16264/Flashes In the Night

Flashes In the Night
Date of Scene:	05 November 2023
Location:	Swordfish Bar (SHIELD)
Synopsis:	Mary Jane catches up with Flash Thompson for the first time after high school.
Cast of Characters:	Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson

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Mary Jane Watson has posed:
It's currently a late evenint over in the Swordfish. Agents are coming and going after some late night transfers and post mission debriefings. Mary Jane had spent the day doing courier duty, then training, then trying to hide from May wanting to do more training. So, Mary Jane is just sitting and reading for now, occasionally drinking. A phone is slung underneath her neck and some files are scattered about. "Love you Aunt Anna, and yes I'm out. It's in a bar." Quiet from chatter on the other end. "I'm twenty one, they're not going to kick me out.." More chatter and a laugh.
    The files spread in front of her are ones on Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage.

Flash Thompson has posed:
Project: Rebirth takes it's toll on Eugene. As he and the symbiote he's bonded with try harder and harder to bridge the distance to learn to work together, the harder it gets when the two end up having differences and have to be seperated. After a week together, the staff of his project wanted to give him a mental break.

He was against this idea and sure they were near a breakthrough. But other minds overruled him and they were seperated, the Klyntar symbiote put away, and Flash sent on his way.

Coming into the bar, he rolls in on his wheelchair, dressed in a pair of fatigues, the empty pants legs tucked underneath the bottom of his thighs, where his legs terminate at. Rolling up to the bar, he frowns. It's so tempting, the colorful liquids in their bottles. But instead...

"Club soda on the rocks." He notices the redhead across the way and his eyes widen slightly, a confused look. She couldn't be in here. Could she? "Mary Jane?" he asks before he has a chance to stop himself.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
She's looking over her shoulder at someone else when the faint squeaks of the wheelchair catch her attention. she shifts her head in the man's direction, and looks a thim. It takes a second. Someone she's seen in passing. Oooh.

That's the guy who made Peter miserable. But.. She glances over him in the wheelchair. Some things can be forgiven. If Flash is in here then it means that he's earned it.

She goes to wave a hand over. "Hey, Flash!" The figure may or may not be familiar - in passing, at least. Hard to forget someone like MJ, hopefully. Even if just from the hallways at high school.

Flash Thompson has posed:
"It is you. Geeze, you got tall!" Eugene offers when she recognizes him. Gesturing to the table where MJ is at, he indicates that's where to deliver the drink to.

Rolling his way over to where she is, he shakes his head. "I haven't been called Flash in a while. Eugene's fine." he offers to her. "Geeze, look how much you've grown, MJ. You look great!"

Eugene? A joke at himself of his own expense? Complimenting MJ. A lot has changed. "How have you been? Thought I was going to have a career in the Army, it got cut short."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would smile, "Hey there. Been awhile." She would gesture at him to sit with her. "Oof. So does that mean that I can't go ahead and make short jokes? I guess I'm no Mel Brooks so they wouldn't be as catchy. Thanks." She would offer her hand over to shake his.

"So you doing consulting while you're here?" Not knowing what he had done, but presuming he was here on SHIELD business. Which also might make Flash wonder..

Flash Thompson has posed:
Rollng up to the table, Eugene laughs. "Hit me with your best shot. I've earned it. Talked to Pete a while back. Jessica too. Grand tour of folks I tormented and gave me all the karma I need for the crash. So I know I never fucked with you that much, but I did your friends. So... yeah." he sighs, and goes through step nine all over again. "I'm sorry for the shit I caused when I was younger and full of myself. No excuse for it."

He sips his soda and shakes his head. "No, they're running some experiment on me to see if I can work with a new pair of legs." He doesn't know how much clearance she has, so he doesn't go into it. "What about you? What has you here? Working as an administrative assistant?"

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would oh, "Glad you've caught up wtih Peter. I'd ask that you didn't shove him into a locker but I think you're both a bit past that." She would relax over. "And look, we were teenagers. We messed up a lot. Water under the bridge. You never did anything to me I'm pretyt sure I didn't deserve and I probably did some shit to you and your friends." wasn't like she needed an apology.

She would frown. "Wait? Genetic or cybernetic? is it paralysis or something else?" She would inquire curiously. At the mention of 'administrative assistant' she would laugh.

then sliding off next to her propped against her seat a very.. Very, very big basterd sword.

Flash Thompson has posed:
"No no, it was amputation by artillery. I was in Iraq and got caught in an explosion while protecting a squadmate while under heavy fire. Nearly earned the Medal of Honor for it, my commander put me up. Settled from the Silver Star and a Purple Heart instead." he explains.

Considering how to answer her question, Eugene decides. "Experimental tech, it's above my paygrade, but it allows me to serve my country still." he explains. "I'm teaching at Happy Harbor these days. Phys Ed. Now I'm the one breaking up the bullies." He laughs and then notices the blade. "That's pretty big, MJ. Something you're researching?

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would nod over at Flash, her expression sad, "I'm sorry, I didn't know. I think you've outdone about all of us in service, Flash. And I'm sorry for having not kept up with you and known about this." Her tone is sad - Flash might not have been a friend, but he deserved better than for her to have not bothered.

"And it's a little more complicated than that. I take it out with me when I go out into the field." That.. Likely brought up more questions.

Flash Thompson has posed:
"It's fine. I deserved it. All of it. Hell, Liz dumped me when I was in the hospital in Germany. Didn't matter if I was a war hero, she wanted someone that had his legs." Eugene chuckles at that, a smirk offered as he finishes his drink.

He wants to ask, but he doesn't. "Not any of my business, but it sounds like your life is far more interesting than mine, MJ. Look, I need to get going. But it was good seeing you again. Don't be a stranger, alright?"

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would frown, "That's still a messy reason to dump someone." But, not like Mary Jane knew Liz particularly well enough to comment on it. "And I suppose I shouldn't look down on you at all, since you're doing that well enough on your own. And take care Flash!"

She would go to lift up the sword to sling it back on. "Same to you. Be safe Flash." The sword was /definitely/ real from the clank it had made when it bumped against the table. And not the sort of thing a girls hould be able to casually one hand over like a tennis racket.