5419/Movie and Dinner.

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Movie and Dinner.
Date of Scene: 02 March 2021
Location: Giorgio's Pizzeria - St. Martin's Island
Synopsis: What does big feet mean?
Cast of Characters: Bart Allen, Madigan Belle




Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen pickes up, Madigan for the movie, figuring a fun actiony movie would work since no cheesy horror one out currently. They spend time there, and after words, he says "A friend told me about this Pizza place, food is supposed to be amazing, and a cool place. Once they get there he will hold the door open for her. "After you."

Madigan Belle has posed:
The movie theater is a bit of a mess for Madigan as it takes her a little longer to get up those inclined areas to get to the theater. Then once in the seat she's a happy camper, getting back out required help from Bart, as she had mentioned in their last meeting. It'd be easy to see if she'd gone by herself she'd definitely have a hard time getting out of the seat on her own. Then back out. While at the theater, she grabbed a half-dozen variations of candy from the concession stand, since she isn't taking her backpack with her right now. She does have a small purse that has some emergency power bars in them, but not a lot of food for her.

To the pizza place! "That was a cool movie, action is awesome. I love the fighting. And Milla Jovovich is still pretty damn hot." She has on a mini-skirt which doesn't really impede her walking anymore than she's normally impeded, and though she brought a coat for if it gets cold, she has been trying not to wear it most of the night. Going inside, though, she looks around for a place to sit and heads that way immediately expecting that Bart can go and order pizza after.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen will help her when ever she needs help, and will make sure she has a place to sit before going to make their order. He is gone for just a few moments, and when he comes back, he has a little sign with a number on it and a small basket with tokens in it. He grins and has a seat across from her "Got a large works, a large meat lovers, and a medium veggie." He tells her. It seems he does not skimp on making sure they get food.

Madigan Belle has posed:
The basket comes back with tokens and Madi smiles at it before shaking her head, "I should probably eat first before playing. Though, I think we'll just end up destroying the game systems. Oooh, if they have one of those arcade shooters, like the Terminator games, with the fake guns, or whatever, we could totally rock those coop. Right? I like versus, but I'm afraid of hurting your ego." Sticking out her tongue, just a little, and making her teeth come down it has her showing off just the tip of her tongue in her way before she slips it back into her mouth. "Is the medium veggie ... yours?" She questions a little, the only one that stands out as different, but she tilts her head, "So, like, movie and dinner. I like the order. Do you think that the other way is better so a woman doesn't feel as trapped to stick around? Or more this way, that way there's something to talk about for the rest of the date if the people aren't that interesting?"

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen grins and says "A friend suggested it for the whole something to talk about, and that way been around each other a bit longer so a little less stress." He offers her with a smile and honesty. As for the veggie, was not sure what type you liked so figured a variety of choices." He nods, and says "Maye a shooter, or something like the old golden axe, or maybe Heroes 8, something where we work as a team."

Madigan Belle has posed:
With a quirk of her mouth to the side, Madi takes the answer seriously, "Interesting. I didn't do any questions to friends. I don't have many friends. I mean, that's not true, I guess I have a lot of friends. Just, people who are friendly, right, not people I'd necessarily say ... trust with my life. But who can you trust with your life, you really should be quite guarded with that." A pause as she grins big and then chuckles a little, "That was a long stream of thoughts, I tend to do that. Some people like it, I guess, it makes me ... 'social'" She bunny ears that with her fingers, "What else did you ask your friend about? I'm curious. I just sort of went online and bought some mixed casual but ... nice? clothes."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen grins and will munch on a bread stick as it and their drinks are brought over. He gets her the same drink she had at the arcade. "Not much, just went to him, and asked him for suggestions on a good place to eat, and a little on the whole clothes thing. He and his boyfriend are a cute couple and seem to be doing the whole relationship thing well, so figured was a good one to talk to."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Yeah. It's okay." Offers Madi and then looks over at Bart a bit more, quirking her mouth back and forth as she looks over what she can see above the table. "I mean, nice, I guess. I like the geekiness of the shoes, the shirt is kind of okay. You already have a nice athletic frame, but you aren't like, big and burly. Which is also okay." A shrug of her shoulders before she adds, "Really though, I accepted not because of your looks. Which aren't bad, just... not what I'm normally into, you know? I like your eyes the best, though, they are strange. Make for some good solid interest, for sure. I like things with more punch to them, stands out, bam. Like, in your face. Bright colors, kind of things." And she grins, "But more importantly, I like the fact that you are fast. It means I don't have to slow down. At least, not beyond comprehension, but I am sure that I could keep up multiple conversations with you around, friends, other people, and you'd be fine to both pay attention to me as well as the other people, without skipping a beat. Not a lot can say that."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen nods, his head a bit and says "I won't deny you being fast is an added interest, someone who I can talk to about things like when your taking a test in class, having to find the sweet spot to be done and not be done so quick they think your cheating somehow." He offers her a smile "Not like I need the speed for most test, once I see something I don't forget it so most school tests are a cake walk. Plus your smart, hot, and all that, What else could I ask for?"

Madigan Belle has posed:
There's a bit of a scoffish laugh as Madi smirks, "I knew you'd like me. I'm like, perfect. Right? Nothing is wrong with me." She offers before laughing a little, and shaking her head, "Just saying. Looks wise, being a girl is so much easier. Bonus, I have that needing help thing. Which a lot of guys dig, cause they can be the 'hero' for me like, all the time. It works." She takes in a big pull from her soda, thinking as she hrmmmms, "That's one of the nice things about genetics. It isn't so much what you can remember, it's actually very simple, like having an alphabet with only a few characters but a super complex context and grammatical structure. You have to be able to apply the known information otherwise you can't really call yourself a geneticist. That's why it is so much less boring than Chemistry." A pause and she furrows her brows and her mouth pulls together a little as she thinks about something, "You artificially slowed yourself down for tests?"

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen holds out his hand and makes a so so motion. "I read through it and could have had it done in a second or two max, but if I am not wanting to let people know I can run across water or learn to play the guitar in 1 minute top, I would have to answer a question and then count to like a thousand and answer the next one. I mean if I am wanting to live a normal life, people knowing I could do it, would make it harder."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Do you want a normal life? That seems... impossible." Madi mentions and quirks her mouth to the side, "And also ... incredibly dull. I mean, you have an ability to do the things you do. I'd be running all over the place, all the time, if I could. I did mostly remote learning, and then they learned that I was super smart, so when that happened I leap frogged a lot of grades, then private classes, then college, now graduate work. No one is going to tell me to slow down. Not one person, not ever." She offers and shakes her head a little bit, and then adds, "I mean, you aren't the only person out there with ... powers, it isn't even that far from 'normal'. Think about all the others probably hiding and making it seem strange, or not normal. Because, in part, people want a 'normal life'."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen looks to her, and says "Yea, I can run around and go to all the places, and I still can , but if I don't let others know I can do it, there is more freedom to it. And I know there are others out there, heck even one of the Flashes has went public with their Identity. I normally try to keep normal when out and about, it does give me another challenge doing things at that pace, sorta like playing the game on hard mode."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Ahhhh." Madi mentions and nods her head, she smiles, "And thus the answer to the riddle. Why you started playing the games without your powers. They just need to start making video games for us." Offers the red head as she tilts her head to the side, she squints as she looks across the table, "Alright. So, like, this place. Explodes. Only way for you to save everyone is to reveal to them all of your powers. You A) save as many people as you can't without revealing it is you. B) You save everyone. C) You save no one. Or, say, just you and your cute date?"

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen looks to her, and without missing a beat, he says "I get you out and safe, and then I kick it into overdrive, and get everyone else out so all they see is a blur, and once they are all out, I head over to you and pretend I don't know how we got out there either."

Madigan Belle has posed:
There's a shake of her head, as Madi chuckles a little, "That's -not- how hypothetical situations work." She offers and then makes a note, "You can't just 'win' every time, and do what you want. For instance, a person could be just a bit faster than normal and maybe make out who the blur was, and where they stopped. I could see you, and what if I was interested in exposing you? Right?" She hrms and then thinks again, "But - I do like the fact that you'd get me out first."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen smiles at her, and says "Well that what I would try to do, and if someone saw me, I would have to deal with that when it comes to it." He smiles as the food is brought over, and says "I might would have to watch it more here, as was told they do get some superheroes here at times."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"You mentioned the Flashes. You have a kind of similar profile, from what I've heard, to them. I mean, in terms of what you can do." Madi comments, and then shrugs a little, "Do you know them or something? I'm not sure how all of this works, which is why studying genetics is so useful." Food arrives, and her eyes get bigger, she smiles at it, and then grabs at a piece, and starts eating it. Easily distracted by food.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen smiles and eats a bit with her, and says "They are my favorite ones." He offers her that bit, and then says "So what got you into Genetics in the first place, I can tell you really enjoy it. You planning on working for Star Labs or one of the big name places?"

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Eww, yuck no." Is Madi's response to the idea of working at STAR Labs and then she lets her eyes widen a bit, "I did -not- mean for it to come out that adverse. Genetics is harder than Chemistry, that's one thing that's a win. My parents really couldn't master it, and already I'm doing better than they ever did. And what kid doesn't want to defeat their parents at their own expertise? And then, in my family I'm the first person to get a Ph.D in Genetics, well, more specific, but yeah. They're all chemists, or no real college at all."

A more wistful pause as she leans forward, quirking her mouth to the side, using her elbows to rest on the table and help her lean, "The mysteries of space, the ocean, these are all just a matter of time. Get there, see it, take notes, be done. It doesn't matter. It will complete itself. But - genetics. When you think about what types of people exist. When you think about what they can do? Learning that, learning how they do it, that's a story that won't stop when those answers show up, we'll just get more questions to research, more genes to discover, more things to do. And I hate being bored, so like, bingo, win win."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen grins and says "I can see it, I find a lot of experimenting with the speed, ,and then the whole getting to help the animals, so I am enjoying " He grins and says "And when no one is looking I can get it all done in just a few minutes, and spend time petting and playing with the animals." He smiles a bit and says "My grandfather always stressed the importance of Science, so I try to have at least passing knowledge of a few sciences.

Madigan Belle has posed:
"I think it is one thing to like science, to know it, to trust it, to work through it, and a whole other thing to live by it." Madi offers as she quirks her mouth to the side a bit, then raises up one of her arms to let her chin settle on her uplifted hand. "Speed, if you are fast, science would say use that. All the time. Like, all the time all the time. You know? I get it. People are afraid, and they should be, but if you don't use it all the time, you are helping them stay afraid." Then she smirks, and shakes her head, "Don't listen to me. You do you, whatever that is, I just... if I could go fast. Like that. I don't think I'd stop. Ever. And who knows, maybe that's why I can't?"

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen looks over and says "It could be, cause you have to think if your going fast all the time, your limiting yourself to being able to talk to what a dozen maybe two dozen in the world? You said you like people and talking to them. At speed, I would be able to talk to a couple speedster superheros, and a guy I met who delivers packages in New York. Now I would get to add you to that number which is a nice addition, but still would be missing a lot of people. I would not get to talk to my best friends, would be like old fashion mail from them, and instant messages from me.

Madigan Belle has posed:
There's a quirk of her mouth to the side, the true sign that she's thinking, and Madi questions, "Well, what if that weren't the case? What if more people were fast enough? Not as fast, but fast enough?" She questions and then shrugs a little bit, "It isn't impossible. There are mutants, metas, supers, technology, there's a lot of things that are developing all at once. And if I could do them faster, I could get there. Inevitability. It may be rare now, but in 5 years? 10?" Madi shakes her head a little bit at that, "I mean, I am just saying. Like, genetics, it is converging. The more we learn about things, it has peripheral exponential growth. Today it may seem impossible, and tomorrow it happens because we learn just enough more about each piece, that we understand the associated genes. Then Bam. Everyone is running fast, flying, shooting lasers from their eyes. You know? What a world would that be, huh?"

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen shakes his head and says "Na, I mean there will get to a point where there are others, but If I went at full out, still would say less than a thousand on earth who could keep up with me." He says this as if he knows this more than thinks it "Now maybe on other planets, like a whole world of speedsters, but not sure if that would work to be honest. It maybe the more speedster we have the slower we all go, drawing from one power source."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Genes will find a way. Once life changes, to account for something, and then there's pressure. It resolves." Madi says in response, "It doesn't matter what it is, it will resolve. Some will go faster, others not, and then more will go faster, and some will slow down to get tougher, or smarter, or something else." And she smiles a bit at that, "That's why genetics is so important. Everyday it is like there's brand new, mega important genes, just sort of being introduced into our world view. If we had machines designed for people like... you and me, we could analyze it, learn from it, use it. Knowledge isn't meant to be kept, it is meant to be shared." She takes up another slice of pizza and chomps down a few bites from it and sighs out, smiling, "Sorry. I know we just watched a great movie and all, I just. I feel like I am 2000 years down the road dealing with stone age tools. Waiting ... it is so annoying."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen gives her a very knowing smile and says "You have no idea." He munches a bit of his pizza, and says "I might be able to help with that maybe show you a trick or two, but would have to see if your powers work the same as mine. It is interesting power wise, that you can't speed run. " He stops and says "It does not upset you to talk about that does it?"

Madigan Belle has posed:
There is a bit of a squint, curious look, with her brow furrowing just a smidge before Madi smiles, "Help with tools?" She clarifies, and then offers you a tiny shrug and shakes her head, "Nope. It is an observational fact. I can't run. I lack the nervous system support in my legs to do much more than keep blood flowing to my legs and have sensation. Thankfully, whatever is working on my body also helps to keep my legs fit enough they don't atrophy." And she tilts her head to the side a little and then levels it up straight, "Works the same way as yours? That's... interesting."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen nods, and says "I mean like If I was to not be able to move my legs, but move my hips still like you do I would still be able to move fast, maybe not break the sound barrier,maybe I could but am pretty sure, I would still be able to outrun any car, even with the way you have to walk." He hmms in thought and says "I might be able to show you how to make a laptop work at speed overclock. It takes some work, but If you look at something." He hmms and looks around and if off in a flash, playing skee ball at amazing speeds, where others just see a blur if that. He gets some tickets, turns them in and comes back with two small plastic boxes and sets them on the table "Ok, going to show ya something ok?"

Madigan Belle has posed:
Freeze frame. Everyone else stops for a moment, while Bart is playing Skee Ball. Madigan turns her head, quickly, enough that even in her super slo-mo perception she's moving at basically normal speed. She watches him play and see what he's doing, then he comes zipping back. She looks at him, "I get it. You think that I could waddle faster, and that makes no sense to you. Certain parts of the body are not meant to go super faster. If I were to swing at speed, I'd just rotate my body, it's also a matter of force, and weight distribution. Physics still works." Madigan offers, "And in part, the reduction in my nervous system extends all the way up through my lower spine, which controls walking, the fact that I can even do what I do... is probably a low likelihood." A bit of a shrug as she looks at the plastic boxes, and then she quirks her mouth to the side. "I'm fine with you showing me stuff. I'm also okay with ... who I am. I'm better than most. I can move my arms and hands super fast, my senses are pretty enhanced, ya know. It's something."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen nods, and offers her a smile and says "Ok, I want you to open and close your plastic box here at speed, and I will do the same at normal speed. Count how many times you open and close it. I would be willing to bet we get within ten percent or so of the same number. Which means, when we use our speed, we are lending our speed at least in the smallest manor to the object, if not should it not break a lot quicker?

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Okay." And then Madigan is moving her arms forward, she's going. As fast as she can, and within a moment or two her plastic box is breaking. In fact, it actually heated up from the motion she was making so quickly as to melt on the bending points until finally breaking. "Uh, so, like 30?" She offers, it was really fast. Things breaking down much more quickly than what you will find yours breaks down in 'normal' time. But, she's fast, and on top of that she even causes small air movements around her arms and hands, though thankfully she's mostly just moving her hands and fingers so she doesn't cause a big kerfluffle.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen does make sure he is blocking the view from others in the place, it seems to almost be habit with him. He starts to do the same and at 30 normal speed there is maybe a little damage to the box but not much. He then moves into super speed, and probably gets closer to a hundred or hundred and fifty. He lets her see his which while warm is not as hot as hers "Ok, it seems your speed and mine may work differently." He seems a bit confused on that one.

Madigan Belle has posed:
"That's... odd." Madigan watches as Bart does his thing and is getting much further along. She inspects the box that he has and feels it, she is looking at it, takes even a sniff of it, before pulling back. "Yours is barely warm, not even losing many particles into the air." She squints, and quirks her mouth back and forth, "Do you generate some kind of field that absorbs the energy that you are putting into the environment around you from your motion? Like, something that is super volatile, energy goes to the path of least resistance. That would be... somehow unrelated to... speed. Itself."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen shakes his head, and says "More like the energy that allows me to move at speed, when I am using something, some of that speed is sent into the object so for it, it is just like normal use, unless I am specifically trying not to. I mean I can do the whole open close like that or open close to cause a break like yours did at super speed. I am not sure how it works, but it is more innate that something I am thinking about."

Madigan Belle has posed:
There's a quirk of her mouth back and forth, as Madi thinks some more, its enough lip movement to cause her nose to wiggle a little. She wonders, "Do you have super great sight? Super sensitive touch? Smell, taste? You know, like, I can smell you. From here, and not like, I mean, cause you smell bad or something. But like, I can pick up on the fact that it's you, and not some other guy sitting across from me." A bit of a furrowed brow, as she shrugs a little bit, "I mean, I don't really talk about my ... abilities often. I'm super smart, and fast, in ways, but like, there're things that are way weirder than that."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen shakes his head, and says "Nope, I am just super fast, I am smart, but not like super smart, just at times may seem it to others cause I can think it through faster, but most of my friends, probably tell you I am super goofy." He will smile a bit at the nose wiggle. "I don't think any superior senses, other than noticing stuff, because of memory and if I am paying attention I can study it quickly. Sorta like that TV show Psych."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Huh." And Madigan sort of sits back in her chair and seems confused. It is an odd look on her, she isn't being goofy, or otherwise cheerful, or moving ahead in the conversation. She just sits back, her eyes kind of shake a little, but at your speed you can notice they are sort of moving back and forth, looking around. Maybe at you, maybe past, maybe at just 'variations' of the world. Then she wonders, "So, you can move super fast AND extend your ability to do so to other objects. By choice. Innately, as it were. Like ... a quantum bubble. We both have super fast metabolisms, I'd of thought that a byproduct of the same ... thing. Do you know what genes are different with you than a baseline human? Do you have more, what biological differences do you have outside of the color of your eyes? Anything else... unexpected?"

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen shrugs a bit and says "Not that I can think of, at least not out of the norm." He puts a foot up on one of the other chairs "I mean I got big feet, specially for my height, " He wears a size 15, "But it is not out of the ordinary, I don't have to buy clown shoes or anything. I heal fast but not like regeneration or anything just like a side of the super speed metabolism. I do have other speedsters in my linage, I mean, some may consider me a mutant, but I never thought about it like that specially since I have had my speed since birth."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Since birth?" Madigan catches on to that bit of information, and she questions, leaning in, "Do you know if others... gained it later? An experiment? Purposeful, accidental? Were they all not born with it." Though she does look over at the feet and laughs lightly, smiling a bit, "Is that supposed to impress me, you know there's no connection between size of feet and... well, other sizes of things. Well, your height, I mean, there is some connection there, associated genes play off of those two, but not other ... things."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen 's brow raises a bit and says "Other things?" Seems he has not caught that old legend. "Well, most of the rest of the people I know of it, either got it by accident, well there was another, that got access to it by a mental exercise but to be honest, I never quite understood it but it works. " He puts his foot back down to to the floor looking down at it wondering what she meant "I think you would say with mine most I know if they got it via an accident, then their descendants would get it either at birth or sometime in their life."

Madigan Belle has posed:
With the raised brow, Madi just shakes her head, "Look it up later on the internet." She offers, and then smirks before she hmmmms, "Well, there could be some kind of epigenetic effect happening. Though our speeds are different kinds of things. Where you are able to extend some kind of... safety net, to other stuff that you are interacting with. That means there is something that is allowing you to sort of... work around, normal limitations of physics." She shrugs a bit and then smiles, "I'd totally be interested in looking at your genes. At some point, probably not the thing most people would be comfortable with so early on in us knowing one another."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen hmms and says "Well, we might be able to do that, might be able to get a friend to let us use a lab or something to let you look at them." Seems his instict is to make sure it is in a controlled place." Yea like when I carried you home if I carry someone else, and I try to let them they can see things going by, but normally is just a blur for them, but they don't get wind burnt or anything.

Madigan Belle has posed:
There's a hrm, and Madigan wonders, "So, are you like, more durable because you run fast? Since you have this whole... super speed thing. I mean, I am. My skin is pretty tough, not like... crazy tough, but pretty tough, you know? It doesn't get wind burnt, either." She offers but then adds, "I have... damaged clothes before, but most of the time I'm not moving a lot of me very quickly through a large amount of air or anything like that." And she nods her head, "I mean, if we can get a lab, and study your genetics. That'd be amazing. I'm sure I could figure this out."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen makes a so-so motion with his hand "At speeds, perhaps somewhat, but like if you picked up a knife and stabbed at me, if you hit me I would bleed like normal, hence I don't let people stab me."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"Innnnnteresting." Madi says and nods her head a few times, "It looks like you are avoiding... physics. I mean, you aren't, something else is doing compensating for normal interruptions in what we'd think of physics. Like, warp speed. Right? It is faster than light speed travel, but it isn't. Not really. It is moving space around the ship as it moves, still, at a high velocity. The ship isn't moving any faster than light. It is using a work around." And she opens her eyes up a bit more, "You are like, totally, doing some kind of warp speed stuff. That'd be... neat to figure out. I mean, at the end of the day, it could be magic but I think that's even a thing that could be figured out. I met a demon recently, talked to me a little bit about magic."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen 's brow raises a bit and says "You should be careful around them, I mean like Blue Devil is ok, but I don't think he is a real demon. I don't really know anything about magic, don't think it would work well with speed, I have always been more a tech kid, heck I don't even play wizards well in DnD.

Madigan Belle has posed:
There's a shake of her head that makes her red locks kind of bounce about her face, and Madi smiles across the table, "That isn't really how it works. I mean, technology, magic ... apparently they can kind of intermix. I still don't really think it is anything non-scientific, just mostly a different or new force of the universe that we haven't figured out how to tap with technology. Not my forte, and not really my concern. I'm more about bodies. You know? Like, the inner mystery not the extradimensional one." A pause, and she tilts her head in question, "Why do I need to be careful around them? This one seemed nice. Just, I mean, gotta give people a chance and not judge them by their racial background."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen says, "Well, there might be some that are not all, bad, but they have developed a reputation over the years for a reason. Why I said be careful, not no don't talk to them. They have always seemed sneaky when I have heard of them. If half the things said are true, caution is called for."

Madigan Belle has posed:
"That just sounds, interesting." Madi gives a little shrug and she smiles again, pulling up her phone when it buzzes pretty much the instance it does. And she hrms, quirking her mouth to the side, "My Uncle is texting. He is looking for me, I should really get back to my apartment." She offers to Bart and smiles, "Hey, I had a good time. Bad movie, ate some food, and got to talk about genetics."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen offers her a smile, and nods his head "Hopefully, we can do it again, and if you want, I can give you a ride back home, so you don't have to take as long getting back." He offers her.