5585/Aftermath at the Tower

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Aftermath at the Tower
Date of Scene: 14 March 2021
Location: Labs - Titan's Tower
Synopsis: Irina wakes up. Friends discuss the future.
Cast of Characters: Gwen Stacy, Heather Danielson, Irina-As17




Gwen Stacy has posed:
After all the commotion yesterday by the tower today is quite the calm day to contrast with it. Repairs have started on the tower where some of the attacks had hit, along with the turrets. But that was not a job for Gwen. Nope. Hers was to look over their patient, Irina. Currently the raccoon girl was lying on a bed at the labs, asleep. Weird enough some of the traces of her mutations were gone, leaving her a rather normal girl.

Gwen was in her Ghost Spider suit even if the hood was down and the mask off, revealing her face while she sat on a bench, looking a sample of blood under the microscope and muttering to her. She lets out a sigh and leans back. "Need to figure out to stabilize this..." she murmurs to herself, rubbing at the back of her neck tiredly.

Blue gaze turns worriedly to the sleeping girl again before pausing to get up to her feet and stretch.

Heather Danielson has posed:
    Of course, Heather healed herself up in minutes from her near bisecting. But she wasn't really aware and alert when her blood was used. Granted, her blood was -everywhere- out there. But she needed rest and calories after that. Rest first.. now she is up and working on her fifth giant burrito.
    She steps into the labs, washed, rested, clothed. You know... different from yesterday. "Hey there." she says with full cheeks. "How's our patient today?"

Gwen Stacy has posed:
"Hey, Heather.." Gwen turns her attention to the entrance, quirking her brow at full-cheeks-Heather, "I see you are all back up to normal already." a faint smile coming to the young geneticist's lips, eyes flickering with amusement. "Interesting choice of uh .., armor.., yesterday." the bikini armor.

The question has her look towards the bed, "Stabilized." she answers. "Using your blood we were able to counter the venom that was coursing through her, but something happened. She is either weakened or .., changing." she had yet to figure that out. "And she still has to wake up. Yet I see nothing wrong to keep her asleep." she lets out a sigh, running one hand through her blonde hair, "Irina told me she met you a while back, didn't she?" focus returning to Heather. "What did you think of her?"

Heather Danielson has posed:
    "Hey, I was in the pool when the fecal matter hit the rotary wind impeller." replies Heather. She shakes her head and shrugs, "But I've found that armor isn't exactly worth it for me. And.. oh, glad I was able to help, even if indirectly." she states before taking another bite and moving to look at Irina.
    "Well.." she says after swallowing. "The good news is that she is alive. Infinitely better than the alternative. And by the way, those were some SLICK moves yesterday." she says, her blue eyes traversing back to Gwen. "And yeah, she did. We met in the park... she had this weird idea that she needed to fight folks to find out what she was capable of. So ... after her and I made a truce, I brought her back here to help her test herself." A pause and she shrugs, "I like her. But.. she's got a rather odd outlook on life."

Gwen Stacy has posed:
The young woman grins more openly back at Heather, replying. "Not all of us can survive an hail of shots our way like you. So we gotta move fast." a wink in return before she folds her arms, listening to Heather's account on how she met with Irina. A similar tale to hers, "Yes, I found her in an alley. She did the same to me. Apparently she was being raised by some organization to become .., a hero?" but she frowns at it. "At least in her view, but it's clear their purpose is a more nefarious one. And they appear to have a small army of creature-like soldiers, like the ones they sent after us."

She shakes her head a bit to herself, "And she does." this about the outlook, "But she is getting better, or at least figuring out there's a lot she still has to figure out about life." a look back to Heather, "They wanted her to sacrifice her life by killing me, apparently they found her 'faulty' of their methods. And don't think it's the last we heard about that group. Do you think Irina can be safe here with the Titans for the time being?"

Heather Danielson has posed:
    That smiling perky face of Heather's transforms at the last part of Gwen's words. Her jawline stiffens, and her eyes go hard. "Yes. She'll be safe." she states with steel in her words. As if she can make that come true by sheer will.
    But her eyes look back to Irina and she repeats herself, "She'll be safe." she says more softly.

Gwen Stacy has posed:
"I have always been of the belief of striking first, and that might be what we need to do against that org. I wonder how many more like Irina are there in their clutches." The same kind of steel coming up to Gwen's tone while she speaks, blue gaze turning back to the sleeping girl. "It can't be allowed to continue."

She settles back down on the work bench, one slender leg up and over the other, pensive. "We should talk with the others, or at least Nightwing, and Damian. They were there. But they would need to accept her being here." she says. "I am not exactly one of the main Titan figures afterall to be able to take that call."

Heather Danielson has posed:
    "Yeah. Wish I knew where to strike. But... I'm not a soldier. I'm just a kid who tries to help out." offers Heather. She sullenly takes another bite of her burrito. The last bite for that matter.
    But then she turns to look Gwen's way. "So yeah. Let's talk to the big names in the team. But we might need to go to bat for her."

Gwen Stacy has posed:
"I followed her once." Gwen replies, gesturing towards the sleeping girl, "She went to an hideout, waited for a van and then was taken out of the city. I couldn't follow her further." she explains. "So whoever they are, they are funded, and organized. But she should have information for us to get there."

What Heather says next somewhat surprises Gwen, having her blink. "Go to bat?" she clearly isn't aware of the term. "Like .., going to the bats in Gotham?" she is perhaps a touch confused about it, not exactly knowing that saying!

"I mean, we do have two here..." Nightwing and Damian.

Heather Danielson has posed:
    Laughing, Heather shakes her head. "I'm from St Louis. Total baseball town. Go to bat for is a lot like saying.. speak up in her defense. Baseball is like religion in my home town." she states.
    But her face transformed into a bright and cheery grin as she explained that. "So yeah. That's on us there, right?"

Irina-As17 has posed:
Irina-AS17 had something different about her when Gwen gestured over, her eyes were open. They had dark marks under them, nothing like the ones she used to have, but those of tiredness and sickness. Though her body seemed to be improving. The look in them, however, was not good, they were unfocused and lost, and also deeply wounded. She was, all things considered, completely innocent towards the world, especially towards her parental figure which was the organization that had just stabbed her in the back.

Having everything you know about the world shatter all at once is a very difficult process, so she was almost catatonic for several moments, who knows how long through their talk. She silently sits up on the bed and stares down at herself, then checks her normal human nails and makes an expression that was a mixture of disgust and sadness. "Thank you..." She says with a hoarse voice, directed at the two, but left completely unspecific.

Gwen Stacy has posed:
Gwen lets out a soft laugh. "Baseball saying. No wonder I didn't know about *that* one." she never having been the baseball fan! Whatever she was going to say next gets put on hold when she spots Irina's eyes being open. She gestures to Heather. "She is waking up."

She gets up from her bench, making her way over to be on the side of the girl's bed, "Hey.." she says in a gentle manner, watching Irina. "How are you feeling?" it's perhaps an odd thing to be looking at Gwen without her mask. She is still dressed in the Ghost Spider suit, but the hood is down, along with the mask being off, showing her actual face and blonde hair.

"You shouldn't get up just yet. The venom is mostly cured, but there were side-effects..." she gesturing to the girl's more normal features.

Heather Danielson has posed:
    Turning her own head, Heather smiles. "Hey there sleepyface." she states as she moves over and leans on the side of the medical bed with one hip. "Glad to see you're still with us. We were just discussing how we might take the fight to those guys who tried to kill you." she offers as she reaches for a bottle of water, opening it and holding it towards Irina, "Thirsty?" she asks.

Irina-As17 has posed:
Irina-AS17 squinted her eyes at Gwen for a few moments, seeming confused, before she finally remembered the mask was not part of her face. She bites her lower lip very firmly, grinding into it a little bit before shaking her head. "No. The poison I didn't expect. But this is what happens...uhhh" She trails off, trying to think of a way to explain it while having very little scientific knowledge. "They can reset me. Could. Whenever they wanted. They did this many times to test different kinds of animal, uhh, genes." She says while motioning down her left arm, much like the right, it was covered in small incision scars of tissue samples. Tattooed on her left were the letters AS17.

"When I refused to detonate you I knew I was going to lose them. I just didn't expect them to try to kill me too." She says this with great difficulty, the real horror of what she thought was absolute good and purity was being brought to light way too hard. "I...I dont know if I did something right or something wrong. But I thank you two for being there for me." She takes the bottle and drinks a good half of it all in a big chug.

Gwen Stacy has posed:
"Don't worry. You are safe here now." Gwen assures the girl, even if her eyes do harden when she takes stock of those scarred arms, jaw tightening. "You are in the Titans tower." she explains, "We still have to talk with the others, but you should be able to stay and rest." she informs the girl. She reaches to take the girl's hand to look more carefully at the incisions, thoughtful.

"They are fully gone then? Nothing remains?" She asks about it. "It might be for the best too." she states, glancing up at Heather, "Maybe you'd have the chance of a normal life now. And you did something right, first in not killing me, which I do thank you." a bit of a smirk coming up to her expression, "And on fighting against that group. But we also know they won't stop coming after you. So.., how do we fight back?"

Heather Danielson has posed:
    "Well, I'd like to think that by choosing to not kill my friend here, you did something incredibly right." offers Heather as she steps back a half step to give Irina space. "So, you think they are taking away your abilities?" She asks, brows lifting. "If so, I hope you are okay either way." she adds.

Irina-As17 has posed:
Irina-AS17 took in a trembling breath as she swallowed a fit of crying, she squeezes Spider's hand hard. "They are, without their technology there is no way for me to return to the way I was." She wipes her eyes and grits her teeth as Spider continues. "I was supposed to be the key to a peaceful world. I didn't mind doing anything they asked, ever, it was all for the better, always. So why, WHY did they tell me to kill you?" Her voice was a flat monotune, but she couldn't stop streams of water pouring from her eyes now. "There is no peace in that, there is no good."

She nods slowly, smiling very softly at the positive reinforcement, but turns sour again quick. "Yes, they're erased completely every time they do it." She tells Heather before pausing and exhaling slowly. "What even is left for me now? I never wanted a 'normal' life, I don't even know what that is. I just wanted to save the world. To be the hero they said I would be." After another pause she gives both of them a bittersweet smile. "But, I decided that whatever would be left of my shattered life would be worth it as long as you three were in it." She blinks in realization. "Oh, I didn't just receive orders to kill Spider. They had a plan for you too. And my third ever friend." She says, nodding to Heather.

Gwen Stacy has posed:
"Because they are full of shit." Gwen saying it plainly, a brow arching, "They aren't out to bring peace to the world. In fact they attacked the Titans tower with helicopters and others similar to you. Animal traits. Some are in custody." a pause and then she adding. "They deceived you, Irina. It's time for you to take hold of your life and not trust in anything they told you."

Her eyes then go to Heather, "We can help." then back to Irina, looking more worried about 'plans' to neutralize them all. "It means that third friend of yours could still be in danger. Who is it?" She questions. "We should talk to them."

Irina-As17 has posed:
Irina-AS17 shrugs helplessly. "I don't know her name, talking to her was difficult. I know where she was staying, though." She furrows her brows, clenching her teeth for a moment. "What am I now that I can't even protect my friend..." She mutters to herself. "She is pretty strong though. But we should see if we can find a safe place for her. They will probably send another full squad." She was still having a hard time letting go of certain things ingrained in her brain. "Maybe the mistake was getting close. They told me not to do it. They said it wouldn't end well. Now everyone's in danger because I couldn't control myself. What if they kill her? It'll have been me, that killed her." She thinks back really hard to their fight. "Rhnn.. She had like this, uh, owl? Mask." She at least knew her animals, they found it necessary for the tests. "And had these claws and swords. And weird blood that let her heal super fast."

Heather Danielson has posed:
    "In my experience, many evil people try to make themselves seem heroic. They sometimes even convince themselves. But mostly they are just using and lying to others." Heather begins as she reaches a hand towards Irina, not forcing her to take the hand. But offering it just the same.
    "And I thank you for not trying to kill me. That might have been frustrating and very painful. And as much as I get hurt... I don't really -like- pain. So thank you for that." she offers more softly.

Irina-As17 has posed:
Irina-AS17 does also take Heather's hand and squeeze it hard with a smile. "Yes, you caused the first time I've ever felt this cozy...warmth before. There came a point that I just wans't strong enough mentally to go over that and hurt any of you, even if it meant dooming the world or something. I just hope I don't end up regretting it."

Gwen Stacy has posed:
An owl mask didn't tell Gwen much about who it is. At least not one of those she knew. But she nods assuringly to the girl. "We will find her. Once you are good enough to get out of this bed." she tells her. "You still need some rest."

She nods at Heather's assessment, "They do." This about evil people lying to themselves, she letting out a sigh. "I am hungry though, so how about some pizza first and then plan on what to do afterwards?" because of course there'd be pizza to be had at the tower! Perks of being a Titan!

Heather Danielson has posed:
    "God, pizza sounds fantastic!" exclaims Heather, after five burritos. She really is the worst model ever for food. But she grins and says, "My treat?" as she gestures to the exit.