and point out the first time he smoked weed, had sex -- the night --
No matter. ]
And you... are fascinating. [ He stopped next to him, and placed his hands on either side of one of the boxes, in front of the records. ] I'm sure you get that a lot.
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[It was mesmerising. He can feel the tug of the strings, but it works anyway. He wants to laugh- not because the situation is funny, exactly, and certainly not because he finds the man who calls himself a god worthy of mockery- it's something more visceral than that- an impulse.
Fascinating.
Well. He'd been called that once before. Special. It had made a welcome change then, too.
His lips twist in an approximation of a smile- something in between triumph and bitterness.]
Few get the chance to give me an appraisal. Should I be flattered?
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[ He said, and turned his head, to focus on the man. Wow.
He was tall. Much taller than Woden. The man wasn't short, but Ren towered over him. He wasn't necessarily intimidated, but... it was an intimidating presence. ] Clearly, you need to hear them more often, if you don't get that kind of appraisal more.
[ He didn't really care about his name -- he shouldn't. He was going to get a new one soon enough, but he suspected the man would be curious. He'd want more than just an item and the statement that he would be someone else. Not with power and presence like that. ]
I am called Woden.
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And it was good. Knowing that he could inhabit his role, his destiny with this face. The one that had once belonged to someone else.]
Woden. I am Kylo Ren - and I am no god. But... you sense it. What I am.
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[ His helmet tipped, slightly, reflected Kylo Ren's face back at him, perpetual reflection -- an eerie look, no doubt. A blank face was one thing, but your own reflection, your own emotions back at you was something that Woden loved. It always made his job of making people see what they wanted to see so much easier. ]
You're powerful. But you know, you could be a god here. It's not quite as difficult as one would think.
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Certainly in present company, the sight of that face simply reminds him of his strength. The power he had chosen to claim by shedding a name, rather than a skin.]
Do I strike you as a man afraid of difficulty?
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[ His tone is amused, with that. Delighted, practically.
Even that comes out of the vocoder, and the frame turns, slightly, his hands behind his back, and he walks down the aisle, before his fingers grace one album. Something wispy, something...much more modern. Amy. ]
Where I come from, we gods give up the rest of our lives to become who we are. We have a two-year limit. I intend to surpass that, and it's been a constant for centuries.
So I, too, am used to overcoming strife.
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Your old life in its entirety, for two years of this life?
[It seems a hefty price to Kylo. He's not certain why anyone would choose to enter into such a bargain... the power on offer would have to be immense.]
Sacrifice is always required for any power worth holding- though it sounds as if you intend to bend the rules.
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[ He said, his words a cruel mockery of someone else's. ]
I've already planned a way out, and have it guaranteed. I'll get the trade offs, the benefits, and at the end of it all? [ He'll still be around. The others won't. ]
I'm the clever one, you know. The one who doesn't just give things up for no reason. I'm sure you understand. [ His fingers found another album -- this time something electronic, reminiscent of his own look. French Posers. ]
Here, though, the sacrifice isn't so hefty. All the power, none of the problems, and now... I'm able to do more than ever.
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And as the clever one, you're playing the system. I see.
And you have an offer for me. Based on my... test results.
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[ He turned back to look at him, the reflection of his helmet had Ren distorted along with the length of the aisle. His head tipped. ]
I can give you something new -- something unlike what others have. Power over others, of a sort.
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And I assume your price is more reasonable than a sacrifice of my entire existence.
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[ He waved a hand. ] No two year timer from me. A nickname, and maybe you get to participate in a gathering, if I feel like asking for everyone to come for a meeting.
[ Why not? It would be fun, to see the fruits of his labor all at once. ]
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And in return, I get- what, exactly.
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