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Post by molotov on Jul 4, 2016 2:15:58 GMT
 this season, hot or not: underground compounds?
not. passé. to spice up your look, try having a secret base with a view of kingsport’s stunning skyline. subterranean will subtract from your lifestyle, molly thinks as she takes one last look at the initiative’s underground hallway from behind closing elevator doors. don’t forget, fresh air keeps your face blooming.
molly could use that fresh air. she’s rooting around in her tote for her phone as the elevator doors open. she brings out a shade of lipstick and pocket mirror too because it doesn’t hurt to touch up.
but when molly thumbs against the home button her touchscreen screen doesn’t light up. she tries in vain twice more. she shifts her tote bag in her arms as she searches for her spare phone. molly actually stops in place to do this. no more click of kitten heels and, as it turns out, no spare phone. it’s just not there. only 3 glosses, a sealed mascara and the crackle of receipts.
when was the last time she went out without a charged phone and a spare?
the dead phone goes back in the tote bag but molly wants to throw it. she’s sure she has more at home.
pushing through the headquarter’s doors, and stepping outside, molly’s met with the smell of smoke – tobacco smoke. she can’t help trailing it to the source.
“hey, uuum. you got a mo’?” she smiles and there’s a flash of white, perfect teeth. molly rolls the tube of lipstick along her palm as she regards the hero smoking on the steps.
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Post by SHOCKWAVE on Jul 4, 2016 2:35:58 GMT
just another day with the initiative, so it seemed.
aries wasn't a big fan of his new job. then again, aries hadn't ever been a fan of any of his jobs, even the one where he was a bartender. at least that one he was allowed to drink. well, he wasn't actually allowed to drink, but he did it anyway. regardless, aries didn't like jobs, and especially not this one.
it was kind of one he was forced to take, unless he wanted to be in some deep shit. it wasn't a terrible setup, he got an okay paycheck for doing next to nothing. then again, he would've been booted if it wasn't for his father -- who was actually quite disappointed in the way his eldest son was turning out.
then again, there had to be some kind of reason for the two not to speak for a while.
so he sat, alone, smoking a cigarette on the steps where he definitely wasn't supposed to. some might say aries was a "rebel," doing things that he shouldn't do, but he mostly just didn't care. he really should have a fourth superpower: apathy. unfortunately, that was one that the initiative won't -- and probably shouldn't -- list on the roster.
but his alone-time was interrupted by a voice, a female voice, and he was about to turn and tell her to leave when he actually saw her.
he wasn't a reality tv show buff, but you'd have to be completely isolated to not have heard of molly madison. she was a super celebrity, both literally and figuratively. she was plastered over social media and magazines and now that she was an initiative hero, her star status has skyrocketed even more.
and while aries was rarely starstruck, molly was hot as hell.
"always, for you," he smirked, plucking the cigarette out of his mouth and blowing the smoke off to the side. he didn't even know her, but underneath all of those...character flaws (we'll call it that), he could be rather charming when he wanted to be.
"how can i help you, molotov? or would you prefer molly m.?"
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Post by molotov on Jul 4, 2016 18:27:04 GMT
a giggle escapes her and molly watches the smoke plume in the air. her smile stays. it feels a little more real because it’s a little more pleased. always, her mind repeats. molly loves that word.
“aw, be careful. you don’t know what i want with you yet,” molly titters and decides to move down a step alongside him. she drops down, smoothing the back of her silk slip dress against the ground and sits beside him. molly drops the tote, lipstick and pocket mirror on her lap.
it's easier to see him now. that scruff of hair at his chin and the buzzcut scratches at molly’s memory. perusing initiative’s registered heroes archives has its uses but molly knows there’s a certain reason as to why she remembers him.
“if you wanna call me, like, molly, that’d be cool,” ‘molly m’ is the name stamped on the cap of her lipstick, “what can i call you?”
she holds out her hand between them, “gimme your phone.”
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Post by SHOCKWAVE on Jul 12, 2016 3:45:06 GMT
"hey, no matter what you want from me, i'm sure i'll be okay with it," aries replied, a little chuckle escaping him. he perched the cigarette back between his lips, taking a drag and blowing the smoke out of his nose. he watched as she sat down, eyes roaming up and down the length of her.
they were closer now, and she was looking at him just as much as he was looking at her, and aries felt pretty damn lucky today. it's not like he'd never seen the initiative's celebrities roaming the compound, but they weren't people he really gave a shit about. then again, he didn't give a shit about meeting up with the madisons, but he wouldn't complain about molly sitting by him.
"molly it is then," he replied, taking the cigarette again and flicking some ash to the ground. "you can call me aries."
and just like that, when she asked for his phone he just...complied. he handed it over to her and unlocked it; if she really wanted to, molly madison could take over the world.
implying that she already hasn't.
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Post by molotov on Jul 20, 2016 3:27:12 GMT
he’s got smooth words but molly’s skin prickles as he looks up and down her body. someone is a little shameless. it’s fine. smoke flickers in the air, molly leans forward where she sits and pushes out her chest between folded arms, “i’ll keep that in mind.”
molly can be a little shameless too.
“aries? huh…” one arm reaches up and a finger taps against her lips. the polish of her manicured nail and lipstick match, “have i heard that name before…?”
and aries drops the phone in her hand and satisfaction flows through molly. she shoots him a thankful look, eyes flickering over the background before she straightens her back, taking away the view and pressing against the phone icon. she gives a quick glance to recent calls before fingering to the dialpad and wasting little time in typing out a number she’s memorised. she lifts the phone to her ear.
“you’re a sweethea—” is cut off sharply as soon as the ringing on the other end stops and molly hears a voice at the end of the line. her attention is immediately off aries, “michael? yeah, could you bring the car around?”
it’s as simple as that. the phone clicks off at the other end, molly hangs up with a press against the screen but she keeps aries’ phone in her hands. her attention is back to him.
“how can i thank you?”
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Post by SHOCKWAVE on Jul 24, 2016 0:46:52 GMT
"well, the hero name i was given when they scooped me up is shockwave," he said, taking another long drag on the cigarette, blowing the smoke out to the side, away from her. wouldn't be any good to puff the smoke right in her face, of course."but i live my life coasting on the fact that i'm not that well-known of a hero. enough money to pay the bills without too much work to do."
it was the life, honestly. well, the life would be not being a hero at all, but unfortunately he didn't have that luxury.
he wasn't paying much attention to the snooping she was doing to his phone, but aries didn't have much to hide. most of the recent calls were for food delivery anyway, and he wasn't ashamed to admit that. even if he did know how to cook, he was too lazy to spend all the time making food anyways.
molly's call was short, and when she hung up he held his hand back out for his phone, but it wasn't returned. aries glanced up at her, and when she asked the question...he had a few ideas.
"well, i'd like the phone back," aries started. "and...i'd be honored to have the chance to take you out to dinner."
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Post by molotov on Jul 24, 2016 8:19:12 GMT
“um, shockwave?” molly parrots it but there’s a frown in her brow. she’s gotta look like she’s trying to remember it but she does. he was right at the end of her files: a d-rank. she watches the smoke again before she returns her eyes to him. there’s something more mischievous in them.
“so what’re you doing right now, smoking out here...” molly leans in a little closer to prod him. her immaculately cut nails are sharp enough to poke into the flesh of his arm, “are you playing hooky from saving the world?”
a twenty-something guy with fast food numbers in his recent calls. revolutionary. clearly molly’s eyes almost glaze over in awe glancing through them. what brings her back is no girl names with cute, kissie emojis. that’s good. she doesn’t want something that’s going to get complex but she does want something – someone — higher than her rank. but as he asks her out she thinks how easy it would be to make do.
molly giggles and surprise is easy to feign. she does it on every episode of meeting up with the madisons.
“that’s so sweet. i do owe you,” molly twists aries’ phone in her hands. she plays with it absent-mindedly as she speaks and there’s no indication she heard his first request. instead, her voice is coy, “i gotta ask, i gotta aries, do you ask out all the girls this quick?”
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