10137/Pizza Pow Wow

Pizza Pow Wow
Date of Scene:	15 February 2022
Location:	Jubilee and Noriko's Apt - College House
Synopsis:	Tabitha stops over at Noriko's request as they prepare for the vampire wedding and to free Jubilation.
Cast of Characters:	Noriko Ashida, Tabitha Smith

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Noriko Ashida has posed:
Noriko has asked people who are participating in the rescue to stop by her place sometime this afternoon or so.  There is a stack of pizza boxes in the kitchen, well two stacks since one of them is empties.  She has a big map laid out and there are stacks of books making a little canyon.  The door to the bedroom is open a bit, which seems to not contain a bed, but a black coffin.

Jubilation's laptop is setup on the coffee table where Noriko is hunched over, trying to use the handle ends of wooden cooking spoons to blurry chicken-tap-type a Google search 'wholesale holy water.'  She squints at the screen and then looks down at the keyboard, tap, then squints at the screen, rinse repeat in fast forward.  Then she's suddenly switched to 'vampire fashion' tab.  Her hair is a mess, but less windblown than usual.  It's getting kind of long at this point, for the speedster anyways.  Dressed in some old black jeans naturally torn at the knee, lime green shorty socks, and a lavender tank, she looks a little fidgety.

Tabitha Smith has posed:
Tabby has been gearing up for the Wedding of the Eon since she mostly did the math on how long since she heard when it was a thing verses how long it takes her to prepare.

Of course since it is a wedding the blonde woman figures she should dress up for it. However since there might need to be a hasty exit and maybe a fight. That might mean an X-Suit. Luckily she can do both.

The dress is indeed an X-uniform, long sleeved, high necked black with a yellow stripe down the hem broken at her abdomen by an X shape in black before reaching the hem. Yellow ankle boots with a couple inches of wedgeheel. Some black stockings covering the rest of her legs because while the dress might reach her thighs. It is still February and it's still cold and hell outside.

Of course she's not quite ready, she has yet to get her makeup on and her hair is in a shaggy loose bob.

Poking her head in to Nori and Jubes' place, the neighbor girl smiles as reassuringly as she can. "You know we'll get her back right Nori! I know folks wanna do things peacefully. God know I've made my objections to that intent known. But I will keep things hushed as long as needed. I might steal a school bus and queue up some Simon and Garfunkel before we get there." she says trying to help calm of at least engage some sense of humor out of the worried Surge.

Noriko Ashida has posed:
Noriko startles and immediately she is holding the wooden spoons up in the air like she's surrendering to Tabby as little bolts escape her gauntlets.  They stay in the air as she stares, then lowers.  "Tabby if you start shit I swear to all that is unholy I will fucking kill you.  Why are you dressed like a yellow hornet trying out for Abba?"  She doesn't know the word for yellowjacket.

"What do I know," Nori moans not even a second later.  "I have no fucking clue what to wear.  I can't wear a fucking dress.  I'll just catch it on fire...because I'll hate it."  She sighs and looks over to Tabitha miserably, "Thanks for helping.  We should go over the plan.  You hungry?  I got loads of pizza and drinks in the fridge, or chips and stuff."  Dip, salsa, guac, Noriko has gotten into them all at least a little bit.

Tabitha Smith has posed:
The blonde is always hungry. High metabolism and energy requirements does that so the offered pizza is claimed. "Even breaking up a wedding should be a dressy occasion. Nori, you can absolutely wear dresses. The Shi'ar tech in the sub labs does unstable molecules. Seriously. If I didn't get most of my gear made out of it I'd be naked every time I used my powers. Cause Plasma, fancy fire!" she says with a smile." she says and curls a slice of some heavy pepperoni loaded pie for chomping on.

"We should pack a change of clothes for Jubilee as well. Part of me wantes to say 'Your Girl' but right now. Any kind of term of posession for a woman hits me the wrong way. So much lack of consent. So we just get her back, get her feeling and dressing how we know she likess and then the two of you can work out the best happy ending you can wrangle together!" she suggests brightly.

"At least while I am down to do things peaceful. Just in case. I'm making sure I'm loaded up on carbs and sugar and caffiene. I've had my second triple espresso hazlenut latte and there will be a third on the trip. At least you won't have to worry about running out of juice. One way or others I got your back. You get close enough now the drain is practically ambient. So thanks for the Pizza!" she states and smiles.

Noriko Ashida has posed:
"So, I found out this douchebag-to-be is totally some usurper shit who probably wiped out their history books.  He doesn't really have a legitimate claim.  And, well, turns out Jubilation has more of one than him, which is why he wants to marry her so bad, so I'm going to use that to challenge him to a duel." Is Noriko forthcoming about her deal with Severina, bride of Malefactor?  Does she mention the implications of the missing page in /The/ Book?  Kinda, "I still need to figure out one last thing.  I'm hoping Remy can sort it for me, because, you know thieves have to be good at locating shit to steal right?  There's a page missing in that book and it's supposed to be the key to what needs to happen but, yeah...torn out of this one.  Convenient right?"

"I can't run in a dress so no.  I'm not risking the love of my fucking life to a dress."  Nori rolls her eyes, clearly cranky and mercurially moving through things at her more natural pace.  "Jubes is going to need support in this court.  She's going to have to take the Duke's place to survive this," she dives back into the gravity of her own words, eyes haunted and drifting.  "So we can't fuck up...some people might try to make a  play too and I need you out there mingling and figuring out in the field where allegiances may lie."

Then Noriko lets out a frustrated noise through her teeth, eyes lifted to the ceiling, gauntlets clenched.  "Tabbyyyyy, how many times have I told you I'm not going to take your whatever...I mean do you /want/ me to kill you?  Is this some not so subtle cry for attention because we don't have time for it."  Funny, because Noriko's the one rattling on, and the longer she goes, the faster her speech winds up, back closer to her more natural speed.

"But yeah the pizza's really good.  I just have them bring more pies like every hour...I think I'm broke though. Oh my fucking god I don't even have a ring," Noriko's eyes are suddenly little springs of tears as she realizes her stress eating has sabotaged her meager bank account.  She blurs her way to the kitchen where a pizza box top pops open and a few slices disappear steadily like they are going into a woodchipper.

Tabitha Smith has posed:
"Dear god, a duel. Yeah you need like a suit or something with a swishy coat. Lapels. Sure I get the not running in a dress. I can barely run in heels more than a couple inches. But so need a suit for you!" Tabitha reccomends. There's a big grin as she pictures the speedster.

"And yeah, definitely at least pack her gavorurite coat and sunglasses I want you both flipping off Douchy McVampire Ducky as you walk out clean. I may crotch chop. No promises I wont!" she staates and grins.

"Nori, just so you know. It won't kill me. We're not like electromagnets that need prying apart. You can let go and we've got friends that can help me limp home. It's your nuclear option. And this time no one gets squished. We got lucky with Pixie. Not that I'm sure I increase your speed. Probably just top up your levels. Anyway..."

"No ring? Fuck. You know what go raid my stash in my room. The only important to me ring I gave back to James so go nuts. It's a gift like the sunglasses I got for Jubilee's birthday." she offers. A sunglass case had been left. Red frames and lenses in one of the styles the missing Vampiress resident of the aprtment often preferred. Not cheap either, and not stolen. "Or you know, raid Remy's. Think he'd have a few floating around that might actually be engagement rings!"

Noriko Ashida has posed:
"Crotch chop?"  Noriko looks confused and looks at the glowing Tabitha suspiciously, but not aloofly.  In any case, she lets it slide because she just keeps listening.  "Don't you fucking touch me or I'll scream-Wait have you /seen/ Jubes in the last few years?"  Noriko sounds appalled and looks at Tabitha like she grew a third eye.  "Pretty sure she burned that rain jacket thing thing a looong time ago."

"I'm not doing that, but thanks.  I'd rather make her one."  Noriko takes a deep breath and then scarfs down some more pizza after loading it up with chips.  "None of that means anything.  If anything, it makes it worse.  I'll carve it out of wood.  Then maybe I can find someone magicy to help make it stronger...and maybe eventually add stones but Jubes will want some say in that."  Noriko's brain is wirred right now.  Then suddenly, Noriko is gone.

Tabitha is left to enjoy the apartment for a strange thirty seconds or so before Noriko gusts back in, letting the door close in her wake on its own.  She has wood from the forest and some tools for the work.