Razzle Dazzle(closed)

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall sighed. He glided over to the veranda area and opened the little bar fridge and pulled out two bottles of lemon squash. Then filling two chilled glasses with ice he filled them up and added a slice of lemon to each and then sat down in the shade placing the drinks on the table between two chairs. He leaned back and waited for her to return.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

Dazzle popped up in the veranda, a bottle of lemon squash in her right hand, and a bottle of ginger ale in her left. She saw the drinks that Recall had made, and laughed (and blushed) as she put the bottled lemon squash in the building's mini-fridge.

"Oops, sorry, I forgot that was out here," she said, as she opened the bottle of ginger ale. "I really wasn't sending you up ahead to make my drink. And I keep on forgetting how omnipresent Marie is in her preparations,"she added, as she scooted the drink Recall had made for her over to him. "Sorry, not a big fan of lemon squash," she told him.

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall laughed. "That's okay. If I had a place this big I would probably forget a lot about it as well. Actually I forget heaps of things about the Justice tower all the time," he smiled.

He picked up his drink and sipped at it. "MMM nothing beats a cold drink on a hot day. Especially if the company is good. Still I suppose you want to know what I have found out?" He reached into his pouch and pulled out his briefcase and sprayed it back to regular size, then popping the locks he pulled out a picture of the museum site she had originally robbed.

"Okay this should look familiar. It is where you acquired the gem in the first place. The thing is if you look closely there is some writing on the display here," he told her tapping the base of the small pyramid, "And on the site where the jewel sat. Unfortunately the top set was destroyed but I was able to get a copy of them and confirm they were copies of the real ones found at the real dig. It took me awhile to translate them but they read as a warning. The base basically says,' Beware only the true successor to the queen may approach and claim the jewel and survive to carry on the search.' The top said 'Let us be one and know no other until he who we search for is found.' Pretty ominous stuff," he told her gazing towards her with a grim look.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"I like how you put that...acquired," Dazzle said with a half smile as she looked at the photo. "Well, apparently I'm the true successor, since I'm still breathing. Any idea who this 'he' is that is being searched for?" she asked.

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall shook his head and pulled out some more papers. "Not a clue. There is not much to go on about the previous owner of that jewel. When they said secretive cult they were not kidding, but by cross referencing a few things and reading a few myths I was able to piece together a sort of rough outline. It seems she acquired it sometime early in her life, maybe about the same time you did. Then she spent many years wandering the known world back then looking for a specific Man. She never told anyone who and even her high priests did not know who this man was. Many great tournaments were held but no one was selected and finally she seemed to give up. Like you, during this time no one was able to touch her and she was unable to touch any one else. She tried for thirty years before she sealed herself up in that tomb and died."

He let that sink in before he continued.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

Dazzle shrugged. "That's her. That's not me. I've gotten used to it. Yeah, I don't like it, but right now, I got stuff going that's bigger than me. And to be honest Recall, if you were to give me the choice of giving up my powers or going a life time being physically isolated, I'd have to go with the latter. And it's just not me going for sainthood," she laughed. "If I didn't have my dazzles, the best case scenario would be the island government seizing my money and my house and shipping back to America where the government there would be more than happy to give me room and board for the rest of my life."

Dazzle took another sip of her ginger ale. "And there are people who hold some grudges. And not just my brothers and sisters of the league of unallied supervillains," she laughed. "Although a few of them weren't particularly happy to hear the word 'No' as an answer. More than a couple of your fellow superheroes have been known to hold grudges for being embarrassed."

Dazzle held up one of her hands palm up. A few dazzles appeared above her hand, quietly dancing around. "Will the dazzles kill me? Life is going to kill me. The dazzles, though..." Dazzle shook her head. "For me, at least, they're benign. I know this on a molecular level, if that makes sense. So I don't expect to be sealing myself in a pyramid anytime soon. Would I like to find out more about them? Maybe. But the whole doom and gloom scenario? As I said, I don't see me hitting the internet to buy bricks wholesale anytime soon."

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall held up his hands in mock surrender. "Hey I wasn't suggesting you were. I am just telling you what happened to her. Plus I think you have a lot more going for you than she did for her. The way I am reading these things," he said pointing at a lot of his research notes and pictures of tablets, "Is that she was pretty much kept under lock and key and only rolled out on public occasions. You are a global traveler who does what she wants," he smiled. "Got a feeling that has to be why they have been so benign for you. Maybe they have been able to do their scanning while you have been doing your touring. Just a theory though."

He took a drink and then looked at the empty glass and grabbed the one he had made her. "As for giving up your powers, well I never did say you would have to do that. In fact I am pretty sure you can't. What I was hoping for was to find out who this 'Guy' this thing is looking for is and if you can have some semblance of control over your powers so you can touch and be touched again. Totally at your discretion of course," he blushed.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"Of course," she replied with a smirk. Looking over Recall's notes and photos, she couldn't help but shake her head. "You must be a heckuva research scientist or something. And no, I'm not asking specifics," she quickly added. "So what are you suggesting we do with all this information you gathered?"

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall shook his head. "Actually I'm not too sure. So far in amongst all these notes I have basically only learned a couple of things. One is that the Jewel is sentient and as the wielder you should be able to talk to it. Two it is searching for a special Male for some reason. Three it doesn't like it's chosen one to be touched and well you can draw your own conclusions about that," he smiled.

"Finally the only clues I have to the nature of the person it is looking for is that he must be a warrior. I only say this by the amount of tournaments held to find him."

Sighing he looked at her. "I know you don't mind having your Dazzle field, but hear me out about some things. I think it has been pretty dormant because you have traveled the world, seeing a lot of people, but also because you have been fighting Superheroes and Villains. I think these fights are sort of like the tournaments of old and as long as you have been doing this, your jewel has been happy. Now though you are retiring, so no more fights and not as much traveling. Who knows what it is going to do. Having a chat with it might just be in your best interest."

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"So how do I go about having a conversation with it?" Dazzle asked. She tapped a spot between her breasts. "Um, Earth to Jewel?"

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall blushed as his eyes were drawn to the spot she had tapped and he then realized where he was looking. "Ahh I don't think it is going to be that easy Dazzle. It will probably be best to do it somewhere quiet and safe. You know like they always show on those meditation shows. I would say you are going to have to get comfortable and just try your hardest to communicate with it. Maybe try thinking to it or asking a specific question and focus on the jewel at all times. Hey I'm no expert here, I'm just a guy with a half baked theory," he smiled.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"So do I need to put on yoga pants? Burn some incense?" Dazzle shrugged."I'm trying to think if there's a quiet place on my entire property. Well, out here is pretty quiet, at least when the kids are in school," she added, gesturing at the veranda. "Do I need to get one of those books, like Meditation for Dummies?"

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall chuckled a little as he thought of Dazzle seated in the lotus position surrounded by candles and incense burners chanting. "No I really don't think you need to go that far. In fact what I was really thinking was why not just get comfortable in bed tonight, and then try communicating then. Who knows, it may work or maybe you might have a dream or something that might give you a clue. Hey I am clutching at straws here, maybe nothing will happen and I am just being totally silly about this," he smiled at her.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"I think I saw something on Dr. Phil's show on lucid dreaming," Dazzle answered. "At the very least I can Google it before I go to bed." Dazzle frowned as she ran everything through her head. "Listen, do you mind if I ask you a personal question? Nothing revealing, I was just wondering if you had like multiple college degrees or something. I..." Dazzle stopped, looking a little embarrassed. "Well, I never had a real education. I just got my GED at Marie's insistence a month ago. She's got me enrolled in some online college courses now. Maybe that's why I never became one of those conquer everything in sight and rule the world type of supervillains. Just don't have the resume to apply for that job," she said ruefully.

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Jason smiled at her and. "Yeah well I cheat a lot. It's a side benefit of my power that I sort of stumbled onto by accident. You obviously know that I have the ability to copy the powers of any other hero I see. Well there are limits to it of course as I have never been able to copy yours have I," he grinned at her. "That would have made catching you a whole lot easier."

"Anyway one day in civilian life I saw a guy flipping pizza. You know tossing it in the air and making it come out perfect. Well I was thinking how great it would be if I could do that. Well next time I made pizza at home I was suddenly doing it exactly like that guy without even thinking about it. I found this power is different to using my super power one. I use that one for a set amount of time and then it is gone, but I can use it again after another set amount of time." He was still a bit wary of giving her the specifics of his power.

"With this power I use it, but each time I do it gets vaguer until I forget it all together. However i can recharge it just by learning it again, even while I have it. So like that pizza guy, if I saw him every day I would never loose that skill. See it is cheating but I still have to put the knowledge I get to work. It gives me some tools but I need to put them to practical use."

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"You may consider it cheating, but I think you got a lot of smarts to start off with, to be able to figure out how to do stuff like that to your advantage," Dazzle decided, giving Recall an admiring smile. "By the way, I'm Lisa. And don't give me your name in return. It's no big secret who I am, because everyone in my life that matters to me, knows me as Dazzle anyway. And you probably have a file on me anyway in the big Justice building or whatever its new name is anyway," she grinned. "So my real name probably isn't news to you."

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall actually blushed. No one had known her real name and he really hated to tell her that but he thought she deserved to know the truth. "Actually Da..Lisa although there is a file on you, and I will admit most of the information in it has come from me, no one knew your name. We only knew your previous alias before you became Dazzle and that you used to be a thief of some quality."

 

[GypsyGirl84]

Dazzle shrugged. "Lisa barely had time to come into existence before she ceased to be." There was a definitely more than a hint of sadness in Dazzle's voice when she said that. "She might exist in a file somewhere in Child Services, but I doubt it."

"So," Dazzle continued, putting a bright smile on her face. "Care to stay for dinner? You're also more than welcome to spend the night as well. And you can join us girls for the Princess movie, or have to make due with that tiny television the boys use, that only covers half the wall. Oh the tragedy!" she dramatically added with a fit of giggles

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall laughed as well."Oh that reminds me." He unshrunk a backpack and blushed a little. " I was actually hoping you might invite me to stay and I brought along a few things, but that's not what I wanted to show you," he said getting excited again.

He dug inside his bag and then found the Blu Rays he had purchased. "Please tell me you haven't already bought these yet," he said showing her the new Tinkerbell movie, and the superhero movies for the boys.

 

[GypsyGirl84]

"Neither one," she answered, gratefully taking the both. "And as a reward for your magnanimous gesture, you are hereby relieved of all obligations of watching Tinkerbelle with the girls. Now why don't you get our stuff packed away, and I'll tell the boys you're their guest for the evening," she grinned.

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall went to get his stuff but looked at Dazzle. "Ahh the thing is, uhh well, ummm..." he mumbled before trailing off. Then gathering his courage he looked at her again and grinned. "Look the thing is I would prefer to watch the Tinkerbell movie okay. I have a few nieces and they love her and they have gotten me hooked on the movies. So do you mind if I watch it with you?"

 

[GypsyGirl84]

Dazzle made a big act of considering things over, then appeared to reluctantly nod. "I guess that's OK," she drawled, then laughed. "But you have to hand over your man card for the duration of the movie!"

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall laughed. "Oh I know the drill. You should see what my nieces have made me do. Nails have been painted, both finger and toes. I have learned to both plait and braid hair, and don't get me started on all the gossip I have heard. Plus for a guy I think I know rather too much about the latest Boy Bands."

 

[GypsyGirl84]

Dazzle gave a sad little smile. "I haven't been able to participate in any hair braiding or toenail painting, but to my great misfortune, I know more about the life and times of Justin Bieber than I would care to know. So I'll just take this," she said, standing up and snatching the Tinkerbell movie from Recall's hand, "And you go give your movie to the boys, and then tell them you're defecting to the girls' camp. See you soon!" With a laugh, Dazzle disappeared.

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Recall shook his head and laughed a little. He was getting used to her quick exits, but now he had to go and find out exactly where he had to go. He got up from his chair and headed inside and began to look for the ever present Marie.

He was lucky to find her waiting just inside in the dining room. "I take it you will need directions to the boys television room sir?"

He smiled at her and nodded at her. "Well yes I will, but I also need directions to the girls room as well. I bought Dazzle the new Tinkerbell movie and well truth be told I actually like them so I will be watching it with the girls tonight."

Marie smiled at him and simply gave him the directions to both rooms. "Thanks very much and if your not to busy you will be joining us right?" he asked as he walked off towards the boys room.