MvDC MVFBB - Starfire vs. Polaris

Talented text and Marvelous music by the Avant-garde Aron Orson
Impressive inks and Captivating colors by the Magnificent MuscleGirlsArt

Backstage...  

K-And'r: "Ah, Beatriz, I was hoping to...Oh, excuse my mistake--from behind, you looked a lot like a friend of mine."

L-Dane: "You mean the Brazilian chatting up Ororo over there? It's fine, we've been getting a lot of this ever since we all got brought here to this overblown beauty pageant."

K-And'r: "Much appreciated. I had hoped to compare notes with Beatriz, since we both were in modeling for some time. I am Koriand'r of Tamaran."

L-Dane: "Lorna Dane. Now that I think about it, you and some of your friends helped out a number of mine some time ago. Do the X-Men ring a bell?"

K-And'r: "I remember--we aided each other when the tyrant Darkseid tried to harness the power of your world's Dark Phoenix. The large metal man--Colossus, I believe?--is how I was able to add Russian to the languages I speak."

L-Dane: "Must've been a short tutoring session."

K-And'r: "It was not so much a 'tutoring session'--my people have the ability to assimilate other languages through physical contact."

L-Dane: "So, what, you kissed him or something, and now you speak Russian fluently?"

K-And'r [eager]: "Yes, actually! Before that, it was how I learned English as well, when I first kissed my current boyfriend. How did you know?"

L-Dane [shocked briefly]: "Uh...Lucky guess." [Gives her a brief look-over.] "You're a lot more built-up than what I'd previously heard. I mean, I’d heard you were tall and statuesque, sort of like Ororo, but…"

K-And'r [nodding]: "Mine is a warrior people, and members of the Tamaranean Royal Family such as myself are sent to train with the Warlords of Okaara as part of a rite of passage. I have kept up with a lot of what they instilled in me since then. Now, from what I and my friends learned from a brief mind-melding your Professor Xavier used to help us realize our mutual goal, your powers are over magnetism--do they also give you your increased strength and muscularity?"

L-Dane [looking down at herself]: "Ah, this...it's a bit of a long story. Short version is, I got possessed for a time by some psychic entity named Malice--no relation to Sue Richards' one-time alter-ego, that's an even longer story--until I wound up getting my powers taken by some crazy woman named Zaladane, who claimed she was my sister. (Never confirmed, FYI.) When she did that, she wound up triggering my secondary mutation for the first time, and I was able to use it to help the other X-Men stop her. We haven't been able to figure out where it really comes from, all we know is that in its early stages, I get all this [emphasizes muscles] from being a 'nexus' for negative emotional energies. Once we took down some big bad taking advantage of this, and when Zaladane got beaten for good, we took another look and found my secondary mutation was stabilized. Now I don't get all buff and super-strong by taking in negative energy; turns out by absorbing varying amounts of electromagnetic energy and storing it within myself, I can supercharge my cells and muscles. It comes in handy now and then."

K-And'r [nodding in agreement]: "I am certain it does."

L-Dane: “Your boyfriend—he doesn’t mind you being all well-built?”

K-And’r: “Not at all! I assume it is the same for you and your boyfriend? (Um, or girlfriend…?)”

L-Dane: “Boyfriend. And Alex is fine with it—actually took a liking to it after a while.” [Gives Kori another look-over.] “No offense, but that doesn’t look like any bikini I’ve seen. Something tells me it’s not entirely official.”

K-And’r: “Between you and me, this is actually an outfit I had worn briefly some time ago, during a particularly ‘off’ period in my life. I don’t know how our ‘hosts’ managed to acquire it, but something tells me they’ll allow it.” [Looks around briefly.] "Did you hear what Power Girl and your friend, Rogue, advised of?"

L-Dane [nodding]: "Yes--they've got the right idea. When you've been with the X-Men long enough and go up against these types of cosmic beings, biding our time's the general approach. Hopefully, if we can get some of the others to play ball, we'll all figure a way out of this."

K-And'r: "Agreed. Let us keep aware of all of our surroundings." [Hears building audience applause and cheers.] "It seems we are up next."

L-Dane: "Sounds like it. Guess we'll play along for now. So, in the spirit of things--best of luck."

K-And'r [smiling]: "Same with you."

Main stage...  

Promoter: "Ladies and gentlemen, time to meet our next two competitors! First up, she's even more out-of-this-world than Power Girl, and one of a few literal warrior princesses competing today! The second child of the royal family of Tamaran, she trained with the legendary Warlords of Okaara, survived being sold into slavery by her own older sister, and went on to become one of the most celebrated members of one of her world's premier teams of heroes in the Teen Titans, even as they soon grew out of the 'Teen' part of their name! Her 'type' is handsome and acrobatic, both traits her longtime beau possesses, PLUS an iconic derriere to boot! But that doesn't mean her own assets pale in comparison...Presenting, from Multiverse-A, the one-and-only STARFIRE!"

[Needle-drop: "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire]

Promoter: "Starfire, ladies and gentlemen! Now, let's meet her opponent from Multiverse-B! She's another long-serving member of both the X-Men and their auxiliary team X-Factor, with a complicated past that hasn't gotten in her way of making a future for herself! And if being a superhero doesn't work out for her, she's still got her degree in geophysics to fall back on! She's the daughter of Magneto, half-sister of another competitor in this very event, and the on-again-off-again of fellow X-Man Havok! Please, give it up for the mutant mistress of magnetism--POLARIS!"

[Needle-drop: "Green-Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf]