17568/Two Minds Connect

Two Minds Connect
Date of Scene:	03 April 2024
Location:	Wayne Enterprises
Synopsis:	Burgers rejected, cryptic armor and a mission. How will this effect Ted and Lucius in the end.
Cast of Characters:	Lucius Fox, Ted Kord

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Lucius Fox has posed:
There is so much to do and so much to look at but for now it was a two for a meeting of the minds. Lucius Fox's office was the spot today, he is sitting behind his cluttered desk, his three laptops open tapping on the keys back and back, back and forth over and over again watching the screen above him, flickering back and forth. His finger are tapping, waiting for his meeting but it seems he has lost track of the time.

Lunch time, and still working the smell of food is coming in from his desk girl.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord is late. This was unavoidable. He is low profiling it this time, driving the Buggatti, in civvies. For once no bot accompanies him. Everything says low profile. Otherwise he'd bring his Bug. The building was intimidating.

He hates being late. It's the engineer in him. He's punctual, does as he says he will or is asked, and he favors blue. OCD? More like CDO. That's just like OCD but the letters are in alpha order as they should be.

Entering Lucius' office Ted gets a good vibe, nothing ostentatious or unnecessary. He likes that. He bears a bag of hamburgers and fries. "Mr. Fox, I'm Ted Kord. I'm sorry I'm late. Some idiots called the Mad Men tried a helicopter assault. I sicced my bots on them... but that is neither here nor there. I missed lunch and got myself something and took the liberty of ordering some extra for you. Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle v.2.0." Ted sticks a hand out. Despite his corporate casual, he is wearing goggles, up on his forehead.

Lucius Fox has posed:
Lucius Fox looks up from his work blinking three times, lost in his mind, trying to solve whatever is on all those screens. Than it dawns on him hitting him, like a train standing stumbling back, his hand is moving for his cane to walk forward dressed in a suit, with matching purple gloves. "Good to meet you Mr Kord." His hand is shake is perfect, lacking the power due to the stroke but it's proper enough for government work. "It is fine, I had things to work on. I do hope this Mr. Mad or is it Mr Men, was handle it sounds like trouble?" His eyes watching the man, with a shake of his head at the offer of the food. "None for me, I'm on a diet. The joy of being an old man, I have to eat these shakes and drink black coffee. Doctor's awful orders." With that being said, he walks over to pick it up from the tray as he sips, and than he sips again of the coffee. "The coffee is the pleasure, the shake is the punishment."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord nods and joins Lucius, taking a bit of a burger. "I'm sorry for your diet. I have a very active lifestyle. It's good for your health, unless Doomsday catches you. As for the Mad Men, they tried to fly in by copter to attack me once before and Starfire showed up and broke their copter. then, I never heard of a villain doing this... they tried it again, reasoning that Starfire was unlikely to show up twice. they were right but... let's say I built up my defenses the last few years, to say nothing of the kids... my bots. But I see you're a busy man... I only use two screens. What can I do for you as Ted or the Beetle?"

Lucius Fox has posed:
Lucius Fox looks at the man studying him for a long moment, his hand is moves to bring up a map of the savage lands. "This is what I need of Ted or the Beetle. I need something there, a team is going to get made and I wanted you on it Mr. Kord. I will have someone reach out to you, making something for the world to protect it and keep it safe. The what is top secret, but you might also wish to have some of these.....fabric for your own projects. Living breathing rock, that can take a major blows easily and heal and bounce back."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord raises an eyebrow far higher than he thought possible. "Living rock? Some iron age people made clothes from asbestos for protection, and warmth, also lung cancer. I made a light weight armor called ResistWeave, and made it available to some superheroes. I even got some insight to creating it from Spider-Man webbing. Sure, I would like to be better armored. This stuff can stop a 9mm with no serious injury. It took me a few years to create." He opens his shirt to reveal his costume underneath.

"So who is this armor for? I have to ask as a matter of ethics. This could be a game changer. I'm really stingy giving MY armor out."

Lucius Fox has posed:
Lucius Fox nods slowly his eyes on Ted for a long moment as he shakes his head. "The armor is my project, I need no help with that. But it is for the Gotham PD and soliders, amongest others. But I have a meeting." With that he is heading out the door.