14287/Who Rescued WHO

Who Rescued WHO
Date of Scene:	28 February 2023
Location:	Behind the Library - Happy Harbor High School
Synopsis:	No description
Cast of Characters:	Belinda Gutierrez, Billy Batson, Megan Gwynn

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Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
A quiet place, a secret place, a place where even teachers fear to tread! Though 'fear' might be a strong word. 'Off the beaten path' might be a better choice.

"It is a control for the experiment," Belinda continues to explain. Eager to have her project results ready for the upcoming Science Fair, she needed a place open to the environment, less protected than her terrarium in the lab, yet still mostly shielded from untoward guests. Thus-- the Back of the LIbrary!

(And a note promising horrific dismemberment should anyone disturb the small garden.)

"So, peppers normally growing well in New Mexico shouldn't do as well up north, because cold, wet, etc." On her knees, she turns over another patch of the soil, digging down a few inches or so. "There. Hand me another of those plants, Billy. The one with the gray tags!"

Billy Batson has posed:
Billy Batson smiles politely. He needed some extra science credit and helping Belinda was part of that. Nothing wrong with that. Belinda was... actually Belinda was bubbly and reminded him a lot of Sunny. He was not seeing a lot of Sunny lately with classes, make up work and side hustles. Only...

The back of the library was where he said his magic word. He needed to find a new place. He was a little spoiled with that word. Sunny had to find a dark place and switch into her costume. H just said the word. In fact people were often startled enough by the word and the lightning to not realize what happened.

Billy hands over the peppers as indicated.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn is often hanging around Happy Harbour area as that's where Thomas lives afterall. It's only inevitable that she would run into some students from the nearby school. And being a nature lover as winter turns slowly to spring, it was inevitable that she'd get somehow drawn into helping with garden planting, even though she barely knows the girl who shanghai'd her into this whole thing.

Still, the place shows promise and she beams, happy to see the snow is finally melting away a bit. "Soo, where do you want me to put these?" she's holding a tray of plants, although it's been a while since she's done any gardenning herself.

The whole 'experiment' thing has her arching a brow. "Ooh, this is part of a science experiment? Sounds fun!" Billy is given a nod and grin. Has she seen him around before, somewhere? Well she at least knows his name. "How's it going, Billy?"

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda hums to herself, a quiet tune from the far South. Country overtones, with a brief vocal in softly-sung Spanish. "So, banana peppers here, green chilis there, ghost peppers for the brave, foolish, or superstitious..." She grins to herself, eyes twinkling brightly. She scowls as she digs up an old buried soda can; snorting, she tosses it over to the small pile of junk growing in the corner.

"Un momiento!" Bel sings out, digging a quick furrow before she turns to Megan. "Buen, you have the foxgloves!" Brushing dirty hands off on her jeans, she reaches to Megan's cargo. "Those are personal experiment. And look pretty too! Also called 'beardtongue', they can help form a sort of natural border for the peppers." She takes the first small planting box from Megan's tray, turning to place it in the fresh earth. "Hopefully they like each other enough not to argue and fight over nutrients."

Billy Batson has posed:
Billy Batson certainly knows Megan, by sight. She distracted him during his last fight with Juggernaut and then vanished with him. It's not so much he's great with faces but the pink hair and the wings are kind of a give away. What the heck a fairy is doing aiding Juggernaut is a mystery.

Only he isn't going to transform in plain sight. He needs a plan to get away.

"Uhm... I need the bathroom. I'll be right back." Okay it isn't brilliant but the girls distract! He turns to scuttle off.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn peers at the assortment of plants and nods, handing them over and placing them in the appropriate spots. "Heh, what's the deal with ghost peppers anyway? I mean, why are they called ghost peppers?" she peers at one with a little frown, "Are they like, magical or spooky or something..?"

Then there are the foxgloves and she beams, pulling those out, "Ooh, these are pretty, aren't they supposed to be poisonouse or something though?" she arches a brow at Billy as he excuses himself and shrugs, thinking nothing of it. "Oh, ok, see you in a bit.."

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
"Leave the pepper tray!" Belinda calls out to the fleeing Billy, giggling as she shakes her head. "No, no-- they are used quite often in gardens here as a sort of natural barrier. They mark the outlines of a garden, and help keep dogs and pets and things from digging up the soil." She pauses, thinking over the question. "I do not really know for sure. Ghost peppers-- hot enough to wake the dead if they ate one?"

She winks, mischief in her gaze. "Or make you wish you were dead, if you tried one unexpectedly! General rule of peppers-- the darker the color, the more capacin, and so hotter it is. And *these*--" She holds one up as example, dark and shirveled and black.

"Leave you crying for ma'ma."

Billy Batson has posed:
Billy Batson rounds a corner and sees he is in the clear. "Oh you won't see Billy. But you can't miss SHAZAM" He's in kind of a hurry. That fairy could be a hardened criminal, no matter how good she smells. He can't leave her with Belinda for long. Belinda smells pretty nice too TBH.

What the heck is wrong with him?

As a gigawatt of magic hits certain magically sensitive beings might get a tingle or a twang or get their bells rung.

Shazam walks around the corner, arms folded across his chest. "Ahem. We meet again Fairy Woman."

Ta-dah!

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn smiles and nods to Belinda. "well that's cool, I mean they're kinda pretty too, aren't they? I should work on my own garden, I wonder if Thomas likes flowers.." she ponders aloud.

As for ghost peppers, she giggles a bit, peering down at one. "Ooh, that sounds fun, I gotta try one later. I mean, are they really THAT hot? I'll bet they aren't."

Her thoughts are suddenly interrupted when she gets a prickly feeling on the back of her neck, jerking her head up and peering around. "Huh, what was that just now? Are we expecting a thunderstorm or something?" And then she sees that bothersome guy from the other day and narrows her eyes, climbing to her feet.

"Oh, it's you again.." Megan frowns, eyeing him warily, maybe sizing him up. "What do you want?"

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda grins, cherishing the moment before she hands over the ghost pepper, smile fading to a serious, grave expression. "Unto thy own head be it!" she exclaims soto voce, eyes alive with wild mirth. "But have crackers nearby," she adds, cautioning. "And milk, not water. Because that will make things worse! Also--" She pauses, wincing at the sound of thunder!

"It does not smell like coming rain..." she begins, head tilting before-- around the corner. Red bodysuit, bright cape, gleaming in the light. Superhero! Maybe?

"...Hall of Justice is thataway?" she begins, pointing away. "Senor?"

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam unfolds his arms a little taken aback by Megan going tough. She really looked more the type to be found sipping hot cocoa. He can do tough too. Then a moment of recognition. "Hey, you're the one hangs around wut that cat guy. the nut walks his toger around town. everybody said the wings were cosplaying. Anyway what I want is Juggernaut! And I want Belinda to get out of the way. In case you turn ugly."

"Right the two things I want are..."

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn is hardly an imposing figure, especially standing up against a muscle bound 6ft tall full grown man like Shazam. Still, she's no pushover either, and does not look like she's gonna back down anytime soon. What she lacks in brute strength, she surely makes up for in other ways?

And then of course there's mention of Juggy and she shrugs, "So what, you gonna fight me for him? Look, no offense, but you DID initiate the fight with him last time. And he's a friend of a friend, I was trying to diffuse the situation. Dunno where he is now though, it's not like I'm hiding him or anything."

She smirks, fluttering her wings, which glitter and sparkle with pink faerie dust. "Ooh, they're very real, as is my chaos magic. I might not be tough like you but dont get me mad!"

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda's eyes widen as the Man In Red makes his comments. Remarks. Demands, in a gently pleasing way. And so she does what is sensible.

"Turn UGLY?!" she snarls out, rising to her feet with garden trowel in hand. She stomps forward to him, shoving the slender hand-spade up under his nose. "Turn *ugly*?! I am gardening and working outside cleaning up this mess and trying to make prettier and then some loco rojo shows up and makes demands of mi asistente and insults me because I am dirty and---!"

Fury in petite form, the enraged Belinda falls out of English, firing off a barrage of Spanish invective, poking (ineffectively) with the hand shovel for emphasis.

"Apologize!" she finally manages, onslaught of words paused for breath. "Or I will call the teachers!" she adds, eyes blazing with righteous indignation.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam's eyes cross a little looking at the shovel under his nose. He then steps with blinding speed around Belinda and confronts Megan. He is oddly calm. the Wisdom of Solomon takes hold. Belinda is forgotten for the moment as she is being shielded. The Defender of Magic looks at the Pixie of Pinkness and says, "I don't know what he told you. I was getting a cat out of a tree when he threw a cement mixer at me. HIT ME IN MY HEAD! Yeah. He's very dangerous. Not the sort of company I'd expect a lovely Fae to keep." Lovely? Solomon and Achilles both advise turning on the charm. Anyway, she isn't a bad Faerie -she has cute rainbow wings! Evil Faeries look evil, William. Maybe she's just misguided.

"I will allow you did try to defuse the situation but you let him get away. You could be charged as an accessory." He suddenly throws his arms up to keep Belinda behind him. Let her be enraged. She's safe.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn arches a quizzical brow as he steps in front of Belinda and frowns a bit. "What, so you're that afraid i'm gonna attack your friend? Geez, i'm not an idiot." the admission that Juggernaut had attacked him with a cement mixer does cause her frown to deepen, looking quite surprised.

"Oh really? He did that? How come? He must have had reason to. I mean..I know Juggy has been a villain in the past, but last I checked he was trying to reform at least.." her dark marroon eyes narrow on him, "Are you sure you didn't do something to anger or threaten him..?" she's trying to keep an open mind, but a bit hard when she's defending a friend of a friend. but at least Pixie is trying to be fair.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda blinks! At first, getting geared up for a first-class talking-to and then--

"...sangre sangrada...!" she breathes, turning around, quivering in place. She bites her lip, just glaring at the white cape, the broad back, so many muscles--

Inhale, exhale. Drool later. Steam now! Steam. Sulk. Glower daggers at back. Glower!

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam motions to wait and pulls out his cell phone from his belt. Motions to wait again. Photo flipflipflip<Sunny as Sailor Moon> flipflipflipflip. He turns the phone around to show the news story of their first fight in Manhattan. Zooms in on Juggy walking down the street carrying a bank away. Then Shazam flying in to sock! Then Juggernaut hitting Shazam with the bank. In the head. "We mixed it up pretty good but it ended in a draw." And 30 million dollars in property damage. Fortunately the bank was insured. But he got community service that whole summer!

Shazam twitches a little like he's being watched? Oh yeah.

He turns around to Belinda and says, "Pardoname. Yo ayudo Usted in una momento con las pimientas, amiga dulce." Big smile.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda can't help but (glareglareglare) steal a glance at the pho--

"...is that a vault?" shee asks, eyes widening as shee stares incredulously. Anger momentarily evaporated-- and then-- Spanishe!

"Ah--" she begins, flat-footed. And blushe. MORE blushe! He understood her. SO MUCH BLUSH.