Owner Pose
Bart Allen After the challenge was made, a time was met where they could meet, when they would both be on their best. An old mountain road out in the middle of no where. A place where they can start and finish with none around that was not invited. He did tell Quicksilver, he would have a friend come to start the race, and if he wanted he could bring someone as well. So Impulse, and Red Arrow rode her bike up to the spot, and made sure they were there early to wait for the other speedster.
Emiko Queen All costumed up, Emi is perched on the seat of the bike while they wait, tossing Bart a burrito with all the trimmings from that good Mexican place along the way. "Should fuel up real quick. You haven't eaten anything in at least thirty minutes." She herself is noshing some street tacos, and there's even extra for Quicksilver if he's hungry! Glancing around, she notes, "This wouldn't be a bad spot for a picnic. Maybe a little higher up, off the road.. but a nice spot for a date." She flashes a grin towards Bart, "Ideas for later."
Pietro Maximoff The time and place set - Pietro was not late in showing up. Dressed in his Quicksilver apparel, he comes to rest nearby. A look over to the others who were present, and a nod. "I'm afraid I'm at a loss for the name - though the image looks like the Flash?" He hrms, offering a glance to each. "And I am certain I do not know the young woman." He comments, a slight smile. "Both of you were at the party?"
Bart Allen Bart Allen nods his head a bit and says "In other attires, yea." He steps up to the other man, burrito half eaten held in one hand. He brushes his other off to make sure it is clean, and offers it to Pietro. "I'm Impulse, part of the Flash family, and this is Red Arrow, my girl friend, and someone who I thought could give us a fair start so neither have an advantage
Emiko Queen "Hey there. Catch!" Emiko lobs a burrito towards Petro with a friendly smile. She finishes up her street tacos and hops lightly off the bike, strolling towards the two men. Pausing near them, she offers a hand towards Pietro, "Good to meet you. Looking forward to watching the dust trails! So! First to the Statue of Liberty and back wins?" She glances between them with a smile.
Pietro Maximoff One hand shakes Impulse's, while the other catches the burrito without a thought. Once the initial shake is done, he shakes Red Arrow's. Pietro nods, offering a slight smile. "Should I wait until after the race, or ..." He asks, motioning to the burrito. "Pleased to meet you both. Statue of Liberty? That sounds fair... I suppose it's the honor system. Unless you have cameras placed there?"
Bart Allen Bart Allen looks over and says "If you want to eat now, or later is cool. If you want something a bit more record, we could do to the Avengers's mansion, and the Titan's Tower, and back. You could have someone ok not to shoot me when I touch the gate at the mansion, and I can do the same when you touch the titan's doorway. Not that they would shoot ya, aim at you till they recognize you maybe but not shoot. He finishes his own burrito.
Emiko Queen Emiko chuckles and nods towards Bart, "Now or later, your choice. I was taught it's rude to not make sure to bring food for everyone. So... food!" Looking between the two of them, she clucks her tongue, "As if that's necessary. I've already taken care of it. There are two handkerchiefs hung from Lady Liberty's torch. Bring back the handkerchief to show you went there." Grinning, she adds, "This way there's no attempts at manipulating footage or otherwise having to clear anyone from not being shot." CLasping her hands behind her back, she grins at them, "Fair?"
Pietro Maximoff A chuckle at the suggestion. "I have little to no say in the security there - so the compound might be a bad place to race to." He smiles as Red Arrow explains the handkerchief system. "That sounds perfect, miss." He quickly eats the burrito - speed just as fast in eating as he is running. Weird mutants! After dabbing his hands clean, he nods to Impulse. "To the torch and back." Pietro moves to the line - ready to go.
Bart Allen Bart Allen can super speed eat, but tries not to go to fast around others. He will stretch a moment, as he goes to the line. He looks over to Emiko, and says "You get to be our flag dropper." HE offers with a smile. He looks over to the other man, and says "You ready?" He smiles as he makes sure his goggles are straight.
Emiko Queen Emiko strides out past both men, pulling an arrow from her quiver and twirling it around in her fingers before raising up, fletching first, overhead. "Okay boys, when the arrow drops, you run! First one back with the hanky wins."

SHe glances between the pair, grinning, and...

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The arrow is dropped to start the race!
Pietro Maximoff No goggles needed for Pietro. His physiology allows for him to move at those speeds sans any problem. Of course, he has to wear special clothing, to avoid being bare-butt naked at the end of the run! "See you shortly." He offers over, watching the arrow closely. As soon as it drops - he is off, a blur of Quicksilver, as his name suggests. Zero to mach 1 in nearly no time whatsoever - he's running all out.
Bart Allen Bart Allen is picosecond slow off the start, yea he was looking at Emiko more than the arrow, but with a blur of the lightning he is off. Bart starts off a bit off, but before even a quarter of the way there, he has caught up with the other man. He is not going full bore yet, getting a feel of the other man's seed, and also seeing if he senses speed force off the other speedster.
Pietro Maximoff No speed force - just good ol' fashioned mutant genetics. There's a blink from Pietro as he glances over. Oh dear. He does try pushing a bit faster, but it seems he tops out a about Mach 1. Windows shake, loose items fly up into the air. The run has him running up walls to avoid running into pedestrians.
Bart Allen Bart Allen will nod to Pietro when he sees him looking over, and then he kicks it into high gear. He is running up and over buildings, across a small river they come to, not much seems to slow the young man down. He does not do the whole vibrate through buildings, as he feels that would be cheating, and this is supposed to be all about the running.
Pietro Maximoff Water is no problem for Pietro either - but he clearly cannot match the speed of the Speed Force demon who blurs ahead of him. There's a slight frown - no one likes to be so handily out-run, especially when one is considered fast! Still, the race is still going - so Pietro runs as fast as he can.
Bart Allen Bart Allen will hit the line of the city before the other and on through, it grabbing a hotdog, and leaving money on the cart as he goes. He may munch a bit but that is the closest he comes to showing off, he has heard the story of the turtle and the hair, heck his grandfather has a pet tortoise. Once he hits the ocean it is across the water again and, he considers going up the side, but instead he hits the stairs, not wanting to leave footprints on lady liberty.
Pietro Maximoff Pietro is trailing behind - no stopping for food! The water trail from the man is evident as he crosses the bay to where Lady Liberty stands. Not one to be concerned about scuffing the bronze, the Genoshan runs up the back side - no need to make a show of it to those in the city!
Bart Allen Bart Allen grabs the red hanky leaving the other one for the other man. With no one about he does say to the air "Beep Beep." And off he goes back down spiraling through the stairs, and off to head back to Red Arrow. His lightning trail visible to Pietro while the man has the best view around.
Pietro Maximoff At least there's a view. Pietro snatches up the other handkerchief, even as he starts down the statue again. He's chasing lightning - he's not that fast. Still, not one to give up, Quicksilver throttles himself as fast as he can - trying to eek out every drop of speed he can muster.
Bart Allen Bart Allen will make it back through the wilderness and back up to the mountain where they started. He skids to a stop, and offers Emiko her hanky. He grins over to her, and says "He is fast, but not speedforce fast, at least not yet." He tells her, as he looks for a bottle of water, opening one for himself, and making sure one handy for Pietro when he gets back.
Emiko Queen Grinning at Bart as he appears, she snags him by the chin and brings him in for a quick kiss before tucking the hanky into her belt and giving a wink. "Well, if he's mutant versus metahuman, that would explain it. But mutants do have a way of their mutations... growing. Or mutating further. So it's entirely possible that if the gene mutates enough it could find a means of tapping into the Speed Force. Which would be cool as HELL, by the way. It would mean there's a whole new way to access it!"
Pietro Maximoff It takes Pietro ten times longer - an eternity to the mutant - but still absurdly fast! He comes to a stop right next to the couple, unwinded - but non-plussed. "You are... I've not seen anyone that fast." He explains, after handing the hanky to Red Arrow. "It is quite impressive - lighting trails you." He looks quite perplexed by that bit. "Do you generate it? Or is it what fuels you?"
Bart Allen Bart Allen looks over to the other and says "More what fuels me, I guess you would say." He offers the other man the water, and says "Quite a few of the speedster types tap into what we call the speed force, and it is sorta what gives us our gas, but there is a lot more to it that has to be figured out. Like it is possible with it if you run to fast, you can become part of it."
Emiko Queen Emiko grins as Pietro has all the questions she had when she first found out. Leaning back against the bike, she fishes out another bottle of water, this one for herself since Bart has Pietro covered. "Or travel through time. Maaaaaybe even through dimensions. Which would also be cool. And I -still- say you need to take me back like... twenty years. Just one punch. It couldn't -possibly- change the future THAT much, and it would be SO therapeutic!"
Pietro Maximoff The Genoshan Prince nods, listening. "It is impressive, regardless. Speed force." He hrms, scratching at his chin and taking the offered water bottle. "Time travel... dimensional travel." There's a lot to process. "Good race, though I feel I wasn't much of a competitor."
Bart Allen Bart Allen looks to the other man and says "Well, you did better than most others, I have seen that do not access the speed force. I know a couple, and it is possible, down the road if you try to access it you maybe able to." He puts his arm around Emiko, and says "I may even be able to learn a way to help jump start that if you want, but I don't know how to do it yet."
Emiko Queen She flashes a grin towards Pietro, "If it makes you feel better, you're still hundreds or thousands of times faster than I am. And I've trained literally my entire life to be the absolute best that I could be." Leaning in against Bart, Emi tips her head against his shoulder and smiles, "Thankfully, Impulse doesn't mind carrying me around, and I'm trying to learn how to shoot while moving at warp speed."
Pietro Maximoff Pietro Maximoff thinks on that. "Your passengers, they are not affected by the speeds?" He looks between the two. "Most cannot withstand the speeds I run at - I need special clothing." He motions to his suit. "Otherwise it's burned off." A slight smile to Emiko. "I was ... rather born with this, I suppose."
Bart Allen Bart Allen nods, and says "No, our's gives us sort of an aura, I believe that is what causes the whole lightning effect around us. I was born like this as well, but my case was a bit different than most." He admits. He looks to the other man, "It is kinda how I think might be able to jump start you with the speed force if you want, with the right training, we can pulls someone into superspeed with us, where we both are at speed while the world is at normal speed, but we have to stay in contact with them.
Emiko Queen "That's... kinda hot," Emiko can't help the comment. It just pops out. Then she's glancing up at Bart, "Hypothetically speaking, I mean. I'm sure it's a pain in the ass, but like... just, from a female perspective..." She lifts a shrug, then grins, Thankfully, my man can just vibrate his off. It's fun." Then he's talking about bringing people into the speed with him and she's nodding, "He's been working on bringing me in with him, but I bet it would be even easier with you. Since you're already speedy."
Pietro Maximoff Pietro thinks on that, hrming a bit. "Perhaps. I do not know if this Speed Force is something my genetics will allow for." A slight frown at that. "It might be worth looking into, however." He nods to Impulse. A slight grin to Emiko, and a shrug. "It can be rather dramatic, when done right. And rather embarassing for some if unexpected speed is required. It tends to be a bit of both, rather." A smile. "But normally I need to fully support those I run with, and they need goggles."
Bart Allen Bart Allen nods his head a bit and says "Yea, mine are more fashion choice to go with the costume." He admits. "If you ever need help with anything, give me a hollar." He will pull a card out to give to Pietro, it has his burner number on it. "We can try it at some point, and I think I would have to invest in resistant board shorts to wear under my clothes."
Emiko Queen Emiko eyes Pietro for a long moment before offering, "You know... I bet I could get you a bodysuit. Something that you could wear under your clothes... that way even if you have to burn the outerwear, the bodysuit would still be there. It would be form-fitting, but then..." She looks at her outfit, then Bart's, then back to Pietro, grinning, "We all tend towards fairly snug-fitted uniforms anyways. Could even spruce it up so it suits your name..."
Pietro Maximoff There's a chuckle from Pietro. The card is taken with a nod. "I will, thank you. It is very odd, being outraced." He admits, tucking the card away. A smile to Emiko. "This does fit under my clothes, but... at the Mardi Gras celebration, I felt it in poor taste. If someone had offered me beads, I would have been ill-suited to pay up."
Bart Allen Bart Allen ahs and nods his head in understanding "I will admit, that was my first Mardi Gras, it was fun but also a bit frustrating." He grins a bit at this
Emiko Queen "Hey, Mardi Gras is about the fun and frolic. The public nudity is at discretion. Hence why I went with an opaque bra that had very specifically placed Jester faces. You could have shown ankle and I would've tossed beads just for the novelty and laughter of it all!" Emiko lifts a shrug and grins. She glances to Bart and smiles, "And yeah... I had a feeling you didn't really know what you'd gotten yourself into when you asked if I wanted to go. Which is again, why I went a little more... teasing." She looks back to Pietro and grins, "Did want to give him the wrong idea the first time someone tossed beads at me."
Pietro Maximoff Casually sipping the water now, Pietro nods. "It was... interesting. Plenty to see, and many people to meet." He offers over. "Many of my teammates, mutant friends and even those I scuffled with in previous conflicts." A smirk. "I knew what I was getting into with the debauchery. It was Mardi Gras in the Hellfire Club." He smiles. "And teasing is perfect - it is often better than a brazen display of skin."
Bart Allen Bart Allen hmms and nods a bit to this and says "It was only the second time I have ever been there, was at a friend's party there a while back as a guest, I am not quite the type to normally be on their guest list." He smiles and will move to the bike, and checks to see if Emiko brought more food.
Emiko Queen "-I- knew what to expect. Which is why I prepped. But.. it's hard to explain to someone, you know? Mardi Gras has to be experienced," Emi flashes a quick grin towards Pietro, then looks to Bart with a chuckle, "It wasn't the place so much as the event. I mean... the place HELPS, but Mardi Gras is like that even in New Orleans, Impulse." She reaches back to bring up a second sack of tacos, burritos, even a couple quesadillas. Winking, she offers it out to Bart, "Who loves you?" Then she's turning the smile to Pietro, "I know what the place is, though that was my first time there. I know people that have memberships."
Pietro Maximoff Relaxing a bit where he's standing, Pietro nods to Impulse. "I have a membership, likely due to my lineage." A wry grin. "Sometimes, it works out for the best. Others, it's a bother. Sometimes, you don't want to be addressed with a title." The man shrugs. "New Orleans is a unique place - they did a good job of capturing the feeling, though."
Bart Allen Bart Allen will offer to share the food, while he may eat like a horse, he does have manners. He leans over to kiss Emiko's cheek. "Well only fair since it is a two way street." He says all sappily to her. I have thought about stopping in and seeing what genosha is like, would I get hassled if I showed up in or out of costume?
Emiko Queen "I'm being offered a membership.. likely for the same reasons," Emi flashes a grin at Pietro and lifts a shrug, "Not usually my kinda scene, but there were some interesting people there!" She tilts her cheek up to the kiss and chuckles, then looks to Pietro, "Oo, yes please, I would love to see Genosha. I have absolutely no ill-will towards mutants. I think you guys have gotten a really raw deal, so if I can help at all, you know... drop a line. I'm just a human, but... if I can."
Pietro Maximoff A nod, bow of his head to both. "I can speak with my sister, to see what her feelings on visitors are. The rebuilding might make it an unsightly place, and she may wish to hold off until things are repaired." He offers politely. "I will ask, though. Allies are welcome." Pietro explains.
Bart Allen Bart Allen looks over and says "If you need help I might be able to help with the rebuilding, I don't know alot about construction but I am a quick study.
Emiko Queen Emiko Queen says, "Oh! Hey, yes. Also. I have money. Like.. egregious amounts of money. I can fling a couple buckets of it your guys' way to help with labor costs, or startup businesses or anything." Emiko perks up, smiling brightly once more. Being rich really IS it's own superpower."
Pietro Maximoff "The help is appreciated. And yes, money is a rather potent super power." He agrees. He sips the rest of his water, smiling to both. "I will make the rounds and speak to the powers that be." A chuckle. "Lorna is happy to receive help, generally."
Bart Allen Bart Allen nods his head a bit and says "Good to hear." He continues munching on the food, as he stands beside Emiko, chatting with Pietro. So, is the hellfire club an ok thing, I mean name sounds sorta ominous and all."
Emiko Queen "It's... elitest. Very 'cream of the crop' and 'best of the best' and most importantly 'top percentage of rich and/or powerful'. There's rumors of other stuff, like there being a sort of... inner circle." Emiko shakes her head and looks to Bart with a smile, "Not the sort of place I would normally hang out. The occasional event is one thing. We go, have a drink, dance a little, and leave. But I wouldn't recommend doing much more." She glances to Pietro to see if his assessment is the same.
Pietro Maximoff How to answer that? "Hard to say, really. I am sure there are some secrets about the place, but I am not entirely in the loop. Generally I am doted upon and fed drinks and food." A chuckle. "I know some of the regulars, and the ones I am most familiar with are good people."
Bart Allen Bart Allen nods his head a bit to this and says "Well good to know." He tells the two of them He hmms softly to himself, and says "I wonder isn't there a superhero club somewhere?"
Emiko Queen "I mean... there's multiple teams each with their own place. There's effectively like six or seven superhero clubs." Emiko chuckles and gives Bart a light poke in the side before nodding to Pietro, "There's some weird things that get whispered about that place."
Pietro Maximoff A grin from Pietro. "Avengers... Titans... Justice League..." A wry grin. "But if you mean nightclub, I am uncertain." A slight shrug. "It might be something interesting - though I suppose the more villanous might take advantage and attack when guards are down." He nods to Red Arrow. "I am sure. I have not seen anything so far - but they could be hiding things, with my association with the Avengers."
Bart Allen Bart Allen nods and says "Yea, was thinking more night club, someplace, folks could go and meet maybe network a bit, might help in lessening the whole hero versus hero battles..
Emiko Queen "Wouldn't be a bad idea to HAVE one... but then you'd have to try and figure out is it open to like... morally grey vigilantes, or is this strictly a superhero thing? Powered, unpowered... it would be hard," Emiko lifts a small shrug and smiles to Bart.