13143/How Wonderful to meet you.

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How Wonderful to meet you.
Date of Scene: 28 April 2021
Location: The Coffee Bean - Manhattan
Synopsis: Drake meets up with Cassie and gets ripped on by his favorite barista.
Cast of Characters: Slipstream, Wonder Girl




Slipstream has posed:
It's a warm day in New York City and as usual, it's bustling with activity. Drake is currently in line to get a coffee and perhaps something to munch on. He's wearing his Avenger's bomber jacket with his small robot companion SnowBall strapped to his back in a holster. He 'may' be recognizable by the locals as a superhero, but he hardly stands out like Thor or Captain America would. He's on the D-List for now, even if he's a starter. At times someone will walk over to him and he brightens up with a smile.

"Hey! Are you Slipstream?"

"I am! Hi. It's good to meet you."

"Yeah, sure, hey, caaaan.. I get Captain America's phone number?"

".. Uh.. No? I can't give that out.."

"Okay, nevermind."

And off she goes. He glances over his shoulder at her for a moment before he shuffles forward a few times, muttering under his breath. "... America's ass." It's a thing. The posters make Steve look incredible.

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark is just a girl, herself. Young woman, now, really. She hasn't been very active with the Titans of late, truth be told. So her measure of celebrity has gone down and that's no tragic thing to her. Walking in to the coffee shop wearing civies, she just seems like any other blonde in the city, at least to herself.

Moving toward the counter, she waits her turn while considering the newest and best inventions or flavor combinations so she is ready when she can order. Absently she brushes her hair over her right shouler and adjusts the strap of her backpack.

Slipstream has posed:
Once he makes his way to the front, Drake gives a smile to the barista. "Hi! I'm going to get a Pumpkin Spice Latte."

"It's April, Drake. You know this."

"I know but it doesn't hurt to ask, right?"

"You are so annoying, am I getting you the usual for Stark and whatever it is that you're having?"

"Nah, just me today. Stark is in Europe I think, or Africa, or .. in the bathroom. His calendar is crazy full so I get out of gopher duties."

"You know you're the worst Avenger, right?"

"Harsh. But, true. Can I just get a quad shot vanilla espresso and an everything bagel?"

The girl behind the counter lets out a sigh as she motions for him to swipe his card, which he does with a flick of his wrist.

"Thanks Karen!"

"It's Catherine!"

"Sure it is!"

He trades a grin with her across the counter before they fist bump and heads down to wait in line.

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark cannot help but overhear the request for a PSL. In April. She also cannot help the full body shiver at the very thought. An almost Lurch like audible shudder accompanies her physical reaction before she can stop herself.

Moving up to the counter she offers the barista a smile, "Hi. Can I get a Venti of your daily dark roast and add four shots of espresso to it?" Someone has a deathwish perhaps? "...aaaaaand.. can I get a blueberry muffin also, please?" When asked she offers, "My name is Cassie. Thanks!" She taps her smartphone against the reader to pay and moves to stand with the rest of the muggles waiting on their orders.

Slipstream has posed:
"Worst Avenger, your coffee is ready!"

"Thanks!"

Drake just rolls with it as he heads over to the counter to collect his large cup, followed by the bagel passed over with a package of butter. He gives Catherine a big smile on his face, his lips twitching to hold back a laugh.

Her eyes roll upwards and to the side, waving him off. "You were cooler when you just used to play video games."

"I still do!"

As he gets ignored, she turns to Cassie and smiles, then taps her fingers along the register to ring her up. "Ignore him." She says. "He's a bench warmer."

"Wh -- .. No.. I am not. I do stuff." Drake protests before he sinks down into a table and unwraps his bagel, then starts to slathering it with butter.

"Blueberry muffin coming up. What is up with everyone and quad shots today? Don't you people sleep?" The barista says to Cassie with a grin as she starts to make her drink.

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark watches the interaction play out with a bit of amusement as a bystander to it all. She arches a brow, "A bench warmer? At least he has a bench to warm, then? There's that going for him at least.." She shrugs as she pays and moves over.

"Sleep? Yeah. well.. I guess you could say I.. inherited my dad's..." She pauses before saying Immortal Fortitude against sleep. That's good at least, "... really weird bioryhthms?" She shrugs, "I guess I don't need quite as much sleep as would be expected. Not that I can't and don't like to sleep in on the weekends!" She adds a light laugh.

Slipstream has posed:
Propping his chin up in the palm of his hand, Drake raises his brows upwards at the claim of biorhythms. He takes a large bite of his bagel, chewing thoughtfully for a moment as he studies the blonde. Is she familiar? He can't tell. "Thank you!" He says as she somewhat defends him. He even puffs up a bit proudly.

"I have short ranged speed based trans-portal powers."

"He's just saying he's 'fast', but not /that/ fast. He skips like a rock."

"Dang, Karen. Why you gotta blow me up like that?"

"It's Catherine, and you're trying to make your powers sound cooler than they actually are."

"Oh come on!"

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark watches the two bicker back and forth like an old married couple. It's kind of cute. When her order is up, she gets the coffee and the muffin, moving over to the side counter with the drink fixings. She takes one long swallow of the black coffee and gulps it down with a grimace. It's like alcohol, no one drinks it for the flavor just what it does for you!

SHe pours in a copious amount of cream and then grabs a handfull of sugar-alternative packets and begins adding them - four at a time.

"Powers, huh? So you're really, actually, like... an Avenger then." She glances over thoughtfully at Drake. "I kind of figured the jacket was just a way to hit on girls..." she observes with a grin.

Slipstream has posed:
"I mean, the jacket helps."

"No it doesn't."

Glowering at 'Catherine', Drake lets out a roll of his eyes. "I'm Slipstream of the Avengers. I'm on the recon team. So when Hulk and Thor goes around beating the tar out of the bad guys, my job is to evaluate the field, get citizens out of harm's way and use comms to kind of point guard the playing field."

"Okay, that sounds kinda cool. How come you never said that before?"

"Because you always talk shit on me!"

"That's because you're fucking goofy dude."

"I want to talk to your manager!"

"I /am/ the manager!"

Laughing, Drake turns back to Cassie and shrugs his shoulders upwards. "You wanna join me?" He asks Cassie as he motions to the table. "Haven't seen you here before and I see almost everyone. At least during this time of the hour. It's mostly regulars."

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark listens the two go at each other again as she finishes fixing her caffinated sugar drink. Sipping with approval, she turns to find a seat just as Drake invites her.

She shrugs, "Sure. I'm sort of new, sort of not? I guess? I've been out of country for several months. My mom is an archaeologist and does work with CUNY and Boston College and was overseeing a dig in the Valley of Kings in Egypt." She shrugs like it's no big thing.
RMoving to take a seat, she adds, "I kind of bounce betwen NYC and.. anywhere else. So not really a regular I guess" she laughs.

Slipstream has posed:
"Welcome home then. Said your name is Cassie? Can call me Drake. I don't really use the codename thing unless I'm in the field." Drake says as he leans back in the chair, taking his coffee for a long sip happily from it. It's powerfully sweet. "I haven't been to Egypt yet. What's it like?" He asks as he lifts his brows upwards curiously. "I'd love to hit up Dubai at some point, Egypt, um.. you know, just that side of the map. When I was on the Overwatch League thingy, I've been to South Korea and Japan a lot when I traveled."

He doesn't mention the space travel.

"So, what are you doing currently? College student like me? I go to NYU. Majoring in video game design. Got one more year and I'm done, then I can do my nine to five map designing."

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark begins to pick apart her muffin, breaking off a bite sized bit while Drake is talking. She quickly devours it and nods, "Yep. Cassie. Hi Drake" she offers with a smile. "I haven't been to Korea or Japan in years.. didn't get to see a lot when we were there" Not that she was there with her mother. It was for one Titans mission or another. "Egypt? It's hot and it's dusty. Particularly when working in Giza. The pictures? Sphinx? Pyramids? It's really just as miserable during the day as you can imagion. Most of the work is done in the morning or later afternoon and evening. It's just too hard to work under midday conditions most of the time. But it's amazing. The food is incredible" she says with a laugh.

"I go to NYU as well. But just finishing up a leave of absence to help my mom. I'm majoring in ancient history. Greek Studies as a major. It has no real-world value but it's a part of history that speaks to me." She even says that with a straight face

Slipstream has posed:
Nodding his head, Drake gives her a grin. "Cool. Maybe I'll see you around campus then and we can snag lunch. I pretty much just spend a lot of time in the computer lab rushing homework to get it done when I'm on campus. I try not to cheat and use the Stark tech that I have available. It's not really fair to have that type of advantage and if I'm going to work in the industry one day, I can't rely on super computers with AI built into it."

He takes another bite of his bagel, humming happily around the flavors. After swallowing and licking his lips, he asks, "So what do you wanna do when you graduate with the degree? Be a teacher? Do research? Write papers?"

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark grins, "Yeah? Don't you already have a girlfriend?" She nods her head toward "Karen" at counter with a smirk. "Cheating huh? I'll pretend I didn't hear that.." Shaking her head she sips her coffee and hmmm's.. "Well.. maybe I'll write some books or articles. Stuff to set the record straight. A lot of history as we've been taught it is really a bit less accurate than it ought to be."

Slipstream has posed:
"Her? Oh, hell no. She's a lesbian and her girlfriend works here too and is /actually/ mean to me." Drake says with a grin. "Catherine has the blue hair, Bridget has the pink hair. They're like /really/ into social media." He props his chin up in the palm of his hand. "Cath' is good people. She makes me laugh." He looks curious though. "How do you know what the record is compared to what's already written?"

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark bursts out laughing. "Oh wow!" She shakes her head and sips her coffee again. "I don't really do a lot on social media. Too many mean peope out there trying to tear others down. Life's hard enough without some unknown "expert" telling me how badly I'm screwing up."

She grins, "Well.. the simplest answer is my mother is an Archaeologist. It's her job to find out the truth in history, y'know? Just because the books we all read in school say it's this or that - it doesn't mean something new won't be discovered to change it completely or maybe just better clarify what we thought we knew. I've got some ideas. But nothing I'm going to write about till after I get my degree. Right now I'm just another quack on the internet with a conspiracy idea or something. Once I get published in journals and have a reputation for accurate ideas? Then we'll see. I'm not in a rush."

Slipstream has posed:
"Yeah, same here. Social media sucks. Especially when you get kinda famous .. which I was before being an Avenger. I was an eSport Overwatch League player. I traveled a lot. Did a ton of competitions. Led the city to a championship! But, you know.. haters gotta hate. Now they don't even know who I am these days since I quit." Drake says with a laugh. "I used to be a pretty well known streamer also. Four years ago seems so far away now." He says as he plucks at his bagel.

"But, I'm glad it's all behind me. This is way more fun." As he listens to her, he nods his head along with her in agreement. "As a speedster, let me tell you.. don't rush anything. You really miss the details sometimes when you go too fast." His lips curve upwards. "So you down to snag lunch then?"

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark seems impressed at the sharing of his past exploits but doesn't seem to be entirely familiar. Enough to understand eSports and know the name Overwatch at least.

She starts to reply when her phone bleeps at her. Taking it out of her pocket to look at the message, "Sorry, I've got to get going. But, yeah. We can get lunch sometime. I want to see who else makes fun of you, now.." she grins wickedly. She taps at her phone, "Here I'll send you my contact info.."

Slipstream has posed:
Sliding out his Stark Tech phone, Drake swishes it open with a quick tapping of his thumbs against the screen in a long and complicated password. He launches his contact app and sets it to accept as he bumps his phone against hers, then glances down at it. "Cassie Sandsmark." He hums to himself, then raises his brows upwards, then glances to her, then back to the screen. He shifts his jaw a bit, then taps a few more times. "Hah."

He glances up at her, his eyes sparkling as he pockets his phone. "I'll text you for lunch. My treat. I'm really glad I bumped into you, Cassie, you're cool, even for a History nerd." He teases. "And if you want to see the brutal destruction of my soul, I'll take you to this chili dog stand a few blocks away. Boris really tears me up there. I don't like onions on my dogs and he likes to call me names in this native language which I think is Russian .. but it could be German. I dunno, I speak Spanish. Yo estoy el bano or something." He's a toilet?

"Be safe, okay?"

Wonder Girl has posed:
Cassie Sandsmark looks at his contact info and nods, tucking her phone away again. "Huh. You really are a Junior Avenger.." she teases then blinks, "No onions on a chili dog? That's unpatriotic, sir. I'm surprised Captain America would even let you be on his team over soething like that!"

She then grins, "Safe is boring. I'd rather just be really good." She tosses her trash and grabs her still half full cup and waves. "Seeya!