10655/Nobody Knows Your Name

Nobody Knows Your Name
Date of Scene:	06 January 2020
Location:	P3, Avalon Heights
Synopsis:	Just friendly conversations with Piper, Zachary, and Marcus.
Cast of Characters:	Blackout, Piper Halliwell, Zachary Zatara

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Blackout has posed:
    Finding his way back into the bar, Marcus Daniels, AKA Blackout, has taken a seat on one of the stools facing the bar. He's dress casually today, black shirt, black jacket over jeans and sneakers. He removes his jacket and places it onto the stool to his left and waits for a bartender to show up.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's behind the bar....as she often seems to be. Mostly since Bloodhaven's crime happened to one of her bar guys and she's filling in. Hospitals are not a fun place. So Piper's pulling shifts to help out. She's helping out. Nodding she comes over. "What can we getcha?" Piper asks with a look to Mark. "We're sorta open. As in, we're open. We're shorthanded, and the boss is filling things in" she adds with a look over to the other bar people.

Blackout has posed:
    "Sorry to hear that." He states as he glances for other staff/employees and then adds, "Gimmie a draft." He'll pull out his wallet and sift to find the right card. "It's always hard to find good help, right?" he slides the card onto the bar.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper shrugs, "Ah don't worry. Rick's in hospital with cuts to his arm and a bruised hand. So" Piper says. "Could have been worse. Tied to run off from muggers and got hit on the arm and wallet wrenched out. Guy only had $15 in it. Poor Rick. Told him to take it up with BPD and come back when he's ready. One draft. Want anything else?" Piper offers andsets to it pouring the drink.

Blackout has posed:
    "That's horrible. Then again, Bludhaven isn't really the safest of neighborhoods. Seems like all of Gotham and surrounding burbs should be safer with the Batman and all his friends protecting the place. If I were a criminal, I'd relocate. Maybe Hawaii or something."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
"Or five feet form my door" Piper offers with a look to the stairs. She looks over the bar again and laughs. "Though let's be fair. You got a castle over there. ou got P3 here. Between whatever's in that castle, and P3...yeah Bloodhaven's a little bit safer. Can't be everywhere at once" Piper says setting the drink by Mark.

Blackout has posed:
    "How many of them are there in this city? Heroes, not criminals. I mean, I agree. They can't be everywhere. But coupled with the standard police, the extended police, federal, and other services. It seems like the streets would be safer. But Gotham and these suburbs are seriously dangerous. Heck, I definitely wouldn't live here, I only come here for the drinks and the incognito of it all." He glances around the bar and states, "Where nobody knows my name - except for you."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper grins, "Yeah and that's because I looked over your ID doing my job as a club owner" Piper muses. "You know they say Pearl's a singer" she adds, matching the musical reference with a more obscure one of her own. She nods. "Ah Bloodhaven's safe. Long as you are smart and know what you are up to that is and don't tick the wrong people off" Selene adds with a wry grin. She shakes her head and looks over Mark again. "Keep your wits about ya."

Blackout has posed:
    "Yeah, I choose to avoid those people. I'd hate to run into someone like the Joker or the Penguin. And seriously, who comes up with these names? Why would anyone choose to be called the Penguin?" He chuckles, drinks and then adds to the rethorical questioning, "Like the name Blackout. Why in the world would anyone choose that themselves? Is it a power based thing for any of them? Mr Freeze, that makes sense. Joker, sure, he makes jokes. But Penguin.... is it because he's short, fat, dresses in a tuxedo and carries umbrellas? Nope, makes no sense."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper is trying not to laugh. "You tell him that to his face and let me know how it goes" Piper offers with a nod. she's optimistic. And, oh yah, she's definitely not trying to get Mark in a world of trouble. Instead...she sits behind the bar, listening. "Have you seen his suits? The pictures make him look like a penguin. C'mon. It's the short, fat, and earing those suits that does it. My question is, Harley Quinn. What's up with her?" Piper asks. She's asking questions of Gotham, while in Bloodhaven. Safety in being across a river, Piper.

Blackout has posed:
    "I've not seen him in person. Really don't care to. These people out this way are crazy. Which is probably why Arkham is overcrowded with loonies. Which brings up a whole other thing. Does Batman attract them? It's like Gotham is this big pile of crazy that doesn't seem to exist anywhere else. And I know there are a ton of crazy villains out there. But it's like Metropolis and Superman attracts the super powerful world killing stuff and Batman attracts the crazy."

Zachary Zatara has posed:
    A magician and his Bunny walk into a bar.

    It sounds like a bad joke, but they seriously do. Only, the magician looks more like a kid with questionable legality, and the Bunny is really an adult woman in a fishnet shirt and tight leather pants...who just so happens to be named Bunny. Zachary Zatara is young but holds himself like he belongs here and slides easily onto a barstool, his companion sitting next to him. "Gotham's not so bad," he comments casually to the man nearby, waiting for the bartender. "Eh. Actually, it's horrible. It was 'Walking Dead' over there not a month ago."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper looks over the two new entrants and just...sort of stares for a moment. "Uh....hey, welcome to P3. What would you like?" she asks. "And...yeah you got any ID before I serve you?"

Rules are rules. Piper scuffs a boot on the ground and shakes her head for a moment considering the newcomer. "It's not so bad? Yeah compared to Bloodhaven. Now if we had a defender of our own here..." she snarks, "Catman maybe? Guy with a cat motif. Or Fangy mcVampire, defender of the streets after dark" she says, giggling at that one. Great, she's just come up with an idea for a comic series now or something silly like that

Zachary Zatara has posed:
    "That's fair," The young man smirks at Piper, and fishes out his driver's license. Visually, it's perfectly illegitimate, Zachary Zatara freshly turned twenty-one, if you ignore the slight reside of magic on it. "I'll have a Manhatten, thanks. Bunny..." He looks to the woman next to him, deep in her thoughts. "She'll just have a glass of water."

    "Bloodhaven had Nightwing, right?" He chimes in, "And more than a few magic types and probably at least one vampire. Whether he's a good or bad guy," he shrugs. "That honestly could change depending on the day of the week."@emit

Blackout has posed:
    Marc drinks, hears the new voice and the retort. He sits down his glass and was searching for the name, "Yeah, Nightwing. That's right. For whatever reason I was thinking Winger or DarkWing Duck. But still, I think Piper has it right. This town either needs an enema or some additional heroes to sure it up. There's too much crime in such a small zip code."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper snorts at Darkwing Duck. "Nightwing. That was it. Okay that license" she says and looks over the two new arrivals. "Got any other forms of ID on you?" she adds. It's a subtle way of calling the license fake and checking who he really is. Piper's doing the dutiful club owner thing...and....all that. Still she nods. "Manhattan. It'll be hard to make" she offers, leaving it open for questions...but the gleam in her eyes means she's got a retort ready.

"Whoa whoa, hang on. You suggested an enema? Okay, let's just divert the river, and flood Bloodhaven and turn it into Atlantis?" Piper retorts from her seat. Finally she gets up to make a Manhattan.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
    "You drive a hard bargain, lady," Zachary's eyes go upwards, as he thinks, then mutters something under his breath. When Piper goes to prepare the drink, right in front of her, there's an open passport that matches the birthdate on his driver's license. "I'm legit, promise." All smiles, this one. "That would make one Leaguer happy, the one that talks to fish."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper pauses making the drink, peering at the glass from all the angles before scribbling down numbers. "Manhattan. Like I said. It'll be tricky to make" she says, eyes sparkling with amusement. "I doubt you can fit an island in that glass"

There it is. There's the punchline. She knows full well what a Manhattan is. She's just being a smartass. Shock there. Piper though makes the drink and sets it in front of Zachary with a picture of the Manhattan skyline. Then she gets the glass of water and sets it by Bunny too, before eturning to Mark's question. "So who should protect Bloodhaven?"

Blackout has posed:
    Marc isn't attentative or cares enough to have noticed an tomfoolery coming from Zachary's side of the bar with his mutterings and providing of identification. He's too bemused with his own conversation about the stupid villains of Gotham and surrounding burbs. Though he's also more interested in what Piper is doing or how she's doing it. He has no clue about anything other than beer or whisky. So when she's talking about a Manhattan and difficulty of making it, he watches quietly.

    Then when confronted with the posed question of who should protect it, he answers, "That's way above my pay grade. No clue on that, at all."

Zachary Zatara has posed:
    "Hardy har har," Zachary mock-laughs, but there's an amused tilt to his smile. He can appreciate sass. He takes a sip of his new drink, leaning on the bar with his elbows and taking in the place. The picture's a nice touch. "I would say leave the protecting to the police, but I don't have that much faith in the system. But if we can't rely on the A-listers, people need to watch each other's back."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper grins, and nods. "Glad you like it. I..."
"Piper, thought you'd wanna know Rick's on his way hre" one of the bar staff says as Piper nods. "Thanks, didn't you tell him from me to go home? Or did he spout his usual oh the grand Piper Halliwell is making me go home line?" she sasses, "Seriously. Drive him home. Put him to bed. Hit him with a mallet if you have to. But make sure he rests. I swear that boy's got more energy than half the generating stations up and down the coast" Piper says, then looks to Zach and Blackout. "I vote we check out the castle and see who lives there, and see if they'll protect Bloodhaven?" Piper offers with a smile. "Plus, come on, we'll be like those shows on TV exploring a castle. Only...it's right in our backyard here"

Blackout has posed:
    "We? What's this /we/ stuff? I'm not a member of any Scooby gang and castles aren't my thing. For all I know, some old vampire dude lives there and 'vants to sssuk mah blooooud'. No thanks." Marc states with a playful tone of denial and a grin. Then he drinks the rest of his beer.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper smirks. "Oh but you'd make a fine Shaggy" she offers. "And those two. Fred and Daphne. I'll...." she begins, realizing she's dropping herself in a world of trouble. "Be back in a moment!" she says and scurries down to the other end of the bar, coming back a moment later. "As I was saying. Fred. Daphne. Shaggy. Which....means? I don the orannge sweater and glasses?" Piper nods. She's oddly okay with all of this, really. "What's the harm. We just knock on the castle door. Nobody answers, we go home. If the castle door's open we poke around"

Zachary Zatara has posed:
Zachary hums, sipping idly. "Piper Halliwell," he notes, searching his memory banks for that name. "I'm betting you've searched a few castles in your time." Bunny is satisfied with water and is watching the live entertainment. "Where's your sense of adventure...?" He leaves a little space in his inquiry for Marc to add an introduction. "Shaggy?"

Blackout has posed:
    Marc chuckles, "Nah. I'll pass. Even though Piper's description of the orange sweater and glasses is potentially super hot. I know better than to sign up for adventures like that. I used to work for SHIELD. That was adventure enough for me. Thanks though." In his denial; he handwaves off the concept of adventuretime as one of the scooby gang, regardless of how hot it could be.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper raises an eyebrow. "And you're not dead? Well" Piper offers with a smile. "You survived. Somehow. So did they give you a t-shirt to celebrate?" she adds with a wry grin. Oh her snark's on full form now.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
        "Ooooh, Zachy, listen to this song with me," Bunny calls from the other side of the bar, bopping her head to some pop song.

    "Duty calls," says Zachary, but slides his card towards Piper. "Ever want to go castle exploring, feel free to hit me up, Charmed One." Then, he pays for his drink and leaves.

Blackout has posed:
    Seeing Zachary's departure, he gives a nod then Marc turns his attention back to Piper. "You're serious about going into that castle, aren't you?" is asked out of concern and curiousity.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
"Oh yeah I am" Piper offers. What she's not saying is when she's a witch, the decks a tiny bit more in her favor....mostly when she can do magic-y things. "C'mon, what's the harm. Knock on adoor. Ask to go in. If whoever livs theresays no, go home. What's the harm in it?" Piper nods looking amused to Mark. "C'mon. You were former SHIELD, right? You're used to this" she jokes.

Blackout has posed:
    "I'm a physicist. When I worked for SHIELD, I wasn't an operative. I did experiements for them. I heard enough of their silly adventures for a lifetime of not having them. Plus it's a scary catle that probably doesn't want anyone visiting it. I'm really not inclined on being eaten by the locals, wildlife, or the plantlife. And you shouldn't be either."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
"Yeeeeeessssssss" Piper admits drawing the word out. "But....it's right here in Bloodhaven" she offers, "I'm just saying. Curiosity is a powerful thing" she says with a quiet laugh. "Okay, fine, fine, I'll read up on it and see what's going on with it. Better?" she adds and looks a bit disappointed at the idea that whoever owns the castle....probably....wants privacy

Blackout has posed:
    "Good. Cause if you disappear, then I'm gonna get a complex. I've already had a few friends of mine disappear these past few months. Not that you're a friend, but you know, friendly face. And if someone else disappears under mysterious circumstances then I'll think it's me."

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper folds her arms. "If I disappear, I probably got lost and am having a nice chat with whoever" Piper points out. "Owns the place. I'll show up here with weird stories. So it's just a normal day given I run a club in Bloodhaven" Piper jokes. She's got a serious look in her eye. L"ook I won't go running in without being prepared, okay?"

Blackout has posed:
    "Good." states Marc as he slides off the bar stool and grabs his coat. "So yeah, I'm gonna head home. I'll swing back around to see how it all turned out."