10397/Danger room Show and Learn

Danger room Show and Learn
Date of Scene:	11 December 2019
Location:	Danger Room - X-Men Base
Synopsis:	We are gonna need another Timmy-bot as we learn Gwen's strength
Cast of Characters:	Cannonball, Dragonfly (Armenteros), Prismatic, Shadowcat

---

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie has called Gwendolyn, and brought Alexis with him. He waits on Gwen to get there, and asks if she minds if Alexis joins them. He is actually in his uniform, which is more blue and red than yellow and black. He waits typing on his pad a bit as he does.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn was done with classes for the day when she was contacted by Samuel and, with nothing better to do than practice violin, decided to go down and see what the Danger Room was all about. Sure, she had flown in circles a few times but really hadn't been able to see what was going on, since some other group came down to do some things 'in private.' Which meant she didn't get to see what went on.

Dressed in her borrowed uniform - she'll give it back if asked, honestly! - she headed down to the Danger Room to see what was going on.

Prismatic has posed:
    Alexis is already within, adjusting her own Bumblebee outfit with a grim look on her face. She's brought her dark hair up into a bun, though her ears are a little yellowish.

    "If you break out that drill press again, I don't care that we have separate rooms you are finding a couch. I'll give Joe your bed." Alexis murmurs to Sam, giving a wry grin over to him.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthriesmiles a bit to this and says "Ah was thinking more a bit of physical testing for Gwen on what she can do, than what she can take. " He grins over to Alexis, and then looks over to Gwen "Ok, we saw a bit of your speed with the flying, Ah thinking a bit of your other abilities today.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Wait, you two use drill presses?" Gwendolyn is still adjusting to her bumblebee uniform. It fits well in some places, not so well in others. It may require a little tailoring to get fitting just perfectly, but for training purposes, this'll work just fine. She turns to Samuel and nods. "Well...I mean...you know the 'view the past' thing I can do with my hands. What else is there? See how hard I can hit, or something?"

Prismatic has posed:
    "I have an internal armoring between my epidermis and dermal layer. Sam came up with how to test how much pressure it takes before breaking, for Science and also because it complicates things should I require surgery." she gives a wry grin over to Gwen.

    "As it is, standard procedure now is any time I need a shot, it has to be the inside of my cheek."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Well, I was thinking more about starting off with checking the sensitivity of your senses. Thought would start with low input levels and see what your ok with dealing with and maybe see if we can work on determining how well you can pick things out of the mess of things."

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Well, sure thing. Just....turn the lights out, would you? Or at least down. I'm still working on being able to go out without the visor." Unlike Brad, who can turn his invisibility on and off, Gwen's senses are set on all the time. "It's hearing and sight that have the enhancements." she offers, waiting for the lights to dip. "Thank goodness no taste or smell or touch. I /like/ eating."

Prismatic has posed:
    "... goodness, I can't even imagine sense-enhanced taste." the quiet Brit states gently, getting a thousand-yard stare at the idea, but she follows Sam, minding her steps as the lights might dim, looking over her own tablet to see what controls Sam might change about.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie will hand Alexis a tablet to let her help out, and says "Alexis hon, go out about a football field, err 300 yards, err can you go out about a 100 meters that way, will have you do a few thing to see if she can hear or see what your doing." He does turn the lights almost totally out. "We will start with these tests and work on others as we go alone.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
     When the lights go down, Gwendolyn starts removing her visor, mechanical clicks as safety catches disengage and then, off it comes. She blinks in the room, rubbing around where the visor was on her eyes and straightens, watching, waiting for Alexis to do whatever it is she's supposed to do. "Well, I can see her now, if that means anything." Gwendolyn says, looking over to Samuel, her blue eyes glinting in what light there is.

Prismatic has posed:
    "Thank you for qualifying yards, I might have been confused which football field." Alexis ives a wry grin as she jog down the way. It's a long, long way. The tablet glows slightlyas she does, and she glances down at it a moment, pursing her lips before looking questioningly, vaguely in Sam's direction, before she nods, and exhales.

    The light of the tblet goes down as she faces Gwendolyn, and Alexis's eyes close.

    It starts in her ears, first. The low light making the process slow as it travels down her cheeks, accross the bridge of her nose, the color of her skin going from the soft olive and tan hues of her natural skin color to bright, Barbie Doll Pink.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks over to Gwen, and says "Ok, well tell me do you see anything different about Alexis from where you at?" He will type in a few things on his tablet, and says "Also can you tell how many fingers she is holding up?" He makes sure alexis can hear him and hold up fingers for her.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:

"Well..." Gwendolyn glancing from Samuel to Alexis, down there in the dark. "I don't nomally go that distance, but it really looks like she's...pink?" That can't be right. Gwendolyn rubs her eyes and looks again. "Yeah, she's turned pink."

Prismatic has posed:
    She is, indeed, pink. She looks a little embarrassed over the whole color changing, but she keeps the color as she also raises her left hand.

    She's holding three fingers and her thumb up, pinky lowered and kept close to her palm.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrienods, and says "Good, you can tell colors at a distance, thats a good thing." He will give alexis a thumbs up message on the tablet. Whisper something softly." He will type for her, Type to me what ya say so I know if she is right.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Hang on..." There's some more rustling as Gwendolyn pulls out futuristic-looking earplugs, holding them in her hand, her voice dropping to a whisper. "She's holding up three fingers and a thumb on her left hand. That color trick is neat." She's dreading Samuel talking so she clarifies. "Please, please whisper. I can hear everything you're doing, up to and including breathing."

Prismatic has posed:
    The light of Alexis's tablet flickers for a moment, and she types something in.

    And, from so far away, speaking in her normal, soft voice, from a football field away in this massive Danger Room,, the British Accented Woman begins to recite:

    In olde dayes of the king Arthour, Of which that Britons speake great honour, All was this land full fill'd of faerie; The Elf-queen, with her jolly company, Danced full oft in many a green mead."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and will keep his own voice as low as he can "So, can you hear what she is saying?

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn's brow wrinkles a little, her head turning one ear towards Alexis. "I suppose 'british stuff' isn't good enough but..." She listens for a second. "In olde days of the king arthour..." she recites the whole thing in an American accent, losing some of the beauty of the british accent speaking the Wife of Bath's tale.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie will type what Gwen says to see if it is right. He hmms softly, and looks between the two, and will ask softly "So, what levels can you stand before it is painfull?

Prismatic has posed:
    Alexis would send back in reply as she tops reciting, and types back "She's good. Can I go back to not being pink yet? It's hard to concentrate on it."

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Well..." Gwendolyn's voice is still barely a whisper - apparently she can't modulate her sense of hearing that well, just like her sight. "If the world were at a ten, I'd be more comfortable with it at a two. Little sounds are uncomfortable, louder sounds, like conversation, is deafening. When I was coming up here, I stole some hearing protection from a quarry, where they use explosives daily, and that made things more tolerable. These.." She holds up the handful with the two earbuds. "Make it wher eI can actually go see movies, or go outside."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie will type, that Alexis can chance back, and says softly "Ok, lets put the protection back on and will see what we can work on to help you without the mechanical assistance." He will look over to Gwen, I am glad you have been able to get something that helps.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
The earplugs go in first, almost as an automatic motion, the girl visibly relaxing once they're inside and the world's been dialled back from eleven to around a four. The visor goes on next, clipping tight so it won't fall off due to motion. Gwendolyn flinches as they go on, though. They're not comfortable, but they're necessary. "I'm hoping that I can get used to the extra light. The earbuds I can deal with, but the visor is really getting annoying. Better than being in a fetal ball, though."

Prismatic has posed:
    Alexis is no longer pink by the time the lights come on, and she's jogging closer to the two.

    "Really, you could clearly hear me from so far away? That's amazing, Gwen." the singer replies with a smile, her friendly expresion showing wonder in her dark eyes.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "Ok, now, we know those two things, lets work on seeing if either of you have any more physical enhancements." He looks to the two and says "You both willing to check strength and such as we go along?

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Head all put away and sense back to somewhat tolerable, Gwendolyn straightens and nods to Samuel. "I guess so. I mean, I'm kind of in your hands right now." She looks over as the now not-pink Alexis comes closer. "So you can turn pink, too? Or was that Samuel messing with you to make you more visible?"

Prismatic has posed:
    Alexis gives a wry grin to Gwendolyn, and she gives a shrug. "I suppose an offshoot of that 'shell' underneath. It's crystaline, so there's this... net of prisms. Takes longer when there's less light, but as light passes through the epidermis and hits the crystals, if I concentrate I can turn the colours a bit. Or if I get distracted an' emotional, they turn on their own."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "She turns a very pretty pink when she blushes." He admits. He will tap on the tablet, and two humanoid robots walk out of doorways that appear in the wall. He smiles and says "Ok, we will start with punch strength and get a bit of a judge from that."

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"That's so cool." Gwendolyn says as Alexis gets closer. "I guess if you're not careful, it's like wearing your emotions on your sleeve." She steps back as the robots emerge from the doorways and walk to stand near her, scooting back a little, waiting to see what happens.

Prismatic has posed:
    "It's a bit like being a human moodring, yeah." Alexis replies as she looks to the doorways, and she grips her fingers into loose fists.

    "One of the reason I gave up performing. I turned blue." she gives a small smile, and she regards the robots.

    "... I kick pretty hard. Does that count?" she offers back to Sam.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and the robots come to stand in front of the others, and says "Ok, give them a punch, kick, and what ever else you feel like doing to them. They are here to see what kind of damage you can do to them.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"God, it's been forever since I punched something." Gwendolyn rocks her head back and forth and lifts her hands in a punching sort of way. "I mean, there was Jake Marsh in seventh grade that made fun of my hair that I punched right in the nose for that. Got moved to a different foster home but he deserved it." Gwendolyn judges her distance, making a slow movement with her right hand, getting her distance right, aiming to hit the robot in the middle of its chest. "Okay so...here we go." And she punches the robot in the chest - hard.

For all intents and purposes, it's a simple-looking punch. She's got decent form and follows through but, when her fist impacts the robot things happen. Designed to be hit by things that can hit much harder than an average punch, the Robot should be able to survive Gwendolyn's hit but the first thing that can be heard is the metallic snap of metal /shearing in half/ from the blow followed by the Robot being knocked backwards several meters!

Prismatic has posed:
    Meanwhile, Alexis's blows aren't nearly as impressive. She's brought her hands up in an approximation of the fighting stance that Sam had shown her, and she exhales as she delivers a devestatingly normal punch. It might even hurt if she were punching a normal person and give them pause, or knock them back a couple of inches.

    There's also a soft 'crack!' from Alexis's hand.

    "Ow, ow!"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie 'a brow raises at first the super punch and then the crack. "Ok Gwen, seems your pretty strong there, We will probably have to do a bit more testing there." He will move to Look at Alexis' hand "You ok hon?" He aint sure what happened but wants to make sure she is ok

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn stands there with both fists up, blinking in surprise beneath her goggles. She snapped back, just like that one stepbrother taught her, but she wasn't expecting that! "Um..." She looks over at Samuel and then Alexis. "Oh god, are you okay, alexis?"

Prismatic has posed:
    Alexis gives a small, embarrassed laugh.

    "Oh, I'll be fine, every once in a while there's a bit of a crack. Old injury I think." she laughs, and her ears turn light pink as she waves it off. "But goodness, Gwen, way to go. Look at tha', went through it like nothing."

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"I think I broke your robot." Gwendolyn says with a blush and a frown.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks over, and says "Well they are sorta ment to be broken, so no problem there. " He will take Alexis' hand looking at if she lets him. "So enhanced senses, super strong, and can fly, and read the past of object.? We missing anything you know of?" He seems impressed a bit at the diverse powers

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Well, I mean..." Gwendolyn lifts her arm and the spines on the outside edge extend - without a snikt sound, mind you - and then fold back against her flesh like they were never there. "I can give someone a really good poke."

Prismatic has posed:
    Alexis looks genuinely impressed at the bredth of the powers Gwendolyn possesses, wide-eyed as the spine is produced, then retracted, and she looks down to her tablet and appears to be taking a couple of notes.

    "Along with your fiddling skills, strong sense of self-reliance and independence, you are just short of a force of nature unto yourself, Gwen." she compliments kindly.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks over to Gwen, and says "Ok, may sound odd, or may not, but your spikes, can they detach? Can you pop them out hard enough to send them flying if so. Also do you know how strong they are against breaking? If they are not able to be detached it would help to know if they can be broken if you get one stuck in something.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn blushes - actually, truly, really blushes at the compliment from Alexis. "Thank you very much, Alexis. That really means a lot." She then turns to Samuel. "I...um..." Gwendolyn lifts her right arm and pokes out the little spines again to their full length. "I mean, they don't shoot off like a porcupine but they can break. I mean..." She reaches down to the one closest to her elbow and, with a twist and a jerk opposite the way it's going, it pops out with a snap, leaving a little nub that, more than likely, will grow back. "Here, I guess you can test this and find out the properties?" She offers the little spine to Samuel to take.

Shadowcat has posed:
The doors to the control room open up and Kitty walks in. She has Lockheed riding on her shoulder as she heads over towards the control consoles. The monitors display what is transpiring down below. Kitty checks out a few of the readings, being very familiar with the controls as one of the people capable of creating new simulations.

She takes a seat and turns on the microphone to say softly over the comms into the room, "I'm in the control room, Sam, if you guys need anything from up here." She leans over to the window to wave down to them.

Prismatic has posed:
    "Sam, I'll be fine. If it's achey, I'll have Shannon or Chris take a look at it. Hardly even broke anything." she comments to guthrie as he invetigates her hand, and the older mutant gives a grin to Gwendolyn. "I mean every breath." she affirms to the girl, but watches with interest as she detatches the spine. Incredible, really, and her lips purse as she looks at the object blow the control room lights up at Kitty gives a wave, and Alexis gives a wave back until she spots the dragon.

    "Oh. My. Goodness." she whispers quietly, then leans over to Sam, "Sam, is that Lockheed? Is that an *actual* dragon?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says"Yea, that's Kitty and Lockheed, he is a pretty smart fellow, and may want to introduce Joe to him, Make sure Joe aint going to freak out. " He waves to Kitty, and to Gwen he will tell her "Well the fact you can break one off is good to know. Ah did not want to see you get them stuck in something and not able to move your arm away from it." He will ask her "So, will ask Gwen, are you wanting to learn how to fight?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty waves back to people and then sets to work going through some of the Danger Room simulations. She books a time for the room and queues up the eye examination simulation. Which basically just turns the Danger Room into a giant eye doctor's office, where a friendly ophthalmologist can come give eye exams to the mutant students where visiting his normal office wouldn't work as well, even with an Image Inducer. He has a younger sister who attended Xavier's, and has become a friend of the school as such.

Lockheed curls up to rest on her shoulder as he sees she's going to be a little while. Kitty leans over to the microphone as she hears the conversation below through the speakers. "Yep, real dragon. And the bestest buddy a girl ever asked for."

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn passes the spine over to Samuel for study. It's heavy - heavier than it looks - like it's made out of iron, and it's sharp, too. Getting hit with one of those would almost certainly ruin a normal person's day or puncture a tire or, in Gwendolyn's real-world case, open a can of food really, really easily. "Me? Fight? I mean...." She looks to Alexis, then Kitty and the Dragon in the control room, and then to Sam again. "I've never fought anything before. Except Jake Marsh in Seventh Grade."

Prismatic has posed:
    "I see. Joe is usually unflappable when it comes to creatures and people... neighborhood cat and all." Alexis whispers, her eyes still on Kitty and the Dragon..

    As Kitty pipes up from the control room, Alexis turns a shade of pink again as she purses her lips.

    "He's adorable. Hullo, Lockheed!" she cheerily calls out, and then turns to Gwen again, clasping the taller girl on the shoulder a moment as she solemnly adds: "I hope to never earn your ire as long as I live."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrienods his head a bit to this and says ""Well, you don't have to fight, but if you want to learn we can help out. I am not asking you to be a superhero, if you want to learn more about that we can help with it as well. But even if not, Ah suggest at least normal self defense training in case someone tries to mess with you for being a mutant.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn rocks a little from the pop on her shoulder, grinning to Alexis. "I'm very hard to annoy, I promise. Earning my ire will take concerted effort on your part, and even then, my ire is not guaranteed." Then, she turns her attention to Samuel, thinking. "I...I might. Just...let me think on it for a little while, okay? I've....got some stuff to think about." Her, a superhero? Or even just being offered the chance to be one? It's a lot for her to think about!

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty finishes up scheduling the eye doctor visit for Brad, and also sends out a few other emails to students who are due for a checkup so they can all be taken care of in one go. She finishes that up and goes over to grab a bottle of water, then walks back to the curved window that looks out onto the Danger Room.

Kitty steps through the glass like it wasn't there and falls slowly to the ground, dropping the last few inches unphased to land on the ground and then walk over to others. Lockheed just stays there curled up, though lifts his head to look Gwendolyn and Alexis over more closely. "hey guys, mind if I watch from down here?" Kitty asks.

Prismatic has posed:
    "Wot, watch my absolute failure at punching things?" Alexis gives a wry smile at Kitty, and takes a deep breath as Lockheed's head lifts.

    "Oh, aren't you just darling?" she questions the dragon in a gentle voice -- then she hops up on pointe, right to her tip-toes in her shoes, and she kisses Sam's jaw. "I, however, am going to go change. I'm not... quite used to wearing one of the bumblebees." she jokes, gives Kitty a nod, and exits the Danger Room proper.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks to Gwen and says "You can take all the time you want to think about it, as I said, it is not required. If you want just normal power training that is ok, self defense what ever you are interested in we can help you with. We were testing out some of the ladies powers to see how well they could do.