7308/=One Day After Class...

=One Day After Class...
Date of Scene:	10 August 2021
Location:	Shop Classroom - Happy Harbor High School
Synopsis:	Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Cast of Characters:	Lara Croft, Joseph Gardner

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Lara Croft has posed:
Lara's first week of classes had gone well. She was embarking on week two now and with the second day over she's standing in front of the white board and wiping it of down from all she'd written on it. She's holding a tablet computer in her left hand and wiping with her right. She has a radio on in the corner of the classroom playing some soft music and her desk is loaded with boxes of all kinds of weird Aztec relics that she'd brought in to show off to her students. She's the 'Weird History' teacher, and because of this she's designing her courses to delve in to the stranger side of the past.

Wearing a black button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, a pair of light grey hiking pants and some leather boots, the young teacher is humming to the music, her pony tail swaying gently behind her back as she works on cleaning her classroom up.

There are a row of large windows along the west wall that look out on the school yard....

Joseph Gardner has posed:
There is a creaking of a window opening. It is simultaneous with a deep but friendly male voice greeting.

"Lady Croft, forgive this entrance. I'm afraid I'll knock a student over and I caught one the little dears pulling a feather from one of my wings. I believe you wanted to speak to me about some Roman silver I donated..." He waits to enter for Lady Croft to turn around and reply and hopefully invite.

Lara Croft has posed:
Lara turns her head to look over her right shoulder at the man in the window. At first she's confused and concerned, gbut she is soon to notice his large wings and things quickly start to make more sense. She'd been told about his donation after all. Turning to face him fully now, Lara offers a smile up as she sets her things down on the corner of her teacher desk and starts to walk toward him.

"Hawk... man, I believe?" She asks in her British voice. "Please, come in. The items you donated were, interesting, to say the least. I'm curious about where you came across them." She motions to a chair in the classroom he could sit on if he'd like.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman's wings fold feather over feather. They become a medium back pack, then even smaller and he enters through the window. "Well let's see, I'm dressed as a hawk and hopefully I am clearly a man. Hawkman it is! Allow me a little showing off. I lived in England for a time and my Thanagarian side is familiar with Nobility."

Hawkman's wings snap out as he drops to one knee, mace held before him. The wings drop looking more like a cape. He holds his murderous looking mace before him, waiting for some acknowledgement.

Lara Croft has posed:
Lara keeps her eyes on his as he gives a little more insight in to his person. She is speaking up when he does his flourishing gesture. It makes her step back in surprise but at the clarity of it Lara softens again. "I'm impressed." She offers to him before nodding softly once. "Please do rise up though. Clearly you've had a storied life thus far." She does show a hitn of a grin then.

"Do you have a name you prefer more than that one? I assume its more of a title, the dramatic kind they give those with... well... wings and a mace." She states, holding her soft grin for him.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman gets up. The wings get folded back away and he looks at his mace with a silent hee before hanging it again on his belt. After a moment he lifts the helmet up, letting longish black hair frame his fave and showing clear blue eye. 'Joseph Gardner, milady. I've also gone as Prince Khufu, Bart Hawk, Sir Brian of Kent... Katar Hol of star Polaris. Joe will do."

He holds the helmet under one arm and removes the right glove. He doesn't presume to extend a hand until asked.

Lara Croft has posed:
As he begins to give his full list of names, Lara places her hands together in fr in front of her lap. She holds a soft smile on her youthful face toward him as he removes his helmet. She nods once then toward him. "Joe it is. It's a good name too. Straight forward, not complicated." She lightly jests. She glances his attire over a moment before motioning to the large sofa chair in the class room which has several unconventional pieces of furniture in it to let students relax more in class and not adhere to old world customs. "Please, have a seat, there is little reason to stand while we chat." She states before she sits down on the edge of a similar chair, taking the lead of taking a load off. Her hands pressed palm together between her knees now. "So that was a very generous gift you gave the school..."

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman sits down, taking a load off his wings. "Thank you. I'd intended to use it to repair damages I inflicted on Dr. MacIntyre's office. It was during a fight with an evil specter. The good doctor wouldn't hear of it since I was trying to help an innocent. So we agreed donating it to your lessons was the right way to resolve this. Dr. MacIntyre was not what I expected. My high school principal was a short, balding, loudmouth who never let one word suffice where six would do as well. he also liked giving me detention. Dr. MacIntyre... was not like that."

Hawkman or Joe blinks, "Oh your question... I hid it in the tunnels under room two thousand years ago in a past life. It was a stash for an emergency getaway."

Lara Croft has posed:
What he says earns a couple of small nods from the archaeologist from where she's seated across from him. She shows a smile at the bit about Morrigan. "She's a wonderful person and is directing a very good school here." She replies to that. The bit about his past has her smiling a bit more openly as she places her hands palms down atop her knees now.

"Past lives? So you've seen a lot, been many places, I take it?" She glances back toward her desk at the frotn of the room. "Well the donations are very well received." She states looking back at him to smile more openly again. "I'll be taking them to the National History Museum in Manhattan, I believe."

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkmanspreads his hands in front of him. "Well it's complicated. I know they aren't my past lives. They keep insisting they are. We're still working out boundaries. But I have memories of a lot of places. They were awakened by a crashed starship I found Egypt. I also came by this gear there. In any event. I want to restore the ship before your unscrupulous types find it and move it somewhere safer. To this end I need to retrieve a few components that were stolen and wound up in various collections and tombs.

Lara Croft has posed:
Lara's eyes are on him throughout what he says, her elegantly sculpted eyebrows slowly raising up near the end of that statement though. "Really?" She asks him as a pair of kids can be heard hustling past the classroom doorway which draws Lara's attention for a moment before she looks back to him.

"Well, I mean, if you're in need of help with that, I can possibly offer as much as I'm able. Between this job and my place within SHIELD, I am a bit... stretched, but you're certainly speaking of things that intrigue me, so I must say I'm curious to know more." She states back before huffing out a short and quick little laugh.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman notes the kids going by, though they can't catch a good glimpse of him where he is sitting. "Please don't think me rude, Lady Croft." He plops the helmet back on his head and adjusts it. After a moment he continues.

'The major piece of this is the Claw of Horus. You may have heard of it? I think I know where it is being held. I'll be glad to give you whatever else there is to find there, all the academic credit. I just want the Claw. I'll even let you look at that."

"I'm not Superman. I know I need a partner in this." He also knows what dilated pupils mean in a person. Interest.

Lara Croft has posed:
At the mention of the claw, Lara tilts her head and lets the knowledge she has of it surface in her mind with a bit of a head shake. When he finishes she dips her chin a bit and nods a single soft time toward him. "I know a bit about it, and admittedly if it can be found, I would qualify it as one of the items that I am tasked to bring in for SHIELD. Any items that are lost, that might hold significant power in the wrong hands, are to be secured by SHIELD to keep them from...." She laughs softly again. "To keep them out of the wrong hands, you see."

She takes in a breath then through her small nose and places her hands together again over her lap. "What are you seeking this claw for, Joe?" She asks him next.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman frowns. "The Claw of Horus, this one anyway is a user interfaces to balance the currents of my ship's hyper-drive. It's a tool, not a weapon. All right any tool could be a weapon. I'm still processing I just outed myself to SHIELD and am expected to turn over an item I acquire, owned by one of my lives, to the government. Look, I'm not irresponsible. I will be very glad to demonstrate its uses and show you how it can be used. Once I get it. And I'd be very grateful for its return. I could help SHIELD with a great many missions like this."

Lara Croft has posed:
Lara smiles upon hearing this. "I know its not ideal. You're looking for this item for a reason. All I would suggest is that if we actually do find it-- and bare in mind it was created somewhere around thirty three thousand years ago --that you at least bring it to the SHIELD headquarters and open a line of dialogue with them with regard to it being in your possession. It'll help open up options of working together more toward finding... other things that might benefit what you're ultimately attempting to achieve."

She tries to smile toward him once more then. "But yes, its complicated, I understand, far too well."

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman shrugs. "I've done archaeological field work. Finding the artifacts is only half the battle. But working with SHIELD and getting more leads on the parts of my ship would be convenient. If the Thanagarians ever show up, I can probably help with them. Hopefully they won't want the rest of the ship back. It said I could have it."

Lara Croft has posed:
Lara glances to her left at the window he came in through and she gives a moment to stare at the sky beyond and the other half of the courtyard. "I can't even imagine." She states as she looks back to him. "My specialty lies solely grounded in archaeology and the historical facts we're hoping to uncover more about. But..." She levels her chin as she looks back toward him again. "I'm sure you're capable of whatever confrontation may or may not come of this." She raises her right hand to motion toward his mace on hsi belt. "What with such a fearsome weapon at your side and all." She states with another little grin.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman looks at the mace and then Lara and says, "I do all right with it. Let me know when SHIELD is up and running and can begin a dialogue. I'd like to work with you Lady Croft. I appreciate a wry sense of humor. I should go and let you get on with your evening. Thank you for your honesty."

Lara Croft has posed:
Lara smiles lightly back at him after he says this. She nods once before she stands up and then thinks of something--" Oh here." She says as she digs in to her left hip pocket and then pulls out a card. "I don't believe business cards have yet been run out of existence by technology." She offers it over to him with a slight grin. "Thank you for the donations again, and I look forward to hearing more about this potential search you're digging up." She smiles one little time again. "Digging up. Archaeology humor." She adds in a dry soft tone.