Valley of the Queens: Exploring

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Jubee drifted through the sky of the newest world she'd discovered, humming happily as she looked around, then grinned when she recognized the bio signiture of somebody she knew.

Swooping down she landed hard, rolling to a stop right next to the Jubal she'd known to be a hero, and have a wife named Saki. She'd been hoping to find him.

So, as soon as she fixed the many inconvieniances that her rough landing had caused, she go up and hug him.

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[mancalledjubes]

He'd sensed his little sister coming as he crouched on the very edge of the Valley, but the sudden crash nearly made him jump over.

"Woah, chica!" He turned to look at her with a hand over his heart. "You okay?"

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Sorry, the boots only have one speed," she murmured, fixing herself up before sitting up and flashing him a grin. "Hey old man, how's it goin'?"

[mancalledjubes]

"Well that bites." He put a hand to the back of her hair and kissed her on the forehead, then hugged her close to his side. "Not bad, how 'bout you?"

[mancalledjubes]

"Ack!" He darted away and hovered over the Valley. "No. I've just been thinking about a lot of other things."

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Oh," she said. "Like what?"

[mancalledjubes]

"Helping the former Grand Army of the Republic learn how to be normal guys instead of engines of mass destruction. Trying to find a way for Saki to live as long as me. That kind of thing."

[mancalledjubes]

He laughed and kissed her on the forehead, then brought them to a quiet side street in the Hell's Kitchen of 2030.

"Doesn't look much different from what I remember as a kid," he noted, looking down as he hovered at a level with the roofs of the brownstones. "Though I never went here. I saw the pictures."

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Wow... this is the place Dare Devil lives," she looked around, touching random objects and scanning the area.

Hell's Kitchen

[mancalledjubes]

"Yup." He put up his arms and dropped to the pavement. "But not the first one. This is like thirty years in the future of what most of our realities are set at."

[mancalledjubes]

Jubal realized that she'd noticed his glance and looked questioningly to Tikvah, who nodded. He nodded back, then put his hand on her shoulder so that Jubilee could see that there was indeed someone there, though she still couldn't see her.

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Wolvie? What's that?" she whispered, childlike curiosity getting the better of her.

[random_xtras]

He followed her gaze and raised his eyebrows. "Kin ya see 'er, darlin'?"


((what Jubal and Patch were seeing. (Tikvah)))

[random_xtras]

"She's askin' if she kin touch ya," he reported softly, rubbing her back.

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Um... ok," she said, realizing she was holding his shirt tightly and letting go a little bit.

[random_xtras]

A gentle hand touched her cheek and then cupped it as another stroked her hair with loving care. Patch's eyes shone a little as he watched Jubilee's hair flattened; he could smell his wife's affection for the little AI and it pleased him more than very many other things could.

[random_xtras]

"Sounds right." He rumbled, then frowned and looked around for Jubal for a moment before shrugging and turning his attention to the little girl in his arms. "So where d'ya live?"

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Me? Oh, my papa was killed a while ago. I just move around. Charlie helps me get into the weirder realities, so I get to explore a lot. I was even Superman's sidekick for a while, but I didn't think he wanted me around anymore, so I went back to exploring. Jubal said I could come with him here to visit...." she broke off, looking over and frowning. "Jubal?"

[random_xtras]

"Betcha could." He switched on the voice mail and got to his feet without putting her down. "Y' wanna room? I got a couple spare ones."

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

She snuggled in, reaching back for the frog, then leaned against him.

"I'm not tired. I don't need to take up a room, I'm a machine," she said softly, coming across this fact again. She bowed her head, but looking up at him she smiled again and laid her head against his chest, listening and feeling his heartbeat with the usual amount of wonder.

[random_xtras]

"Awww, hey." He went to one knee and put a hand out toward her face as though to wipe away tears.

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

She sobbed, then hugged him tightly.

"I'm sorry," she stammered through it. "I... I took the controls off my emotions when I was trying to be alive. I... I don't know why I'm crying."

[random_xtras]

He frowned slightly. "He hadta git goin'. But 'e said t' tell ya he wanted y' ta stay here."

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Did we make it to the Daredevil world alright?" she said, looking around.

[random_xtras]

He winced and chuckled. "Oww."

[cyberjubes.livejournal.com]

"Sorry," she blushes and then hugs him. "It's so cute, Wolvie!"