10893/Entitled to a Title

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Entitled to a Title
Date of Scene: 27 January 2020
Location: Central Park, Manhattan
Synopsis: No tea for Sue!
Cast of Characters: Scarlet Witch, Karrin Murphy, Kaida Connolly, Quicksilver




Scarlet Witch has posed:
"That's too much milk," protests a woman whose name shall be Sue, out of deference to a certain Karrin. Sue has the look of a classic lady who lunches. A certain age, her hair cut in that smooth bob, with sunglasses too big for her face. She is currently in the middle of a rage in front of the 'Urban Grounds' coffee truck, a very swanky bright mint green truck nestled on a curve just inside Central Park. This makes it a popular stop, if the social media presence and long, snaking line of patrons has anything to do with it. That queue is more or less orderly, shoved to the inside curb. Anyone blocking a New Yorker from moving up the street is likely to be shoved into oncoming traffic, really.

The barista looks befuddled. "But... But that's tea."

"I asked for /tea latte/," shouts the woman in a needy, nasal tone suggesting she is going to ask for a manager right now. Behind her stands an auburn-haired young woman, cut off from placing her order. Her hands deep in her burgundy coat, she might be counting off seconds in her head. Wanda looks tired, the sort of luminous weariness that comes with burning the midnight oil at both ends. Sue goes on, shoving the cup at the poor barista, "Now make me another one properly. Is it that hard? How can you put too much milk in a /latte/?"

Karrin Murphy has posed:
Karrin Murphy, resident jogger in the park, is...out jogging. In full NYPD gear, plain clothes. She's jogging in suit pants, winter coat, smart shirt and there's the bulge of her sidearm under her winter coat, within easy reach, she's got her hair cut a little shorter than usual, and she jogs over looking a little worried. "Alright, what's going on here?" Karrin asks. Oh, being a cop gives her reasonss to ask. See. She's half expecting Sue to yell at her or something, but when she can call on the police, and/or Harry Dresden and his allies, she's confident. Murph listens quietly then looks over the line, back to Sue then the poor barista.

Murphy's heard the argument from a good few hundred yards away and is already not liking it. Oh, she's got her radio under her coat too. Coats are great for hiding things like that, hey, her gear's hidden under it too. Yay for being short and given an average length coat.

Karrin glances to Wanda for a moment in silent solidarity at being insanely tired, then fixes Sue and the poor barista with a look. "Okay. One at a time. Tell me what's going on" she says calmly. She's trying to get all the facts. She's also prepared for crazy things to happen. This is New York, too. She's ready for anything, in a city where Superman's been seen flying around the Tri State area in the past, and mutants and metahumans walk or fly the streets...anything can happen.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
It's typically very difficult for people to spot Kaida. She's small enough, quick enough, and at least somewhat skilled enough to easily sneak around without being spotted by all but the keenest of eyes. She slips up toward the truck with a bit of hop in her step. She really likes it when the coffee truck comes around. Usually means there are sweets and coffee to steal. She usually sneaks one of those teeny, tiny cups that they use to pass out samples, get a bit of coffee with whip cream and away she goes. Sometimes quite literaly. It's a rush she has to admit.

Of course, now with the craziness happening at the front, this gives her a chance to find a way into the truck and find what she seeks. Of course, now she is a little upset with the woman for holding everyone up so she considers best way to deal with it. Ya know, after she finds the sample cups and sneaks a bit of coffee and whip cream. Luckily, being a mouse girl that can lift twenty times her own weight really helps out. What else helps out is the fact that the barista is distracted with Karrin and Sue...not to mention that upset line forming.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Exciting, someone with authority. Sue straightens herself up. The long winter coat is marked with a Canadian goose brand she has no real business sporting, since a real Canuck would actually apologise and hide around the corner with the improperly milk-balanced latte instead of having a fuss at the coffee truck's long metal bar. It doesn't matter that she is at least a foot lower than the tired barista looking at the snaking line of guests and trying to keep the hissing, snarling Italian machine fine-tuned to a racehorse's level of pampering going. One of her coworkers is back there, tapping on metal levers and adjusting the digital interface, ignoring Sue and Karrin entirely. His work is **art**, darn it, not to be interrupted by such paltry cares.

"She," Sue jabs a finger at the hapless barista, "gave me the wrong product. Ugh! I said a tea latte! She put too much milk in it. No one drinks a latte this white." The lid snapped off, she reveals the premium product, which is frothy and fairly creamy in shade, but definitely has at least two teabags in there. "I demand a new one. And a refund for wasting my /time/."

"That's how we make them. You do this every morning," sighs the barista. "I can remake it with more water?" This earns an emphatic Hmph! from Sue, who gestures at Karrin as if to prove her point.

Neither of them are aware of Kaida, what with too much distracting them to prove a point. Defeat and victorious arrogance make a potent brew to give cover, though that posh food truck as more additives posted on an LED board. Almond milk, soy milk, some kind of artificial substitute, and a milk made from "crystalline-filtered plant extracts." Yummy. Wanda truly pays attention to none of this, though, settling back for the conversational quarrel to wear its way through. The people behind her aren't so defeated, muttering and adding "Hurry up" in a rough voice. She looks over her shoulder, shaking her head.

"It's fine, officer. Take your time." That voice is quiet, modest by every measure. And lightly accented, as she rubs at her eyes. But for lack of sleep.

Karrin Murphy has posed:
Listening, Karrin considers. She could just tase the woman, and have IA going after her. She could side with Sue. But she's been a lifelong cop, Murphy produces her badge. "Alright, here's what I'm gonna do" Murphy says. "You. Back of the line" she says pointing to Sue. "I doubt anyone will let you cut in. You guys, keep doing your thing. Oh and....you owe the barista an apology for being a grade-a PTA soccer mom. You're depriving New Yorkers of coffee. In some counties that's enough to get the line acquitted of assault or homicide" Karrin says, a bored look on her face. "Not that I'd suggest anyone assaults her or worse. Believe me, I share your pain. I just want coffee before my break is over" Karrin adds and gives the line a sweeping look as if silently saying not to do anything stupid within her line of sight. She /will/ arrest anyone doing anything stupidd. Doubly so for Sue. She's little time for the loud, belligerent woman's antics, as Murphy stands there, watching it all.

"Oh, before you go" she offers to Sue. "You do this every morning? Okay" she says glancing to the baristas. "You want me to do something about this woman?" Offer made.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
The cup is slid left, and then right and then a little more left and then just a tad forward and then she leaps up and plants her feet on the coffee machine and pushes on the switch as coffee pours out into her cup for a few moments and hten she lets go and leaps back down. Then a can of whip cream is tilted over and then the top is pushed carefully and the cream flows over her coffee. She smiles as she pushes the can back up and then picks up the coffee cup and starts slurping away. She hears what is going on outside and when she hears Karrin, she perks. Someone she knew! She also giggles a little. She then walks her coffee over to the door, casually leaps up to hit the switch that opens the door and then lands grabs her cup and walks out carefully. It is possible that the barista could see her leaving but usually that image is something that halts sanity.

Now outside, she finishes the cream quickly enough while casually walking under the truck and toward the woman in question. With half the coffee still gone but still quite hot, Kaida walks right up to Sue's right foot and casually empties the coffee toward the top of her shoe and then simply leaps back to under the truck.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
The barista at the front labours over the decision. She takes the cup thrust on the counter and sets it aside, turning to her coworker. "One fresh tea latte, half milk, way more steam please." Her tone isn't defeated so much as accepting. Sue might perk right up at that, but Karrin's orders to take a hike to the back of the line still stand. The barista flips her green bangs from her face and adds, "You heard the nice lady. Back you go. It'll be waiting up here for you."

Sue shrills like a steam whistle. It only gets worse when she moves and there is a puddle on her so spendy Aquitalia boot. "How /dare/ you. I'm going to call your manager and your owner. You will be lucky to have a job, what with this poor service. I can do that, it's a free country!" Barely. She stamps off, all kinds of unkind sentiments flashing in her eyes. Her cellphone is out. There will be unhappy calls made to corporate, as if the fancy swanky food truck is owned by anyone other than a small startup with big dreams.

"For real. If she could go away and never come back, I'd give you free coffee for a month. Just not the premium M&M ganache one. Name your poison, we'll get it," amends the barista, flopping forward on her forearms and giving a look down at Karrin. Her partner is staring at the door. He has a phone out, a ghost reading app up. It buzzes and hisses. Surely that doesn't work. "Uh, Kelsey? You know about hauntings?"

Kaida the friendly ghost has done her work.

Wanda, on the other hand, waves a hand. "Dirty chai, please? Anything with one espresso would be simply magical." Her loose waves fall in her face. "But as long as it is coffee, I will drink it." She glances to movement, but early morning and too long a night plus caffeine deprivation do not help her pick out things well. For that, there's her white shadow.

Quicksilver has posed:
Oh yeah, wonderful time really. Waiting in lines is totally something Pietro wants to spend his free time on, but for the twin, well, it would not be the first sacrifice that Pietro Maximoff has made for the family as it were. So, suddenly, there is a literal blur that enters the shop and stops right next to Wanda Maximoff. He's wearing just a track jacket with a blue shirt and some regular jeans, with white running shoes. He has a bag of chips in his hands that he shamelessly munches on.

"So, what'd I miss? Another crunch of chips. He notices the confrontation between the barista and Sue, but it seems to have been handled properly all the same. Hopefully.

He looks to Kaida and Karrin, to which he gives a little friendly wave before his attention is back on his sister.

Karrin Murphy has posed:
Oh Karrin's making calls too. Not to corporate, but to her colleagues. She could use her radio, but...she's triple checking things. "That sounds like harrassment" Karrin opines, stepping out the way to not hold up the line. Instead...Karrin's getting creative. She's trudging to where Sue is. "Excuse me, ma'am, but I've been informed you are harrassing the barista and her assistant" she says, watching Sue. "And your manner at the front of the line was extremely uncalled for. To that end" she says sternly, "Anyone like to help me out? Any of you perhaps police or have security training?" she adds. Oh. She's taking Sue /in/ for this. Murph's not a fan of Sue's antics. Threatening words. Harrassment, and.....it's a good thing being a Karen isn't a crime. Else, well, Murph'd be busy.

So, going for her cuffs, Karrin sighs. She's hoping people help her out. She's also hoping Sue does something stupid to hurt her own cause.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
A wide grin comes to Kaida's lips at the situation Sue has found herself in before she blinks at the arrival of Pietro. She stares at him and then she does a flip and lands rather easily upon the far end of the counter and points at Pietro, "Wow! You are like way fast! How are you so fast?!" She asks and tilts her head form left to right as she points at him before she looks to the Barista and then the other people before leaping down and landing near Pietro and Wanda to look up, "Oops, really not supposed to be seen...people get upset." She giggles.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Sue is not above shrieking angrily at someone on the phone, in this case a switchboard operator for the coffee company. "I want to speak to the /manager/," she says in a shrill tone. "About poor customer service. I've been a paying customer for years and... Yes, please transfer me. I will happily wait."

Smug she is not when Karrin rolls up. The side-eye through those big sunglasses is considerable. "I am managing this with the company. It will be straightened out there, with someone who knows what I /need/." Those stresses drip with irritation for the barista. She is still trudging to the back of the line as Karrin tails her. She stares at the cuffs, though. "Do you know who my /husband/ is? We've donated to the Fraternal Order of Police for twenty-five years. I can't believe-- yes, put me on hold, I have to resolve this." She jabs the phone button to mute the call. "Can't you see I am doing what you asked? The poor girl makes the drink wrong, I am now going to have a /cold drink/, and I already paid. How can you say it's harassment when I've asked her to fix it and she didn't? All I want is my latte!"

Soccer mom she is not. Oh no. The level of entitlement comes with an aura of gilded power, probably tied to a heavyweight in the corporate towers or law offices. Let them tremble. "Ma'am, with all due respect, this won't look good. Free speech and I'll half to call Ms. Kaplan to help take care of it. Or that nice man... The blind lawyer?"

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Meanwhile, up at the coffee counter, there is a woman doubled into her brighter alter ego. If track suits are opposite of leather coats, and white hair to her dark shade count. Pietro just appearing at zoom time sends the tired barista into a double-take and she sizes up whether he cut. No point worrying. Back to fetching the chai being mixed up on the fancy workhorse machine with more bells and whistles than the space station, she says, "Coming right up. Next!" The next person in line can shuffle up and ask for their drink while the girl doles out the bills and coins for a nice tip atop the drink. It beats paying by plastic. Wanda leaves the rolled up bill tucked in a jar and then peeks after Pietro waving at-- Oh!

"We didn't cut in front of you, did we?" she asks, obviously worried, in Kaida's direction. Her sideways movement opens up more space for orders to be taken. "Some kind of disagreement over tea. I thought tea was supposed to be the great unifier in civilisation."

Quicksilver has posed:
"Yikes, what a diva." Pietro says, completely uncaring that this woman who is clearly very in over her own head. Of course, Pietro's dad is the King of his own country, so this chick doesn't bother him any. He looks over at Wanda for a brief moment with a bit of a smile. "Really? Thats it? No, 'you slept with my husband you cheating bitch' or 'what do you mean my hair is too fake?' Just tea? Wow, boring."

Though he does look on over to Kaida as she appears to be...SO TINY! He thought she was one of those people like Ant Man who could just shrink and grow at will. Guess she's perma-tiny! "Oh hi. Well, that has a lot to do with science and the best genes that you can be born with. I know, I'm pretty amazing." He runs a hand through his silver hair.

Then there's Karrin, to which Pietro passes his chips onto Wanda, whether she accepts them or not. "Might as well. I'm an Avenger, if that counts as police experience."

Karrin Murphy has posed:
Murphy isn't the happiest cop around. "I'm sorry, what?" she asks, sighing. "Listen. There's a line of angry New Yorkers who you prevented from getting coffee. You are threatening me with a lawyer or two?" she asks. "Are you threatening me and my job, ma'am?" she adds with a look. Trick question, Karrin puts cuffs away, and smiles. "If you are, and you think a lawyer can get you out of turning up every morning and pulling the 'they made my drink wrong' routine'" Murphy says with the fingers doing the air quotes thing. "Try it. You do know that barista isn't corporate, but you call some corporation and rant and scream at them and you'll get nowhere. I'm sorry, but I feeel like you need to see a doctor to have whatever crawled up your butt and died, surgically removed" Karrin says, writing out a ticket as she speaks, and hands it over.

See. Karrin can be nice....sort of. She keeps her eyes on Sue as she nods. "You guys keep her in line" she nods to the line patrons, making her way back to Wanda and company. "Hey, sorry about that" she says, "I'm Karrin, but I get called Murphy a lot. You guys get your coffee?" she asks cautiously. Priorities, Karrin. Priorities!

Kaida Connolly has posed:
Kaida seems to be bouncing from foot to foot as she grins, "Wow!" She states simply and then giggles and grins, "I never met someone who was faster than me. I knew but cool." She then looks over at the situation with Karrin and grins as they are handling it but she considers. She looks back to Wanda and smiles at her, "Oh and hi, to you!" She nods her head, "I'm Kaida and no, you didn't cut in front of me. I already had some coffee!" she nods her head and then she holds up a finger, "Just a moment."

She then is gone in a burst of speed that Pietro can likely follow but not others. She leaps up on to Sue's shoulder and lands on all fours and lets out a somewhat convincing squeak and twitches a tail. Soon after she is spotted, she leaps off and flees through the line to stand back next to Wanda before she idly considers the truck and hmms at the idea of getting more whip cream.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Indeed, there's a prince and a princess of a literal nation standing at a coffee truck, talking to a mouse girl. Though to be fair, Wanda is probably the lowest profile of the Genoshan nobility for a reason. No rank about to be pulled here as she waits for the chai. Seeing that Pietro has been asking for anything, he gets nothing. She looks down at the chips, and then up. Okay, just one should be fine. Pietro's attitude warrants a faint shake of her head and a wan smile. "Pi. Please?" A soft sigh has her shoulders dropping. "Just try not to start an incident that requires diplomatic immunity. She might require it, and I am not being left holding this bag." Someone please teach her proper idioms, please.

But it's hard not to look on affectionately at her better half, and she reaches out to hook her arm around his, pulling him back slightly. "He means well, I promise. He is Pietro, I am Wanda. Hello to you too," she says to Kaida, insistent on that one bit of being very polite. "Kaida? That's a beautiful name. So poetic!"

Her mood is fairly worn thin but still warm, even as the mouse-girl disappears. The world may be exhausting right about now, so she turns to get that cup when her order is called. Releasing her brother, she glides up to claim the mana and cares not one whit if it's boiling hot. A sip is needed. Anything to stave in the fatigue, otherwise, she might curl up in a sleepy ball and then Karrin might have to arrest people for poisoning innocent bystanders. Not their fault. Magic coffee is magic.

Karrin Murphy has posed:
Murph nods then looks amused, with a wave to Wanda and Pietro, then Kaida finaly. She has dealt with Sue. Then nods, looking over tr again to them all.

Coffee got now the line's moving, she returns with coffee, sipping it. Black, no sugar. She's sorted.

Quicksilver has posed:
Pietro smirks at Kaida for a moment as she appears to be quite amazed. Ah yes, Pietro is absolutely amaze-worthy, about time people noticed! Though when she introduces herself, he nods to Kaida. "Pietro. Nice to meet ya." He notices Kaida jump on Sue's shoulder but he doesn't dare say anything about it.

It'd kill the joke.

He briefly looks to Karrin When she gets all up and arms and he's totally inwardly cheering her on. "Pietro, nice to meet you Karrin. No coffee for me." Then there's Wanda successfully reeling him in with her kindness. "Okay, but only because you asked nicely." He hugs Wanda right back, before he lets her get her coffee.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
The scream that comes from Sue is what one might expect from someone who was handed things for most of her life. Than the woman turns and flees, flicking and slapping at her shoulder as she rushes away. Later people will hear about all of these things. That's for sure. Kaida meanwhile continues to debate the truck, not watching the explosion. Ya know, like you're supposed to.

Kaida peers up at Karrin briefly and then over to Wanda and Pietro with a smile, "Well, my work here is done." She nods and giggles before she turns, "I really should get back. Nice to meet all of you." She waves a small hand and then starts off down the sidwalk.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
A screaming woman is just too much for the witch. She closes her eyes and buries her nose into the sweet, spiced fragrance rolling off her beloved chai. The focus there is so thin, a frail cord, that everything else changes to an external concern barely worth noting. Never mind the light abruptly turns green while the fleeing entitled Sue-wants-the-manager is about to cross. Pedestrian sign blinks on a friendly white. A gap in traffic lets her fly for the nearest safe haven in some law office, maybe with someone who has a five digit expense account. She is too busy drinking her happy drink in a happy place, right?

No sign at all that fortune snaps into alignment because she subconsciously willed it to end. Not at all. Just a nudge in the right direction.

"Peace and quiet, right?" She lowers her cup a little and gives a dreamy blink, banishing the cobwebs. It won't hit her veins fast enough. "This is very good. Worth the wait, I would say. Hello by the way. Thank you for your help," she tells Karrin. "Wanda. I feel bad you had to end your run like that."

Karrin Murphy has posed:
Murph nods, "Don't worry about it. I should get going" she says as she heads for a cab. "It was nice meeting you all" she calls, heading into the cab, with a look over them all, then shuts the cab door. There Murph goes. Destination? Who knows. Because she's not said....yet, though she's heading home.

Quicksilver has posed:
Pietro nods lightly to Karrin as she takes off. "So long, officer." Then to Kaida. "Nice to meet you too, Kaida. Safe travels." Finally, his attention is right back on Wanda. "Looks like its a 'then there were two' kind of moment. But then again, its been us against the world for pretty much ever." He smiles and puts his hands on Wanda's shoulders.

"Where to?"

Scarlet Witch has posed:
"I have to talk to Erik." Not Dad. They have no such designations, no such hints of the familiar with some parent. Her shoulders lift and fall as she pulls all the caffeine she can from the drink, trusting it to sustain her.

"Surprise me. Take me somewhere you found that looks interesting," she tells Pietro. "We walk at my speed. No rushing off, I am so tired. Enough to have a nap for a month. Did I tell you I met a goddess of war? Asgardian. I find her wondrous, and you should meet her."

Quicksilver has posed:
Pietro narrows his eyes at Wanda. "About what?" Becuase if its so bad that they need to talk to daddy not dearest, then its usually because of something horrible thats happened, or is coming. But, he doesn't mention any further about it.

"That looks interesting....hm. I think I could manage that." He smiles at her for a brief moment before he starts wandering off with her in tow. "A war goddess? Geeze, I feel like these so called gods are everywhere man. Thor, this chick that you met, that one guy who keeps light beaming everything..."