4334/Rascally Rabbit

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Rascally Rabbit
Date of Scene: 07 December 2020
Location: Nite-Wings - CBD
Synopsis: Kate finds out a lot more about Kamala.
Cast of Characters: Kate Bishop, Kamala Khan




Kate Bishop has posed:
Okay to be honest Kate isn't too upset with herself for missing the subtle signs that Kamala gave when they met in person. She had just been stabbed by a candy cane sword after all right. That and at the very end of getting coffee there was a big interruption of the red alert the Titan's got.

Easy to miss some minor details, though Robin would be judgemental. Then again, Robin is always Judgemental.

The photo being posted via instagram in a DM to @Hawkingbird (complete with Blue Check Mark thankls for asking) hashtagged with #BunnyEarsV2.0 gets her attention though.

There is a quick reply, private DM, >>That does not look like a shop Kamala.<< after staring at it for a long time on her phone.

She did have some vague sus that something was up with the other teen and all due to how she moved but this is something else. >>What the heck?<< look not cussing.

Kamala Khan has posed:
Kamala was doing algebra homework when the reply came and looked away from her starkpad at her phone, grinning. Thumbs working over the keys to type up a message, she takes another quick shot which she sends along in another DM to Kate.

>> No shop: Her jaw is hanging slack like a cartoon character with big bulbous eyes like a frog.

>> I didn't really see a chance to work it in there organically?

Smirking, she sets the phone down and goes back to her homework, not really expecting a reply.

She did notice the attempt not to cuss.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate stares at the phone for a long thoughtful moment there. Kamala doesn't seem like the type to troll someone bad. Not that Kate really got a chance to know her at all well but still the other teen sort of seemed to have her heart on her sleeve as it were.

>>Nice cartoon impersonation. So not a snap filter and not a shop. I guess I can see how it would be hard to really work it in post battle over coffee like that. So what is your story? Mutant? Meta? Some freak accident where a truck full of experimental rubber cement spilled on you during a walk to school or a field trip?<<

>>Actually this may be a better topic in person not on instagram, you are still in a personal account even<<

Kamala Khan has posed:
Kamala glances up at her phone, checks it to see which of her school friends had tagged her, and is kind of shocked that it's from Kate again... Her head cocks to the side reading the message, but she's grinning despite herself as she sends another reply.

>Something like that. I'm still grounded though... so what did you have in mind?

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>>Let me know where to meet you, so long as it's near or around Nite-Wings.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate smirks a bit at the gif attached to the messages.

Does some Googling.

>>I assume you are talking about the wing joint in Bludhaven not the vigilante who I know personally?<< okay she can't help that bit there.

Sass.

>>Sure lets meet at the park by there, I'll grab some wings because I'm starving. Any kind you want?<<

A quick map check, hyperloop, bike, etc.

>>Say in an hour?<<

Kamala Khan has posed:
Kamala is trying to finish up the last bit of this equation before getting the response from Kate because she /really/ can't afford not to finish her homework /again/. She's already in hot water with Abu, no sense getting herself grounded until she's fifty.

>> Nice name drop, Kanye.

>> Sounds good. Pick me up some saracha flavored wings? Make sure there's no pork products? I'll see you then.

She does finish the problem, but she's dressing at the same time. Stretching her arms to grab a bra, slip on her pants with extended legs, and pulling herself into a shirt and backpack as she crawls out her bedroom window. The music is on gently, lights are low. Abu should think she's gone to bed... so long as she's back before toooooo late?

She's on her way through Jersey at night to get wings with a super hero, though!

Kate Bishop has posed:
>>Not my fault he like founded the team I am on.<< not at all repentent despite being called out for the name drop.

Out loud though "Why would wings have pork products involved?" then again she hasn't bothered to think about it much at all.

She was up in the city last night for a birthday thing and then stayed for Sunday dinner with her dad and sister/brother-in-law collective. It was her birthday this week so it was something that would not work out being skipped.

Which means she skips any hyperloop and just takes her bike down from Manhattan into Bludhaven.

Wings are acquired from Nite Wings "Man I am going to give him some funny shit about this later.... it is almost as bad as Bat Burger in Gotham."

Then over to park, leaving her bike within line of sight. Bludhaven has a bit of a rep after all.


Her timing is pretty military though, so the wing shouldn't get cold unless Kamala is late.

Kamala Khan has posed:
This is easily answered, actually.

The products used to cook the wings are sometimes used to cook items that contain pork. Which from a allergenic perspective, as well as a religious, is a faux pas. Which is why she pointed it out, no meat products /around/ it, not specifically /in/ it.

Kamala's timing, by comparison, is good only because she was closer and didn't have to stop to pick up wings. She's sitting in a swing when Kate arrives. Backpack leaning against the blue metal pool with chipped paint halfway up from the dirt. Her feet drag through the sand with each slow swing, legs stretching waaaaay out to build up speed, then dipping down to slow herself back down easily.

Seems as if she's been doing it for a while too.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate, or rather Hawkeye, spots Kamala over on yonder swingset.

She shakes her head "For someone not wanting to get grounded... one is sure stretching a lot.." which is mostly muttered to herself.

"Hey criminal." she calls over and walks carrying the bag of wings from Nite Wings, snicker, and settles into a swing by Kamala. She starts to root in the bag and pulls out a small to go box offering it sideways with some napkins. "No pork, checked, just chicken and heat."

Once the handoff of the illicit wings is made, she pulls her own out. Rootbeer glaze boneless, and she stabs one chunk of chicken with a fork. "So stretchy like Mr. Fantastic huh?" pause "No relation right?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
Kamala glances up at the sound of Kate's voice and grins seeing the person to whom it belongs, waving at her like a goofball while the other is wrapped on the chain connecting seat to railing. "Hey... What do you mean criminal? Only thing I've ever stolen was hearts."

OH facing at the offered wings, giving them an appreciative sniff and once over, she pops the lid and looks down at the deliciousness within. "Thanks for asking. Sometimes people don't really pay attention to the utensils they use... let alone the grease for the wings."

She's gobbling down, ravenously, since she swung over here and worked up a healthy appetite when Kate asks her question. "Hah, no... no relation. And... kind of? I can.. grow.. shrink too, kind of like Doctor Pym and Mr Fantastic... and Stiltman, only less villainous."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Elastic Man.. Plastic Man... lot of stretchy out there I suppose..." she hadn't really thought about it though. "Pym. Nadia. Janet... lot of folks..."

Sort of like there are a lot of archers, of which Kate is only a smidge judgemental.

"Also breaking curfew, getting grounded, sounds villanous." teasing tone there as she eats her wings.

"So what is the story, how did you end up able to .. I dunno stretch like this?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
"I knoooow..." By comparison, Kamala doesn't sound at all judgemental of these other names, rather... she sounds elated to be named in the same breath with the likes of Nadia, Janet, and even Pym. She's currently wearing a Captain America T-Shirt. "It's great right? I mean you get to hang out with these people... I can't even imagine. When I met spidey... that's what he told me to call him-" Nevermind he tells everyone that, "-I was soo goof troop."

Nibbling rather than eating by her seventh chicken wing. In the span of time it takes Kate to just get started. Girl can pack away some food.

Still grinning despite, or because of, the teasing. "Ooooo yeah.. I know, I'm such a nerdowell!" Equal parts teasing in her own right.

She shrugs at the question, "I don't know. Not really... I mean I kind of know? I was near this thing.. and then I could stretch and do all this other amazing stuff, but I don't know how or why. That's why I went to see Doctor Pym. See if maybe he could explain more or just, like, fill in the gaps."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Well I mean he probably does, but he is on the list of people Kate has never met. "Never met him, though I have hung out with Ghost Spider. Lot of spiders too I think." a shrug and another chunk of chicken is eaten. "I can't cast aspersions though.. I mean I go by Hawkeye and there is another Hawkeye." a smirk there. Maybe she likes confusing people.

"I'm sure Spiderman gets a lot of fans swooning, despite JJJ being what seems like a dick... my dad invests in the Bugle go figure." eye roll behind those purple shades, which yeah she wears at night. Not like they are normal sunglasses with all the tech in them and she has no domino mask just the shades.

"Oh you met Nadia's dad?" head tilts looking sidelong. "Did he have any ideas of what is going on with you then?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
"Not really." Kamala says, finishing up her wings and sucking sauce from her thumb and fingers. "He said he was running some tests, but that's subtle enough that it could be anything, right? Only that I'm not a mutant.. so that leaves basically everything else including an alien imposter." That last bit is a joke, if her grin is any indication.

The box is set down in the dirt beside her swing, again looking energized with the extra bit of fuel in the tank. She begins swinging again. "Ghost Spider... I read about her! Her costume is so amazing. I heard Janet made it... but that could just be rumor you know? People like to talk about all the hero connections. I'm on a lot of message boards." Sheepish grin over at Kate, both hands around the painted white chain attached to her bucket.

Kate Bishop has posed:
"I will be so displeased if you are an alien imposter Kamala." which is said with a very flat tone. "I've had just about enough aliens after two invasions and my team coming back from space with more aliens." she does grin though "Oh hey the missing Titans are back by the by safe if not sound. Not sure Vorpal is ever sound..."

"The only board I am really following is CapeWatch, though I do occasionally search for myself on the others... wonder if that is vain. I worry after being stabbed with a candy cane is everyone on the net is making fun of me I guess." she frowns. "So far so good though not too many haters. I mean other than all the guys who are offended there is a female Hawkeye... what the fuck bro.." well she was doing well on the cussing.

She is also moving through the wings slower. Not just a blackhole when it comes to food.

"So you are meeting super heros.. you have powers from a mysterious object... and getting grounded. You seem on the road to ruin." she pauses a beat "What happened to the object?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
"I keep tabs on everyone... I've always been facinated by heroes. Why they do the things they do, what makes them want to ... I mean... be heroes." It seems easy when you say it, but the reality isn't as easy. Kamala remembers the terror she feels everytime she's ever tried to help someone and how poorly things could have gone if a /real/ hero hadn't been there.

She still grins, though. Nothing to keep her down for long.

Right up until Kate swings back into cussing. She'll feel the elongate hand slap towards the back of her head, even if she sees it, which she probably did. "No cussing." It's not a hard slap, just fingers touching the back of her head. "You have little girls everywhere thinking it's amazing that there's a hawkeye they can look up to.. Little boys too... and every spectrem between. It's a big world, Hawkeye." She still doesn't know her name, but she's not asked and probably wont. There's something sacred to her about a codename.

"I'm not saying you have to be someone you're not, though. If you're trying so hard not to cuss because I said something, I mean.." Her hand retracts back and retakes the chain, looking down at the dirt. Toe moving a trench into it directly beneath her swing.

Shoulders shrug, "Don't know. I left it there and then it was gone when I went back to find it."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kamala almost get a plastic fork in that enlogated hand. Kate is paying attention to the other teen not just her chicken, like a good listener and she is deadly fast even with a fork. It is accompanied by a head tilt to lean away "Hey now, your not my dad and I'm working on it okay." she points the fork menacingly at Kamala.

"But yeah people looking up to me is ..real odd... wasn't doing this to be a symbol or role model.. just did it to help people because one time Hawkeye saved my life and I figured if he can do it I can do it. Powers or no powers."

Yeah it is a bit more complicated than that but that is the basics.

"What did it look like, the object?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
Kamala doesn't regret tapping Kate's head, but she knows she probably came close to getting a fork for her troubles. Still grinning, however, she shrugs and agrees with a fractional nod. "Then you just have to be yourself, Hawkeye. I think you're pretty amazing regardless." She assures, glancing over coyly from the corners of her eyes. "For a cussing infidel." Added /just/ loud enough to be heard.

Because she's moving right along to the question.

"It feels like forever ago, but it was only a couple months. It was just a big sphere.. had all these weird etchings on it or something. I don't know, my phone had died or I'd have taken a million pictures from every imaginable angle."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Hawkeye reaches into the chicken bag, plucks out a toothpick. Unwraps it carefully from the tiny plastic wrapping they come in. Then flicks it right at you. Not to wound though but it definitely lightly pokes and bounces off your shoulder nearest her with amazing accuracy. "Smartass."

Then well she thinks about the whole thing. "Big sphere with etchings.... crap that doesn't sound at all good or normal." she considers "Well not mutant seems reasonable.. might have woke up some meta thing or maybe it is like having a mishap with experimental rubber cement." she sasses.

"So I take it your fam doesn't know and you are doing all this trying to figure it out on the sly which means high risk of grounding?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
There is no world where Kamala is quick enough to defend herself against that toothpick so she goes the other route and over exagerates the damage it causes! Falling right out of her swing into the sound where she flops around groaning, hand covering her arm! "I have been undone!"

What this means, however, is she has to stand up...

Or would have to if she didn't instead just stay down there with her legs still laying in the swing. Head rolled to the side watching Kate from this position of weakness. "Huge chance of grounding, yes. Abu would probably be understanding... It's not like it's my fault... but he'd definitely be disapproving if I started acting like a superhero..." Maybe? She's not sure.. only sure that she definitely doesn't want to find out and be right.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Okay that makes Kate laugh, she gets a bit of the giggles watching you fall out of the swing, then lay there flopping and hamming it up. "Gooftroop." she notes very seriously when she manages to get it under control She just stares down at you a moment smiling.

"Mood. My dad would flip his shit if he knew I was out here doing this. Also no contrary to a million rumors Barton is not my dad and my mom is not the Black Widow..." another grin.

"But yeah ... no one in my fam knows I am out risking my life saving people. Easier that way. Less chance of parental blowups or murderings." she considers "So stretching... what all goes with that. Could you hero if you wanted to?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
Something about kate laughing has Kamala grinning. Not just because she's pleased her joke made someone laugh either, it's a gushy kind of feeling she clearly finds surprising and even more surprisingly doesn't understand. Blinking a few times, she turns and pushes herself up to hide the big ol stupid grin. Sitting back in her seat after cleaning dirt out of her black hair and off her butt.

"Yeah." Nodding to the second, then latter statements. "Probably? I don't really know... I've tried a few times, but it always goes pearshaped. Like I'm not really hero material, I guess. Will is there, skill is not. I can barely control my powers most of the time anyways."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Well the will part is the hardest part along with Powers in some cases." a smirk. "The whole skill thing, unless you are comically inept it is just practice. Lots and lots of practice. It isn't like I was born able to shoot a bow like I do.. I am gifted yes but the only reason I can do it like I do is practice."

She drops her empty container in the takeout bag now.

"So if you want to get good, you are goingfto need to practice and train to be good. It won't be easy and it won't be overnight though." a shrug. "I think it is worth it but that is something you will need to decide for yourself."

Kamala Khan has posed:
"The world doesn't need another hero." Kamala is smiling when she says it, so she's not being disparaging of herself in doing so, "But it could use a few more hero fans. People who do the right thing when the right thing needs to be done rather than putting on a costume every night to go out searching for villains to fight."

She's surprising herself really. There's almost nothing she wouldn't give to be a super hero, but... she actually believes what she's saying right now. It's a very odd feeling.

"Huh... I mean, I look up to you guys who do put on those costumes and in a way, I'm glad I /could/ do it? Eventually? But right now it just feels like the world is over saturated with super heroes and one more just makes things seem redundent."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Eeh... I mean maybe but there are enough problems and villains and people who need help that I am exhausted all the time. So not sure about the not needing more heroes." she leans back in the swing popping her neck. "Needed like everyone we had and then some in the last couple of invasions really. Not sure why else I was flying a space ship at one point...."

She smiles over to you now. "Pretty sure no one who wants to help is redundant Kamala. That said I won't be doing the hard sell to try to make anyone try to be a hero if they don't feel it is the right time. Heck that time might not be ever I suppose right." she kicks a bit on the swing.

"That said you should practice and work on your powers. You don't know what you can do or how they might react in some situations so it is best to know thyself grasshopper. Worst thing would be for there to be a moment you wanted to step up and botched it because you didn't know how to step up. That way lays reciminations and self guilt I imagine." she plants a foot to stop the swinging motions.

"I should probably get home before too long though, I have class in the morning still. I bet you do too?" she looks over. "No one needs to get a bad grade and get more groundings, you least of all right?"

Kamala Khan has posed:
"I appreciate what you're saying." Kamala doesn't feel dressed down on the matter, nor is she guilty for having said it like she would have thought she would be. There's a calm sense of pride, in a weird way, to admit she's not ready. "I don't know what tomorrow means for me, but I carry a bandana in my backpack now... and I practice doing stuff with my powers every night. As much as I can, ya know, since I'm grounded." A little tease.

"Thank you though. For coming out to talk and for bringing wings." She swings a few times and hops out in the air... it is not a graceful landing, but not a painful one either. Sweeping down to grab her backpack and trash, she deposits the latter in the trashcan and the former on her back.

"Hit me up sometime? After class.. we can go do teenager stuff. Even heroes, Titans though they are, should be a kid too." She offers a wave to Kate, 'Seeya around Hawkeye."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Sure thing Kamala." she smiles amused a bit by the way this whole meeting and conversation has gone. She pulls herself up to her feet and starts to walk towards her bike.

"Oh hey also feel free to message me. I'm.. a little scattered and often injured so I know I am not the best at keeping track of what day of the week it is. You won't be bugging me so DM away..."

She gets on her bike and shoots one more wave towards Kamala now before pulling her helmet on and heading towards the nearest Hyperloop station. She needs to get back to the Tower and then back to Manhattan early tomorrow for class. She left her school laptop at the tower though argh.

She often wishes she could teleport.