12392/A late night bite.

A late night bite.
Date of Scene:	28 October 2020
Location:	Fred's Diner - Mutant Town
Synopsis:	Two heroes have a bit to eat without knowing who one another are.
Cast of Characters:	Overlord, Spider-Man

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Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller has been picking up a few shifts working at the docks, and now it is the wee hours of the morning, and he was hungry. So, he found the closest all night diner and headed out. Joe comes here on occasion but more often during the day. He walks in and heads towards one of the seating areas he knows he finds comfortable.

Spider-Man has posed:
Peter's been picking up a few extra hours as Spider-man. It probably pays less than the docks unfortunatly. He does manage to get a few pictures of him stopping a burgler a few blocks away, at the very least. At that point, he got hungry, retreated to his street clothing stash and changed. He then made his way to the diner. Once inside, he glances around, seeing the probably few customers, and the walking mountain. To his credit, he doesn't double-take or stare, as he often meets folks that are huge, but this one doesn't seem intent on putting an end to his web-head persona, so it's all good. He slides himself onto one of the stools and idly looks at a menu while occasoinally flipping through the pictures on his camera.

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller will actually seem a friendly giant. He thanks the waitress when she comes to take his order getting a coke, and two steak and eggs, and some hash browns. The big man seems to be the type who puts away the grub. He will notice the other and give him a nod in greeting.

Spider-Man has posed:
Peter briefly distracts himself with the pictures. An action shot of him swinging down. One where he catches the bad guy in a web. Last one a cheesy thumbs up for the camera with the webbed up burgler in the background. JJ's going to write so many mean things about him for this for sure. He orders a coffee and a couple eggs himself, and gives a friendly smile and a nod, "Evenin'," he pauses, then asks, "Food any good here?" He's already ordered so its too late either way, but friendly conversation starter at the very least.

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller nods, and says "Well in the day hours I know it is, so got pretty good faith in the night crew." He will offer in exchange "I am not normally out this late, but had a late night at the second job." He offers, and thanks the woman when his drink is brought.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Oh yeah?" Peter says, considering a moment, "Bouncer?" He guesses. "I'm out at this time of night. Easiest time to capture my prey." He says, putting on his best, super-spooky halloween voice, but then just holds up the camera so the other fellow can see the images of the red and blue clad hero. "Seriously, All the supers come out at night," he says. After a moment, he says "Oh, I'm Peter, by the way. Peter Parker."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller nods, and says "Na forklift." He says with a grin offering about the job. He holds his hand out offering a shake, and if taking makes sure not to squeeze the other's hand, just a nice firm shake "Joe, Joe Miller." He adds "I help unload some of the ships, when they are short handed.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Mm, do you drive the forklift, or are you the forklift?" Peter says with an amused tone, then pauses, "Oh, that's not hurtful is it? I bet you get jokes about being the big guy all the time." To Pete's credit, he does shake hands. He obviously doesn't try to do the macho firm handshake, though he can pull it off decently. "Good to meet you. Oh yeah? Dock work, eh? I bet you run into crime fighters all the time. Some of my best pictures were from one dock or the other."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller nods a bit and says "On occasion or some thug trying to take things, and generally I am the forklift, makes getting in and out of places a bit easier than trying to fit into one of the actual lifts cabin.

Spider-Man has posed:
"I bet." At this point Peter is assuming Mutant, but maybe its another oddball like he is. "Though I bet they probably think twice about it when you guys catch them," he notes. "Never understood the appeal of the docks for thugs," he notes as his coffee gets there, pausing to sip at it, "Maybe they like the water."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller smirks a bit and says "Yea, when I threaten to throw a forklift at them it helps." He grins and Joe thinks he is a mutant too, so it works out "I think it is the whole history and darkness, plenty of things coming in and going out and less crowded than airports.

Spider-Man has posed:
"That's it, my new idea, Realtor.com, but for bad guys. I'll have all the dockside abandoned warehouses, and random empty factories and even an exotic abandoned theme park entry on the site. It'll be a hit," Peter says. To his comment, he chuckles, "Oof, yeah, I actually had Rhino nearly hit me with one of those as I attempted to get a closeup of a battle at ... well it was an abandoned warehouse. One of the scariest moments of my life," he notes. It is half true, Rhino did toss one at him.

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller nods, and says "I figure there has to be someone out there doing that already on the dark net or something. I mean, how else would they always have these big fights in theme appropriate locations? I mean I would think a hero who was good at computers could probably set up some major stings that way.

Spider-Man has posed:
Peter actually ponders this a few moments, "You know, I wonder now if there's something to that. I know some reporter friends I could ask, might give them an interesting story if there's something there." He shrugs, "I'd say I don't go looking for trouble myself, but I mean," he pats the camera lightly, "I guess whatever pays the bills. So far, no injuries just yet. Which is good, The Bugle doesn't insure freelancers, and JJ's too cheap to hire me on."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller chuckles and nods a bit and says "Yea have had a few jobs like that luckily I am rather hard to hurt." He smiles as his food is brought over and again is polite to the waitress. "Most of the time, I am working at a garage these days with my girl."

Spider-Man has posed:
"Must be nice," Peter says, "I think I'm a bit squishier than the average Joe," he notes. He takes another hit off the coffee and quirks a brow. "Oh yeah? What garage?" he wonders, making some idle smalltalk. "You enjoy that sort of work?" he wonders.

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller nods a bit and says "Yea, it is nice fixing things. Mercy's garage." He will give the address, she specializes in Voltswagons, but we work on all kinds.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Oh, cool. I tinker around with stuff in my spare time too, so I get it. I don't do cars though," Peter responds. "Mostly because I don't really have any sort of garage space, and I spend my evenings trying to take pictures to sell." He pauses, "Also I don't really have a car. But my aunt does. I'd say I'd send her down when it breaks but it's not a VW." He shrugs. "But it seems like you found something you enjoy. Good to have work you like."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller says, "Send her down if she needs it looked at, like said we work on others, and will make sure to give her a good1 deal.""

Spider-Man has posed:
Peter takes a moment to now devour his food as he listens and gets the details of the shop. After a moment, he nods, "Sure, she occasionally has issues. It's tempermental, and I only have so much duct tape and bubble gum," he jokes. "And if you happen to have any pictures of vigilantes at the docks or something, I could hook you up with three badgers in a human suit that occasionally buys picturers and complains about how they stink while publishing them all."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller chuckles, and says "I think about the best we got there is maybe some blurry surveillance camera footage, from when someone tried to rob the store down the street." He eats a bit and says "Bailing wire, thats another import repair tool for the home mechanic."

Spider-Man has posed:
"Yeah, this guy wants them perfect and crystal clear," Peter says. "And even if they are, he'll say they won't to pay a little less money. Though, I guess the paper's probably hurting a bit so I shouldn't complain."

Overlord has posed:
Joseph Miller hmms and nods his head a bit to this and says "Maybe you could start a webpage and do action pics. I would say sell mugs and such with pictures, but some of the heros and specially the villians might want to talk to you about that.

Spider-Man has posed:
"One picture of Ironman and the lawyers would kill me," Peter says with a light chuckle. He pays his bill about that time and then nods, "Well anyways, these heroes aren't going to take pictures of themselves," he notes, ironically if you think about it, " I should probably get back to it. You have a good evening."