185/The Hall of Just Us.

The Hall of Just Us.
Date of Scene:	28 April 2017
Location:	Hall of Justice
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Wonder Woman, 203, Troia, Hawkeye (Bishop), Crusader, Zachary Lightwing

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Wonder Woman has posed:
Tonight in the Hall of Justice: 7:15 pm on a Thursday.

A young girl by the name of Tiffanny DeWitt, five years old, saved both of her parents from a burning car crash after their SUV had toppled over. She'd done it by crawling out of the wreckage and flagging down a passing car who happened to be a State employee.

the little girl was being honored tonight for her bravery, and she loved classical music. She asked Diana Prince, if a symphony orchestra could perform in the lobby of the Hall of Justice, so that is precisely what has happened. To celebrate the child who heroically saved her parents.

The symphony had started at a little after 5:00pm and had just ended at 7:00pm.

Now there was an after party with catered food and a soft music in the background as guests and visitors meandered about, danced and enjoyed dinner.

Diana was in attendance, naturally, wearing a white backless dress with silver jewelry upon her wrists and neck. Her black hair was tied up in a bun on the crown of her head and she was standing with the Hero of the Night, Tiffany, speaking with people who approached.

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont stands by the food tables, a glass of wine in hand. She's practically glaring daggers at a particularly delicious looking cake. "You don't need it, Erin," she mumbles to herself.

For tonight, Erin's dressed in a slick black dress that hugs her form, before ending at thigh height. It even accomodates her chest, though it shows no cleavage.

Troia has posed:
    A little late, due to her own distractions, DOnna Troy shows up at the Hall of Justice in a rather familiar type of corset as she walks her way in. She smiles to Tiffanny as she approaches, then lowers her head slightly. "Greetings Diana. I am glad to see you again."

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
A young lady with raven hair is dressed in a formal black dress, otherwise unadorned. Sharp eyes might recognize her from earlier... perhaps she was one of the cellists? Maybe. In any case, she also is lurking around the food tables. "Mmm... cream puffs." Kate muters as she takes one to pop into her mouth.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
Tommy Hunter hated choices. On one hand, he could have shown up in his human disguise and tried to get some good footage of the Hall lobby and the attendees. That would get him some good points with his HeroWatch boss, especially after the fiasco at the Museum, where his footage consisted of terribly exciting shots... of the floor. Because he forgot to set his phone kickstand properly before going off to Save The Day (he didn't, by the way.) Then again, he should probably invest on a fancier kickstand than one of those little plastic piggies with a suction cup on the nose.

The choice he did make, though, was to show up as Vorpal. Because this was a great chance to network, to meet and greet, to potentially make other heroes aware that he exists.

A guy can dream, right?

The cheshire cat is not exactly wearing a tux, because that's just too -fussy- to listen to Antonin Dvorak's ninth symphony. A sleek, black turtleneck and black slacks would do with a simple set of dress shoes in black. His fur and hair are colorful enough to contrast with the austere outfit.

Not technically old enough to drink alcohol (and not sure how his new body will react to the stuff, anyways), he's milling about and idly pushing a Shirley Temple around. He hasn't settled to talk to anyone just yet, the cat still scoping out the area to see who all has come out. And maybe get a glimpse of his hero...

Crusader has posed:
When he heard tale of a little girl having saved her family life, Bjorn couldn't help but attend the ceremony! Such things should be honored after all. Bjorn even went so far as making sure to have his best suit on for the occasion.
    The large man easily seems to move through the crowd. He peers and searches, and finds exactly what he is looking for - Tiffiany! He walks up to Diana and Tiffany, before saying to the little girl "Well little Girl, you are very brave one! It is great thing you do!" he says towards the little girl and than to Diana "And very nice of you und the League to hold such a celebration in her honors"

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana had been greeted by mean guests tonight, both come to see Tiffanny and to see her as well. Tiffanny, was standing aside Diana (Tiffanny's parents were seat at the table beside them, looking well recovered now). Tiffanny was also wearing a golden crown and golden bracers modeled after that of Wonder Woman's own. "She is Wonder Woman tonight." Diana had told several people. "I have passed the mantle on...(whisper) At least for this evening." And little Tiffanny was fully embracing it, crossing her forearms for photos and smiling huge.

When both Donna and Bjorn approached, Diana would look from one to the other. She would nod at Bjorn and offer him a smile. "Thank you for coming, sir." She said in her thickly accented voice. "I hope that you enjoyed the music."

She'd look to Donna as well and smile softer for her. "Donna." She said quietly. "How are you?" There was little else that could be said in this particular moment, public as it was.

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont looks over to Kate as she munches on a cream puff and smirks. "At least one of us can enjoy the desserts, hm?" She chuckles lightly, then looks over at the little girl. "Amazing, huh? Smart kid. Just goes to show that you don't have to be super...to be super, huh?"

Troia has posed:
Wonder Girl smiles softly to Diana. "I am good, Diana. But, as you've said, tonight is not about us." She says gesturing to Tiffanny. "It is for her." She says as she steps aside for Tiffanny taking her pictures, but she gives a wink to Diana. They can always talk later. "You did quite well, Tiffanny....I mean...Wonder Woman." She then grins....

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate smiles at Erin, close-mouthed so as to not gross out the other lady. She clovers her mouth with a hand as she chews the profiterole and points to the display of puffs with the other hand. "You should have one of them at least. Food at parties don't have any calories. It's a scientific fact." she says after a moment more after she swallows. Her gaze follows Erin's to the little heroine. "All she needs is some colorful spandex and she'll be all set."

Crusader has posed:
"Ah, Wonder Woman, of course!" Bjorn says to Tiffany. "Well than Wonder Woman, this is for you" a bit of a simple magic trick. He shows her his empty hands, make them into fists held togeather... and then opens revealing a stripped rose flower. He gives it to her "For you!"
    To Diana he says "Aye, he magic was very enjoyable! Bjorn enjoy it much! Especialy the drums. Love drums" he says. He gets out his phone and backs up. He takes pictures of Tiffany and her folks along with Wonder Woman and Wonder girl. It not everyday something like this happens.
    As he glances about... he actualysees Vorpal! First time he seen him, he was Old Man Bjorn (does not look the same as that now). Guess word of this really has spread far! As he glances about...well he dosn't really recognize most folks.A strange in the room

Vorpal (87) has posed:
Despite himself, Vorpal allows a smile to tug at the corner of his mouth seeing Tiffany really get into her role. Normally this kind of event strikes him as insencere and a publicity stunt- being a cynical teenager has been his super-power for the past five years, after all. Since his transformation, however, he had noticed a disquieting tendency to not be a sarcastic little snark. He wondered if this was going to be a problem in the future.

His ear twitches as Kate explains scientific fact a few feet away from him, and he turns to seek the delicacies of which they speak. "Not only does food at parties lack calories, it will also not give you awkward things-sticking-to-teeth syndrome, which is handy."

He seems undecided towards one of the canapes, but then he shrugs and makes a grab for it. "Weren't you up there?" he says to Kate before taking a generous CHOMP of the puff, "Second cello?"

He looks over his shoulder quickly as someone joins Diana. Then he turns back to the two ladies near him. Probably best not to approach any big names. I mean, he was practically a nobody, wouldn't that come accross as him being an arriviste?

He pats the little power-pack cell in the right pocket of his slacks that Zach had given him.

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana would offer a small grin to Bjorn's words and the show of the flower for the child. Tiffany would literally beam at the magic trick and leap at the flower with her hands out to accept it and draw it back to herself to smell it. The little girl thanked Bjorn and then did her Wonder Woman poses for his pictures because she was enjoying every minute of this experience. "Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the drums." She said to Bjorn.

Her blue eyes would look once more upon Donna and she'd nod softly to the other younger woman. "Please, let us find a time to speak when there is less activity about us, yes?" She said to her, showinger another little warm smile toward her as well.

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont scoffs and opens her mouth to speak, but cuts herself off as--huh, a giant cat--as Vorpal interjects. She snickers to both of them. "Noooo, no no no. Don't tempt me. Sweets do terrible things to my figure." She turns toward Kate and tilts her head. "...You -do- look familiar, now that I look at you. Have we met? Client of Mr. Buchland, maybe? I'm Erin Beaumont, his secretary."

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
Almost as if on cue, a white ghostly cat manifests from the power pack and lands on Vorpal's shoulder. The green-eyed apparition stares at the party around them, grinning nice and wide.

"This is so cool," he whispers to Vorpal with barely-contained excitement. "It's the Hall of Justice...!" Stating the obvious there.

"So cool."

Zach's not going to be very enlightening today.

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn slips away mostly for the goodies. He knew he could eat...so had to mind himself. He pick up some choclate sweets.... and some other choclate sweets. Weather cake or covered strawberries they end up on his plate. Along like with some protien... and a bottle of wine. ALright so self control is a bit hard.
    He had ended up wandering by Vorpal, Kate and Erin at this point. He smils towards them "Hello! Hows it going he asks?" and chomps a strawberry

Troia has posed:
    Donna smiles a little more, then poses with Tiffanny for a photo. "Worth coming out here to see the bravery people have shown in the city." She says giving a fond look to Diana again, but then she makes her way for the table for some food, namely, her own strawberry. She was famished.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"It looks fine to me." Kate says matter-of-factly to Erin. "It's just one cream puff. You're here to enjoy yourself, right?" she genlty chides. At the mention of looking familiar she instinctively reaches up to check that her sunglasses are there... of course they're not. She laughs at herself as she drops her hand. She's not in costume, after all. "Heh. Ah, I don't know. What does Mister Buchland do? Is he an investment attorney? Otherwise probably not." She smiles again at Erin. "I'm Kate Bishop. Nice to meet you." She peers after the cats and then Bjorn. A nod for the latter. "The smoked salmon is good. A pretty good spread in general."

Vorpal (87) has posed:
Vorpal smirks, as Kate avoids answering his question- she must be shy. Shiness was silly, who wouldn't want to be recognized? "Yes, this is the Hall of Justice, indeed. Ladies, gentlemen, meet Nimbus," he gestures to the electrocat on his shoulder, "He's my one of my two shoulder conscience manifestations, though I am yet to discover which of the two he's supposed to be, as he wears no halo nor horns." He gives Zach a cheeky grin, just teasing."Perhaps we are intruding, I see you are in the midst of that arcane ritual known as 'networking'," the cheshire cat says to Kate and Erin with a grin as he takes a sip from his Shirley.



He looks over his shoulder.

"That little girl is going to remember this night for a long time to come." Was that a tinge of envy in his voice?

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana would watch Donna's interactions with Tiffanny and smile throughout them. She'd otherwise just remain where she was and play the part of an observer to be there for the photos taken of Tiffany. However, when the young Hero of the NIght was finished with her publicity stuff... she sat down at her table to enjoy her own dinner with her parents.

This is when Diana excused herself from the family and start to make her rounds throughout the party as a whole. Her blue eyes swept across everyone in attendance, though she wasn't letting herself get stopped for long as she wanted to be seen mobile.

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont groans and starts cutting off a generous slice of cake. "Yeah, but one dumpling will turn into two, two will turn into four, and by the end of the day, I'll be a whale." She rattles her head and switches her train of thought. "Supercrimes, mostly. Things getting blown up, burned, frozen...I deal with a lot of mutant hate on a daily basis. Funny that they don't know they're staring right at one..." She bites into her cake. Nomf.

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn cants his head when Salmon is mentioned. He not quite sure what to make of it "Ummm, Bjorn will keep that in mind." he says eye the salmon. He may or may not try it. He does give Vorpal... and Nimbis a wave. He actually peers at Zachary curiously. Ghost cats man

But eventually he finds himself a seat, and tries to enjoy his food while watching the going ons. He was practicly a convator belt. "...that does not sound like fun" he mentions when he hears of thing being blown up, burned and frozon.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate wrinkles her nose at Vorpal as he mentions 'Second cello'. "Well, I was shooting for first, but I'm not rally part of the orchestra. I was just filling in for someone last-second. My father gives them a lot of money and so sometimes I get to practice with them and play if there's an opening for a cellist." She peers closely at the cat on the cat. "Catception." she points out. "Interesting world we live in, huh?" Still, she smiles at Vorpal. "I'm Kate. Have you met Aphrodite here?" she asks, jerking a thumb to indicate Erin, then she frowns suddenly. "You said something about something sticking to one's teeth. Do... do I have something on my teeth?" Kate asks with dread. Back to Erin. "You're a mutant? Cool!" she says with genuine appreciation.

Troia has posed:
    Tilting her head as she chews on the strawberry, Donna walks her way over towards Nimbus and looks at him. "Nimbus? You're the one that was on the Daily Bugle recently, weren't you?" She says as she looks at Nimbus.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
"How do you do, Kate? I'm Vorpal. The Cheshire cat. " He grins. Trademark grin. "Aphrodite? Well, it's a plea-"

And he SENSES it. Wonder Woman has started to wa(o)nder through the room. For a moment, the Cheshire cat turns completely invisible, but he quickly gets a hold of himself.
~Don't freak out. You're a nobody. She's not going to look at you or talk to you, stay frosty, cat, fer chrissakes you weren't even afraid of the Queen of Hearts~
~This isn't the queen of hearts! This is Wonder Wo-~
~-someone's talking to us.~

And Vorpal turns to find Wonder Girl is talking to him.

Well, to his SHOULDER.

Okay. To the ghost cat on his shoulder. But that's still sort of talking to him by extension, right?

"-dergirl..." the Cheshire cat squeaks out, eyes wide.

He takes a quick sip of his drink, and remembers there's no alcohol in it.
And sort of wishes there were.

Shiness is silly, isn't it?

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
    "Thaaat's me," Zach AKA Nimbus replies, the ghost cat smiling over at Donna as he's approached. "Aphrodite? Really?" he looks aside at Erin, as if he thought that was serious. "... oh," and then he gets the joke and looks away from Erin and back to Donna.

"Right. Yeah, that's me. Nimbus," he awkwardly says, because Vorpal is having a bit of a Moment and it's really hard to ignore that. He looks with some concern to the shy Cheshire.

"But you know who this is? This is Vorpal, and he's /way/ cool. He's saved my life TWICE!" And he places a forepaw on Vorpal's head and grins over at Donna!!

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont glares daggers at Kate...then closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. "My name, as I said, is Erin. -Those- are the result of a medical conditio. And yes. I am a mutant." She stares intently at Kate and projects her voice into her minc. <And no, it has nothing to do with my breasts.>

Troia has posed:
    Donna smiles at both Vorpal and Nimbus, but makes a wince face at Nimbus. "Looks like third time was the charm." She jokes then finishes her strawberry. "I do apologize but I must get back to the Tower they're building." she then looks to Vorpal and Nimbus. "At least there are more heroes around now." She says as she heads out of the Hall of Justice and takes flight back to Titan's Tower.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
"... tower? Did she say they're building a towe... wait, where did she go?" Vorpal unfreezes. Of course, this is after Donna has made her exit. "... I'm sorry, you were saying...." he blinks a couple of times. He believes he has experienced the 'stolen time' concept. Maybe an alien just abducted him for.. a minute, or so...

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"You remind me of something from a cartoon, what was it.. oh, Jiji from some anime called 'Kiki's Delivery Service." Kate mentions to Nimbus. "Wrong color, though." Vorpal is suddenly not there for a moment, and then seems interested in the Wonder Twins. Still, she smiles, even if it is at his embarassment. She looks back to Erin as the lady disapproves of her little joke. "Sorry. I meant it as a compliment. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." she says gently. "Isn't that what they say Aphrodite looks... eh, sorry. I'm digging a deeper hole, aren't I? Sorry."

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn cants his head as he was watching Vorpal and Nimbiss. he could see Vorpal getting nervous and chuckled when the cat hero went invisible! He shakes his head "Ahh, seem the cat got his tongue eh?" he says...to no one? Well it not standard, but it was something.
    He watches as Diana makes her rounds and registers various names he hears. A girl named Aphrodie...isn't that the goddess of love or was that goddess of wisdom? He ponders this for a long moment "Gonna go with love" sage nods

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
"Wow, you're worse than I am with some of these people," Nimbus mercilessly points out to Vorpal, though he seems to just be playful about it. "Are you gonna be alright?" he asks, more seriously, since Vorpal zoned out super hard just there.

"Oh! I'll take that as a compliment," he tells Kate, "I love all of those animations. Top tier stuff."

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont takes a deep breath. "I know no offense was intended. Thank you for the compliment." She turns toward Bjorn. "Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. It was supposed to be a compliment about my...macromastia." She lets a snort out her nose and shovels more cake into her mouth.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
Vorpal harrumphs, "I'm *fine*, Nimbus," he is trying to gather the pieces of his dignity, but some of them have a long way to go. "... it's a ... you wouldn't understand. If it weren't for Wonder Woman, right now I'd probably..." he trails off and clears his throat. "It's not important."

He looks between Erin and Kate, looking a little puzzled until Erin mentions her macromastia. He blinks, looks down for a second, then back up again, and goes, "...oh!"

Throughout this entire time, his eyes hadn't gone down there at all. He hadn't even noticed. Totally and completely clueless. "... I thought she meant it as a compliment to your obvious charm and elegance of carriage," he says, trying to apply some conciliatory salve with a side of diplomacy. He feels slightly embarrassed at having missed the meaning of Kate's comment. It showed a lack of observation skills... but perhaps that was also compensated by the fact that Tommy Hunter, a.k.a. Vorpal, was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide, being passed by a hot pink convertible being driven by RuPaul and Todrick Hall on their way to Fire Island while listening to a 'The Best of ABBA' compilation.

"I apologize for spacing out, I wasn't keeping abreast of the situation."

He pauses, and then cringes when his ears realize what his mouth said. "...I want to die."

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
"Heh."

Nimbus doesn't seem to care about Erin's breast size, but he does seem to enjoy the embarrassment others have when they try to avoid referencing it. "Heh heh heh." He sounds incredibly childish.

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn cants his head "Macromastia?" he asks, not quite getting it. Despite being well dressed... he didn't seem the brightest of people. And than Vorpal looks down and goes 'oh'
    Bjorn looks himself and than back at Vorpal and than back at Erin. it...somehow didn't sink in. One can see it on his face "Macromastia...macro..macro" and then slowly it dawns on him as it clicks!
    But beyound realizing what it means, he actually dosn't change demineer, except for perhaps seeming a bit impressed now. Either to his apparent obliviousness or Erin size....mabey both. He stands "Well, Bjorn best be heading off. You folks have the good night" and than more specificly to Vorpal "Seems your catty friend shoulda tooken your tongue" he says jokingly referecing Zachary on Vorpals shoulder
    And with that he begins to head off. At some point, inspite of his size...the man seems to simply dissappear.

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont is steaming now. Her attempts at stifling the conversation have made everyone talk more about it. Barbara Streisand effect? "Can we -please- talk about something else?" She roughly tosses her half a cake slice into a nearby garbage bin and starts drinking more heavily from her wine. Without even looking at Vorpal, she sends a single words into his mind. <Bullshit.>

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate blushes deeply. "I'm sorry, I really am." and she withdraws a touch into the crowd, plenty of people to get lost in while the other people talk or not. Maybe if she surrounds herself in people, the psychic noise will be too much for Erin to keep track of? Worth a try. Then the telepath won't sense the total mortification Kate is feeling.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
"Augh!" Vorpal has never felt anyone intruding into his mind before.... well, except the Cheshire cat, but he is part of him now.
Technically speaking.

<<No, really, I'm sorry, I didn't mea->>
<<What HE is trying to say, is that they do->>
<<Oh my god, shut UP, nobody asked you->>
<<-solutely nothing for him. He likes ->>
<<Don't you dare->>
<<- I mean, have you seen that butt on Nightwi->>

"Oh my god!" Vorpal exclaims, trying to drown the multifaceted stream of consciousness that is unique to his rather complex psyche. It is more like a flood of self-consciousness. "I'm sorry, I mean it, I absolutely have nothing for or against your breasts. They're completely insignificant to me-"

And if his fur weren't in the way, the deep crimson would giive away the fact that he is completely mortified, "Oh god, I didn't mean to sound mean, either. I mean, I am certain they are... nice... if you're into- I mean, oh god. Now that they were mentioned I just can't find a way to say anything without coming across like a major boob. GOOB. Augh..." he looks to Kate with a SAVE ME expression.

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
"Let's go get some snacks. Snacks, Vorpal. Look."

Nimbus nudges Vorpal's face and points to all the snacks.

"Fill your mouth with snacks."

Erin Beaumont (203) has posed:
Erin Beaumont puts her hands on her forehead at the rapid fire telekinetic speaking. She's never had multiple voices talking to her at once, and it's certainly...disorienting. She roughly sets down her mostly empty wine glass and simply stomps out, heels clacking against the floor.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate finds a way to slip away from the knot of people, though likely she's seen heading to the ersatz green room to collect her cello and other things and head out a side door, very rudely not saying goodbye.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
Vorpal stands there, alone as both women beat hasty retreats. Listening to Zach's advice, he reaches out and grabs a handful of... whatevers. He sighs.

"... I'm going to get blacklisted from every superhero group from here to saskatchewan..."

ANd he stuffs his face.

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
"Maybe just all the teams with women in them. So ... all of them," Zach says, his tone still about as serious as an exploding clown car.

"At least you have me. Right? I mean, I tried, buddy. You need some major work. You're awesome at being a superhero, but you just... lost it." He is utterly unhelpful. "... Man, this stuff makes me wish I could eat."

He's definitely the one that would wear the devil horns.

Vorpal (87) has posed:
"... well... we gotta look on the bright side. At least the guy I crushed on /hard/ isn't here." Vorpal bites down hard on a canape, and says, "And no, you don't get to find out who that is. Ever. What do you say we tiptoe out of here before Wonder Woman comes and I make some assinine comment that will get me mocked for all eternity? Wanna go patrol Gotham?"

Zachary Lightwing has posed:
"That is a bright side. You probably would've said something worse, or gotten yourself worked up about saying something, anyways," Zach verbally prods, though the good-natured tone he has suggests it doesn't really matter to him either way. "Sounds better than hanging out here. Somehow I don't like this place very much anymore."

"No really, it's freaking me out, let's go drop criminals in dumpsters. I feel like everyone's staring at us."

The vicarious awkward horror is kind of getting to him.