Suspiciously Quiet

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

The carnage in the hotel ballroom disappears in a gut wrenching wave of nausea and blurryness. When she can see again, she's on her knees, surrounded by her fellow Exiles.

Raven braces herself for the worst. Zombies roaming the streets, the sun blotted out by swarms of locusts, a world where every restaurant is non-smoking. She opens her eyes and sees...a suburban strip mall.

A Best Buy anchors one end. The other end is held down by a Dick's Sporting Goods. In between, there are a couple of ethnic restaurants, some clothing stores, and, to her immense relief, a Cox Smoker's Outlet.

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[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Sarah has her shoulder back in the brace, but its definitely not as bad as last time she jumped, and most of the other Hulk and Deadpool bruises shouldn't take too long to heal. Nonetheless, she's braced for anything as they jump.

Then she quickly relaxes as she sees the place. "Ok, so after all that, and with all this jumping around, I need some new clothes. Anyone else for a shopping trip?"

Ok, so every now and then she's still aloowed to be a teenage girl.

[uneasy-rider.livejournal.com]

It's daylight where they are, and the Ghostrider leaves just Roxanne behind.

Who promptly passes out from shock.

[proteus-maximus.livejournal.com]

Morph stretches his arms to cushion the fall of the lady Ghost Rider.

"Dammit, I had a lot more I could've done for that world.."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"We don't get to stay at our leisure," Raven says sadly. "Probably for the best. There are some places a few of us might not leave." She offers him a little smile. "One of those Easter Island stone heads thought you were pretty cute."

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

Lyla's got the drill down now, and appearing in a shopping center, she helps holo him back into street clothes so as not to monkey with anyone's fears of masked men.

Then she works on triangulating where they are.

"Who's hungry? I can't remember the last time I had a meal."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

Raven shifts into a nondescript form - average height and size, jeans and a plain black t-shirt - although she keeps her hair red.

"I could eat half a deer." She raises her eyebrows. "What's the Tallus say?"

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

His head tilts, waiting for something.

Then, finally, his eyes start to dart around the place.

"Be More Flexible."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

Raven straightens up, surveying the options. "Everyone good with Chinese? I wouldn't mind a little tissue diversity in my diet. I still have some restructuring left to..."

She pauses, a slightly confused look on her face, then tries to poke a finger into what appears to be the pocket of her bluejeans. A bloody red line opens at the seam. She stares at it in delight.

[tj-nocturne.livejournal.com]

TJ's normal grandma just tried to kill her friends every so often. This one is... much weirder, but far easier to tolerate.

"Yeah, Chinese is fine," agrees TJ, rolling her neck in an attempt to stretch it out. "As long as I get something spicy, and in large quantities."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"It took me years to get the knack of pockets."

She keeps poking her finger into the bloody gash; sometimes frowning, sometimes grining, always trying to worm her fingers deeper under the top layer of skin.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

A six year old boy drags his mother over. The woman looks chagrined until she sees the gaping skin where Mystique is trying to form a pocket.

"I gots a bandaid you can use." He pulls a Spongebob Squarepants bandaid off his scabby knee and holds it out to the older blue woman.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

His mother looks a little queesy.

"Um...ma'am...do you need a ride to a hospital?"

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

Raven's head snaps up as they interrupt her contemplation. Oh, yeah. You're a great spy. Good job not being crept up on in a whole new world.

"It's nothing," she says, "Special effects for a movie we're in."

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Armed with permission to hit the mall, Sarah is off like a shot with a broad grin on her face, not even seeming to notice the jarring of her arm as she moves. Back home, those with powers weren't terribly welcome to use public places like the mall, unless they wanted to fight sentinels over it, and the matter replicators on Battleworld, while useful, somehow lack the appeal of an actual shopping trip, so this ought to be a unique experience.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

A couple bored looking clerks stand chatting at the door of store called, 'Juicy!'

The blonde sees Sarah and offers a cheerful smile.

"Hi there! Oh, wow. Are you looking for clothes that'll be all easy to fit over a sling? We have some awesome new fall blouses."

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Sarah gives the girl a bright smile, then glances down at her arm, the expression fading a little. "Yeah... just need a few new things." Her face colors a little as she steps in closer. "Don't suppose you could help me find a couple things and try them on. I'm still trying to get used to this sling."
Not to mention this whole shopping and normal clothes thing.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Oh, totally! It's not like this place is hopping on a Tuesday." She absentmindedly waves at the empty store.

"I'm Gretchen." She holds out a hand to shake, then blushes, looks at the sling, and holds out the other one.

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Sarah winces as she automatically tries to move her arm, then sheepishly extends her other hand to shake instead. "Sarah." she responds, her current state and unusual surroundings putting her off her usual self-assuredness a bit.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"That's a pretty name." Gretchen smiles. "All Biblical and stuff. My mom named me after her grandma - who was awesome, but c'mon." She leans in and whispers conspiratorially, "It could be worse. My brother's name is Ingo."

She shakes her head, smiling in sympathy for her brother. "Mom's grandparents came here after the war and all. It's like, this crazy romantic story, cause they totally never would've met in thier home country."

Gretchen leads Sarah over to a rack of twinsets and starts holding them up in front of the other girl, pursing her lips in contemplation.

[uneasy-rider.livejournal.com]

Consciousness is not a happy thing for young Roxanne Simpson.

"Mah head still on fire?"

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"If you were," Barnes replies, handing her a glass of water, "you'd be talking a whole lot less. Here. Drink up."

[uneasy-rider.livejournal.com]

"Ah think it can still talk when ah'm like that," she mumbles as she eases up and takes a glass of water. "There's still like screams in mah head. Did I...do someth'n while it was go'n?"

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," he replies, checking her color while she drinks. A little pale, but not to the point she should see a doctor. Good. "You saved us all. Thanks."

He waits for her to put the water down so he can check her pupils.

[uneasy-rider.livejournal.com]

She puts down the water. "You some sorta doc?"

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"Nah," he shrugs. "Still, serve in the Big One, and you pick up some field medicine." He gives her a nod, having finished looking her over. "You look alright. How do you feel?"