[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 1a/?
anonymous
September 10 2012, 11:10:27 UTC
The thing about being director of SHIELD -- and thus the de facto interface between the federal government and what the talking heads referred to as the "superhuman community" -- was that it gave you certain resources. Resources that no reasonable person (he liked to think he'd been reasonable, once) in his right mind (he knew he hadn't been that in a while) would consider turning to
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 1b/?
anonymous
September 10 2012, 11:13:27 UTC
That was *not* part of the public record, and Fury swore silently at the stinging reminder of his greatest failure of the whole debacle -- even worse, in some ways, than the devastating assault on the Helicarrier. First he'd failed to talk the Council out of that stupid clusterfuck of an idea; then he'd let his own security protocols be overridden; and then he hadn't been fast enough to stop the plane from leaving the tarmac. Stark and his team had managed to pull off a miracle, thank God, and turn a catastrophe into a victory... but Fury still felt his failure keenly
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 1c/?
anonymous
September 10 2012, 11:29:47 UTC
They had, actually. On the start of the second week, when watchful prudence had begun to give way to something more desperate. They'd put a pen and a piece of paper in his shackled hands, and he'd written with a speed that was somewhere between impressive and alarming despite the encumberance. Fury supposed that was a skill you got when you grew up in a world where the keyboard had never been invented
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Re: [Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 1c/?maxi1234September 10 2012, 19:16:27 UTC
Amazing! The tension was so clear. I could really see Fury being afraid of Prof here... and it made sense. And I think Xavier knew it and... enjoyed it, a little.
Re: [Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 1c/?derawrSeptember 10 2012, 21:56:18 UTC
I am so excited to see this being filled!!!!
It's wonderful so far! I can't wait to see Charles and Loki actually interact!
I also love how discerning Charles was when it came to sussing out the details about the situation...like, he obviously isn't going to be party to torture or condone it...
I just love that this story allows me to see my love of X-Men and my love of Loki combined...
[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2a/?
anonymous
September 13 2012, 10:43:38 UTC
The X-jet dropped him off in an abandoned lot in Selby-by-the-bay. It was clear that they weren't happy about him going off by himself, without even one of the X-men to serve as his backup; but Charles didn't want to expose any of his people to the discomfort (in some cases, a much stronger word would be needed than 'discomfort') they would feel at being in the bowels of a secret government testing facility. Even for some of his younger, less damaged students, there would be some inevitable friction when the mutant clashed with the human, and it was really better all around if that's just avoided
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2b/?
anonymous
September 13 2012, 10:44:43 UTC
And yet, Cerebro -- and Charles, for their powers come from the same font -- *was* able to see him. Not human, yet not completely alien either -- cousin races, still. Kin. Charles, who had devoted his life to the study of the emerging X-gene and the advancement of Homo superior, couldn't help but wonder -- if his own people were the next step in human development, was he looking at what waited several steps further down the road
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2c/?
anonymous
September 13 2012, 10:46:35 UTC
Strange to think that men who'd lived and walked the earth over a thousand years ago could still appear on the surface of the planet as casually as popping down to the corner store -- but then, Charles had made a living working with extraordinary things, and this wasn't all that much to adjust to
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2d/?
anonymous
September 13 2012, 10:49:25 UTC
He has to restrain himself before he digs any further; he had promised Fury he wasn't going to go poking around in his mind, after all. He tempered his initial disbelief and outrage, with some difficulty. "You must have, at least for short periods, in order to feed him. Surely he had plenty to say at that time
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2e/?
anonymous
September 14 2012, 11:47:00 UTC
Debriefing done, Charles went down to the next level of the detention block; it took half an hour to get him cycled through the half-dozen top-security containment measures built into this place. Charles wondered why they bothered at all, since Fury had apparently no faith in his own security to hold onto stray Asgard sorcerers. But then again, perhaps it was as much to stop others breaking *in* as their prisoner breaking out
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2f/?
anonymous
September 14 2012, 11:49:11 UTC
"So what's the verdict, professor?" Fury's voice in his ear interrupted his concentration, and Charles grimaced as he opened his eyes. "What evil plots is he hatching
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[Fill] A Villain State of Mind, part 2g/?
anonymous
September 14 2012, 11:58:44 UTC
A hot coal is picked up from the bed by a pair of metal tongs; hard hands on his face, pushing him down, bending him painfully back over the anvil. Strong fingers pry his jaw open, holding his head fast despite his frantic efforts to jerk away. A cruel voice growls, "Your silver tongue is in need of tempering, Liesmith
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this one seems like it will be just as good!
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It's wonderful so far! I can't wait to see Charles and Loki actually interact!
I also love how discerning Charles was when it came to sussing out the details about the situation...like, he obviously isn't going to be party to torture or condone it...
I just love that this story allows me to see my love of X-Men and my love of Loki combined...
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And, wow, that's some flashback. Poor guy.
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