A Charity Gala to End Whatever Important Thing

[ngm_miscellaneous]

New York City high society had been absolutely buzzing over this April's charity gala by a certain Mr. Tony Stark. It was seen as exclusive, or as exclusive as his 200 person guest list could be. Some invitations were a given, like Tony's daughter Alexa, whereas others came from what the party planners figured as the right people to make the party memorable or talked about.

The charity event was for the charitable arm of Stark Inc., Stark International. Despite being for charity, it was also seen as a good way for businesses to be seen and network.

The event was held at the Hudson in the Library and Private Park space. It would comfortably fit the people into its 2,600 Square Feet.

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[vesper_verde]

Marcelo tried to keep things straight as he ran and grabbed a fire extinguisher. There were lots of things going on with Mr. Aaron teleporting and throwing people, Danielle being as calm as you please, and elephants. Why were there elephants?

His was not going to question any of it. He was just going to focus on Stephanie. Naked, flaming Stephanie who will just roast him to cinders. This was not in the So Now You're Dating a Mutant Handbook.

He charged back toward his girlfriend with a fire extinguisher in hand. He doubted it would hurt her, but it might distract her. He hoped.

Though when he passed by Danielle, Marcelo got a lot calmer and mellow. His charge turned into a stroll.

"Hey. Querida." Since he was feeling calm, he had no problem remembering to pull the pin, aim the hose, squeeze the lever slowly, and to sweep the nozzle to cover the fire.

[hellfire_empath]

Brooke turned her attention away from Insomniac towards Stephanie. Fine, if fighting the jerk didn't help, maybe this thing she tried next would.

She forced all of her feelings at Stephanie - the warmth of their friendship, her trust, her loyalty, the slight girl crush that she may or may not have had on the other girl, everything. It wasn't true love's kiss, but it was true love of a sort.

That had to mean something, right?

[call_me_phobos]

The illusion had fooled Alexander and he was now extremely annoyed with this ingrate. He was going to send him to Tartarus for his trespass, that was certain.

He was ready to attack Insomniac again when the rest of the crowd turned upon him. They wouldn't hurt him but it was enough to ruin the rest of his suit. Why did people insist on ruining good clothing?

He sighed. This night was important to Brooke and the people she donated to, so Alexander let the people come at him. As they did so, he pretended to go down under the fury of their blows before teleporting himself out back of the building.

I'm seriously becoming far too kind in my time on this plane. he mused.

[pyroprincess]

The fire extinguisher did little except bring up an appallingly huge degree of smoke, against thousands of degrees of heat. But it surprised her enough that she had a few seconds of immobility.

Enough time, that between the slow slipping of the illusions that Insomniac had created and Brooke's demonstration of her feelings, that she returned more or less to normal. The flames disappeared.

There were two things on her mind in the immediate moment. Finding clothes and finally taking out the miserable bastard who had done this to her.

She opted, decisively for the former, turning right back around and stalking after Insomniac, who had lost almost all ability to use his powers, stumbling about blindly, increasingly frightened, because it all was turning badly for him.

He made a run for it, as fast as he possibly could.

[vesper_verde]

"Oh. Huh." He peered into the nozzle of the fire extinguisher. "Cool."

Rather than get in the way of vengeful Stephanie, Marcelo set the extinguisher aside. Then he started peeling off his jacket and shirt to get Stephanie something to cover up with.

[hellfire_empath]

Brooke had seen Alexander disappear from the corner of her eye. She'd need to track him down later and apologize for the travesty that this evening had turned into.

More importantly, though, she had Stephanie to worry about. She snapped her fingers at a nearby society matron and attempted to make the woman feel charitable.

...nothing happened.

Probably because Brooke had never felt charitable for a single moment in her entire life.

Sigh. Looks like she wasn't going to get that fur stole to help cover Steph up after all.

Shaking her head, she lifted the hem of her gown and walked right behind Stephanie.

She'd help make Insomniac pay, if they caught him.

[iced_cherub]

Once the fog cleared Bobbi looked around. Seeing where Brook was she left Eve's side. She knew it would mean exposing her wings to others, but... She slid off the wrap she wore and handed it to Brook for her friend.

"Here."

[pyroprincess]

Once the rage had died down, Stephanie found herself ... quite naked and surrounded by an increasingly large and apprehensive crowd. She tried her best to cover herself, which honestly, wasn't all that fantastic. But nudity was one thing. Her body was pretty low on the things that she felt anxiety about.

But the secret was probably as good as out. She supposed it would be possible to claim it had been an illusion as well, but too many people knew better for that to really work. She frowned intensely. She wanted to find Insomniac and show him just why it was a bad idea to interfere with a Shaw.

She would, of course. But he was probably as good as gone tonight.

[vesper_verde]

Marcelo had both his shirt and jacket off by the time he approached his girlfriend. He saw her trying to cover up and did his best to shield her from some of the crowd.

"Querida, here." He offered her both articles of clothing. She could choose one or both with however she wished to cover up.

He would go out Insomniac hunting later. Possibly. Depending on what Stephanie wanted when they got home.

[hellfire_empath]

Brooke stopped and smiled down at Bobbi. She took the wrap and draped it over Bobbi's shoulders, careful to cover the younger girl's wings. "Enough harm's been done tonight to people I care about, Bobbi. Let's not add you to the list, alright?" She leaned down and air kissed Bobbi's right cheek. "But I won't forget this. Now come on," she said, indicating the direction that Stephanie and Marcelo had gone in.

[iced_cherub]

Bobbi nodded, She gave a small smile. "Alright, hope that jerk's really gone, I don't like the idea of bugs in me."

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander was annoyed. His suit was ruined and he'd had to hold back against the ingrates assaulting his person.

The only plus tonight was that Brooke was absolutely gorgeous in the use of her power. She was going to be extremely powerful...and very worthy of everything that would happen in the future.

"Perhaps tonight wasn't a total loss." Alexander said to himself as a few people gave him odd stares.