nerdherdchuck | Comic-Con (open RP)

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Comic-Con (open RP)

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The San Diego convention center was filled with all sorts of exhibits, panels and vendors selling all sorts of collectibles. There seemed to be so much to do and tons of events worth seeing.

"I'm finally here," Chuck commented out loud to no one in particular.

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Tommy had never been a huge comic book fan, but as an artist in his own right he could appreciate talent. Okay, and admittedly he was kind of a whore for anything that came out of Dark Horse or the brain of Todd McFarlane period. And then there was Frank Miller...

Comic book geek in hiding. Just something else to add to his list of secret identities.

It didn't hurt that he had a work-related excuse to be there, too. He knew a guy that had made him aware of a company that did t-shirts that were looking to upgrade their image. Making the drive from Hollywood to San Diego was a little much, but the office would pay for it if he could get the company to agree to a sit down with Black Saber Studios.

So it was that Tommy found himself making the solo trek...and ending up poring over the offerings at pretty much every stall he passed. As he roamed, his mind was constantly working...not only on some sketches he wanted to do, but maybe on some form of pulp art illusion. Grand illusion, he could bring a comic book to life, or even close up he could screw around with a print graphic novel...

He was hard pressed to admit it to himself, but Tommy was having the time of his life.

Chuck was looking over his schedule and not quite watching where he was going when he bumped into Tommy.

"Oh! S-sorry...I-I wasn't watching where I was going."

At the same time, Tommy had been poring over an issue of a Hellboy comic when he bumped into Chuck.

Reaching out instantly to catch the other man's elbow, steadying them both, Tommy blushed and stammered out an apology of his own in his muddled Brooklyn accent.

"No, it was my fault, bro. Seriously, I'm so sorry...hey, is that a schedule? I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, just...I ain't got mine on me, mind if I peek over your shoulder?..."

"Nothing to be sorry for, really," Chuck replied. He then held out his print out of the schedule. "Yeah, I printed it from the website before I came." He then held it out to Tommy. "You can take a look if you'd like. Oh and...I'm Chuck, by the way. Nice to meet you."

"Gee, thanks." Tommy replied, shaking himself a little when Chuck introduced himself. "Sorry...Karras, Tommy Karras. It's great to meet ya." he replied, offering his hand to shake before skimming the schedule.

"Man, I can't believe I almost didn't come to this thing...aw, man, Marvel panel at two? Sweet!"

Tommy paused, then grinned as he folded the schedule in half, then abruptly tore it in two. Handing Chuck half, he opened his own...then opened it again to show a full copy of the schedule, identical to the one Chuck would find when he opened his own half of the "ripped" schedule.

"Here...this way I ain't gonna have to impose again."

Hiro sees this happen. "How did you do that?" His eyes are very wide.

Glancing over his shoulder at the new voice, Tommy grinned and folded his copy of the schedule, sliding it into the swag bag he was carrying as he faced the newcomer.

"Simple: magic." he replied, reaching out with one empty hand to seemingly pluck a playing card out of thin air. "You like magic, bro?"

Hiro nods. "Magic is cool."

Grinning, Tommy flicked his wrist, vanishing the card without a second thought. "Good to know, 'cause if you do? You're gonna love this..."

Spreading his hands, showing them back and front to prove they were empty...then reached into the air and pulled a fan of cards from seemingly nowhere.

"Pretty neat, yeah?"

Hiro claps. He's always found magic, even just the sleight of hand tricks very cool. "That was very cool!"

"What was?" Jack asks. He'd not followed Hiro as well as he had hoped and obviously missed something.

Chuck looks pleasantly surprised. "That was really cool! Jack, Tommy here just made a copy of the schedule I brought. An-and, I don't me took it to to a photocopier. He just...it looked like he ripped my copy in two but-" He pauses for a moment as he opens his ripped half and then continued, "See? It's a full sized schedule and Tommy has a copy of it too! Isn't that neat?"

Tommy grinned shyly, blushing a little as he shrugged. "Thanks, you guys are real generous, seriously."

Turning to the other two men, Tommy extended his hand. "Tommy Karras, it's good to meet you fellas. I just sorta bumped into Chuck here by accident...are you all buds?"

Jack looks over what Chuck just described to him, trying to take it all in, but it was a bit difficult with him talking so fast. This new person was a magician or something? "Hey, nice to meet you, Tommy," Jack says, taking his hand in a shake, "Yeah, we're all friends here. I'm Jack."

Chuck nods. "Yeah." He then points to each of his friends as he introduces them. "This is Hiro Nakamura and this is Jack Shephard." He then added in. "Oh and my last name is Bartowski, by the way."

"Bartowski, got it." Tommy replied, nodding to Chuck before shaking hands with Hiro and Jack in turn. "Hiro...Jack...it's great to meet you both. As for what these guys were talking about, well...I can show you. If that's all right."

Pausing, Tommy turned to Chuck and handed him his bag. "If you wouldn't mind..."

Taking a few steps back, he shut his eyes and wondered, only briefly, if he was using his powers too gratuitously. It took him only a split second to decide it was fine, especially if the feelings he was reading from Hiro and Chuck were any indication.

Taking a deep breath, Tommy spread his arms and concentrated as he started to lean back, far enough that it looked as if he might fall...

...then continued to ease backwards, his feet leaving the ground, slowly laying backwards until his body was stretched out, suspended in midair in a prone position.

Chuck looks up with an amazed look on his face. His jaw drops and he doesn't know what to say really. So he merely says, "Wow...tha-that's...totally cool!"

Hiro stares. "Sugoi..."

Tommy grinned at their amazement, turning his head to the side to look at them with a smile. The more he did his thing in public, the more he was enjoying those reactions, and not just for the usual reasons. He was starting to wonder if there was a real future for him as a performer...

"G'head and check it out of you want." he offered, making a show of folding his arms under his head casually. "Under, over, side to side...five bucks if you find where I'm hiding the wires." Of course, there were none, so he was safe...but that fact only made the "trick" better.

Chuck looks around Tommy and even puts his hand out slightly to see if he can feel a wire that he couldn't see. After a moment of doing so, he shakes his head. "I couldn't find any at all."

Hiro looks around for the wires. "There are none.." He really sounds amazed. "You have a...talent." There's a significance to how he says the word. He's not sure what it is, but he definitely is displaying skills that may be similar to Hiro's own.

Grinning, Tommy closed his eyes again and concentrated on tilting back up again until his feet were back on the floor and he was vertical once again.

"It's something I've been working on...I guess you could say I'm a magician in training." he explained to Chuck with a broad smile, glancing at Hiro when he mentioned a 'talent' with...an awareness that nagged at him. Nodding to Hiro in agreement, he spread his hands as he accepted his bag back from Chuck. "In a manner of speaking, I guess I do."

"You don't seem like you need training. You definitely have talent!" Chuck replies, quite impressed.

Hiro claps as he lands. "That is wonderful!" He nods significantly to Tommy's nod. He's looking around for an area where they can talk without too many people hanging around.

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