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josh "elixir" foley ([personal profile] goldtoxicity) wrote in [community profile] capencowl20202020-01-16 01:16 am
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day by day by day we're falling down [OPEN]

WHO: Josh Foley and YOU!
WHERE: All around the city
WHEN: Early to mid-event
WHAT: A week in the life of Josh Foley. Everything from healing fellow metas to assassination plots.
WARNINGS: Mild body horror, torture, terrorism, mental illness, violence, blood

safehouse.

[ it's not often that he's here. but if the porters are active again, that means it's time to act. right? right. time to recruit, or in the very least, make sure that everyone who turned up here is in fighting shape. because they will need to fight.

he's all smiles as he approaches new folks, reaching out to take hands. ]
I'm a healer, [ he says, and his hands begin to glow. ] don't worry, it's gonna be okay. Did you just get here?

[ and to the oldbies, he flashes a lopsided grin that doesn't quite meet his eyes. ] Never thought I'd see this again. Did you?

healing.

[ anyone who knows of elixir most likely knows three things at this point. the first, and perhaps the most important, is that he's wanted for a damn good reason. the faction of the resistance he runs with doesn't really have a name, but the brotherhood of evil metas is bandied about in hushed whispers. they're extremists. assassins.

the second is that he's a healer and a powerful one at that. you want that incredibly obvious scar removed? he's got you covered. broken bones mended? easy. a limb regrown? sure. it comes at a cost to him, sometimes. but a cost to you. money, loyalty, or information. his hands might itch to touch the wound to fix it when it's presented, but he'll stay back unless you're a friend or willing to owe a favor to his team.

( but he's never great at sticking to it. some parts of the old kid remain. he was never meant to be this. )

the third, and the most important, is that there is something fundamentally wrong with joshua foley. there wasn't always. he used to be a pretty good kid, the kind of kid that'd rush up to strangers to heal them. but that golden skin of his isn't quite so golden now, blotched and spattered with black spots that induce illness when touched. sometimes, while healing, he can't handle whatever it is he's trying to do. sometimes he loses the thread, sometimes you get hurt before you get better. he's always apologetic, always quick to fix it, but it's a game of russian roulette.

but still, he's here. operating out of an abandoned storefront for the time being. there's a cot set up behind the counter. if you need him, you only need to ring the bell to draw him from the back room. ]


harming.

[ this side of his powers comes easier now. the gold washes away, leaving shiny ink black in it's place.

this guy is small potatoes. metas are coming back in a big way, if the porter being active again is any indication, and right now people's focus is on containing the newly activated porter. resources are split, information is easier to get a hold of, and that leads him to here and now. walking down the street in the middle of the night wearing all black, hood pulled over his shock of white hair as he follows a few yards behind a man.

the guy's not really all that important in the grand scheme of things. has some fun ideas on metahuman imprisonment. used to be opposed but now he's been bought out, because every human has a price that can be paid for their mortality, and as far as josh's fucking concerned he deserves to suffer.

maybe you do too. or maybe you don't. maybe you're sick of extremists making it hard to go about things the proper way and you're keen to intervene. ]


running.

[ and of course, you can't be one of the most wanted metas alive without complications. something goes wrong, somewhere somehow, and josh is bolting through the streets, running as fast as he can to evade pursuers. there's a price on his head - enough for someone to live very comfortably for the rest of their days - and the promise of immunity if they come forward.

he springs over a fence. shoves a pile of boxes over in his way. weaving in and out of traffic, alleyways, doing whatever he can to ditch the eyes on him so he can disappear into the shadows.

maybe you're keen to cash in. maybe you believe in his cause. but he's running your way and you've got one shot at a choice. ]


hurt.

[ the thing about his dark side? it doesn't heal.

anything. all processes dedicated to fixing grind to a halt and reverse, even the ones that should be fixing the damage to himself. the higher his bloodlust, the harder it is to switch back. trading compassion for power only leads to misery and bullet holes.

he's dripping blood. the streets are mostly deserted and the chaos that was following him has finally died down, but he's a long way from any safehouse. breathing hard and pressing an arm to the bullet wound in his gut that's warning him he doesn't have a ton of time to be fucking around. he came back from the dead once, but there's really no telling whether that was a fluke or not. he isn't keen to test it.

but he's not moving very fast either. he looks like hell. his head hits the back of the dumpster he's hiding behind, teeth grit as he tries to force himself to his feet. ]


wildcard.

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besainted: (Default)

here 4 harm 8)

[personal profile] besainted 2020-01-16 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Damian is very good at finding people these days. He's good at a lot of things. When it began to look like he wasn't going home any time soon, Damian started taking a few of the darker pages out of the old family book, and began farming powers. (They're nice farms. The people he keeps for their powers are safe, and cared for, and generally want for very little. They're just never, ever free to go.)

The point is, Josh Foley is the man he's looking for, and he's registered as a red dot in Damian's vision ever since he began the hunt. Tonight the red dot is finally, finally directly in front of him -- well, almost. There's a man between them, but Damian knows him, too, and figures he isn't long for the world with Foley behind him.

He stands patient in the pool of light from a streetlamp, watching the show about to unfold from beneath sharp and unflattering shadows. His coat is long and dark, the collar pulled high, further obscuring details. There will be no interference here, apparently.
]
besainted: living or dying first (tell me which one is worse)

[personal profile] besainted 2020-01-16 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Josh's kills have gotten very impressive. Damian suspects he could have made that one clean and instant, and simply hadn't wanted to. He also knows, very well, that that's going to be him if he doesn't play his cards carefully.

He wonders only briefly how his life might have gone differently if he'd ignored David years ago, if he'd taken this power after all. Well. If things go poorly tonight, it's never really too late.
]

No, I don't think you would. [ He steps just so, knowing the light will shift from harshly obscuring illumination to something that masks fewer features. The face resolves itself into Damian Saint Lorrant wearing a small and very, very tired smile. ] Do you mind if I go first, before you kill me immediately?
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Marvel Comics (Yes I'm Judging You (Cross))

Hurt - There IS a doctor in the house

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2020-01-16 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's not that he's tracking Josh's movements. Even Prodigy isn't that good, and he's good at a lot of things. No, it's pure luck and happenstance that David was in the area, working a situation of his own. Just a little bit of casual B&E to scope out a jewel heist he was... facilitating. And pure luck that he's off down a certain alley at a certain time to hear the noise of a head hitting a dumpster that he's walking past. Which is when he stops, looks down, and sighs.]

I don't know if you've the best or the worst luck I've ever seen.

[He stoops down, moving immediately to scoop the man into his arms.]

Please keep all hands and legs and any other bare skin inside the ride at all times. I've got a safehouse near here, we'll get you patched up if you are stubborn enough to keep going.
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Default)

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2020-01-16 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone up there? Fuck that, Elixir. Someone right here still loves you. And he's even got you in his arms. Put your faith in that. There is no god.

[Jaded, cynical, lack of faith in the world and anything greater than it? Definitely very Prodigy of him. But once he's got Josh secure in his arms he starts off at a brisk walk, heading through the back alleys. OF course he's got a bolt hole around here. They're not as close to his clinic as he would like, but it would be foolish to not keep medical supplies at as many places as he can.]

What you can do for me, Foley, is try and get zen for a moment. It would be better to try and push yourself back to gold for after I've got the initial bleeding stopped.
besainted: i want to have sex with you (unfortunately)

[personal profile] besainted 2020-01-16 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The comment would be puzzling, without being so intimately familiar with Josh's range of powers. His arm, the man means. A little rude, Damian thinks. He's had the replacement dark plastic prosthetic made and fitted by only the best, and he only notices the difference most of the time. Better than all of the time. ]

Right. I appreciate it. [ The tired smile goes wry, but soon enough falls away entirely as he lifts a hand to run through his hair, sighing. ] Actually, I'm looking for David.

[ That's solidly a lie, he could know exactly where David was with a thought. He would be as easy to find as Josh had been. But a common connection, a search for the man he should be avoiding — he's banking on a stir of curiosity here to keep them talking. Don't let him down, old friend. ]
Edited 2020-01-16 16:41 (UTC)
besainted: (it's been a long time)

[personal profile] besainted 2020-01-16 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Curiosity, instant outrage -- anything that buys him a few more seconds of talking, he'll take it. And he watches that hand with a cautious wariness, ready with two potential, but rather final, defense strategies. But hopefully it doesn't come to that. ]

You know I cared about him. [ His voice is low, regretful, and after a moment he adds: ] Care, believe it or not. That wasn't how things were supposed to go.

[ The act and the words come so easily to his silver tongue that he never really stops to consider how much truth is really in them anymore. Does it matter? Such an objective thing, truth. The end goal is all that really matters. ]
besainted: (did your god show you the door?)

[personal profile] besainted 2020-01-16 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he's familiar with the hypocrisy. According to the reports he's read, Josh should be the last person to talk about leaving anyone hanging. But the thoughts don't so much as flicker across his face, and he offers a helpless little shrug. ]

Does being dead at the time count for anything?

[ Not ... literally dead, but for a while there it was close enough, and he's certainly been solidly dead according to public record. ]
besainted: what you wanted all along (i'm here to give you)

[personal profile] besainted 2020-01-16 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He falls instinctively into step with Josh, but keeps that healthy distance between them. If he tries anything, Damian would like a little reaction time, thank you. Both hands stay pocketed. ]

I can’t let things sit like they are with him. Or you. It’s gone on way too long, I’m exhausted.

[ Not a lie, this part he solidly knows to be true. He’s tired of ... well, of having no one but himself around. He used to trust people, once, and let them in to some degree. He remembers it was nice. ]
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Not So Sure Here (Nervous))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2020-01-16 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
And I wish you and Wallflower stopped this silly crusade of yours. There is always a regime, there is always and evil organization out to get us, there is always something. Putting yourself in the line of a bullet isn't the smartest choice.

[And Prodigy likes the smartest choices, doesn't he? Smart choices keep you alive. Smart choices are made with the head and not the heart. The heart gets you killed. Which, funny enough, here he is, acting with his heart, picking Josh up at his most dangerous.

Around another corner in the alley and there is a door. He doesn't even have to get a key out, given it's programmed to respond to his presence. A single sent from his glasses and the thick, safe room quality door makes a clunking and then gasping noise and swings slowly and silently open.

At least Josh had the decency to get shot near a warehouse. David carries him in through the door, sending a command to have it close behind him. It is one of his smaller ones, not much bigger than a studio apartment, but he's so very good with space. David moves to a nearby table and lowers David onto it. The papers there will live with a little blood. Or be replaced. He doesn't care.]


Do I get to know what happened?
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Marvel Comics (And Another Thing (Windstorm))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2020-01-16 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Which, of course, is why you're injured. Because someone told you to stay safe out there.

[He starts moving to get his medical things, only to freeze when Josh says that last statement. He turns on the other man and glares down at him, something just short of fury in his gaze.

While he might be in life only for himself these days, there are two exceptions for that rule. To a degree. Josh and Laurie.]


I don't care. You don't get to die. So shut up and be more careful.
germhating_hypochondriac: (Default)

hurt.

[personal profile] germhating_hypochondriac 2020-01-16 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Eddie's using his direction power again.  The first few times, he's tried to find his way back home.  That only led him to government enforcers near the porters.  Too dangerous.  Now, he's trying to find people he knew.  Even if they only spoke once on the network. He slows down as he reaches the dumpster and walks around it to see an unfamiliar face.  He doesn't recognize this guy as the same Josh doctor with the cool powers.  Still, he knows his powers might give some comfort and the guy doesn't look like he's in any shape to be dangerous]

I can help you.  I can make it feel better for a little bit, so we can find a safe house.
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Might Kill You (Enmass))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2020-01-16 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well then, they'll be two ghosts not in the future together. Because David's just like that.

You're not sorry and you do mean it and I'm not amused that you'd lie to me.

[He finally goes to collect his medical bag and moves to the table.]

Save me some time. Sit-rep.
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Know Lots of Stuff (Explanation))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2020-01-16 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not giving you sad eyes. I am giving you ‘why did I ever blow this idiot’ eyes.

[Gut wound is the most important so David strips off his normal gloves and instead pulls on two layers of nylon disposables. Ones that are clearly made for him because they go a lot further up his arm.]

Your brain chemistry still stupid in Lead? I’d prefer to give you painkillers but I don’t want to waste them.

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