13548/Outfit Shopping

Outfit Shopping
Date of Scene:	10 December 2022
Location:	Penthouse - Kord Co
Synopsis:	No description
Cast of Characters:	Ted Kord, Naria Shepard

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Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord is up early or he never went to bed. He's engrossed with his monitor and after a moment taps two keys. Then frowns at the results. At anther monitor, Bailey, the stylista bot taps two keys. Ted frowns more.

"You sunk my battleship. That's three in a row that you won. Bleh... please make me some breakfast and a fresh pot." The little bot flies off to comply, pausing to give Ted a hug in passing. A hug? That was a new learned behavior. He makes a note of it in his personal logbook. Then he brings up a couple of other windows.

Naria Shepard has posed:
It wasn't that hard to find Rave. She was a performer, an 'Outed' metahuman, a bisexual icon and well known on social media. Between the music and the showing of the 'hero feed' of her social media she was seen working alongside other well-known heroes. The bluenette girl was easily enough to find on the internet...or just looking out over the city given the bright neon trail of light left in her wake.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord sends Rave a quick text. Yay JusticeLeague.net! "Ready for your fitting. Come on up. Blue Beetle." He goes to open the patio door, wondering who will reach said door first. It takes a little time for a text to arrive. He might beat the blue girl. Then again he might wind up knocked flat with little glowy foot prints on him.

Naria Shepard has posed:
Friends in high places passing notes, and even with the discussions with some of the Bat Family their gear was better for armor than metapowers, so she'd given it a miss for now.

Still, she sends back a thumbs-up emoji...and before the 'ding' finishes ringing out? There was a flash of light and the figure of the neon-haired girl standing there, dressed in a hoodie and workout shorts.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord opens the door. Call it a tie. "Morning, Rave. Hey, don't wear that hood up. People will think you went villainous. I turned out a new batch of ResistWeave and made a couple test suits for you. Also, the bots are making breakfast. Can I get you anything?" He closes the door behind the Out There Girl. A couple of bots wave to Rave. One brings in several folded clothing items and presents them. "This is Bingo. Bingo just went self aware."

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Oh don't worry," Rave chuckles, waving her hands lightly. "It never stays up if I'm running, and that'd be just blinding myself with glowing blue hair all tangled up in the hood." Of course one might wonder why not just cut her hair short but...well, her powers made that a little bit complicated. There was a little more to it than just going fast.

"Awesome," she offers before blinking a little at the mention of casual 'Awakened' AI. "Oh...cool! Hi Bingo!"

Well, at least she was friendly!

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord gives Bingo a pat. "Yes my prototype series was smarter than I bargained for. I'm raising them like children sort of. Really good results. They're all good hearted. Not a U-L-T-R-O-N in bunch. So... I never made clothing for a speedy type before, but these are all durable and heat resistant. I varied the compositions slightly, did wind tunnel tests. I figure you try all six on, run a few hundred miles and we check the results." He leans over to Bingo, "Go get a bathrobe, just in case." He takes the suits and unfolds the top one, a blue neck to toe affair with a neon strip along one side and a neon 1 on the torso. "They have sensors built in s I can see where something goes wrong. Give it a try. Bathroom is second door on the left."

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Well, it's kinda tricky to explain, but my speed isn't quite like the Flash or whatever." Rave offers, shrugging her shoulders. "I think it's something to do with whatever it is that lets me absorb light but...basically, if I go all the way to the speed of light, I basically 'become' light. I couldn't carry anyone or hit anything at that speed...but that's why I can go that fast and not end up naked and on fire."

The offer brings a shrug, she herself making to tug the hoodie and shirt beneath it over her head and leave her in a sports bra and boyshort panties...of course by the time her shirt hit the ground she was wearing the bathroob and shrugging.

"Basically, the faster I go, the less hold physics has on me."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kordshrugs. Modesty is obviously not a problem. Nor is a high body mass index. "Actually that is a pretty good explanation. Okay, so it should hold up at your cruising speed, a couple of mach say. Anyway it resists cuts, tears and low caliber bullets (though they really hurt). Also flame retardant and insulated. And, blue. Also available in red, white and black. Go to it. the robe isn't ResistWeave by the way." He snickers a little. "Yeah my girlfriend will grab a robe out of reflex or pajamas, usually mine."

Naria Shepard has posed:
Generally speaking, the more of her skin that she had showing, the more light she could absorb...but it didn't take much to absorb some. After all, even just her face and bare hands were plenty to heal most wounds. "I think red would look quite right on me. All things considered," she points out with a gesture to her glowing locks before she extends a hand to take the offered suit. "Generally if a bullet hits me I'm having a -really- bad day...given my powers. BUt that's handy. I'm not bulletproof myself."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord claps Rave on the shoulder lightly. "We can all have bad days. Body armor never hurts. Hmmm. I did a body suit to get an idea of all the stresses a costume would be subjected to. But I can tailor it however you want. On the bright side, you're kind of petit so you take less material to suit up. But anyway give suit #1 a whirl!"

Naria Shepard has posed:
Bathrobe off and bodysuit over the hotpants and sports bra she wore beneath, Rave does at least pause to tie back her hair behind her hair before chuckling softly. "As long as this doesn't rub or itch," she jests lightly before moving towards the door and then zipping out in a little blurring step....she needed to be clear of glass and windows before she hit speeds above the sound barrier in an actual rush. Not that it would take her long to get up to the speeds of testing he wanted.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord scratches his torso a bit and tells Bingo, "All I need: giving a speedster a rash. Go get some Aloe, and see what happened to breakfast." Bingo flies off. Ted looks over at a telemetry screen. Then he decides to track Rave and clock her live stream. Whoa. She is fast.

Naria Shepard has posed:
Of course, she could be as fast as most things could ever hope to measure with. Still, a rush around the outer skirts of the city before she turns back and starts to decellerate....even though it was still more than enough to beat gravity and have her zipping up and into the building once more.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord runs a high power flashlight over the costume and checks some readings. "Okay. this held up better than I thought but... give it a week and poof I'd say. See the shoulder seams are fraying already." He points to the screen indicating several red areas with a high likelihood of embarrassing her. He holds up suit number 2.

Naria Shepard has posed:
Sure enough, it'd take a couple of minutes at most depending on how many there was to try, how much tinkering and discussion. After all, the running was likely going to be the quickest part. Still, she does eventually tilt her head to the side, casual conversation coming. "So your girlfriend? Is she a meta or mutant too?"

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord nods. "Joan's an outed Mutant. A sort of telekinetic. She can reform anything that is smashed apart, then destroy it again if necessary. She works for Damage Control. Here's a tablet, indicate what sort of design you want for this. You're pretty easy to fix up. You use about three quarters the fabric Spider-Man or I do. I do sneakers also."

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Huh, neat...that's a good power set for that job." Rave muses before setting herself down and chuckling. "I'm sure I can think of something. Maybe like a leotard style, detracted sleaves and some stockings...I dunno really. I've done most of my crime fighting in the same stuff I perform in."

A little shrug of her shoulders, she laughs and stretches out.

"Having stuff that can snag easily doesn't work for speedsters."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord sits near her and says, "Hello, engineer here. I'm around turbines and such all the time. A snag could kill me. Are you tired after that running? I have a guest room if you want to crash for a bit. Hmmm, You got little feet for someone who runs so fast. I'll make a note of this for any footwear I design -give your arches more support. Oh, here's Bailey, finally." Bailey enters trailing several bots bearing eggs, bacon and rolls. She sets out some plates and utensils. Then she flies closer to examine Rave's manicure if any.