Owner Pose
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson is going through line, off-duty jumpsuit on. She has a meal tray in front of her and is going through the buffet open style arranged. Going to look through what is on display and considering. "That didn't move, that didn't move.." Going to cautiously poke one of the sets of tongs at something with a 'click'. "I'm not a cook but I'm pretty sure that's nots upposed to be solid.."
    It was like the middle school cafeteria all over again.
Stefani Houston Stefani is picking up some food for some of the other agents around the Triskelion. She's got her black bodysuit on, and her hair is tied back in a loose ponytail. She has a tray of various things all setup with a couple cans of energy drinks also. She looks over to MJ at the motions the other is making, offering a little smirk then before she exhales and points toward the Jello. She then looks back to MJ and shakes her head as to indicate 'Don't get that.' Which has her showing a light smile soon there-after.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would go to tap the tongs over against the jello (or at least what was labeled it) to have it being steadfast in a manner much like fruitcake. "Hey, how you doing?" S he would give a wave over while turning over to gesture at her fellow agent. "So what do you say? SHall we try it and live dangerously?" She would give an attempted poke at the thing.
Stefani Houston Quiet just shakes her head gently at this, and smirks while watching. She parts her lips, and looks like she wants to say something, but doesn't.

One of the kitchen staff behind the serving area looks to MJ and speaks up. "Don't cross contaminate the tongs." The big burley man says with his muscled arms crosesd over his chest.

Quiet puts her brown eyes upon him, then over on to MJ, she shows another grin at this. Her eyelashes flutter apologetically toward the man. She moves down the line then and reaches for a hot chocolate chip cookie that she lifts up with tongs and offers to MJ with a smile.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would go to let out a sigh, "Sure, sorry." Then at 'contaminate' she would narrow her eyes, "Why is this stuff out here if.." The tong that she had just been poking over at the jello rock mould would have the metallic 'clasper' slowly dissolve and then bubble on down, adhering over to the mass of protoformed, nay fossilized snack cake as Mary Jane would stare.
    "I.. Think I'll try something else>" Her quickly backing away, going to rapidly disengage over to try and grab a cookie.
Stefani Houston "I don't make the rules. It's science." The Kitchen Guy says with his arms just crossed there. He seems like he might just be playing around some though. Boredom at work has its effects.

Quiet sees MJ come over to the cookiees, and shows another smile before she lifts a hand up to give a thumbs up to the other woman.

"Omji." She quietly says in some other language (Navajo).

She then moves further down the line and offers her 'Trainee Clearance' badge to the cashier to process the food she's purchasing, showing them a bright smile too.

"Oh look, it's the one who doesn't talk." The middle aged, short, woman behind the register says, to which Quiet nods softly once before swifting some of her loose bangs out of her eyes again. "Looking cheerful as ever though." The older woman says in a disinterested voice.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would shrug over and look at the cookies, confirming tha they were in fact not about to snap up and bite her. So that confirmed, she would move to grab a couple of them on her plate, then look over at a brownie and poke at it before picking it up as well. Then grunt, and drop it on the plate where it would make a thick clang on the ceramic plate like one had dropped a stone.
    "No, I guess you only enforce them!" Apparently the SHIELD kitchen staff did have experience working in the school cafeteria industry.
    Taking the food as well and waving her own badge. "Nice to meet you." She would offer to the silent girl.
Stefani Houston When she gets her badge handed back to her, she turns it to face MJ with it. She uses her thumb to tap at the part with her name in red beside her photo where she's giving a serious expression. She dips her chin in a nod to MJ then before stepping out of the way once more so that the other can process her food transaction. Over toward the To-Go bags, Quiet starts to separate the various items in to the two different bags that she gets out.

All the while she's humming a little tune to herself, whilst stuffing the bags with the different selections she'd made. Fried chicken in one bag. Cookie and a salad in another.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would seem to not be phased by the lack of response, "HEy, okay to sit with you? It's nice to have someone to hang out with here." Her asking for okay first, presuming that if the girl preferred no company then she would wave her off. "I'm pretty new ehre. Only got out of training a year or so ago. You newly enlisted it looks like?" She would poke over at the 'trainee' badge.

"And food's included with training. At least.." She would poke at the fossilized brownie. "I think this is maybe some body armor."
Stefani Houston The body armor joke gets a slight huff of a exhaled laugh from Quiet who just eyes the brownie with a suspicious stare. She then puts her eyes back on to MJ's and nods once to her, before she motions to a nearby table that is just a few steps away. The woman in black steps over to it, and sets her tray down with the two bags. She then reaches for a bottle of water from the bag she'd left in the chair at the table. She uncaps it and takes a sip from within it before she moves to sit down.

Her phone is taken out of her bag too and she starts to tap on it repeatedly before she plays the voice.

"I only speak Navajo, and am otherwise restricted to these things." The phone speaks toward MJ, while Stefani glances to her to make sure she heard it.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson gives the brownie another poke dramatically as it would settle onto the plate with a clunk, having broken off a chip. "Actually I think it might be a bit solider than the plates we use. Maybe we should tlak to the cooks about setting up with theq uartermaster to see how well they handle normal field use?" SHe would quip.

Nodding at Stefanie. "Got it. Navajo is a lovely language to listen to, but I know nothing of it at all." She would lfash a smile.
Stefani Houston Once seated, Quiet would watch MJ's actions with the brownie. It makes her smile softly, but also shakes her head at the sight of it. She then regards the woman when she says she knows nothing of the language. This gets a smirk, and a pair of quick, little, nods.

A few moments are spent typing on her phone again before the speaker speaks up once more.

"Few do. I am used to silent meals now." She lets the phone speak for her before giving another flat smirk to the other.

A bit more is typed in to the phone then, before she taps the speaker again.

"The brownies are best on Monday mornings." She lets it say before smiling again afterward.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would laugh, "Oh? Does that mean that you're not at risk of breaking your mouthif you try to bite one? I bet there's an agent around that's Jaws." The James Bond henchman. "And no one can ever know that they didn't lose their mouth in the line of duty, from severe injury.. But from biting into the cafeteria snack cakes and tehn going to the dentist that our insurance covers." She would quip.

"So does that mean that I should bring a sledgehammer or do they provide those on Mondays? And are they pre sorted so you don't have to worry on touching the other utensils?"
Stefani Houston The responses that Stef gets has her showing another smile toward MJ.

The man behind the counter with his arms folded eyes MJ. "Careful. I'm right here. I grew up on tough brownies. It makes you stronger."

This, gets Stef to huff out another light laugh before she shakes her head. She glances down at her phone, with her right hand tapping its screen while her left rests in her lap, her knees together in her black bodysuit.

A moment later and her phone speaks for her again. "I am brave. But not so brave." The device speaks in lieu of Stefani's ability to. She then types something else out. "I do wish I could try the cookies."
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would glance at the man, "Yes, and that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm reasonably sure that from what I'm getting in here that there's a level of undead personnel present over within the place." She would consider.

"What if we have it the other way around though? What if we exist to help make hte food stronger? We try and eat it, we fail, it consumes us and makes us stronger?" She's teasing.
Jessica Drew The lunch rush is past which Jessica prefers even if her stomach is rumbling. She had already gone through her stock of high protein and fat bars. Spider mutations require high calories to feed them. Add training for a solid two hours to help her adapt to the Terrigen gifts given to her without permission and that makes for a hungry agent.

Jessica walks straight to the cutlery and tray station and then hops into what is left of the lunch line.5R5RShe taps a hungry foot, her high heel clicking on the floor. The dark hair-haired agent is conservatively dressed in what she calls her government black - a tailored jacket over a silk blouse that flatters her green eyes and a pencil skirt.

It is Lebanese day which is fiiine with her. Give her anything Lebanese and the agent will do a happy dance, especially since among government cafeterias this one would put the Senate cafeteria to the test. After loading her plates with labne, Lahm Bi Ajin, tabouleh, kibbeh and falafel she leaves a stunned server behind with a hungry smile and walks by the dessert station, addressing MJ and Stephanie.

"Anything good on? Is there any baklava left?"
Stefani Houston "This is too existential for my tastes." The large man says back to MJ before he moves to help the arriving Jessica.

Stefani just grins again before she sweeps her eyes over to Jessica who gets watched for a moment or two. Quiet then lifts her bottle of water up to take a sip from it before glancing down at the label upon it. The cap is placed back on, and she sets it down between her thighs on the chair she's seated on. Her phone is reached for, and she taps softly at its screen again.

"I am unable to eat most types of food, though I have had some medical proceedures done to help with it over the years. Apple sauce is my go-to now."
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would wave, "Hey!" She would speak to Jessica, "How goes?" She would look over at the array of food, that apparently existed to play in a dangerous game of 'edible or not edible' with hapless junior field agents.

"You look like you're doing well!" She would smile at Jessica and then turn down to Stefanie and nod. "I'm sorry. Are there any varieties of things you can partake in?" She would tap at her lips, "Or, wait, I have an idea!" She would turn to Jessica, "I'm really sorry to bother you, but do you know anyone that's a projective empath?"
Jessica Drew Tray in hand Jess turns in place to give a smiling nod to the seated agent, making no comment on her dietary restrictions.

"It's going well, thanks," she replies to MJ, with another small nod and a warm smile. With a lift of her tray which is full, "I'm going to have to come back for a dessert."

The special agent raises an inquisitive eyebrow at Watson's next question. "No, well, not here. I might know of someone. How come? Mind if I join you both?"
Stefani Houston Stefani shakes her head at the question presented to her from MJ. She spends a moment to tap on her phone again...

"It's very complicated." The device answers for her before her brown eyes go up then to spot Jessica. She shows a quick smile for her, then shakes her head, and motions to the chair at the table across from her.

She lifts up the purified water bottle and shakes it back and forth for MJ, then points at it with her free hand, and frowns ever so slightly.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would go to sit down, "Well.. She has a very limited range of foods she can eat, poor thing. She can't have brownies or cookies!" She would look over at Stefanie with light distress, but amused. "But, if she's comfortable with it and safe I was thinking htat you could fin dan empath that could eat the cookie and let ehr have the sensation of it. So she could have the memories." And none of the weight gain.
Jessica Drew "I think you might want to talk to Commander May about that," she frowns then shakes her head. "On second thought, I wouldn't, I might be overstepping suggesting that. Don't, in fact. You might find people like that at Xavier's easily enough."

Her gaze shifts to Stephanie, "But you do ingest food, right?"
Stefani Houston Stefani is already tapping on her phone again while the other two speak. When she finishes she raises her head up and taps the button again. The device speaks for her, while she rests her chin on her palm.

"I was burned badly in a fire, a long time ago." The phone says in a monotonous voice. "A medical proceedure restored my life, but at a cost of my internal organs. I get nutrients through other means now. It is challenging. But it has been a long time."

Stefani huffs in mild annoyance, because, well... speaking through a phone is not an easy task after all.
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would nod, "I'm sorry. I'm.. Not making you exhausted with all my babble, am I?" She would look over at Jessica and shrug, "I twas only an idea that I was hoping might make her feel good. It sounds like it's a bit inappropriate from me, apologies." That spoken to Jessica and then to Stefanie.
Jessica Drew Ever pragmatic, a stomach rumble reminds Jessica that she needs to fuel up despite Stephanie's plight. She starts to load a piece of pita bread with various things then before popping it in her mouth observes, "It's good having you in the field. I imagine you have exhausted every avenue on keeping yourself fed."
Stefani Houston Stef shows a soft smile to MJ before she quickly taps out another answer. "It sounds great." She says through the device's speaker. Another look is given between the two women, and they both are given a chance to enjoy their food, or talk amongst themselves as the silent Trainee writes some more stuff down. Now both of her thumbs are tap tap tapping away, while she bites down on her bottom lip, quietly humming a tune to herself while she does so.

When she finishes, the phone clatters down on the table, and the young woman props her chin up in her hand again... then taps the speak button.

"I spent the first wenty years wandering for people who could help me medically. I had mixed results. All I know is I can enjoy pure water, and apple sauce... The rest... hurts. But, I am here to enjoy helping good people do good things. I have skills. I hope they help."
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would nod sadly, "I'm sorry. I hope that here we can find some better ways to help you.. Enjoy things more comfortably." She would offer to Jessica. Then give a nod over at Stefanie. "And you're here. No matter what you do you're here to make a difference. And that's the way the world changes." Mary Jane would say with all the enthusiasm of someone that really saw that as the way the world worked. THey went here, pushed hard, and at the end of the day twisted the axle of karma a notch or so in the direction of 'a better place'.
Jessica Drew "Like I said, it's great having you in the field," Jess takes another folded piece of pita before adding. "The labs here are amazing. Our scientists are cutting edge. Talk to Simmons or Fitz, if anyone could help they could, I think."

After a thoughtful pause, she tilts her head to the side, "That is if you want. It must get old, people telling you what to do."
Stefani Houston Stefani just smiles at what they both tell her while she lowers her hand back down to the bottle of water beside her phone now. She grips it by the base before looking between them. She thinks about her rsponse before using her other hand to type it out as rapidly as she can, and she's gotten pretty quick at it, all things considered.

"I do not wish to burden anyone here, until they have decided whether or not to keep me around. But.. it is something that I hope to broad--" Stef sighs at the auto-correcdt.

She reaches down and re-types that part, then re-sends it.

"--Hope to broach with some of them someday. And I have been in military service for over 40 years now. I am used to being told what to do."

She smiles again then and there.
Mary Jane Watson That would get a questioning look over from Mary Jane to Jessica Drew with the standard teenage female 'fishing for information' expression on her face of curiousity but also not blatant enough to be called on it.

While Mary Jane /was/ an actress.. She was not on her best day -that- good.

It was probably outside of her clearance level too. "I'm sure you're going to do fine. They're good people here. Err, beings." Her correcting herself slightly. They had people not from Earth and a sizable non-human contingent.
Jessica Drew Like many of the agents in SHIELD, Jess has seen a lot - mutations, extreme differences caused by accidents that leave people in dire straits, experiments gone wrong. She intimately knows the tolls they can exact.

"Well, I hope they have their heads on straight and keep you on and give you any help you need. They are good at recognizing who will further their goals and are very..." she pauses a moment searching for words. "...understanding, humane. Just ask, no one will fault you for it."
Stefani Houston The Quiet one just smiles to both of them as she considers a response while taking another sip of her water. She runs her right hand through loose bangs and purses her lips together in thought. Her eyes glance down to the bags of food she did procure for others in the Triskelion.

Her right half-gloved hand then goes to her phone to tap something out. "You two are very nice. Thank you." She says, chasing the phone's voice with a smile of her own. Another series of taps across the glowing screen leads the device to utter.

"If I can help you two with stuff. Just reach out to me. I'm easy to track down."
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson would smile, "Sure, I'll let you know. That goes both ways. I'm not sure what I could ever be useful for.. But if I can do anything to give you a hand ever, just go ahead and track me down. I'm.. Probably easier to find." Because redhead with giant poofy hair.

"And I'm glad I got to meet you as well in a setting that doesn't have lots of screams, explosions, and things on fire." To Jessica.
Jessica Drew Jess is nothing if not efficient when refueling herself. The very full plates have been nearly polished clean, chased by mint tea and water. She puts down her fork and knife then wipes her mouth.

"Listen I hate to eat and run like this. Likewise, look me up for anything you might need. Both of you."

She gives Mary Jane a crooked smile, "Nothing like a little bureaucratic downtime, huh?" Tray in both hands, she rises from the table and heads for the bussing station to deposit it.