10993/DR-GA-1

DR-GA-1
Date of Scene:	05 February 2020
Location:	Danger Room - X-Men Base
Synopsis:	And Gwen almost made it to the button.
Cast of Characters:	Cannonball, Dragonfly (Armenteros), Pixie

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Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie has sent a package up to Gwen to have her come down tot he danger room. There was a note and a package. The Package had her official bumblebees sized for her, and her wings.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
     It was amazing to get an official uniform, sized for her even, and quickly headed downstairs once she changed into them to meet Cannonball in the Danger Room. She's used it before - mostly flying lessons with Megan and /one/ time to watch a Queen concert 'live,' but never really for its intended purpose. Now, standing in her yellow and black outfit (and being sure that everything was positioned right) she heads into the Danger room to see what's up. "hello?" she calls.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn was hanging out in the danger room, wearing her own bumblebee uniform where she had hoped to get in a little extra practice before her next class. She grins at Gwen and Samuel, "Wow, isn't this exciting? Your first official New Mutants uniform!" she giggles, totally ready for a little action of her own..

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles down at the girls from the control booth "Ok, today going to start you on one of the basics, we have all done. Megan can attest she has done this." He grins and a button lights up on the other side of the room "Your goal today Megan is to press that button.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Yeah!" Gwendolyn says with a giggle, bouncing on the balls of her feet, the bumblebee uniform cut in just the right way to keep her mobile but not unprotected from the elements. "I don't know how they managed to get my measurements just right, but this thing feels like a second skin!"

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn grins at Gwen, "Oh you get used to it. I think it has some kinda built in protection, so it's not just some super uncomfortable wetsuit..Right, Samuel?" when he produces a glowy button on the other side of the room she just grins, "Hey no sweat, piece of cake, right, Gwen?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "A bit, and we got your measurements from the temp suit you worked on. " He grins down at them, and says "They also work with your powers, like Rahne's shifted down to her collar in wolf form." He smiles and says "Now remember nothing here will do serious harm to ya, bumps and bruises but not really anything more.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Ginny looks to Pixie with a nod, then out to the expanse of the danger room. "So what are you going to throw at me, Samuel? I mean...I already kind of put in for some kind of bulletproof shield to bring with me in case I go against gun-toting pirates again or something." She's still got to see if Captain America will let her borrow his shield for missions.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn beams, "Yeah, that's super cool, isn't it?" she smirks, leaping skywards, wings fluttering, "Just head for the glowy button, he'll probably throw a bunch of surprises in our way!" and she's already off, not waiting to see what surprises await.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nothing stops Megan from getting to the other side of the room. Sam is ok with her trying to boost her friends confidence. He looks down into the room and says "You will see, there is specific things planned but it does depend on how you try to cross as well.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn nods and looks over the danger room. Buttons just across there should be easy. Walk over and hit them, right? But this being the danger room, and Cannonball sitting behind four inches of blast-proof glass, lead Gwendolyn to think otherwise. Taking a step, she flicks out her wings and hovers there for a moment, hitting the button on the side of her visor to momentarily open it to all the sensory input out there, seeing if anything is out of sorts. And then, only then, does she start towards the button.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie will watch Gwendolyn and as she gets a bit more with the enhanced senses she will see a start of a laser grid forming, and as she moves forward it solidifies, into a maze that covers part of the room, that will test the girls maneuverability.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Maneverability, Gwen can do. She's been down here practicing on the 'beach' scene that someone programmed in for calibration. A beach that you can just fly down for as long as you want, with sun and warm breezes and the sound of waves. Very relaxing, in fact, but she did make an effort to do things like dodge around trees or hit the waves and not hit another one...things like that. "I guess flying above the maze is cheating?" she calls out, picking up speed and flying into the maze of obstacles.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and keeps quiet for now, as she gets about halfway through the maze, it starts to move some, and and forces much sharper turns, and even a point where she has to drop 5 foot straight down.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
That five foot drop was a little surprising, and Gwen would like to say she managed to avoid it easily but, to be fair, she didn't. Cannonball hears a muffled *thud* as Gwendolyn hits the wall, thankfully managing to turn and hit with her feet on the wall instead of her head. Okay, so vertical too. She starts to fly again, paying attention in front of her and behind her, in case, like a video game, the maze starts collapsing behind her.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie grins and it does change behind her but then just as she gets near the end of it, something will shoot from the wall, a net flying from one side, and a moment later one from the other in the direction most would have dodged the first one.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Samuel is having fun with this. He must be, putting Gwendolyn through her paces. Thankfully the Danger Room operates on rules, one of which being that things can't instantly happen. Surely they /can/ in here, but that wouldn't be very good training, the students getting absolutely bulldozed by punches they can't dodge, enemies they can't hide from, or things they can't outrun or catch. She sees the something shoot from an opening in the wall, her vision picking up the opening first. She dodges right and down, avoiding the first net. Whether or not this dodges the second one remains to be seen.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie watches as the second net does catch her, and wraps her up. It is metal net but not to thick at least. It should bring her to the ground and she can hear a slight buzz from a box on the net on her back.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
     There's a shout of muffled profanity as the net wraps her up and sends her tumbling. That's one thing she did learn, thankfully, while flying. How to hit the ground and, she does, bouncing a little as she skids to a stop on her feet. Normally it'd be a fairly good landing. Her arms are at her sides but, with a little effort she manage to get a hand up and wrenches through the net, the strands sounding like guitar strings when they break.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
She takes off after that, heading down the maze again, leaving the ruined net in her wake.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie watches her, and as the last bit of net leaves her, she feels just the barest bit of a tingle as a stun charge goes off, if she was still in the net that would have hurt. As she starts moving ahead walls start to rise out of the floor, around her, turning the room into more of a labrith

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
The sound of electricity discharging causes her to slow down, looking back over her shoulder for a second before she takes off again, feet not touching the floor as she navigates the labyrinth. She's concentrating now, weaving in and out of corridors, avoiding obstacles, and trying her best to not get netted again. chances are if she gets hit again, she'll get knocked off her feet.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie watches her, as three beams shoot across the path, she will have to do some fancy flying not to get herself clotheslined on these bars, but it is possible.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Three beams shoot across and Gwendolyn very nearly smacks herself right into them. It's only luck and a well-timed tucking in of her wings that allows her to get past the bars. There was enough room for her to do it and she somehow pulled it off!

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie watches as she has made it over halfway across. he will make some notes about it, and watches as it starts to rain, and not a gentle down pour bur within moment it is a monsoon.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
     Her main advantage was her flight. Being able to dodge and avoid all the problems with speed but the rain...the rain makes it difficult. Heavy rain means that more energy is devoted to staying aloft and, finally, when the rain really starts pounding down, she's got to land. To her credit, she keeps going towards the buttons.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie watches as she finds herself just a few foot away from the button and the floor drops out from under her, and a grate moves to keep her in.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
There's a yelp when the floor drops out and the grate comes out to trap her inside. Gwndolyn reaches up to try and slam the heel of her hand into the grate to knock it free so she can escape.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie watches as she finds herself stuck, the cage a bit more than she can break easily. After a moment Sam will say "Time.' the room reverts to normal the gate opening. "You did very good, first time and almost made it.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
The gate opens and Gwendolyn finds herself soaked to the bone but standing in an otherwise normal Danger Room - if such a thing existed. Wringing her hair out as she walks over, she rocks her head back and forth, squishing with each step. "Don't know what I could have done different. Avoided the nets definitely...and the floor pit trap. I'm faster in the air but...that was worse than a thunderstorm in July."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks over and says "Well there are some times, not much you can do different, but with time you maybe able to fly through that storm, or use your senses to watch more for the pit traps, but the storm was also set to limit that as well

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"So this is what you guys do all the time? Train like this, in here?" Gwendolyn looks around, water still dripping from her suit, the inside, thankfully, dry thanks to the waterproofing. "Learn how to deal with situations that aren't easily dealt with?" She bobs her head. "I think I could get used to this."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie will step down into the room. as a doorway opens. He tosses a towel over to her, and say "There is also times we end up fighting against groups of enemies in simulated attacks.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"That I'll definitely need help with." Gwendolyn catches the towel and takes off her visor, eyes closed, and dries off her hair, putting it back on after a few seconds, the towel wrapped around her shoulders. "you think that I'll go into battle with any kind of protection. On the ship, with Shannon and Illyana, I had to use a hatch cover to defend myself against bullets and...to act as a giant frisbee.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Well if your wanting a shield or something we can work on that. I am sure we can work something out, but being prepared to get yourself something in the field is a good rule of thumb."

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
Gwendolyn nods. "I'm wanting to not get shot, basically. I don't have cool eye beams or hyperspeed flying. I just can hit people really, really hard and that requires an arm's distance, more or less."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Part of the training will be to avoid that. your enhanced senses should actually help you avoid it as well to be honest.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"I'm working on getting to where I can go without the visor. It's still like staring into a spotlight but I can tolerate it a lot better than I could before I got here." Gwendolyn says, lifting her visor to look at Samuel, wincing a little before putting it back down.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Your making good progress, I am proud of you. I am sure as you work on it more you will be able to get it where you can control it and even be prepared for bright lights and loud noices.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"I couldn't have done it without everyone's help." Gwendolyn has a lot of people to thank for the shoulders she had to stand on to get where she is, wearing bumblebees, in the danger room, as a member of the New Mutants. Who would have thought she would be at this point?

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and pats her on the shoulder, and says "Well I am sure we will make more progress. When I first got here, I could barely turn.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
And now Samuel bounces off the walls like a ping-pong ball shot from a cannon! Gwendolyn giggles and reaches over to give the blonde guy a quick hug. "Thanks, Samuel. I'm going to go change and we'll have to do this again, okay?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hugs her back, and says "I will have a schedule sent to your email, and make sure you now when we expect you to be here for your training.

Dragonfly (Armenteros) has posed:
"Yes, sir." Gwendolyn says, saluting with a smile and heading back up into the changing room to get a quick shower and put on some dry clothes.