15580/Phancy Meeting You Here

Phancy Meeting You Here
Date of Scene:	09 August 2023
Location:	Alley Pond Park
Synopsis:	Golden Eagle meets Shazam on stakeout that doesn't Pan out.
Cast of Characters:	Billy Batson, Yaretzi Acama

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Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam remembered that the great god Pan (capitalization spitefully withheld) had driven Krypto mad with a gadfly in this park. After Mary was assaulted by a Fae bounty hunter, Billy decided to hang out in the park and maybe tempt the little creep into coming at him. It was a fact that if you messed with one of the Shazams, you messed with all of them. Also he was feeling a little lonely and Shazam was known to frequent Queens and Alley Pond Park.

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
Golden Eagle's flying along patrolling, because that's what heroes do when things are quiet... right? She's fairly high up, letting her 'eagle eyes' do their job -- which is how she spots familiar red, white, and gold down in the park. Looking about, and seeing nothing else of note, she descends -- without trying to hide her approach.

"Heya, Shazam", she calls down, when she's about twenty feet up. "Something going on?", she follows up, as she comes to a stop, hovering with her feet a few inches above the ground.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam 's honest reaction is, "Oh no. You should leave. Now. The god Pan is messing with me. He likes to annoy me by attacking friends and relatives. He /might/ be around and given the way things go for you when you're near me... he will probably try something. Or maybe we both should leave. He is a serious sociopath. We were discussing going to Olympus to complain. Only I don't know how to get there." Shazam looks around warily, making fists.

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
"You mean, Pan... like, the greek faun?", Golden Eagle says, putting her hands on her hips as her feet touch down. "If it's in my town, I'll help deal with it, you know that. If you need to go find out where Olympus is, I'll hold the fort for you, too", she says, sounding confident. "You might ask Wonder Woman about that. She's got ties to Greek gods and that kinda stuff, right?", she then adds, lifting one hand to gesture with an upraised finger as she makes the suggestion.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam nods. "Good suggestions but, you don't need to expose yourself... to this I mean! I appreciate the assist but you have to know he does some serious hexing. He turned my friend Fire into a 15 year old who was infatuated with me. Thunderbolt got injured by magical poison. See... magic can kill magic. Our unhurtableness doesn't matter as much. Also Krypto can bite hard enough to hurt. But we got that sorted out and he's such a good boi." He looks about again. "Also, he knows I'm Billy."

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
"Well, I hafta tr...", Golden Eagle starts to reply, then stops as she realizes what's she's head. She lifts a hand in a 'STOP!' gesture. "Don't tell me any more, okay?!", she quickly insists. "Secrets are supposed to be secrets for a reason, right? If he knows is one thing. If someone else, like me, knows, that's a whole different thing!"

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam almost glares. "Okay we had a lot going on but I told you my first name, I'm pretty sure. You're, pretty-Hispanic-Girl (I'm kind of assuming /Mexican/ right now). I appreciate this though. We champions of the different Pantheons should stick together... okay Zeus says blow off the Titans if they ever come around. Bunch of creeps." He sees after a moment she isn't moving and frowns. "Besides, I seem to be bad luck for you and most females in fact."

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
Golden Eagle frowns a bit. "Do you mean the Titans as in the Greek ones or the Titans like in the superhero team?", she asks, after a few moments of thought. "... and I haven't seen bad luck. The stuff that's happened was just... stuff!", she adds, gesturing with one hand, and lifting a finger with each thing she calls out: "You didn't know that your Rock place would make my powers fade away. You didn't side with the pickpocket that Franklin guy did. You didn't make those sirens attack the beach at the party -- they did that on their own."

Yes, apparently Golden Eagle actually did go to the beach party Shazam'd previously mentioned to her. "Oh... why weren't *you* at the party, anyway?", she questions, both hands going back to her hips, now. She even does that 'lean slightly forward from the waist' thing girls do when they're interrogating a boy.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam shrugs. "I was going to go but... "I didn't want to go stag. "I talked up my girlfriend who has ghosted me and... "I don't fit in well at Happy Harbor as the other guy. "I do way better with people in Queens or... doing what I do when I'm not dressed like a hybrid Superman-Flash. So how was the party?" He digs a toe in the dirt and tries to find pockets for his hands. He tries very hard to maintain eye contact.

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
"Well... it was cool, I guess", Golden Eagle says, her forward-leaning posture easing, though her hands remain on her hips. "I got to meet Witchblade!", she says, smiling -- and clearly recalling what must've been a real fan-girl moment. "... then a group of sirens kinda got us with their song..." The heroine goes on to describe the events of the beach party. (OOC: But I had to leave part way through, just after the attack began... so honestly dunno what happened after that...)

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam looks around once more and decides Pan is being cheeky somewhere else as he sees no evidence of transmogrification in Golden Eagle. "Hunh. Maybe Pan doesn't want to tick off your Pantheon. He said he was in exile from Olympus. Zeus doesn't have his back." He knits his fingers together and asks, "So, you like beaches..."

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
"Well, it was a beach party. I don't get to do beach parties a lot...", Golden Eagle says. "Maybe you should go ask people about Olympus, get that information you need?", she then adds, clearly changing the subject from the subject of beaches and parties. "I'll keep an eye out for hijinks around here, best I can, okay?", she adds, bending her knees slightly so that her feet come off the ground -- she's floating, hovering there without actually changing the height of her head.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam nods. "Thanks. You can usually find me around here or Happy Harbor. Don't tackle Pan on your own. I want to be in on the beat down." He seems a little calmer, maybe more subdued than just before. "I am working on it. But the gods don't seem to want mortals on Olympus. I'm still a mortal, even if I may live a few thousand years. Don't get me started on that! Anyway, I'll see you around. If you need any help I'll be glad to lend a hand."

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
"So, ask Wonder Woman to go ask for you?", Golden Eagle suggests, just floating there... as if she's just as comfortable with hover in place that way as she would be standing. "... and, you said something about your girlfriend ghosting you? Everything cool on that end? You okay?", she asks.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam gives a snort. "I got through it, thanks. Anyway who has time? On top of my current gig and family obligations, I'm a Defender of Humanity, Champion of Magic." He steps back and says, "I'm going to go patrol somewhere. Maybe Iceland. They have no metahumans so far."

Yaretzi Acama has posed:
"If you just want some down time to be alone, you could just stop being the superhero and go watch a movie or something...?", is Golden Eagle's next suggestion. "Everyone needs downtime, especially superheroes. I oughta get back to my own patrol, too... but think about it, okay?", she adds, already floating up into the air. "Adios!", she calls out, before putting on the speed to lift up into the sky.