5059/Hank Smash

Hank Smash
Date of Scene:	06 February 2021
Location:	Pym's Mobile Lab
Synopsis:	Plans are laid for the Microverse. Road trip!
Cast of Characters:	Hank Pym, Bruce Banner, Wally West

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Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym looks over his whiteboard and frowns. "I'm a particle physicist but even I am having trouble here..." He looks around hurriedly to make sure Nadia or worse, Reed Richards heard that. He looks over the board yet again. No ideas present themselves to solve his current problem. He looks at the the regulator cuff on his wrist and scowls. "You traitor! All you had to do was tap the tau variant Pym Particles from the Microverse and keep me healthy! You had one job."

Bruce Banner has posed:
A moment later Banner walks in and looks around the room. He considers what is going on and then comments,"You wanted to see me Hank?" At least he didn't see or hear whatever Hank was going through the moment before. Maybe he didn't look over his shoulder before he came in...maybe he did. It's hard to be sure.

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym gives a little jump. An ant sticks its head in a door way, gnashing mandibles until Hank sees Bruce and waves it away. Hurriedly. "Hey Bruce. I was having a problem with a rare type of Pym Particle my accumulator doesn't seem to be working right. I was hoping to brainstorm... how are you feeling?" Fair question, right? He indicates the whiteboard. Treis not to look worried.

Bruce Banner has posed:
The appearance of the any doesn't surprise him anymore and Bruce manages a tight smile. He shakes his head as the critter moves on. He turns his attention to Hank again and replies,"I am doing well enough. I found a clinic that occupies some of my attention. Usually that helps more than sitting in a room trying to not think about it." he admits.

He follows the indication to the whiteboard and he frowns curiously. He walks over to the board and starts to read it thoughtfully. One hand raises to point and slide in indication of bonds and he mutters to himself as he chases them. Yup, the scientist in him is intrigued and so he starts to fall into the problem at hand.

Wally West has posed:
Wally is on business at the moment. He has a delivery of something in a chilled container. This is in and of itself not unusual -- he does medical deliveries after all -- but usually they are chilled with ice or dry ice at the coldest not LIQUID HELIUM. If captain cold were going to spring a trap on him, it might well start like this. What could possibly need that level of cooling? Then again, it was for Dr. Hank Pym so it could probably be anything.

The Pym Mobile Lab is of course a familiar destination to West Deliveries Inc. Bizzare substances with halflives measured in minutes are the sort of things that these rich science types often work with.

"Delivery for a Doctor Pym. One ultra cold container right here." He sees the whiteboard and pauses for a moment. "I don't know if you are on the verge of discovering something ... but my arm is on the verge of freezing so sooner rather than later please."

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym looks up at the new arrival, "Settle in Bruce, while deal wit a delivery... should I tip him?" An ant comes over to take the cooler, while Hank signs for delivery and includes a tip. The ant hesitates a moment until Hank gives it a look. Then it grabs the container and runs off to store it. 'Thanks for running that out. I need it for couple of projects. Uhm, this is my colleague, Doctor Bruce Banner. Bruce, this is Flash."

Bruce Banner has posed:
The sound of conversing catches the edges of Bruce's attention and he lightly marks something on the board next to Hank's work,"If he delivered in a timely manner." he mutters and turns his head to the side to study something else.

Somewhere in the recesses of his mind the rest of Hank's comment clicks and he pauses. Turning away from the board he takes a moment to study the new arrival a moment and he nods finally,"I have heard of you. It's good to meet you." he finally manages. The board isn't forgotten yet and he turns enough to almost be social as well,"Your decay is too fast." he comments to Hank,"Half life issues."

Wally West has posed:
"Hello Doctor Banner -- please just call me Wally (Its a long story) . I have heard of you too, and it is good to meet you too." Wally offers his hand to shake.

He is aware that The Hulk is supposed to be under house arrest, but he isn't the sort to narc (in this case). Partially out of basic human decency of not assuming someone is up to no good without evidence, and partly because he (perhaps erroneously) thinks he has little to fear from the hulk.

"I would offer my expertese, but I am mostly a Mat-Sci guy. This particle physics is beyond the survey course I took in college."

Bruce Banner has posed:
The offered hand is accepted into a shake. Banner is a little awkward at most anything, but he does at least have a mostly manly handshake,"Hopefully you haven't heard too much about me. I wish I could say it was all a work of fiction."

He looks back towards the board again. Nobody fears Bruce Banner. Everyone underestimates the monster within...until they see it up close. Still, he is a far cry from the monster currently as he makes notes on the board before them.

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym says, "This all refers to so-called Pym particles (not what I wanted to call 'em). I am seeking a group of fast-moving and elusive particles in the Microverse for a regulator." He looks back at the whiteboard. "So the solution is to capture a bunch more of these elusive little mother flowers in the Mocroverse to offset the loss, until I can lick the half life problem." His eyes slowly roll around to Flash.

"Hmmm. could you gentlemen spare an hour or two?"

Wally West has posed:
"What is too much? I mostly just know what I have read in the papers, but if they got something wrong or they left something out, I might not know." Of course the guy who can make a Tokyo-London delivery in 5 minutes doesn't think he has to fear getting smashed.

Micro verse? Wally can spare an hour or two to find out more about that. He has of course heard a little about that, but only vaguely that there are worlds within particles and little else. "Sure -- I'm game. What should I expect? Dragons? Squids? Sentient furniture?"

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym starts laughing. "Thanks. By a coincidence the place that has these zipping about is about as peaceful a place as you could hope for. We can even bring you, Bruce. You're technically not leaving the grounds and nothing to set you... or me off. Well Mr. Flash, I insist on paying you. I have some squared away and this is technically paid in part by the Initiative. Are you ready gentlemen?" He grabs a sensor and what looks like a lightsaber butterfly net hybrid.

Bruce Banner has posed:
"I have nowhere to be." Banner replies and continues to study the board,"I'm not in the rotation at the clinic tonight." There is a nod and an absent wave as Hank talks about the peaceful place and not techincally leaving the grounds. Science nerds. What can you do?

Wally West has posed:
"Well that is kind of borr -- you know what? Boring is fine." He smiles "Yeah I am in. I am also not going to say no to money if you insist." Wally is not exactly doing poorly -- a signifigant advantage of living in the middle of nowhere in Kansas -- but like most people a little more money wouldn't do him any harm.

"Say, Doctor Banner. How are you holding up with the house arrest? It sounds rough." Wally cant imagine being stuck in a place as small as a house for an extended period of time. (Being asked to not cross state lines is already tough enough to handle when it happens.)