Rise & Slay

Aubrey Fuller | 20 | Force Field Manipulation

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pearltxrner:

“Avery’s damn brother I bet.” Pearl uttered out with a sigh. She knew she shouldn’t have trusted her, but no was no time to blame each other. She needed to retcon this whole situation before it went entirely out of hand and she really saw what true regret was. In fact, it was all apart of her attempt to get the ring back so she could at least give it back to Brooks to get him off her back. “But you didn’t buy it at a pawn shop! Avery gave Nate some of the comic books that she took from the place. That’s my only guess. And this town is small enough that words gets around.”

Aubrey rolled her eyes, “We should have just done it ourselves. He wouldn’t have found out so easily.” Her head shook in disbelief. Something so stupid was ruining the fun time they had. Both of them had wrecked Jake’s car without getting in trouble, yet here they were getting caught over some stupid ring and comic books. “God, if I knew comic books would be my downfall I wouldn’t have went in the first place.” She put the ring back in her pocket, shrugging her shoulders. “I’ll get rid of it then. None of us will have to worry, and he won’t have proof that it was us. At least us two, not sure about your other friends, though.”

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nataliefxller:

“Yeah…I’m not sure I can do that.” Natalie uttered as she looked over Aubrey still, giving off a short sigh. She was ultimately stumped by the object, more so questioning why it was in her possession to begin with. She only wanted to get rid of it, feeling as though it was a bit cursed, despite no scientific evidence to support the claims. “To my knowledge, no. I want to get rid of it too, but I don’t know where I’d be able to just take it without somebody somehow tracking it down. Clearly somebody wanted it to be found because of it being in one of the golden eggs. But why?”

Aubrey nodded once, not pushing it further. Her mother being able to have some sort of vision about it would have made things easier, but nothing had ever really been easy for them. The evidence being pretty clear of that since they had been stuck with the egg that had to deal with a missing person. Any other egg would have been better for Natalie to find over this. “How would they track it down? Unless someone knows you were the one that found it. Even then, all signs point to needing to get rid of it as soon as we can.” Aubrey didn’t want it causing more problems than it already was. “It can go either way. Either someone wanted to get rid of it and pass it to someone else, or it was meant to be found to send some sort of message.”

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judeofthesea:

“You weren’t wrong. The change in the weather drove them in and they can’t seem to leave. Its usually slower during this time, its why I’m here.” He always spent the few hours before work at the shop, hoping to get some time to himself. He found some peace in writing on his laptop and a cup of tea. Today, peace was harder to come by. He was never one to share a table, but he would look past it today. “You are welcome, though. If it matters, I’m Jude.” 

“The one downside of winter being over. I guess I’ll have to find the odd hour for nice weather too.” She grinned, blaming some of it on the numerous amount of new residents that had come to town over the past year. At least this guy had been willing to offer her a seat. “I’m Aubrey. It does matter. I would have had to go to my second favorite place, which probably looks the same as this, which means my day would have been spent trying to find a peaceful spot instead of actually finding some it. Even if this isn’t the ideal situation with everyone flocking here.”

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nataliefxller:

As she continued to examine the bracelet, she couldn’t help but wonder why this had fallen into her life. It felt too surreal, especially seeing that she had had a vision of where it was, like she was somehow destined to find it. Still, Natalie didn’t like to think of a forced future, which seemed to be what she had gotten herself into. “Yeah.” Natalie murmured towards Aubrey before sighing and placing the jewelry on the table between them. “You really don’t understand how that works. Visions just happen, there’s nothing I can do to start them.” After a moment, she added, “I found the bracelet because of a random vision.”

Just recently her mother had told her to not draw attention to herself for the sake of staying out of trouble. Aubrey hadn’t listened very closely to that advice seeing as she had broken into someone’s apartment, but this didn’t feel like the same thing. The bracelet belonged to a missing person, which wasn’t the attention either of them needed. “I get how they work, just wanted to see if maybe it triggered something.” She stared at the jewelry, not sure where to even begin on what they should do with it. “Is that supposed to mean something? Because I think we should get rid of it somehow.”

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pearltxrner:

Pearl knew that her actions had consequences, as she had wanted to make Brooks’ life a living hell. But still the guy’s wedding ring, she felt was a low blow, even for her and her friends. Still, she knew Aubrey probably had some weird fixation on the ring that caused her to grab it and run. “Fuck.” She muttered after a moment. “He knows.” Pearl added, trying not to freak out. She knew how much trouble this could potentially put her in, and how disappointed her dad would be. “Shit Aubrey. He’s gonna press charges if we don’t give it back.”

Aubrey wasn’t sure why she took it in the first place, maybe it had something to do with her own marriage, or failed one. The concept was stupid to her now, and taking it somehow felt as if she was helping others avoid it. She looked over at her friend, eyebrows knitting together. “How does he know?” It wasn’t as if they left anything behind to give it away, unless someone blabbed. “There’s nothing to link us to being there. I could have easily bought this ring at a thrift store or pawn shop.”

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nategardiner:

“Shit. What, you can’t already be divorced?” Nate uttered out in his tone of absolute surprise. “Well, just because they’re all here doesn’t mean I can’t avoid them. That’s the good thing about…” He paused, kicking himself as he tried to remember to be more secretive about his ability, but it all still came out anyways. “Well…I’m pretty fast as getting out of any situation.”

Her head nodded, “I am, actually.” She chuckled, taking a sip of her drink. An eyebrow raised as he finished his statement, intrigued. “How fast?” It was always nice meeting more mutants. Aubrey felt a little less alone in it since she didn’t typically share hers outright. There was no point when it couldn’t be seen. 

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judeofthesea:

“This one’s open,” he offered to the stranger standing among the other patrons.The coffee shop was overflowing due to the sudden return of the cold, he lucked up to find a table in the corner, but he was willing to share his fortune. He reached over to move his napsack of the seat. “I wasn’t saving it.” 

The voice had caught her off guard as she waited for a spot to open, looking over at the guy. Aubrey wasn’t really one for sharing, but the options were limited. Now one had gotten up in the ten minutes she had tried searching. “Um, thanks.” She sat down as the seat was cleared, taking a sip of her coffee. “I thought it’d be safe to come here at this time, clearly I was mistaken.”

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pearltxrner:

While the break-in was fun, and Pearl didn’t regret it by any means, seeing as a message was sent loud and clear to Brooks overall. There was one thing she couldn’t get over, and that was ring. And clearly, as soon as Aubrey’s crazy-ass begin twirling the thing in her hand, Pearl’s eyes grew wide at the first realization that they might actually get caught unless they got rid of the ring somehow. Or gave it back. “Holy shit! Aubrey! What the hell, you stole that guy’s wedding ring!”

Aubrey looked over at her friend in confusion, “And?” They had gone to his place to reek as much havoc as possible, this was just her way of doing it. Plus, it had been right there, practically begging for her to take it. “You practically destroyed everything he owns, so we both have our vices.”

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nataliefxller:

“God dammit.” Natalie had the charm bracelet in her hands, debating on what she needed to do with it. There were several options, but something told her to not go forth to the police with it. Especially after all they had seemed to keep them in the dark about. “Isabelle? I think she was the one that disappeared?” She started thinking out loud in a soft murmur as she examined the bracelet further. “I wonder if this is hers?”

Aubrey sat across from her mom, eyes locked on the bracelet in Natalie’s hands. She was still baffled her mom even found any sort of interest in going on a literal egg hunt, but now it had gotten them into the middle of something, she just wasn’t quite sure of what yet. “According to the news she is.” Aubrey kept her voice down, not wanting to attract the attention of unwanted listeners. “Probably. It doesn’t conjure up some sort of vision or anything?”

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Ever since they broke into that apartment, Aubrey had struggled with what to do with the ring. Any pawn shops would most likely try and rip her off, but selling it online just sounded like more work than she was willing to put in. She twirled the ring in her hand, “What should I even do with this? I took it because I thought ti’d be cool, but...I’m bored now.”

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nategardiner:

“Oh, yeah. No kidding about the breaking your heart shit. Love’s a tough game, and I’m not sure how any of us are still around playing it.” Nate muttered before rolling his eyes. “Look, I’m just here to get drunk, and maybe make a few regrettable decision on the morning, without having to run into any exes. I only hope it all goes well.”

“Get divorced, it ruins the whole concept of it for you.” She teased, even if the statement was true. “Well, I can’t argue with that. That’s my goal every time I go out. The true test is being able to avoid the exes. It might look like a big event, but somehow they’ll turn up.” She laughed dryly, “If you want company, I’ll gladly join you.”

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nataliefxller:

“I’m your mom. Isn’t that what I’m supposed to do.” Natalie looked to Aubrey, a short laugh filling her before she added, “I hope not. Definitely not anytime soon at least.” Natalie smirked at the thought of someone trying to sneak their way past her to get out of the house. “You know what, that actually might be pretty funny. So long as I have my coffee with me. Who knows, maybe I’ll invite them to stay for breakfast if that’s the case.”

“Trust me, not happening anytime soon. Someone would really have to impress me to get that close again.” Hooking up was one thing, but getting attached to anyone was crossing a line that she wasn’t willing to do just yet. If ever. “You’d probably scare the shit out of them, or make them uncomfortable. Two things I wouldn’t mind seeing.”

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nategardiner:

“Maybe not unspeakable. But…I’ve been a total douche lately.” He muttered so no one else could really hear his admission. “I just… I slept around, and…fell in love too many times. I don’t know, maybe it’s to spare my own heart.”

“You? Really?” He didn’t seem like that type. Aubrey knew she could cut him down if she wanted, refraining slightly just to hear him out. “Sleeping around is a part of life. You make it sound like you’re old and shouldn’t be doing it. Plus, falling in love doesn’t spare your heart, it breaks it. Trust me.”

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nataliefxller:

“I couldn’t keep it up, if you were grounded and had to stay at home all day. You and I would both grow more tired of each other than we already are.” Natalie muttered through her dull voice. “Seriously, go have fun. Just…don’t get married again. And don’t bring any strangers home, unless you want me meeting them in the morning.”

“Way to cut a girl down,” she teased, even though it was true. If Aubrey was grounded, she would have gone stir crazy from sitting at home all day. “That was a one time thing. Never happening again...ever. Wouldn’t that be good entertainment, though? Watching them try to sneak out of the house without getting caught.”

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pearltxrner:

averyphillips:

plcyswithfire:

“I’d save you if there ever was one, Avery.” she promised her, knowing that was unlikely to ever, but she still had her back. That was the main reason she was there, to watch out for her. “The kind of person who tells their coworkers everything is the kind of person who gets broken into. He did this to himself by being a piece of shit who talks too much.” She added, knowing how that might have sounded. But she knew the human condition, people always looked for an easy target.She didn’t know the guy, but if they were honest about him then she felt no guilt. “Don’t, it will draw too much attention. Haven’t you guys ever watched Law and Order?” She sighed letting go of Avery’s arm, knowing exactly what she needed to do.She wasn’t proud to do it, but if she was worried about that she wouldn’t be there. “Stand back,  I got this.” Ryan stepped forward, pressing her fist against the door. She concentrated trying to keep it from being bigger than intended. Fire engulfed her fist and burned a hole through the door. She relaxed her hand, reaching down and unlocking it. “When you can burn through most things, there’s no need to break them.” She pushed open the door, “Ready, ladies?”

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“Thank you, Ryan.” Her smiled growing wider as they got closer to the place. Typically, she wouldn’t have been okay with causing such destruction, but they couldn’t let bad guys keep treating people like nothing. Some sort of consequence was needed for that kind of behavior. Her head shook, “I haven’t, not my kind of show.” Her arms falling to her side and backing away from Ryan. Avery knew she had powers, but had never witnessed them before. She hadn’t seen anyone’s but Nate’s before, her eyes going wide as she watched the flames came from nowhere. “Whoa,” she whispered, looking inside the apartment. “You were right. Looks pretty quiet to me.”

@pearltxrner​

“God, don’t get me started on how annoying he is. This is all his fault anyways.” Pearl shrugged off, not thinking twice about their actions. As soon as Ryan told them to stand back, Pearl obeyed quickly and with no hesitation, though, she found concern within her as Ryan stepped forward, before she watched with her own eyes as the girl burned a hole in the door. “Holy shit!” Pearl uttered, mouth left hanging open as she shook her head. “I knew we brought you along for good reason.” She winked to Ryan before stepping past her to get inside. “That’s amazing.” She glanced at the hole before taking a peek around the tidy place. Rolling her eyes, she muttered, “Alright, do your worst ladies. I say we got about 5 minutes before an on duty cop drives by or somebody hears us, so make it snappy.” Dragging her baseball bat along the floor, she picked it up and swung at a side table, immediately breaking a lamp and a photo in the process. This was going to be fun.

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Aubrey knew what it was like having someone who annoyed everyone and only thought of themselves. She was more than willing to oblige with whatever Pearl asked of her. Her eyes scanned for a not so obvious window when Ryan said to step back. An eyebrow raised skeptically at what the girl could even do. Her eyes went wide as the hole appeared, nodding from how impressed she was with Ryan. Aubrey followed along inside, an excitement filling her as she took in the place. It was clean, which only meant anything they did would ruin it. She chuckled as the lamp broke, running along to the bedroom to start there. Her arm swiped everything of the top of the dresser, knocking everything to the floor. This was going to be way too easy. She started rummaging through the drawers, throwing everything to the floor. “This is pretty,” she smiled, looking over the ring she found. 

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nategardiner:

There were different motivations for change, Nate understood that, but this collectivism seemed like as good as any to jump into the mood of spring and filtering out of the past. “I hope to keep up with it. I’m not trying to revert back to my old ways by any means. I don’t need even more enemies.”

Aubrey chuckled, “You make it sound like you’ve done unspeakable things in the past.” Her head shook, “What’d you do that was so bad for you to gain enemies?” She knew she had plenty of them, but he didn’t quite seem like the type.

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nataliefxller:

“I’d rather get drunk without you around actually.” She lifted her drink into the air, saying a short cheers to herself before knocking the drink to the back of her throat. “Come on, most kids your age would kill to have this chill of a parent, huh?”

Aubrey rolled her eyes, since her mother seemed to be doing a great job of not drinking in front of her. “I never said I wasn’t appreciative of that fact. The irony of it is just comical. It’s actually quite nice not having to hide in fear of you grounding me or something.”