8976/The Not-So-Odd Couple

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The Not-So-Odd Couple
Date of Scene: 07 December 2021
Location: Room 316, Apartment Near Metropolis University
Synopsis: Roommates has a roommate party and talk about roommate things.
Cast of Characters: Mary Bromfield, Kara Danvers




Mary Bromfield has posed:
Some things are SOOOOO much easier when you can lift Humvees.
Mary Bromfield was thinking this as she pushed the large flat box forward. She did have the little creeper platform thing with wheels, but piloting a bed from IKEA wasn't as easy as she'd hoped.
But since Mary Marvel does not live in an apartment, she can't show up with the box held like a pizza box.
Pizza, that sounded good.
She stopped at the door to 316, then unlocked it and swung the door open. "Are you decent?"
Well, Kara was ALWAYS decent, but it was a code to let the roommate know if someone was coming in and if they needed to change clothes or something...

Kara Danvers has posed:
If Kara had been paying more attention, she would have heard Mary's approach long before her roomate got to the door. As it is, when Mary opens the door and starts to come in, Kara barely has time to use her superspeed to grab Streaky before he makes a bid for freedom. He's not a super-cat, by any means, but Streaky still lives up to his name...

"I'm good, Mary," Kara says as she cradles the feline in one arm. She's dressed in casual clothes, a Daily Planet sweatshirt and comfy jeans, and she starts moving towards the cart. Mary needs to be transformed to have her superhuman strength, but kara's powers are all on 24/7. "You need some help with that?" she offers.

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary sighs. "Oh...all I can GET." She smiles gratefully as Kara steps in to help. "Mr. Albert on floor 1 was nice enough to help me get it into the elevator. Lent me this wheeled thing, too." She points to the creeper. "I think it's better if we break down the old bed, lean the mattress against the wall, then take the boxspring and the frame out before assembling the new bed in my room..."

Kara Danvers has posed:
Kara doesn't show off, exactly. But, she does manage to lift the cart over the lintle only using one hand. To an outside observer, though, it just looks like the other girl is pulling it inside while Mary pushes. Once the cart is inside and the door closed, Kara sets Streaky down. The cat proceeds to sniff the box, sneeze, then pad away after determining that the box is Not Treats. "Hey, you're the one with the Wisdom of...Athena?" Kara jokes after Mary sets out a plan. "But I think it's a good idea..." Out of sight of the rest of the world, Kara is able to handle the bedframe box with more ease. "I mean...I can also have this all set up in a matter of seconds..or are you wanting the full 'roommate bonding' experience?"

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary hmms. "Well, I felt it would be kinda unfair to just ask you to just...superspeed my bed into existence. Tell you what. If you do all the work, I'll pay for the pizza. I was thinking we'd go halfsies, but, since you're offering..."
Mary bats her eyes at Kara, giving her a doe-eyed look of innocence.
"Puh-LEEEZE...?"

Kara Danvers has posed:
"Hey, I never turn down free pizza..." Kara says with a grin. And there's a blur of motion as she super-speeds into Mary's room. Then the big box dissapears. And in about 10 seconids, Kara is back where she was standing. "All done. I'll let you put the sheets on and all that, though." She caually walks to the refrigerator and pulls out a bottle of Soder Cherry Cola. "You want a drink while I'm here?"

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary glanced over to her room, where a moderately-old bedframe and brand-new mattress has the upgraded Mahogany-Like Trutenwhuffel (or whatever it had been called).
"It always amazes me to watch that. I think I'll get a drink when the pizza arrives." She takes out her cell and checks the Fast Food Group. "Here. NY51 Pizza. What size and toppings? I get this nice older guy at the coffee shop and he tipped me a $20."

Kara Danvers has posed:
"Oh, any combination is fine. Even just plain pepperoni. Just no anchovies. Or pinapple, I guess. If you do order both of those, then I'll know that you're really an infiltrator clone from Apokalypse..." She giggles a touch, then starts drinking her soda before sitting down in one of the main chairs to lounge. "So, the barrista job is going okay, then? You're getting used to Metropolis alright?"

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary nods as she taps on buttons on her smartphone. "Yes. It's not like New York...but then again, New York is like no place on Earth. Metropolis is its own entity, as well. Some places are similar, but the history makes each place special." She taps the green button on the phone, then smiled to Kara. "I also got garlic knots and an extra order of their meatballs. They use beef, pork, and veal, like my foster mom made it." She looks towards the window, looking at some memory, then looks back to Kara. "Sorry...went foraging in my own head."
She sits down on the couch, then smirks. "All right. Enough about me. How are YOU doing?"

Kara Danvers has posed:
Kara smiles in sympathy with Mary. "Hey, it's okay. It's nice having things that remind you of home. Cherish the memories you have, as long as they're good memories. And I understand more than most what it's like to suddenly have a foster family. Anytime you need or want to talk about it, I'm happy to listen."

Then, the subject of her life comes up, and...is that a hint of a blush on Kara's cheeks. "Well...things with the new guy are working out very well..." And she does seem happy about that. "I spent Thanksgiving with his family, and it was straight out of a Norman Rockwell picture. It was really nice. And, he made it into Metropolis on Friday night, and we went dancing..." Kara sighs. "Or, we tried to. The dance club got robbed by Shocker and parasite..." She shakes her head. "So...date night abruptly canceled, cue Supergirl and Spider-Man to save the day..."

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary leans towards Kara, smiling a little more. "Ohhhh...Thanksgiving dinner, AND dancing?" She hmms, then says, "Shame about the bad guys ruining the night. Wait...Spider-Man was there, too? Was he following Shocker or something? I know they both come from New York. I read the Bugle, too..."

Kara Danvers has posed:
Kara blushes a bit and sighs as she relizes she opened up the bag for the cat to peer out; if not leap right out. "Yeah...it was something like that..." She takes a deep breath. "Anyways...how about you? Did you spend Thanksgiving with your brother and the foster family? Any dtes or boyfriends? Or girlfriends, for that matter. Just anyone besides older men leaving you big tips jsut to see a pretyt girl smile at them?"

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary smirks. "Thanksgiving dinner with the family. No other way to go. Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, the whole nine yards. A truly big bird, too."
Mary looks thoughtful. "No...nothing since Bart. Then again, switching jobs, schools, and cities, it means a lot of upheaval. I think I need my life to settle down before I start thinking about dating again. And I should probably avoid dating within the Titans...dating within a group can have grave consequences."
She gazes fondly at Kara. "Your guy...oh, it's probably too soon to share something THAT personal, I guess. I have my own issues. Wondering if someone is interested in Mary Bromfield, or Mary Marvel. And something else. When I was seventeen, I saw this handsome college guy and wondered if I'd ever meet someone like that when I got older...and then there was this little voice that said, you CAN be older if you want..."
Mary shook her head. "Never thought about it again. But dating is complicated."

Kara Danvers has posed:
Kara smiles and nods in understanding with Mary. "Hence the glasses and the brunette wig," she says, pointing to her disguise. "It reduces the chance of someone being interested in Supergirl, but not Kara Danvers. And I totally understand you. There have been times that I met a cute guy, before the current cute guy, who's not interested in Kara but totally into Supergirl. My cousin's had to deal with beautiful women that won't give him the time of day in his secret ID, but they absolutely gush over Superman. So yeah...It's *really* complicated. But, you're doing fine. You know what you want, what you're ready for, and what you can't quite handle, yet. Mary Marvel might have the Wisdom of Athena, but Mary Bromfeld has the Wisdom of Mary Bromfeld. You deal with greater temptations than just showing off for a cute guy. You and me...we're powerful enough to go into some country and start demanding changes in how they treat their poor, the women, the sick. You don't keep that temptation away just to succumb to the small ones."

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary nods, then looks at her phone as it beeps. "Pizza's done, on the way." She looks back to Kara. "That stuff is simple in comparison. What's right. What's wrong. And if you do bad stuff, you have your conscience. I'll have let the Wizard down and he'll see howunworthy I am and take these powers away again. But I don't do what's right because I'm worried about not being Mary Marvel. It's because doing wrong is selfish. It's thinking I'm better than everyone else. That I DESERVE these powers. Someone loaned them to me. Because they thought I could do good with them. So I have to do good with them. To show that the Wizard made the right decision."

Kara Danvers has posed:
"My powers aren't on 'loan', per se," Kara says with a comforting smile. "But do you think that disappointing Kal by misusing them and being selfish isn't as devastating for me as disappointing the Wizard is for you? Or that Kal won't have Batman use one of his hundred or so gadgets specifically designed to fight Kryptonians to 'ground' me until I can show I'm responsible to handle them? The truth is, you do good with your abilities and powers because you're a good person at heart, Mary. Same thing with me. The fact that be both know there are severe consequnces if we misuse them...that doesn't change who we are, right?"

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary shook her head. "Doesn't change what counts, Kara." She giggles. "As the old cartoon sailor would say, I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam." She glances to the kitchen. "Could I go get a soda? The pizza should be here any minute, they're pretty close."

Kara Danvers has posed:
Kara laughs, smiles, and shakes her hed a bit. "That's why I asked if you wanted one while I was in the fridge, you goof..." She smiles and moves to pick up Streaky, who protests the afront to his dignity with a mild yowl. "And why are you askking me permission to get a soda? This isn't high school and I'm certainly not an authority figure you need to get permission from." Kara smiles brightly. "This is our apartment. Yours and mine. That means you get to do what you want, when you want, as much as I do. Just ask before you borrow any clothes or use up the last of my shampoo, is all I ask."

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary blushes. "Sorry. When you live in a big family, asking permission is better than seeking forgiveness...after you have been pranked by five people." She stands up and heads over to the fridge. "We should put up a whiteboard. To track stuff like bills and grocery runs, to leave notes for each other." She grabs a soda and heads back to the couch.

Kara Danvers has posed:
"That's a good idea," ara replies. "Rule Number...whatever. No using the Titans Com to relay shopping lists to each other..." Kara laughs at the thought. "And...don't be afraid to ask me to run quick errands. We're out of something and really need it. I can go grab it in a few heartbeats. I honestly don't mind doing it, either. We're roommates, after all; we're going to support each other, here. Do favors and run errands. It's just part of the deal."

Mary Bromfield has posed:
Mary nods. "All right. And if you need a study buddy, all you have to do is ask..."
There is a knock at the door, and Mary jumps up. "Pizza!" One quick transaction later, Mary returns with two pizza boxes.
"So, tell me the name of this cute guy. Don't keep me in suspense..."