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Roxanne Ritchi ([personal profile] pluckyreporter) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2011-12-31 10:07 pm

Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win

WHO: Roxanne and well-wishers (plus one really angry alien)
WHERE: The Ritchi House
WHEN: December 30th, Friday Morning - January 6th, Friday.
WARNINGS: Should be none.
SUMMARY: Roxanne's busted up. Come visit.
FORMAT: Looooooooooog (Just leave a note on what day you're visiting in the subject line!)


Roxanne sure as hell wasn't going anywhere after her encounter with Hal. So she was all cozied up at home, with some really good post-surgery painkillers, a brain bot to warm her feet, and a whole week of not leaving the house for pretty much any reason at all. But she'd take visitors. Maybe. If you weren't Hal.
notpredictable: (My head is full of FUCK! // What EVEN?)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"No, Miss Ritchi. That's...it isn't what I want. Not at all. I told you previously, I didn't want anyone or anything dictating me...you told me that I could have a fresh start here, that I could have an opportunity to decide for myself how my life goes. But I think...it's necessary that we have this discussion."

He takes a seat on the couch opposite her and fixes her with a look.

"But it seems I am unable to escape such a fate."

So he quiets, and starts to listen - listen well, which is hard for him to do because everything that she is saying is incredibly difficult to take in and believe.

Yet...at the same time it's not so ludicrous after all.

He somehow manages to keep himself reigned in...until that last bit. That's when he explodes.

"He's -- he's alive?"
notpredictable: (Going Home // Tell the world)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Alive. Metro Man was alive - and had faked his death. Megamind was speechless for the span of several seconds.

"Music Man?" His tone is incredulous, and slightly strangled. "He wants -- Music Man? Honestly? How...how--"

He's having trouble wording, excusing him, Roxanne.
notpredictable: (YOU DID WHAT // Music Man?!)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Keep his logo?"

Megamind's voice cracks.

"He -- he--"

Give him a moment, his giant blue head might just explode.
Edited 2012-01-02 04:20 (UTC)
notpredictable: (O__O // aw hell)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Megamind is having trouble processing the fact that Metro Man, his nemesis since...well, nearly birth, had just given up.

"There -- there was a madman out there -- Hal, you say -- destroying our city, and he was worried about keeping his logo?!"
notpredictable: (YOU'RE ALIVE?! // how are you alive?)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"A-a choice? He thinks--doesn't have--choice?!"

Don't mind him, he'll be snatching that -- whatever the hell it is -- and chugging it back.

Metro Man thinking he didn't have a choice? Honestly?!
notpredictable: (Not predictable :C // MY LIFE)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
He has a penchant for sweet things - alcohol being in it would have likely caused a sputter and more obnoxious, unwanted ranting.

"How dare he!" He finally explodes, gesticulating wildly. "He -- thought he didn't have a choice?! At least he looked like you! He could blend in! Have at least some semblance of normality! I'm just -- the resident black sheep! The freak! How-how dare he say that he didn't have a choice!"

He pants - chest heaving, face flushed purple.

"He just abandoned the city - and...and...that's just--crude! Bad taste! Unacceptable!"
Edited 2012-01-02 05:31 (UTC)
notpredictable: (Beans you say? // wtf?)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
"The person who told you that is a fool and a liar," he snaps, planting his hands on either side of him, fingertips tracing absentminded patterns onto her couch. Equations ran through his head - an attempt to try and calm down, he found himself continuously reciting the properties of relativity and calculations relating to alternating current electricity.

It's a coping and defense mechanism that he frequently uses. It's not really working this time.

"I tried to chose for myself, Miss Ritchi. I tried here. It doesn't seem to be in the cards for me."
Edited 2012-01-02 05:42 (UTC)
notpredictable: (BAD IN THE NAME OF BAD // bad idea)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Am I now."

He sounds particularly grumpy - but he's at least a little calmer now.

As calm as Megamind can really be, anyway.

"Is there anything else?"
notpredictable: (--Roxanne! | // can save her)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-02 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Wait -- wait." He holds his hands up, shaking his head in disbelief. She just uttered several things that had his brain on the verge of spontaneously combusting.

"You've -- tried this with Hal, before? And it didn't work? And you did it again? And didn't call me, his creator?"

He cannot wrap his head around that.

"And -- me...and you--kissing? There was kissing involved?"

Because he had been fairly certain she never wanted to do that again. Getting champagne tossed at you is usually a pretty clear indicator.

But then something is dawning on him.

"Hold on a minute. Is that why you've been...acting so odd? So...tolerant? Because of...this future me, that I wasn't yet aware of?"
Edited 2012-01-02 06:38 (UTC)
notpredictable: (Oh white DOES suit me // Metro Mans lair)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-03 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Looking down at that cast is enough to send another tremor of rage through him, and his face darkens again and he reminds himself that now is not the time to go charging after Hal revahnge.

That would come in time. Megamind was a patient man, after all. Spending time in prison did wonders for that particular trait.

"Miss Ritchi, you do realize that there is no reason to protect me? I have told you already - I am quite capable of keeping myself alive. I've done a fantastic job of it thus far, and trust me - no pathetic excuse for a hero is going to be the death of me."

He exhaled, still plainly hurt that she didn't call him, but...

Why would she request a villains aid? It made perfect sense for her to go to someone else.

"You shouldn't have to - I will do everything in my power to fix this." He knows it probably wont work because of that blasted Porter, but damned if he wont try.

"Watch -- hm. A replacement can be commissioned, for the low cost of a smile, perhaps?"
notpredictable: (Keep her safe // My everything)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-03 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
"It's happened before." He hesitates, and reaches to gently touch the hand that she had reached for him with, mildly relieved that gloves still protect his skin. "Please -- Roxanne, don't...try something like this again. Alright? To preserve my sanity and your well being."

He sighs, and lifts a shoulder.

"I'm not terribly surprised, it seems inevitable that things play out a certain way. Don't apologize."
notpredictable: (Lament // I sure screwed the pooch)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-03 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Thank you." That doesn't change the fact that he's going to go after Hal himself, but it does make him feel better she's not going to try and talk him down again.

"I didn't want you to tell me because for...the first time ever, I had...choices. Now --" He just shrugs and smirks at her. "I suppose I'll just have to go along with it."

He'll succeed, alright. It just might not be in what you want, Roxanne.
notpredictable: (I...WON?! // It was for her)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-04 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
He peers at the ringing phone, but pays it very little mind. He...actually doesn't have a lot of time to contemplate anything, because she's leaned in and kissed him.

Willingly. No coercion or anything.

He's...not sure what to think about that, but instinct has him suddenly smiling against her lips and gently -- carefully -- returning it.

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