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Lion Around In The Museum
Date of Scene: 22 January 2021
Location: Midtown - New Troy
Synopsis: No description
Cast of Characters: Evan Demetrios, Terry O'Neil




Evan Demetrios has posed:
You know, New Troy has basically everything one could want. This part of Metropolis has high end shopping, resturants, and of course museums as well. One museum in particular has caught Evan's interest, as they are showing a display of Greek artifacts, actual Greek ones and not Themysciran ones. They've been verified for sure this time.

Evan is trying to find something that looks similar to either the strange coin he found that caused this whole thing in the first place, or something along the lines of the bracelet he wears on his right arm, that helps him keep it under control.

Terry O'Neil has posed:
It's not exacty wise for Vorpal to walk around without disguising himself, what with Doppelgangers on the loose, but... he also couldn't hide all the time. Nevertheless, he still had some obligations- such as certain charities for which he and Gar had volunteered. One of the upper floors of the museum has a children's literature exhibit going on, and one of its prized possessions (on loan, of course), are some of the original sketches by Dodson regarding a certain girl's travels to a Wonderful land. Of course, he couldn't really say 'no' to a charity function up there, especially since the proceeds would go towards funding reading programs. The actual Cheshire Cat couldn't leave the kids hanging.

His performance had been a success, with the kids eating it up. He even ended, as it was planned, with him performing the cassic vanishing out leaving the grin behind, and then =poof!=

Of course, he couldn't Rabbit Hole away, with his powers still divided between him and his Doppelganger, so instead he quietly tiptoed away, invisible, and stayed that way for a good trek through the museum.

Upon reaching the room with the artefacts, he lets out some breath and becomes visible, thinking himself mostly unobserved, "Whew... man could I use a cup of coffee," the Cheshire says to himself, stretching a little and looking around the room. Pretending he didn't just, you know, wink into existence seemingly out of thin air.

Evan Demetrios has posed:
Apparently he missed Evan standing there on the other side of the glass case. Because he watches Vorpal fade into view on the opposite side of the case, and tilts his head a little bit, red eyes blinking a couple of times, "Uh, hi." He says, as he gives a little wave. Must be...Well it's clearly a superhero of some kind, so that's a bit disconcerting. If superheroes are around then villains might be too.

Terry O'Neil has posed:
An ear twitches and Vorpal quickly focuses on the source of the sound, and blinks. "Oh!" he says, "I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was here." He assumed that everybody was at the event. "Sorry. Didn't mean to.. y'know." Hand gestures. "Poof out of nowhere."

Manners are manners, so the cheshire pads forward and holds out his hand, "Name's Vorpal... are you here to look at Diana's old knicknacks?" he grins, gesturing to the Themysciran artefacts with a mischievous look.

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Oh uh...I mean, not..Kinda.." He hasn't ever really just /talked/ with a superhero before, after all. Though he's definitely seen this guy on the news before, and on Hero Watch, "I was just..Recently made very curious about Greek artifacts and some of their gods and monsters.." He muses, "So I was just looking for info besides stuff you can get on the internet.."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Oh! A fellow mythophile, eh?" He pauses, and frowns. "Wait. Is that a word? I feel it should be a word, but what if it isn't? Then again I can always pull a Dumpty and just invent it if it doesn't."

He gestures to the artefacts. "Greek Mythology is something I am rather well-versed in. Of course... I'm nowhere near as well-versed as my friend Troia who, you know, is an Amazon. But..." he looks at a non-existent wrist watch, "I've got time to spare. Anything in particular you're interested in knowing, man whose name I don't know yet? Wait. I'm being annoying, aren't I? You probably haven't told me your name because you want me to buzz off and let you browse in peace. When I've been... the cat for too long, I can get a little..." he wiggles his hand, "self-absorbed. So, should I vamoose?"

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Oh, right. Rude. Evan. Evan Demetrios." He offers his right hand without thinking about it, which should give Vorpal a good look at the silver bracelet with the yellow gem in it on his arm.

"And yeah I uh, well. I'm looking for info about a specific uh...Well I guess you could call them villains from what I've seen so far." He rubs the back of his head a bit, and then brushes his hair out of his eyes, "Typhon and the Nemean Lion."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Evan. Nice to meet you, Evan- you can also call me Terry." He glances at the bracelet as he shakes the hand, "Nice bracelet, by the by! So... the Nemean Lion."

He hmms, "I don't know much about the lion outside of what you can find out from a perusal of the encyclopedia. Golden hide impervious to harm, terrorized Nemea. Claws sharper than swords. Brother of the dragon who guarded the garden of the Hesperides... and killed by Herakles, who wore his hide as armor afterwards. That's pretty much where it ends..."

He holds a hand up, and an illusory depiction of the snake-footed, winged Typhon orbits his hand. "Typhon, though, now that one's a juicy one. One of the deadliest creatures in the ancient world, according to some. Father of a whole gaggle of monsters. Cheeky bugger actually tried to overthrow Zeus, which is ten out of ten for confidence, but minus several thousand points for good thinking, right? He's supposedly buried under Mount Etna. But I don't know if that's true... I guess I could ask Troia!"

He takes out his cell phone and starts sending a text.

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Oh uh. Hm." Evan considers a little bit as Terry reads off a bunch of info seemingly from memory, as he looks at the illusion presented before him, "So how much of that is true though?" He asks, "I mean people thought Amazons were just myth for a long time until they showed up and proved they weren't. Same for Atlantis." He pulls out his phone and makes a note about Typhon being on the outs with Zeus though, "So Typhon was one of the big bads from Greek mythos, huh?"

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Good question- smart queston, in fact. A lot of stuff that we know today has been distorted by thousands of years of oral tradition, propaganda-- I mean, just look at the Roman propaganda that Caesar pumped out about the Gauls to make his troops /not/ look like murdering fuckwits! But fortunately... let's see..." he waits for a few minutes, and then he gets an answer, "Must be back from the Mariana Trench! So Troia says that the last thing she heard, Typhon was in Tartarus. Of course, that could have changed at any point."

He pockets his phone- he actually is wearing a vest with heart-shaped buttons over his tights, to complement the Wonderland look. "Yeah Typhon was pretty much a big bad. Not /the/ big bad, but he was definitely the cause of a lot of things going wrong in ancient Greece... I guess that everything bad that Zeus /didn't/ cause from getting horny, Typhon did." He chuckles. "So... what inspired the mythology binge? Reconnecting to your roots?" he says, raising an eyebrow, obviously meaning the last name, which is very Greek.

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Yeah you could say that.." He muses, for a moment, "So this is probably not something to just randomly throw out to someone I just met, but I just recently found out I was adopted and this info got me thinking about my history. You're right about the Greek part, though." He puts his phone away, and then looks at the bracelet, "Just trying to piece some things together."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Oh. I sort of know how that goes, in a way. I wanted to find out who my father was, and I ended up finding out... well." He gestures to his body, "I found about a whole different part of my inheritance. So... definitely a mood. But why are you starting with the myth and not... you know, the history? I'd imagine you'd go on a backpack trip across Greece, that sort of thing."

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Oh..Well I've done that a few times too!" He says, "My aunt is an archeologist, she's taken me with her on digs a few times." He actually seems pretty proud about that fact, "But I guess things have come up recently that made me consider learning stuff about more, you know...Obscure information."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Oh, cool! One of my friend's mom is an archeologist, too. She works with Wonder Woman... I think she's does some of the outreach for Themysciran exhibits in different museums. She might have done stuff for this."

He raises an eyebrow, "Obscure information. That sounds... interesting." He glances around to make sure nobody was listening in. Also to make sure that there were no suspicious green bugs in the room. You never knew. Doppelgangers. "What sort of obscure are we talking about? Dyonisian mysteries? Or more on the side, you know, trivia? You know, how many peopel did Zeus accost while in the form of a swan, that sort of thing."

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Well I mean...Knowing Zeus' personal count is probably an interesting tidbit but I was thinking more, well.." He takes a look around. He knows this guy is a hero, and heroes are really good about discretion, most of the time, right?

"If you weren't here as literally the Cheshire Cat I'd probably think telling you this was crazy but uh...If you promise to keep it secret I'll tell you what I know so far."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"I know I may grin like the Joker, but I can assure you I'm one of the good guys," Vorpal jokes, and holds out a pinky, "I pinky swear that I will keep your secret secret. There's a few Titans who don't have a public identity, and you don't hear me yakkin' about the fact that Robin is really Justin Bieber."

He's totally joking, of course. Justin Bieber is capable of smiling. "You can trust me. Just think: If Alice had paid attention to my advice, she would have saved herself a lot of headaches."

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"That doesn't make any sense, Justin Beiber can't sing, why would he pick the callsign of a songbird?"

Jokes aside, Evan pulls his sleeve back so Vorpal can see the bracelet again, "I am, well...One of Typhon's kids. But I don't want to run around being a smashy monster. This thing kinda...Keeps it contained."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Ah..." the Cheshire's eyebrows raise again, and he leans over to look at the bracelet. "I see. So your father was a mythical creature, and you are able to turn into... a different shape. But you can't indulge too much in it because it could be catastrophic. It's like I'm looking in a mirror."

He look up, green eyes sparkling. "And since you were asking about the Nemean lion... I am going to go out on a limb- call the fire department- and I'm gonna guess that..." he tilts his head, "that mane of hair you've got actually turns into a /real/ mane? Am I close?"

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"Got it in one. I'm guessing this is probably a kind of familiar story." He says, brushing his hair back again, force of habit really, "It actually feels kinda good to tell somebody. The only person who knew was my aunt.." He taps the bracelet, "She's the one who gave me this after I changed in the first place, but she doesn't really know much about it...That's why I was looking for more info."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"I see. Then you are looking in the wrong spot for this type of information." The Cheshire cat crosses his arms over his chest and nods, "Because that thing you've got there may be as old as these trinkets, but it's clearly been kept out of circulation of the dusty museum world." He scratches his chin, "I am thinking that I should get you in contact with some ancient Greeks. Literally. Someone might be able to unearth some knowledge... Themyscira has a wealth of knowledge and manuscripts that have been lost to the world for millennia. And I do think Diana would very much like to know that a son of Typhon is interested in /not/ turning into a ragy monster. She usually appreciates things like that!" the Cheshire smiles brightly, and then pauses. "... I admit I am curious to see your transformation!"

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"I mean, is that the kinda thing I should do in public?" He asks, looking around. Though he considers, "I mean I've looked up to her for a while, getting to meet her would be crazy." He says, "I uh, well. I guess I can show you though, it's pretty quiet in here at the moment. Hopefully nobody'll freak out. Maybe I can pretend I'm an exhibit if someone stumbles in."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"Superhero Identities 101: If you don't want your secret identity to get blown, don't transform in public." The Cheshire grin and points to one of the corners, where security cameras are in place. "Probably not a good idea to put on the fur if you don't want it to be vox populi by the end of the day. So I have a suggestion: How about you meet me, say, at the Themysciran Embassy sometime tomorrow or Saturday? I can't guarantee Diana will be available but Troia could be. We can arrange a demonstration of your transformation, and then see if they can help you find out about that fancy bling?" He gestures towards the bracelet.

"What do you think? Plan?"

Evan Demetrios has posed:
"That sounds like a much safer plan." Especially since when he's transformed the monster instincts are a lot harder to control. Having an Amazon or two around might not hurt, "Should I tell them you're expecting me when I go in? I've never been in an embasy before so I don't know what the protocol is.." He thinks for a second, "Maybe I'll just wait outside. I think that'll be safer." He pulls his phone out and makes another note on it, "Alright well I'll be there, you can count on it!" For now he's going to go, that way he can make plans. Shouldn't be too hard to get there.