Owner	Pose
Bart Allen	Bart Allen has taken to doing the grocery shopping since he is one of the people who put the biggest dent in the food supply here. He has put a thing on the computers for people to put in any special orders or specific things they want from the stores. Bart does try to save a bit of money by shopping for some of the rarer things where they actually come from. So today he is zipping in filling the table and counters with canvas bags with food and fresh veggies and fruits in them.
Laura Kinney	Laura tends not to involve herself in household chores. She's not really cut out for doing grocery shopping or cleaning anything which isn't a weapon. But she can certainly add items to a list. Admittedly most of the items she adds are potent chilli peppers. Ones so potent you just can't buy them in a regular store. She did for a while try adding a variety of rare and exotic plants used to make poison. But for some reason people frowned upon adding those to the weekly food shop... She slinks into the kitchen and gives a nod of greeting.
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over to her and offers a smile and says "I got you the peppers you wanted and a few new ones as well, I stopped at this hot pepper festival and they had some kinds I had not heard of before." He looks around and finds the bag, it has plastic baggies in side with the different peppers, keeping the apart and also keeping them so not touched on accident." He offers Laura the bag.
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney tilts her head to one side, reaches into the bag and takes on, then pops it into her mouth like it was a piece of fruit. There's a pause as she chews it. And then she nods to herself. "Good choice. I can actually feel the burn. I was getting a little bored of the regular level of heat in peppers." There's another nod of approval. "How have you been lately?"
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over and says "Pretty good, Emiko and I went on a trip last weekend, spent the weekend at an animal preserve in Africa." He tells her as he starts putting stuff up. The packages are in a lot of different languages and the Chip bags are legendary as he has many many types and many many bags of them
Laura Kinney	"Hunt anything interesting?" Laura wonders. "One of my favorite guns comes from Africa. Fires a cannon round in a six round drum. Ideal for taking out light vehicles and shooting down rogue angels." She leans against the wall. "I don't think I've ever been to Africa without there being some sort of warlord who needed dealing with."
Tim Drake	"Tell me there aren't rogue angels flying around again," is how Tim announces his entrance into the kitchen. He's probably just rolled out of bed judging by the sweat pants and t-shirt, but he's already armed himself with coffee, hence his ability to speak in full sentences. He observes the arrangement of peppers from a safe distance, though he has no similar compunctions about Bart's chip stash, which he rifles through briefly before selecting a bag.     Only to sigh a moment later, put it back, and then head towards the fridge. "Anyone want some eggs?" Tim, cooking? This might end badly.
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over, and says "If your cooking sure, I got some bacon and Canadian bacon, British Bacon, Irish Bacon, Turkey bacon, and Seaweed Bacon." He will tell the others, and then to Laura "We were taking pictures and seeing the animals not shooting them, only thing we kept on the look out for hunting wise was poachers."
Laura Kinney	"I never said hunting the /animals/," Laura points out solemnly. "I generally only hunt the worlds deadliest game. Heavily armed sentient beings." Which probably surprises no-one in the Outsiders... "And no, nothing angel related on the horizon. From what I hear Gabby is spending a lot of time involved with our mystical sister. So there is probably /something/ up. But until she asks for help I'm going to presume she's fine for now."
Tim Drake	The concept of seaweed bacon is interesting enough to spike Tim's curiosity, so after a carton of eggs has been located, he finds the package of that too. "Great. I'll make you an omelet that will absolutely just be scrambled eggs by the end of it," he says as he stations himself at the stovetop.     He's mid-whisk when he leans back to glance at Laura, giving an agreeing nod. "Yeah. I need to get a things-that-go-bump-in-the-night update from Gabby next time I see her." By all appearances Tim actually knows what he's doing, which usually isn't surprising when it comes to most things, but cooking? Absolutely not in his wheelhouse. Soon enough he has a rubber spatula in hand and he's poking at the eggs in the pan. "Though it's not like Gotham doesn't have its own magic problems. Did I tell either of you how Jason was being haunted by a pineapple?"
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, and says "I was there when he for it, there was a ghost that seemed to be obsessed with his ear." He tells the younger man "I got a ban of magic beans, they are back at the apartment." He adds. He then nods to Laura and says "I have faced a few Phoebe and I faced some back when I was doing the Dr. Impulse videos."
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney raises an eyebrow. "I did wonder what that fruit smell was," she muses. "When he was there for those magic stairs. I thought perhaps he'd got a new girlfriend and was using her conditioner." "If you want to throw a few chopped chilis into the omlette feel free." She gives Tim an encouraging look. After all he didn't come in until /after/ Bart had said he'd got some new super hot ones specially...
Tim Drake	Given that he's facing away, Tim's basically just standing there grinning at the eggs. But honestly it's audible in his voice as he says, "Noooo, but he *is* dating someone now!" Basically Tim has gained secret knowledge and is thriving because of it. A real cat that's caught the canary sort of situation.     Which is an unfortunate comparison given that he's supposed to be the bird. ANYWAY.     "Not gonna happen," Tim tells Laura, because he knows her (and her preference for producing chili-based chemical weapons of mass destruction) but he does go back into the fridge for, like, some pickled jalapenos or something. "We have a few people on the team now who can deal with mystical threats, but I'm open to suggestions on how to improve our capabilities."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen hmms and says "I think we should all carry salt with is, Salt is a must have when facing magic." He tells them. He does grab a bag of chips, and thinks about it., and is off for a moment, and back with a tupperware container with some reddish/blackish chips in it "You might like these he offers to Laura "But make sure not to get the dust everywhere." Yes Bart went and got a lot of the hottest one chip challenge chips and opened them putting them in the tupperwear with a couple of those little plastic things that has the crystals in it to absorb moisture so they stay crisp.
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney shrugs and eats the chips like they're.. well.. chips. "Not bad." She taps her foot a few times while thinking of a constructive response to Tims question. "Honestly I have no idea. We could get wards produced? Or have the magic uses bless ammunition. I can't imagine even Batman would object to us shooting at unnatural horrors?"
Tim Drake	"Salt, wards, holy ammunition," Tim lists off, because he is capable of multitasking. Which is how, shortly, he's managed to deliver three plates of scrambled eggs to the kitchen island with little preamble. Naturally Bart's plate has the largest amount of eggs, while Laura's has most of the jalapenos, and Tim gets the seaweed bacon, though he does double back to bring the leftovers over on a plate, too.     And then he says, "Told you they wouldn't be omelets."     Tim's two bites in, having apparently deemed the vegan bacon edible, when he drops his elbow onto the counter and leans his chin in his hand. "Jason and I discussed having someone add a magic damage modifier to some brass knuckles. We could build those into our uniforms easily enough," and here Tim flexes his hand into a fist consideringly, "Though that means getting up close and personal with whatever mystical horror we'd be facing."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over and says "Well I pretty much am getting up close and personal with anything we fight. I mean Emiko has showed me how to use a bow, and teaching me ninja skills, but I am pretty much up in what ever we are fighting's face, well unless I bring Thunder, and then he is up in their face.
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney doesn't seem to really care what the eggs look like. So long as they're not bland. "Thanks," she offers as she accepts the plate. "As for getting up close and personal.. that's where I do my best work anyway. Gabby seemed very keen on getting her claws enchanted. Not something which would work for everyone but could be a good plan for us." She gives Bart a confused look. "A bow and arrow? Can't you just throw the arrows faster than you can shoot them? It seems inefficient."
Tim Drake	Tim shrugs one shoulder. "Up close and personal tends to be how they... curse you or possess your soul, I don't know how any of thise works." Halfway through his plate of eggs, Tim sets his fork down, goes to the pantry, and pulls out that bag of chips he was eyeing up beforehand.     "I was there for that. The enchanting." He rips open the bag and tips it back, pouring said chips straight into his mouth. Eventually, he says, "Your dad was there. I think he assumed I was trying to date Gabby."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over and smirks a bit to this, he does not say anything about the dating part, he has already ate his eggs, and looks to Laura "I can shoot a bow pretty fast to, might be able to throw them faster, but a bow would let me shoot them farther than I can throw them and more accurate at distance too."
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney snorts. "You still have all your arms and legs," she points out. "If he really thought that he must have approved. Or else you'd be considerably shorter. If you think /I'm/ overprotective of her...." She eats some more of the eggs. "You should get some short throwing javelins and an amentum. It works by extending the effective length of your arm and allows much more deadly long range thrown weapon attacks."
Tim Drake	Mid-chip crunch, Tim rolls his eyes. "Mixed-gender friendships aren't impossible," is all he says, and then he too eats more of his eggs, because that's the responsible adult thing to do. You know, eating a healthy breakfast. Which does not include chips. Those are, uh, dessert.     He finishes his meal with the efficiency of someone used to being served a 3 course, butler-prepared dinner with an expectation of consuming it all in the five minutes he has before he needs to be suited up for patrol, which is to say: way too fast, without looking slovenly, because something something manners. Then he installs himself at the sink to start on the dishes. "We'll need to have an actual magic-wielder weigh in on this, but it seems like it'd take less effort to... bless or enchant a weapon that you'd expect to keep, rather than having to continually manage a stock of arrows or throwing knives," he points out.
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods a bit to Tim, and says "Well so far has just been Emiko teaching me us spending time together, and both practicing our skills. I have learned a new trick I have been working on where I can share my speed with others."
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney raises an eyebrow. "I never said they were," she points out. "I just want my sister to be happy and most people you encounter doing the vigilante thing are unstable in one way or another. And I'd rather she found someone who puts her first and isn't forever missing date nights because some idiot is trying to rob a bank." Bart gets a more curious look this time. "Okay so /that/ is useful. The things I could do with even a fraction of Barts speed." They're probably very violent things best not talked about in polite company.
Tim Drake	"Or what a couple seconds of super-sped-up perception could mean for problem-solving," Tim adds as he dries his hands. "Either way, pretty cool. We'll have to test it out in the training room some time." At this point, Laura and Bart are left to fend for themselves -- or rather their dishes are -- as Tim refills his coffee from the machine on the counter and then heads for the elevator.     He's swiping through something on his phone as he calls out, over his shoulder, "Put those chilis somewhere safe!"
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over to Laura "So far, I have only really been able to control it while touching someone or something, but Wally can do it a lot easier, and at a distance, so with time I should get better. It does seem to give you a speedster appetite, Thunder are alot after used it with him.
Laura Kinney	"My metabolic rate is already pretty high," Laura muses. "So a speedforce boost might make that problematic if it really cranks that up a lot. But I'd rather burn through calories at an intense rate in a high threat situation and deal with the enemy /fast/. Than risk other people getting hurt and not needing a snack afterwards."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods his head a bit to this and says "I don't know if there is any long term effects if used a lot, I have only used it a few times, and try to be sparingly with it, that and since am still learning is sorta spotty getting it to work some times
Laura Kinney	"You should speak with that Nadia girl," Laura suggests after a moments consideration. "If anyone can figure out the long term effects it'd be a genius level scientist with her own lab." And if something goes wrong it's far enough away the collateral damage will probably not reach Gotham. Probabaly being the key word... "It's good to explore your abilities but yours are... a bit more extreme than most mutants or metahumans. So best to take all the precautions possible. If someone burnt through too many calories they might be physical incapable to replacing them fast enough."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, and says "So far Wally has not found any issues, but we do have something new we want to try but we have to get everything set up, might be able to help my cousin.
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney inclines her head slightly, as if suggesting Bart should eloborate. "I didn't know you had any cousins," she points out. "But then you come from the future. Your family tree is enough to give most people a headache."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, and says "I have a grandpa, grandma, and a few cousins, both Wally and the other Titan speedster, not sure if you have met her are my cousins. She is having an issue with the speed force aging her oddly, I had a similar issue but not as sparadic as hers when I got here.
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney shakes her head. "I don't generally spend much time around the Titans," she points out. "They're a little too... eh. You know. Sanctimonious for my liking. Too much about saving everyone including the bad guys and doing the whole heroic PR stuff." "So what is your idea to fix her? Run really fast only backwards?"
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over and says "I hang with them a bit but Emiko did not find she fit in with them well either, I wonder if it might have something with your background. Na, thought is if we can leach the speed from her it might reset her.
Laura Kinney	"Leach the speedforce from her..." Laura repeats flatly. She's got a keen, clinical mind but lacks the science background to really follow the specifics of the speedforce. Other than 'speedforce = going really fast'. "As for the backrgounds. I suppose that's true. Neither of us are really fond of working in groups to begin with. And that brand of team so large they should start franchising is a little too much attention for me."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, and "It is an idea we are not sure if it will work or not, but not planning on taking it away for any length of time, just trying to basically close windows and reboot her,"
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney blinks a few times. Then goes over to put the cleared plate in the sink. "And.. what happens to the excess energy? Wouldn't you risk ageing yourself instead? Or just overloading yourself in a harmful way?" She shrugs. "I'm not saying don't do it. Just run it past some scientific experts first. And have a doctor of some sort on hand for when it goes wrong. Preparation that's never needed is better than a lack of prepration when you need something."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen looks over, and says "Well we can take speed from other things and no effect so should maybe just boost us a bit but might be a good thing to look into. Wally can even make bullets move slow through the air.
Laura Kinney	"I don't mean to put a dampener on his achievement there but... why?" Laura wonders. "Surely it would be easier just to nudge the bullets which might actually hit the target so they harmlessly bounce off inanimate objects. Rather than play around with them draining energy. It just seems like an excuse to show off." Not that she can claim to have never done something showy in a fight for the dramatic effect. Cutting bullets from the air with her claws isn't really necessary when she can heal bullet wounds. But to most goons it looks /terrifying/.
Bart Allen	Bart Allen says, "Well being able to do it at a distance, can be useful we can't quite get to one but we can see it before it hits, might give us the pico second we need, that, or could be bullets that have some reason touching them would be bad."
Laura Kinney	"I can move fast enough to cut bullets," Laura points out. "It should childs play for you to deal with them." Of course for X-23 it's as much about observing the lines of attack and knowing where to cut as it is moving quickly. But the speed certainly helps! "Weird bullets. Now I suppose I can't argue with that logic since I did just ask Tim to source us some kind of enchanted ammunition."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, and says "And the Rogue like nothing more than some new way to use that gimmicks and gadgets, I mean Captain Boomerang once tied my grandpa to a giant rocker propelled boomerang "
Laura Kinney	"That's the sort of weird lifestyle event which I will never understand but which groups like the Titans encounter all the time," Laura points out with a shrug. "I do not have theme villains. They just seem odd to me. So inefficient. If you're going to try kill someone don't limit yourself to a novelty set of weapons. Use whatever is most effective and keep your options open. Boomerangs are.." She shakes her head with dismay. "Only an idiot would base their entire identity around a stick you throw."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen shrugs and says "No one ever said Boomer was the brightest one of the bunch, honestly would say Snark or maybe weather wizard would be some of the smarter ones. But then again the Rogue honestly more often than not just want money and are only fighting us cause we won't let them take it.
Laura Kinney	"Wouldn't it be easier just to let them rob a bank?" Laura suggests bluntly. "They do one crime. Become rich and stop. Meanwhile the banks insurance covers the robbery. Problem solved. Crimes where money is the primary motivation seem a little beneath superheros. We should be dealing with actual issues like intergalatic wars and illegal experimentation."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen says, "Well besides the fact robing is wrong and needs to be stopped, they would not stop, they would spend the money and then steal more, and rinse and repeat."
Laura Kinney	"What about people who are starving and steal to buy food? Is that really so wrong? Money has far less value than life. So crimes which are entirely based around wealth shouldn't be high priorities. Now if they're putting lives at risk and you're acting to protect people.. Well that I can agree has merit," Laura responds with cold analytical logic. "We break laws all the time. Just for good reasons. The world is rarely as simple as something is always right or wrong."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, and says "Well they do, some of them more than others, but I see where your coming from. Our family has a bit of a police mindset at times I think
Laura Kinney	"Probably better than an assassin mindset," Laura admits wryly. "Unless it's a GCPD police mindset." She turns the tap on just long enough to claim she's 'soaking' the plate she used. Then glances back over at Bart. "I should probably resume my training regime. Before people start thinking I'm taking it easy and socialising." It's almost possible that's a joke. Maybe. "I hope you have some success with your plans to assist your cousin. I'd offer to help in any way I can but I'm not convinced my skillset can be applied in any productive way."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, his head a bit and says "Thanks, and depends, there are a few good cops here, at least that's the rumor." He will move to take her place to wash his and her plates, and says "Well if you need anything you know where to find me, and I will keep the look out for stuff. Oh do you like stuff that are other extremes for flavors?"
Laura Kinney	Laura Kinney pauses on her way out of the kitchen. "I don't really know? I just like things which aren't bland," she explains with a slight shrugging roll of her shoulders. "Do not feel you need to go out of your way to find things for me. I travel a fair bit when I'm not dealing with team matters. And with my nose I'm always able to find myself the best place for a meal in any city in the world."
Bart Allen	Bart Allen nods, abit and says "Just wondering may pick up a few things more while I am exploring, but if so I will let ya know." He offers drying the dishes and says "It was nice talking with you Laura."
Laura Kinney	"Thank you for taking the time to bring back those chili peppers," Laura replys, holding her hand up in a slight waving gesture. "It was good speaking to you too. Oh and send my regards to Emiko."