1935/The Offer

The Offer
Date of Scene:	11 August 2017
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Sebastian Shaw, Oddity

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Sebastian Shaw has posed:
A nice sunny day in New York from the outside, but Shaw isn't outside today. No today he is in a nice place thankfully, as so many people he had currently had to deal with thankfully she was not one to 'slum it'. He had already drove down there though not himself of course. Walking into the building it would be wierd to others, but no-one seems to notice him, or bug him as he walked into the place stoping infront of the Receptionist. She doesn't even blink as he lifts the book infront of her, and looks up the specific persons room, though he bet it was on the top. Of course it was, and he puts a hand up to his ear... "It is working, keep it on me till I leave the elevator." then falls back to silence putting the book back down infront of the person at the desk.

Walking back he enters the button, and smiles as he goes up, and up in the nice elevator standing in silence. It doesn't take long before it opens on the floor the penhouse is on, and the illusion covering him dropped once again so he would look perfectly normal. If it could be sensed still is up to the person, but now that it is gone it wouldn't be at all.

He moves into the hallway quietly with his hands behind him back. He gives any security a small nod, if they stop him he will stop freely with no complaint tough if not then he will just move up knocking on the door. He was on her floor so figured at this point either she knew he was here, or would shortly so is rather patient for that to happen,

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday was just about to go shopping when the knock is upon her door. She pauses for a moment but does wind up opening it. Upon her form is a lilac and black gothic lolita dress with black stockings, high heeled mary janes and a black messenger bag accompany her. Now at about 5' tall thanks to those heels, she looks up at Sebastian and says "Hey there. Do I know you?" Thank dad for sheltering her so horridly that she doesn't know most other mutants. Her hand sliding up and down the strap of that bag as she curiously looks him over.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
The man at the door mearly smiles, and nods his head. "No.. you do not, but that is why I am here. Miss. Sparrow." Though she may not him, he knows her or at least what he could pry out of the HFC. Rich, maybe close to even his weath, and a mutant. At least a student at the school, so possibly a meta, but most likely a mutant. It seems her father had passed away though he did not know about her.. dressing this way.. he had known a bit about her. "A moment of your time, and I will be happy to be out of your way."

He moves back so if she wishes still to leave she can as he didn't mean to block her way. "My name is Sebastian Shaw... I am not here to sell you anything, but I know what it is like to be in the situation you find yourself. I have been there myself, but this is not something you wish to discuss I understand." he grins, and nods to her. "Though it is best not discussed in a hallway."

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday's eyebrows raise as he seems to already know who she is and says "Um... sure. Did you like. Want to come in? I was about to go shopping but I am sure the dress I want will be there later. And yeah I am still... grieving. And shopping is one way I distract." She slips back to allow him inside the lavish penthouse and locks the door after him as she offers "If you like, we could order a pizza or chinese or something. I don't often well... have company." As she grabs her cellphone just in case he does want to order in she focuses on him and peeks into his mind, or at least tries to.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
He smiles, and nods.. Inside his mind is organized... On the surface there is no stress he seems focused extremly focused. It is like a one track mind, and right now it is focused on a etiquette, and proper response chains... It isn't computer just organized through time.. A long long time. His thoughts go through a brief admeration of what ya got her... Noting like jealousy, but some other lower places pop in that are quite bad, and the thought of displure at being there pops in.

He turns, and faces her.. Looks to start talking, "People like us are rare... More so then you know. I see you are putting good use to the.." he stops, and reaches into his pocket. He doesn't even take the phone off, though his grin gets a bit wider.. "To the money." His thoughs turn to counting, it seems the feelings don't seem to change from the relaxed, but the thoughts from before are gone hidden before putting the number thoughts in its place.

He turns, and looks at her.. "Though eventually.. This will get boring, and redundent.." he walks over to the window looking down. "Of course that is unless you have the imagination to keep going, and still keep things.. interesting.."

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday blushes deeply as he catches the myraid of emotions and the thoughts, her free hand now beginning to twirls a small sectiong of her hair around her finger. Her concentration breaks as she begins to look around before she says "Oh I inherited this from my dad. I only did like minor redecorating. Most of this was already here though since he asked for my opinion a lot and wanted me comfy so I could focus on my art." She giggles a bit and says "Well.. I would like to think that I can keep it as such. Interesting I mean. Though... did you have a suggestion?" She draws closer to Sebastian as she pulls up a Japanese delivery place and asks "Up for Japanese for delivery Sebastian?"

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
He smiles, and nods, "So I see.. your dress is a bit.. unique." he adds with a raised eyebrow. Though he just smiles, and shakes his head. "And no... thank you I had already ate though." with a light chuckles. "And what do I mean.. I don't know if you know the situation you are in." He looks around waving a hand, "You are rich.. You have a power that puts you above others, and we are in an age where people are gathinger powers faster then Bankers call us when we are moving money." He finishes that last part with a chuckle. He looks back out the window... "We can do... whatever we want.. Suggetions.. I have a few, but I wanted you to look at this first." he pulls out a file from under his buisness suit handing it over to her.

Inside in a folder on Senetor Creed it has all kinds of bad things in it. Subjecting mutants to experiments, making a 'cure' no-one wanted, and even large mechanical robots that could capture them. "Inside is what they are doing on their own.. Unwatched, unguided.. Though there are some of us, a lot like you, who do not think they should." Further in you would read that the places he was running have all been 'destroyed' there are no real details on how, but just that they have been shut down.

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday looks down to her dress before she looks back up to him and says "I like it a lot. Just my style. Mostly Gothic Lolita or just gothic things. Rarely will you ever see me not wearing black. And suit yourself on the food. I am ordering some for me at least. I am feeling a bit peckish." And she begins to type in her order and sends it off on her handy dandy app! She looks up and blushes even more as she realizes what he means and says "I had not thought about that to be honest. And look at what?" She sets her bag and phone down.

She draws even closer to him, now standing next to him as the file is produces from his business suit and opens it, beginning to read it over. As the contents reveal themselves her jaw drops and she looks horrified. She closes it and shoves it back at Sebastian, resting the folder flat against his chest as she looks up to him and asks "How... how do we stop this? I just... no mutant should go through things like that. It isn't our fault we are born this way for fuck's sake." Her eyes looking back up to him once more.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
He nods to her with a frown.. "It is truely frightining what they will do, but I assure you it is already stopped or at least as far as we know." he adds taking the folder back from her as he shakes his head. "But it isn't as easy as it sounds, but we do our best." he gives a small shrug.. "Though, we keep it secret so people have never heard of us, nor will they.. We can't interact directly even I would get in trouble if my own group knew I was here talking to you directly" he adds the last part a bit quieter, and gives a small smile as if it were a joke.

He steps back putting the file back away he looks down at her, not really but physically and raises one eyebrow at her. "Though I thought it was worth the risk. I think you being put in the situation you are, though tragic I have too lost my father though it was long long ago," He even nods thinking about his father, just for a moment, though the clothes don't seem right. Maybe he lived in one of those old-fashioned groups, as this was over three-hundreed years ago.

He shakes his head going back to counting he smiles, "You are uniquely gifted, and put in the same situation I thought I would at least introduce myself."

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday blinks a bit as he explains and asks "Why would you get into trouble for coming to me about this. And just cause it looks like it has stopped. I doubt it has. I mean... there are still people who are anti-mutant. Who rather be rid of us entirely." She pauses to ponder and asks "How do you know what all I am capable of? I mean.. like.. besides the mind reading thing?" She blushes and shyly looks away, out the window to the city below.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw chuckles, and holds a hand up.. "Not really trouble, But we are supposed to be secret because if we need to handle things." he stops and thinks about it for a moment. "Out-side of the system.. Because someone needs to be able to find these things. If we were found out." he chuckles, and shakes his head again at the thought "The people without powers in general mean no harm, but there are those that do, but that breaks down to three ways to think about it" He seems to be changing the subject moving to a chair he nods as a question if he could sit.

If allowed he would sit, and continue.. "One, mutants are the superior race.. We should force them under our thumb." he chuckles a bit at the idea then shakes his head. "Or you have we are all equal.. we should just get along with them... Maybe dress up, fight some crime when it gets that bad." he shakes his head again, "Or.. there are some of us that know that most humans are just that. We do stupid things in fear.. We help control that group so when they gather.. we can smash it down." he smiles and puts his fingers together he smiles at her. "We attract the enemy to us so when they move we know.. The ultimate honeypot." and he grins at her.

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday bites on her bottom lip softly as he explains and nods when he gestures to the super comfy looking couch. She comments "I can see that I suppose. I won't tell anyone what I saw." She takes a few moments a the window for a bit longer, lingering there before she joins him on the opposite end of the couch, curling her legs underneathe her and smoothing of the skirt of her dress over them. Her cheeks flush at the idea of her having control over anyone, she sold her father's company cause she wouldn't know what to do is such a situation. She ponders before she asks "Ultimate honeypot? I am not sure which of those I would prefer honestly. I am not well... not much of a leader type I don't think. I am just an artist really, when you take away my... powers."

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw looks over at her and just smiles as he expected that as well. One does not mearly sell thier buisness if they wished to be in control of it. Of course she would never know the rich man that bought out her company was one a few degrees of seperation from him. The company would be ran for a profit then traded off again, it was a cut-throat world out there, but he needed to make his money somehow, and the deal they gave was just too good. Even he didn't actually realize it as it was done just by the numbers only seeing the name later. While of course he had no real ties to it, or control over it now that the process has begun he was just leaching money off it to increase his own holdings.

He chuckles to himself, and holds his hands out.. "I know you wouldn't.. You see we are much a like you and I so of course you would know not to tell anyone for you are smart when it comes to these things much like I am." He puts his hands back together, and smiles again at her. "But you are right as is.. I don't think you are the leader type either, but you know before I was in this spot.. I was just a simple engineer. I fixed things, put things together.. You know the standard nine to five grunt."

He leans forward a bit.. "It took a long time to get to where I am at now, but with that experience I have learned a lot." he pauses to let that sink in. "A lot of things I could show you.. I could protect you from the worst mistakes of course I would never let one such as yourself get into any real trouble." he adds like there was little doubt. He waves a hand, "If you were to join me in this I could offer you the best protection money could by.. The contacts to get you started, and a plan to follow that would simply be following instructions until you get a handle on things." He leans back in the chair he is in as he lets you think about it for a moment before he adds.. "Sooner or later the money from your father is going to go away if there is none coming in. It could last.. ten.. fifteen years maybe, but after that I am sure he did not wish for you to live in squalor.. I am giving you a chance to find a place to fit in so you never have to face that risk, and a much more interesting life then that school you go to ever could.. Though I do hope you would keep up your art it is important to have hobbies."

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday was going to slip her hands into his that are held out but when they are back together, her own rest in her lap once more. A smile curls her lip sas he compliments her intelligence and shifts herself a bit closer to him. She asks "You are in engineer?" As he leans forward, her cheeks flush once more and says "I am still learning how to well... use all my powers." She tilts her head softly and asks "Join you? Protection would be nice. I still need to graduate from school though." She bites on her bottom lip as she looks about the apartment again before looking back to him as she says "I don't want to live in squalor... And I adore doing my art. It helps me.... calm."

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
He stands, and moves beside her putting a hand on her shoulder to reasure her. "I know you do, and I don't mean to get in the way of your schooling. Don't you worry.. I know there are still many things you need, but you see that is why I am here to help you." he crouches down infront of her so they can see eye to eye. "If you join us you don't have to worry about any of that.. I will take care of you make sure you don't have to worry about running out of money as you can always just make more." he adds with a warm smile. "Sure there is a lot you need to learn not just power wise, but experience is one of the best teachers. Not to mention you will have some of the scarriest people I know to watch your back so no-one can mess with you when your with us."

He reaches forward, and grasps her hands lightly.. "It is really simple.. I would tell you what needs done, and you and my friends would go do it. I know it can be kinda scary at first, but I hope by showing you I am on your side you will trust me, and give it a shot. Then given time using your powers in specific ways you will get a better handle on it." he chuckles, and lets go of her hands shortly after speaking. "Though if you don't want to.." He gives a small frown, but shrugs. "I will not force you, I am only asking because I see promise in you, but it must be your decision." he shakes his head, "Trust can not be bartered for, or forced.. it is something you must give freely like I have to you today."

The smile comes back as he holds out one hand.. "All you need is to take my hand and trust I will lead you down the right path.. You know what my goal is and I think you could do it too. That is if you want to.."

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday looks up as he stands next to her and has the hand upon her shoulder and she smiles all the more, her eyes following him as he crouches down. Her eyes light up and she sharply inhales through her nose before she says "I... I would like to be taken care of. Like how father use to. I miss him. Like he is still about but it just isn't the same." She bites on her bottom lip before she asks "Can I still attend the school? I made some new friends there." Her cheeks flushing all the more as he takes her hands, her eyes focusing on his as he speaks. When he releases her hands, she grasps his quickly and says "I... I want to..." Her eyes still gazing into his as the blush echoes on her cheeks.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw just smiles at her, and nods. "Don't you worry.. I know you miss him, but it will all be alright. I am here now it will all be just fine." he offers her open arms for her if she wants them though the counting in his head does not stop. "And of course you can, school is important as are friends. I have my own friends, but it is important that you have your own as well right? Now come here, there is no reason to be sad this is a happy moment isn't it." he nods to her, and might even pat her on the head like one would someone they are taking care of.

"But remember..." he adds softly... "You can't tell your friends about us.. We are a secret that no-one can find out about okay?" if she hugged him he would push her back a little to look at her face to face again. "I want to help, but if they know about us I can't do that.. they would get in between us because they don't understand." he gives a small frown, "I want to help, but they don't know me like you do they are not in the same situation as we are." though that frown would turn more into a smile again. "Can you promise me you won't.. even if they really really ask about it? I trust you if you tell me you won't.. Just like you trust me right?"

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday quickly slips from the couch and moves to wrap her around his shoulders and hugs herself tightly to him. Her face nuzzles into the crook of his neck as her black nails slightly dig into him. She missed hugs a lot. As she looks up to him she softly murmurs "I won't. I promise. And I know I can trust you." Her cheeks flush all the more as she places a kiss on his cheek and then buries her face back in the crook of his neck.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw pats her head.. "Good, then you just let me take care of it.. Just go to school live your life as you are now, and when the time comes you just let me take care of the details you will be juust fine." he adds though the nails when they claw into him do something wierd.. It is like clawing into a soft pillow no matter how much she tries to claw in it doesn't even push forward. He lets her just bury his face into his neck for a moment before he chuckles, "Now, no more Miss sadness over this okay? How bout you show me this art you are doing?" he glances down at her with a wink.

He glances at his watch he had a schedule to keep, but a little longer to fill his spot in her life would not be that bad would it. "After all we can't have someone walking into this I don't think they would understand." he nods to her wrapped around him. He really had no inclination towards that kind of relationship as that wasn't the kind of figure he was trying to emulate though he knew she needed this right now so wouldn't push the issue. "Unless you wish to stay here a little longer.. I guess that is okay it has prob been a while since either of us has had a chance to hug someone they trust." he adds quietly smiling at her.

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday nods softly and murmurs "Alright I will." She looks back up at him and murmurs "Alright I can. I am told it is on the more morbid side of things far warning." She slips aways from the hug and murmurs "I haven't hugged anyone since my Dad died. I miss it so much." She begins to lead him towards her studio in the apart, passing through the room that was obviously use to be her father's and it remains untouched. And within there are paintings and sculptures that can only be best described as twisted fairytales.

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw is just lead to the studio quietly he just smiles following her. "Of course, I can not remember the last time myself." he adds with a light chuckle.. Though he leads a glance at the untouched room he doesn't say anything to her about it. When they get to her studio he gives a small grin.. "Interesting.." as he see's the macabre sight of all the things infront of him though it doesn't seem to bother him. He had seen worse, a lot worse then even she might be able to imagine. Though on the outside he just walks around looking at each of them slowly nodding then moving to the other he actually looks at them paint style, did she use a brush, or was it dotted on, the details of hands, and feet etc. He even looked at the sculputers to see how the meld lines of where it came together are visable or not.

Sure he knew nothing about making art, but he had seen quite a bit of it knowing how others look judge it themselves. "I see.. I like what you have done here. I won't lie I do see room for approvement, but I do like it." he turns smiling at her. He doesn't touch anything of course as he looks at them, but as he talks he stands infront of one of the more messy ones maybe a battle scene, or the after-effect of one. He puts his hand on his chin, and nods. "This one in particular.. what do you call this creature." he asks pointing at one of those twisted fairtale paintings.

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday smiles happily as Shaw doesn't seem detoured by her artwork and leans against one of the support beams in the room that is covered in various colors of dried paint splatter. She smiles and says "A true artist knows that their is always room for improvement, no matter what. I am still working on some of these to be honest. The paintings at least. I am a perfectionist and some of them aren't just perfect quite yet." She walks over to her depiction of Alice in Wonderland in a more post-apocalptic setting and says "Oh that is Alice attempting to slay the Jabberwocky with a Vorpal Blade. But... it isn't going so well. The Queen of Hearts side is winning since the Jabberwocky is her pet. I am still working on making the battle look just right."

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw looks at it quietly for a moment in silence. Finally he speaks up, "It seems... to be missing something though I can't quite figure it out." he falls back to silence again though after that. He is again just silently watching before he snaps his fingers.. "I know what it is... fear." he nods to the painting. "Maybe not this Alice, but back here.." he points without touching at some of the people in the back.. "They show no fear that isn't how it is. Sure many people who have been there will tell you they showed no fear, but in truth almost everyone fears death, and those who brin it." he nods to the painting.. "Though you are the artist do not get me wrong, I have just seen line such as this a long time ago.. Saw a small Swedish army hold back a Russian army four times the size.." he then stops, and turns to her with a smile.. "Part of learning long ago.."

He turns back to the painting.. "Your pictures remind me of those times.. Maybe that is why I do not feel distrubered by them." he finishes as the vibration from his side happends again. He gives a sigh.. "Work will just not leave me alone today it seems.. My time is running short." he looks down at her and smiles, "How bout we call this meeting for today over, and I come back to see you again soon does that sound alright?" he walks over her with an apologetic look. "I hope it will not be long, but I must set things up for us, and tell the others I have a new protege that they are going to work with." he chuckles a bit, "Do not worry it will be okay, we will be working together shortly so when I leave I can take you with me okay?"

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday ohs softly as she looks to Shaw and asks "Missing something?" Her eyes look back to the painting as she begins to nervously chew on her bottom lip. Then he says fear and she asks "Fear? Oh... I hadn't thought about that. Though to be fair my only experience with seeing fear is like... in movies and whatnot." She then curiously asks Shaw "How long ago?"

She looks back to her work and says "Perhaps so. I just paint what I see in my mind to be honest." She frowns softly as his phone seems to go off again and says "Yeah. Please come and see me again. I can make cookies or something when you come next time." At being called a protege, she looks quite excited and says "Alright. I'll start keeping some bags packed for when the time comes, that way I can grab and go." She begins to walk back towards the long hallway and the front door as she asks "Did you want a bottle of water or something for the road?"

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw looks at her and nods, "I have had many chances to see it so I know how desperate people get, how unattended they can make so make so many bad decisions." he pauses looking at the art. When she asks how long ago he pauses, and looks at her. He smiles a bit, with a shrug, "I have been at this for over three hundred years.. I stood in the long lines of people with breechloader rifles fighting against their brothers in the Civil war, though I hardly participate in them anymore now." he gives a shrug. He didn't mention he fought for the south, as she didn't need to know that, and well it was a different time then it was now. He just glances at her, and watches her for a moment before he continues.

He reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a couple of sheets.. There are names at the top.. 'Banna icecream, Stormy Day, Do you have the time' then below them are a set of numbers. "Memorize these, all of them.. They are cyphers that will allow you to decipher the message that has been sent. The text is irrelevent usually they pick a newspaper or something.. The numbers are the lines, and letters you need to get he message." he waits for her to take those, and smiles. "The time will come soon for now just keep an eye out on the school, act normally and everything will be just fine. Remember guard this knowledge there are strong telepaths there and a single moment of idleness could get one cought."

He follows her to the front door, and pats her on the head softly.. "Do not worry, I will be back soon, and I have plently of water in the car." he gives a light chuckle, "Are there any questions? Do you need anything before I go?"

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday blinks a bit as he tells her his age and says "Wow... I... I didn't know we could live that long." And as the papers are produced, she takes them, her eyes beginning to study over them as she says "Alright. I will remember. And I will do my best to guard the information." She smiles at the pat on the head and says "I don't think I do? And not any questions I can think of this moment. Except will I live as long as you do?"

Sebastian Shaw has posed:
Shaw looks at her, and smiles. "If I was 200 years younger this might of been a different discussion." and laughs a little at his joke. "When you have those memorized burn them." he holds up a finger as one would when teaching a lesson. "Now make sure they are completly burnt top to bottom.. We don't want to leave anything left." and grins at her. He gives her a nod, and walks down the hallway again.. As he goes you would at first have a tough time focusing on him, like someone is obscuring him, but since you know he is there a slight shimmer would appear in his spot.

He doesn't stop or turn to face her again.. it is buisness time as he gets on the elevator, pushing the button to quietly return to his car. He leaves the place like he found it with her alone, and no sign she was ever visited by Shaw, if one were to look over the video records he wouldn't show up, and though it might leave one to wonder if he was even there at all at least there were the papers he left for her. Shaw was a ghost, well not litterly, but only Wednesday would know he was here at all.

Oddity has posed:
Wednesday looks over the paper once more before she says "I will, I promise." She pouts though as he doesn't answer her question about if she will live as long. And she watches him walk back to the elevator and turn into just a shimmer. Once the elevator closes, she closes her door and begins to study over the papers as she leans against the door while locking it. Shopping can wait.