anita_hero | First Spell // Action

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First Spell // Action - Voice

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[Anita wakes up halfway and considers staying that way until she comes to the realizations that A) she seems to have fallen asleep sitting up, B) she managed to do so outside, and C) her back is killing her. At this point, she jerks to full consciousness and flinches when her back grinds into the surface behind her.

Oh. That...isn't right.

What follows is a panicked flailing at the vicinity of her back that probably looks hilarious to any observers and ends when she catches a handful of feathers and yelps in pain. She scrambles to her feet and looks around wildly, and...oh. Fountain. She was sitting next to a fountain. The sky is gray, but the water is still enough to see her reflection in, and...

Oh. Oh. That definitely isn't right.

Caught between a mild state of shock at her wings and a slightly more pronounced one at the fact that she's in public and someone took her clothes and replaced them with a dress she's never seen before, it takes Anita a moment to notice the book at her feet. It has her name on it, which is disturbing, but at least it's something to go on.

She picks it up, resumes her seat at the base of the fountain (taking care of her inexplicable new appendages), and cracks open the journal.]

[Voice]

Okay...I'd be lying if I said this was the first time I woke up on a strange world with my clothes missing - unfortunately - but this a little too much, mon. For one thing, there was usually someone around that I knew... I don't suppose there's anyone here who knows me?

My name's Anita Fite, but if you're from Earth, you might know me as Empress. [No harm in revealing her secret identity if she doesn't have family here to protect, although, shockingly, knowing that they're not here doesn't make her feel much better.] If you do know me and you want to find me, I'm in this place called Seventh Heaven, because it was a little chilly outside considering - well, I hate to sound like a broken record about the missing clothes.

I'll be the girl in the corner with the white dress. I would have worn a corsage, but I thought it was a little much for a first date.

[She closes the journal halfway before a tiny flutter of hope compels her to say one last thing:]

And, by the way...does anyone know of absolutely any way at all I could get some kind of message back home? I just...want my parents to know I'm okay.

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[Every now and then Hulk enjoyed a trip to the fountain. The water made a sort of nice and calming sound sometimes. So he would sometimes just sort of stand by it on days when he was REALLY bored. And today is one of those days.

Anita, are you ready for a giant green man to come crashing down from the sky near the fountain after doing a loooong freaking jump?]

[Not exactly. :|

Busy reading at first, Anita registers approaching movement in the sky a second too late to react. But when the giant green man lands with a bone-rattling thud, she flings her arms in front of herself, makes an undignified noise of panic and - poof - teleports to the other side of the fountain in a puff of purplish smoke.

Thus secured, she gives her heart a couple of thumps to get it started again and cautiously peeks around the edge of the fountain.

...Good gods. It's the Jolly Green Giant in purple pants.]

[Surprisingly, the Hulk hasn't actually noticed her yet! Or at least it doesn't seem like it. He's just going to grumble to himself a little bit before sitting near the fountain, still... kind of grumbling and everything like he's frustrated. Don't worry he's always like this!]

[At first, Anita just watches. The giant...man-thing doesn't seem to have noticed her, and he doesn't particularly look like a threat now that he's not making the ground shake, but it isn't until Anita notices the lack of concern from passersby that she thinks it's safe to come out of hiding.

So she cautiously approaches the green guy and takes a seat several feet away.]

Um. Hello.

[Oh great a human is here after all. Now he's going to have to do that thing. That talking thing he doesn't wanna do.]

...what do you want?

[Oh great. A cranky giant green guy.]

Well, I don't want anything. You're the one who fell out of the sky and almost gave me a heart attack, mon.

Hmph. Y'must've been too tiny to see.

[Giant green man doesn't exactly pay attention to where he lands most of the time. It's now that he takes notice of that white dress she's wearing.]

...what. You new here or something?

[Slightly put out at his attitude (and about being called "tiny"), Anita crosses her arms and huffs. But she sighs unhappily a second later.]

...Yes. I just woke up here beside the fountain.

Hmph.

Did anyone tell you about the place yet? [Because it's the nicest cosiest place eva.]

No. [Oddly enough, the presence of an enormous green superstrength guy who doesn't seem actively hostile is sort of comforting to her.] Are you a cape?

Tch. What, a superhero? No.

[Well. At least not yet where he's from anyway.]

More like a criminal. [Or that's how he's treated anyway.]

[That gets him a raised eyebrow.]

You don't look like a criminal.

[Not the kind who breaks things for fun and profit, anyway. Those ones wear more clothes and have a way of carrying themselves. This guy wears purple shorts and has what Anita can only categorize as an air of pouting. At worst, he looks like the kind who breaks things more or less by accident.]

And most bad guys don't offer help, implicitly or otherwise, to disoriented teenage girls in skimpy outfits unless they're not in public.

Hmph, tell that to SHIELD.

[At her second sentence though... well. Okay she doesn't think he's a monster, and she's not afraid of him. He GUESS that gets her some points or something in his book. He's not gonna admit anything though.]

...whatever. You got a name Shorty?

[Grouchy, this one. Definitely pouting. She smiles, eyebrow still raised.]

Anita. You got a name, Shorty?

[NOT POUTING. And oh you did not just call him Shorty out of all things. But surprisingly, it earns a grin out of him. He gives her props for being that gutsy.]

Hulk. [...] The place is called Luceti. If you're supposed some kinda superhero [Since you talked about them some casually!] then good luck getting out. Already tried. [And that barrier will not budge an inch.]

[You get what you give!]

I'm not some kinda superhero; I'm a certain one. Empress. Nice to meet you, Hulk. [She hesitates, then puts out a hand. She can't quite figure out how an introductory handshake would work out with someone who has hands that size, but she's willing to work on it if he is.]

...And I guess I'll worry about getting out after I have some pants to do it in.

Hmm. Never heard of ya.

[Which means you're probably from a different world, but he's just saying it that way to be a douchebag. But he will shake her hand though. In a kind of awkward, my hand can fit your whole hand in my palm kind of way. Though he's a little hesitant about doing that at first. Don't want her to think he's a nice guy or somethin'. =|]

I can show you where the clothes shop is. Can you fly or somethin'? [Cause he's gonna jump there.]

Good. I've never heard of you, so we have a fresh start. [This one doesn't ruffle easily. Sorry.]

Can't fly, but if you can, I can make a hex bubble. It'll let me fly with you. It won't even take any effort on your part. [Because she's been here about half an hour and she doesn't want to give the impression right off the bat that she can't take care of herself.]

Hmm. Alright. Does it work on jumping too? [Because he could probably literally just jump there in one or two jumps even with his power halved.]

Sure, I don't see why not. [He jumps? That explains the landing.]

Alright. Get the bubble ready then. I'm gonna just jump you there.

[And with that he finally stands up, getting ready for the super jump that's about to occur in a second.]

[When Hulk actually stands up again, Anita starts having second thoughts. But she makes the bubble anyway - it's purple, glowing, and when it surrounds her, it hovers about a foot off the ground. Linking it up isn't visible; just a matter of concentration.]

Okay, I'm ready.

[As she'll ever be.]

Let's go.

[And with a loud growl he's going to do a very high and long jump, soaring across the landscape until his body comes crashing down in a loud thud, breaking the ground beneath his feet. BUT! They are in front of the clothing shop now!]

There. We're here. Whatever you were wearing last, that's what's going to be in there.

[Anita is used to sudden take-offs, but the rollercoaster effect of sailing through the air and then making an alarmingly sharp retreat back down requires...restraint, which is performed by slapping a hand over her mouth.

However, when she has her feet back on the ground and can therefore collect herself enough to dissipate the hex bubble, she has to admit...]

That was kinda fun! Thanks, mon!

Yeah, yeah.

[In other words, you're welcome!]

Anyway. Like I was saying the place is called Luceti. Apparently there's these Malnosso guys that kidnap people from other worlds. They got a barrier that keeps everyone in town, but good luck getting through it. It's tough.

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