17576/The Blonde and the Divine

The Blonde and the Divine
Date of Scene:	05 April 2024
Location:	Frost Enterprises - Emma's Penthouse
Synopsis:	After some time away wandering the world, Divine returns to New York and talks with Emma about wanting to try and learn how to be an ordinary person.
Cast of Characters:	Emma Frost, Divine

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Emma Frost has posed:
It's been awhile since Emma checked in on her 'muscle'. From what she had gathered Divine had been wandering the world. Perhpas spending time with the Kryptonians, perhpas merely exploring.. Or perhaps going about and getting into fights across the planet. So, when she had picked up a telepathic signal that her enforcer was back in the city, Emma had given her a mental invite.

Divine has posed:
It was mostly exploring with a lot of getting into fights along the way. A lot of time spend alone in the wilds coming to terms with things after that last battle against NOWHERE. Divine decided she wasn't fit for long term relationships after that. Maybe once she finally finishes taking out her creators. She doesn't wanna be completely alone though and now that she's returned, she's glad to hear that mental invite. Probably she should have left a note or something but Divine hadn't known just how far she'd travel or how long she'd be gone.

The dark haired woman charges upstairs to Emma's penthouse, not bothering with the elevator and opens the door. What? She's expected! "Emma?" Divine calls out softly, closing the door behind herself.

Emma Frost has posed:
It was always fights. Always, always. Emma would almost be disappointed if she found the sort-of adopted girl having not gotten into any. "Hello Divine, I hope that your.. Walkabout brought you some time for reflection." OR wouldn't it be more appropriately flyabout? And of course Emma could have kept tabs on her if she wanted. Paranoid telepath with near worldwide scanning range.

"I've missed you dear. I figured that if you needed me you would get in touch, but that you needed your space." Going to take the cloned Kryptonian into a hug.

Divine has posed:
Divine settles into the hug, briefly pressing her face into Emma's hair. "I think it did me some good. I feel a little more settled. More like I made the right choice. I have a lot I need to work on and a lot ot learn, to figure out who I am before I try to be something for other people." She sighs and then leans back to study Emma. "I missed you too." Divine smiles. She's no longer burdened by all the guilt she was carrying before disappearing. There's still plenty of that dark edgy presence about the girl though. Whatever else she might discover, this is part of who she is.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would smile, "Good, that's what that part of life is for, dear. To figure things out for yourself and wander. You were cooped up for a long time. IT's good for you to get out. As fascinating as my skyscraper is, I can imagine it can get rather boring. And I do hope you hvaen't gone too soft. It's not the same without you glaring."

Divine has posed:
Divine snorts. "Not soft. Yesterday I was fighting a warlord in some place called Somalia. Took out him and his entire army." She saved three villages in the process not that she noticed or cared about that part. Well, okay, she's at the point where she'd care a little. It was the fighting that drew her in though. The cloned woman flexes. "There were so many fights. A lot less poaches out there now too. I like wild animals. Some of them. I saw lions and hippos and panthers and hyenas. Kangaroos were pretty cool. I wrestled alligators too!" She made some good money on bets before they cottoned on to her strength.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost ould nod approvingly, "Good. I'm glad that you've been keeping yourself entertained. And good that you're finding soething to do wtih your time. You do know you can come and go as you wish, dear? You don't have to keep me informed." She would laugh. "I presume the alligators had the worst of it?"

Divine has posed:
Divine grins. "Yes. I didn't really hurt them but I sure won every time." Wrestling with an animal so wild and powerful had been a lot of fun. "I know, but I was gone longer than I planned. Well, I didn't actually plan but.. I should have sent a note or message or something." She hadn't really paid much attention to the passage of time. Before she knew it months had gone by. "It was good for me though. I'm back now. Ready for whatever comes next."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would smiel, "Dear, you've been in the city long enough. You've seen how chaotic this world is. Do you really think you can say something like that and not expect something to in turn rapidly make you reconsider that?" Even Kryptonians had to grasp 'Murphy's Law'. "And I can always keep track of you dear."

Divine has posed:
Divine nods, she probably did just curse herself with that admission. Oh well, she flexes a fist and grins. "That's true. I knew that. It made me feel better the times I was lonely, knowing you were here and would know if I needed you." The Kryptonian hybrid does need Emma of course, that's why she's returned. "It's good to be.. home." This place does feel like home now that she's had a chance to experience more of the world. She has a better sense, a better understanding of home.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would look surprised, "HEre is where you feel is your home? That's sweet." She would take her fingers up to softly stroke Divine's cheek. "I'm very glad you feel that way and I'm glad that you want to stay here. And you're an adult, darling. You can come and go as you wish."

Divine has posed:
Dark lashes flutter in pleasure at the touch. "I'm glad too." Belatedly, Divine focuses on Emma and asks "How have you been?" Her manners are still somewhat lacking but she's learned to ask the question now and as far as Emma is concerned, actually cares about the answer. "Is there anything I can do for you? Anyone that need beat up?"

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would smile, "Oh.. Things go chaotically and catastrophically as they always do darling. My life.. Our life does not lend itself to respite or to ease. And there are quite a few. But use of you begets escalation. So I must use you sparingly." Kissing Divine's forehead.

Divine has posed:
Divine preens a bit, having decided that is a compliment and a good one. "Okay. I'll be ready when you do need me." She grins. "I wouldn't know what to do if our lives were quiet and boring. I would find all kinds of trouble anyway I suppose. So I don't think it'd be quiet for long." She isn't made for times of peace. Divine might be on the way to becoming her own person but her natural traits are hard to resist. "Mm." The woman hums softly in response to the kiss and rocks back on her heels. "Thanks. Y'know.. for what you've done for me."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would give a gentle hug. "Dear, you were an abandoned, abused child. More than anything you deserve a place of safety to grow and discover yourself." Emma had found Divine in what might have been days after she had been released from the pre-programmed tube and dropped into New York in all the hellfire coming down then. Emma always would do anything she could to protect a child.

Divine has posed:
"It was hard to see myself as that, since I was all grown and it's not supposed to be within me to see myself as a victim. I still struggle with that but I can admit that it's true. I know that's progress. At least I guess. It still just makes me so angry. I know I'm more than they made me to be. I'm my own person, even if I've got a lot to figure out yet." Rather than just repeating what the others had told her before, she's able to believe in it now. There will still be doubts, still be rough times but.. she's sure of it, has a greater sense of self.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would laugh quietly, "Oh, angry all the time? I never could have guessed, dear." Nodding and listening at Divine go on. "You're more than they ever could have imagined you would be, dear. You are your own person. Your own thing. You have your own soul. Be proud of what you are and what you've accomplished."

Divine has posed:
"I kept saying those words like everyone kept telling me. It's different now though. I belive them. I know I have a soul." Damn that bastard who told her she didn't straight to hell. "I am proud." She's never lacked in that area. "And for better reasons this time.. I think." A faint frown that quickly fades because good or not, she's a proud person. "I'm glad you believed in me until I was able to figure out how to do it myself."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would smile, "You're allowed to take your time, dear. You were thrown out into the world. You're allowed to take your space for things. I'll always be here to help you as I can." She would give Divine another gentle hug. "And ultimatley faith in yourself is something you have to learn how to have."

Divine has posed:
There is so much yet to learn but Divine is better positioned to be able to learn those things now. "I understand some things better and others even less but one thing I know is that I'm happy to be here again. Be home. Happy to see you too." She hugs Emma back. The Kryptonian is doing her best to become a fully fledged being. That is her focus for now.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would pick that up from Divine's mind, smiling, "And what sorts of things do you thinkw ill help take you in that direction, darling? What sorts of things do you feel would help you pursue that? Being a hero? Doing things with your.. Family?" THe other KRyptonians. "Joining a team? Having a regular job? A civilian identity?"

Divine has posed:
Divine had been considering that very question. "I want to have a regular job. I want to experience that, and a civilian identity. A regular name. I will always show up when there is a fight to be had but when I'm not needed for that.. I want to learn to be a real person." She considers the rest of the questions. "I should probably try to be a part of them, my.. family. I still can't help but feel inferior and that pisses me off." Divine says with her usual bluntness. "I know part of that is because I was made to believe I'm not inferior to anyone but I know they are better than me, at least power wise. It bugs me. I have to wrestle with those feelings a lot and try to put them in order and that makes me frustrated."

Someone she met in her travels suggested she could benefit from thinking about her feelings and describing them. Divine has made that part of her daily routine since. "Being frustrated also make me mad." She says with mild amusement. "That's my problem and not theirs though."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would nod, "All those are possible, darling. I can have an ID ready for you. Are you wanting to do this in the context of with the other Kryptonians? Or merely under my own directives? I take it that you would prefer not to work for my company?" She would offer that gently and take her hand up to squeeze Divine's shoulder reassuringly.

"And alas, much as we might wish it brute force cannot solve everything." As Divine goes on about how they piss her off, she would laugh. "And does that sort of thing come naturally to you or have you had to work up to it, dear?"

Continuing to rub. "So, what sorts of jobs might you want to get? And might you want to take regular classes?"

Divine has posed:
Divine tilts her head. She thinks she needs time to get used to her family and for them to get used to her, really. So "Under your directives." She decides. "I have no idea what I'd be good at that doesn't involve fighting or.. things I would rather not do. Like when I was cam girl when you first found me. I'd be willing to try whatever, so long as it's not bad like that was. It's not been easy figuring out what I feel but I've been reading about emotions and what they feel like for other people, and started being able to understand what I feel better. So I've been working on putting those emotions into words. It's taken me a few months to get as good at it as I am and sometimes I'm just confused. I think it's helping though."

"Huh." Classses. "I didn't think of that. Most people have at least a high school education, right? Or one of those.. GED things." She says it as a word rather than the letters. "I guess I could try that." If the topics weren't interesting she might have trouble paying attention but it's worth an attempt at least!

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would nod, "You already have an education thanks to your programming." They downloaded basic skills and knowledge into her brain. And Divine is still a Kryptonian and can process information extremely quickly. "All are possibilities. If you want to attend classes, get a job, have your own place to stay.. Take your time figuring out the world." But also knowt hat Emma would of course cover every single thing in it and there was no real reason to have to worry about 'maintaining' it.

Divine has posed:
"I watched this show on tv about decorating houses. I think I want to decorate my own apartment and take care of it. Things, like doing the dishes and cleaning the floors. Just to prove that I can and because I think it'd be nice to have a real place." Those are things normal people do, right? Divine is a bit hesitant about that admission but she is visibly relieved at how understanding Emma is. A part of thought it might be dumb to want this stuff, to do these things. She really needs to prove to herself she's not just a clone or a weapon though.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would smile, "That sounds like an excellent idea, dear. A good way to start. To make soemwhere feel like your own home. And to let you discover yourself. Just do pay attnetion to what neighborhood you go into. You'll get different sorts of.. Life expriences depending on where they are." She would grin.

Divine has posed:
Divine laughs. That was a lesson she learned well overseas! It doesn't surprise her that the neighborhoods here are in a similar order. Though she doesn't think any of them will be as bad as some she saw.. that remains to be seen. It will be an adventure! "I understand. It's going to be good. I think. I.. hope."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would grin, "Always things to take into consideration. Things are never guaranteed. You can think, you can hope, you can work.. But nto everything will ever come out the way you expect or want it to. You know enough about the way the world works to understand that."

Divine has posed:
She nods. "Yes. I've been learning that and having it reinforced. I'm not so angry now when things don't go as I planned them. Or so confused. It's just.. life. Or part of it." Divine smiles. "I can only do my best.. which is *very* good." She is an arrogant thing, yes. "And it will either work out or not. That is all everyone can do, try their best, right? anyway I will do what I can and go from there."