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legionworld2016-02-11 01:56 am
dupaindots) wrote in legionworld2016-02-11 01:56 am
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Ladybuggin' Out
Who| Marinette and YOU
What| Marinette exploring Legion World after waking up
Where| All around Legion World, you can pick a location
When| After Whistling in the Dark plot
Warnings/Notes| N/A
Marinette had been shown around the ship already but that was when she was still in the wide-eyed stages of denial one found themselves in when they were spirited to another universe. She'd gone along with it, listened to the descriptions of different places, talked to them about that whole swearing an oath thing and had done it all pretty much on automatic.
Just because she was a superhero back home didn't mean she was prepared for all this so she'd spent her days in the Medbay and her days right after in a quiet state of shock, one that had apparently been mistaken for calm because of her capacity to still talk to people despite it.
It was only now after she was free to wander around alone that she started to come out of it a little, looking at everything with new eyes the second time.
"Wooow."
She had no one to really say it to but she was used to Tikki always being with her so thinking out loud was a force of habit.
"Woooooow."
That was really all she could say as she wandered from place to place and from thing to scientific-looking...thing. She put her hands on her cheeks and stared and let out a "woooow" at no one, and then walked onto the next thing. Whether it was the threshold gate hub, or the science labs, or the many habitats that had been built for everyone on board -- including one that had the Champ De Mars and the entire Eiffel Tower for her -- all she could do was stare wide-eyed and "woooow" at herself.
And maybe touch things she probably shouldn't touch. In a few places she even smushed her face against windows to look at the view of Earth or space outside.
"Woooooooow!"
People might possibly notice the new girl in any number of places and given all the 'wow'ing and the flight ring on her finger she was very obviously new.
What| Marinette exploring Legion World after waking up
Where| All around Legion World, you can pick a location
When| After Whistling in the Dark plot
Warnings/Notes| N/A
Marinette had been shown around the ship already but that was when she was still in the wide-eyed stages of denial one found themselves in when they were spirited to another universe. She'd gone along with it, listened to the descriptions of different places, talked to them about that whole swearing an oath thing and had done it all pretty much on automatic.
Just because she was a superhero back home didn't mean she was prepared for all this so she'd spent her days in the Medbay and her days right after in a quiet state of shock, one that had apparently been mistaken for calm because of her capacity to still talk to people despite it.
It was only now after she was free to wander around alone that she started to come out of it a little, looking at everything with new eyes the second time.
"Wooow."
She had no one to really say it to but she was used to Tikki always being with her so thinking out loud was a force of habit.
"Woooooow."
That was really all she could say as she wandered from place to place and from thing to scientific-looking...thing. She put her hands on her cheeks and stared and let out a "woooow" at no one, and then walked onto the next thing. Whether it was the threshold gate hub, or the science labs, or the many habitats that had been built for everyone on board -- including one that had the Champ De Mars and the entire Eiffel Tower for her -- all she could do was stare wide-eyed and "woooow" at herself.
And maybe touch things she probably shouldn't touch. In a few places she even smushed her face against windows to look at the view of Earth or space outside.
"Woooooooow!"
People might possibly notice the new girl in any number of places and given all the 'wow'ing and the flight ring on her finger she was very obviously new.
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Or he possibly just needed a better grounding in quantum physics.
That could also be it.
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She wasn't quite sure if she believed that. She wasn't exactly a genius but she was shrewd. And she had noticed a few interesting things about their situation.
Marinette dropped her voice to a whisper to talk about them.
"How do we know they didn't just bring us and give us powers themselves?" she asked. "It seems awfully convenient that they needed help and all of a sudden we started getting pulled here."
She didn't really want to think they did it on purpose themselves. They seemed nice and they were definitely fighting for something important if they wanted to protect people.
Buuuut she was a little worried.
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He held up his omnicom, the data he'd been looking over still on the screen. "I've been looking over everything since I got here. I don't have extensive experience with interdimensional physics, but the quantum tether theory seems pretty solid so far. They've been very helpful about getting me all of the data and the equipment I'd need to crunch the numbers, and all I've had to do is ask - which isn't solid proof of anything, but it's a good point towards sincerity."
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She couldn't confess to knowing what exactly the science was. This was way beyond her.
"Or is it the kind of thing that would need someone or something really powerful to do it?"
It did sound like something that went...deep. if something was quantum that meant it had to do with fundamental particles, right? That went all the way down to people atoms and things.
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That part was spat out a little quickly. Donnie never liked admitting he might not be smart enough to get something, even if he was realistic enough to know that sometimes, it might be the truth.
"- I'm not seeing any feasible way of recreating that effect. Figuring out how to take it apart has already been tough, and destroying anything is easier than replicating it."
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Even if they weren't behind all this, there was still a risk that they were taking advantage of it somehow.
"But I hope all this is what it looks like. It sounds like there are a lot of people that need help." And if time was supposedly frozen back home, she was fine with helping until they didn't need help anymore.
"Not that I really know anything about this," she lied, "but who doesn't dream sometimes about being a superhero?"
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(You obviously could, since Leo did it all the damned time and Donnie was never going to get that.)
"We just have to watch ourselves, and watch for anything weird."
Her question, though, got a slightly awkward headtilt. "Well, uh...maybe a little, but most of the time, my life's been eventful enough without the help."
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God knows her life was pretty much a never-ending thrill ride, but she still couldn't really imagine a life that was so eventful that superheroing was a 'thanks but no thanks' situation because it was just too much.
"Where are you even from anyway? Some kind of...turtle world?"
Planet of the turtles?
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Probably not the way he'd have chosen, but a way, sure.
"Nah, humans are the dominant species of my world, turtles are the non-sentient pet store variety, and the number of mutants like myself derived from any animal species numbers at less than two dozen."
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She paused.
"But I guess back home probably sounds like something out of a movie, too," she admitted, shrugging. "There's a supervillain back home that turns people into villains. With evil butterflies called akuma."
A pause.
"At least, my friend Alya thinks that's what Ladybug said they're called. Ladybug is one of the heroes that fights them."
She raised her eyebrows.
"Anyway, people seem to get changed into akuma every other day, with these weird powers and ridiculous costumes... Most of our class has been akumatized at one point. So I probably shouldn't be thinking about other worlds as weird when mine's so strange."
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Look, Donnie didn't just fall off the turnip truck. Those suspiciously quick backpedals sound like a suspiciously specific denial, and -
"Ladybug, huh."
Nice wings, Marinette?
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Haha, just some friendly homage, right?
"If she ever showed up, I'd give the name back to her. Of course. I just figure if I look like a Ladybug, it fits, right? And it feels right that there'd be a Ladybug in this world, too."
Reaching. Reeeaching. But it really was the best she could do. She wasn't always the best liar. She tried, certainly, but no one could say she was particularly smooth or gifted at it.
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But if it seemed that important to her to keep the secret, Donnie wasn't about to call her on it. He knew something of what it was like to have to hide something that big. An identity. A family's entire existence. Whichever.
"Right. So, what can you do?"
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She fluttered down again, folding the wings away.
"And I'm really fast and agile. Like a gymnast, I guess? And a little sturdier." It was a lot like she'd been back home, although she had more strength and durability with the powers her kwami Tikki gave her. "And they said I have -- I have no idea what this means -- but a 'probability manipulation field'? Which I think is just good luck! I guess!"
In general, that seemed to be something she had back home, but it was definitely channeled a different way. Her lucky charm was something a lot more solid and concrete, a specific rabbit she got to pull out of her hat.
"It doesn't seem like something I can control. It just...happens."
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Heaven knew Donnie wasn't one to take the simplistic approach to anything.
"But from the name they're giving it, that'd be a space around you that affects the statistical likelihood of certain outcomes coming to pass, which could slant positive or negative or neither, but if it goes positive, then yes, you could just sum it up by saying it's good luck."