15270/Meeting Vermie

Meeting Vermie
Date of Scene:	30 June 2023
Location:	Brighton Beach
Synopsis:	While skating on the boardwalk, Bunny and Gabby encounter Jane Roe (Vermillion).
Cast of Characters:	Bunny Macleod, Jane Roe, Gabby Kinney

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Bunny Macleod has posed:
    It is a sunny, hazy day in New York City, and at the Brooklyn seaside, Bunny Macleod was not only uncharacteristically quite and dodgy, but also really uncharacteristically quiet, which is why she suggested *ice cream*. Because hey, what problem does ice cream not fix?

    So she's wearing skates, cruising along with her hair freshly redyed bubblegum pink, a pair of pink heart-shaped sunglasses perched on her nose, a rainbow tank top saying "BE GAY DO CRIMES" and a pair of rainbow leggings under a colorful sparkly sky blue tutu.

    She's off the clock she can wear what she wants.

Jane Roe has posed:
There's one benefit to being technically unemployed (because technically non existing): you were never on the clock. And thus always had time. Jane was idling on the waterfront, lazing against a pillar of the quay wall, one leg hanging off the wall, the other propped up. Just a lazy summer day...

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Bunny being quiet was as sus as Gabby being quiet. Which is why Gabby had dressed herself up casually as well in some shorts, skates of her own, and a shirt that says 'I'd Bi That' with an arrow pointing to both sides of her. Just because.

"Sooo what's on your mind, Bunny?" She asks casually while skating along considering future icecream options. Her eyes skirt around taking in the sights of the beach as well as the people there out of habit.

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    "Ah, someone wants me to become a possible evil ninja assassin as part of a mid-level marketing scheme and it's weighing on my mind in case the Why-Ayy doesn't work out for me, you know? In the mean time, d'ya know anyone who wants to buy some nunchucks?" Bunny gives a grin as she looks to Gabby with amusement. "And I mean c'mon, it's a beautiful day, I'm out with my girlfriend, there's a girl who was fighting with us against the Bubblegum Bandit type people -- Hey! Vermi!" Bunny calls out with a wave. "How goes it?"

Jane Roe has posed:
Called out, Jane looks up and gets up, offering a smile and a fist to bump into for Bunny. "How is? Vermi sounds like Vermin, you know? I mean, It's Vermilion like Bird." But there's not sting in the little correction.

"Who's your friend? I like the shirts." Tilting the head a moment, she brushes a hand through her short hair. "I go with the classic Hack the Planet though."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
That is a lot to take in. Thankfully Gabby does listen nodding here and there as she starts to peice together what's been going on while she's been busy doing all those adulting things herself. "Ah. I'd recommend against ninjas, they tend to have a very short lifespan in my experience," she explains with a chuckle. "Wait you do nunchucks? We have GOT to make those LED for a rave," she suggests helpfully before slowing to a stop near Bunny and her friend.

"Hey, I'm Gabby," she greets with a broad grin. "You could always try 'Illion' but that might be more like million or zillion. Hack the Planet, huh?" A finger is pointed toward Jane as she states, "Know a guy that you'd get along with"

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    Bunny blinks a moment.

    "But... you can't hack the planet... it's like, all rock? And not a computer?" she ventures, and then she turns to Gabby for comfirmation "It *isn't* a computer, right?" she asks Gabby, who is far more knowledgeable about the weird and unusual, and then she laughs "nah, the mid-level marketing scheme for ninjas. Like wha-chaaa! Avon calling!" Bunny imitates, purposefully poorly, a ninjitsu strike, and she shrugs. "Eeh, the dojo I was learning from before I met you insisted on teaching the basics before we broke out any weapons."

    "OH! Right, Vermilion, this is Gabby, my girlfriend. Gabby my girlfriend," she jokes, "This is Vermilion, she helped get some bullies outta the rink before they decided to jump me and Bastian had to help me home."

Jane Roe has posed:
"Oh, it's metaphorical. Hack everything. And if you believe Adams, then Earth is a computer to calculate why the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. So give me a reason not to hack the planet?" Jane muses, chuckling a moment. "What you want to know about Nunchakus?"

"Just asking because I know how to handle them. Your Grilfriend like you're her girl of sorts? I should have guessed with the rainbow, but great that you found one another. As for the Rink... I just prodded the bully's back with a rod of metal."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney lifts her eyebrows a little bit at Bunny only to gesture toward Vermillion with a grin. "Well there you go, got a potential new owner for them then," she suggests with a laugh as she shifts her weight rolling backward just a bit. It wasn't intentional but she also wasn't as 'always on skates' as Bunny was.

"Yep. We bang," she confirms teasingly while sliding an arm around Bunny's shoulders to give a little squeeze. "Or cuddle mainly but that works too. And thanks for helping out with that situation," she adds a bit more seriously as her expression grows more somber. "That could have turned out way worse than it already did. It takes guts to stand up to others when bad shit starts happening."

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    Bunny visibly chokes on her own air as Gabby just comes right out with things, and she flails her arms and almost loses her wheels beneath her.

    "GABRIELLA VON DIZZYFACE KINNEY!!" she squeaks out when she can finally find both breath and brainpower after BSOD'ing at the very idea.

    "ohmigod--" her face turns a brilliant shade of red "I'm going to skate myself into the ocean. Forever. Say hi to Abslantis for you."

Jane Roe has posed:
Jane Roe snorts as Bunny goes BSOD when Gabby says the most normal things. "Comeon Bunny, give me two reasons why you shouldn't share intimacy with your girlfriend? That is, unless you are a member of some repressed cult or carrier of some illness, then shagging with wour significant other is like a given."

Turning to Gabby, Jane nods, then raises her shoulders a little. "If those pepople think that it's ok to beat people, then they also think it'S ok to beat them up. You know, Kant and all. So... just gave them the medicine they wanted."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney reaches out to ruffle Bunny's hair softly in spite of, or perhaps due to, her absolute mortification at that. It was funny but also perhaps a little bit mean. Just a little. It doesn't stop her from grinning toothily in response to the light bit of teasing. "Oh, yeah? Tell him he still owes me dinner. I bet it's seafood," she shoots back giving a teasing wink in response. "You'll survive, sweetie."

Chuckling a bit she can only offer a helpless shrug at Jane, still grinning with a serious lack of guilt. "I mean, everyone has their thing. I knew one person that was in a group relationship but was ace so it was just emotional on her end. Anyway. All sorts," she explains with her hand waving a vague circle in the air. "And glad you got out of that mess okay too."

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    "She wasn't around when they jumped me and Bastian on the way back, Gabs." Bunny explains, spotting the ice cream counter.

    She also attempts to bite at Gabby's hand. Somewhat playfully.

    "I'll survive. But only to see how mortified TOmmy gets when you do the same thing to him." she states, and then she rubs the back of her head.

    "I come from a faaaiirly religious background. My dad's one of the Quiverful movement types; I have seven siblings." she explains, and she rolls on.

    "SO! ICE CREAM. Who wants ice cream."

Jane Roe has posed:
"Icecream sounds like a plan. Do they take payment with phone?" Jane asks, chuckling a little at the suggestion of mortifying someone. "You should make a video of that. And be ready to learn who this Tommy is spending his nights with and how. Or at least how they want to.

Raising a hand to stage whisper, Jane winks to Gabby. "You should try feather dusters and silk scarves."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
"Tommy's our boyfriend," Gabby fills in with a look of amusement. "So his nights are accounted for." Most of the time. She does at least concede to the idea of icecream going on, and then it was her turn to scrunch her face up looking a bit perplexed.

"Er. Maybe. Anyway... let's get icecream. It's a hot day so that sounds pretty good."

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    "DE*NIED*." Bunny shouts from the counter, and she takes out a couple ten dollar bills. "Can I have a Spouse like a House with a chocolate shell drizzle in a waffle gone, four scoops -- and whatever these two nerds want." she smiles, looking back to Gabby and Jane.

    And there's a little movement on the boardwalk, down the way. Gabby might be able to hear someone yelp that there are *monsters*.