13047/Another Day in the Life

Another Day in the Life
Date of Scene:	12 October 2022
Location:	New York City
Synopsis:	Against a backdrop of busting a few no-good types, Mania and Rave team up.
Cast of Characters:	Andi Benton, Naria Shepard

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Andi Benton has posed:
In the city that never sleeps, otherwise known as New York City, there's always something to do. It was a late night. Both Andi and Mania were restless. When that was the case, a patrol was often warranted. A quick jaunt over into the city proved worth it when a group of people going around trying to find victims to kidnap off the street were caught in the act of attempting to 'help' a woman into their van.

In possession of guns, they soon found that it wasn't that much of an advantage against someone with Mania's talents. Two were already knocked out, their weapons sent aside, while the other pair hunkered down behind a car and tried to figure out how to deal with this.

"Aww, is something wrong? We thought you wanted to play," Mania croons, taunting them from atop their own van. Their intended victim has already run off.

Naria Shepard has posed:
Violence, anger, bullets and alien monsters...another night out in New York! Still, the night managed to need itself with a bright little splash of color. Thankfully for that, Rave was a local of the city among with many heroes. Bright glowing light streaked across the city line, that neon working as a comet through the night.

Suddenly, the bluenette girl was perched atop the van they were hiding behind, tilting her head.

"Rough night?" she beams lightly.

Andi Benton has posed:
Currently, Mania has more of a 'controlled' appearance than not. The clawed fingers look a little longer than usual, but there's no visible mouth and that means no sharp fangs, no lengthy tongue. Anyone familiar with Venom, or having seen Mania's own social media accounts, can tell a bit of the differences.

Crouching in order to leap toward the ones she's yet to disable, it's interrupted by a quick spin in Rave's direction. Solid, strangely shaped, all-white eyes enlarge then narrow at the one now next to her, but just as she's beginning to respond by saying, "For them," one gets bold and pops up to take a shot at them.

Almost as if seeing it before it comes, Mania hisses. "Down!" as she moves to put herself in between Rave and the guy. Whether that's necessary or not, the next few moments will answer that.

Naria Shepard has posed:
Had Rave met venom? Only in passing, but it had been quite a while. Of course, the response from the symbiote is met with a grin before the sudden raising of the weapon from the mook and the warning of Mania interupted things. Was it needed? Well...not so much. A sudden flash of blue light and suddenly the man would find himself empty-handed with the bluenette herself sitting behind him, whistling a little while she held the magazine in one hand and the emptied weapon clutched between her fingers.

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania rises back up after Rave is gone again, and even sharpened senses struggle to track just how fast that one is. By the time she's turned back around, the guy's disarmed and blurting, "What the hell?!"

The other one decides, in a moment of panic, to just try to pistol-whip Rave instead. With a huff, Mania points his way just as he's beginning to draw up for the swing. "Forgetting someone?"

Naria Shepard has posed:
Mook logic wasn't always exactly the smartest logic. After all, if a bullet couldn't hit her, why would a swinging handgun fair any better? Rave herself just sort of 'isn't there' anymore, a little streak of brilliant light fading behind her as she was just...sitting on the car again, a little -shove- with her foot kicking the disarmed man over.

"You guys are slow learners, huh?" she questions. Of course, the man who took a swing at her? He still had to deal with mania.

Andi Benton has posed:
<<Mania>> She is very fast, Andi.
<<Andi>> You think? How about you tell me something else I already know?
<<Mania>> Well, you--
<<Andi>> That was a rhetorical question.
<<Mania>> What is 'rhetorical?'
<<Andi>> I'll explain it later. Let's finish this up.

After the internal chit-chat, that is the point where Mania acts, shaking her head first. She shows her own quickness, though clearly not on the level of a speedster, as she leaps from the van, casting a line of webbing off to one side with a flourish before swinging back around with it to prime a kick at the side of the guy's head. "Just when you think we are going one way, we go another." A blob of webbing is sent at the face of the other one, making it quite difficult for him to do much more than flail, getting his hands stuck in the process.

Making a show of wiping her hands clean, she peers at Rave. "So much for them."

Naria Shepard has posed:
Fast she was, the bluenette girl was finally slowing up enough to lean forwards over the trapped and bound thugs, a little blink made before she turns her glowing irises towards Mania and tilts her head. "Oh that's super handy," she offers before turning her gaze towards the black symbiote-coated girl and grinning. "I mean, otherwise I just have to beat them up or make them give up...Maybe I need to carry some...handcuffs...although that might give people the wrong idea."

Andi Benton has posed:
"It is useful." Mania's voice carries a dual nature to it, a blend of two separate things as one. Female, and something more alien in origin. "Or there are zip ties, but you should use whatever works for you." Is that a raised brow of sorts, an amused curl to the eyes? Might be. For what they are, they convey expressions in a way a normal face might, just in an exaggerated way.

She adds, "They were trying to kidnap someone. Look." Moving back over to the van, she slides the door open and inside is revealed rope, tape, and more. Out comes a phone, to document some visual evidence. "Good thing we were around." Could mean Mania alone. Could include Rave. Clear in front and back of the vigilante is a white spider insignia.

Naria Shepard has posed:
"So are you like...Spider-Girl or...something?" she questions, leaning in to -poke- at the white spider insignia with a single digit before looking back at the mention of the kidnapping, her gaze peering over the crowd that might be looking their way to see if she could spot anyone with a phone already calling the cops.

"I met Spider-Man once, but you also look like the big guy with the teeth and the tongue."

Andi Benton has posed:
The creature scoffs. "No. We are Mania." The contact made with her back reveals that while it all /looks/ like a suit of some kind, it doesn't /feel/ like one at all. There is an indeterminate texture to it that seems organic, like a sort of skin. This could indicate something about the spiky protrusions along forearms and shins, though the 'hair' looks stiff yet flexible.

"We know Spider-Man, but the one you describe is Venom. There is a..connection," said carefully, Mania having turned to face Rave now. The body is definitely feminine, not bulky at all like the other one spoken of. "You move very quickly."

Naria Shepard has posed:
"We...?" she repeats lightly before drawing her fingers back and rubbing the fingertips together experimentally before folding her arms behind her and giving a little nod. "Oh...so do you have the whole teeth and tongue thing too or...is that rude to ask or...?" she trails off, thankful for the question and grinning. "Yeah, I'm kinda a living laser beam of neon awesomeness."

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania nods once. With the chunky, goth-like shoes she's in, it adds just enough height that she is slightly taller than Rave, unless the other woman also has something to add a few inches. "We. We share a bond. Two as one. And we can do that, but we find people run away less quickly when we look this way instead." Mirth shows in the eyes.

"Do we feel strange to you?" comes a question afterward. "Miss Speedy Neon Blue?"

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Strange?" She repeats before the girl in her converses didn't really seem to have much of a boost in height. Instead, she crosses her arms under her bust and shrugging lightly. "I mean, I don't have a 'suit' or anything like that. This is just kinda the stuff I wear when I'dm doing all this stuff." A beat, she gestures to herself. "Rave by the way, my name is Rave."

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania closes up the door to the van and ducks toward an alley, lest prying eyes linger too long. A hand motions for Rave to come along if she wants to. "You do not seem bothered, so that is good. Rave. You look like you would fit in at a club." In truth, she met the other half of Mania over a year ago at a club, but around people she is unfamiliar with, Andi safeguards that little matter of identity until trust is established. "Some see us and are intimidated. We cannot figure out why." Great amusement to the eyes, there. Hands settle at hips, fingers back to normal length by now.

Naria Shepard has posed:
"I mean, that is kinda my thing," Rave chuckles lightly before the comment on intimidation? It brings a little laugh and a digging into her skirt at her waistband for what was apparently an inner pocket, retrieving her phone. "Well, lets see if we can work on that!" A sudden zip of light and Rave was next to the symbiote heroine, one arm around her shoulder while the other lifted a hand to hold the phone up for an apparent 'selfie' with the caught thugs in the background. "Share the sight of us doing good deeds and stopping the badguys!"

Andi Benton has posed:
For just a moment, there is an indication of surprise in those eyes. By the time the photo's being snapped, Mania recovers and gives a thumbs-up for the shot. "Sometimes we are around places like that, too. Not always like this, though." There is a hip bump sent into Rave's side for the surprise of the picture, but her own socials have had selfies and things like that before. The things that can be done with a tendril extended out further than normal arm's length.

"We do not like to stay too long when others start arriving, but we can find you again if you want to talk more," Mania offers, a tilt of her head indicating curiosity for the pending response.

Naria Shepard has posed:
Creative uses of tendrils aside, Rave and Mania have managed to get themselves a decent snap that would be swiftly uploaded before she comes to tuck the phone aside and nods her head lightly. "Well, you can find me on social media pretty easily, or y'know...spot my glowy-ness."

With that, the neon bluenette gives a little wink, lifting a hand to blow a kiss complete with a little holographic heart floating in the air for a moment before she zooms off in a streak of light away from the scene.