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Moment of Awesome - Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman: During Fear in the Dark, Sue succumbs to the call of a Worthy's hammer and becomes Skirn, Breaker of Men. Sometimes there was no accounting for her boyfriend, a simple 'I need to go get my phone' had turned into a half hour absence, which probably meant that he'd got distracted with some new idea, and if that had happened then the one place Sue was sure she would find Reed was the labs. The young woman sighed, one thumb hooked into the pockets of her shorts as she keyed open the lab door. "Seriously Reed, I'm just going to get my phone doesn't mean an hour in the lab, it's an amazing day outside and the sun is just... well this is embarrassing." It turned out the blonde didn't know her boyfriend quite as well as she'd thought she did, he wasn't in here after all. On the other hand, the lab was rather more full than usual, a cluster of bodies around a... hammer? If ever there was proof that curiosity killed the cat this was it. Sue should have turned away, found Reed and dragged him down to the beach as she had planned. Instead, she stepped forward, padding across the floor towards the others, wrinkling her brow as a song seemed to sound louder with each step, almost as if it were a line drawing her in. "Whoever chose the theme song for this gathering, I love it... I can almost remember it, what's the song?" Her eyes fell on the weapon as she slipped between them, "Oh wow, this is one of those hammers everyone's talking about huh?" Darcy raised an eyebrow. Song? There wasn't any music playing in the lab for once, with chatter over the hammer being enough noise that tunes weren't necessary. Maybe it was something Sue was hearing on her phone. Hopefully. "Yeah, it's one of those hammers. But Sue... we don't have music on right now. Just science." She moved a few steps to block the other woman. Just in case. "Maybe don't get any closer to the hammer if it's singing to you, yeah? Weren't you looking for Reed? I think he's two labs over." Ty leaned over and inhaled deeply. "I have no idea what any of you are talking about, but it smells GOOD. Like, ribs. And roast potatoes." He closed his eyes in bliss. Molly looked equally puzzled, meeting Darcy's eyes before looking back to the others. "Uh...I don't hear anything. Do you have your airpods in?" she said, trying to see if she could see them in Sue's ears. "Nope. Imaginary sounds AND smells. Oh, that's fun." She started to inch toward Sue and Ty. "Maybe you two should avoid the thing, yeah? Sound good? 'Yes, Molly, good idea,'" she echoed to herself, reaching toward Sue to pull her back. "Sue?" Sue could hear piano notes hanging in the air, the haunting melody punctuated by a violin that seemed to ebb and flow in and out of focus. It was frustrating, the way the song faded into and out of hearing, she took another step forward and another, it was almost here. it seemed to be emanating from that artifact a hammer. The young woman's brow furrowed, her head tilting to the side, confusion dancing through her eyes as she reached out a hand. "Nah, nothing like that, you can't hear it? Maybe some kind of targeted or specific frequency. I've heard about the technology, but I don't get why and artifact like this would do that, may some kinda defense that's broken down over time?" Taking a half step forward Sue reached out to brush her hand over the hammer's head, maybe there was something broken, that could be why it was fading like that. If she could just figure out... that was as far as a blonde got before her fingers brushed up against it, a loud clang echoing through the room as something seemed to explode, sending papers and equipment flying, kicking up the dust in the room into a cloud. And left, standing behind after the dust started to settle a figure could be seen, hammer in hand, the silhouette of armour accentuating her figure as she rolled her head from side to side, cracking her vertebrae as a pair of glowing amber eyes flicked over the room, "What's that saying? After a thousand years I'm free, it's time to conquer earth... that'll do." She tossed her hammer from hand to hand, head cocking to the side in a familiar gesture, "Hi."