3105/As the Hermione Turns

As the Hermione Turns
Date of Scene:	08 November 2017
Location:	Hermione's apartment
Synopsis:	Hermione and Lyssa discuss relationships over ice cream.
Cast of Characters:	Breath, Radiance

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Breath has posed:
Breath is at the apartment, straightening up a bit when you get back from wherever it is you've gone. When you come in, she waves and looks at your expression, and sort've vaguely points at the bullethole in the wall that looks like it came from inside quizically.

"Um... Are you okay?" She just sort've looks worried and waits, looking kind of confused too.

Radiance has posed:
Min has been practicing her flying and fighting, lucky in the fact that Stark isn't about to fire her for leaving work early or taking a day off to go to the Avengers mansion for training. She's been getting better. More confident. At least where her heroing is concerned.

On the dating front, Hermione's life is just one big ball of suck. She comes in to find Lyssa, holding her bags of groceries and smiles. Until the 'bullet hole' is gestured at. Min winces and looks apologetic. "I'm sorry. I guess I should try digging that out. It's.... my purity ring."

Breath has posed:
Breath ohs silently for a couple seconds. Then she quietly stands up, goes to the refrigerator, and gets out two pints of Ben & Jerry's and two clean spoons. Silently they are put down on the table.. thing. She hrms.

"Do you want the hug first, or do you want to talk about it?" She looks kind of concerned.

Radiance has posed:
Hermione looks at the ice cream and her face contorts as she tries not to cry. She puts the groceries on the floor and goes to her room-mate to hug her, being careful not to use her full strength. She holds Lyssa close. "I think I'm just going to give up on men for a while. Just focus on my being a hero. Why are men so darned complicated?!"

Breath has posed:
Breath blinks and hugs close, patting Min on the back comfortingly. "I don't know, I've never understood them at all. They're just.. weird and scary. You don't have to date anybody if you don't want to.. People will be there if or when you change your mind."

She tucks Min's face into her shoulder and pets her hair softly, biting her lip worriedly and rocking her a bit.

. o O (Okay, who do I need to beat up now?)

Radiance has posed:
After another squeeze of a hug, Min pulls away and takes the milk out of the fridge. She pours two tall glasses to go with the ice cream. This would be a bad day to be lactose intolerant. She sits down and opens up the tub of Chocolate Fudge Brownie and takes a spoonful. "Why is it as soon as a guy finds out I've never... you know, they become not interested? Seriously?! The last guy couldn't run out the door fast enough! AND! He stole Mrs. Finnigan's cat! Yeah! Mr. Mittens! Gone!"

Breath has posed:
Breath opens her mouth, then looks really confused at that last part. "...the... cat? whaaa?" She tries to picture this, and suffers a horrible, terrible cascade of fail on the mental imagery. "The... Right."

She takes a bite of ice cream and blinks. "Okay, so, um.. What next then? I mean, I get the bit about people being weird if you aren't doing the whole frick-a-frack thing with a bunch of people, but like.. I'm not sure what you want here, either."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione rolls her eyes. "He was all offended that Mr. Mittens was neutered. Took him home to Asgard to restore his manhood, I suppose. That's what I get for trying to date a God who talks to animals." She spoons some ice cream and leans on one elbow on the table. "I don't know what's next. I just don't. At least not when it comes to men. I guess I just really miss having Billy around. I didn't know how long I would be here, or if I would ever go back to Nebraska. It wasn't fair to ask him to wait for me. So I broke up with him. Ginny says he's started dating Della." She jabs at the ice cream it the pint container.

Breath has posed:
Breath nods and nibbles on some more ice cream. "Well, there's women, but I wouldn't be any help with them, either. I've never actually, you know. Dated anybody. Plus, you said you were heteroromantic."

She leans on the table and mildly jabs at the ice cream, listening and hmmmming some to herself in thought, and listens.

Radiance has posed:
Hermione lifts her shoulders in a shrug. "I just never really thought of being any other way. It's not that I object to others being that way. It's just not me." She sighs and mopes eating the ice cream. "I should be happy. I have a great job. I'm learning about my power. I have you to talk to. I've got the Avengers training me. Really, it's only the dating thing that is going badly. So, if I stop worrying about dating, I'll be fine, right?" She thinks about it. "Maybe it will make me a better hero if I just don't worry about dating."

Breath has posed:
Breath nods, "Probably, yeah. I mean, you still might get asked out when you aren't worrying about it, right? And you might accidentally meet somebody. But like, I don't know if you need to worry too much about looking? I don't know, this is like, new territory for me." She sips on some milk and smiles at you comfortingly, she hopes.

Radiance has posed:
Hermione smiles at her friend and nods. "Yeah. You're right. When it's meant to happen, it'll happen. In the meantime, I'm not inviting any more men over to dinner here at the apartment. Apparently my cooking scares the men away." She winks to Lyssa, the two of them both knowing that she's a marvelous cook.

Breath has posed:
Breath ohs. "Well.. yeah, that and I wouldn't want to come stumbling out of the shower and find you home with a guy here. I mean, eek." She shudders. "And that bathroom is teeny tiny." She does a brief rendition of 'mime in a box'.

Radiance has posed:
Hermione says, "Well, good news. I'm looking at a new apartment for us because I just found out how much I'm getting paid. I was a little stunned, but Mr. Stark says I'm the first face people see. I represent the company. So, he wants to keep me happy. We'll have to stay here in Hell's Kitchen. I mean, I'm paid a lot, but not *that* much. But I think I can actually get us a proper bedroom!"

Breath has posed:
Breath nods, "There's some places in New Lots too. But okay. Um... I hope I'm not giving you any trouble being here and being, you know, icky or anything." She looks awkward, since that last mental image was worrying.

Radiance has posed:
Min looks confused about the concept of Lyssa being icky. "Trouble? What sort of trouble? Why would you be icky? You're my best friend! You make it possible for me to fly." She shakes her head. "I like having you hear. Living alone was lonely. I mean, I'm used to a house full of my brothers, sisters, my granddad and Grandma and my parents. Eating alone was lonely. I'm glad I have you hear. You keep me... from starting to hate this city."

Breath has posed:
Breath awwwhs! "Well, okay. I guess I just feel uncomfortable a lot, and like, then I figure everybody else feels like that too." She nods, "I'm an only child, so I don't know what that's like. Dad was super dissapointed in me. He's like.. not geting his grandkids, and stuff. I still don't want to call him."

Radiance has posed:
Min shakes her head with a smile. "I'm sorry if you ever feel uncomfortable here. What can I do to make it better for you? You know, other then a bigger bathroom?" She listens, eating the ice cream as she does so and pouts at the talk of Lyssa's father. "I'm so sorry. I could never do that to my children."

Breath has posed:
Breath uhs. "I don't... think there's much you CAN do. Not at this point anyways. And yeah, I don't even know how people can be like that, but like.. they manage to be awful anyways." She hms, "Anyways, it's not a tiny bathroom thing, except for the bit where this one is so tiny I end up walking across the room in a hurry naked to get at my clothes because of the time they ended up getting wet on accident because of the shower curtain."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione says, "Well, we will find a new place. One with a proper sized bathroom and a real bedroom with an actual closet and a proper kitchen with an oven I can actually fit a full sized casserole in. And we will get you a job at Stark Industries so you don't have to deal with your boss anymore. And ... You'll see. Things will be great." Her mood has considerably improved. "So, how are things going with the Titans? Is Robin trying to kill you again?""

Breath has posed:
Breath uhms.. "No, I mean.. I'm still alive, right? I mean, I get creeped out by his personal sims. He turns the gibs way up and has like a zillion really scary guys attacking him. And like, they scream and stuff. He has one of those backgrounds where like, you know just enough about what they went through as a kid to know that you really really wish you didn't even know that much."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione nods her head slowly. "Well, Gotham makes Hell's Kitchen look like Central Park in the spring time. And Batman isn't exactly.... well, he might be one of the good guys, but I really wouldn't call him a nice guy, you know? So, being trained by him couldn't have been easy." She nibbles at the ice cream with a grin. "What is the rest of the team like? Maybe I could meet them sometime?"

Breath has posed:
Breath shrugs, "Probably, sure. I mean, if there's not anything ridiculous and messed up going on. You might even get to see Robin for a few seconds before he gets pissed off and stomps off. He does that a lot."

Breath has posed:
Breath says, "I mean.. I feel sorry for him? And I feel bad? I want to give him a hug, but like.. he's terrifying. And like, he has more issues than National Geographic. You know?"

Radiance has posed:
Hermione smirks and offers her room-mate a wink. "Well, I just might hold him down. He can't stomp off if I'm hugging him to bits." She sighs again. "Stupid Asgardian. Can you believe he said taking my virginity would start the end of the world? What silly sort of excuse is that?"

Breath has posed:
Breath uhs.. "I don't know? I mean, it basically doesn't even exist. So like.. I don't even know what that MEANS. Totally ridiculous."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione says, "What doesn't exist? My virginity?" She sticks her tongue out at her room-mate. "That's just mean." She laughs then. "I thought that about Asgard too, but he took me there on our first date. I got to see the castle and the kids there are almost as big as me!""

Breath has posed:
Breath ohs.. "Well, like.. anybody's, really. I mean, like.. the whole breaking thing is B. S., and like.. there's so many things where you have to scratch your head.. Like, what does it mean for a lesbian to lose hers?" She shrugs, "It's just a total mess that doesn't mean anything."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione looks confused at Lyssa, clearly not on the same page on this front. "Well... I guess it's a moot point anyway. What do you want to do tonight?" she asks, changing the subject. "We should get that food in the fridge and then maybe get some ideas of what we want in an apartment."

Breath has posed:
Breath scratches her head. "I don't know? I didn't really plan much. I got my workout in and then I had to come in to work and pretend to be a boy, and then I came home and wait what? Bullet hole? And like... yeah." She eats some ice cream, then puts hers in the freezer again. "So like, I don't even know. I'm tempted to just curl up in bed early."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione says, "Sounds like a plan to me. Captain Rogers keeps making me hit him harder. He knows I'm not using my full strength with him and he gets mad at me. I just don't what to hurt him!" She starts getting ready for bed, clearly comfortable with Lyssa as she gets changed right there as if she were a sister. "I do not want to be the person who accidentally kills Captain America.""

Breath has posed:
Breath sighs and starts getting undressed for bed. She yawns a bit and doesn't particularly notice the nudity any more than a sister would anyways. "You aren't going to kill Captain America. He deals with stuff a lot tougher than you! The most you might do is make him go flying a bit when he moves with it. How is your form, anyways? I know a bit.."

Radiance has posed:
Hermione stretches and gets the bed ready once she is in her pjs. She puts the ice cream away, finishes her milk and does the few dishes. "I'm getting better. The Captain said he's seen noticable improvement in just the last week. Mind you, considering how bad I was, anything is an improvement, right?"

Breath has posed:
Breath nods, "Well yeah. I mean, you couldn't fight at *all*. Which is like, I guess that's OK, because it means people weren't trying to hurt you. But now you are getting in stuff's face, so totally different." She just climbs in bed in her panties. "And that means you need to actually hit stuff."

Radiance has posed:
Min gets into bed with her best friend, wearing a tshirt and shorts for pjs. She cuddles up next to Lyssa, nuzzling in and getting comfy so she'll be glowing in the morning. She has figured more skin would get her more charge, but just isn't ready to be as brave as her roommate and go topless. "Night night, Lyssa. Sweet dreams. And thank you for being my friend."