16157/Business duties and lunches

Business duties and lunches
Date of Scene:	31 March 2024
Location:	Bushwick (Mutant Town), Brooklyn
Synopsis:	Nadia and Sam meet for the first time
Cast of Characters:	Cannonball, Wasp (Pym)

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Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie has just finished overseeing the recent deliveries at the club, and now after locking up, he is out front of the club as he decided where he wants to grab food.

Wasp (Pym) has posed:
Nadia is a GIRL about town.

Specifically Mutant Town. And why is she here? A long story involving a mutant outreach program and some really expensive medication they need to supply to local residents. Which would generally be far outside the reach of a charity program. But one thing lead to another and GIRL got involved. And the thing about patented medication that's hard to come by is that if you're a super genius you can make a variation which is chemically & legally distinct. Same effect (actually the side effects are much less troublesome why replicate when you can innovate?) but much much cheaper.

Or for the charity in question? Utterly free. They would have paid her but honestly Nadia found it a fun little puzzle to work out. And that's far more important than anything boring like money.

Dressed in her GIRL bomber jacket and some jeans she's practically skipping as she heads out the office the charity is based out of. Whistling a jaunty tune. Good deed for the day done!

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks about and as he sees a new person in town he takes a moment to look them over. As he notices the jacket his brow raises a bit and he will take a couple steps towards her "Um miss got a moment?"

Wasp (Pym) has posed:
Not every mutation is visible but Nadia sure doesn't look like a local. For a start most people in any part of New York would just ignore a total stranger and walk on by. But when Sam calls out she stops and glances round.

"That really depends on how you believe time works," she says brightly. A hint of an accent although it's hard to place. "If you subscribe to the block theory of time we exist in every moment we'll ever experience at the same time. If not then the only thing that exists is the now. So in a sense we'd only ever have the moment we're in...." A beats pause. She blinks. "That's a yes. Sorry I was thinking about building a time machine earlier today and it's got me in a creative mood. What's up?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smirks a bit and says "Ah am a more branches of time person myself." He offers and smiles. "Ah saw your jacket, and the Girl logo, was wondering something going on around here?

Wasp (Pym) has posed:
"In order to branch time couldn't be in blocks," Nadia says with a tilt of her head. "Although really in order for the future to be branching it generally means there would have to be parallel dimensions. Probably one for every single decision it's possible to make going right back to the creation of the universe. It's an interesting thought experiment because some of those branches would be so close to ours it'd be impossible for anyone to tell them apart. And in others the very laws of physics might be dramatically different."

A beats pause.

"Sorry I got a little carried away again...."

The petite brunette blinks a few times. "Something going on? Not really! Just charity outreach work. Medical supplies for people with long term health conditions." She gives Sam an appraising look. "Nothing exciting or valuable to anyone but the patients. And they'll be getting delivered to the people who need them right away."

Not that she thinks Sam looks like he's planning a break in. But you never know who might be listening in when you're in a neighbourhood where so many people have some sort of power.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie ahs and nods a bit and says "Ah might know a few of the folks your talking about help is always a good thing. We have a couple of mutual aquaintances so, wanted to make sure all was ok.

Wasp (Pym) has posed:
"Possibly! Although I wouldn't want to discuss anyone's personal medical situations," Nadia says solemnly. She might love to chat science but it's another thing entirely to chat about specific peoples health stuff without permission. Gosh it'd be terribly rude. Also probably illegal. But really laws are less important than the impact on people. So it's the rudeness that's more of an issue.

"Oh yes everything is fine with GIRL. We sadly couldn't find a cure for vampirism which would stop Dracula. Who is, I'm reliably informed, a real person not a fictional character. But we're open to the public and actively recruiting the best and brightest."

She beams a smile. "And no need to worry about us building any time machines," she jokes. "It's just a fun intellectual thought experiment involving an FTL spaceship, a black hole, and a slingshot maneuverer to arrive back where you started before you even set off."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smirks a bit and says "Well don't worry even if you don't invent one the way things go for the heroic types, Ah am sure you will have some time travel stories eventually

Wasp (Pym) has posed:
"It's no fun to use someone else's time machine," Nadia says matter-of-factly. "The travelling part is simple. If I wanted to see the distant future I could just... you know. Statis myself and wait it out. Boring, simple, but a reliable way to go forward. Getting back to where you set off is the tricky bit anyway."

She puts her hand into her pocket and pulls out... a whole backpack. One that totally should not have been able to fit into a jacket pocket. Clearly she's cheating somehow!

"Here's one of my business cards," she says offering Sam a card that proclaims she is Nadia Pym Director of GIRL. "If you ever find you or one of your friends needs super science assistance feel free to let me know. If it's a good cause we'll be happy to help. But for now at least I need to fly. I've got some projects I need to check up on back at the lab. Nice to meet you though!"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods his head a bit and says "And if you ever in the need for a bit of manual labor, or such, tell Angelica to give Sam a call, she will know who ya mean.

Wasp (Pym) has posed:
Nadia Pym slips the backpack on. Once it's in place insectile wings unfurl and begin fluttering.

"I'll keep that in mind!"

Generally speaking GIRL has the money to hire local people to do manual labour, but hey you never turn down people willing to work potentially on the cheap. Not when super science lab equipment is so pricey.

And with a wave the fluttering wings blur and she takes off. Flying back to GIRL HQ at high speed!