House of M - The Beginning

[selfhelp]

Who: Billy Kaplan + Anyone who wants to be involved in the House of M Plot + Related CR + Anyone Really
What: Um. The House of M Plot.
When: October 1st-7th
Where: Literally anywhere in Luceti, yo
Summary: Billy returns from a kidnapping feeling a bit, er, different. A white light envelops the village for just a moment, and when it fades... well. All kinds of things are different, actually.
Rating: Varies, anything above R take it elsewhere!

Still accepting last minute sign-ups, if anyone is interested.


It starts off so innocently, early on the morning of October 1st. A burst of light, a warm rush of energy that consumes everything it touches, and it's gentle enough to feel like stepping out into sunlight from the shade. It's so brief that some people might not even notice it happened. But there are certainly... differences. Some subtle, some not. And those changed won't even understand the problem.

After all, why would perfection be a problem?

The truth is, there are no problems. There can't be. It's perfect, Billy thinks. Believes it. His belief is his reality, and now, it's their reality. It all has to be perfect; they deserve it, all of them, for one reason or another. And he'll do whatever he has to protect that perfection from being tainted, ruined, taken away from them.

Teddy died so this could happen, after all.

So what is your new reality?


((first two threads reserved for the intro thread and billy's status; after that consider this log a free-for-all.))

Comments

[untrueheart]

[She's been blushing and giggling the whole time, caught up in the rush of love her parents felt for each other. When Bucky mentions dunking Natasha, the giggle turns into a playfully dangerous grin and she leans against him. Much like her mother, she moves to whisper in his ear before she takes any action.]

Not if you go in first!

[And thus, a real but very loving push toward the water.]

[jamesbarnes]

[Because he is the world's biggest sucker, Bucky leans down to hear her. He's not totally surprised when she shoves him. Rue has always been her mother's girl.

Laughing, he tries to drag Natasha down with him.] Betrayed by my own kid! You know what, that hurt my feelings most of all.

[untrueheart]

[Rue tries to duck out of the way of potentially being pulled in as well; something about her sly smile fades a little at Bucky's words.]

It really did?

[What if he wasn't joking?]

[widows_kiss]

[Natasha's laughing when Rue pushes him in, her arms wrapped around her daughter, a bright grin on her face. She could easily maintain her balance despite Bucky's attempts, but that ruined the fun, though they both wobbled there on Rue's rock for a moment. Her arms still around her daughter, she tugs her in after her, until the pair of them end up landing on top Bucky in the stream. And well, that was his fault too so he had no one to blame but himself. Not that she thought he'd mind all that much.]

Of course it didn't. Just his backside. Although I suspect its more wet than anything.

[She gives Rue an reassuring squeeze, then glances up at Bucky from where she's sprawled in his lap with a smirk.]

Hi.

[jamesbarnes]

[Bucky grunts when they both land on top of him, though Natasha manages to avoid really hurting him or, more importantly, Rue.

He grins and shakes his head.] I'm teasing, sugar plum. I'm proud of you - you're already too clever for me, just like your ma.

[He flicks a little water at Rue before glancing down at Natasha. He is pretending to be unimpressed with her.]

жопа.

[untrueheart]

[Playing, goofing around like this, it all still feels very new. At their joint encouragement, Rue smiles again, covering her mouth and giggling when her father swears.]

Well now that we're almost all wet, it seems silly to waste the chance. [To carefully rise from the mingled laps of her parents and splash at both of them.]

[widows_kiss]

Language, Bucky!

[There's laughter in her tone as she returns the scolding, entirely not meaning it, but then she's distracted by their daughter's movement and she gasps in mock outrage as Rue sends a handful of water in their direction.]

Oh, so it's to be all-out war, is it? [She's grinning as she sends another wave back at her daughter in revenge.]

[jamesbarnes]

Sorry, still workin' on my French.

[Bucky squirms out from underneath Natasha, but instead of splashing back at them, he tries to sneak around and catch Rue so he can dunk her in the water.]

[untrueheart]

[A surprised and thrilled screech escapes her as her father dunks her; coming up sputtering and with a mock-pout, she splashes him with a graceful kick instead.]

[widows_kiss]

[Natasha just laughs, watching them play and she lets Bucky take over the water battle with their daughter while she hauls herself back on the rock to attempt to wring out the ends of her shirt.]

That wasn't even close to French.

[jamesbarnes]

[Bucky just laughs louder, holding up his arms to protect himself from a mouthful of lake water.]

Truce, truce! There's hot chocolate in it for you if you give your old man a break.

[He gives Natasha a quick little smirk.] My Russian lessons were more interesting.

[untrueheart]

Hot chocolate? [The dripping pieces of hair half-covering her face hardly bother her now.] I can't say no to that.

[widows_kiss]

Well, you could. [Natasha teases her with a crooked smile.] But who'd want to?

[Bucky gets a playful swat for his comment as she gives him a wry look, but there's playful humor glinting in her eyes.] And of course they were. It's Russian.

[Which had nothing to do with why they'd been more interesting, but there were children about. One in particular.]

I'm sorryyyyyy

[jamesbarnes]

That's why I offered.

[He just smirks when Natasha hits him, totally unrepentant, and moves over to Rue's side so he can tuck some of her damp hair away from her face.] Come on little lake monster, you're gonna catch a cold. You still too old for piggy back rides?