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Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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Eddie nodded, taking a slow sip of the coke. She preferred sweeter sodas -- especially cherry ones -- but it was good to get something back in her. And as long as Mercury didn't have one of his masks on her again, she wouldn't have to worry about losing it as well.

"Huh. Wraith is pretty cool," Eddie shrugged. "If it helps you, I have no idea why I can... you know, play with light...I used to think a demon marked me."

She chuckled, smiling at what she now knew to be an Irish death spirit. Glancing over her shoulder, she was relieved to see that it looked like no one was there. Even Warlord wasn't insulting her for impractical choices. Everything was safe, and calm... Nothing to jump out at them.

"Are you ready to go to the airport?" Eddie asked, watching as Mercury practically inhaled a cake. She had a few possessions of hers here, but nothing far too important. She had her phone, and the data she collected had been put into an online journal. Her passport was tucked away with her wallet and cash, easy to access, and hard to forget.

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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"Are you...Are you flirting?" Eddie asked, tilting her head a bit. She had a rather hard time telling whenever someone was flirting with her. In most cases, she just had to ask. She never knew what to do next though--once, she had just nodded and walked off.

After the coat incident, Eddie returned to her cat blogging. ”Hey you hungry? Because I seriously need to eat something before my stomach starts eating itself… Which I seriously hope it doesn’t actually do as that’d suck…. Heh, suck. Don’t worry these aren’t made of bone, plastic I promise.“

She raised an eyebrow at him, watching the mini-avalanche of food hitting the ground. There was an entire cake, a thing of coke, and what looked like...tamales? Her stomach grumbled slightly, reminding her of the fact that any food she had eaten was currently on the pavement, and a bit on Warlord.

"Yeah, bit hungry," she paused. "What exactly are you, Mercury? I don't think you told me... And candy loving crow thing doesn't sound like a real term."

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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”That wasn’t much of an ultimatum just a display of options.“

Eddie accepted his hand, dismounting from the bike. She laughed a bit, rolling her eyes at him. "Sure it wasn't. Because an either or statement clearly isn't an ultimatum."

The pair of them then went up the stairs, until they reached room 66. Seeing the graffiti, Eddie hit Mercury playfully on the shoulder. "Stealing my gimmick, then? We can't have two Lucifers running around, our arch enemies might get confused."

She followed him inside, and letting him do what he wished, she sat down in a chair. Closing her eyes for a moment, she pulled out her phone, catching up on what she'd missed from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and so forth since she last had a moment to check. By the time Mercury decided to wash off, she was happily reblogging pictures of cats dressed up as Star Wars characters.

”Hey mind throwing me that jacket over there? I forgot it.“

Glancing over at the coat, she contemplated stealing it. Instead, she grabbed it and tossed it valiantly at Mercury, but with her poor aim and lack of general arm strength, it hit his head, before falling onto the floor behind him.

"If you haven't noticed, anything involving athletic capability is...well, it's not my thing," Eddie joked awkwardly. Except for fencing. She was decent at that, somehow.

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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”That actually sounds like a good idea. Brazil is a dangerous place right now what with the destabilization going on, and some of the riots. I’ve never been to America before, but I hear their candy is amazing.“

Eddie rolled her eyes. "You're like this girl I dated once. Completely obsessed with sugar. Moved to California, though, haven't seen her in a while."

She couldn't help but see the irony in it. As far as Eddie was aware, Mercury was some sort of shadow shape shifting thing obsessed with human bones and sweets. It had the perfect mixture of the fun and the morbid to sell decently at Hot Topics across the nation, and even potentially, to become a cartoon series for angsty teens.

”We should leave this place first though. Before anymore goons come by to make sure I’m dead. Plus I don’t doubt once Tia finds out I’m still alive she’ll send even more goons after me. The way I am now… I’d be toast in an instant. I may act the fool, but I’m not an idiot. Just gotta go to my hotel room, and get my passport… I hope by the time we get to the airport I’ll have enough energy to change forms to match my I.D“

Eddie nodded. Getting away was exactly how she wanted to spend her time. She had had enough of Brazil for a lifetime. And of course, as much as she wanted to punch Tia in the face and shake her until she recognized that Eddie wasn't an assistant, it would most likely end in death for both Mercury and herself.

Once they got outside, Eddie grimaced, looking at the motorcycle. She could still hardly believe that she had been on that thing, piloting it, even. She still wasn't able to properly ride a normal bike, let alone a motorcycle! Though, to be fair, she hadn't tried to ride one since she was seven years old.

”Hop on, I’ll drive us to my place.“

"Very manly," Eddie snorted, getting on quickly. Her instincts were telling her to make them vanish from sight, but she was too drained to do much of anything. She didn't protest as they went to the dirty, rundown old hotel. Mercury parked the bike, and quickly got off it.

”You can either A come with me or B stay put till I get back. Which could take a while as I get my shit together.“

Eddie frowned. "I don't like ultimatums... But with the day I've had, it's probably safer with the weird candy crow spirit thing."

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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"Oh sweet Jesus...Thank you," Eddie muttered. "I'm an atheist, you don't understand how awful it was...."

She rubbed her face, taking in deep breaths. Of course, now that the mask was removed, her entire body was shaking. She didn't have the physical stamina to do any of the tricks she just pulled. And she doubted she'd be able to redirect any light for a while. Any more, she suspected, and her hair would start to stand up, and she'd go into a faint.

"Can we leave before Tia Whatever comes back and tries to kill you?" Eddie asked. "We could... We could go somewhere people speak fucking English!"

She grinned, before her face fell. Mercury, she realized, probably wouldn't want to go with her somewhere else. She hardly knew him. They'd just met hours ago, and here she was, proposing he run with her back to America. It was silly. It was stupid. He probably wanted to kill Tia, anyways.

She chuckled slightly, though. Without the mask on, things in her head seemed almost...quiet.

"He was kind of like the dick of an older brother I never had," Eddie pondered, glancing at the mask. "Wasn't too bad...Just...Human bone....Really?!"

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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Eddie nodded a bit. She tried not to focus on Mercury too much, instead trying to figure out if she had the strength to remain invisible and blind the guards. Eventually, even with the steroids of the mask in play, she knew it'd be incredibly hard for her to maintain both.

It'd kill me if I did both. Guess people will see your ugly mug on me. Eddie took a deep breath, and became visible in an instant. The next, her hands went up, and an intense blinding light hitting them each directly in the eyes. The light was powerful enough to destroy retinas, to give blindness -- perhaps even permanent. She continued to direct it at them until they collapsed, the blinding light too intense for them to remain conscious.

"Did that." Eddie muttered. Rushing over to Mercury, she glanced at the tubes. Figuring that she should probably be careful with them all, she yanked them out, trying to look at him sympathetically.

"Please don't be dead. I don't want to be stuck with this on my face forever. It smells like vomit...though that is my fault."

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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You’re doing fine kid. Especially now that you’re actually moving. Also my name is Warlord, and I’m in your head. How else do you think I’m talking to you? Once you touched me we formed a psychic connection. Sooo…. If you’re gonna think I’m an asshole at least confront me on it.

Get the fuck OUT. OF. MY. HEAD. Eddie swerved through the crowded street, watching as the van turned off the road. With strength she didn't know she had, she slowed the bike down, stashing it in the bushes, and kept on walking. It was all one smooth transition, though she suspected that the instant she took the mask off, her legs would break and her heart would give out from all of the running.

The map view zoomed back into her head, and she paused. Mercury was rather close by. "Hope this doesn't make you call me an idiot again," Eddie grumbled, making herself disappear from sight.

She didn't need anyone to see the ginger in the clown mask. Delicately, she made her way over to the building, glancing around for a way to get in. There was a skylight, and she shuddered, before scaling the side of the building. Making her way to the roof, she peaked down through the skylight, and slowly let herself in, dangling. Once Tia left, Eddie dropped to the ground, landing with bent knees.

Fuck. Please tell me you have a plan. Please. Please. Please.

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Eddie just had to put on Mercury's talking jerk of a mask! :P

Powerbound: The story of Edwina, and Mercury

Edwina Fairfax

@Gilgex

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”Nah, I’m none too worried. Us masks aren’t affected by the light like Mercy boy is. We’re bone, human bone. So unless you got a bone cutting laser on you I’m fine.”

"Hu-human....bone?" Eddie gulped. Instantly, all of her regained resolve vanished. Desperately trying to take off the mask, Eddie wasn't able to pry it off. Instead, she fell to her knees, and began to retch. A mixture of gummy worms, half digested tacos, and lemonade littered the ground in front of her. Panting a bit, she started to dry heave.

"Why can't you be plastic?" Eddie practically whimpered, slowly rising to her feet. As long as she didn't think about some dead person's bones being stuck to her face, it was fine. It was good.

She dry heaved once more, clutching her stomach. Shit. Not good...

Finally, it seemed her stomach had emptied everything it could. Her hands were shaking, and her mind was distracted as a map, a grid in red, appeared. ”Oh don’t be such a baby. You’ll be fine so long as you get me to Mercury in forty four hours… Otherwise, I could end up devouring your soul. Or better yet switching with you, buuut I love our resident shadow idiot. He’s an okay dude. Now let’s go babe.”

"You're only mentioning this....now?!" Eddie hissed. "Dear Lord, do not let me be one of his fucking masks. Kill me. Whatever. I don't want to be stuck to his face for eternity."

This mask is a bit of an asshole... Eddie thought to herself. Trying once again to not think about the bone pressed on her place, Eddie took off on a sprint.... an actual sprint. There was no constriction in her chest. She wasn't getting tired and begging for death just a few seconds in. Glancing at a passerby on a motorcycle, Eddie ran over and shoved him off, grabbing the bike and beginning to race after Mercury, weaving in and out of traffic.

"Tell me if I'm fucking things up!" Edwina hissed at the mask. "I'm new to this shit!"

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