11942/Ethics and Fighting

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Ethics and Fighting
Date of Scene: 07 August 2020
Location: Clinton (Hell's Kitchen), Manhattan
Synopsis: Zach runs into June on a rooftop eating cheesesteak. They talk a little before Zach spots Willow walking below.
Cast of Characters: June Connor, Zach Daniels, Willow Rosenberg




June Connor has posed:
    The clouds are thick, though the impending looking rain is predicted to miss the city today. It's here that a certain young woman who's appearance might be memorable sits on a rooftop. Her outfit isn't too remarkably different. This time shes' wearing a pair of tight blue denim shorts and a plain black T-shirt that has rips around the ribs. Her feet dangle over the edge of the building, not exactly a safe practice, and she holds a philly cheesesteak, a mouth currently filled with it, some cheese on her lip as she watches the city below, people scurrying around in their hurry to do whatever it is they do during the day. A black denim backpack that has seen better days sits behind her, and her feet lightly kick against the brick wall.

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach is...actually not up in the sky for once. Nope. He's been apartment hunting as it turns out, and it's hard to do that if you fly and spook possible people you need to pay money to. So he's being normal....as normal as Zach can be, the overly curious fallen angel's curiosity after all goes from curious to determined to figure out what's up with something. Those are the two settings as he makes his way up to the roof for the simple reason to look over the city as well, and plan his next move from up here.

Not a bad idea given his bike's hidden away and getting it is more trouble than it's worth. On the other hand, no crossbow or sword today, but he has takeout coffee in one hand and a bag that smells of hot food in the other. It's not just June who is enjoying food while taking in the view.

"Hey" Zach says as curiosity gets the better of him. "Whatcha eating?" he adds and stays where he is, a few feet away. One, he knows a thing or two about personal space, and two, easier to take off if he's not right next to somebody.

June Connor has posed:
    June's initial response is rather defined. As soon as she hears the voice behind her, one hand plants on the ledge and she kicks over to spin around. Not an aggressive stance, but one ready. And some of the peppers fall out of her cheesesteak by consequence. "Shit," she grumbles. "Uh, hi?" she responds, with that same look people give the guy that comes to their door to sell them a vacuum cleaner. She glances over the man, the wings make him a rather easy person to remember from the previous day.

Zach Daniels has posed:
A startled June? Okay, Zach kind of does feel bad now, though he watches her. "Hi" he nods. Not helping the whole he wants to sell her something look, Zach. Even if he doesn't, though he stays put and opens the bag, pulling out a pizza slice and nibbling on it before it slides back into the bag. He's struggling with asking why she's up here, though. Can't exactly ask why she's up here and not come off as weird. Okay, okay...

The wings, and such? They make him weird by design, true. But, but...Zach's trying to be normal, normal for New York. Ruffling his wings a bit he folds them behind him and smiles a little. "I wasn't expecting anyone up on a rooftop, it's okay though" he adds quickly as if worrried he'll spook her or something.

June Connor has posed:
    Her eyes don't leave Zach as he talks, but she does take another bite of her cheesesteak. She's hungry. "So who shent ya?" she asks around the bite of food, as if assuming that's a lie. "Looks a ya shays Foot." she swallows. "But they don't usually announce themselves first." She narrows her eyes. "Your the guy that dropped that poor fucker from the sky yesterday."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach looks puzzled, "Why would anyone send me? I live here, this is my part of the city. Oh...that...my hand slipped" Zach shrugs. "He was going to hurt somebody, and he fell out of my grip. What's the ig deal?" Zach asks. "He was out of the fight, he couldn't hurt anyone after that" Zach explains. Well, obviously. He was splatted on the ground, Zach saw it all and looks like he's used to fighting in many ways. For his kind, well, dropping people's a trick they didn't learn. Gravity though...that's a thing.

"Zach raises his palms. "What, do you have a problem with me dealing with people in a fight? I was trained to fight" Zach says tilting his head just a little up to the heavens. It's not the world's most subtle clue really, and his wings flutter a little as he looks up to the heavens and then back to June.

"Look, i'll be blunt. If somebody is fighting me, I'll defend myself with everything I have. it's how I was taught" he says with confidence. "I've no idea what this Foot is..."

He's not up to speed on the movers and shakers. So much for sticking his head out of his apartment door. "If you must know, I was up here taking a break apartment hunting"

June Connor has posed:
    June doesn't interrupt at any point as Zach goes through his lengthy justification and defense, thought she seems less concerned as he does, and takes a few more bites of her sandwich. If he was there to kill her, he'd probably not go through this level of self-justification.
    "Hey man, I didn't say I judged on it. The asshat knew his risks when he took the job. Just said you were that guy. Not my problem, made my job easier. Won't see me playin' the gushy value of life card."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach wouldn't go through all this spiel just to kill someone. He'd fall back on his training and fight like an angel.

Which is why he's not killing June. They went through that fight on the same side, which has earned her his respect. "I don't like people who pull those cards out" Zach says gently, chewing on the pizza slice again, some onions, salami, and cheeese and tomato sauce, and peppers on the pizza slice as Zach munches, andd sits.

""I'm of the belief that you do what you need to in a fight to come out alive and whoever fights you dead" he admits once he'e's swallowed and can speak again.

"I was trained to fight and that's all I knew for most of my life. I'm learning slowly there's more to life than just fighting"

He should just spell it out for June, probably, or something. They both have the same thesis on fights it seems. "Though would you throw somebody off a building if they were pointing a gun at you or had a sword ready to kill you?"

Zach's asking the interesting questions. "Also is what you're eating any good? I haven't bought another bagel since yesterday"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Enter Willow, upon the ground. But she has bagels! And a book. Which is why she doesn't look up, but down, as she passes on by. It's a good book!!

June Connor has posed:
    "I mean," June shrugs, "Unless I needed them alive for some reason," she says regarding her response to someone being thrown off a building. She looks at her mostly finishes sandwich. "It's cheesesteak, of course it's good. Even bad cheesesteaks are good. Where are you from that you don't know about cheesesteak?"

Zach Daniels has posed:
"I...I...umm" Zach says strolling to the edge of the roof as he spies a Willow and lifts a wing to wave, that...sorta jars feathers loose as they get caught up in the winds. It's only a few feathers,they'll grow back.

"it's complicated" Zach admits. He's trying to figure out how to anser the 'where are you from' question. Oh no. How's he going to explain the hi, I'm a fallen angel thing. If Willow looks up Zach's not hard to spot. But who looks up in this city, then?

Zach doesn't need to when he's flying, granted, but...he's trying to figure out how to alert Willow without spooking her. She brought bagels...and a book.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Of course the definition of 'good books' depended on who is reading it! 'Binomials and Their Internal Planes" really was a Willow kind of a good book. She just finishes the bagels, a stops to reread the last couple of pages. "Cooool". Sadly she doesn't see him.

June Connor has posed:
    June throws a foot back up on the ledge, and eats the last bite of her cheesesteak. "Always is," she comments to the 'complicated' response. "You dun wanna say it ain't my shit, you keep it to yourself if you want. She glances down, trying to determine which person below he's trying to wave to. "Rule of forty-five bud. Whoever you're wavin' at isn't gonna see you."

Zach Daniels has posed:
"Nah, more you won't believe me if I told you. Fine. I'm a fallen angel. There I said it" Zach says as he shrugs. "Pity, I was trying to get her attention" he says leaning out over the ledge and very carefully waves.

Zach's using his wings to steady himself, rather than fall off.

"So wait, it's not a literal cheese steak? I'm not sure if I'd eat a literal cheese steak" Zach says glancing back over to June again.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Eh, who would have thought of that. Weird." Willow debates a *third* bagel with cream cheese.

June Connor has posed:
    "Rule of forty-five. No one looks up high enough to see things at a 45 degree angle or greater from their field of vision. Not unless they have a reason to." She shrugs, "What do you mean literal cheesesteak? It's cheese on sliced steak? Not sure how else you can interpret that. Fuckin' weirdo." She glances down. "You're like a flyin' bird man, why don't you just go down there and say hi to your girlfriend there or whatever? Not gonna bug me any. Or you fucked because of yesterday? Been there."

Zach Daniels has posed:
That gets a glare from Zach. "I'm not a fucking bird man. I'm a fallen angel" he shouts with his arms folded. "You think I'm weird, That's nothing compared to the idiots up there" he says giving the heavens a lookk then back to June. "So how the hell would I get attention, drop food or something or whistle or I don't know what?" he asks and leans back over the edge of the roof with a whistle. If this fails he'll fly down and land then. That and the shout about what he is is...not hard to hear, really.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) *that* gets her attention. She swivels her head, and eventually looks up. *blink blink* "Zach? What are you doing up there?" And then she sees June. "Uhm, hi?" Did he take her advice so fast?

June Connor has posed:
    June arches a brow. "Fallen angel. Sure." The sarcasm is real. "Very badass and all. But now you got attention up here, I should probably just mosey before someone sees me."
    From Willow's perspective, June glanced down, but then just disappeared over the edge of the building, and she grabs her backpack off the ground. Not even a hello back, how rude.

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach watches June go, as he calls after her. "You know I can see you right?" he mutters and turns his attention to Willow, sitting on the edge of the roof with his wings splayed out on said roof as he dangles his feet over the edge.

"I was up here apartment hunting" Zach offers looking down to Willow. "I can hop down and come back to the street if you like?" he adds.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Hi!" Willow is uncertain, but she can't see the other woman. "Did you find anything you like?"

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach ruffles a wing, "Not yet no, I was still looking and not found anything. I've yet to go through every bit off Hell's Kitchen mind but I'll get there though. you know of anywhere I could get a place at?" he offers and does glide down to the street, looking around as if wondering if anyone saw him land. Still, Zach looks up and down the street for a moment and looks pleased.