9915/These Lego Statues Come Apart in Your hands!

These Lego Statues Come Apart in Your hands!
Date of Scene:	30 January 2022
Location:	Penthouse - Kord Co
Synopsis:	Joan doesn't kill anyone, but comes close.
Cast of Characters:	Ted Kord, Booster Gold, Joan Wright

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Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord says angrily. "These Lego Statues come apart in your hands... I'm calling Joan, don't worry. Just... put something on that statue you made of her! Fast!" He fiddles with his phone, tucking one of the Star Spangled Kid's arms under his own. The bots improvise and use black Lego bricks to make censor bars in front of the statue, which is not wearing cargo pants, let us say. "You better do something before Joan or Booster or Carin see this or... I'll use LexCorp parts on you!" Number 10, small and faster than the others zips out at that. Ted fortunately has a Joan alert hot keyed on his phone. <Brick Emergency!>

I mean what are the odds Booster and or Joan will show up any second?

It's Ted. Sucker bet.

Booster Gold has posed:
    Ted seems to have missed, but only by >< much. It is neither Joan nor Booster who arrives first.

    "I am not sure that Ms. Wright would appreciate being captured in this fashion, Mr. Kord." The words float down from just above his head, and there is a distinct sound of a simulated photo lens clicking. Like when a phone is taking pictures, so people think it may be a camera.

Skeets floats around to capture the images both in front of and behind the black bars, insuring that Ted is in the photos as well.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted's immediate comments are not for the faint of heart, like biker gangs or Marines. he attempts to go around the statue but Bobo blocks him. He does note, Number 3 is blocking a good rearward view. Other bots circle at respective height as to prevent any clear shots. They may not be as smart as Skeets. They do have numbers.

They have Bobo.

Bobo drops a Lego blinder over Skeet's optic array and very purposefully shoves the more advanced but smaller model towards the door. Before the situation can escalate, Number 10 returns with a fancy green dress and the bots drop it over the statue, Number 10 working underneath the remove the censor strips.

"Bobo! Use your words!" The statue begins exuding loose black bricks.

Booster Gold has posed:
    The problem with manhandling Skeets is that usually if he arrives, Booster is not far behind. The Blue and Gold Bombshell comes down the hallway, hearing Skeets' urgent bleating for help, and sees a bot flying a green dress down the hall. It does not take much, even for Booster, to put two and two together.

    "That crazy sumbitch did it, didn't he?" Turning up the jets, Booster flies full speed down the hallway and gives his best shoulder block into Number 10, sending it spinning back down the hallway with the green dress.

    "What is going on here??" shouts Booster in a rather loud, imperious voice, as he sees his beloved ("Aww, thanks sir!") robot being bothandled.

    He is treated, of course, to seeing a naked Lego statue of Joan, with Ted's hands up in front of it - probably meant to be protective, but from this angle, oh, SO not a good look for Ted. *clickclickclick*

    "Uh. Ted. We gotta talk, man. I didn't think it was THAT bad."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord stammers, "I want all those photos! I mean I want them deleted. This is a work in progress! You are exploiting my bots. They were trying to make clothes for her! They had a problem with all the pockets! They're... improvising with real clothes now and they're building these statues on their own. It's amazing." Ted turns around and tries to block the view of the statue as three bots try to turn the dress around the right way, hauled up to chest height. Another bot plots a Lego created hard hat on Joan's statue, arranging the hair strands the way a disheveled Joan wore it last night.

"Damn she's so pretty. She's prettier covered in mud and barbed wire than Wonder Woman covered in glitter."

Joan Wright has posed:
The odds are very good Joan will show up when someone makes the effort to notify her of an emergency. And when said emergency is coming from what some in her line of work would call a frequent flyer. Also with the other amount of emergencies popping up that require her to be in the city well...

It's just a good thing that the act of entering a building, calling, and riding an elevator all take time. Time that number ten needed to recover and get the dress in place. As the elevator doors slide open, Joan steps forward into the penthouse. The comment about mud does cause for the architect to tilt her head. "Who's covered in mud and barbed wire?" She asks.

Steps steady in stride, she continues forward stepping around a wall, "Ted? You said you had an emergency?" Turning her head, she ends up seeing the LEGO-Joan Manniquin modeling her dress from the Mardi-Gras dress, seemingly partially taken off, hair a mess and a helmet. She pauses, looking to the helmet. Then the dress, then the mussed up hair. "...Why does it look like she was-" And then the movement of black lego dropping off from the underside of the dress comes to notice.

Her steps stop. "...Oh God. Why is the statue shi-" She bites back the word, blinking as she looks to the gathering of bricks below the statue, making for a illustrative pile.

Booster Gold has posed:
Booster just kind of hovers in the doorway, watching the scene play out. He looks at Ted's feverish attempts to make it not look like what it looks like, and yet somehow making it look worse, and then looks at Joan. He just kind of slowly floats backward, letting Joan have all the space she needs. And he figures that's quite a bit right now.

"So, uh, I'll just be heading on now." His mind races through further comments, but he cannot seem to settle on a good one.
    "Ted. Skeets wants you to know that you can work out something with him later for the photos. Whatever that means." He continues to slowly float away from ... whatever this is.

Joan Wright has posed:
Joan turns her head, looking over to Booster. Her eyes narrow at the futuristic super trying to escape the situation that is. "WHAT. Photos?!" She grits out.

Ted Kord has posed:
Bobo floats over and deploys a small view screen. He quickly displays the immediate history of the put upon statue. extreme closeups of Skeets the paparazzi. He helpfully includes a medium shot of Ted looking at the statue and his remarks.

Ted says, "Now we'll never know what my SECOND generation of bots will be like..." The video now playing shows the bots constructing the new statue from scratch. Strategic areas are blacked out this time.

Booster Gold has posed:
    "Whoa! I just got here a moment before you!!" insists Booster, putting up his hands in defense. "I don't even know what photos we're talking --"
    "I was able to capture the work in progress, Ms. Wright." It's a small mechanic voice coming from a bit of a ways behind Booster. As if hiding behind him. There are a few pings from Joan's phone.

    Booster just looks like a deer in headlights. "This one is NOT on me..."

Joan Wright has posed:
Joan quiets for a moment as Bobo starts to tattle on what's going on. "..Thank you Bobo." Joan replies, voice still tinged a bit with anger, that's being held back by some form of sorcery. Possibly therapy. There's probably therapists on the payroll at Damage Control, right? Or a really good corporate counselor?

Hearing her phone chime, she glances to it. The attention shifts, looking to the photographs. A hand clenches.

Quietly, Joan looks from Ted and then to Booster. A deep breath. "Skeets." Joan starts up, voice a bit strained. "Kindly delete all copies of these photos. No one is to see these from here on out. Understand?"

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord stands behind Joan. Resting his hands on her shoulders. "Yeah, you better delete those! ... also... I have to say... DAMN!" He moves back after that exclamation.

Booster Gold has posed:
    Booster looks at Joan. Then at Ted. Then at Joan again. "Do it, Skeets."
    The robot whirs a bit in indignation, but then confirms. "All copies on my person have been deleted." Then it quickly floats down the hallway.
    Looking back over at Ted, Booster shakes his head. "I've tried my best with him, Joan, I really have..."

Joan Wright has posed:
Joan's lips pinch tightly as her eyes widen. The fisted hand swings back in reaction to Ted's comment. Whether it connects to anything is not the point. But the mere action is enough for Joan to tilt her head forward, close her eyes and take a breath.

Skeet's confirmation does get a nod. "Thank you Skeets."

She opens her eyes and looks over to Booster, "It is true that the bots have taken to building with LEGOs. And Bobo has been kind enough to back that up. So I know Ted didn't do this. Now, as a personal favor to me, and because you are Ted's friend. Do not speak of this to anyone outside of this room." Joan's eyes shift, scanning the entire room, "That applies to all of you. Bots included."

Matter of crisis handled, Joan looks over to Bobo. "Now Bobo..." She gives a gentle smile, "Did you guys remember not to make the structure fully solid this time around?"

Ted Kord has posed:
Bobo seems intent on replaying "Damn she's so pretty..." in a loop till Ted reaches over and taps him. Hard.

"So these bots hunh? Never know what they're going to do? Ehh? they sometimes even surprise me." He leans back against the wall and starts sliding down it without noticing. Numbers 4 and 5 haul him upright. He mops his brow.

Booster Gold has posed:
    "Of course, Joan. You have my word." Booster knows when to be serious - sometimes. Clearly this is one of those times. He makes no argument, but he continues to try to slowly back away. He opens his mouth as if to add something, but realizes no good could come from that.

Joan Wright has posed:
Not getting an answer to the question but hearing the statement on replay, Joan glances to the display. Her cheeks start to flush. She glances back to Ted for a moment before looking back to Bobo, "Well, uh- good. We'll have to go over how when building certain regions of a sculpture it might work better to use different colored LEGO..."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord rubs the back of his neck. Bobo removes the statue's head to show the underlying structure. Not solid. Overbuilt perhaps. Ted begins blushing too amd looks at Joan for a moment. "Uhm, how about I uncork some wine and order a pizza?" His hand brushes Joan's but surely he was just jostled by the bots holding him up. He tries a smile.

Booster Gold has posed:
    "What was that?" asks Booster, out of nowhere. "Oh, hey, I just got a text from a hero who wants to sign up. I gotta go do the interview."
    Not waiting for any response, Booster takes the opportunity to zoom down the hall, Skeets closely following behind.

Joan Wright has posed:
Joan glances to the direction of the quickly departing Booster, brows lifting at the response. "H-" But he's gone already. Hmm. Still, Pizza and wine. "Well," Joan considers, looking over to Ted, "I'm a bit on call so no alcohol." She gives a bit of an apologetic look. She frowns a little.

She glances to her phone, looking to the time. Hmm. Joan looks back to Ted, smiling a little. "But, switch that to pizza and soda and you have yourself a deal."