bargain_batman: (wary)
Diego Hargreeves ([personal profile] bargain_batman) wrote in [community profile] fluxnet2021-07-18 10:48 pm

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[ Anyone who frequents Pour Judgment would recognize him. Those who train at Phoenix Rising would probably also consider his face familiar. It was a slow night at Pour Judgment where he was comfortable to steal a little time away to ask a question that had been on his mind recently.

The video jostled for a second before settling on his face. ]


So after a few conversations that I've had and read, seems like a number of us pulled into this nightmare are orphans. Yours truly included.

[ His head dropped a little to a side as he continued. ]

I don't know if that means anything but it isn't the norm in my world. Neither is having abilities but that seems to be a thing here too.

[ Diego straightened again. No contempt or disdain or smugness to be found. He was serious. ]

Look, you don't have to say anything you don't want to but I think I'm onto something so if you wanna send me a message privately or come talk to me rather than put your business on blast, I'm open to that too.

I'm not expecting Daddy Warbucks to come save us but wouldn't frown at still teaching Miss Hannigan a lesson.
ambusti_terrae: (Default)

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[personal profile] ambusti_terrae 2021-07-19 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Card carrying member of the orphan club here.

There are no t-shirts and sometimes the snacks are okay, but for the most part the whole thing sucks.

As for abilities.

Pyrokinesis. Telekinesis. Empathic reading. Mental domination. Danger sense. Telepathy if I’m close enough to someone. Not distance-wise.
ambusti_terrae: (amused)

[personal profile] ambusti_terrae 2021-07-19 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Make mine a tank top.

[ She doesn’t care about T-shirt’s. This is just a fun conversation. To a degree. ]

Yep. And I won’t. I can honestly say I’m not a fan of how people on fire smell. Plus so far you’re not awful.
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[personal profile] ambusti_terrae 2021-07-19 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Honest answer?

[ He might be lightening up some, but her face falls and she looks uncomfortable. Something in her hurts at the question. And she looks a tad angry. Not at him. Just at life in general. ]


None of it.

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greatdeliverer: (my arms and legs)

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[personal profile] greatdeliverer 2021-07-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Might as well start somewhere, right? I more or less trust you. You're starting to be a friend.

I wasn't an orphan, but I might as well have been, for all my mom paid attention to me. Always busy with work, or her social life, or anything but me. My sister pretty much raised me. And even she couldn't always be there.
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[personal profile] greatdeliverer 2021-07-19 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
I have very few memories of my dad, but I want to look after Lou the way he looked after me, while he was alive. I love her with my whole heart, and I want her to have so much more than I did.

I'm sorry your dad wasn't around, either. It's bullshit.
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[personal profile] greatdeliverer 2021-07-19 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sold? Like for money? What sort of black market bullshit is that.

My biological mom was in a coma, and then died. My adopted mom was there when my dad died, so she took me in. Would've thought I was lucky, being the president's adopted son. But it felt like -- I don't know. She was always busy, sure, but it was like she was making sure she was always busy. Like it was on purpose.

[Sam sighs and rubs his hands over his face, but he gives Diego a smile back after that.] I'm lucky to have Lou. Don't pretend you haven't fallen in love with her, too. I've seen you playing games with her.

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walkingshitshow: (black tank top)

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[personal profile] walkingshitshow 2021-07-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Well, now that you mention it, Bruce Wayne might be the closest you get to a Daddy Warbucks.

But you're not the first person to notice the bit about people having abilities.
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[personal profile] walkingshitshow 2021-07-19 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
How would I know? If he's rich enough, he could afford a good hairpiece.

[ Which would probably get him in trouble but it is nice to know Diego can refrain...sometimes. ]

Honestly, not so far?
Do you want to switch this conversation to private?
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[personal profile] walkingshitshow 2021-07-19 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ She wouldn't really comment about how she knew Bruce beside them talking here and there, plotting things. ]

Are you sure? Because you're the one that brought it up first.

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[personal profile] crazy_white_girl 2021-07-19 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Is it a hard knock life for you?

[ She tilts her head a bit, looking at him curiously but also being a bit smirky over getting the reference. At least for a moment. ]

I'm not really an orphan. I mean, my dad is dead and my mom is an addict, so I was mostly on my own but does that count? Can I still be in the club or support group you're building?

Or will there be a powered people group?
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[personal profile] crazy_white_girl 2021-07-19 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
Give it time. [ It's a struggle not to stick her tongue out at him before they switch to a private connection. ]

It kind of felt like it sometimes. But no, Ty actually has awesome parents. They're strict but it's because they just want him to be safe and they love him. But yeah, there seems to be a lot of powered people. Not that I've seen many say outright what they have.

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[personal profile] crazy_white_girl 2021-07-19 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently, they actually exist, who knew?

[ Honestly, she is kind of happy for Ty and the fact that his parents are good people. She wouldn't wish the opposite on him. ]

I thought my Dad was good before he died but I found out a little while ago that he wasn't the man I thought he was.

So, you know, good for Ty that he doesn't have to deal with that shit.

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[personal profile] prodigalmess 2021-07-19 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Malcolm's a frequent guest of Pour Judgement, so he recognizes Diego, and Diego has probably seen him around too. ]

Not to throw a wrench in your theory, but I'm going to be a statistical outlier for you; I'm not an orphan.

[ But he did have a pretty bad childhood, so maybe that's the key here. ]
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[personal profile] prodigalmess 2021-07-21 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 'Biological donors' is an interesting phrase. ]

Yes... until I was 10. My father wasn't an active part of my life from that point on.

[ That was when he went to prison for being a serial killer. ]
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[personal profile] prodigalmess 2021-07-23 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Malcolm thinks on that for a moment. He's never considered himself any type of orphan, but... ]

Yeah. [ He nods. ] Okay, I'll give you that. I was a partial orphan.

[ It makes sense. His father made choices that forced him to have to abandon his family. ]

Malcolm. You work security there, right?

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