Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]
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				Title: <strong>Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>28-06-2010, 05:40:03</strong>
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				It was already making waves in the criminal underground. The police had repressed the video but it had gotten out, and various people were trying to figure out who the young man was. Scouts had been sent out to figure out who had been stealing the circuit boards - the thefts weren't big, but the young man caught on tape wielded the power of what was certainly a rapidly budding potential and at worst, a huge danger to the criminals already running the underground. It quickly made it's way to one particular man's desk, one who might be interested in recruiting him.<br><br>"His name is Jasper Sanders. Goes by Nix." The video was pulled up or the man to see, and then an address was slipped across on a piece of paper. It hadn't been easy but it relative to how secretive most villains were, it hadn't been too hard, either. The young man was clearly new to it. <br><br>The scout who had tracked him down was expecting a big payday for the information. <br><br>The video showed a young man in a slim-fitting bodysuit walking calmly up to a circuit board, and then...strangely enough, the shadows around him warping and bending and falling once again before wrapping around the circuit board, picking it up and diffusing the electric shock he would have received. It deflected the lasers, allowed him to escape unnoticed, all at a leisurely stroll.<br><br>The video was terribly grainy, too hard to get a good look at him, but it was clear that he had dark hair to about his jaw.<br><br>He glanced up at the security cameras just once, and it revealed, even more eerily, that his eyes were bound from eyebrow down across his nose with a thick swatch of soft black fabric, tied back at the base of his neck. He was, with it, effectively blind. The darkness carressed him, up his thighs, flickering around him. He saw with it, able to scan a whole room with his heightened senses, just by giving up his sight temporarily. <br><br>The address for where the young man was was in the old Gotham Bay factory district, and it was for a simple abandoned warehouse, mostly run down. A snapshot showed the back of a slim young man disappearing into the black doorway and then another shot of a white, long-fingered hand shutting the main door behind him. <br><br>"He's been staying there, or so it seems. Doesn't seem to go to any particular home address." <br><br>Nix was, indeed, relaxing in his warehouse. He was sitting quietly in an old, ratty armchair he'd found and dragged inside. The area was huge, flooded with shadows and thick, inky darkness. The walls kept shifting and changing, the shadows forming ladder-like mock imitations of Gotham's skyscrapers, always shifting and changing. He liked making panoramas and then changing them - the Gotham Bay Bridge rose from the shadows and then fell to an imitation of lapping water. He smiled, peacefully, looking at it.<br><br>This was the only place he could let his powers move freely - he didn't have to hide them, keep them in check. He took off his blindfold slowly, and the shadows flickered and disappeared, becoming regular ones. Thicker than usual, flickering a bit eerily, but much more natural than the panorama he'd formed. It wasn't unless his eyes were closed that he could actually move the shadows, and as he dropped the blindfold to the side, he stretched out.<br><br>He unfolded long, slim legs, his hands reaching out before him. <br><br>He stood, cracking his back, wincing ever so slightly. <br><br>He wore a complete black bodysuit, from neck to toes, made of a highly moldable black leather that carressed each long, slender line of his body. His hair was dark, not quite black but close to it, eyes a brilliant, pale green, like a crust of ice on a frozen bay, framed with a fringe of black lashes. His mother was Japanese, father American. He'd gotten his mother's high cheekbones, robebud, cupid's bow lips, slim frame. He really didn't resemble his father very much. He wasn't particularly tall, maybe five foot eight, but he was all legs and a curved backside and grace. He hardly looked like he belonged...well, anywhere other than a magazine. One of the reasons he rarely graced schools, or anywhere other than his little warehouse.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>chaospandemoniium</strong> on <strong>30-06-2010, 03:19:52</strong>
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				{OOC: Sorry for the belated reply, but, was sick.}<br><br>Auruel Argent had paid the scout a premium for the information, and, had perused it several times; he hoped this new boy, Nix, would be worth the price and the effort. Not that Argent didn't have the money - he did: being one of the more successful (and notorious) so-called 'supervillains' of Gotham paid well.<br><br>As Faze, Auruel was a master thief - able to walk through walls and manipulate the flow of electrons - electricity, he could scramble nearly any system designed to keep people out. He could also rewrite data through himself and download it into another medium, so he specialized in very high end industrial espionage, and he was worth every penny he was paid for it. <br><br>That was why he'd been interested in the young man who stole the circuit boards: it seemed a good compliment to his own gifts. He had been watching Nix for several days, on and off, and had decided the time had come for a personal visit. That, and young Jasper was downright.. lovely. No harm in mixing pleasure with business, come to that.<br><br>So, outside the warehouse, stood a slightly tall man, six foot, slender but with the lean muscle of an athlete. Auruel looked to be about twenty-five or so, with pale blonde hair, almost platinum, worn short and stylishly spiky, a sharp featured, patrician face, slightly pale. His eyes were ice blue, his mouth a little wide, looking either generous, sensual, or cruel, depending on his mood.<br><br>Though as Faze, Auruel wore a mask to hide his recognizable features, and a body-armored catsuit to provide protection and total freedom of movement, right now he was unmasked and wearing ordinary clothes, if a dove grey suit of tailored Italian silk over ivory linen shirt, with also-Italian hand-sewn black shoes, could be considered ordinary. No tie, but a diamond stickpin in his collar. <br><br>So, as Nix sits in his warehouse, the air crackles with the ozone scent of a pending electrical surge, and then, there is the man standing on the other side of his back wall, walking towards him, having come straight in through said wall. "Hello, Jasper.. I think it's time we had a chat..." says Auruel, his voice soft and pleasant. "You can call me Auruel. Though the rest of the city knows me as Faze." <br><br>And Auruel smiles, waiting to see the boy's reaction...<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>30-06-2010, 14:47:40</strong>
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				It was so peaceful. So quiet, and peaceful. No one to bother him, no one to judge him or make fun of him, or be cruel to him. He tried to convince himself that peaceful wasn't entirely the same thing as lonely but it was hard when the only sound echoing in the giant warehouse was rats, and...and? There should have been no 'and' to that. There was the thick, heavy crackle of static in the air. Then a second later Auruel was walking through the warehouse towards him, and just from the powers, he didn't need the man to tell him that he was Faze. He could tell. <br><br>He wasn't sure if he should be scared or not - he rose from the chair gracefully, taking a step farther away from the other man, cursing inwardly when he realized his blindfold was on the ground. It greatly hindered his powers not to have his eyes covered - closing them just didn't have the same effect. <br><br>The shadows warped and shifted behind him, building dangerously, fingers clenching into a fist. <br><br>"How do you know my real name?" Some people knew him as Nix, but even then, very few. He looked the other man up and down, and was...pleasantly surprised. He was attractive, that much was clear. With that pale hair, lean musculature, and that lovely Italian suit. He was handsome, and it stirred feelings deep in his stomach that he didn't entirely understand or want to acknowledge particularly as the other man was walking towards him. <br><br>"What do you want?"<br><br>That was probably the most important question to ask. <br><br>As he stood, the faint light caught the lines of his slick black bodysuit, caressing that long-legged, slim body. Some dark hair fell in front of his face, pale eyes gleaming under the fringe of dark lashes, blinking slowly at the other man. His lips were slightly parted, clearly nervous at being caught still in his suit, having just been relaxing. "Why would you want to talk to me?"<br><br>The shadows were drifting, swirling, eddying around him like dirty water. <br><br>His voice was soft, a tiny bit raspy, as though rusty from disuse. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>chaospandemoniium</strong> on <strong>30-06-2010, 23:41:24</strong>
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				Auruel smiles at the shadows shifting behind him, and says, looking the pretty young man over from head to foot and back again, "We don't want a mishap in your..<em>home</em>.. do we? If those attack me, I'd have to repel them, and, electricity and old warehouses can mix unfortunately.."<br><br>Stepping closer to Nix, Faze adds, "Besides, I'm not here to hurt you. I wouldn't have bothered introducing myself, if I were. I know your name because information is always available, to those who want it badly enough." <br><br>Opening his hands as if to say he is no threat, focusing on the handsome young face, Auruel continues, "And what I want is <em>you</em>. You're ..very talented. You could say I have a 'business opportunity' to discuss with you, involving your future, with me. You deserve to be more adequately compensated for your gift."<br><br>The compensation might include other than the monetary, from the plainly interested look the older villain is favoring Nix with, almost as if he is something Faze wants to acquire. And Auruel reaches out, offering his hand in a simple handshake...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>01-07-2010, 00:56:43</strong>
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				Nix swallowed and looked around him, anxiously, wondering what would happen if the electricity lashed out. It would probably send the whole place up into flames, he figured. He'd lose his whole warehouse. He didn't want to have to go back to his home - technically he was still listed as a runaway. he looked at the other man, wondering how he'd been found, knowing that Faze was fairly famous, as far as supervillains went. He'd been doing well in Gotham, and was clearly wanted by the police, but was also very rich. No one really knew who Faze was under his mask - but now Nix did. He supposed he didn't really have much of a choice - Faze couldn't really let him go now that he'd seen his face. <br><br>At the same time, though, he couldn't deny the feeling that seeing the other man's look gave him. Auruel...wanted him. He could see that look in his eyes as he gazed at him, and he felt butterflies in his stomach. It wasn't the first time he'd ever had the feeling, certainly, but it was different when the person who gave you that feeling was, well...Faze.<br><br>"You want me to work for you?"<br><br>He looked around the warehouse - he didn't really have much. Really, only his bodysuit. His two changes of clothes were in a locker at the gym, so if he left with Faze now, he'd really have nothing to lose. <br><br>He reached forwards, a slim hand reaching forwards to shake the other man's. <br><br>"Okay." <br><br>He let his hand linger just a bit longer than he needed to, breath coming a tiny bit quicker. He picked up his blindfold, looking around, wondering what he was supposed to do. "Am I supposed to stay with you, as well?" He didn't really have somewhere else to go. He just crashed in the warehouse rather than go back home. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>chaospandemoniium</strong> on <strong>02-07-2010, 00:45:51</strong>
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				Auruel noticed the boy holding the handshake a little longer than politeness required, and a little smile quirked his mouth upwards, pleased. Excellent, just what he'd wanted. And Nix was agreeing, just like that. No abduction (or worse - he loathed being forced to destroy anything beautiful) needed. So, he decided to be generous, "I want you to work <em>with</em> me, Jasper. You're going to be a very rich man."<br><br>And seeing as the young man seemed pleased with the attention, well, why not.. pleasure <em>with</em> business, after all. "I think you will live with me. My penthouse is.. slightly nicer than this." He let his hand brush Nix's hair for a moment, the smile a little more pronounced this time. <br><br>"So, let's be going, shall we?" as his hand touches Nix's cheek for a moment, as Faze thinks that this is something he's acquired that he won't be selling..
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				Title: <strong>Re: Negatives [Sho and Chaospandemoniium]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>02-07-2010, 04:42:41</strong>
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				Actually work with the other man? He was going to get a decent cut of the profits? Considering that he'd hardly been making any real money, the prospect was too good to give up, especially now that he was starting to gain more and more power. He looked away, a faint flush playing on his cheekbones as he felt the hand on his hair, but was smiling to himself. <br><br>It was a smile, slightly crooked little smile, and whether it was genuine happiness or a slightly bitter one at finding himself with this as his future was unclear. <br><br>He nodded and trailed after Faze, following him, wondering how they'd get there. He probably had a car, he figured, that they'd take. Nix could bend and warp shadows, but it didn't mean that he could run for miles. He was fast, and he could make it a couple of miles at a decent pace, but he was hoping that he wasn't going to be expected to teleport them or something.<br><br>He wondered, also, if Faze knew that his powers weren't entirely stable.<br><br>Well, no use telling Auruel that now. Hopefully it wouldn't be an issue, though he knew it probably would, so he'd just hide it as long as he could. <br><br>"Do you have a family at home?" He hoped that he wasn't getting picked up to work for someone who had a wife and children and - well, honestly, he hardly cared if he did. So long as he didn't have to see them, or acknowledge them, he wouldn't feel too guilty. He would, naturally, but...he took affection where he could get it. Most people didn't exactly want someone who made the shadows in their rooms move around.<br><br>Some of that bitterness had leant Nix a slightly darker, angrier edge - being called a freak was more than a sure-fire way to get his powers to move in ways that were unstable, that he didn't understand at all.
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