15217/Doing the Rounds

Doing the Rounds
Date of Scene:	24 June 2023
Location:	Bushwick <Mutant Town>
Synopsis:	A chicken run in Mutant Town leads Gabby to run into Mercy. They meet up with Mary Jane, and Koriand'r to chat awhile. Chicken is had, weapons boasted, and personalities warred.
Cast of Characters:	Gabby Kinney, Mercy Thompson, Mary Jane Watson, Koriand'r

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Gabby Kinney has posed:
Mutant Town had it's share of strife and troubles, but there were some excellent reasons to visit as well. Mootant Town Milkshakes of course was one. There was the Genoshan Embassy. A nightclub. But most important to Gabby right now was Kenny Roger's Roasters.

She exits the restaurant with a heavy bag full of roasted chicken goodness that was exuding an intoxicating scent of... roasted chicken goodness. The traditional as well as the lemon herb that so often sold out before she could snag one--Tonight she had gotten lucky.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    These aren't Mercy's people. Then again she doesn't have a 'people' but she doesn't mind helping out when she can. So from time to time when she can, she'll take her tools and head here and do small tune ups for the cars or just to sort of get out of Harlem and stretch her legs.
    Such a stretch of legs is what has Mercy following her sharp nose right toward Gabby's chicken and scent. A smile growing on her face for not having seen the younger girl for a bit. "Hey Gabby!" Waving and calling out to her.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Currently Mary Jane Watson is walking through mutant town. The girl is wearing a Spider-Man t-shirt and a set of jean shorts and some heavy duty sneakers. On her back possibly even strange by Mutant Town standards is a massive basterd sword in a sheathe slung over her. She also smells very, very faintly of Asgardian mead.

Koriand'r has posed:
An invitation to meet up, a break from heroics, it was probably a good thing Koriand'r could recieve messages on her communicator because her outfits rarely tended to have pockets!

Most places, a tall orange-skinned alien supermodel would probably stand out...but here? She almost fit in around the mutants!

Gabby Kinney has posed:
The short dark haired teen pauses in her steps at hearing Mercy's voice call out. Grinning broad enough that the scars on her face crinkle in response, Gabby turns toward Mercy with her free hand shooting up to wave in greeting in spite of not being that far off. It was just her way. "Mercy! Hey!"

Jogging the short distance over to her friend and teammate, she hefts up her bag of goodies with the triumphant declaration of, "I got the loot! Okay the chicken anyway, I was having a craving and then I couldn't make up my mind so... Got multiple chickens." It was a rather large, heavy bag from the look of it. "I probably can't eat it all if you want some, too. I mean I kind of owe you for all the cookies I steal."

Even as she offers her eyes skim past Mercy spying the redheads coming into the area. Her eyes narrow thoughtfully as she tries to recall if she'd met them--They certainly looked familiar-ish.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy is bouncing along the way as fate does that thing it likes to do in her life. Where she suddenly bumps into several people at once. Seeing Kori has Mercy looking around as if searching for something. Thank god, no ghost. She will offer the orange woman a friendly wave. Though they only met once. "Hello again," avoiding a name just for now. Then there's some amazing smelling mead in the air mixing with the chicken. It is Gabby getting closer that pulls her out. "Where you been?! It's been forever and I have had to eat almost all my cookies on my own." The offer of food has her grinning wide. "Oh that sounds awesome. It smells amazing and can't wait to snap my teeth onto some of that." Hurrying over to her friends. Though her eyes do clock the spider-fan with a sword. She tries to keep MJ in her view for now.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson gives a wave over as she sees the giant orange alien, "Hey there Kori!" She would call out over and move to jog towards the big orange princess in exile, going to hop over to lean in and give her a hug and then a kiss on either cheek if permitted. "Not seen you around in awhile, hope that all's been well with you. Still doing modeling or gotten called into other things?" The sword bounces on her back as she does so.

She would look over at Gabby and give a wave at her while moving to break her hug over with Kory. "Looks like you got a nice story out of those." Those scars aren't recent, they're deep and healed over. A few years old and probably a lot longer.

Gabby Kinney has posed:
"Right?" Gabby flashes her own teeth in a grin quite happy to have managed to get the chicken while she could. Sharing always made food better though. The bag is lowered again while she glances to the side trying to determine a good place to sit, and catch up, as well as munch. Her attention is stolen away again by Mary Jane.

"Oh, these?" A finger taps to one cheek where the scar dips down past her eye. "Yeah, it's not much of a story. My old 'keeper' wanted to tell my sisters and I apart so cut us up differently. That was just his excuse anyway," she mutters dryly. Even if it was long ago it was a situation that still stirred a bit of anger in her. It's pushed aside though: There was no place or reason for it now. Instead she smiles triumphantly knowing she'd overcome that part of her past.

Mostly.

"You a fan of Spidey? I met him a few times."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    When the redhead with the sword talk she pauses and replays the voice in her head. "I think I know here." She looks over to the woman with Kori and figures she will call out toward Kori, "Who's your friend and does she know any languages besides English?" She will wave to the woman who's name she doesn't know. "I'm Mercy by the way."
    The food being offered has Mercy eagerly looking inside and if she can she'll each in and easily snap off something that has a good 'handle' to it like a leg or wing and start to take bites right into the meat as only a happy carnivore can enjoy. After the first bite she says, "More interesting story then mine. 'I got shot in the ass by a farmer' is hardly exciting. Spidey seems the good sort. He thought I was robbing a junk yard once and we got to talking."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would glance over at Mercy, "Oh, uh.. I was working on something for a play and the director had us working on some things. She had us doing so many lessons in it I think I was speaking it in my sleep." She would offer cheerfully over as a sort of normal 'oh hey' when asked on it.
    Then she snaps her head over to Gabby, rapidly reads the girl's facial expressions and the way she said it so casually and sincerely.. THen there's a shift over in her body language so abrupt only the fact the scent is the same that reveals she hasn't switched out.
    "Who did such a thing?" Her casual, at ease presence suddenly snaps to alert. Body tense and eyes swiveling about. Checking the entire street and way around the group.
    "What abominations did it?"

Gabby Kinney has posed:
There were times Gabby would just... Drop bombs of information. It wasn't so much that she was really trying to get the attention, but she had long ago decided not to keep quiet about things, either. She wasn't ashamed of her scars, nor did she want to hide the horrors others had done. They should be brought out to the open in her mind. However, sometimes, she wasn't so great about just blurting things out in mixed company.

The bag is held open so Mercy can snag her bit of chicken easily. There was enough in there. Looking again to Mary Jane or... or the person who was her? She regards the woman suddenly a bit more sharply, more attentive.

"It's okay. Now." She assures. "His name was Captain Mooney. My sister left him to burn in a building. As far as we know he's dead now. Good riddance, too. I lost enough sisters to that group." As a peace offering she holds up the bag toward Mary, and Kori. "Would you like some chicken? I got a couple and can't eat it all myself."

Koriand'r has posed:
Kori herself had spotted MJ, she'd even waved! But when several mutants and their children had come over wanting to take selfies and talk? Well, the Tamaranian princess could hardly refuse!

Completely unaware of the bombs that had just been dropped? She announced her arrival by scooping up the redhead from behind in a big hug and beaming bright. "Mary Jane! I have missed you greatly!" she gushes before blinking and pausing to put the other woman down before looking between the others. "Sorry, I did not mean to interupt."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy gets people having secrets. "Damn. I met someone online who had this cool language I heard and could not place it. Was hoping to hear more or ask what it was." Between talking Mercy is going to make very short work of that bird. Getting it down to the bone and sucking on that. At least she stops herself from chewing on it, if only just. "I seriously need to go on a run sometime soon," she says to the others. "This is pretty tasty chicken indeed. Thanks, Gabby!" Kori's antics get a warm laugh from the half native girl. "You handle people and crowds better then I ever could."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
There's a sudden and total twist over in Mary Jane's form at the approach of Koriand'r and the confirmation from Gabby. "Then he and every single one of his are dead? Family? Everyone that ever had meaning to him? Have they been gutted and left to die as carcasses for the scavengers?" That's a very, very sudden twist..

Rgiht as Koriand'r comes over to hug her tight in return and she smiles. There's a forced bit as she goes to take a breath, and her body posture goes relaxed. Happy go lucky. Carefree. Like someone is forcing a shift of gears.

"Glad you're good, carrot top."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
That was a little extreme even for Gabby--But not so extreme that she hadn't heard similar before. Her entire family was a bit blood thirsty to the point she was the exception to the rule. "No. I won't go after anyone not involved in it. If they participated, or allowed it... That's another matter." There WERE still people to potentially hunt down in Alchemax, but it had also been long enough now she'd lost the trail of many.

Kori's interception allows the personality switch to occur, and Gabby's head tilts as she inhales deeply again noticing the subtle differences. It's taken in stride. Not the first, or the weirdest, thing she's seen before.

"It's no problem! Always good to meet new peole," she assures Kori with a grin. "I'm Gabby, this is Mercy. Want some chicken?" She offers again even as she reaches in to snag a drummy for herself before it all vanishes. "I could join you in that run Mercy but I don't think it'd be quite the same. Maybe Belinda could join you?"

Koriand'r has posed:
"Going after who?" Kori questions, the princess very much not seemingly having caught the first half od the discussion, but the personality switch from MJ enables the ever affectionate alien to return the cheek kiss and the squeeze to be repeated before she smiles and lifts one hand to wave. "I am Koriand'r, though you may know me as 'Starfire'."

No secret identity for this heroine!

Wait. Food? Kori nods happily. "I would be happy to share in some chicken with you. Do you have the condiments you require?"

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy whistles a bit and says, "that's very old testament." But Mercy gets it, she has a vengeful side at times as well. Then all that is brushed aside by a hug and happiness. This is a good time to get some more chicken. "Oh I met Koriand'r once before. Though if she forgot about it that be a blessing for me." She will casually toss the bone into a trash can so she only has to have one hand chicken-fied up. "I came down for a walk, and it is nice to see faces I know. Reminds me there is life outside of distributer caps."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
The hug is released and Mary Jane smiles wiht a 'change the subject' expression on her face which is apprectively oriented over rotwards Gabby as she -fights- for control over with Sonja over who shall need gutted and burnt at the stake. There's a warring in her eyes as the two selves come to an agreement that now is not hte time - at least, not when they have to work on the back and forth with everyone, including the alien princess..

Well, that and she doesn't even know what Gabby's -name- is yet is another issue. So, press on slaughter later. "I'll pass but thank you. That really does smell deliscious."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney gives a little nod at that. Best to change the topic, yes. Thankfully Kori does give her something to latch on to besides the conversation that she'd walked in on. "Well there's barbecue sauce in here, and some hot sauce," she reasons looking down into the bag. "That's about it though? One of the chickens is lemon and herb so it's already got some flavoring to it." Besides delicious roast fowl.

"Nice to meet you, Koriand'r," she responds with a bright grin. "I'm Gabby, or Honey Badger. Depends who you talk to."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    "Part of me sometimes thinks, I need a cool codename, but then I realize it be lame or at my expense. So I'll just stick to the ones I use online for digital murder." She seems to know how to make her way through chicken as Mercy talks with all the other women. "So nice sword by the way, tend to favor spears myself. I like the reach and plays to my speed." That's what women do in the 21 century right? Talk weapons?

Koriand'r has posed:
Mercy was one she had suspected she'd met, but Kori hadnt been sure till something was said!

Smiling brightly as she claims a piece for herself and taking a bite before the comment on weapons earns a shrug. "It is perfectly normal on my homeworld."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would glance at Gabby, "You seem to be way too much of a honey to be a badger." She would affirm over in the 'that is totally the most adorable thing' while also it being clear on her face she did know what a honey badger was. "And it's a nice one. Just a prop." THe lie is completely smooth and almost sincere, even for those with enhanced senses and mood reading abilities.

However, it still had too much weight to it to be just a prop, the way it bounced on her back. A prop sword wouldn't be made of solid steel after all.

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Prop? Gabby has to bite down on her chicken drummy REAL quick before she blurts out something else. An eybrow does rise though as she regards Mary Jane with that really, blatant lie. Blatant to her at least though she would wager the others might catch on too. Right?

"That's some serious 'steel' either way," she remarks dryly between bites. "Looks like it's made of some sort of... mix of things." Lightly she clears her throat with a shrug. "Ah, codenames only kind of work. It's not like I'm well known enough to begin with, really. Other than... looking like my sisters."

"I prefer knives. Easier to get close and I'm short enough getting in close is usually better for me to get beneath the reach of someone I'm fighting."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy licks her lips before speaking, "I much rather meet you in this setting then how our last one went. For what it is worth my family taught me more about shooting and hunting then hand to hand weapons. When I was younger my options were a lot more of flight or die. I got tired of that and been building on the 'fight' part if you will."
    She doesn't catch onto MJ's lie or just isn't bothering with it. "Gabby you realize that just 'steel' is an alloy right? And types of steel can look like a mix with it still being able to hold as much edge to it as a butter knife. Mind you most of my metal knowledge comes to deal with rust and fatigue." She uses her bone to point at the the women from Kori, to MJ, to Gabby. "I don't have your reach, your looks, or your durability. I got to use my speed and brain to survive when the bad guys try to kill me. Well that and dumb luck."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would shrug over, "Well, I have to carry it around a lot to work on getting used to it . I mean, I may not get the part but the director's letting me take it around to practice with it. For all I know he's a super sucker for realism and I'm going to havet o worry about having my head cut off in a scene I'm an extra in." She would deadpan. "like a Tom Cruise movie or something."

Looking at the two in a 'codenames work' expression that put to face a total confusion of having ~no idea~ what the duo were giong on about . "And, uh.. I guess there's a reason why your typical medieval era infantry formation was gonna be centered around pikemen. Greater reach."

Koriand'r has posed:
Facinating! Koriand'r munches on a piece of chicken, seemingly somewhere having procured a small packet of mustard. Maybe she carried them around with her?

"Combat training came to me from...my time with the warlords, but I am also fortunate to have other abilities and options."

A case in point, her other hand was lifted and her fingertips dance with a green glow.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    "Decapitation is a lot harder then the movies make it seem. It's like our bodies don't want our heads falling off." Mercy starts to say more to Mary Jane and stops herself. "I was a history major. So I'll just stop myself before I start to get too down the history fact rabbit hole." Mercy pauses in thought then points at the bag of food. "The spiced one would work well on rabbit I think also."
    Mercy is done with her second peace and quickly sucks the last of the meat off the bones. "I'm getting mine from a dojo and from the Amazons. It is satisfying watching men who have a hundred pounds on me look shocked if I throw them to the ground." She watches the finger glow, "Always good to have a weapon not easily removed. Long as nobody takes 'disarm' too literal anyway."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
"Eh, the labs trained me to fight along with my sisters. Fight and kill, but I make my own decisions on that." Gabby waves off the mention of training further with a gesture of her half-eaten drumstick. More importantly she gives Mercy a look.

"I... Okay I didn't know that about steel, I admit," she says with a little sigh. "I *meant* that isn't steel to begin with." The sword slung over Mary Jane's back with her face scrunching in consternation. "It smells like..." She looks even more perplexed making a little noise of frustration. "Like Laura's claws." Darn this horribly familiar smell nagging at her. WAS it the same metal? It was so rare though. Finally she lets out a sigh. "Nevermind, maybe it's just my nose acting up." The drumstick is bitten into again as she focuses on chomping away until it's clean as she stares at the ground in thought.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would just look over at Gabby for a moment, "I feel like I'm on an entirely different wavelength here from everyone." She would deadpan over while looking at the other three. "Well I really did not need to know that about decapitation. I'm going to be having that mental image in my brain for the rest of my day, thank you." Then 'huh' over at Amazons. "Wow, and I"m just watching Jackie Chan videos on Youtube and trying to pick up things." Shaking her head and cocking over at the back and forth.

At the mention of Kory's 'time with the warlords' Mary Janea gain does another guess and her expression narrows.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy reach over to playfully flick at Gabby's nose. "Now now. It's rude to let people /know/ you are sniffing at their secrets. You must learn to be more subtle young padowan." Doing that mock 'wise voice' everyone does when playing sensei. Mercy waves of MJ's concern and says, "Sorry about that. I haven't got the human kind of experience." Working around the situation some with words, she hates to lie. "My apologies." She wipes her hands clean and then motions to the sword. "May I see it? If not I get it. I'm just curios about the weight and balance. I don't have my spear with me, those are pretty hard to hide. Especially if it's something like a boar spear. Me I'm a mechanic after choosing to just leave my history degree on the wall in my home."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney makes a little disgruntled noise at the flick to her nose. Still, it was a good reminder. It was just a surprise for her to have smelled such a familiar thing as that, and she can only shake her head a time or two before giving up on it. At least there was food to distract her while she watches Mercy inquire about the sword.

Koriand'r has posed:
Promise of inspections of weapons does have Koriand'r curious. Still, she does instead offer a lazy lean against her fellow redhead's shoulder.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Fortunately the position of the much taller redhead leaning in over against her gives Mary Jane enough reason to decline and smile and let her eyes quickly shift from Koriand'r back to Mercy and Gabby.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy is good at reading body language and lets the matter drop along with her hand to her side. "So have you been well Koriand'r?" Shifting the topic away from swords. Life treating you mostly well here? And how often do you get asked about how long it takes to brush and dry all that hair? I mean I keep mine in braids most times and it still takes quiet a bit. Then again I got my father's blood thick thick hair. I'd call it head fur but that's not accurate." She knows what head fur literally is like after all.

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney takes out a wing to begin nibbling on it while weapons inspections either occur, or don't. She does watch the interactions though breifly. At least until her phone goes off with a little repetitive ringing alerting her to a text. The wing is tucked into her mouth to bite and hold while she fishes her phone out of her pocket to read over the message quickly. Then it's tucked back into her pocket, and the wing (sans meat) is pulled out with the quick bite and chew.

"Sorry, I should get going. The girlfriend and boyfriend need me to be the third vote in figuring out what movies to watch tonight."

Koriand'r has posed:
"It dries quite well," Koriand'r offers lightly before pausing, lifting a hand to her own hair. "But being able to get super hot doesn't help with the tangles..."

Gabby was leaving? Kori gives a smile and a nod. "Have fun with your partners!" Of course, polyamorous relationships were perfectly normal for Tamaranians.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would just shake her head and chuckle, "Well, she can give all her hair care secrets. I think it just is for her though. She's a very amazing person and definitely spend all the time you can with her." THen there's a beeping from her pocket as she pulls out of all things a.. Pager?

Looking at it and sighing, "Sorry, my boss, got to head out. And yes, I knwo he's old fashioned." Holding up the relic of the 1980's. "See you Kory!" Giving her a quick hug.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy answers Gabby, "The Pirate Movie. Hilariously bad 80s spoof one. You'll thank me later." Mercy will never be someone to judge others on what makes them happy, and who is she to say anything on relationships. She can't help but smile really wide though at Kori's words. "I assume you mean 'hot' as in temperature and not how you must make 98% of women feel compared to physical beauty." Looks like two of the group are leaving. "I'm free still if you want to hang with the lower life forms for a while Koriand'r." She gives a nod to the other redhead head there, "Was nice to meet you... it was Mary Jane right?" That's what Kori called her at least. "Take care of yourself Gabby. Thanks for the tasty bird."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would give a wave, "Yup, sorry to cut and run on you. Have fuN! Catch you soon Kory! Sorry to have to head out when just ran into you." Sword bouncing on her back, she would pull out an old style flip phone and go to sigh, "ALl right, so what was it again.." JOgging out of Bushwick towards the subway station.