9465/New Year Checkin

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New Year Checkin
Date of Scene: 05 January 2022
Location: Palm Tree Boulevard and North Street
Synopsis: TJ Checks in on Mania and learns about her origin. Then they go out to dinner.
Cast of Characters: Talia Wagner, Andi Benton




Talia Wagner has posed:
    Talia drops into Happy Harbor. Well figuratively. In reality an orange skinned mutant and her appear near the private road blocked by the cross bar and no trespassing sign with no real fanfare. One moment they aren't there. The next moment they are. "Thanks Cid." she says chipperly and steps away as the orange skinned mutant vanishes again.

    Fishing a phone out of her leather jacket she sends the text. <<Hey Slick, just got dropped off on Palm and North, where am I going from here?>

Andi Benton has posed:
<Calling us that sounds weird. The apartments are down the way, but we'll come find you. Trust us, that won't be hard.> Andi sends the text back, but it still carries the dual nature of the symbiote and host given the way it's written.

Sure enough, with evening having already set in, Mania swings her way closer from a few buildings off. She gives a 'peace' sign with a couple fingers, the white eyes of the creature taking on a somewhat amused appearance. "So, what brings you by? Wanna find a place we won't draw much attention in?"

Talia Wagner has posed:
    <<But you are shiny and slick.. I mean you are like a liquid?>>

    TJ doesn't mind the wait, she plops her leather pants clad but blue furry butt on the gate system balancing there as she does. Feet kicking the air as she sits and doodles around on her phone. Due to data transfer rates it is much easier to mine seratonin down here on earth vs. up there in orbit.

    Her phone plays some sort of video that sounds like a girl saying Beatbox Blueberry and then jamming out before she hits pause with one large thumb.

    The three fingered hand in question raises up and shoots the peace sign back before she hops down off the crossbar for the gate and walks over. She is in her punky spiked gear that they got her on that one shopping trip. "You brought me by. Figured I hadn't done more than text you in weeks so I should stop down. Also I mean we can sure can... not that I care about people staring much. Though I suppose I can use my image inducer if we want to go get food and startle the normies.... or did you mean go down the forbidden road to the middle of no where. Where we can run free like wild animals?"

Andi Benton has posed:
Forget the fact that any time TJ raises her hand, it could look like she's giving the peace sign. <We are usually very solid.> comes the response, not long before Mania had come into view.

She jerks a thumb back toward the apartment buildings. "So it's like this. We are not really concerned about others seeing us. We go into the city all the time for patrols, and making Spider-Man feel awkward." Mirth in those eyes. "He taught us a lot, though. But our sire..err..dad, he hasn't figured any of this out yet. At least, we don't think he has. He hasn't said anything. We think he kind of blocked out whatever happened when he was kidnapped, or he's just never found a way to bring it up. One of these days, we will probably have to tell him the truth, and we don't know if he'll be able to handle it."

Right into a heavy topic, then. "You don't need to hide the way you look." Then, there is a very curious and questioning look to the eyes, the tilting of her head. "Run free like wild animals?"

Talia Wagner has posed:
    At that last bit TJ will spin slowly around tail weaving in the air as she spreads her arms and shows off her fine blue elf self. "I'm a bit strange if you haven't noticed. Being cooped up on an Asteroid in orbit around Earth will do that to you I guess. I mean the view from my room up there is fantassstic but yeah a bit loopy." she grins glashing sharp white teeth.

    "Making Spider-man uncomfortable is a good hobby." a laugh. "So Venom doesn't realize you are like this or ... what happened or anything?" she tilts her head. "what exactly happened with the two of you..?"

Andi Benton has posed:
"And you are a little shiny, too," Mania adds, gesturing to the choice of attire. "An asteroid? We..that is, our bond..was caught in a meteorite that hit," they explain, somewhat awkwardly so as a hand comes to rest at the back of her smooth head (except for the spiky 'hair' atop it). "Why are you stuck on an asteroid? And how?"

Just a nod to the acknowledgment of Spider-Man, but then there is a confused look to the eyes and body language. "What about Venom? We have not seen Venom in months. We thought we might get some answers from him, but." A shrug follows before she asks, "You really want to know?"

Talia Wagner has posed:
    "True, bit shiny too." amused flash of smile.

    "Asteroid" she gestures up "We have a base in orbit, well far orbit. Honestly orbit is pretty busy with the Satellites and all that. There are a few governmental and not so much ones up there from what I can tell." she shrugs. "As for why, my grandfather runs it. Well not my real grandfather but this realities version of him. I'm free to come and go but it is a very safe place to live. Sort of."

    "I'd love ot know what happened with the two of you if you want to tell me?"

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania's hands go up, the clawed fingertips fairly easy to detect as she says, "That sounds very..different, living on an asteroid. In space."

Leaving it at that - she doesn't really understand alternate realities that much even if TJ is from one - she motions to follow as she heads toward an alley, beginning to climb the side of a building so she can get up to the rooftop.

Once there, she begins to explain, "So, one day we..I was going past a warehouse, and felt something almost touching my mind. Someone else noticed, and found out where I lived. He went to kidnap me, but he took dad instead."

Talia Wagner has posed:
    TJ laughs "I mean.. yes I suppose.. but teleporters make it pretty easy to get around whenever I want to visit my school or visit a friend like you. Also.. like I said.. can't beat the view from orbit."

    Still she falls in behind her friend and then leaps up onto the side of the building, easily scaling it like any ol' wallcrawler Once on the roof she prowls over and leaps up onto an HVAC unit and turns to plop down and face Mania. "Okay so you felt a psychic touching your mind.. or something else.. and a dude kidnapped you but got your dad.. shit. Is your dad ok?"

Andi Benton has posed:
Nodding once, Mania couldn't deny the convenience of teleportation. It's not something they have access to under normal circumstances. "We have seen pictures." And felt things, but not all of that is clear to Andi yet.

"It was one of Spider-Man's bad guys. He helped us out, and when we told him that dad was missing and there was a message about where to go, he helped. The asshole was experimenting on this..thing."

At this point, a shifting in the 'costume' takes place, enough that a small Mania head forms up from a shoulder. "He was experimenting on us," it says. "Yeah," she adds. "And he wanted us there because of whatever..connection, I guess, happened."

Shrugging with her palms up, she adds as the little head reabsorbs back into the rest of the thing, "Spider-Man helped keep dad from getting hurt while I worked on freeing him, but while they were fighting the canister Mania was in got busted, and it found me."

Talia Wagner has posed:
    "So.. Mania and you felt each other before you even touched each other?" she tilts her head asking curous, those yellow eyes piercing the darkness as if it was daylight. Her tail swaying behind her now.

    "Glad your dad is fine and Spiderman was able to help. Do you know which one of Spideys villains it was that was doing the experimenting?" collecting data. Wheels turning in her head but not saying anything right now.

Andi Benton has posed:
"Yes, and it was Doctor Octopus," Mania says. "We have thought about making him pay, for hurting us." It is unclear if she means physically or mentally, or even both, or who exactly was the one impacted. The symbiote, more than the host, is what TJ might be able to deduce.

"Dad is fine, and Spider-Man helped us learn about ourselves and what we could do. We have learned a lot." If there was a different way of things in TJ's world, this is enough to show a significant change in what she might know, if anything.

Mania's shoulders rise then fall. "But we have not been able to find the right way to explain everything to dad. We are afraid he would not take it well. Have you ever felt like that?"

Talia Wagner has posed:
    "Doc Ock ... interesting." she muses and then nods. "Not a lot of good comes from vengeance honestly. That loon should be locked up in a secure prison though where he can't hurt people. He has committed enough crimes to have the book thrown at him after all." the fine line between vengeance and justice.

    "I'm glad Spidey was able to help you."

    "Uh.. yeah I mean... I'm blue and look like a literal demon. Doesn't help that my grandfather on the other side of my family is a demon... eh." she frowns. "Lots of people don't take it well... my dad though luckily I was raised amongst mutants and no one really was afraid of me at home right."

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania's eyes narrow, flashing an angry response. "Yes, he..belongs in jail," she says, or they say, and there is an indication it's not the first choice of words.

Crossing arms, part of the spider insignia is covered up, but much of it is still visible. Completely visible at the back. "We have helped each other since then. And you are lucky your dad understands. We.." A pause, then a look of recognition in the eyes, along with a nod. "That is right. We have seen him before. You look the same. Mostly. You look like blue Keebler elves."

Talia Wagner has posed:
    She laughs "Blue keebler elves.. I mean I guess. More demonic if you change us from Blue to Red though like Azazel.... I think we may be blue due to grams." she smiles though rocking her feet against the HVAC.

    "That said, Kurt is my dad sort of, but not here. The Kurt here is very nice and welcoming to my being here but he is way younger and not married to my mom here. So .. good odds no little TJ will ever be born in this timeline." she seems pretty okay with that fact.

    "I tend to not have a lot of persecution because I hang out with other mutants.. or people like you two."

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania lifts a finger like she's about to say something, only to stop. Clearly there are things about the neither Andi nor the symbiote understand. "We..are happy for you, in that case. There are not many we hang out with, though there are a few others out there like us."

She approaches the edge of the roof and perches there, crouched. "We are never really alone, but we do not really feel like a part of things with others. We are still trying to find our way."

Talia Wagner has posed:
    "Well you two aren't totally alone even alone together. You have some friends." she smiles watching Mania go perch on the edge of the roof. "I'm your friend." she pushes off the HVAC and lands on her feet doing a slow felinesque stretch before prowling over to join Mania on the edge of the roof.

    She reaches down and rests a hand on Mania's shoulder. "Finding your way is good though. Speaking of finding your way, do you want to go find some dinner together?"

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania's moodiness is there, but it is tempered by her friend joining her reassuringly, with the touch to the shoulder. The texture and feel is definitely more than just some costume's material. "You are our friend, and we are hungry, yes. We know a place with tasty chocolate..." It's always chocolate with this one. Better than brains, and if TJ knows anything about Venom from her own world, having an alternative is a very good thing.

Talia Wagner has posed:
    "Sounds like a girl with a plan. I just hope they have more than just chocolate." she says it light hearted though and gives the shoulder a squeeze. She knows it isn't a costume.

    "Okay then. Lead on. I'm starving." she gives a nudge and will move to follow.