11150/My Dinner With
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| My Dinner With | |
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| Date of Scene: | 13 May 2022 |
| Location: | Penthouse - Kord Co |
| Synopsis: | My Dinner with Joan and Booster. And the bots. |
| Cast of Characters: | Joan Wright, Ted Kord, Booster Gold
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- Joan Wright has posed:
Ah Friday. The end of the traditional work week. The time for rest and relaxation for a full weekend. The-
Who are we kidding?
Ted is a JL member and Joan works for Damage Control and the weekend is just when things get weirder than normal. So, there's no guarantee there will be a quiet weekend. But that doesn't mean they can't have one nice thing.
Bobo and Bailey has been Incredibly helpful today. While Bailey's zipping around getting the table ready with utensils, Bobo is bringing in the food order for tonight's dinner. As for Joan? She's - ...
Well, she's delegating. And once Bobo gets to the counter she's also replating the meal so it at least looks nice. You might say this is cheating. But here there are two options. One can have a meal cooked by Joan from scratch.
Or they can have something edible. Joan chooses edible.
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord choses edible as well. He quickly learned he was the better cook. By this we mean he can use a toaster oven as well as a microwave.
He is on call with the JL but really... is Superman or Wonder Woman going to need his help? Pfft.
So instead he is changing into corporate casual, and ruefully examining what Joan has left him. Nothing comfy. It's Friday and he's wearing a polo shirt and slacks. He makes a note to get more clothes for lounging tomorrow. Or he could just wear an old costume. Those were comfy. He adjusts his belt, suddenly aware of the Relationship 10 lbs. Hmmm, better go beat up some crooks and work it off.
- Booster Gold has posed:
Somewhere, out in the city, Booster Gold is annoying someone. Luckily for Ted and Joan, it's not them...
...yet.
- Joan Wright has posed:
All the comfy clothes now belong to Joan. Consider this karma for Ted having Joan use her powers on that scarab earlier! But she is being nice tonight and is still wearing her office work attire of a blue dress shirt and black dress pants. Without the satchel the pocket count is down to a more presentable number.
Joan looks to the arrangement of sushi and dumplings on the plates and gives a nod. Taking the cue, Bailey zips over and takes the place, zooming off to the table.
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord sneaks up behind Joan to give her a hug. Bailey somehow winds up between the pair, not that she's complaining. Ted removes the bot who returns to running her fussy.exec, setting out silverware with her laser range finder. "Love the shirt. Did you wear it for me? Smek." He sits down and awrrks a bit as Bailey ties a napkin around his neck. "Take it easy Bailey. Human. Need to breathe." He gets a pat on the cheek from Bailey who returns to her masterpiece.
- Booster Gold has posed:
Much like the inexorable march of the blue and grey suited alien across the planet, bound for Metropolis, so too comes Booster. Slowly annoying his way across Manhattan. It's only a matter of time before he is annoying...
...right...
here.
- Joan Wright has posed:
Joan starts for a moment as she feels Bailey jab into her backside for the briefest of moments before the bot is replaced with a Kord. Joan's lips part open to show the slightest glimpse of teeth as she smiles. "Tonight may have had a little influence in the color choice this morning..." She admits, moving over to the table as Bailey brings the last of the dishes over. Bobo brings over the chopsticks.
"Maybe if things stay quiet we can queue up a movie after dinner?" Joan suggests as she sits down. Bailey sets her napkin on the lap.
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord fiddles with his chopstick, rolling them like cue sticks on the table to make sure they're straight and otherwise well machined. He goes through two pair before one proves satisfactory. "A movie is doable. It should stay quiet. I booked a room at the Ritzdorf for Booster with full bar, room service and spa. I sent him like six emails telling him to go there. I even made sure they had gargantuan robes in his size. We will not be disturbed. I told Melissa I'm incommunicado short of death itself."
- Booster Gold has posed:
Narrator Voice: What Ted could not know was that Booster had accidentally changed his email password, and not yet noticed that little message at the bottom that said "Invalid password, please connect account." He just figured no one had emailed him in the past 48 hours.
...annoy...
...annoy...
...annoy...
- Joan Wright has posed:
Joan beams as she takes the very first set of chopsticks she grabs. She's not Amazoned out so the sticks stay in one piece. "Great! Should we do a new movie or one of the classics?"
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord tabs a dumpling. "Hmmmm let's let the bots decide. That'd be interesting, test their free will a little. No Lego Movie though. They made me watch that three times already. That alone makes me a parent I think. Not to mention my experience with Booster." He laughs, half joking. The idea of him with a real kid is frankly horrifying. Every kid wants a superhero for a dad but, truth is they'd worry every time dad went on patrol.
- Booster Gold has posed:
The winds blow outside. And with them comes...
...the annoyance.
Little did they know that just 17 stories below them, a blue and gold figure was floating up along the windows...totally not peeking in to the see if anyone is changing. That would be rude.
- Joan Wright has posed:
Joan's smile dies at the ban on Lego Movie. "...But I like Lego Movie." She pouts for a moment, using the chopsticks to grab a dumpling. "Oh what about the sequel?"
Bailey seems to perk up.
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord ponder sticking the chopstick in his ear really hard. Would that end it? He watches Bailey flit away to discuss the movie. "But I didn't... you... but it's still a... Lego... nuts I want to watch Them! ... all right, fine. But there better be some cuddling and smooching and... stuff! Not with the bots either!"
- Booster Gold has posed:
There comes a sound. From the outside. Which is strange, given how far up they are.
It's a thumping sound. Some sort of dance song, no doubt. It grows closer.
The window starts to shake. There is a bit of a melody coming in. Joan no doubt recognizes it right away. Ted with the chop stick ears might not.
The door to the outside opens away from the kitchen, and the sound that had been somewhat muffled by the glass is now clear as clear can be.
"EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!"
It is coming from Skeets, in boombox mode. He floats in, followed by Booster Gold, with the gosh darned biggest Booster Gold smile either of them have seen in ... well, a really long time. Joan - ever. Ted - four years. At least.
- Joan Wright has posed:
"Well, we could watch Them! afterwards." Joan suggests. She watches as Baily zoots off. She tilts her head towards Ted, voice lowering so only Ted can hear, giving a mischevious grin, "And maybe we cou-"
Joan pauses, sitting up, she smiles as she start to look towards the tv, which is not on. And then to the door as one of her favorite songs becomes much louder.
As she recognizes who it is, her brow raises, looking over to Ted for a moment before back to the other incoming hero. "Hi Booster. How are you doing tonight?"
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord grabs a glass of wine provided him and knocks it back. "He probably forgot to check his email for starters. Or forgot the password -again. Hello, Booster, old buddy. Hello, Skeets." He's pouring himself a second when he twigs to Joan's remark.
"Could... could we...?"
- Booster Gold has posed:
Floating into the room as only Booster can, his smile extends over towards Joan. He nods to her. "Hi Joan. I'm great. Better than I've been in a while." He looks it, too.
He turns towards Ted. "He's gone, man. She said it, and she was right, and he's gone."
- Joan Wright has posed:
"Oh okay." Joan, "Well we just got dinner an-"
Bailey zooms in quickly, setting up a third place setting before she comes to a stop near skeets.
"-d would you like to join us? We were going to watch a movie with the bots afterwards."
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord ponders a minute. A full minute. "Doomsday? Someone managed to cure your nightmares? Who did this if so? She's getting a Corvette or a muffin basket. Something! Well, sit down. Have some dinner, we need to celebrate. Get a bottle of champagne!!" The bots all vanish, to return with each holding a bottle of champagne. "Tell me more!" This is not just to put off Lego the Second. Honest.
- Booster Gold has posed:
A shake of his head. "No, I don't want to intrude," offers Booster, having just intruded. But he did seem to read the room this time, which is a lot of growth for him. "I just wanted to share." A pause. "Are you still having them too? If so, I can ask her to help."
- Joan Wright has posed:
Joan grows quiet as she listens to the bit of conversation revolving around Booster's statment of someone being gone. With the clarifying statement about nightmares, she loses sight of the movie plans for a bit. When Booster seems to imply Ted having nightmares, a questioning look is shot over to Ted. Topic matter that has not been broached yet it appears.
- Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord reaches out to grab Booster's forearm. "Stay. We were really just doing dinner and a movie. I want to hear more. Obviously I have personal interest in this. I sometimes have trouble sleeping, by my, I have trouble sleeping, myself. Plus my bots just opened ten bottles of champagne." He looks 0ver at Joan and shrugs.
- Joan Wright has posed:
Joan nods, looking to all the open bottles. "It's true. That's a lot of champagne and I'm not drinking all that."
There's no telling what she'd do if she did that.
Well ok, after ten bottles she'd probably die from alcohol poisoning but before that- Wooh!
- Booster Gold has posed:
A sigh slips forth from Booster. He realizes he is not escaping. "Yeah, sure. I'll tell you about it." He glances over at Joan, noting that she was not aware of it. His brow creases in thought.
"Maybe I should take you back to that day, Joan. Ted and I were standing in, doing everything we can to slow him down while waiting for the big guns to get there..."
