Electric Shopping [ElodieXHellSmithXOpen]

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Jump City mall, where many flocked to have a good time and spend money. Stores and food stands and those weird boutiques where the people will chase you down and inform you on why you should buy some weird product. It was rare to see anyone above middle class there, which may of been why Elodie was wearing casual clothing in an effort to blend in.

And she was blending in, her signature strawberry blonde hair down and rather messy looking. She was dressed in a long white tee with a grey blazer and black skinny jeans, carrying along with a giant black bag that carried quite a few things that Elodie found important. Her wallet, her cell phone, her ipod, a pocket-sized disintegrator ray. Oh, and chapstick. You know, just the basics. Just what every girl carried in their purses.

Why am I ever here- Ooh, that looks nice, Elodie thought as she looked at a pretty blue dress that would look fantastic with her coloring. She tried it on, and after debating about it, finally decided to buy it. She could easily wear it to some lunch party or whatever. Hey, she was helping the economy for buying that dress, thank you very much.

Elodie left the store and walked through the mall, a bored look on her face as she did so. She navigated through the social cliques of the mall, rolling her eyes each time she saw an American Eagle girl squealing about how cute something was or how something was ugly. "Honestly that is the ugliest outfit i've ever seen. I dont care if its vogue. None of this is vogue." Said a girl in a snooty voice as Elodie passed her, mentally snarking to herself. Says the girl wearing tights as pants.

Honestly Elodie wanted to start zapping them, but seeing as how she wasn't in her costume she was restraining herself.

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Hellsmith loved the mall. It was one of those nice modern inventions, all sorts of cool crap just scattered everywhere. It was one of the few reasons he bothered with money. He could just smash in and take what he wanted, but that would interfere with his more important reason for being there: the place was practically swarming with girls his age. For a player like him, it was paradise.

As he wandered among the crowds, Brock could sense something unusual. He couldn't quite place it, but there was someone different around there. He focused as best he could, trying to seek it out. He really wished he'd learned to hone his senses and go all psychic like his fellow demons, that would really help in times like this. Instead, he'd slept his way through most of his lessons and just gotten the barest grasp on those abilities.

After a few minutes, he tracked down the source. A strawberry blonde, about his age and damn pretty. He could see that she was irritated, a possible angle for him. She seemed to be grumping about some catty girls nearby. Brock walked up beside her, not talking too loudly so they wouldn't be overheard. "Never stop complaining, do they?"

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"I doubt that they ever will," Elodie murmured, glancing up at the guy who had spoken to her. He was a tall guy with a rather muscular build to him, reminded Elodie of those silly football players she often saw on TV. He wasn't bad looking, being far more attractive than some people she has ran into so far in her return home, though she honestly believed that he could use a haircut. Easy Elodie, he's either an idiot who doesn't know his cations from his anions or he's a boy scout, Elodie reminded herself, and was about to say something when the chatty idiots nearby starting squealing about some cute boys or boots, leaning over the metal railing in an attempt to get a better look. "Of course, if they are going to complain, how about we give them something to complain about besides clothing?" Elodie said sweetly as she placed her hand on the railing and sent an electric current running through it, shocking the girls.

"Owie!" One of the girls shouted as they all jumped back from the railing, Elodie working hard on not to laugh at their looks of outrage at the railing as though it had purposely shocked the girls. Something tells me that they're not doing so well in their science classes. Elodie thougth as she looked back at the guy, carefully watching for his reaction to her little show of power. She often tried to not use her abilities without a mask on, but for days like this when shes annoyed she made an exception.

"Now what is a boy like you doing in a place like this? You don't appear to be shopping," Elodie observed, blue eyes narrowed as she scanned him over. "Nor do you appear to be shopping for someone, which means your either waiting for someone here or your one of those mall boys who try picking up random girls at the mall." Elodie paused, waiting for his response to her observations of him so far. "Perhaps I should warn you now that if your the latter, you would be wise to go find someone else to try and impress - it won't work on me."

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His greeting had been a bit unusual, but it seemed to be going over well. At least, he'd made it seem like they had something in common. To be honest he probably would have been over sympathizing with those girls if he hadn't sensed something different about this one, but he could play along pretty well. "Give them something?" he asked, honestly curious. Just what was this girl up to?

Brock could barely hold back a triumphant laugh when the girls were shocked. He had known there was something special about her, and here it was. She was a metahuman, and a badass one at that. It wasn't often you saw someone out of costume using their powers for pranks like that, and it was pretty fun to watch. "Ha, nice one." A grin spread across Brock's face, and he offered the girl a high five.

He just shrugged at her question. "Got bored today, thought I'd look around. There's cool stuff here sometimes, and cool people, so why not?" She was acting pretty distant, but it seemed like they were getting along well so far. Maybe it was just some cool tough act. "Didn't expect to meet another metahuman here. At least, not a fun one. Most supers are total sticks in the mud, you know? Never wanna have any fun with their powers. I mean, what's the point if you can't have a few laughs with it, right?"

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 Elodie raised an eyebrow as Hellsmith grinned at her and raised his hand, offering a high five. Might as well, Elodie thought as she gave him a high five, though was tempted on shocking him as well. However, she was learning to pick her battles well, and seeing that he was quite a big guy she decided against it. Sure, she wasn't some helpless damsel but she didn't know who this guy was nor what all he could do. With her luck, he could have super strength or be immune to her abilities. She's already ran into someone immune to her abilities, and she rather not find another one and have to deal with them now.

"I doubt it. Usually you find the most interesting people out on the streets." Elodie replied, her eyes narrowing as he called her a metahuman "Don't call me that." Elodie warned, more electricity shooting from her fingertips to the metal railing. She didn't enjoy being called that, especially when out in public without her mask on and her hair hidden away. "As for those others, who I agree in being sticks on the mud, their a bunch of idiots who refuse to see what is in front of them." Elodie said, raising a eyebrow at him. "Now, should I guess that your of the super variety? Don't tell me your a Titan," Elodie looked utterly annoyed at the thought of him being a titan. Or a wannabe titan.

The girls where still freaking out, tapping the metal railing and quickly moving their hands as if it was going to shock it again. One of them placed their drink on it, and Elodie grinned as she grabbed the railing and really amp'd up her electricity, making the drink explode all over them.  "Oops" Elodie said, smirking.

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Aw yes, high five secured. "Well I met you here, didn't I? You seem pretty interesting." Hellsmith was turning on the charm as much as he could here. This girl was hard to read, but he was optimistic as always. Worst case scenario, she'd blow him off and he'd find another girl. There were plenty of fish in the mall, as the expression went.

Okay, so she didn't like being called a metahuman. That was awkward, but he could work around it. "Sorry." He glanced to the railing, seeing if anything would happen. Nothing this time, but there was still hope for the future. At least she seemed to agree about the normal supers, that was a start. "Yeah, they've got all these cool tricks but they just do boring stuff. I mean I can't imagine having superstrength without at least moving one parked car, what'd be the point?" He reminded himself to do that again later, it was one of the great joys in life.

He burst out laughing when she suggested he might be a Titan. "Oh, hell no! They're the worst of the bunch. Can you imagine, all those rules and stuff? Ruins all the fun of having powers. I just do my own thing, really. Go by Hellsmith as a super, or Brock when I'm like this." Her next prank almost had him laughing again, barely containing it so he wouldn't give away their position. "Okay, that was pretty awesome. Think they got enough to whine about yet?"

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"True, but usually i'm not here. I tend to go for things that have a bit of a challenge to them, which is something no one who comes here often can offer me." Elodie said with a frown as she looked around, glancing at all the normal people walking around, trapped in their ruts and unable to break from the norm. They have no idea what the real world is truly like, Elodie thought as she glanced up at Hellsmith, studying him once more. So he has the abilities but not the boy scout drive that the Titans and all of their followers possess. Interesting, Elodie thought, wondering how she could use this information to her advantage.

"Its because they're afraid of their abilities and what they could truly do with them. They try to fight against their true selves, which is typically why its so easy to beat them at their own games." Elodie stated, smirking as Hellsmith brougth up how he had superstrength and how he had moved at least one parked car. "And who wouldn't do that with super strengh? And who wouldn't use my own abilities to short out security cameras and break into secure areas? Just saying," Elodie said with a smirk.

Her smirk turned into a full out grin as he laughed at the very idea of him being a Titan. Finally, a person with half a brain, Elodie thought as she listened to him talk about how they were all about rules and stuff, and how he did his own thing. "Well then its a pleasure to meet you Brock. I'm Elodie," She said with a charming smile as she held out her hand for him to shake.

"Oh, I believe so. Of course, I could always zap them so that they smell like burnt hair for the rest of the day." Elodie mused, thinking it over. It would be entertaining to see.
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Hellsmith nodded. "I can respect that." She seemed to be giving a bit of a challenge too. It was tricky, but he was getting into her good graces. "Didn't have anything else to do today, and something was telling me this would be interesting. I guess something was right." She seemed pretty wrapped up in studying her surroundings, him included. Brock wasn't sure what to make of that, he'd never met anyone who did that before. He was just going to assume the studying him part was a good thing.

She was getting pretty philosophical. Hellsmith just nodded along, letting her finish. He wasn't quite getting it, but she seemed to approve of his methods. "Yeah, they could do so much more if they just cut loose. That'd pretty much be better all around, huh? Using our powers for whatever, no Titans getting in the way. Maybe helping, even." He grinned, imagining the possibilities. Not to mention the foxy ladies in the Titan crew, he wouldn't mind spending some time with them. He was snapped out of that by her talk of secure areas. Hellsmith had never really thought too much about that. "Yeah, I guess I could walk right in if I wanted. Just haven't thought of anything I'd wanna take, you know?"

Aw yeah, she was definitely liking his bad boy side. He returned the handshake, grinning right back at her. "The pleasure's all mine." They seemed to be feeding each other's villainous sides, and she was getting more extreme in her petty punishments. Brock thought for a moment. "Could be funny. Think you'd get busted, though?" That was a bit of a concern. She seemed big on secret identities, he didn't want to mess that up and ruin his chances. "Think we can figure out which car is theirs? I could move it to another spot. Or another street. Or a roof." A wicked smile spread across his face.

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  "Ah, thats always fun. I guess something was telling you that I was here," Elodie said smoothly, smirking up at him. Perhaps it was due to boredom, or maybe because since shes gotten back she hadn't heard from a certain bad boy villain, but either way Elodie was doing something that was rare for her to do: Flirting. Well, attempting to flirt, for it was one of a few skills that Elodie struggled in. Sure, she could intimidate and threaten others fairly well, but interacting with boys and flirting with them? It left something to be desired.

While he didn't seem to understand what she was saying, Elodie had to admit that at least he was good looking. "It would be fantastic. It would be every one for themself, and there would be nothing to stop us from taking what we wanted, whatever we wanted." Elodie stated, an odd gleam in her eye as she imagined it, grinning. However, when Brock stated that he hadn't done anything with secure areas and haven't thought of anything he would want to take, Elodie raised an eyebrow at him. "Really? Nothing? No jewels or money or gold? No weapons or technology?" Elodie questioned, for surely there was something locked up somewhere that he would want.

"And who would catch me? Mall cops? Please, I would wipe the floor with them. The Titans? I've dealt with them before and i'm still walking free. They can't stop me," Elodie grinned wickedly, her grin growing as Brock offered to move their car to another street. Or a roof. "Where have you been hiding all this time??"

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"Heh, seems like it." Awright, he was doing better now. She sounded more interested, and that smile certainly made his chances seem better. As for Hellsmith, the smile hadn't left his face so far. It wasn't often you found a girl of her caliber who was also interested in mayhem, he'd have to show her his work sometime. He could only imagine how much fun she'd be hyped up on a magic axe.

The two of them were just encouraging each other's bad habits. Both of them were having a ball imagining the anarchic chaos that could result if the Titans went rogue. "I might have a way to arrange that, actually." Hellsmith said, half to himself. He wasn't really supposed to mention the mental effects of his creations, but he had the feeling this girl would approve. Regardless, her violent streak was endearing and he wanted to share. "I'll have to tell you later, when we've got some privacy. Can't go blabbing that sort of plan where everyone can hear." He gave a playful wink.

Elodie seemed shocked at his lack of stealing, but Hellsmith just shrugged. "I make weapons, get good money from those, don't really do much with technology. Jewels, okay, those could be good to take. Gotta do that sometime, they're good for some stuff I make." He idly glanced around, looking for a mall directory. There had to be a jeweler around there somewhere. "I'm more into things for fun than for money, and the stuff I make is good for that. But we can talk more about that when we're making that Titan plan."

Okay, he was REALLY liking her attitude. She was downright gleeful about the idea of tackling teams of superheroes. "Awesome. We gotta team up sometime, scuffle with the Titans. It sounds like fun." Even better, she was almost giddy about moving the car. "Oh, here and there. Some sorta weird time stuff. So, how we gonna find the car?" He rubbed his hands together, smiling maliciously.